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Mexico weekly ledger., 1885-06-25

Rock roads is what we want. We
think Mexico will do her part if the
country people will help US.
See resolutions on first page in
regard to Prof. Yancey, the new
president of Hardin College.
Miss Brown, daughter of Mrs. M. G..
Brown of West Mexico, died Tues
day night of typhoid malaria.
Father O'Leary, formerly of this
city, has just dedicated a fine new
Catholic church at DeSoto, Mo.
If you want to play a quiet game
of billiards go to Collins. He has
new tables, the very best in town.
Messrs. Casey & Peabody, former
ly of Mexico, have bought a half in
terest in the Slater mill for $40, 900.
The gentleman who lost a new
straw hat the other day can hear
where it is by calling at the LEDGER.
Mrs. Jacob Mayfeld and little son,
Fred, of Fulton, we're visiting friends
in Mexico the first part of the week.
The Christian church is erecting a
good street lamp. This. is a good
move. "Let your light SO shine"
ETC., etc.
It is reported that DR.. j. B. Scholl,
of Young's Creek, thinks he knows
who found his pocket-book contain
ing $3.50.
Quite a crowd from Mexico visited
Paris, Mo-, yesterday to attend the
masonic picnic at that place. 1t was
a big thing.
Rudolph Keeton left here Tuesday
for Southwest Missouri on a pros
pecting tour. He will probably locate
at West Plains.
If you owe the LEDGER anything
you had better pay it. There is no
telling how long it will be until a cy-
clone gets you.
Rev. Mr.. Trimble, Mexico Presby-
terrain church will preach at Joseph
Armistead's the first Sunday evening
in July at 4 o'clock.
The Presbyterian candy makers,
the sweetest girls on earth, want a
crowded house to greet the Glee
Club Tuesday night.
When a certain professional man
of this part of the earth dies the
following epitaph should be written
"Hic jacet a jaceter."
Prof. D. I. Gentry has been elect
ed a teacher in the public school and
will have charge of Room No. II,
Dave is a good teacher.
The new councilman, j. W. How.
ell, has been appointed on all com.
mittees that A. F.. Poteet, whose
place he takes, was on.
Willis Johnson was here last week
on a visit. He says they + max
ing a good many miles of rock roads
around West Plains, Mo.
Mike Gorth is making two sets Of
single harness for Clark & Potts al
S45 each, and mi set for John Field
at S75. Mike is a hustler.
The dime show here last week wa!
the best cheap show that ever travel
ed. We have seer IS cents and 8.
shows not one-half as good.
Farber had a big Odd Fellows pic
mic Tuesday. The Mexico lodge at
tended and wishes to return thank
to Frank Draper for favors.
Lakenan & Barnes, as agents fo
Dwight Durkee, sold 160 acres c
bis land, seven miles north of Mexict
to James D. Frazier for $500.
The report that Uncle Frank Ton
|. linson while taking the census Wa
seen to be studying the grave ston'
lin the old cemetery is untrue.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1885-06-25

If Perry Diggs amt a hummer.
How Capt. liners bile bean patch
is getting along.
If there are any good politicians
except dead politicians.
If some people don't do all they
can to keep a town down.
Whether a young lady can be
arrested for debt.-[Adv't.
Who said the new city hall looked
like a one-horned rh~inoceros.
Who Uncle Abe Hit was looking
for in East Mexico last week.
How many chickens Bayless Collins
devoured at the Farber picnic.
If the Glee Club will not give us
the entertainment of the season.
If a crowded house will not greet
the Glee Club next Tuesday night.
If Baker and Myers thoroughly
understand Marquis of Queensbury
rules.
If timber is really being dead
ened by a candidate for the next leg
islature.
Ii some newspapers don't allow
their prejudices to impair their USE
fitness.
How many people were able last
week to find the bad spelling on the
opera house drop curtain.
If Ed. Taylor did not loom up at
the Farber picnic-especially among
gooseberry pie and fried chicken.
If our friend, Ed. Taylor, thinks
a Chinaman was made for a mop, and
because he eats vest and shirt buttons
he should be turned inside out.
If a crowded house will not greet
Judge Forrist when he lectures on
the legal aspect of Sunday at the
Episcopal church at 5 p. M, next
Sunday.
If the weather is not too warm for
our contemporary or its %''junta" of
friends to get left in a matter of get
ting even with any one who opposes
Its policy.
If we are not happy. The G. R.
w. was read out loud before a church
sewing society last week, advertise
ments and all, and no one expired
during the Entertainment
If one of Mexico's preachers who
wants everything, even clans, to shut
up on Sunday, really woke a mer-
chant up after church last Sunday
night and bought a dimes worth of
tobacco? This is a fact, J. W. M.
saws,
Mexico weekly ledger., 1885-06-25
Look Out for EN-.

