Mexico weekly ledger. (Mexico, Mo.) 1855-1956, 1889-03-07

his family back to Mexico TO live. |
Michael Chapue is home from
the West shaking hands with |
| friends.
Mrs. T. NJ. Kimball went to
Laddonia Saturday to visit for
several days.
l.. Coil has moved the Singer
Sewing Machine office to rooms |
under the LEDGER Office.
James Thomas, late proprietor
of the Ringo Hotel, has returned to
his old home in Decatur, Ill.
Mrs. Thomas Martin died at
Martinsburg Thursday. She had
been i'll sometime with pneumonia |
DC. Unsell and wife, of nearA
frankferd, Pike county, are visit |
ing the family of Rev j. f. Smith.
Kane Smith and family arrived |
from California Sunday. They |
have been gone a trifie over a year.
The Ringo Hotel has changed |
hands three times in three days, |
but Robert D. Worrell is fixture.
VIM. Luckie and wife have re-
turned from the South to remain
They found no place better than
Audrain.
Don't miss the wonderful ire
vulving rock'' scene in the "Black
Flag" at the Ferris Grand to-mor-
row night.
There were only % days in Feb
ruary including Sundays, and 2sI
marriage licenses were issued dur
ing that month.
Our friend, John Abbay, succeed
ed in slipping up on the reporters
in regard to his wedding, but they
will get even with him somehow.
Mr.. D. r. Jones, Of Mariinsburg,
a student of Bryant Il Stratton's
Business Coll ge,St. Louis, has been
the guest of his cousin, Tommy Bas-
kett, this city.
R. Miller, of Southern Cali
fornla, is here to become night en-
gineer of the Water-works. He is
a brother-in-law of John Dyke,
chlet engineer.
The House Committee on Agricul-
tu reported adversely bills to pro-
hiibit dealing in futures declar-
ing that Congress has no jurisdiction
over the matter.
A daughter was born to the wife
of Charles E. Kee, proprietor of
the Chinese laundry on Washing
ton street, last night. The baby
has not yet been named.
Andy McElhiny, of this city,
received White Cap letter day.
Evidently some one was trying to
Joke Andy, who has not an enemy
in the world that he knows of.
Mr.. A. G. Azdell and his brother,
Mr.. J. NJ. Azdell, left for Ohio
Wednesday night ON the inaugural
excursion to visit their mother,
who has been ill for sometime.
! George Ridgeway, from Audrain
county, near Centralia, spent
several days near Ashland, Boone
county ,and took about one hundred
stock hogs, which he purchas led
at tour dollars and fifty cents per
hundred pounds gross.
Elder Samuel Magee, of Gen.
tralia, baptized Adam Rodemyre,
editor of the Guard, Wednesday
evening, Feb. 81. Mr.. Magee is
holding series of meetings during
this week. A good interest is
manifested. Several additions to
date.
Mrs. Julia A. Whltmer died near
Richmond Monday night, aged "A.
She was the widow OF the late David
Whitmer, one of the three who were
with Joseph Smith when he dec lar
ed the angel delivered to him the
golden tablets of the book of Nor
mon.
Robert d. Worrell has purchased
the furniture of the Ringo Hotel
and took charge to-day. He has
experience in the hotel business
and will make a most popular
landlord. The travelling public Is
acquainted with Bob and is de-
lighted that he is now in the hotel
business.
| &. j. Moore, former resident
and wielder of the birchen rod of
this county, and who has been for
years engaged in frontier survey
ing in Texas, is now engaged in
handling fine horses in Anna Col
lin county of that State. He viii
probably make the Northeast Mis-
souri, fair circuit the coming fall and
visit the greatest fair on earth"
at Mexico
BY the sprea ding of the rails.
caused by a broken piston-red
I 4. + II.