Mexico weekly ledger., 1888-03-22

Charley Campbell returned yes iroi
terday from Wellsville. nos
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Richard Watts, south of the city, n
is seriously i'll of pneumonia. Ia,
Fred Forrist, formerly of this ssM
place, is now a resident of Kansas con
City. CHI
J. 7. and Bob Johnson each ship ing
ped a car of hogs to st. Louis cor
last night. vic
Mr.. = who will shortly marry dry
Miss has rented the A. B. Cluster att'
residence. ten
John Spotsw God brought to this !,
city and marketed at 7U0 pound
hog Tuesday.
J. w. Hall, of Randolph, Iowa, Of
has been in Audrain on a visit to ola
his father, C. M. Hall. we
The case of Sicily VS.. yeerkamp, uni
this county, in the Kansas City sht
Court of Appeals yesterday, was Low
affirmed. pr
E. L. Brown, aged %, a son of
DIR. A. f. Brown, of Laddonia, Me
died Wednesday. The funeral took Mo
place Friday. \
"Unelen James Carter, of near
jacksonville, Rails county, Mo-, La'
died at the advanced age of 103 De
years, Sunday.
A marriage license was issued
Thursday to George II. Dunford, of Be
Montgomery and Miss Margaret J..
Sturgeon, of Audrain.
The quarterly examination for
the third quarter of the public Bi,
schools is now in progress and will Or
continue through the week.
A private letter states that Mr.
and Mrs. C. G. Sherwood, of Col
umbia, well knownin this city, are NJ
snow bound in New York. Ro
Griffee will remove to Kansas
City, where he will open a shoe
store on Broadway. His business FIR
here will continue as before. y
"Rolla Boy,n one of the finest
harness stations in the State, is
now at the stables of Northern & &c
Edmonston, where he will make
" - -
A jury to assess damages and t.
benefits of the opening of the T.
Jones alley, in block Z, met at the
City Hall this afternoon. The
damages were placed at $3.50. =
DIR. Gallaher, of Fulton, will tn
preach at Concord, Galloway eoun- in
ty, the first Sunday in April. Heir
goes to Miller county on the fourth ri
Sunday in March, to do missionary w
work. st
G. T. Leeper, of Concord, who of
fell from a third story of the Ferris M
House somebody's age, is still in a d.
serious condition, He does not tr
think his life in danger but is yet to
unable to walk or even stand on his th
feet. of
John M. Daniel & Son, ofThomp- w
SON, have sold their general store
to E. H. Mcdonald, a leading or
young man of that part of the at
county, who will continue the bus n,
mess as heretofore. The LEDGER fir
wishes him success. or
Sam j. Duncan, electnieian, of at
this city, formerly with Lleweliyn's g
electric light station, has accepted h
a position In a similar capacity at N
the jefferson City penitentiary p
Sam is a f~rst-class workman and d
the LEDGER wishes him success in b
his new field. W
Billie Montgomery, the man ar "
rested in this city about two weeks n
since by Marshal Lane for killing
his brother-in-law, John Davidson, e'
near Carrollton, ILL.,, established a G
case of self-defense and was acquit- 5
ted of the crime. The reward was b
to be paid only on conviction OF q
Montgomery. y
April 6 will be observed in this
State as Arbor Day. The day isl
set aside as a holiday, on which :
school children are expected to
plant trees and ornamental shrub
berry and otherwise beautify their
school grounds. first Arbor Day in Y
Missouri was only two years ago 4
but in that short time the good re- t
suits are plainly visible. !
Mrs. 8. Flynn, of 1416 Washing !:
ton Avenue, st. Louis, is prepared ).
to accommodate persons who are in
attendance at the Democratic Con-
yentlon, or she will rent her whole
house of rs or 80 rooms to delega- :
tions from or more towns. The
finest brown-stone house on the /,
avenue, with everything comfort
able, and located in the next block .
to Exposition building, where the .
convention will be held. Write
and secure good quarters.
The surveyors on the direct
routen have reached q point IN the j
Two Mile Prairie about twenty ]
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