A Mr.. Byron, wife and Miss Mar
tin we're in Mexico last week. Mrs.
Byron s.fxed'' over ladies hair. She
was a blonde and put on lots of
"dog." They left in the night and
did not pay their board bill at Mrs.
Cardwell's. If beating widow ladies
out of board is their business the
public should know it.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1885-06-25

fcyOOV It-Ct
This does not include about 400
people who live just outside of the
limits and will be shortly taken in the
city. The report shows that Mex
leo Is booming. In 1880 our census
was 1879. This is a good increase
in four years, especially taking into
consideration that in this time we
lost the railroad division with about,
$40 people. Mexico is bound to get
to the front. A good town can't be
kept down. A new charter can be
taken out and the many advantages
of a city with such a charter can be
enjoyed. Uncle Frank deserves
credit for his careful and prompt
work in this matter.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1885-06-25
MEXICO BO0MiNG-.OyER 5000.
Tie New Census Shows a Fine Growt
A New Charter Can be Had.

Uncle Frank Tomlinson has COM
pleted the census and will make his
report tomorrow night. He has
worked hard and faithfully. He NAV
have overlooked a few but has tried
to be thorough in his work. If anv
one has been overlooked they should
report to him at once. The report
Will be as follows:
Mexico weekly ledger., 1885-06-25
A Fulton Girls Vail.

Correspondence of the Ledger.
FULTON, Mo-, June 22.-Us girls over
here were highly ~indignant-and some real
angry-upon the arrival of the LEDGER
last week, containing the squibs about
our "darling, pretty dude" We think it
was real mean in you to do him that way,
and it made some of the girls over in
North Fulton cry. And just to think, you
made sport of his "roach," which he
prizes SO highly, and which caught US all.
He was our idol; and it gave US such
pleasure to sit on our piazzas each even
ing and listen to his sweet lullabys as
warbled in the ear of the beleaguered
drummer at the Palace Hotel. We miss
his low, murmuring voice; he is faded!
He passes his next door neighbor on the
street with a l~istless eye, and the haunts
that knew him once know him no more
forever. 1t is all your fault, Mr.. LEDGER,
and l, for one, don't want your old paper
any more. feel just like crying my eyes
out when l think of the nice fun you have
spoiled for us, and the ice cream that will
now go to waste, as far as US girls getting
any of it is concerned. He was our main
ice cream stay for the summer, and it is
too bad that u fond anticipations and
hopes should thus be dashed to earth. We
know he was a dude, but he was so sweet
and cunning-such a lallah!
A sister at my elbow suggests that We
tender u heartfelt sympathies to the
young ladies of Mexico who were SO very
unfortunate as to not get an opportunity
to hear him sing! We have all been there,
and know the torture that lies in his
shapely throat.
Our once "sprightly sprig" is now a
sullen, silent man (?) with head bowed
like the weeping willow. We loved him
let US pray!
Don't forget to stop my paper. Idon't
want it any longer, after what you said
about "Dudie."
A FULTON GIRL.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1885-06-25
At Opera House,
Popular Course of Lectures.

On next Sunday Judge ". o. For
rist will lecture at 5 p. m, at the
Episcopal church on the illegal
Aspect of the Sunday Law" The
Judge thoroughly understands this
matter and a crowded house will
greet him. This is the first of a pro-
posed course of lectures by learned
local professional men, each and all
of whom will furnish thoughts worthy
of consideration.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1885-06-25
CHESTNUTS.

