Mexico weekly ledger., 1889-05-16

REAL ESTATE
Make Loans!
OF either home or eastern money on shor
notice and easy terms, on good security
Write insurance in best companies. Har
town property to exchange for farms
farms for town property. Small farm
To exchange for larger ones; large farm
for smaller ones.
ONCE South Side Of Public Square
MEXICO, MO.
Miss Dora Surber is home from
Fulton.
Hog cholera is still raging abou
Thompson.
Charles ". Baker, of Kansas CITY
is in town.
Capt. ID. 4. Hiner is home from
New Orleans.
Mrs. S. B. Cook is the guest o
relatives in Fulton.
The Misses Poague will return
from California this month.
Mrs. Judge A. H. Buckner ii
home from Saline County.
J. H. Hayden and family leav'
tomorrow for California, to reside
VIM. Gostmayer and Miss Lin;
Armstrong were married this week
Z. r. Douglass "a prominent citi
zen of Loutre, was in Mexico thi
week.
Bethuel Eubanks, a pionee:
citizen of Mexico, now of St. Louis
is in town.
Butler Guthrie is home from
LaGrange, Mo-, where he has beer
attending school.
w. F. Pritchett has been ap
pointed postmaster of Vandalia
vice E. c. Waters, resigned.
Elder James F. Smith and famil,
will leave tomorrow for Keen, Ky.
where they will remain for som
time.
Miss Annie Spence received al
alligator from Florida friend Tues
day. The saurian came by ex
press.
Washington Irving Bishop, tn
celebrated mind reader, died il
New York Monday of hysterica
catalepsy.
Mrs. G. F. Littrell, of Sturgeon
who has..been visiting relatives il
this city, returned to her hom
Tuesday.
William c. Cassidy, of St. Louis
formerly of Mexico, yesterda,
offered $4,000 for Proctor Knott
His offer was refused.
WellsviIle will be up for a gam
of ball Friday, May 18th. The,
are stronger this wear than last
and good game is expected.
Elder J. A. Mumpower is grea
lover of flowers and has at hi
home on West Monroe street som
of the choicest roses ever seen i.
Mexico.
Rev. A. NJ. Varde1nan is hom
from New Orleans, where he ha
been for five weeks. Rev. Nh
Vardeman will occupy his pulpi
as usual Sunday.
John NJ. Daniel has three horse
sick at this farm near Thompson
They are afflicted with rheumatism
a disease that is singularly preya
lent just now in that part of tn
county.
Elder Fulton Wilson, of Illinois
will preach at Rush Hill mex
Saturday at IL O'Clock a. M, d
Midway Monday evening at
o'clock, and at Santa Fe on Tues
day evening at O'Clock.
The annual exercises OF the co,
ored schools will take place at tn
Ferris Opera House Saturday. l
the afternoon there will be no &C
mission fee. In the evening
general admission of 25 cents vii
be charged.
Mr.. and Mrs. Victor Barth, c
Columbia, accompanied by thei
son, Irwin, were in the city Tuesday
visiting Mr.. and Mrs. Joe Bartt
They are on their way to Illinger
Germany, where they will spen
the summer.
T. J. Holt & Son, the butchers
have just purchased a lot of fine
year old steers, which will b
served to this market. Cheic
cuts of all kinds of fresh meats ca
{ be had of Messrs. Holt & Son @
Mr.. John II. Runkel, just north c
LEDGER office.
At a meeting of the local Won
ems Christian Temperance Unio
Monday afternoon the followip
officers were elected: President
Mrs. w. 0. Forrist; Treasurer
Mrs. T. E. Murdock; Recordin
Secretary, Mrs. J. F. McWilliam;
Corresponding Secretary, Mrs. !
w. Town.
Architect D. c. Wright has tn
contract to remodel the Kabrie