Mexico weekly ledger., 1884-05-22

j. N. Basket has returned from al
pleasant trip out West.
The circuses fight shy of Mexico
They say the license is too high.
Gill & Garrett are selling an I'm.
mense amount Of their new fencing.
Corn planted the last of May, if
the season is good, will make a fine
crop.
J. C. Huff's washing machine fac
tory is running in full blast and will
bring thousands of dollars to Mexico.
Z. Z. Palmer, of Fulton, walked
bravely into our Office the other day
and laid down the dust" for the
Great Religious Weekly.
MI. and Mrs. Champ Clark of
Bowling Green, have the sympathy OF
friends in the loss of their bright lit
tie son-the pride of his parents.
H. jacobson, of Kansas City, was
in Mexico last week. Jake's many
friends will he glad to know he is
doing well and making lots of money.
Hurrah for the LEDGER tow-line.
We are going to have crossings to the
court house, and good ones, too; and
now for a sidewalk to the cemetery.
Last Saturday, County Surveyor
Rodgers was in Thompson, for the
purpose Of laying off a site for a
town for our neighbors in the west
end.
John T. Ricketts, is ticket agent at
Hamilton, Nj. Johnny is q fine
penman, a good book-keeper and We
are sure will give satisfaction n all he
does.
J. j. Gill has purchased the front
building occupied by Gill & Garrett,
for which he paid slO,O 900. 1t is one
of the best pieces Of property in
Mexico.
Ringo Bros. will have a change of
advertisement next week. In the
meantime they are selling hardware.
farm implements, &C., just as cheap
as ever.
The ladies of the Liberty street NJ.
E. Church, Saturday evening, gave a
very pleasant Ice cream festival and
entertainment in the basement of
their church.
The Mexico banks were in no way
affected by the panic in Wall Street.
The Mexico banks are all run by
conservative men and will never
break or suspend.
The fog horn makes a leading
greenbacker say that the State Gran
ges are greenback schools. This is
mistake. The grange has no political
complexion at all.
If you wish to take a nice drive.
in a tony buggy, behind rapid teams
| call on Coates Bros. They have tht
incest rigs in the city, are clever boy
r and will treat you kindly.
Mr. J. B. Schroll, the leading lum
t Der merchant of Farber, was in to sex
l US Tuesday. He says about $1,000
have been subscribed to a bank il
+, perspective at that place.
The State printing for the Seventh
Congressional District was awarded
the following papers: St. Charlie
e News, Troy Herald, Bowling Greer
Post Observer and Mexico LEDGER.
Ed. Chauncey made his lady-lov
of Centralia a visit this week. H
|" reports a lovely time, and says Jac|
{ Dyer has just received a large quan
tity of that delightful foreign bever
age-water.
We made a pleasant call at j. 6
Heads photo parlors last week an
:, found Mr.. Head doing a rushinI
business. He has all the improve
n ments and can take any kind of
10 picture you want.
e The young people from Paris, Mo.
II went to Fulton last week to q ball
n They must have had a good time
IS One young lady told the boys if the
,e would remove the chandelier sh
IL would jump over the center table.
R Captain Fisher, of near Santa FL
accompanied by his two charmin
daughters, made US a call this weel
70 The Captain is a dyed-in-the-woe
70 Democrat, and we feel like THROWN
in up our hat every time we meet hin
ic The warehouse Of the Vestal, Stew
ar art & Co. tow factory at Montgomer
in City, burned about sunset Monds
oil evening. 1t contained between 81
900 and 50 900 worth of baled TOW
st No insurance. Cause of fire vi
ly known.
Is Mr.. and Mrs. Jno. NJ. Clark,
y Louisiana, have been visiting tt
formers parents in this city. M
&c Clark, we understand, has recent
81 returned from a business trip I
Europe in the interest of the firm /
~ represents.
ut eff you will give m a reason WI
you should go to congress- said
voter to an aspirant, II will use N
t. influence for you" "Why, my de-
sir" replied the ~aspirant, my Ia
ir practice amounts to nothing. I wal
ID tho salary-S