Words by S. S. Edwards, music by G.. p.
Hiner.
How dear to my heart are the chestnuts
of childhood,
The bold-headed jokes our infancy
knew;
The puns prehistoric we yentured in
mild mood,
And ancient c%onundrums SO feeble and
few.
What sweet recollections rise quickly and
work US
High up to that pitch where the briny
tears well,
When we hear from the lips of the clown
at the circus
The crutch-ridden chestnuts we all
love to tell,
The moss-covered chestnuts, the mil
dewed conundrums,
And jokes that were aged before Adam
fell
Mexico weekly ledger., 1885-06-25

Fashion plates and fans at NJ. E.
Bolts. 1I-It
The Bee and Times of Ripley,
OHIO, speaking of the guests present
at a big wedding there, says: ave
noticed among others, Miss Belle
Hisey, of Mexico, Mo-, who is dis
tinguished by her stately and queenly
bearing"
Best assortment of white goods and
trimmings in the city can be found at
M. E. Bolts.
As if by magic ones pains vanish
if he be a sufferer from rheumatism
or neuralgia and applies St. Jacobs
Oil, the pain-banisher.
For coughs and colds Red Star
Cough Cure is a safe, pleasant, sure
remedy.
REMOVAL.
d. c. Knoderer has moved his shop
over Buckley & Moore's store.
Prof. A. K. Yancey, the new presi-
dent of Hardin College, has arrived
and, with his family, is temporarily
sojourning at the Central Ringo. He
will at once proceed to get things in
shape to have Hardin College open
this fall with a fine attendance.
Great reduction in hats at Mrs.
M. J. Harding's. lit.
WANTED Observation-Disclosures
light weight black silk umbrella with
a handle of redish brown color on
English pug dogs head with glass
eye. Lost Monday, June 18th.
Please leave at j. NJ. Pollard's jewel
ry store and get a liberal reward.
Splendid line of gossamers at
Mrs. NJ. j. Harding's. Tilt.
We still lack about SO on the side
walk to the cemetery. We have
paid to the council S75. By next
week we expect to have the money
all raised and will publish receipts in
full. We wish to return thanks to
all who have so literally assisted us.
New invoice of jerseys at Mrs. NJ.
j. Hardings. Tilt.
Laddonia needs O new railroad
crossing and other improvements
which the Herald is after and we
trust will secure. Never let up,
friend Beal, and you will get what
you want if for no other reason, be-
cause the people get tired of being
stirred up.
No old or stale goods at Younger
& Jesse's. Call and see them. 1Iti
The new string band has our
thanks for a midnight serenade.
During the music we fell over the
cradle and into the cellar trying to
find the cigars to set 'em up but
found nothing but a skinned SHIN.
The band is composed of clever boys
and good musicians.
Buy your groceries of Younger &
Jesse. lift.
One day-last week while Mr.. Jane
son Berry and wife were driving
along the side of Young's Creek The
buggy tipped over and rolled dowr
into the creek The old people were
not severely hurt but the vehicle wal
a wreck. The mule was badly scared
and somewhat injured but not ia
tally.
Buy your goods from the postoffic'
5 and 10 cent counter. lift
). There will be a grand picnic a
CentralIa July 4th. Foot races
balloon ascension, base ball foot ball
: shooting matches, dancing, and othe
amusements will be the order of th
day. No cannons will be allowed t
Ego off" OF that day. Old 'sUncle
7 Adam Rodemyer will see that no on
gets shot-in the neck.
Go to the postoffice for fruits 9
candy. ll-tf.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1885-06-25

The following members of Mexico
Lodge, No. 80, went down to Farber
Tuesday to celebrate the 5Oth ami
versary of that order: L. H. Moore,
Chas. Morgner, J. d. Pratt, James
Daniel, Barney Hooton, S. B. Collins,
Henry Precht, H. Schmidt, C. Riley,
Fl. FRANKIE and Chas. Armstrong. The
boys report a good time and say they
met many friends and got plenty to
eat.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1885-06-25
Now is the Time.

