Mexico weekly ledger., 1896-07-02
County News.
MARTrNsBuRG ITEMS.

MARTINSBURG ITEMS.
Correspondence of the Ledger.
MARTINsBURG, Mo-, June 30.-The
infant son OF Mr.. and Mrs. H. A.
overbagh died Wednesday and was
buried Thursday at Liberty church
cemetery.
Lightning struck the duo of Mr..
Freidman's home this week, destroy
ing 1t and setting the house on fire.
Timely efforts, however, saved the
honae. Fortunately Mrs. friedman
and children were away from home at
the time.
The order of the day is liz to / and
sSilyer Dick'' Bland.
Mrs. Riley and son, Frank, OF Mex
leo, are the guests of Mrs. Frank
Davis.
Miss Laura Brown is home from an
extended visit to her sister near Cen
tralia.
Geo. Brown and family are, up from
the city visiting James Brown.
Miss Gibbs, of Mexico, is the guest
! of her cousins, the Misses Gibbs, of
Martinsburg.
Banks Wilburn is home. He has
just completed his dental course in
Kentucky.
Miss Bette Noel has returned from
a very pleasant visit OF two weeks in
Fulton and Auxvasse.
Miss Dottie Vandeventer returned
from her visit last week accompanied
by her little sister, Lucy.
Aunt Mandy Hendricks, good, old
time Southern darkey and n Of the
favorites of our town, died very sud
denly here last week on the street.
Her loss is generally deplored through
out the community.
Mrs. George Canterbury was 30 I'M
fortunate as to have her arm broken
last week by falling from her horse.
Mrs. s. E. Taylor is on sick list.
Quite a large crowd attended church
here last Sunday.
Elder Coggins will fill his regular APP
pointment at this place next Sunday
Mr.. and Mrs. r. L. Morris returned
home Sunday, after several days alb
senee.
BENTON CITY ITEMS.
Correspondence OF the Ledger.
BENTON CITY, June 30.--Oats viii
be harvested this week if the weather
will permit. The damage done by ths
hail will tighten the crop materially
VIM. Painter has a new cyclone eel
lar. We are informed that Prof. Her
bert has spent so much time in i
lodging the storms that he has con
tracted a serious ase of rheumatism
!, Don't say anything about it,
Mr.. Woodson has shipped severa
. cars of stock from this point during
) the week.
Messrs. Johnson and Stumpf, o
Mexico, were in u locality las
! Thursday buying hogs.
The Misses Stevenson, OF Mexico
accompanied by their guests, Mr.. ant
Mrs. Goul, of Ohio, took a bird's-ey'
8 view of Benton City recently.
Jake johnson, who is a student a
West Point, is home on a furlougl
and some of the girls are radiant witt
u smiles.
Mrs. Clarence Douglass and Ed
: Prottsman, sister and brother OF Mrf
Johnnie Stumpf, of Mexico, wer
5 summoned to her sick bedside yester
5 day.
8 The hiding place of what is sup
5 posed to be a thief or outlaw was &C
cidentally discovered last week in tn
s dense woods of Mr.. Knoeble, north
east of here. Some clothing stole
70 not long ago from viii Powell an
some other things missed in tn
o neighborhood were found in his rude
ly constructed tent. A searchin
8 party went out, but found no trace c
:. him.
!. Jacob Stumpf will be a contestant 70
the $40 cook stove offered Mt the Fai
for the best half bushel OF potatoe
raised in Audrain. This is the Pott
& Hord premium. MI. Stumpf say
he a now very distinctly hear Their
fussing at each other in the hill to la.
over.
Rev. MIR. Boatman filed his ap
;, pointment at Unity Church Sunda.
morning and evening.
. Samuel Turner and wife, of Mexico
visited relatives near here the first @
!, the week.
J. 8. Mcintyre, Deputy Assessor TO
= Mr.. Harrison, was among us las
week. Joe is an out-and.out youn
Democrat and will graduate in tn
law department of the Columbi
University next year. We wish hir
success.