Mexico weekly ledger., 1884-07-24
Teachers, you should
Attend the Audrain County
Normal Institute, at Mexico, Aug.
nth to 22d. Prof. j. P. Blanton,
Conductor. See notice elsewhere.
ATTENTION., CITIZENS.

The City Council will meet at the
Court House on Monday, July 2sth,
at 8 o'clock p. m, for the purpose of
talking up Waterworks. Everybody
come out. r. H. FOWLER, Mayor.
Bill Gray Harrison is quite sick.
Keep off the awnings tomorrow.
W. W. Fry is building a new resi-
dence.
Louisiana Is going to have a street
railway.
Mrs. Arthur Neill of this county
died Friday.
Judge G. B. Macfarlane is at Ex-
GELS ior Springs.
1t is time for the preachers to
pitch into the fair.
Jas. Trimble was in St. Louis On
business this week.
R. G. Galbreath has bought Nc
Millan's restaurant.
Miss Lizzie Burnett has our thanks
for favors this week.
Don't fail to 60 to Thompson Sta
ton picnic Saturday.
Miss Laura Craddock is visiting
relatives in Kentucky.
Everybody is going to the picnic
at Farber next Thursday.
Brick Pomeroy's paper is for
Cleveland and Hendricks.
Electric hight is cheap and good.
Why can't Mexico have it?
Mr.. and Mrs. L. P. Smothers have
returned from a visit West.
Mr.. and Mrs. E. D. Graham are
visiting relatives in Illinois.
All summer goods sold at cost by
Miss Ida Spencer, of Laddonia.
Look out for your horses and back
doors during the circus parade
The Republicans expect to put a
ticket in the field in this county.
Wear, Boogher & Co. Of st. Louis,
made an assignment yesterday.
Ed. Gibbs, the painter, has moved
to Bowling Green, Pike county, Mo
The Clinton Lodge, U. B. o. F.
have a picnic near Auxvasse, August
LIST. -.
The wind last week destroyed Mi
Fennewald's new barn LEI Martins
burg.
The Mexico Gun Club will shoe
clay blackbirds to-day for the frs
time.
We promise our readers less o
politics and more of news after
week or 50.
Doctors French and Dodson hav
formed a co-partnership for the prac
tice of medicine.
The lightning killed two fine mare
belonging to Ben Hofmier Of Ma
tinsburg last week.
We see from our exchanges thai
E.. J. Gibbs, formerly of Mexico, die'
in Arkansas last Saturday.
Pres FOR SALE.-Two Poland Chi
ma pigs, 8 months old. Enquire O
]. F. Crews, Mexico, M.
We are sorry to learn that Mis-
Matte Saunders, the aecomplishe
postmistress, Is quite sick.
Alb Dingle, one Of Mexico's mos
clever young men, is clerking &
Ogle's boot and shoe store.
Our enterprising young friend, 10
Pratt, is making q fine cas- Of hors
shoes to exhibit at the fair.
n. j. Tamly, Of Chamois, Mo
bought q farm from Robt. Steele, lal
week, for which he paid $3.50.
All any n wants is the sentimel
Of the people represented in the col
ventions-county and State, &c.
A picnic will be held on the WI
Shear farm, 4 miles Southeast
Mexico, on Wednesday, July 30.
The Vandala Leader-Argus is an
ply able to take care Of itself. 1
friends in Mexico need not be uneas
S. W. Buckley is making a mlllie
good brick at Vandalia. He has so
over one-hah a million down the
already.
Come to the closing out sale
C. C. Koeppen, and look around al
9 whether there is not somethi,
you wasn't.
We ha. e a runaway in Mexico e
cry few days. A man who leaves
team on the street unhitched shou
be severely fined.
Mrs. Sarah E. billiard, wife
Robert billiard, of this county, di
July 14th. She was a loving moth
and consistent christian.
I. N. Hathaway is visiting in To
do, Ohio. A little bird tells us
viii be home about the middle
August with an Ohio bride.
A friend Of ours up the coun'
has two mad stones. He sho
come to Mexico, for some Of the b
will have use for them shortly.
Remember the grand picnic
Tuesday, July %, 1884. 2 1.2 N
northeast OF Mexico, in Ding
Grove. A good time is expected