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Mexico weekly ledger., 1896-01-30
CLIPPINGS.

Correspondence of the Ledger.
SKINNER, Mo, Jan. 2s.-Grip still
RACES.
G. L. Bruce bought a bunch of nice
shoats from Mr.. Sweat this week.
John Baker bought 300 barrels OF
corn off of the Downing farm.
The Sims Bros. are in u neighbor-
hood baling hay.
Mr.. Sweat brought out a new wagon
from Centralia on last Monday.
James A. Lewis has bargained for
the Baker place, consisting of 800
acres.
VIM. DeJarnette bought several
shoats from H. Bruce last week.
Joe Pickett was in the east end last
week looking up shoats. He bought
about 40.
On Tuesday, Feb. 4, Thomas Little
will have a public sale.
While in Mexico Saturday we met
several good friends, among whom
was Taylor Berry, who is candidate
| for assessor of Audrain county.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1896-01-30
Senator Cockrell Not a Candidate.

JEFFERSON CITY, Mo-, Jan. 2S.-The
following self-explanatory letter was
given out by Lon v. Stevens tonight:
WASHINGTON, Jan %, 1s96.-To Hon.
Lon v. Stevens: Dear Sir-I am sur
prised at publications about the visit
of Messrs. Seibert and Lesueur to
Washington. They, nor either of
them, never mentioned the subject of
my candidacy for Governor. said
to them that 1 had received sundry
letters on the subject and had answer
ed that l could not and would not be a
candidate and that / hoped my name
would not be mentioned in connection
Herewith. This has been my answer
to all solicitations and inquiries.
Messrs. Seibert and Lesueur concurred
in nv views and approved of my ac-
ton. Yours sincerely,
ISioned0 F. NJ. CoCRRELL.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1896-01-30
A Grand Musical Event.

Rosa D'Erina and G. R. Vontom,
the world renowned entertainers, VINO
last week appeared toa large and de-
lighted audience in the Exposition
Entertainment Hall, st. Louis, will
give one of their unique entertain
ments in the Opera House, Mexico, on
Monday evening, Feb. 8. 1t is a pleas
ure to announce an attraction of such
high order, and when we state that
the profits on the entertainment will
be devoted to charitable purposes
here, we feel sure that these talented
people will be greeted with a large
audience. Tickets on sale at Worrell's,
Pollard's, Morris & Bearings and Thos.
Z Pndanfa
Mexico weekly ledger., 1896-01-30
Officers Installed.

The newly reelected officers of the
A. o. L. w. lodge e duly installed
on Monday evening. w. H. H. Lee
acted as master of ceremonies. The
officers installedwere: J. T. Fields, P.
NJ; J. F. Grifdee, NJ. W.; w. F. Whit
ney, F.; r. Fl. Herman, R.;P.W Hard
ing, Fin; L. l.. Lee, Rec; R. P. Key,
G.; R. NJ. Allison, 1. W.; ]. T. Quisen-
berry, o. w., and Drs. W. R. Rodes,
H. @. McFall and s. G. Adams, medi-
cal directors.
Jake Jones, who lives on the w. w.
Johnson farm, 10 miles northeast OF
Mexico, thanks his many friends for
the generous donations in behalf OF
himself and family at W.P.Browning's
residence on the evening of January
II. Mr.. Jones has been ill for
some time and has not been able to do
manual labor. He is known as a
worthy man and good citizen.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1896-01-30
CANT ITEMS.

Correspondence of the Ledger.
CANT, Mo-, January 2s.-Jacob r.
Mcdonald was here and announced
himself a candidate for Assessor.
Rev. Matthews preached at Groves
Chapel Sunday.
John Harrison was here last week
and announced himself as a candidate
for Sheriff.
Revs. Llewellyn and Matthews are
holding a protracted meeting at
Groves Chapel this week.
J. E. Sims shipped two loads of cat
tie to Chicago last week.
Master Little Willie Edwards has
the typhoid fever. =
Miss LYDIA Smith returned home
Sunday. She has been visiting hel
sister, Mrs. l.. d. Roberts.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1896-01-30

