Mexico weekly ledger., 1885-09-17

saloons in B. G. What is the matter
with the Bowling Green papers that
they do not take q stand in the mat
ter?
There is more politics in Bowling
Green than in the capital of the
United States. More politicians, too.
for that matter.
The Mexico boys all stopped at the
Ingram house and all vote Ingram
the boss landlord and the owner of
the fleetest dog on earth.
The landlord says he will. give
$1,000 to know which n Of the
many judges present tied the chair to
the dogs tail in the third story at 2
o'clock in the morning.
Pike county has as fine q set of
county officials as any county in the
state. County Clerk Fielder, Col
lecter Porter, Sheriff Fielder, Dep
uty Sheriff G. Monroe and Circuit
Clerk +. Wenkler have the thanks of
the Audrain boys for favors.
George w. Headly, marshal of
Bowling Green, is one of the best Of
ficers in the state. If it we're not for
him the coons and others who fire.
quent the gallon shops would take
the town. Gallon shops must go. A
gallon town needs a good marshal
and Bowling Green has one.
Among those present from Audrain
county we noticed John A. Guthrie,
Joe Boyd, Cash Blackburn, DR.. Nc.
Williams, DIR. Pipino, w. O. John
son, W. W. Johnson, John Atchison,
W. T. Tretchell, j. Rutter, DR.. King,
Geo. Robertson, 7. NJ. Grange, Mrs.
Dudgeon, Jos. Daniel, Jr., Jos. Dan
iel, ST., Dick Shell, DIR. Russell, Joe
Glandon. J. M. Gordon, w. o. For
rist, Judge d. w. Sumner, Jas. T.
johnson, d. D. Woodward, A. G.
Turner, Mr.. McPike, G.. B. Macfar-
lane, T. B. Buckner, j. q. Trimble,
j. J. Winscott, Geo. Daniel, E. d.
Graham, H. A. Ricketts,, Green Clay,
A. Carter, Wash Fowler, Miss Peak,
Mrs. Sweizer.
The Pike County Post says: The
jury in the Dowell-G Guthrie s re-
tired to their room Monday afternoon
about six O'Clock and failed to arrive
at a verdict. They were discharged
until Tuesday morning, when they
made another attempt to agree,
Able arguments were made on both
sides by ]. Med. Trimble and Judge
W. o. Forrist, of Mexico, for the de-
tense; Thomas Thoroughman, of St
Louis, and Ed T. Smith, of this city,
for the plaintiff. The jury came
again this morning but could moi
agree and were dismissed. Sever
for the defendants and five for plain
tiff. The plaintiff herein has filed ar
amended petition in, which he nov
asks $50 1000 instead of $4,000 dam
ages. Unless compromised the cas-
will be tried again at the next tern
of court. This is perhaps the frs
and only cas- of the kind recorded il
the annals of the court records o
this country.
u A GALLON TOWN..
Bowling Green is a beautiful it'll
) city and would be pleasant to live il
with one exception. 1t is a "gallo,
town." Do you know what "galloI
town" is? We will tell you. Two o
three cranks have got hold of tn
strings and have it fixed SO that bee
! or whisky cannot be bought in an,
!. less quantity than a gallon. Whist j
> the consequence? The town has N
money in the treasury. The tow
/ has no waterworks, electric light, n
e decent sidewalks, no improvement
s of any kind except that the street
:, and walks are frescoed with empt
t bottles and floating corks. This
!, not the worst of it. There are tw
or three places where you can get
= gallon, and they r fearful he'll
holes, at least some of them are pal
alyzing. Niggers and drunken whit
y men are going into cahoot to buy
gallon. Fighting and swearing an
the bIoodiest kind Of red painting
$ the order of the day and at night, e,
cept for the efficient marshall, Bo,
d ling Green would be spandemoniur
'e We saw more drunken men in Bo,
ling Green in one day than there hi
h been in Mexico for one year; ar
t. why? These men who run the ga
Ion shops do not care to keep an o
derby house as they would if th'
If ran an orderly licensed saloon, al
when a man only wants a glass
b. beer he has to buy a gallon. III
gallon makes some one drunk, vi
, otherwise would be sober, and th
same one who drinks the balance
the gallon is always a poor man wi
!" could lily afford to get in this cont
ton.
Bowling Green will always be
dirty and disorderly place until, Iii
t. Mexico, it licenses saloons and reg
lates their running. Why, the fiji
at night we were there we saw thirte'
drunken men and one man had to
ID walked all over town by two frisn