Mexico weekly ledger., 1889-06-20
FISHING FROLICS.
The Mexico People all Cranky on
Angling.

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The Mexico Fishing Club, COM
posed of the following gentlemen,
has rented the water works pond
for Il number of years and has
stocked it with bass, croppie, &c:
L. Il. Cunningham, W. A. Morris,
president; J. C. Buckner, G.. D..
Ferris, c. B. Morris, W. r. Carter,
Green Clay, c. F. Clark, G.. l..
Ferris, J. II. Sallee, secretary, Joe
Luckie, A. X. Luckie, w. w. Fry,
r. p. Hopkins and r. NJ. White.
Some rare sport is enjoyed and it
is only q matter of time till the
catches will be valuable. The
creeks and ponds ali around Mexico
are full of cat, perch, buffalo, crop
pie and bass. The old c. & \. lake
is a Mecca for the colored folks.
The Salamander pond was seined
one day last week and about 200
pounds of good fish we're caught.
The society people revel in pro-
pressive angling parties. Capt.
Frost and Emmett Cunningham are
tied on who can tell the biggest
fish story.
Capt. Buckner, Billie Morris and
w. r. Carter are the most success
full anglers. deacon" Gentry is
the slayer. Hard luck does not affect
him. He feels just as we'll when
he catches a fine lot as he does
when he gets left. OF the ladies
Mrs. Leslie Ferris is the most
lucky. G. D. Ferris always takes
a lot of ladies with him and enjoys
batting their hooks as much as
catching fish. Although the wool
en- mill pond south of the railroad
is but three inches deep, a half
dozen young ladies tished there all
Saturday evening.
PoweIl's Ford is the Mecca of all
lovers-of each other and not of
fish. The largest fish caught this
season weighed from to Is pounds
and we're caught with hooks. The
heavy rains keeping the creeks up
this season, have brought some
fine fish up in Salt River. Small
camping parties who stay out a day
or so are very popular, and the
members of these parties say they
have good luck, and such trips are
very conducive to health.
More fish have been caught
around Mexico this season than
during the past few years previous.
Several colored families get all
of their meat out OF Salt River.
The old guard, composed of
Hiram Ricketts,, John Showers, A.
G. Turner, Dick Hopkins ct al,
made one OF the best catches Of the
season last week.
Several persons living in the
neighborhood Of the Barnes ford,
complain of too many fishermen
angling in that vicinity on Sunday.
Leslie Ferris is almost as big a
Ffiend' as Flavel Gentry and
wont speak to his best friend while
fishing.
w. A. Morris has as fine a lot OF
fishing tackle as you will find any
where in a town the size of Mexico.
The street car line will be a big
thing for members of the Lakeview
fishing club.
George A. Morris has a fine pond
stocked with bass and croppie.
Miller to be Tried Thursday.
The names of forty men were
submitted to the defense in the
Miller murder case to-day, forty
eight hours being given as the time
in which twenty shall be scratched.
The State will then drop eight and
the remaining twelve will try the
case, which will be called next
Thursday.
Following is list of the forty
names from which the gentlemen to
compose the jury will be selected
Joseph Lockridge, J. II. Wor-
sham, Thos. Harper, II. Bertels,
r. P. Tinsley, J. W. Watson,
Robert billiard, J. A. Miller, a. W,
Pearson, c. Eubanks, D. D. Gray.
A. J. Rodgers, g. A. Dowell, J. ?,
Ball, A. D.. Creasy,G. w. Hill, L.. D
Uzzle, H.. L. Pledge, G. H. Randall
J. r. Gililland, 7. J. Seal: w. B,
Scott, J.Shobe, Peter Board, WV.
Bolts, John Asbury, J. D. Sroggins,
J. \. Cartmell, Thos. Raftery, n.
Rector, J. Broyles, P. w. Nc.
Laughlin, Caleb Berry, J. F. Bar.
naby, NJ. Siegle, r. S. Fletcher,
II. Slayens, J. T. Leeper, D.. NJ
Roberts, G.. r. Burns.
Prosecuting Attorney Jesse and
Geo. Robertson are for the State
and VIM. Q. Forrist for the defense,
Delegates Elected.
At a meeting Of stockmen and
farmers held at the Court House
Saturday to SEND five delegates
to a meeting to be held at the Mid.
land Hotel, Kansas City, June 30,
it being the place and date named
by a meeting held at Jefferson City
May y, for the purpose of effectins
a permanent organization to
protect their interests against