Mexico weekly ledger., 1886-05-27
Laddonia has no saloon.

Flu. Lee ls IN Mexico on q Visit.
Westminster Glee Club June 9TH.
Llewellyn is having his store paint
ed.
The Harper block is being re-
built.
Thanks to j. b. Miller for straw
berries.
Cattle are selling to be delivered
in July at 5cts.
Bob Smiley, of Santa Fe, was in
Mexico this week.
Null & Brooks have their feed and
grocery store open.
j.. T. Byrns lost a little child from
brain fever last week.
Edgar Pearson is one of the best
boy speakers in the state.
Gus Reusch, of W~elIsville, was in
Mexico this week Oh business.
The city printing has been award
ed to the LEDGER and htelligencer.
L. III. Jones has handled $50, 900
worth of cattle since November last.
j. NJ. Burhop is one of the best
street commissioners any town ever
had.
j. l.. Gartrell and J.. T. johnson
send us. San Francisco papers this
week.
Our business men are taking water
so they a sprinkle the streets. A
good idea.
B. L. Locke is attending the Sum-
day school convention in Hannibal
this week.
c. F. Yerger IS able to be out
again, much to the delight of his
many friends.
w. H. Logan, a leading business
mar Of Laddonia, made US a pleas
ant call this week.
Sailing township suffered this week
from a hail storm. Growing crops
and stock alike suffered.
Vandalia is booming and its as
sessment is S146,25O. There is no
better town on earth of its size.
Miss Adah Mann. has fine ideas
about how a newspaper should be
run. She is a smooth writer, too.
Oscar Krieger, of Martlnsburg,
Mo-, made US a pleasant call this
week. He reports the burg booming.
C. D. Rodgers writes from Camp
Lookout, Big Survey, Galloway Coun-
ty," that he will be home about the
9th.
Press Monday, of Rush Hill, a fire.
man on the G. & A. r. R., was killed
in a wreck on the West End Mon
day.
Jas. Harrison, of Auxvasse, Mo-,
one of the Invest young business men
IN the state, called on business this
week.
Harper & Turner have some fine
stock on their farm. Their bull,
"Duke," is one of the finest in the
country.
There will be a Select Knights A.
o. L. W. prize drill at the Mexico
fair. Neighboring legions will be
expected.
The medals presented to the win
ners in the public school contests arc
beauties and highly appreciated by
those who wear them.
Laddonia is to lave S. $500 public
school building. The Herald de-
serves great credit for its hearty sup
port of this enterprise.
Col. Hutton leaves for Washing
ington this week to resume his dutie:
as Congressman after q weeks les
at home with his family.
Judge W. o. Forrist was invited
10 deliver the address on Decoration
lay at Louisiana. I'll health woult
act admit Of his complying.
p. NJ. Morris has on thanks for G
box of the very best and largest
Strawberries we ever had the pleas
ure of getting Oh the outside of.
Mrs. Annie NJ. OConnor, of Hat
ton, and Mrs. ]. NJ. Baker, of Nc
Creole, were in the city yesterda,
Ell route to California for a visit.
Married, Monday the oath inst.
by W. III. Hook, at Darlington, Mo.
Mr.. ]. ID. Divers to Miss Mary F.
Portwood, both of Galloway county
p. W. Harding is back from Kan
sas. He says he never appreciates
the LEDGER to its full value till b
got away from home and wanted tn
news.
S. E. Kendall is strongly in favo
of a Trades procession, as mentione'
in the LEDGER last week, and Wi
furnish the teams to draw the larges
float.
Married, last week by Rev. j. {
Armstrong, at the residence Of Alb
Tinsley, c. L.. Graham, Of Kansas
and Miss Ella L. Armstrong, Q
Kentucky.
Green jacket and scarlet cap ar
Clark's colors for the riders of hi
race horses. He has four horses
the Moberly races and will ente
them in st. Louis.
There will be a big picnic 9