Charlie Asbury bought of Curt
Faucet 81 shoats for $50 and sold 10
of them for $50 before he reached
home.
Vim. Thompson purchased a nice
bunch of calves near McCredie a few
days ago.
Mrs. B. f. Mode, of Columbia, visit
ed her father, MI. Rice Schooler, afew
days last week.
Proposals are now the order of the
day. Girls, contend for your agray
horse'' whenever you are refused.
Addie is going into the poultry bust
mess this year. Wonder if Jim viii
be her partner?
Warren Leach sold a nice span of
mules to John Boulware a few days
ago Tor s195, also one to Judge Muir
ray for s95.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1896-01-30
MOLIN0 ITEMS.



Correspondence of the Ledger.
MoLINo, Mo-, Jan. 2s.-Miss Lizzie
Hall of Seedtick, is visiting Miss Ollie
Hiezer.
Miss Nicholas, who completed five
months school, will return to her
home Tuesday, and viii be missed by
many who knew her.
Miss Ida McCue is visiting relatives
near Auxvasse.
R. w. Hull is visiting Miss Heller.
He is a bright, promising young man
and we hope he will remain with us.
Rev. NJ. H. Kerr, of Palmyra, is
visiting home folks.
The society at the Fisher school
house closed Friday, Jan. II.
Lutte Shearer and friend, of Mexico,
spent Sunday with the Misses Sulli-
var.
Frank Beamer is on the sick list.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1896-01-30
RETURN THAT UMBRELLA"
This Request. by Postal Card, Got
Charles Boyd Into Trouble.

MACON, M .,Jan. 25.-Deputy United
States Marshal Snyder brought Chas.
T. Boyd here this week for examina-
ton before United States Commits
sioner Mitchell upon charge a of send
ing a threatening message through
the mail. A postal card contained
the offensive writing, as follows:
"Mr. Otto: Please return the UNI
brella taken from Skis barn and save
trouble. CHARLES BOYD, City,"
Boyd says that some time during
Christmas week he drove into Kinks
vile, put his team and buggy into
William Skis livery stable and left
his umbrella in the buggy; that Walter
Otto, a citizen of Kirksville, took it,
and that the card was written in hopes
of recovering it. Bond was fixed at
5000, Rev. Matthew III. Bradley, who
was here attending the Presbyterian
Conference, becoming bondsman for
defendant.
ANOTHER CARD WRITER.
CLINTon, Mo-, Jan. 25.-United
| States Commissioner Jeffries to-day
| bound over to the Federal Grand Jury
A. E. Chalmer, a prominent farmer,
for writing scurrilous postal cards to
his wife's brother, v. Ormsby, of
Ladue. He accused Ormsby of re-
fusing to pay for his fathers coffin
and burial lot, and the charges were
couched in most insulting language
| Chalmers admitted writing the cards
Pollock will sell you bran at 50 pei
1z oh;r.t,ey o1n ror TON a0-4t
Mexico weekly ledger., 1896-01-30
FLSHE ITEMS.

Correspondence of the Ledger.
FISHER, No., Jan. 2s.-Ben Beamer
is very ill.
Lula, the little daughter of Lee
Henry, has pneumonia.
Two or three of Mr.. Mudd's family
have typhoid fever.
j. w. Bolts sold his fat hogs to
Mundy & Woods at ss.7o per hundred.
G. @. Mallory sold his hogs to A.
Bledsoe for 1885 per hundred.
Geo. Catran, of Rails county, is Wis
iting his sister, Mrs. L. Fisher.
Our school is dismissed for q vaca-
ton of two months. Mr. Rogers will
teach our spring term.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1896-01-30
Missouri University Winter Term.

