Mexico weekly ledger., 1895-09-26
Weimer is i'll.

THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 81.
Urban Weimer is i'll.
Capt. Allen spoke at Youngs Cree
Saturday night.
Mrs. j. a. Ringo, of Santa Fe, sper
Sunday with friends here.
Rev. Hook is still holding a very in
teresting meeting at Liberty.
All kinds of plain and fancy engray
ing done by Morris & bearing.
h. r. Cauthorn has some splendi
corn on exhibition at the Saving
Bank.
John r. Creasey, the nero of tn
ohauntcd HILL" is home from Illinoi
To stay.
Roy Williams is here from Carroll
ton, ILL.,. visiting his brother, Ed. l.
Williams.
Judge ID. W. Sumner and wife G
back TO Texas this week after n pleas
ant visit here.
The Board Of Equalization Listened
on Monday to claims made for reduc
ton in merchants taxes.
Rev. J. T. Jesse will preach at Hope
well next Sunday at IL Il. III. Their
should be q large attendance.
Miss Ollie Canterbury, who live
with her parents, l.. miles north o
town, is reported dangerously i'll.
Willis Johnson was in Mexico to
day shaking hands with his friends
He will likely spend the winter il
Fulton.
A p~rotracted meeting is in progress
. at Prairie View church. The pastor
Rev. s. +. Linn, is assisted by Rev. a
A. Wallace.
There will be a meeting at Trinit.
on the fifth Sunday, Sept. 20. Also
preaching Saturday evening, Sept
%, at 7 O'Clock.
The ball game between the Elliot
and Wellsville teams at Moherly Sun
day resulted in n score of 20 to 10 il
favor of Elliott.
l.. f.. Jones has on exhibition at tn
Savings Bank some of the best ant
largest corr grown. He has four va
~rieties, all good.
The new office room for Lakenan 4
Barnes is nearing completion anC
when finished will be one of the fines
offices in the city.
Henry Mckinney, who. lives neal
Rush Hill, Mo, has presented to thu
LEDGER some as fine white corn a.
ever grew anywhere.
L. ii. Carter is having the irons o.
his store painted a white and gold
combination and when finished it vii
present a neat appearance.
j. T. Johnson has bought forty acres
more of farm land near Rush Hill. He
bought it from the Hayes estate. jim
knows a good thing when he sees it.
j. NJ. Pollard, the ieweier, will have
a big corn show in Mexico on October
20. Watch the LEDGER for details,
Mr.. Pollard will offer some liberal
premiums.
Mr.. Fielding Ship, father of the
Shipp boys, was injured by falling on
the sidewalk in northeast Mexico a
few days since and will present a claim
to the city.
T. r. Torreyson has plenty of corn
he says which will go three pounds to
the ear. He has shelled over 500 grains
off of several ears and he says they
were only Hnubbins."
Nearly every train that has passed
through Mexico going west for the
last few days has carried G.. A. r.
veterans on their way home from the
encampment at Louisville.
Misses Nellie Powell and Martha
Stevens have returned to their homes
in Montgomery City after a delightful
visit to friends and relatives in North.
Audrain and Monroe counties.
Mr.. and Mrs. Joe Barth and children
returned to their home i'll this city
yesterday. Mrs. Barth has been to
Germany for some months and is
much benefited by her trip.
How can Grifee & Martin sell shoes
cheaper than other people? The reas-
on is plain enough. They bought their
entire stock from manufacturers be-
fore the advance. Investigate. % 2t
Born, to Mr.. and Mrs. s. A. Pulls, of
south Wilson township, Sunday, Sept.
-, 1895, twin girls, weighing 7 and re
pounds. This makes four pairs of
twins for South Wilson this ummer
In the Circuit Court Saturday the
following cases were disposed of:
City of Mexico vs.. Robt. Davis; YER
dict for defendant. Boswell VS.. John
son; plaintiff ruled to a cost bond of
$50.
Among those who took fine stock
to the Paris Fair are John Atkins, one
mare and colt and a two-year-old
mare; VIM. Conner, one mare and
colt and a yearling mare; j. IL.
Crockett, a pair of 3-year- old mares.
Rev. August Jennrich, of the Ger
man Lutheran Church, who lives on
Bean Greek, about 6 miles north of
Mexico, left this afternoon to attend
the conference of that church which
will be held In warrenron this week..
Miss Florence Patton, missionary
from the Mexico Presbyterian church
to Japan, has arrived at her destina-
ton after a pleasant voyage of three
weeks. Her letters to her family and
her Sunday School class are very in,
teresting.
Miss Ida Spencer, of Laddonia, will