Mexico weekly ledger., 1886-08-26
Fulton fair this week.

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". O. Forrist speaks at Farber
Monday night.
Hardin College begins its next
session Sept. Z.
An infant child of Morgan Day
was buried to-day.
Wash Fowle took the first prem.
ium on honey at the Fair.
John Ware has our thanks for
some elegant watermelons.
John Atchison is invited to cry a
big sale i'll Pike county shortly.
The date of the opening of the
public schools has not yet been fixed.
Farber has one of the handsomest
little depots on the Chicago & Alton
road.
There will be a grand reunion of
old soldiers of Audrain county next
month.
Nelson Il Ringo will occupy IIar-
per's new double building with their
hardware stock.
The steam fixtures for the public
schools have arrived and will be put
in position at once.
VIM. Patterson, colOred, was tried
yesterday for rape and bound over
to the grand jury.
The Vandalia boys say that since
the canvass is over Chap. White has
gone to horse trading.
The residence Of John Sims, in
Wilson township, was shattered by
lightning Thursday night.
j. j. Edwards shipped two car
loads of fat sheep from Thompson
to st. Louis Monday night.
DeLaporte & Ward, of Laddonia,
have bought Mitchell Il Stevens
stock OF hardware at that place.
1t is estimated that there will be
over $4,000 visitors at Marshall
during the ex-Confederate reunion.
Miss Allie Morris took the prem
ium on her quilt at Columbia. She
should have had the premium here.
Mary Bell, the eleven-months-old
daughter of VIM. Poe, of this city,
died Of bowel complaint Monday eve.
A private school will be started
next month by NJ. D. Mcclure, at the
Barker school house, in South Mex,
leo.
Jasper Brown, of Wilson township,
had two good horses killed by light
ming Thursday night. They were
insured.
". z. Hill is erecting a new brick
at Rush Hill which will be occupied
by B. f. Clark with a full line Of
goods of all kinds.
The new school building at Lad.
donna is nearing completion and is 6
handsome structure. d. c. Wright.
of this city, is the architect.
DR.. Varnum has been appointed
postmaster at Thompson Station il
place of Mace Mcdonald, deceased
This is a good appointment.
John L. Rouse, of Progress, ha:
left some of the tallest corn stalks a
this office we ever saw Two of til,
stalks are nearly sixteen feet high.
A protracted meeting is being con
Quoted at Zion church, northwest o
Mexico, by Rev. NJ. S. Whiteside
of this city. There have been twelv'
additions.
Our friend, Z. III. Cullen, of tn
Perry Pioneer, has sold out TO Mr.
Bell and will attend the University a
Columbia. He is q good newspape
man and will be greatly missed.
Charles A, son of G.. NJ. and {
NJ. Dulany, died at the residence o
his father, in Sailing township, Al
drain county, Aug, IA, 1886, age
IL years, 3 months and n days.
c. F. Clark, in his purchase c
Marshall T., has taken another Ion
stride in advancing horse stock i
Audrain. Clark's work in this diret
ton should be appreciated by breed
ers.
The Auxvasse A. o. Z. w. lode
No. 3jS, moved into its e hall las
Friday night. The lodge at tina
point is in q ilourishing condltio
and has as nice 6 hall as can be foun
anywhere.
John Atchison and Jim Johnso
will cry the thoroughbred cattle sal
in Mexico during October. This
right; home men should always b
employed, especially when they al
the best.
The new Christian church ediiic
at Vandalia is completed with the G,
eeption of painting and putting i
pews. 1t is a nice brick building
and does credit to both the congrt
CATION and the town.
The funeral of Mrs. Belle D.. Di
lard, wife of A. billiard and daughtt
OF Milton Smith, of near Littleh
Station, took place from. til
Rock Hill Christian church at
O'Clock a. N. Tuesday.
At Vandalia Saturday a mule teal
belonging to a Mr.. Thompson too
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