COLUMBIA, MO-, Jan. 2s,-The Sec
ond term of the Missouri State Uni
versity opened to-day. The enroll
ment of students is larger than at the
same time in 1895. The Missouri Bible
College also commenced its work,
with an enrolment of nearly 100.
This college has offered a special
course to the law students of the Uni
versity. The course will be 80 ar
ranged that it will bear on the subject
Of the law and Will be of benefit In the
practice of the profession. The class
will meet twice a week. Nearly so law
students have signiied their intention
of taking this course.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1896-01-30
To Keen Tramps Off,

On the 1870 Chicago & Alton train
to-day was one of the new baggage
cars which are being put on this road
to keep tramps from stealing rides on
what ia known as the ''blind baggage"
The car is like an ordinary n in all
respects with the exception of the two
end platforms, which are enclosed
with heavy boarding, leaving no plat
form whatever. The coupling appa-
ratus and brakes ara inside these en-
closures and the whole thing makes a
very novel looking car.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1896-01-30
Missouri SUNDAY Shaving Law.

ST. JOSEPH, Mo-, Jan. 2s.-The de-
cision of the State Supreme Court
holding the Sunday shaving law to be
invalid, prompted several BARRIERS to
open their shops on last Sunday, and
arrests were made to-day. A. Steve
Hill, A. Gassoway and Sam Yates, all
boss BARRIERS, will fight prosecutions
under the old law and will take the
matter to the Supreme Court.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1896-01-30
LADDONIA ITEMS.

Correspondence Of the Ledger.
LADDoNIA, Mo-, January 27.-The
"Young Mems Club gave a very en-
Joyable party to about so invited
guests last Tuesday evening at
Browns Hall. Refreshments were
served in excellent order. Tropical
fruit was plentiful and made n think
they were, for the time, in Cuba, save
the little unpleasantness there.
Mr.. and Mrs. E. r. Locke enter
tanned the Reading Circle last Friday
evening. The guests were dressed in
"CoionIal'' style and the refreshments
were served in the same way. 1t was
amusing to see George and Martha
Washington playing wheel the plate.
Queen Victoria, Lafayette and the
Governor, Glowing to the prettiest
and k~neeling to the wittiest." Shaks-
peare and Anne Hathaway took partin
the plays, and the "Maids of Honor
looked fine. Many other characters
were represented, and all went merry
as a marriage bell. Mr.. and Mrs,
| Locke have the art of entertaining
their guests in a most pleasing man
ner.
The following persons from a dis
lance attended the party given by the
| Young Mems Club: Miss Pet Miller.
of Mexico, and Miss Estella Turner, Of
Macon City, both of whom are visiting
Mrs. E. r. Locke, Miss Angie iCope'
land, who is visiting Miss Maggie
Torreyson, Miss BERTHE Crigler, who
visited here last week, Harry Wilson
who is visiting E. r. Locke, Wil
Wilkins, of Mexico, who visited here
last week.
The Christian Endeavors, Nos. l and
No. 2, will give spec,ai programme
next Sunday evening. No. 2 has in
vited the Epworth League to be pres
emit.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1896-01-30
0ff For thn pom

Sheriff Stephens and J. T. johnson
took FIVE prisoners to the penitentiary
Monday morning. Their sentences
vary from two to fifty years. They
were Joseph Donnelly, John Carter,
Charles Wallace, Frank Smith,
alias 'Inez Hoyt," and James David
son, the horse thief. Jap was accom-
panied by his two sons, Wallace and
Leslie, and j. 7. Johnson by his son,
Hardin. The young men will take
their first look at the penitentiary.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1896-01-30
Advertised Letters,

List of letters remaining in the Post
Office at Mexico, Mo-, for the week
ending February /, 1896, which II not
called for in thirty days will be semitic
the Dead Letter Office at Washington.
Persons calling for letters in this list
will please say "advertised:n
Estell Ball CO, May Bird, Allie
Brown, Rebecca Campbell, Irwin Gil
breath, B. Halter, r. A. Higdon, @. M.
Laughlin, Isaac Lott, Dan Buchanan,
T. NJ. Ross, Mrs. Mary Spires, J. w.
Shields, Mrs. Jno. Winstead, W. A.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1896-01-30

Pat Naughton, who, for the past
twenty-three years, has been ware
house manager at the Wabash freight
office in this city, has lost his position
on account of the general reduction
in force being made along the entire
road. Pat has eve missed a day
sinch he has been with the road and
has always been a faithful and efficient
employe.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1896-01-30
County News.
M~ARTTNSBURG ITEMS.

