Mexico weekly ledger., 1886-08-19

Circus parties are the latest
thing IN fashionable circles.
Secretary Glandon deserves great
credit for the success of the Fair.
A circus never fails to draw no
matter whether the corn crop fails or
not.
The jury found Al Bennett mot
guilty" of stealing $50 from L. l..
Moore.
No Art Hail or Exposition build
ing outside of st. LOUIS will down
Mexico.
One Of Mexico's prominent drug
gists is to be married within Is
months.
J. X. Pool has our thanks for the
report of the Institute found daily in
the LEDGER.
No nomination made by lhe late
Democratic convention is even tainted
with fraud.
Marshal Surber says the city is
full of suspicious characters. Look
out for them.
Mrs. Gardner has postponed her
concert for a week or two on account
of the weather.
The date of the kpnkel-Mexico
concert has been postponed until Fri
day, Aug. 9th.
Mr.. Chas. Kunkel never fails to
draw a large and refined audience.
Go and see him.
1t is reported that one of Mexico's
leading attorneys is going to Kansas
City to resides.
Jas. \. Ieatman, of St. Louis, was
~suffocated by gas at the Barnum
Hotel Saturday.
The residence of Caroline billiard,
colored, was entered Saturday night
and Sc was stolen.
The ladies of the Presbyterian
church cleared over 5000 at the din
ing hall during the Fair.
The teachers should subscribe for
the daily during the session Of their
Institute. Only - cents a week.
Street Commissioner Burhop is at
work with u force of men, cleaning
off the streets around the square.
Every subscriber to the LEDGER
can get a copy of the Western Ploec-
man free by calling at this office.
Services at Regular Baptist church
Saturday at 2 O'Clock p. ~, and Sun
day at IL O'Clock q. IN, by Ed. j.
I. Bradley.
Married, on the 18th, by Rev. j.
Pearce, at his residence, Mr.. j. w.
Paisley and Miss Sallie F. Guerrant,
both of Galloway.
Many a young gallant from the
country took his girl to the travelling
photograph gallery yesterday, to have
her ''picter TUX"
FoR SALE OR TKADE.-Fine gold
watch for sale, or will trade for good
milk cow in part payment. Enquire
at LEDGER office soon.
Leb Crigler, of Martinsburg, is a
great sprintcr and wants to run
Charley Buckner or Willard Carroll
for the championship of Audrain.
We could not supply the demand
for the Daily LEDGER Monday by
hundreds. Everybody wanted to see
u account of the dark lantern
meeting.
Sam Locke's only bird dog''Sank.'
known to every hunter in this part OF
the state, had to be killed Monday.
The heat was too much for him and
he had fits.
The fourth quarterly meeting for
Mexico circuit will convene with the
Llttleby church next Saturday and
Sunday. ]. II. Ledbetter will con
duct ~the'meetlng.
Marshal Surber has received no.
lice from Paris, Mo-, to arrest Neal
Scott, a m~ulatto, 20 year old, 5 feet.
or 8 in height, very thin face and
two teeth out in front. He is want,
ed for assault with intent to kill.
Wood Maddox, Geo FARES, J. d
Frazier, VIM. Watts, Mary A Powell.
d. b. Powell, j. H. Woods, Fl. r.
heeton, John Sims, E. Harvey, J.
Finnel, Mary Schaible. NJ. Eubanks,
are among those who subscribed foi
the G. r. W. this week.
Geo. Byrd, the ''cured lunatic"whc
assaulted a farmer named Muir, il
galloway, Saturday, was sem to the
asylum from Mexico about one yea1
ago He attempted to kill his wife
VINO lives in West Mexico. Muir
although terribly injured from tht
oeaang he got with a hoe, will recov
ef' Byrd is a dangerous man.