Mexico weekly ledger., 1885-03-19
BITS FROM BOWLING GREEN.


Correspondence of the Ledger.
BOWLING GREEN, Mo, March IL
We presume you are aware that this
is the land of Joe Bowers. We
haven't seen Joe, but if we are to
Judge Joe by the average citizen you
can draw to him and get an C full
every time.
DIR. John A. Brooks lectured here
Friday evening of last week. Ten
perance, l must admit, is good any
where, but L don't believe John is so
much in favor of temperance as he Is
of DIR. b. becoming governor of our
great commonwealth. His lecture
was a sort of religio-polilico-bullaba-
loo, so to speak. He talked a great
deal but didn't say much; but then
he couldn't help it, l suppose.
The old Jail building is being torn
down pursuant to the erection of a
fine two-story building. The corner
will be occupied by the Citizens
Bank and the other apartment by
Purnell & Davis, the Young and pro-
gressive druggists. The building will
he 46x10O feet. The second story
will he used for offices, nearly oil Of
which are now spoken for.
There has been no skating rink
here the past winter and as a conse-
quence divorce suits were rather
scarce in the March term of court,
though l am of the opinion that there
should have been several, which will
probably mature early in the future.
Wesley Collins, the murderer of
Owen Utterback, Of whom your read
ers have read all about several times
in the past year, is here in Jail await
ing his time to meet the sheriff upon
the scaffold. He seems to be in as
good spirits as before the trial and
expresses Il hope of yet Guiding the
hangman's rope, but there seems to
be no other way out of the difficulty.
Should this be the case it will be
Pixies first hanging by law for about
40 or so years.
Alexander Ratliff, of Indian town.
ship, bordering on the Audrain line,
has been pronounced insane by DIR.
Matthews and unfit to he at large.
He has been ordered taken in charge
by the sheriff and to be convc, ed to
Fulton. Alexander became deranged
on the woman question and his hobby
was to get married. If this is the
only defect in the man | am led to
believe that about two-thirds of Pike
county will be in Fulton before an
other six months. | may be mis-
taken, but l am calculating on gen.
eral observations, and a man up q
tree can see many things.
There are about fifteen Young,
abIe-bodied mel in this town who
seem to have no occupation and wear
clothes fit to kill OF course it isn't
a crime but it seems to me that it
would he rather straining on the old
man. This is none of our business,
however.
Hon. Champ Clark made a most
able argument in behalf of Collins.
Pike cornty may we'll be proud of
its prosecuting attorney. His equal
is not found in Northeast Missouri.
l have been wondering all winter
long how the editor of the LEDGER
has kept his feet from freezing there
is so much of them on the ground !;
but then l suppose he is attending to
that part of the business himself.
The case of Margaret Carter and
others against J. b. Long for a fur
ther division of the property of John
C. Carter, deceased, among his heirs,
came up l n tue circuit court last
week. This case, as has been re-
peatedly published before, involves
several dollars. An interlocutory
judgment was taken by the heirs las.
week. At a late hour Norton & Dry
den appeared for the defendant and
asked that Judgment be set aside,
ana tie case was continued until the
next term Of court.
Clark & Tapley and Judge y. o.
FORREST. attorneys for Collins, have
filed reasons why a new trial should