ITEMS
Correspondence of the LEDaKa.
MARTINsBURG, Mo-, Jan. 2s.-Born,
to Nj. and Mrs. Geo. Castings, a fine
IL pound girl.
James Brown has gone to Arizona.
Father Dele, of st. Louis, occupied
the pulpit of the Catholic church Sum
day.
William Taylor, of Fulton, visited in
the Burg a few days last week.
John Davis is on the sick list.
Robt. and Samuel Dyer, of Aux
vase, were in the Burg Sunday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Frank billiard, of
Shamrock, visited in the Burg Satur-
day.
Mr.. Wallace, author of a book of
his W on foreign land travels, lee
tured Friday night at the Christian
church to a very appreciative audi
ence.
A company of feather renovators
are located here at present.
Elder L. B. Coggins, of New Haven,
preached here Sunday and will spend
the week in and around the Burg.
Chess. Wilburn, of st. Louis, was
visiting in and around the Burg last
week.
John Romans, an aged and highly
respected citizen, is very sick at the
home of his son, Alb. Romans.
Two car loads of fine horses were
shipped to st. Louis Monday night by
Joe zimmerman, Geo. Castings and Hem
ry Buscher.
Rev. Father Haar and his nephew,
Louis Reploe, came over from Jeffer-
SON City Monday.
Married, at the Catholic church
Tuesday morning, Jan. 2s, Mr.. L.
Arnes to Miss Lena Ingleman.
PRAIRIE LEA ITEMS.
Correspondence of the Ledger.
PRAIRIE LEA, Jan. 28.-Fred Pan
horst, of Staunton, ILL.,, was the guest
of Philip Shire and family from Sat
urday to Monday.
Miss Mary Shoup is dangerously ill.
j. N. and j. F. Ball visited relatives
here Monday and Tuesday.
Jerry FowIes was out from town
prospecting Monday.
Hiram Koldehoff bought William
Hardesty's parlor and kitchen furni-
ture a few days ago.
E. H. Shook and wife left for Flor
ida Tuesday to visit Mrs. Shocks
brother.
Little Clayton Shook is quite sick.
Henry Koldehoff bought a good
span of horses of CharleySchoeneman
Price paid S110.
Jake Shook last week purchased q
milk separator for which he paid 500
He is going into the dairy business
and wants to supply a good part Of
Mexico with butter the coming season
Mat Nolan will shortly have a sale
and move with his family to st. Louis
We hate to see them leave.
Mr.. Philip Shire attended the cream.
cry meeting Saturday and is a stock
holder in the company. The cream
cry, we think, is a step in the RICH
direction and it should prove a grea
boon to Mexico. 1t will be of vas
Importance to the people on all side
of Mexico,a s they can sell their cream
be 1T a great or small quantity. VIII!
send to other States for our creamer.
butter? Let us buy it at home.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1896-01-30
Ballington Booth to Leave in April

Ballington Booth to Leave in April.
NEW YORK, Jan. 28.-At Salvation
Army headquarters to-day it was said
that Commander Ballington Booth
would give up the command of the
Army in America the first week in
April. He has no idea where he
will be sent. He will obey the order
of recall, which, he says, is only in ac-
cordance with the rules of.the organi-
cation. Marechal Booth Clibburn, his
elder sister, who is at the head of the
Army in France, has also been recalled
and will be sent to some other field.
1t has been the policy of the Army,
since its organization, to change its
leaders from place to place frequently.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1896-01-30
SHIPPING MONEY TO NEW YORK.
An Intimation From Havana That
Spain Will Lose Cuba.

HAVANA, Jan. 2s.-Financiers in
Havana are evidently fearful about
the outcome of the revolution, for
they are shipping large sums OF silver
and gold by every steamer that leaves
for New York. Upmann & Co., who
represent the Rothschilds, are taking
the lead in these shipments. 1t 10
understood that Upmann Il Co. have
informed their aepositors that money
is no longer safe in Havana. IL Is re-
ported that Upmann & Co. are acting
under orders from the Rothschilds,
who have declined the new Spanish
loan on the ground that Cuba 10 lost
to the Madrid Government.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1896-01-30
The Tom Bean Case.

