Mexico weekly ledger., 1886-10-21
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All advertisements inserted in the LEDGER
apder an absolute guarantee that the paper
has at least 10 per cent. larger circulation
than any other pdper published IN .AadratR
county. No charge toHI be made in any
case tehere this is not trae.
James Garrett is crippled up with
O lame back.
Mr.. Sam Finlay has our thanks
for Buffalo papers.
Corn is selling at 80 cents. per
bushel at Worcester.
c. Q. Mallory will feed 16 cattle
on his farm on Youngs Creek.
Hogs are selling for2 l-2 cents per
pound in some parts of Monroe.
C. B. Morris has had an elegant
sign painted for the inside of his
store.
Minnie Hauk, with her troupe, will
appear at the Opera House in this
city on the 29th.
Oppenheim's Fire Store leaves to-
day for Columbia, where he will
open Saturday.
j. A. Ringo, of Mexico, WAS last
week granted a patent on a washing
machine
Ed. Taylor was very sorry he
couldn't accompany the Marshall girls
to St Louis this morning.
Lace curtains from s1.25 to $50
per pair at Famous" Most COM.
plete stock in the city.
j. B. Botkin is in Mechanicsburg,
Ohio, to which place he shipped a
lot of fine horses from Audrain.
C.B Morris Is constantly receiving
new jewelry, and will have an adver-
tisement in next weeks paper.
r. j. VESSEL has our thanks for
a mammoth" pure Havana cigar,
made by himself. 1t is a daisy.
Ladies, your attention is directed
to the elegant stock of lace curtains
at Famous; y costly as well cheap.
". 7. Rooch, of Montgomery, and
Miss Ida Clement, of Galloway, were
married this week by ED. Granfeld.
John Rudisell and Arthur Brown
ing are feeding 200 head of cattle
on Youngs Creek. They paid S1.65
for corn.
Sheriff Atchison returned from
Jefferson City, where he placed Billy
Patterson (col), convicted for rape, in
the ~penitentiary.
Services at Regular Baptist church
Saturday at 2 o'clock, p. M, and
Sunday at IL O'Clock, a. M, by Elder
james Bradley.
Robert Worrell now has a position
with Mark Pitcher, on the south side.
Bobis a good fellow and understands
the business thoroughly.
Col. Holton will not start a Repub-
lican paper in Mexico. He is going
to establish the Martinsburg Messen
ger down at Martinsburg.
1t is said that Sam Jones made the
remark that every sin mentioned in
the Bible is committed in Chicago.
Guess he didn't miss it far.
The fact that a steady inflow of
European gold is pouring into New
York is taken as an indication of the
healthy state Of American trade.
The 1.-TWO Johns which appears
ct the Opera House tonight, is one
the best shows travelling, and
aid be greeted by a packed house.
WITH all the excitement about the
earthquake, 1t was not so destructive
to life or property as the great storm.
It's all in getting accustomed to
things.
Benedict, public printer at Wash
ington has dismissed 600 men since
he took hold of the office a few days
since. He thinks there are plenty of
Democrat printers.
Blanton Ship, of this county, and
Miss Forrest Scott, of Paynesville,
Mo-, were married at ) O'Clock this
afternoon, in the Parlors of the RingO
Hotel, by Rev. e. X. Miller.
Henry Woodward dreamed last
night that the G. & A. division was
back here and that Mexico had ten
thousand inhabitants. We hope
Henry's dream will come true.
In Squire Harris court yesterday
Kilgore & Howell got judgment fol-
$50 against L. Frank, commission
for selling business property, on the
west side, for. Mr.. Frank to j. FL.
Shoots.
A young lady living just south Of
Mexico came near being killed yes.
terday in FL. A. Fields pasture. His
bull ran after her and tore her clothes
nearly off her. The animal is dan
gerous and should be avoided.
"Wirt' Keene, of Mexico, is in
Columbia and is clerking for the Fire
store. "Wirt" is a clever young mar