Mexico weekly ledger., 1881-06-02

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There is no trouble to be encoun-.
tered in making a ''hog" squeal.
Miss Allie Hite gave her friends a
pleasant little party Tuesday night.
There are eight men in the St.
Louis Jail sentenced to be hanged.
"Cash" Blackburn, of Vandalia,
has our thanks for favors this week.
Aleck Goode (col.) gives a grand
supper when he opens his new hotel.
Galloway county is making ar
engagements to have rock roads. Are
we asleep?
Miss Effie Laforce has returned
from a pleasant visit to friends In
Howard county.
Vandalia is going to celebrate the
Fourth of July. Is Mexico going to
come to the front?
Miss Annie Woodward, one OF
Mexlco's most popular young ladies',
is visiting in Paris, Mo.
We are going to have a street
sprinkler even if we only sprinkle In
front of the LEDGER office.
Joe Moore again wears the LEDGER
medal. He beat Redman Galloway
three balls at the last shoot.
The ex-Federal Soldiers of Au-
drain county have a reunion near
Laddonia on the 4th of July.
81 find that with light meals my
health improves" said the Esqui-
maux, and down went another candle.
Governor Crittenden and wife were
in Mexico last Monday, en- route for
Columbia, as one of the Governors
sons graduates this week.
The Laddonia people want to know
if our delegation out there last Sun
day to their church dedication is a
sample of our church-going people1
We learn from Geo. Robertson that
his brother at Moberly was knocked
from a wagon by lightning. He was
not seriously hurt. The horse was
killed.
c. 7. Quisenberry and wife are in
Huntsville, Mo. Mr.. Q. is thinking
OF taking a business trip to New
Mexico, He has heavy interests in
the west.
The old reliable saddle and harness
man, James Pasqueth, celebrated his
53rd birthday last week by giving all
of his workmen a treat to the delica-
! cies of the season.
The following are the graduates at
Hardin College this year: Russie
Boyd, Salutatory Minnie S%hockley.
Dixie Ford; Annie Taylor; Lydia
Brooks, Valedictoly..
"A. X. Luckie is shipping work
from>hls marble shops to Vandalia,
Monroe City, Fulton, Renick, Column
bia, Wellsville and many other
neighboring points.
DR.. Brooks delivered a fine sermon
to a large congregation at the Pres
byterian Church last Sunday night.
Rev. DR.. Grasty breaches at the NJ.
f. Church, South, next Sunday eve.
The Intelligencer, a paper edited
and owned by a mar who was once a
''leading lawyer" has tried for two
days to get the right section concern
ing cruelty to aniinsls. 1t failed both
times.
Several witnesses from Laddonia
will appear at the trial Of the boys to-
morrow for driving their horses to
death. 1t is also claimed that they
shot into herds of cattle. We think
this must be q mistake.
Carroll & Bolts, of the emporium
of fashion, have just put up some
elegant glass department signs. They
are a great improvement to the looks
of the store, and they also indicate
in what part of the store different
lines of goods are kept.
H. ID. Hunter has the contract for
building a $4,000 addition to the
Central Hotel. The building will be
erected just across the alley cas-. Of
the main building, and will be quite
an improvement. A new and larger
dining room will also he built.
We are glad to learn that the court
house is to be re-paInted. James
Carroll, circuit clerk, has been ap-
pointed to oversee the job, and no
man knows better than he how work
of this kind should he done. Allie
Garrett has the contract for painting.
The grand jury at Jefferson City
adjourned last week after finding in
indictments against the saloon-keep-
/ ers for selling liquor on Sunday, and
quite a number of others for laboring
on Sunday, among them the sheriff,
editor of the Tribune and other lead
ing men.
In this issue of the LEDGER will be
found an advertise pent Of the Ora
ham Photograph Parlors, Fetter &
Read, ~proprietors. Lloyd Fetteri s
an artist Of experience and will give
| you good work. Call and examine
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