Mexico weekly ledger. (Mexico, Mo.) 1855-1956, 1883-06-28
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Aonica, CD, afew d.ys ago. sas4 :
"A census aof Portland, Me-, .,a.
fjass been tsken,, which shows 4 popu ,O
laaoasof 81, eco, IN increase of ? .ouO
in three years. aHssd si'sssgsE1 80
Postmaster General Gresham has
received the degree Of L. Z. D. from fro,
both Wabash college and the Indiana
Stats University. s''9'''aes Q 2
4 cane made Of 5000 pieces Of
pastbosrd playing cards, tightly roll
ed and glued together, is carried by
q man in Chico.
Laborsn are scarce in Maine and
there is 2 brisk demand for men in
the hay field at $3.50 q day--se an
Augusta paper says sis..ses5
The number Of sheep in New Mex
leo is reported to have increased from
10, 600 900 in 1880 to 10000, 600 at
the present time. H s1
The quantity Of wheat raised in
Maine last year was 675, ,sI4 bushels,
Of oats, 1895, SIS bushels, and of po-
tasoes, Z, ,9ss, ,ss5 bushels. ssss1
Raphael semmes, OF Alabama fame, !,
is to have . monument. An English
shipbnilder has started a subscription
with gift Of 500.
Rev. Henry Ward Beecher affords
an Illustration OF the easy come easy
go habit. He earns more than $780,
600 year, and yet never has any
money. ..sl
The last legislature Of Tennessee
repealed the charters Of thirty-aye
towns in the State, to enable them to
abolish whiskey selling within their
llmits. ASA. ga3ssi4af= ~. fo "a .
The star bloodhound, which for
years has played successful engage
ments In "Unele Toms Cabin" re-
Gently met with an ignominious death
ct the pound. ae sgFs sasE &sew
A Utica woman goes out at night,
kicks open the doors where her husr
band happens to be, and brings him
home, accompanying herself with ap-
|propriate remarks. iez sac
A company has been organized in
San Francisco to resurrect $25, ,00O,-
600 Of treasure sunk by the burning
Of Spanish feet in the bay of vigo,
|Spain, in the year 1902. '
According to. Mr.. F. II. King Of
the Wisconsin state survey, the bird
population Of the state is 8, sos 900,
consuming an aggregate of over 2I,-
600, 600 insects every season.
There are 90, ,OO0, 600 acres of un-
surveyed land in Montana, and num-
erous sections viii have to be resur.
veyea, owing to the imperfect, worth
less character of the work done.
A New York woman who has had
three husbands says Of petting: "a
woman who Is content to spend her
life in mans arms is net good for
anything else than . pet, and il her
husband doesn't get pains in his arms
and tell her SO before many years she
can bless her stars
Mrs. Langtry tells . reporter that,
being . professional woman, she has
two sides, one public and the other
private. II this is true, Mrs. Lang
try has got turned wrong side ont
sihce she came to this country. and,
what is more. she doesn't seem to
notice the difference, says the Boston
Globe. sl.zss s.. f;t7.f g ssz ,.}s
A Massachusetts, girl tnrne,l deadly
lpsie, then flushed up as red as beet
the other day when The stree, ear con.
ductor came to her for her fare. she
had taken n,ckie out of her glove
and placed II in her mouth to have il
handy, and in a moment of thought
lessness swallowed II and had no more
at hand s9easgss HEz1=sasAJ i'z&
An Eastern drummer, while being
shaved in Denver few days ago, at
tempted to sit erect in the chair to
have his hair combed, when he was
taken with hemorrhage of the lungs,
and bled profnsely. He was taken to
the washstand to have the blood wash
ed off, and his attendant started for
a physician, but when he returned the
man was dead.
NJ Grevy, the president Of the
French, republic, was chfstened d
Francois Judith Paul, bat long ere be
became celebrated man he quietly
discarded the burdensome trio and
dubbed himself simply Jules. Tie
French law list, however, does not en-
tirely respect his desire for a change
Of name. While confessing that M.
Grevy calls himseh and 10 generally
known as Jules, it cruelty points ont
that he is not really entitled to that
name, butts still legally fettered to
Francois Judith Paul. eH =
81 don't believe, . said IN old army
officer Ia Washington, the other even
ing. .sthat Senator Malone has the
faintest idea where his commission as
brigsdier In the confederate army Is.
I captured his wagon trim one day.
They brought me wagon said to BE-
his personal property, In the military
sense Of the word In itwere q peck
and 4 half Of corn and 8 grip-sack.
The latter held brand new confeder.