Mexico weekly ledger., 1885-10-08
Circuit court next week.

Circuit court next week.
Don't fail to attend Blum's opening.
Ohio will 60 Democratic next
Tuesday.
J. H. Wells is very sick at J. A.
Spence's.
NIcc-l resident Hendricks is in ST.
Louis to-day.
Charley Burchard, of Martiusburg,
died last week.
]. Ii. Crawford still takes the cake
on big squashes.
W. E. Veerkamp is teaching a fine
school at Rush Hill.
The Rails County Record is 20
years old and a daisy.
Mexico should, by all means, Sc
cure tie tobacco factory.
L. p. SmoIhcrs is agent for a New
York publishing company.
j. Liebler, OF Rush HI, made us
a pleasant call this week.
Jas. Crawford is president of the
Bryan school literary society.
Bob White went to st. Louis to-
day to see Vice-Pres. Hendricks.
The Ladies' AID Society meets at
Mrs. McMurray's this afternoon.
The answer to the PUZZLED
Dutchman" will appear next week.
Col. Hutton is home from Wash
ington, and deservedly well pleased
with the work he accomplished.
Boyt;, the new postmaster at Rush
Hill, has gone into partnership with
Feutz in the dry goods and grocery
business.
The Lexington Inte'igencer is issu-
ing a bright and newsy daily. COL
Lesuer'" is one of the best Writer'S in
tie state.
j: appears as though the illegal
traffic in whisky in Mexico would
have to stop. The saloons must be
protected.
There are more people in st Louis
this week than ever before. About
ten train loads pass through Mexico
every day.
Clark & Potts, of this county, tool
second premium at st. Louis fair OF
Moss Rose. The sire Of Moss Rose
took the first premium in TIE ss"t
ring.
Mrs. Frank Turner AMI daughte
accompanied by Miss Estella Turne"
, left Sunday for a several days s-si
to friends and relatives in Randolph
, county
The candy makers have an oyste
) festival in the store room formerl.
occupied by C. F. Yerger tomorrow
night. Oysters will he served il
every style.
Capt. Winters, of tie Quincy, Ill.
brewery, owned by Dick Bros, wa
in Mexico this week and called. Il
y is a clever gentleman and a liv
business man.
i Ex-Governor Hardin is putin
rock on the Paris road along the Ell
tire length Of his farm. If all OF GU
farmers would do this we would 500
have fine roads.
The report that B. B. Runkle,
the LEDGER, went to Washington t
. apply for the postmastership
Young's Creek is an error. He wer
! to see the elephant.
Sheriff Atchison and Bob Grahal
in the rain the other night yer hun
y ing ST King while his body was hang
ing to a tree and his soul was wher
they never shovel snow.
Mrs. H. L. Rodman, accompanie
bv Mrs. Ann McLanahan, of Lie
s. Angeles, CAL, left for st. Lon
Of Monday, where she will purchase
Y. large stock of fall millinery.
IS Frank Shell, of Laddonia, nev'
a. wrote, sent or telegraphed for al
T. reporter from Mexico 10 come dow
v and write up the news as far as tt
In editor of the LEDGER knows.
The rag house of Jonas Berg,
Centralia, formerly of Mexico, caug
y on fire one day last week from spo
taneous combustion but was put o
Err before much d. mage was done.
n The Odd Fellows have a graz
K ball at the Windsor October lot
~ Committee on invitations. B. Ct
I'd Inns, John Roseberry, J. W. DAME
IS Floor Managers - Chas. Morgue
tn Jos. W. Pratt, S. B. Collins, Villa
'e- Potts, D. C. Knoierer, d. Schmi'
The mugwumps actually prefer
lie that it is necessary to the success
r. the administrations civil service p
h. Icy to elect the Republican ticket
lie New York. The sooner the Dem
in cratic party quits monkeying arou'
IS with mugwumps the better off it "
be.