Mexico weekly ledger., 1886-04-22
BENTON CITY BRIEFS.

Correspondence OF the Ledger.
BENTON CRY, April 30.-oats and
meadows are looking fine and farmers
are beginning to prepare for corn
planting with a vim.
b. +. Wyide is selling a big lot of fruit
and ornamental trees this spring.
Taylor Dowell is feeding some beef
cattle for June market.
Thomas Harrison, of Galloway coun-
ty, is feeding over one hundred head of
cattle at his brother James, which he
intends to ship soon. They are good
ones.
J.. W.sDowelI, of the National Stock
Yards, Illinois, was here on business
connected with his commission firm last
week.
Mrs. Nelly is building a nice addition
to her house which, when finished, will
add greatly to the looks of that part of
the city and will also afford her better
facilities for taking care of the travel
ing public.
The LEDGER has about three times as
many subscribers at this place as any
other county paper.
We think the cemetery company
ought to do something in the way OF
ornamenting it. The ground ought tc
be cleaned off and trees set out at once
which the company could well afford &c
do, as they sell their lots at a good
price. The board of school director.
could do something of this kind toe
which would add greatly to the looks o
the yard. 1t would not take but a few
years to have a nice lot of shade tree,
and eyergreens growing. 1t don't tax,
but once to do it.
The State Presbytery met at thij
place last Thursday and continued il
session the rest of the week, with Rev
Robertson, of Fulton, as moderator
Prominent preachers from all parts O
the state were in attendance. Some on
of them preached at night during tn
session. There have been two add
tons to the church up to date. Rev
Marques, of Fulton, preached som
excellent m the first part of tn
week in advance of the meeting of tn
presbytery.
Herman Tretchell, our 2. NJ, ha
made some valuable and necessary i'm
p~rovements in the office, putting in ne'
boxes, etc.
There is some talk of Judge Douglas
running for county clerk and the friend
of Walter Tretchell want him to ru
for county Judge from this, the Easter
district.
Hannah, the wife of Caleb Jones
colored, fell senseless to the floor las
Saturday evening while attending
her domestic duties. DIR. Halby wa
called in but could do nothing for he
She died Sunday about ii a. m. SUI
posed to be some kind of heart diseas'
Who said land was renting cheap i
l Audrain? Whoever it was did nc
know what they were talking about,
it rents all over the county as it doc
l here, from $3.50 to So per acre, and mol
/ could have been rented at that had
been here to rent.
Benton City has the dandiest lit
depot and the dandiest little agent
!, any place between st. Louis and Kal
: sas City. The girls are all mashed
on him-that is, the agent, not I'll
depot.
3 Miss Nellie Hoover is teaching IL
( spring school at this place and seems
. be giving general satisfaction.
t Some of the Presbyterian brethre
8 got it poured on them to their heart
content on their way home from churt
last Thursday night.
s Regular days for preaching at tn
place: First Sunday for the Presbyt
rians, with Rev: Robertson, of Fulto
e as pastor, and the Baptists the four
d Saturday and Sunday, with Ed
S Whiteside, of Mexico, as pastor. Ed
e Grantield breaches at the Christii
e church, just south of here. the secol
Saturday and Sunday in each month.
Regular milling days are Tuesday a.
Friday of each week. Vox.