Mexico weekly ledger., 1892-05-26

IT. b. Hits.
Miss Ella Gatewood, aged Is
wears, daughter of jeff. Gatewood,
formerly of this County, died in Ne
vada, Mo-, May n.
Miss Ida Clendenin, who has been
teaching in Christian College at Co
lumbia, has retr rned home, having
4 concluded her duties.
There will be no preliminary con-
/ test held for the 81 200 piano, given
/ by Hardin College. About fifteen pu-
4 pills will try for the piano.
j. r. Hamilton received three
] car loads of sheep from the South
Monday. He has shipped into
/ Mexico lately $500 head of sheep.
Mrs. Robert Hanger, Miss Julia
and Charley Hanger, of Fort Worth,
Texas, have been visiting the fam
| lily of Jacob Hanger, of Santa Fe.
The Fulton Gazette says: A..
/ Woodruff sold two Jersey COWS Fri
/ day, one to n. d.. Thurmond for
1 $50, and one to James A. Leavell
for $50.
Quarterly meeting of the M. E.
Church was held at Rush Hill Satur-
day and Sunday. The presiding
elder from Macon City delivered able
sermons.
H. B. Medley, son of Represent
alive Medley, of Laddonia, was
awarded the contract for putting up
the Rush Hill school building for
$1,725.
VIII Williams, son of J.. V. Will
liams, has accepted a position with
G. Khbrich & Co. VIII is a young
man of fine business qualifications
and has many friends.
Miss Pinkie Edmonston has re-
turned from her school duties in
Centralia. Miss Edmonston has
been employed by the public school
there for another term.
Hon. All. Buckner, of this city,
has brought suit against the directors
of the defunct Marshall bank for
So 500 which he had invested in that
institution when it failed.
The days grow about two minutes
longer in each twenty-four hours this
month. The minutes are added to
each end of the day, but most peo-
pie will observe the difference only
at one end.
Frank Kelso, of Auxyasse, spent
Sunday with his folks in Mexico.
He likes his new home quite well,
but says he will be better satisfied
later on Frank is a worthy young
man, indeed.
Miss Eva White, of Ferguson,
Mo-, has returned home after an
joyable visit to her friends in Au-
drain county and Mexico. Miss
White is principal of the public
school in Ferguson.
VIM. Boswell has sold his farm,
81 miles west of Thompson, to Joe
Davis and Emmett Mcdonald for
$3.50. Mr.. Boswell will visit his
son in southwest Missouri, after
which he viii go on a trip to Ore
gon.
Justin Barker arrived Sunday
from Arkansas City, Ark, to spend
several days with his parents, Mr..
and Mrs. John NJ. Barker, Clark
Avenue. Mr.. Barker says Arkan-
is nncompromisingly in favor of
a Western man for President.
Ed. Atchison, the %auctioneer, is
back from Gentry and Harrison
counties, where he sold 53 head 81
Idaho horses, prices ranging from
SIS to s35 per head. Mr.. Atchisor
SAYS wheat and oats look very pool
in that section Of Missouri.
Over n hundred candidates 10
positions in the Mexico Public
Schools will be defeated. There i
honor in the application, however
evidenced by a desire to labor.
few of those who applied for posi-
tons are hardly graduates yet.
The commencement exercises 0
Baird College at Clinton, No., begii
Monday, May Both. The Baeca
laureate sermon will be Delivers
Sunday, May 29th, by Rev. j. A
Stephens. The Senior class OF tn
college has our thanks for an inv
tation to be present.
Harry Robinson, of this city
who is foreman of the Fire Brio
Works in Vandalia, had the fir:
finger of his right hand cut off Sal
urday between the nail and fin
joint. Mr.. Robinson vas explain
ing the workings of a press for NAL
ing sleeve tile when his finger WI
eaaght betweeIlthe box aud cap an