Mexico weekly ledger., 1885-06-11
vANDALIA VARIATIONS.
A New Coal Cempany-Other E~nterpris.
es-Mlner Mention, etc.

corfesDondence OF the Ledger.
VANDALLA, No., June 9.-Yandalia is
again to the front. 1t is . dark day when
our town don't take the lead in enterprise
and thrift. This time 1t Is . new coal com.
pany. An organized company of practi-
cal coal miners took charge here last week,
and have leased for 20 years, so acres Of
land In the western limits OF the town, on
the North side of the G. & A. r. B., oppo-
site s. D. Ely's shaft, Of Mr.. Aaron Nc
Pike, and commenced operations this
morning. A charter will be applied for
soon, we were told by the superintendent,
MI. w. II. Shannon, when the company
VIII assume the name Of the "Audrain
Coal Mining Company The officers of
the company are as follows: John Rob-
erts, president; Richard Friar, vice-pres-
ident;and W. H. Shannon, Superintendent.
Fourteen miners arrived Monday and are
all employed on the grounds at present In
erecting buildings and pushing work on
3 shaft, which is this morning at q
depth OF about ten feet. The larger por-
ton OF the miners are men Of families,
which win require the erection Of several
dwellings immediately. The vein here is
about30 inches thick,a and Mr.. Shannon tells
us the coal viii be reached in about three
weeks, should the weather remain favor
able.
We have two young manufactures
which are sthummeis" for their age and
which have been started this spring. The
Blackburn Bros. Gloss Buggy Pain,
Mandatory is one of the recent enter
prises, which, we understand, is now be-
hind with THAR npAopc aud v-tsch ~-sY
soon n~ecessitate larger facilities. The
second new enterprise is the Eureka win.
dow and door screen mandatory, which
was also started this spring, q patent BY
Mr.. j. A. Wheeler, Of this place, q very
convenient and creditable article. They
are manufactured by Mr.. Wheeler.
NOTES.
"Duke" Richmond is still among thu
missing.
The new coal company is the absorbing
talk Of the day.
"A few of the young people attended
basket dinner at New Harmony Sunday
John Laird still makes regular noctur,
nal visits through Mexico to Jonesburg
G. E. Blain goes to St. Louis to-nigh
to attend the races. Others are going IL
a day or two.
Miss Clara Wamsley Of Louisiana re.
turned home to-day from q visit to tn,
family of C. G. Butts.
w. 81. Fox, our genial C. & A. agent
made q flying visit to MAYHEM, Layfay,
| cite county, Saturday, In company witt
Mrs. f., who remained for q visit.
Sam. W. Harris, the C. & A.. Iightnin,
1 o1inDar al Hurruviflo 80 1fahfo 70 naf vnah
bed here soon, unless he makes his visit
few andfar between and not SO frequent
ly, as it were.
Misses Matte and Bertha Ely returned
home from Fulton last week where the.
have been attending college the pas
term. Ernest also returned from Co
lumbia where he has been attending tn
Columbia University.
John Lewis, an old resident Of thi
place, died last week at the residence o
S. D. Ely. Mr.. Lewis was q native Yer
ginian. He has been employed on a CLAIM
for Mr.. Ely, In Dakota for some time
returning about q week before he died
He died Of diabetis.
Joe Pitcher went to Mexico last week
and being absent for several days, Nc
Dearmon thought it best to have an ad
ministrator % appointed to take charg
of his effects here. II he had left wor
that he "a going to Mexico, all woul
doubtless have been well, but his friend
supposed he had gone to Louisiana, fror
whence few young men return.
The Christian protracted meeting her
is yet in progress, under the charge Q
Eds. Granted and Monsur. No ne,
additions as yet. Ten have united b
letter. There is q strong effort bein
made to unite the forces of the churc
here for active work. The church hs
been comparatively idle for some lengt
time. As there is quite q large member
ship here an effort will doubtless be mad
in the near future to erect q church built
ing. The meeting is at present bein
held in the Baptist church.