Mexico weekly ledger., 1894-09-20

Ao Hao pooL FisItIHS Ills Wiic, VII
is visiting there.
Married, in Mexico, Monda
evening, Sept. II, Mr.. W. M. I'm
derwood and Miss Ida X. DUNCAN
both of Audrain County. Rev.
S. Gibbs officiating.
Miss Bette Duncan, of st. Loui:
is the guest of Mrs. w. B. Con
way. Miss Duncan is a sister d
Miss Emile Duncan, who used Il
teach in Hardin College.
According to a legend current il
the country around Grenoble, tn
ancient wall surrounding the par
OF M. Casimir-P erier's superb Chat
eau de While, in that district, wa
built by the devil.
The Mexico Browns play tn,
Jefferson City ball nine at the CAPT
tai city next Sunday afternoon
There will be an excursion from
Centralia and Mexico, the fare be
ing a dollar for the round trip.
Willard Potts has been appointed
by the Lemp Brewing Association
as their agent here in the place o
| Hubert Schmidt, deceased. Mr.
Potts will make a good agent. He
took control yesterday morning.
w. K. Potts has left at this office
samples of as foe corn as we evel
saw. Six ears weigh eight pounds,
making sixty ears to the bushel.
MI. Potts says he has twenty acres
of this kind of corn Just south Of
Mexico.
RIM. White, wife and son left Tues
day for Lebanon, Mo-, where the
Missouri State Press Association
meets. The meeting will close on
Saturday and an excursion will be
taken from Lebanon to Eureka
Springs, Ark.
Among the Sioux no lover can
have the girl of his choice unless he
can out run her. The scientists
say this is a survival of the earlier
method of ambuscading an intend
ed wife and kidnapping her as a
means of opening the courtship.
Lee Rose, the valuable saddle
stallion, owned by. G.. F. Clark,
died Sunday from inflammation
of the bowels. Lee Rose was valued
at $1,000 and was a prize winner.
He captured first prize in the f.
year-old saddle ring at the Worlds
Fair last fall.
Sam 7. Hook, deceased, left his
home place and farm to his wife,
Mrs. Mary S. Hook. He appointed
his son; Thomas E. Hook, executor
of his will without bond, expressing
also a desire to have his son confer
with w. H. KEENAN, in the business
transactions.
Miss Ida Armstrong returned to
her home in Perry, Mo-, to-day.
Miss Ida is very popular in Mexico
and numbers among her friends all
who know her. She has a splendid
class in music at Perry, and we
know of no one more qualified to
fill such a position.
There is a difficulty in determin-
ing whether the crew of the Miranda
we're drunk when the Inflated vessel
went down. The preponderance ofevi'
dence seems to be that they were
SOLDERING off and in the best possible
frome of mind for the disaster in
which they participated.
Captain Anthony, a graduate OF
the Iowa University, and Captain
Sterritt, of the Virginia Military In.
stitute, arrived last week and have
begun their duties as teachers in
the NJ. NJ. A. They are both pop
ular gentlemen and are new addi-
tions to the NJ. M. AS faculty.
w. E. Daniels, a former resident
of Audrain, arrived to-day with his
wife to visit w. Fl. Fox and family
for a few days. Mr. and Mrs.
Daniels are on their way to Ken
lucky. Mr.. Daniels used to live
ives: of Thompson Station about %
years ago. He now lives in Platte
county.
The report that Bill Mckinney,
who was indicted for the murder oil
Sam Turner with Donnelly, had left
town is without foundation. His
attorney, w. W. Fry, informs the
LEDGER that Mr.. Mckinney is at
tending the public school OF this city
and will be ready to attend his trial
when called.
The Louisiana Press says: We
understand that $4,000 bushels Of
wheat was raised on the Estes farm
four miles north of Elsberry in Pike
county. This is probably the
largest wheat crop raised on ans
one farm in Northeast Missouri
Gene Burkhart went to Ellsberry
Az, ,f,ornoon tn he gone the rest q