Mexico weekly ledger., 1885-08-20
Cough & Ruger have dissolved.
Maj. Lawder is in Colorado on bus.

Grasshoppers r making their ap-
pearance in great numbers.
Mrs. DIR. Koontz is home from Vim.
cennes, Ind, and will remain.
W. a. Harrison, of this county,
died on the 18th, aged about Sc.
A burglar entered c. B. Morris
house on Tuesday night and got
left.
The ladies of the "Stoddert" So
ciety meet at the Presbyterian church
this afternoon.
W. R.. Carter had an offer of So, 900
for his trotter from a New York man
this week. Carter refused.
A little son of W. O. Gray fell out
of a tree in South Mexico yesterday
and is in a critical condition.
There will be a picnic on the Flor
ida road on Bean creek Saturday,
August 29th. The public is invited.
At Elk Lick.
"Whither?" said he.
ITO the springs" said she.
III will accompany thee"
The Audrain County Fair can pay
all of its old and new debts and will
have about 81, 900 left in the treas
ury.
1t is reported that Cas- Hagan, who
is now in the East, will bring back
with him a bright, blooming, blushing
bride.
The meeting at the Liberty street
NJ. E. church is very interesting.
There have been many additions to
the church.
j. X. Pool, one of the best teach.
ers in Audrain county, will open his
school at -- school house on the
first of September.
The St. Louis Republican says
Maxwell says he gave Preller chloro.
form for the heart disease and it
killed him accidentally.
Mrs. D. w. Steele has our thanks
for some of her premium cake. We
will put Mrs. Steele against the
world to make good cake.
The surveyors are still at work
locating the water works. AS soon
as they are through, work will begin
and the land will be purchased.
Prof. HamiIl, formerly of Mexico,
now one of the most thorough edu.
Gators in Illinois, is in this city as di.
rector of the teachers Institute.
Correspondents to the LEDGER
on any subject must sign their names
and on personal matters their names
must be published with their articles
VIM. Hyde, of the St. Louis Re
publican, is writing a political history
of Missouri. It will be thorough il
every respect and will have an i'm
mense sale.
The Laddonia Herald, Farber Ey'
and vandal,a Leader keep the cas-
end of the county well supplied will
news and do not appear to feel tn
hard times.
That very accurate and reliable
paper, the N Y. Observer, is respon
sible for the statement that in Glas
gov ''forty thousand families live ii
one room!"
Mrs. Chal Green had her pocket
book stolen at the fair, containing
some unset diamonds. Mrs. Col
Clay was not robbed, al u cotem
porary stated.
J. II. White, foreman Of the MOI
erly w~aterworks, will leave in a fe'
DAYS to commence the waterworks 9
Mexico, under the firm of Pond
Masten.-Moberly Headlight.
Jimmie Owens, the hustling cler
at II. C. Paul's store. has the thanE
of the LEDGER Office boys for nic'
sweet watermelon. Jim is q friend
the printer and is always to the from
Bob White. Of the Mexico LEDGE
is happy-it's waterworks. The vol
on Monday last resulted 7O3 in fsvt
of and 20 against water. Mexico
; bound to boom.-Fayette Hdepen'
ent.
A.. Fl. Miller and wife, Of Illinol
were visiting Mr.. and Mrs. Sontai
, Miller was once a merchant in Me
leo and is now one of the leadir
: business men of our neighbour
state.
The Mexico LEDGER is issuing
very neat Fair Daily this week. b
i, White is an e~nterprising newspap
{ man and what he takes hold of in Il
4 line is bound to succeed.-Vanda
Leader.
vi j. G. Huff, OF Toronto, Canad
was in Mexico yesterday. He
B making the celebrated steam wash
:. there. Since we have water wof
he says he thinks he will come bs
to Mexico.