Mexico weekly ledger., 1889-01-03

Democratic primaries III county
Successful commencement week
Matinee races at the fair grounds
Annual Sunday School convention
is held at the Christian Church
Hardin College Alumna annual e.
union-Mrs. A. W. Rodgers, aged
81, dies at Benton City-Judge q.
B. Macfarlane is elected president
of the Water-works company--The
Mexico Fire Brick and Stove-lin-
ing company is -organized-Joe
Bryan is ordained an Elder of the
Christian Church-C. c. King is a
resident of Nevada, Mo.-Rev. c.
II. McDermond and Officer James
Marshall have a matinee.
JULY.-Jim Kesler, "Honest
Jim," leaves his creditors a-mourn-
ing---J. B. Machin, a young Farber
farmer, tires of life and ends it
Hardin College board adopts plans
for new chapel---Mrs. Peery, of
Rush Hill, is dead---Death of B. E..
Whaley---W. S. Mosby meets a
tragic death---John NJ. Gordon is
prosecuting attorney by appoint
ment---The c., H. Il S. is assured,
in a hern--Judge A. J. Cox is dead
---Experimentai illumination of the
new Grand Opera House is a grand
successful. c. Dingle and Miss
Ida CLANCY are married---Little
Ben Cater, of Topeka, Kan, killed
by the cars
AUGUsT.---F. B. Deleplane buys
out P. W. Harding--Mrs. JEFF. F.
Jones is. dead---Delphla Williams,
colored, is killed by the Wabash
The fatal parallel--Disastrous hail
storm near Worcestershire bes;
fair in the West is held-Lova Ann
Taylor, colored, aged only III
wears, is dead-Miss Rosa Lee
Triplett is dead-The Audrain
teachers hold a successful institute
---R. H. Norton is nominated fol
Congress---James Heller is killed
at q threshing machine explosion
Mrs. Jane Harris is dead---S. S
lCraig sells to c. a. Buckner.
SEpTEMBER.---NrlingR q. Carte
and Miss Carrie Emmons are mar
ried--K. II. Allen learns the value
lof Mexico's market and holds
Successful sale of horses here
The public schools and Hardin Col
lege open with large attendance
confidence men try to work w
b. Harris and \. Sneed: they &c
leit---Frank L. jesse, at a specia
! primary is nominated rs county at
torney---The Mining Company de
feats Wolf at Bowling Green---Eld
j. w. Higbee hands in his resigna
ton under protest---The old set
=, tiers talk over old times IN Mex
ico--Lee Bolts dies of epistaXis--
Miss Maggie Reftery and }. c
Iiams are married---Mr Susanna
r. Lawhead, aged 81, is dea'
:, Wreck on Wabash no lives lost
OcToBER.-Edwin s. Wilson an
! Miss Bryan are married-Death {
i, A. J. Torreyson, aged 60; dies 8
. Kansas City-The annual shori
horn sale u great success-lra l
. Holt and DR.. Russell are dead-rh
grand jury fails to find n true bi
against Mark Stevenson for til
/. killing of Mosby-The Davis brotl
y ers buy an interest in the POLICE
mills-Jennie johnson tries to pc
5 son her stepmother-Winnie BoyC
oolored, fatally burned-C.F .Clar
buys the celebrated trotting s~tallio
o Robert Rysdyk-Death of Alvi
d Ringo-The water.works propos
h ton is submitted-Miss Emily Hi
&c debrand, OF Benton City, is dead
;e j. NJ. Merefce concludes to mo,
n to California-Tom Daniel and Mi
"a Mcdonald are married.
ID NovEMBER.--Entlre county Den
~ oeraiic ticket elected-Prof. A. ]
Ut lancey offers an elegant Engli.
es grammar medal to the High Soho
-We don't ratify-The railroad
e no longer talked of--The celia
II ways are ordered closed-The Ii
ton District doctors meet here aga
Underwood and Miss No