Mexico weekly ledger., 1881-02-24

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We will send the LEDGER the rest
of this year to new subscribers for
S1.OO cash in advance. Now is the
time, only sl.0o till January 1,
1882. If
ALCANTARA
Our friend W. S. Trimble, of Con-
cord, was in Mexico last week, and
dropped in to see US, The LEDGER
has many warm friends in Galloway
county.
The NJ. E. Church, South, sociable
last Friday night at the residence Of
| Mr.. S. P. Emmons, was pleasant
affair. Everyone spent a most en-
joyable evening.
Prof. Shell will reopen his school
at Centralia next Monday. There
has been no smallpox in the town
of Centralia. 1t was in the county
about miles north.
! The s'sons of Erin" in Mexico are
going to have a grand ball on the
evening of the 18th OF March, for the
benefit of the land league. We be-
speak them much success.
; At the Opera House,
The telegraph office in the U. S.
Express Onice will not have an oper-
ator in the future. Jay Gould con-
trolls both lines, and will only use the
J office in the Exchange Bank.
Stanley and Culberson, inmates OF
the Insane Asylum at Fulton, had
fight last week, and Stanley was
killed. 1t was done so quickly. the
y attendants could not interfere.
Mrs. Shootman is sre-arranging ane
e re-furnishing her millinery bazaar
; and will have a store second to nom
:, in the west. She is making arrange
ments for a mammoth spring stock
III Miss Kate Wilder, of Laddon,a.
! teaching school at New Florence, Mo
q She has the school taught by the lat
ii Miss Rosa,nond. Miss Wilder is
O. f6ne teacher, and good disciplinarian
es Don't fail to 60 and hear the Doc
a. tor of Alcantara at the opera hous
te Friday and Saturday nights. AZ
s. mission, 25, IS and so cts. Secu'
your seats at once. The hall will I
ist crowded each night.
|! W. H. Smith. grocer, formerly
this city, is now in GAINESVILLE Iexa
. 1 clerking for j. Kempinsky, who is
the grocery business at that poin
''s Kempinsky, 1t will he remembers
ne. bought Smith out in Mexico.
G. Friday Night, Feb. 70.
We are glad to see our young M
come to the front in business circle
yer. One by one the sons of our buslne
=, men step into business, and IN
skilled manner carry it on. III
It. week, E. r. Cunningham TAX
charge of the Central Stables
ohm We have some points concernir
earl water works, which will appear ne
week. We find that there are lar
~ number of citizens interested in a "
qnet to be bored in the court house ya'
EN- We think money enough could
raised by private subscription to 81
such we'll.
Reid, Last Saturday there was q g.
ooa- bail shooting in vandalia betw'
J. NJ. Beshears, ]. Rice and J.
rr,. Davis on one side, and Geo. n. =
ants. VIM. Dougan and VIM A. Mason
:, the other. vandalians a'e irrepre
BILE. Three feet of snow would
J. F. hinder their work or sport.
d. St. In this issue of the LEDGER Will
G. fo,,d the advertisement If Steele
rureman, druggists. They hav'
k st. full and complete line Of goo
~, St. Mr.. John j. Steele, who has con
of the business, is a practical III
pist, We bespeak for this hrtn y
G. b. era, share of the public patronag
wife. Mrs. B. R. Ferguson has wi,hdr
Louis. her complaint against her hust
who, a few days since, was sougn
Pas tho sheriff on q warrant sworn
anam. by her. 1t appears that Reao.
oss- not always, aud under all c'f'
,,. stances, the loving husband he sn
have been. But we refrain from
'cke' ,iculars, and hope the matter vi
d wife. settled.
a'ush Saturday Night, Feb.
usn'ef' J. A. Judy, one of our lei
son. stock men, returned from On
Tucker. Tucker last Friday, where be sold six
'er, Mr. loads of sheep and FIVE OF c
The cattle averaged 1889 ibs.'
nm MIR. sold for S4. 90 per cwt. The
averaged lo2 lbs, and sold for
1'ns'0A' per cwt. He reports the hog O
irs. VIZ way up.
Mr.. and Judge W. D. Sumner has ju'