Mexico weekly ledger., 1882-08-03
PERSONAL AND GENERAL,

PERSONAL AND GENERAL.
Horace Mun1y is quite sick.
sam BaSkin is home on :, visit.
W. c. Johnson is happy-it is Il boy.
VIM. Stewart and wife are ut Elk Lick
Springs.
Mrs. DIR. French is visiting relatives in
Illinois.
j. W. Carson is East attending a fash
ionable watering place.
We hear that l.. NJ. Conklin is coming
Il Mexico to practice law.
II. w. Turenan was in Moberly on bus
mess for the Fair last week.
John J. Steele was i'll Louisiana on
business for the Fair last week.
Mrs. c. &. Bridgcford, of Chicago, is
visiting her parents in this city.
Miss Annie Campbell, of Paris, is Wis
iting Mr.. and Mrs. Geo. Poteet.
Mrs. a. f. Beck, Of Macon City, has
been visiting relatives in this city.
Miss Fannie Cave has just made Il very
pleasant visit to Miss Ida Ricketts,.
Hiram Ricketts, has been in Paris, Ky,
attending ut the bedside of Il sick relative.
Miss Mamie Pollard, of Fulton, is Wis
iting Miss Jennie Brown, near Benton
City.
w. c. Hicks and wife, of Lexington,
Mo, have been visiting relatives in this
place.
Col. Hutton is ut Elk Lick Springs re-
cuperating both his physical and brain
power.
Miss Georgia Armstrong, of Hannibal
has been visiting Mrs. Virgil Williams, of
this city.
Ex-Goy. Hardin and wife, and Geo. B.
Macfarlane are at White Sulphur Springs,
Virginia.
Mrs. Ella j. Newkirk, of Kansas, is Wis
iting the family of j. NJ. Martien in this
county.
a.. y. hutiiilt II "StiHe SdSHicI VI tic
Mexico Southern Bank during Hiram
Ricketts, absence.
Miss Butler, a charming young lady
from Kansas City, is visiting the Misses
Morris of this city.
ThurstOn Duncan, one of j. F. Level
lyn's accommodating clerks, is very sick
with typhoid fever.
Fcnley Bryan is teaching at the Liberty
school house. Fenley is a good teacher,
and Il clever young man.
james Carroll was in Fulton this week
attending Il meeting of the Board of Di-
rcctors of the Insane Asylum.
Mrs. Charles Stump, sister of George
Hablutzel, and Misses l.. c. Masten and
Kitty Ricketts, of st. Louis, are visiting
Mr.. Hablutel and family.
Mr.. A. G. Mason, senior editor of thai
staunch old democratic journal, the Paris
Mercury, was in the city Tuesday. "Uncle
Abe" is one of the most popular news
paper men in the State.
Capt. d. E. Shea and D. T. Gentry,
commissioned officers of the Mexico Mil
itary Company, We're in Jefferson City last
week, and We're examined. Will Houston
will also be examined at once.
Virgil Williams, formerly with Gilbert,
Curd & Co, of Fulton, is now travelling
for B%rookmyer & Rankin, of st. Louis.
He has one of the best trades of any man
on the road, and is a clever gentleman.
w. \. Poteet, the oldest son of Geo. A.
Poteet, has accepted a position with the
c. & A. r. r. Co. at Kansas City. He is a
steady, attentive, active and careful young
man, and will give fine satisfaction in
whatever position he may be placed.
DIR. W. L. Reed, of Kansas City, has
moved to Mexico, and will occupy DR..
Theo. A. Keeton's office and residence.
DR.. Keeton is going to Chicago to reside.
We regret to lose DR.. Keeton, and are
glad to gain DR.. Reed. We will notice
both further at the proper time.
Last Friday evening, Charles B.. Morris
aiiu 1uolidS ~. hoty, WV VI ouI Ilost
popular young men, celebrated their 21st
and 22nd birthday by giving a grand lawn
party to their young friends at the resi-
dence of Mrs. Geo. A. Morris in honor of
the event. About thirty couples were
present, and all enjoyed a most delightful
evening. The premises were handsomely
lighted, music and dancing enliyened the
guests, and a superb supper was served,
The evenings pleasure lasted until Il late
hour, and after showering CALCULATIONS
upon Charlie and Tom, the guests de-
parted, wishing them both a successful
| yoyage over the sea of life.