The council is in favor of water.
They are getting matters in shape SO
that action will take the place of
talk. The public will not be disap-
pointed. The present council will
give US water.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1885-06-25

Mr., al Houston, of Mexico, Mo-, a
very prominent merchant of that city,
was in town yesterday, accompanied
by his wife, who is on her way to
visit her parents, Mr.. and Mrs. Judge
Buckner. He returned to Mexico
last night and she left for Paris this
evening. While here she stopped at
the residence of Mr.. and Mrs. Angus
~Blakey.-Moberly Monitor.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1885-06-25
ONLY ONE FARE

For the round trip on the Wabash,
St. Louis & Pacific and Chicago &
Alton railways July Sd and 4th,
tickets good to return until July 9th
z. S. WILSON, Ticket Agent.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1885-06-25
Quotation.

To the Editor OF the Ledger:
Mexico, Mo, June 23.-Last Mon
day as I was passing the new city
hall I heard a gentleman who was
gazing at the building quote the fol
lowing. What did he mean?
<sWho builds a church and marks it with
his name
Builds it not to God but fame"
READER.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1885-06-25
Important.

When you visit or leave New York City,
save Baggage Expressage and Carriage
Hire n stop at the Grand Union Hotel,
opposite Grand Central Depot.
Elegant rooms fitted up at n cost of lie
million dollars, reduced TO 81. and up
wards per day. European plan. Eleva-
tor. Restaurant supplied with the best.
Horse cars, stages and elevated railroad
to all depots. Families can live better
for less money at the Grand Union Hotel
than at any other irst-class hotel In the
rtfty
Mexico weekly ledger., 1885-06-25
Stuck on O Fight.

The following from Thompson
explains itself:
THOMPSON STATION, Mo-, June %.
DEAR SIR-Don't fire Hook and
Gallaher. There is no other war
going On and it makes good reading.
A READER.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1885-06-25

James Middleton, of Fulton, (Col.
Rickey's valet,) made us a pleasant
call Wednesday. Jim is a red-hot
Republican and makes it "warm'' for
the boys on election day. He goes
to Saratoga to spend the summer.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1885-06-25
A Safe and Harmless FERMENTATION !

r. B. Worrell and B. p. Bailey,
two of Fulton's most prominent citi-
zens, made us a pleasant call last
Tuesday.
The city council is in favor of re-
ducing the coal oil mans license.
They think several other men should
pay as high a license as he does.
The colored Baptist church raised
S125 last Sunday and the NJ. E.
church, colored, $40, to pay off debts
with. This don't look like hard times.
J. W. Jacks, of the Montgomery
Standard, was in Mexico this week
on business and shook hands with
some of his many friends in this city.
Sunday in Mexico is observed just
the same as it was except that the
colored BARRIERS are barred from their
shops but are found somewhere else.
The ministers meet at 8 p. M.
Mondays. They DO not meet to leg
islate but to consider the ways and
means of advancing the cause of
Christ.
An endeavor is being made by the
management of the Catholic picnic to
have a balloon ascension in Mexico
on the 4th of July. A large crowd
is expected.
The hour of the ministers meet
ing has been changed from 9 a. m,
to 3 p. NJ, on Mondays. All minis
tiers, resident and visiting, are cordi-
ally invited.
Cliff. Wade, who shot and killed
Cummings at Madison in 1884, was
sentenced to IL years in the p~eniten-
tiary Tuesday in the Monroe county
circuit court.
Five detectives are trying to find
out who edited and published the
scurrilous sheet called Truth" put
in circulation at Columbia during
commencement week.
Miss Lena Johnson, of this city,
went home with Miss Maggie French
to Shelbyville, ILL.,, to spend the sum-
mer. Miss Maggie will return to
Hardin College this fall.
FouND-This morning, a pocket
book containing money. The owner
can get it by proving property and
paying for this notice. Inquire of j.
HI. Lawler, the coil oil man.
A. III. Harrison, of this city, is now
burning pressed brick. He will
be able to supply the market with a
good quality for all fronts. This will
save shipping from st. Louis.
The LEDGER and the public are
under many obligations to those who
have contributed SO literally and with
so much evident pleasure to the
building Of the sidewalk to the GENE.
terry.
Proceeds of Glee Club concert will
be applied towards purchasing chan
deliers for the Presbyterian church
Help them out. Tickets for sale al
Dobyns & Gibbs drug ~store-50, 3;
and 25 cents.
Don't fail to read Houston &
Trimble's lumber ad. in this issue
They mean business. 1t is a fact tina
lumber is now very low and the pros
pect is that it will be higher. Nov
Is the time to buy.
In this issue is a cut of an adver
tisement of the new Baird Femal
College at Clinton, Mo. 1t Is a daisy
The management of the institutio
appreciate the value of printers in
and will surely succeed.
, Call and See Them.
We want all of your country PR
duce and will pay the highest marks
price We have just opened til
. finest lot of groceries ever in Mexlc'
5 just south Of Roden's.
HIT. YOUNGER & JESSE.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1885-06-25
Real Estate For Sale.

