Mexico weekly ledger., 1886-03-25
See Phillips new ad.
Bishop Robertson is ill.
Senator Vest is very ill.

The school tax is the same as last
year.
R. F. Marshall will please send us
his old address.
The meeting ct the Baptist church
is growing in interest.
The best of Soda at Bakers drug
store in postofice block.
Ladies Aid Society meets at j. G.
Bassford's this afternoon.
Northern and Edmonston are hand.
ling a great deal of stock.
Mrs. DR.. Al. M. Scott, now in
Texas, is not expected to live.
Guy, the only son of Mr.. and Mrs.
Abner billiard, died March Goth.
The base ball boys are going to Or
ganize a nine next Monday night.
DR.. Wayman preached at the Lib.
erty street NJ. E. church last night.
The Linton District Medical So
ciet.y meets in Mexico May 4 and 5.
The Goldens are playing at Austin,
Texas. They will play in Mexico fair
week.
A. large number of our citizens are
going to put water in their resid-
ences.
The Mexico foundry will make the
iron fronts for the new block at Gen.
tralia.
From samples left at the LEDGER
we Judge Mr.. Smith has found some
fine coal.
Ed Berry, brakeman on the branch,
was squeezed badly by the bumpers
yesterday.
A. o. Parsons now owns the Louis.
lana Journal. He will keep that ex-
cellent paper to the front.
From what we a learn Rush
Hill came ear having a red hot sen
sation of its own last week.
Judge Buckner is in Washington
City and will be home next week.
He says he wants no office.
The report that cars are being
transferred over the river at Cedar
City IS another depot romance.
"Dick" Dalton, of Rails county,
has announced as a candidate fol
congress. He will make a red-hol
race.
Subscribers who write to have theil
postofice address changed will please
state the old as we'll as the new ad.
dress.
The new council will give US a fence
around Hardin Park, a bridge anG
gas. The old council have done al
they could.
The Union-Liberty controversy w
think is settled. We would have Il
leave out paid ads. to make room fol-
the article sent us.
Some step should be taken at one,
toward entertaining the Editoria
Convention which meets in Mexico
May 1lth and 18th.
The members of the fire compan,
would like to know what portion o
the water works the ''spigot' is 81
they can see that it receives propel
attention.
Ed. w. H.. Hook has just returned
from Lancaster, where he has beer
engaged in a meeting. The meeting
closed Tuesday night with eighteel
accessions TO the church.
E. G. Waters. the new postmaste
at Vandalia, is one of the most sterl
ing young Democrats in the county
. A party will succeed just as long a
|, such men are put on guard.
JAS. Dearmon, of Vandalia, ha
opened a news stand in his druI
l store. Any one wishing to subscribe
! for the LEDGER can call on Jim, VIII
. will always have the G.. r. w. o.
, sale.
: Union Items" Rush Hill Rack
et," "Row.ns Items" and Lad
I. donna Items will appear next wee
: and we want the above correspond
ents to send additional items In tim
= for next week.
Earl S. Morris, of Thompson, re
turned Tuesday from an eight week.
s duck hunt in Illinois. He says tbs
he and three friends killed 100
lducks. Thanks for samples of th
: same. They used 1875 pounds {
! powder.
DIR. Alex Crawford, of Bardstowr
Ky, formerly a resident Of this cour
ty, is visiting bis brother, DR.. J. +
Crawford, of this city. The Doctc
. has extensive landed interests net
! Laddonia aud is thinking of locatin
i in Mexico.
Don't fail to read AL. OF Wilder
Pearson, Laddonia, $40. They ha,
received q full line of spring good
They keep a full stock of step
goods and general merchandise. Tb
/ firm is well known and does a reliab
business. Call and sec their stoe
k before yen buy anything.
= Our contemporary speaks for u
congressional convention at Mexic,
W. think this a good idea. Mexie
e d the most centrally located and HI