Mexico weekly ledger. (Mexico, Mo.) 1855-1956, 1884-09-04

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ELDER JOHN A. BROOKS.
Formerly of this City, the Prohibition
Candidate for Governor.
Miss Annie Cummings is much
better.
Laddonia took in the fair and the
atre Friday.
John Atchison got the red ribbon
on his dun.
We never saw q more orderly
crowd at any fair.
G. g. Bridgeford, of Chicago, was
attending the fair.
J. J. Rice, of the Galloway Gazette,
attended the fair.
One small fight, drunk and four
colored fights Friday.
J. NJ. Pollard, the jeweler, had the
dandy sign at the fair.
The Goldens are liked better every
time they visit our city.
Our Alb took the red string Friday.
It just matched his hair.
The Goldens played to standing
room only Friday night.
Mr.. Ed. Kendall's young son
makes a jolly burlesque driver.
| Joe Pratt had the dandy burlesque
rig and took the SIS premium.
Wallace Williams, OF the Fulton
Telegraph, has our thanks for fayors.
A little child of NJ. C. Robbins, OF
Thompston Station, died last week.
You will not see better ring any.
where than the stallion ring of Fri.
day.
Frank James did not arrive as ad
vertised by our sensational cotem
porary.
Wallace Williams, the rustling ed
itor of the Fulton Telegraph, attend
the fair.
Any one who thinks Joe Roo6
would pull a horse he is driving il
mistaken.
/, Friday was truly big day. Yor
could not get standing room on The
amphitheatre.
Columbia, Centralia and Sturgeon
are combining to get up q nine tt
beat the Browns.
DR.. Dedman, T. A. Boulware, Ray
Samuel and DR.. Simco, of Fulton
attended the fair.
Clay Taylor {col.) has corn owe,
IA feet high and pumpkin tina
weighs $50 pounds.
Col. Crews, of Franklin county
candidate for Congress in this dis
trict, attended the fair.
The black who trotted in less thai
2:35 in the free-for-au Friday receiv
ed the extra money, $25.
Mr.. Rhodes, a prominent attor
ney of Paris, and a brother of Dr.
Rodes, of this city, attended the fai,
The same fellows who ride tn
fence during a base ball game rooste'
in Judge Clark's orchard during th
fair.
Mrs. G. II. Hodges and childre
and Ed. Berry and wife, of Carroll
ton, ILL.,, have been visiting friends i
Mexico.
The prize fight was one of the bes
features of the fair. A large crow
would have been present if they ha
known it.
The parties who always kick abor
the fair are the ones who never pa
cent or do lick of work toward
its success.
Col. Higgins, of Miami, Mo-, wa
here Thursday. His celebrate
stallion, 'tPhil Royar," always gets
the front at our fair.
It surely can not be true th'
some of the strikers for the "Audrai
candidate" for Congress are tryin
to groom dark horse.
The Mexico LEDGER is running
large Fair Daily this week. Bot
got the move on him and gets up
good paper.-Callaway Gazette.
There are reports in circulate
that the "close corporation" ph
l. will be attempted again in the A
drain Congressional convention.
Our friend John Atchison got mi
on the first day of the fair when tn
called his dun horse cow. He g
- used to it before the fair was owe
l The 80 cent entrance fee proved
1 success. Next year we can afford
have $500 and $500 premiums a
will draw some of the best horses
>. the world.
j. Mrs. A. E. Beck, of this city a
Z DIR. j. W. Lanius of ST. Louis, w
s. married in this place on Thursday,
DIS Rev. w. II. Lewis. They will resi-
in Palmyra.