Mexico weekly ledger., 1882-09-21

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ton plank in their platform.
DIR. Humphrey, of Moberly, was
iu town last week to see friends.
The big greenback gun did not get
here Tuesday. Duncan did just as
well.
c. /. Filley is not dead as some
people think. He will call a conven-
ton of his own shortly.
Still Here.-R. FL. Fowler, the
champion grocer, is still in town sell
ling goods cheaper than ever.
Collector b. F. Dobyns has some
thing to say to the taxpayers in this
issue. Look it up and read it.
Mr.. NJ. L. Mounts, of the Argen-
tine Republic of South America, is In
the city the guest of Mrs. Graham.
The prospect is that the Hannibal
& Southwestern r. r. will be built
by the C. B. & @. R. R. Company.
Everybody come to Fowler's for
bargains in groceries and queens
ware, for Dick has just returned from
"Bitter Creek"
Charley Grasty, now on the Kan
sas City Times, was down to see his
friends last Sunday. He is looking
well and has a good position on a
good paper.
Best in TOWN.. Fl. Fowler is re-
ceiving fresh groceries every day and
selling lower than anybody. Best
coffee and tea in town.
There is only one democratic
bolter'' in the county. We would
love to have his name. We have an
idea VIC. know what is hurting his head.
Don't forget that r. H. Fowler
keeps the best groceries, china, glass
and queensware in Mexico and sells
at living rates, to everybody alike.
Richard Trevellick, who was to es-
pouse the greenback cause at the
court house Tuesday evening, failed
to show up. "Dying, Egypt, dying!"
Some thief one night last week
robbed j. G. Heads chicken roost
of 16 as fine fowls as ever creased
a skillet. Mr.. H. now keeps a load
ed shotgun about his premises.
Mrs. VIM. Woodlan, of New Flor
ence, called this week. She says they
could not do without the LERGER and
they like it better than any newspa-
per. Such kind words are very en-
couraging.
Bowling Green has no saloons and
a prominent attorney of Pike county
says: 'B. G. is a HI of a town
where its a gallon Or nothing, with
the bulk of the evidence in favor of
the gallon"
Mr.. VIM. Harper's friends all joke
him about being at the republican
convention last Saturday. He is a
staunch democrat but the first con
vention he has attended for gears was
at the court house last Saturday.
A. X. Luckie is building a large
brick building on the site of the old
Martin House. His business in mar
BILE is daily growing, and he finds it
necessary to enlarge his accommo.
dations.
The republicans nominated at JEFF.
ferson City, David Wagner for SUI
preme Judge; o. c. Hill for Superin.
tendent Schools; r. H. Hunt fol
Railroad Commissioner. r. T. Var
Horn was elected chairman State
Central Committee.
DR. T. j. Ray, of Paris, KY.
brother-in-law of Hiram Ricketts,, o.
this city, died suddenly in the former
city Tuesday, DR.. Ray only a shor
time since, was in Mexico visiting
and made many warm friends. Mrs
Jos. Lupton left Wednesday for Ken
lucky, whittier she went to attend thu
funeral.
Samuel Hanna sends us in a lot Of
very large corn, raised on his farm
Z miles north of this city. Two O.
the ears are Is inches in length
Who of our farmers can beat it? Mr.
H. has 80 or 40 acres of the sam,
sort.
If York johnson (colored) hat
kicked a little harder last Saturda,
he would have been put on the coun
, ty ticket, and why not? More thai
one-half the republican vote of Sal
t River township is cast by the colore'
troops.
In our absence last week an ex
tract from a letter to the Perry Ga
zette was published in the LEoGEl
concerning j. A. Brooks. We d
not endorse such attacks at all. Til
7 LEDGER is not fighting Brooks pei
; sonally. We are fighting some of tn
:, principles he advocates. We don
| want to be misunderstood in this mat
t ter.
The Conference of the Methods
a Churcn, South, lately held at Platts
q burg, Mo-, appointed the Rev. w. H
d Lewis, formerly President of Lexine
b ton College, to be pastor of til
: church of that denomination in thi
S city. Rev. I. j. Gooch is presidin
Y elder of Mexico district and will re
main here. The conference was pre-
sided over by Bishop CRANBERRY, 9