Mexico weekly ledger., 1884-12-25

on the LaddOnla ire.
Harvey Smith went to Moherly on
business last Saturday.
John L. Ware went to Kentucky
after his family this week.
Mayo Harris and wife have return
ed to their home in Iowa.
Everybody is being insured against
fire. A wise %precaution.
". T. Lott, Jr., of Rush Hill, was
in Mexico On business this week.
W. II. KEENAN, was in St. Louis
this week on legislative business.
Price Ragsdale has opened his har-
ness shop at McKinley's old stand.
The public school closed Dec. 10th
and opens first Monday in January.
G. W. Woolwine has taken charge
of the Cummings House at Laddonia.
The postoffice to-day will be open
from 9 to 10 a. M, and from 4 to 5
p. m.
The Mexico pork packing house is
getting away with over 200 hogs a
week.
Thos. R. Dodge has bought the
Vandalia Leader-Argus and will make
it boom.
Laddonia is going to have a pork
factory, Laddonia gets whatever she
goes after.
Miss Belle Morris, of st. Louis,
viii spend the holidays with relatives
in this city.
john Grasty has had charge of DR..
Patterson's drug store during the
Doctors illness.
The thermometer was So degrees
below zero in New York last week.
Only 8 below here.
The bank of Laddonia is proving a
big thing for that village and the
surrounding country.
Gale Guthrie, one of Mexico's
most pleasant insurance agents, has
our thanks for fayors.
The LEDGER next year will publish
the dead letter list. This is the only
dead thing we will publish.
The Christian church festival and
the Episcopal Bazaar were successes.
The latter cleared over 500.
County School Commissioner Gass
thinks there will be little or no change
made in Audrain's text books.
Farber is going to bore for coal
and water. Mexico is going to bore
for gas and fly a kite for water.
Johnny Marmaduke, Benz. Lack
land, Green c. Clay, Jr.. and othel
Audrain boys are home for the holi
days.
Railroad men tell us there is talk
of running the accommodation traiI
to Montgomery City instead of t.
Centralia.
The fire in Ragsdale's harness
shop thawed out Carriers liquor. HI
could not sell it by the plug mex
morning.
John Daniel, of. Thompson Sta
ton, among other good friends 0
the LEDGER. this week pays to Jan
LIST, 1886.
Sam Edwards has our thanks thi
week for a curiosity in the shape o
al sold family relic" Sammie
always to the front.
Charley Hedge on last Saturda
bought OF administrators sale bi
step-father's (Chas. Brandriff) bill
lard hall for $500.
There are five prisoners in Jail
black and 2 white. They are all j
for stealing. Two of them at leas
will go over the river.
If you don't want the LEDGER nez
year notify us at ace Don't wa
three or four months and then 50
you did not want it. 37.3t
Dave Stewart has Withdrawn b
resignation as evenu collector. H
was afraid q certain man he don
like would he appointed.
Ellsworth Evans, son of Dave E,
ans. formerly Of Mexico, had b
leg cut off while braking on q trai
in Kansas City last week.
Capt. JOS Ruenzi, OF st. Charlie.
ex-sheriff and superintendent OF IL
water works, disappeared last weel
leaving q family and some debts.
Capt. Fisher, an old ..wheel hos
Of the Democratic party. made ],
pleasant call this week. The Cap
says everything is serene down abo
Santa Fe.
A Miss vanata, Of South Mexic
tried to knock a train off the tra'
Monday at the depot, but fortunate
neither obstacle suffered excep
maybe, the loss Of varniah or pain