Mexico weekly ledger., 1881-03-03
Now is The time to set hens.

visiting yesterday.
Houston & CO., now have their
furniture store open.
To-day ends the reign of His
Fraudulencv, r. B. Hayes.
JAY Gould does not own the CO
"A or any part OF 1t. That report is
false.
Miss Allie Morris, who been quite
sick for the past two or three weeks,
is slowly improving
Winter fingers in the lap of spring.
Old lazy summer will step in shortly
and do some bouncing.
Our circulation is lncre sing a. the
rate of seventy-five per month. Adj
vertisers should note this.
Plof. f. L. Spencer has been en-
gagged by our school board in the
place of Prof. D~evault, resigned.
The crossings to the court house
should be raised and repaired, Or a
ferry franchise granted to some one.
/. j. w. Martin, of Auxvasse, who
had his leg broken by being thrown
from a sleigh last week, is fast GOV
ering.
The knowing ones say that trans
p%ortation certificates in the H. & 5.
W. r. r. project are good invest
ments.
w defy any man to say that the
LEDGER has not at least 250 more
subscribers than any other paper in
Mexico.
Virgil Williams is travelling for
Gilbert, Curd & Co., Of Fulton.
Mexico sends out about twenty tray
cling men.
The knights of Terpsicore of Van
dalia, have our thanks for an invita-
ton to a party on the evening of
March 4th.
Stock sales next Saturday. Come
to town that day if you want to See
Mexico crowded with men and over
flowing with business.
In this issue of the LEDGER can be
found the card of Geo. Clark, auc-
tioneer. George will give your work
careful attention. fry him.
We are very sorry to hear that f.
G. Haly is very sick. He has can
Ger of the stomach. Fears are en-
=. tertained regarding his recovery.
March the 7tir, Collector Dobyn:
will make his final settlement will
the county court, which will then b'
in session as al adjourned term.
We are glad to see our friend Sol
Hughlett, Representative from Mont
, gomery county, is winning goldel
! opinions. Sol. is Il hard worker.
B. l.. Locke, always managin;
county moneys for the good of til
county, is now ready to loan, on goo
security, some school money on hand
f Mrs. NJ. T. Gibbs has moved he
4 millinery store to the southwest COZ
ner of the square in the room former
= iy occupied by Wiggington & Watts
Take a life membership in the pull
, lie school library. You get YOU
moneys worth, and encourage til
boys in their commendable enterpris.
v w. II. Woodward has effected tt
N sale of r. M. Kennedy's farm, thr,
miles south OF Mexico. Mr.. Kennel
will have a sale at his farm Marc
e 10Th.
II Our new county surveyor, Charl
Rodgers, is giving good satisfactio
l Although a young man, he is a skill,
II engineer, and takes pride in DOH
IL klis work well.
Collector Dobyns is ever prompt
> the discharge of his duty. He h
sent for collection to the constant
TO each township a list of the persot
IN al delinquents.
at On March 10Th we will have a fiji
class comedy show in Mexl
entitled Mrs. Joshua Whitcom
y in four acts. We think this will
. a first class show
We see that Jay Gould is talkil
lis of putting a bridge over the Miss
be -ippi river at Alton, ILL.,, to save t
Sc per car toll he has to pay the 5
Louis Bridge Company.
s Sometimes We have serious dout
y, about our needing a street sprink
.. the year around. but we are sure I'll
water works could be used at
=, hours of summer and winter.
IS See our new Laddonia advertis
mcnt this week. The LEDGER
booming in that part of the coun
at like unto which boom there has he
nothing to compare in later years.
u VIZ have heard nothing Of macata
asst lied roads for 10 these many month
a Surely, our people see now the
APP cessity of such improvements. Go
macadamized roads are worth IN,
to a town than railroads.
James Carroll attended the me
~ ing of the trustees of the Insane A
lum at Fulton yesterday. As a tr
tee of this institution, he occupies