Mexico weekly ledger., 1884-11-20
Joe g. Vic Barth.
THE premium CL0THIERS,
North Side Square, MEXICO, MO.
Leaders in Styles and outatters Of all Mankind,

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lily, of Eldorado Springs, Cedar
county. were in Mexico last Friday
en- route to Laddonia to visit friends.
Jim McDearmon and Joe Pitcher,
two clever young business men, are
prospecting in Kansas. We know
they will find no place better than
Mexico.
Mrs. Ida Spencer, of Laddonia, is
in receipt of all the late styles of
hats, bonnets and caps worn by Ia
dies and children, which she is sell
ing at low figures.
VT. Lott, OF Rush Hill, is prac-
ticing with a rifle anu preparing to
challenge the champion shot of The
world. He car now hit a freight car
ten steps from him.
James olfrey, Of Sloan Springs,
Ark, as in this county visiting. He
will return December LIST. A bright,
blooming, blusihing bride win see that
he gets home safesy--
Now the tired political editors can
lay aside the battered hatchet with
which he has been mailing campaign.
lies for the last. three. or four months,
and apply arnica to his swollen arm.
Corn is coming into Vandalia at
the rate Of hundreds of wagon loads
q day, and is bringing Is cents per
bushel cash. Vandalia is a great
corn market and has two extensive
elevators.
L. Phillip has been in Leavenworth,
Kansas, this week to see his son,
Benny, who is sick there. Benny is
in that city attending to the branch
store of his father. We are glad to
know he is NOT dangerous. HIEs
Don't fail to read the large display
ad. of j. E. Bolts in this issue Of the
LEDGER. Ed. believes In q liberal
use of printers ink. Such men are
found liberal in the transaction of
business. Call and see him before
you buy. rs ;
/ At the jolliication, Tuesday night
couple of Mexico youths dressed in
female costume made a mash on one
Of our Centralia boys, who followed
them around half the night without
discovering the hoax.-Centralia
Guard. {
Intemperance is, NO doubt, the
cause of many evils. Men commit
murder, run for Office, and commit
other crimes while under the influence
of liquor, but the revival of the blue
laws of Connecticut as a remedy is
worse than the original disease
A. G.. Turner, who has made a most
efficient and accommodating county
treasurer, turned over his books last
week to DR.. Lee. The Office of coun-
l-ty treasure r Is one that is hard to fill
with satisfaction and Turner is one
among few fitted for such a RESPONSE
BILE position.
J. F. Llewellyn has a photograph
of a cyclone that stirred things uE
near Garnet, Kansas. We should
judge it was q good picture, but never
having fooled with the business end
of a cyclone (about the only thing w
never went up against) we may moi
be a good judge.
j. M. Beshears, Of Vandalia, wal
in Mexico this week and made US
pleasant call. Joe is going to make
vandalia his home and has just erect
ed an elegant dwelling after the STYLE
of Japanese architecture in that liv'
little city. Joe is q liberal, enter
prising citizen, and Mexico will greet
ly miss him.
New London. Mo-, had a big fri
on the night of the 18th. The Parl
Hotel, Maddox & Wins livery stable
with a number OF stores were de
stroyed. About twenty valuable
horses we're burned. As usual, witt
small towns, New London will hav'
q fire department after one-half tn
town is destroyed.
Dean Mcconnell and Dick Major'
were at Mexico's ratification Tuesda.
night. Dick says that the affair re
minded him Of the Yelled Prophets
parade, with the exception that Their
were more people at Mexico. Ae
cording to his statement We .suppos
that the town could not Be aeen "a
the ~people.-Wsllsyilie Dsnocrat.
Whs Is 1T
j. l. Winscott, captain Mexic
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