Mexico weekly ledger., 1884-06-12
w. W. Rutledge is better.

W. W. Rutledge is better.
j. w. Ritenour is In Virginia ola BUSH
ness.
There are several guests at the college
this week.
Gus Reusche, of Rush Hill, was in Mex
leo this week.
Miss Mollie Baird, of Louisiana, is Wis
iting in Mexico.
w. W. Fry is making arrangements to
erect a new house.
Mrs. A. W. Terrill is visiting in
Mexico this week.
Bob Baker has ruturned from a
pleasant trip to California.
Miss. Jennie Ribble returns to
her home in Quincy to-day.
The front of Ringo Bros: hard
ware store is being painted.
b. F. Dobyns is expected home
from his eastern trip tomorrow.
II Tlden will not accept the dem
ocrats will beat Blaine with Bayard.
Sheriff Woodward took rrott.r, who
stole Sims horse, to the pen this week.
A young lady of this city we learn is
shortly to wed a prominent citizen of st.
Louis
The L. B. o. +. order (colored) of this
city will give a big picnic Oh the Fourth
of July.
Clarence Vivion, city attorney of
H~igginsville Mo-, is in Mexico this
week on a visit.
Mrs. Annie Bowman, of New Orleans,
nee Miss Annie Silver, will spend the
summer in this city.
II. It. Bairi, a prominent business man
of Louisiana, was in Mexico this week
and made US a pleasant call.
John Piedell was bound over to-
day by j. p. Winsoott to appear
before the next grand jury for assault
on Leonard Baldwin.
John S~potswood who has the best
dogs in the state cought a couple OF
red foxes this week.
Miss Susette O'Rear, of Marshall
Mo-, it v~isiting..her cusins, Mrs. G. B.
Macfarlane and Mrs. P. E. Locke.
G. G. White of the Vandalia Led
er-Argus, was up this week. He says
the east end of the county is solid
for Robinson for Congress.
Max Myers, formerly with L. Phillip,
now a leading wholesale magnate Of St.
Joe, is in Mexico this week on a visit.
Max has a host of friends in this part of
Missouri who would love to see him come
back.
Master Charley Lakeland o of
Mr.. C. M. Lakeland has the thanks
of Lee Mitchell White, Junior editor
of the LEDGER for a pair of banty
chickens. -, ~
W. ". Beasly a prominent citiven
of Boone county is in Mexico with
the tombstone Bros. in the washing
machine business which is daily
growing and promises to be a big
thing for Mexico.
Mrs. DR.. Mathes is nov living
in Topeka Kansas, Mrs. Mathes was
known to the people of Mexico as
Mrs. Taft and she has not legally
changed her name but once since
she life Mexico as far as we are in
formed.
Col. Wallace, of LAGRANGE, Nc, candi
date for Secretary of State, was In Mex
leo this week and made us Il pleasant call.
Wallace is a clever young Democrat, al
ways ready and willing to do good work
for the party. He is well qualified and if
nominated will make a most satisfactory
official!
On or about the 10th Of this month
Beatty & Younger will remove their
grocery store to the large store-room
formerly occupied by Jonas Berg
southwest corner of square, where
they will be pleased to see their many
friends. They sell nothing but fresh
goods, as low as the lowest. 8.tf
Mrs. E. P. Smith, representing thu
l Home Library Association, is in Mexico
to establish a library and made us a pleas.
, ant call. She is a very pleasant lady AM
interested in a most worthy fenterpris
which our people should make success
Mexico needs a circulating library.
she gets 200 patrons at S1.s0 a yea
(cheap enough 800 standard books wi
be put in. After that fifteen new book
will be added for every ten new subscrib
Z ers. This can and should be- made
. grand success.
We are glad to see the Fog Hor
endorse our choice Of ex.governo
y C. H. Hardin for delegate at large th
Fog Horn should be nothing if nc
~ polite this season as it's editor az
u pears to want even more than usu,
" /. e., the Office of senator and cor
gresham, but ill view Of TIL
J. double distilled longing they thin
it about time for D. III. McIntire t
o be endorsed.
If A Brilliant Wedding.
" On Tuesday evening of last weel