l offer for sale the following real
estate in this city and county:
Lots IL, IL, ID, IA, Is and 16,
Quisenberry's Park addition.
Lots 4, 5, 6 and Z, Lakenan and
Barnes addition.
Lot 100, Beatty's addition.
Lot 4, block l, Hughes addition.
so acres f Ia N. w, 2, 81, 6.
20 acres E IL s. W., S. E, IS,
81, 5.
20 acres w IL S. f., N. E., $3.50,
Z.
Apply at the drug store.
June 18th, 1885. b. +. DoBYSs.
loft
Mexico weekly ledger., 1885-06-25

For SALE OR RENT.-A house and
lot on East Liberty Street for sale or
rent. Will be sold at a bargain for
cash. For further particulars apply
to Edgar Dudgeon. .12-tf.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1885-06-25
lImpartiality..

Is it not very queer that there are
ven drug stores in the little city of
Mexico. with a population of 5000
inhabitants, and that for the last few
years the grand juries of the circuit
court of Audrain county find that six
of them, viz: Dobyns & Gibbs, DR..
Patterson, j. F. L~lewellyn, French
& Co, Craig & Settle and John j.
Steele. all good Democrats, do a
strictly legitimate business, and that
H. Hall, Republican. is the only
druggist in the town that sells spirits
in violation of the law?
1l-lt TT HAr g.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1885-06-25

Don't forget to take your watch to
G. B. Morris for repairs. He guar
antees all work or no charge. 3-tf
Mexico weekly ledger., 1885-06-25
TOURIST TICKETS.

To all principal points in Colorado
and New Mexico are now on sale at
very low rates. For particulars en-
quire of or address
E.. S. WILSON, Ticket Agt.,
Union Depot, Mexico, Mo.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1885-06-25

The plans and specifications for
the water works are in the hands of
the printers. They will at once be
submitted to bidders and the contract
let to the lowest and best bidder,
subject to the approval of the voters
of Mexico. We will have water
works before winter.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1885-06-25

Itch and Prairie Mango is cured in
80 minutes by Woolford's Sanitary
Lotion. Use no other. This never
fails. Sold by Dobyns & Gibbs,
Druggists, Mexico, Nc.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1885-06-25
Glee Club.
A. d. e. W.

The A. o. U. W. order appears to
be the most fourishing of any of the
kind in the West. A lodge was Or
ganized at Auxvasse last week with
the following officers:
Albert Kidwell, 2. NJ. ".
S. S. McCue, NJ. w.
H. Langtry, Foreman.
j. H. Brown, Overseer.
J. NJ. Harrison, Recorder.
G. r. Adams, Financier.
J. A. Harrison, Receiver.
J. II. Farrah, Guide.
G. c. Underwood, L. ".
F. J. Burwitz, o. W.
DR.. J. E. Harris, Medical Examiner.
Trustees, n. F Harrison, o. P.
Jones and Robert WOodson.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1885-06-25
Removal,

Fred Hickman has moved his meat
market to a large store room just
south of the southwest corner of the
square. He has some nice rooms to
rent up stairs. Call and see him.
1O-2t
Mexico weekly ledger., 1885-06-25

j. H. Lawler every day delivers to
all parts of the city the best of coal
oil and No. IA deodorized gasoline.
ln-2f
Mexico weekly ledger., 1885-06-25
Holy Horrors.

