Mexico weekly ledger., 1884-09-04
so CENTS
PAYS FOR
THE LEDGER
To Jan. l, 1885.
AN CASH IN ADVANCE
n.y. CASH IN ADVANCE.

"Rro. Bob Tureman is home from
Texas.
Mrs. Major Hord Is visiting in st.
Louis.
Willard Carroll is home from New
Orleans.
R.C. Paul is in good humor-it
is a girl.
Mrs. Hume is dead '.ringer'' on
floral hall.
The season at Sweet Springs clos
ed Sept 1.
Gum Null sniggers. 1t is twelve
pound girl.
Miss Emma Luckie is over in Fay
ette visiting.
Tammany of New York is fol
Cleveland.
The st. Louis Exposition is now
in full blast.
There is new Polar expedition
being fitted out.
Since the fair business is not very
brisk around town.
The county will be heard from al
the coming convention.
We see that the Fulton insane asy.
lum is to be investigated.
The corn crop-and a good one
too-is now about made.
Mrs. Peck Mead, of Slater, attend.
ed the fair here last week
Mrs. Annie O'Connor, of Concord,
is visiting Mrs. r. J. Patterson.
Mrs. Sue Warren, of Denison
Texas, is here visiting her folks.
Are the girls stuck on Cas- Hagan's
shape Or his new Cleveland hat?
More suspicious characters follow
the fair than hang on to circus.
Jenny Woltz in Olivette, opera
house, Tuesday evening, Sept. 9th.
Marshall and Montgomery fairs
this week. They are both good fairs
Our exchanges have our thanks fol
kind words concerning our fair daily
Apples were never more plentiful
in this county than the present season
Mrs. M. J. Harding is in ST. Loui
buying her fall and winter stock o
goods
Mrs. Warner K. Potts is visiting
relatives in Marshall and attendin.
the fair.
Mrs. Virginia Holt, of Hatton
NO., is here visiting her sister, Mrs
+. Bennett.
Billie Carter is at the Montgomer
City fair with his famous trottel
Joe Stanhope-"
Finer or q greater quantity OF wat
ermelons were never, we believe, rails
ed in this county.
Mr.. T. ". Atkins has the thanks o
the LEDGER office for a nice, large
sweet watermelon.
The Mexico Browns are a grea
club and play ball from the word go
Columbia Statesman.
Bob. Peabody, of Slater, an oil
Mexico boy, was down Sunday, shah
ing hands with friends.
Emmet Cunningham is home fror
Indiana. He has retired from th
washing machine business.
Miss Ada West has accepted th
position Of governess of a privat
school near Guthrie, Mo.
Miss Maggie French, of Shelby
vile, Ill, sister of Mrs. J. NJ. Pollard
is attending Hardin College.
It is a settled fact that the pos
Office will be removed to the Hardin
Baker block at an early day.
We presume Salt River townshi
will try to control the coming Coz
gressional convention as usual.
The officers and directors of tt
fair deserve especial credit for tt
success of the fair this season.
Remember the primaries to be he
Thursday afternoon, September 1
at 4 O'Clock. See official notice els
where.
What better argument for goe
waterworks do we want than Il
scarcity of water at the fire Il
other nightl
A photographer from Mexico W
shortly open gallery in the roo
next to Parks music store.
Jana Journal.
Since the fire Jno. J. Steele 81
family are comfortably domiciled il
neat cottage on Jefferson street, ne
Hardin College.
MIR. James Galloway enjoys an 8
nual ride in the ring for the b,
gentleman rider. He has lots of t
and is a good rider.
Old plug horses, that were me-
known to scare before, immediat
become thoroughbreds when tl
pass over the "haunted hill"
J. G. Trimble, Joe Pitcher,
Wade, Henry Reed, Walker Ra
dale and Jimmie Garrett went o
to Sedalia with the base bali boys.
Eugene Tomlinson is doing
agreeable at the Ringo House sal