DENIsoN, Tex, JAN 2S.-The Tom
Bean case, the most famous in Texas
Jurisprudence, has been concluded.
The jury returned a finding for Sarah
A. Dove and N. P. Howard and the
long list of heirs, maternal and pa
ternal heirs represented by them, in
Guiding perhaps rs persons in all. 1t
is a very conservative estimate to
place the value of the estate awarded
TO the parties at half a million. The
estate will be divided up by a COM
Mexico weekly ledger., 1896-01-30
Rad Rows From MONTGOMERY.

Deputy Sheriff johnson, of Mont
gomery county, brought to this city
Gard Camp and Pat McDermott,
charged with stealing a sack of flour
and q basket of groceries from a far
mer in WelIsville on last Friday night.
Both boys were sentenced to so days
in jail. which sentence they will serve
out in the Jail here.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1896-01-30
YoUNGERS ITEMS.
.-spopaence of the Ledger.

Correspondence OF the Ledger.
YoUNGERs, Jan. 2S.-B. ID. Schooier
passed through this place last Monday
morning with a nice bunch of coming
s-year-old mules, which he sold to
Jno. NJ. Edwards, of Harrisburg. Mo-,
for the Kansas City market.
Prof. Owens, Of Centralia, is teach
ing a vocal music class at Hickory
Grove this week.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1896-01-30

In a private letter from r. NJ White
he states that he does not know just
when he will be home from the South,
but thinks he will reach here early in
February. MIR. White says he is hav-
ing a glorious time, only it Is a little
too warm for him in that country.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1896-01-30
Will Overs Long Sentence.

sEpALIA, Mo-, Jan. 2s.-Judge Lo-
gan to-day refused a new trial TO viii
Dyer, murderer of Thomas Walker,
and sentenced him to 9s years i'm
prisonment in the Jefferson City PEN
i~tentiary.
Lucy McBowers, mistress of Dyer,
and who was indicted with him for
murder in the first degree, pleaded
guilty to manslaughter in the fourth
degree, and was sentenced to two
vears,a imprisonment.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1896-01-30

Sam Howard and Sid. Garrett have
formed a copartnership in the general
repairing business and are located at
Towards old stand, Just north of the
LEDGER office. The firm of Sam and
Sid. will do a good business. Mr..
Garrett has recently invented a stove
that is a dandy and is well worth the
attention of the public.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1896-01-30

Harry Atchison has deprived him
self of his mustache for reasons un-
known. His friends say that it was
the same color as the tan rabbit that
was shot near town last week,
and that this was the cause of the
sudden removal of that highly be-
coming ornament.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1896-01-30
COAL COAL!

Plenty OF coal at my mine, one mile
north OF Mexico, at z cents per bushel,
cash. 35-st b. WADDIsGTog.
Judge WV. Edwards, of st Charles,
who died recently at the age of ss,
had been Judge of st. Charles circuit
for twenty-six years, or more than
tone-third of his life.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1896-01-30

In the proper column in the weekly
LEDGER will be found the announce
ment of s. A. Pulls, who is a candidate
for County Assessor of Audrain; sub
iect to the rules and usages OF the
Democratic party.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1896-01-30

In the weekly LEDGER will be found
the announcement of George &.
Daniel, of Wilson Township, who is a
candidate for County Surveyor OF
Audrain; subject to the rules II
usspes of the Democratic party.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1896-01-30

Miss Ida RosamoDd left this after
noon for Carrollton, Mo-, where she
win visit her brother, 8. J. Rosamond,
for q few DAYS.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1896-01-30

Mrs. Michael Duggan, who lived B
miles southwest of Thompson Station,
died Sunday afternoon. Deceased
leaves a husband and family. The re-
mains were buried at the cemetery in
Mexico Tuesday afternoon, Jan. y.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1896-01-30

