Mexico weekly ledger., 1882-07-13
W told you so!'

JAMES KESSLER.
1--WE told you so!'
We are going to have gas works.
Capt. ID. ii. IIiner is home on a
visit.
"As we prophesied,' some of the
boys got left.
s.Rabit chases'' are the most popu-
lar sport extant. -
Harper is adding anothernew build
ing to his block.
The chinch bugs have all gone-up
Salt River, may be.
Don't fail to read the Hardin Col
lege advertisement.
Men hould not talk too much
when they are drunk.
DIR. J. S. Potts has our thanks for
San Jose, Cal, papers.
The Pollard Brothers are going to
open a store at Laddonia.
The improvements on the opera
house will soon be completed.
Our new central committee is COM
posed of representative democrats.
The Greenbackers are pleased with
Judge florists Fourth of July speech.
The Republicans are talking of
running Judge Forrist for Congress.
There is q good deal of sickness in
Mexico during this warm wet weather.
Clarence Vivion is now a Notary
of Public and would be pleased to
serve bis friends.
S. A. Richardson & Co., of St.
Joseph, patent medicine men, are
advertised as frauds.
1--WE did it with our little hatchet."
Yes, you always do it with your little
hatchet-in your mind.
The State Democratic Convention
meets in Jefferson City on Wednes-
day, the 26th of July.
The present ticket will beat the
opposition by even a larger majority
than we did'two years since.
The wal in Egypt opened Tuesday
with the bombardment of the City of
Alexandria by the British fleet.
We learn that there will be another
horse race and candidates picnic at
the Fair Ground in a few weeks.
We all had our personal preferences
before the convention. The party
now, as one man, is for the nominees.
On the night of the convention, the
Mexico silver cornet band serenaded
Messrs. Locke, Carroll and Nelson.
j. 2. Dobyns brought us in Mon
day a stalk of new corn 9 feet 10
inches tall, and not tasseled out either.
The Fair catalogues will be out the
first of next week. The prospect Is
that we will have a fine Fair this fall.
Next Saturday the Greenbackers
have their primaries, and on Monday
they have their nominating conven'
ton.
The city council decided last Mon
day night that farmers must pay
license if they want to retail beef OF
our streets.
Clarence II. Whitaker does not pay
his debts. We warn newspaper mer
from trusting him. He is not poor,
but a dead-beat.
Z. I. Gibbs, the painter, has re-
turned to Mexico, and with Mr.. F. S,
Wing, is ready to do all kinds Of
painting on short notice.
We suppose the dog fennel around
town would all be cut down, except
What is being saved for bouquets fol
acoming public occasion.
The new Democratic Central Com.
mitsee organized last Saturday by
electing VIM. II. KEENAN, chairman
and David T. Gentry secretary.
ingersol has Endorsed Beecher
neecher has Endorsed Ingersoll, ant
oatan has increased his order for fue
'of next year by over a thousand tons.
The ''wickedest woman in Eng
.aad'' Jane johnson, aged "a, has
oeen converted. She has been il
Leeds Prison 24O times, and nearl,
Is many times in other jails.
There will be a grand picnic a,
thompson Station, July 29th. Music
aanc'ng and public speaking will b,
we order of the day. Everybody
aaat the rest of mankind, invited.