Mexico weekly ledger., 1885-10-08
Stock Notes.

j. II. Fields has sold his match
geldings for $500.
Ed CAN'T paid J. W. Brown s4.65
for a lot of good steers.
Squire Ellis bought a lot Of good
cattle this week for 4 cents.
J. Fl. Fields sold J. billiard IA
Polled Angus calves for $26.
Northern Bros. & Edmonston sold
their four premium mules for 81, O75.
8. P. Emmons now has the cat
alogues for the Short Horn sale ready
for distribution.
W. Hughes, son of E. Hughes, has
purchased $50 head of cattle, paying
S16.75 for calves and S28 for
yearlings.
Nearly 100 head Of fine stock will
be sold at the Short Horn sale Oct.
29th. Call on S. P. Emmons and
get a catalogue.
Stock sold well at W. 4. Callahan's
sale last Thursday, as the following
report from a~uctioneer Stevens shows:
Stock hogs brought 4 cents, sows
with pigs, $3.50 to $3.50; sheep,
100 pounds, S2.40; COWS, S35 to $50;
horses, $42 to SIP.
Last Saturday, stock sales day, J.
T. johnson made the following sales:
Eighteen 2-year-old-steers, $34.75
10 yearling steers, 1875 so; 8 yearling
steers, 1922; Is 2-year-old steers,
$34.60;5 steer calves, $3.50; &c
Southwest 2-year-old steers, S21.60
Z 2-year-old steers. 5000; 8 2-year.
old steers, $34. so; "a yearling steers.
$27.50; z heifer calves, $14.50; Il
steers calves, 1855; 6 yearlIne
steers, $2s.25;5 2~-year-old steers
$32.60; 5 heifer calves, 81; l mare
s years old, 1901 pony z years old
s13; 1 plug 1925; 9 yearling steers
S75; 1 COW and calf, 1913. so; 8 year
ling steers, $24.50.
Jasper Stevens, auctioneer, on tn
same day sold the following describ
ed stock: Twenty head of ~2-year-olt
steers, $33.15;7 2-year-old heifers
S24.5O; 4 yearling steers, s27;
sucking calves, $3.50; l COW, $19
l COW, s1s; II sucking calves, s14.s5
l horse, s years old, 1850 l horse
s years old, 1923; l 4-year-old mule
1927 so; pair aged mules, Sis;
sucking mule, $55; l 6-year-ol'
horse, 's65; pair ~2-year-old mules
5000.
Washington Lyceum Recognized.
WASHINGTON SCHOOL, Oct. Sd, '85
pursuance to notice, the citizen
of Washington school district an
vicinity convened at the Washington
school house for the purpose of re
organizing the Washington Lyceun
and make arrangements for thei
> coming meetings, which are to b
held weekly and continue in sessio.
ldul;ng the fall and winter months
Mr.. John Robbins called the meetini
: to order, stated the object of th
meeting to an audience of som
3 forty or fifty ladies and gentlemen
After the close of his remarks som
Q twenty names were enrolled for re
organization. The members the
. proceeded to elect their officers fo
+ the LIST term. Mr.. j. W. McCon
. was elected president; Mr.. B. I
= James, vice president; W. L. Rags
8 dale, secretary, and MIR. Fred Bran6
assistant secretary, and Mr.. job
q Robbins, treasurer. After installt
ton speeches were called for by th
chairman. All the officers mad
t some response. The president al
pointed Messrs. John Robbins an
Noble Barnes to act as an executiy
g committee. Said committee repor
n ed the following order of exercise fl
October 9Th, 1885:
II Essayist, Miss Rosa Woods; sele'
reading, Messrs. Charles Self and
le Dodge; defamation, Robert M
re Gown, B. F. Woods; w. L. Rag
q dale, song.
II Subject for debate: Resolve'
"That the Pen is Mightier than Il
II Sword" Affirmative led by I
E. Barnes and others negative led
le J. Robbins and others.
sr The meeting then adjourned
N meet Tuesday evening at z o'cloc