Mexico weekly ledger., 1886-12-23

On Remasai OF Stock Sales.

uu htftafui VI Stouh saieHs
10 the Editor OF the Ledger.
MaxlCo, Dec, 20. - The LEDGER
does not seem to grasp the question,
underlying the removal of the stock
sales from the public streets Of the
city. The safety of the city as we'll
the freedom from indictment of the
City Council demands at once such
removal. The courts hold that, in "A
city with a charter similar to ours, IN
auction, even a constable's sale, I'M
der execution, upon "A street, drawing
n number of people who stand around
on the street or sidewalk and inter
rupt the passage of the citizen is n
nuisance per Sc, for which the con-
stable may be indicted and if special
damages occur to a citizen the city is
liable for such damage.
1t is idle to cite any authority to
show that an advertised stock sale,
held on the Ringo corner, the main
highway of the city, along and over
which all the business part of the
town must go to and from the post
office, crowding the street, eve
hlockading it for four or five hours
in the business part of the day, with
men and boys, cattle, hogs, sheep,
horses, mules and other property for
sale, by which all use of the streets
and sidewalks is prevented, is and
must be a public nuisance. This
being so, the City Council cannot
allow such things to remain, it cannot
legaliZe a nuisance. Ii q bullock
should break loose from the crowd
and run over and kill a child the city
would be liable to pay $4,000 there
for. If the crowd or the noise and
confusion of the sales should fright
en- a team and it should run away
and kill man or beast, the city must
respond in damages, while the city
officers would be liable, not only to
respond in damages, but to indict-
ment also. [ presume the LEDGER
does not desire to expose the city to
such liability.
But, practically, the removal of
these stock sales from the square, to
some unoccupied place, would not
interfere with them, but would every
way aid the town and its business. If
the stock sales were held at the Fair
Grounds it would be better for both
buyer and seller every way. Buyers
could see stock and examine it better !;
the stock could be more easily re-
strained and cared for, &C. But it
may be said the crowds would not go
there or other remote place. This
would be so much the better. The
stock sales would have one hundred
advantages, if they could be divorced
from the crowds that hang around
them. Take any crowd of three
thousand men, attending one of our
stock sales, and, of all that number,
will not be found a hundred who
have anything to sell or intend to
purchase. The balance simply hang
around and do nothing. This habit
of attending auctions is a curious
me-. Thousands attend, where only
ten or fifty have any business purpose
in such attendance, The business in
our stores, shops and offices, on any
other Saturday is double that of
stock sales days, in all that part of
the city under the influence of them,
Let the stock sales go to a retired
part of the city. W. 0. F.
McIIhenny-Botts.
AS previously announced in the
LEDGER, the wedding of Mr.. Ned
McIlhenny, of Bolton. Texas, and
Miss Nina j. Bolts, of this city, took
place Wednesday at IL O'Clock, at
the Baptist church, Rev. j. c. Arm.
strong, officiating. The bride was
attired in a neat fitting and stylish
tailor-made suit Of tobacco brown
tricot cloth, which was very neal and
becoming. The music of the occa-
sion was furnished by Mrs. R. M.
White, who played Mendelssohn's
wedding march as the bridal party
entered. After the ceremony, the
happy couple received the congratu.
~lations of the large number of guests
present. Mr.. and Mrs. McIIhenny
left on the 1916 G. & A. for a short
bridal tour Of the eastern cities
The LEDGER extends congratulations
The groom is a leading journalist OF
the lone star state. In that country
a book agent is not a hero. A six
shooter takes the place of a Fabe1
pencil with an editor in Texas
The bride is one of Mexico's mos,
charming and best educated young
ladies. 1t is always q pleasure for us
to chronicle a wedding where such
congenial spirits are the high con.
tracing parties.
Ledger Still on Top.
Bob White with his Mexico Even.
ing LEDGER is still on top. The at.
tention of both it seems is at present
largely absorbed in digging a hole III
the earth ostensibly for the purpose
of finding natural gas and coal. bu,
into which it looks as if he would
shove the temperance (?) movement.
Carrollton Democrat.
Our exchange is correct in putting
49,