AS III AN.AtS
some recruiting officers from the
Holiness army or ''sky pilots from
the Zion ship, accommodating what
they are pleased to call the Devils
stronghold. They denounce all inf
dels rs dishonest in belief and GYM
bling-headed liars, they ostracise
preachers and church members and
put them on a par with evil doors.
They claim to be reckless for their
God, but their recklessness consists
IN coarse and vulgar abuse of a
class better by nature and practice
than themselves. Although one of
them is as ignorant as an ass, he as
sumes to be the "concensus of the
competent" He claims to have been
regenerated, up to which time he
claims to have been a drunkard and
gambler, and, by implication, a thief,
yet, in his lofty state of sanctiication,
he still uses that vulgar garbled
phraseology characteristic of the
lower class that frequent grogshops
and gambling bells. They disgust all
who hear them talk and will drive
many from true repentance.
A cheese knife put them to flight.
The circulars distributed struck us
as being very slangy.
The holiness gang delight in abus-
ing church members and preachers.
Why is this?
The Holiness people have been
raising sheol around the northwest
corner lately.
Some of the members, we think,
are in earnest and are good. Others
we know are not.
No ravens have been seen around
Neal Ragsdale's since Sam Murray
began boarding there.
Business men prefer to have the
brass band next door to them rather
than the Holiness band.
Sam Murray, we'll known in this
city, was here with a new game
last week. He was preaching holi-
ness.
The new asylum should have been
located in Mexico. "The Lord
would have then prepared a place for
them"
Is it holiness for a%ble-bodied men
to go around the country living off
the poor people and shouting "Oh
Lord, I am pure and holy!"
A large crowd attended their street
corner service but we do not think
such exhibitions conducted by such
people advance the cause of Christ.
Charley Knoderer made so much
noise pegging shoes that the "army'
had to move. Charley is the only
| person we know of who could move
EN-.
One of the holiness preachers who
was bowling here last week about
being pure, &C., &C.. we have been
informed, was run out Of a town in
Illinois for insulting a lady.
The Holiness people made a mis-
take last week. 1t was just a matter
of identity :; they said the Lord would
provide a place for them to hold
forth in and they moved into NJ.
Y. Duncan's basement without bis
permission.
"Rev." Colburn, who was making
so much noise on a box in the street
one evening last week, abusing decent
church members, had just come from
Rush Hill. We are informed that he
was given just six hours to leave thai
town. He left the town. He could
not carry it with him.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1885-06-25

Elegantly furnished rooms to let at
the Windsor with or without board.
Rates reasonable and accommoda-
tons much better than over q store.
Sat
Mexico weekly ledger., 1885-06-25
MEXICO MARKET REPORT
Buckley & MOORE,
'EEKLY FOR THE LEDGER bY
DEALERS IN

ALL KINDS OF GROCERIES,,
Provisions, Flour, Feed Salt, Glass and Queens
ware-all sold low for cash or exchange for
all kinds Of country produce. Come and see
us-NoRTHwEsT CORNER SQUARE.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1885-06-25

For the cheapest and best tailor
made jerseys go to Mrs. NJ. J. Har-
ding's, the cheap one price store.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1885-06-25

The postoffice fruit, candy, news,
5 and 10 cent store is the popular
place to trade. lift
Mexico weekly ledger., 1885-06-25

Choice hungarian and German mill
let seed; also Landreth's garden
seeds at Buckley & Moore's. 2-tf
Mexico weekly ledger., 1885-06-25
Now Omen.

Our goods are all new and fresh,
the most complete stock of groceries
in Mexico. We defy competition.
lift. YOUNGER & JESSE.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1885-06-25

$3.50 p~arasols reduced to S12. 90,
SIS to $500 and $1,000 to 5000 at
NJ. E. Bolts.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1885-06-25

LrNoLEuM-The best fioor-covering
ever invented; warm, durable and
ornamental. (4t) /. FRANK.