Ricketts, g. Emmons d. G. Co. are
not making a fuss about it, but If you
want afew goods and want them cheap
don't pass by. VIZ
Mexico weekly ledger., 1896-01-30

Ed. Tomlinson has given the City
Hotel, on the west side of the square,
a coat of paint. Dave Wilson is man
ager OF the house.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1896-01-30
George Fisher returned to-day

George Fisher returned to-day from
Foristell and says "Uncle'' Jimmie
Raynor is not dead, but that the old
gentleman is expected to pass away
at any moment. Capt. Raynor went
to Foristell on a visit and was taken
sick after he arrived there. His home
is in this city.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1896-01-30

Ida l., Worsham, wife of X. L.
Worsham, who resides about 2 miles
north of Thompson Station, died on
January 9th and was buried in Mex
leo on January IS. She was IL years,
\ months and s days old and leaves
tiva children.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1896-01-30

We see by the papers that the bar
Der shops in all the big cities in Mis-
souri, and in many of the smaller
towns were kept open Sunday as a
result of the recent decision Of the
Supreme Court declaring the Lanoas-
Tor Law unconstitutional.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1896-01-30

Miss Beard and Miss Frost, Of Har-
din College, will recite at the mite
social ut Mrs. G. r.. Gibbs tomorrow
evening. The public is invited.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1896-01-30
Excellent Farm for Rent.

One hundred and sixty acre farm,
located 2 miles from Benton City, on
Wabash r. r., and 6 miles from Mex
leo. All fenced and in cultivation,
with houses, barns, water and pas
ture. HOPKINS & RICKETTS,,
4tw-6td Mexico, Audrain Co., Nc.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1896-01-30

G. M. Bagby, Of Jefferson City, who
has been the guest of ID. Fl. Mcintyre
for a few days, left to-day for his
home.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1896-01-30

Scrofula turks In the blood Of near
ly everyone, but Hoods Sarsaparila
drives it from the system and makes
uura Hood.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1896-01-30

Mrs. volney Campbell and children
left to-day for Kansas City, where
they will spend a few weeks visiting
friends and relatives.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1896-01-30

The Ladies' Missionary Society OF
the Presbyterian Church, will meet at
the parsonage on Thursday afternoon
at 3 O'Clock.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1896-01-30

On the evening of January 21st, A.
w. (Burt) Pearson died at Gainesville,
Texas. Deceased was a nephew of
j. T. Williams and spent his boyhood
days in this city, where he was born.
He was a brother of Miss Lena Pear
son. now of Marshall, Mo.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1896-01-30

Miss Esther Norris went to Moberly
this afternoon to visit Miss Bessie
Reed for a couple of weeks.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1896-01-30

There will be an old fashioned mite
held at the residence of Mrs. @. r.
Gibbs Thursday evening, Jan. 30, for
the benefit Of the organ fund OF the
Baptist Church. Everybody invited to
attend.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1896-01-30

Butler Guthrie left to-day for Que
bee, Canada, where he will attend the
great ice carnival. Mr.. Guthrie will
visit several cities in Her Majesty's
dominion, after which he will go to
NewYork CITY to remain several days.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1896-01-30

Mrs. ID. A. Hiner had the misfortune
to slip and fall on her front walk
Tuesday evening and break her right
arm @ tho wrist. The broken bones
were reset by DIR. Basket and she In
doing as well as could be expected.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1896-01-30

VIM. Pratt has a six months old
thoroughbred FLY by Warfellow that
is a dandy. The colt is a very beautiful
animal and is bred for a winner.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1896-01-30

DIR. W. o. Rodes went to Sedalia
early this morning, where he was
called by the illness Of his brother, j.
n Rodes.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1896-01-30

Ed. Patterson, like all the balance
of the boys, has come back to Mexico
to live, and Mexico is always glad to
welcome back such men as Mr.. Pat
larson.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1896-01-30

On Saturday, January 26, w. j.
Rixey traded to Gus Heltert, of this
city, a large amount of general
merchandise for 100 acres of land in
Clay County. Kentucky.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1896-01-30

Benz. Phillip, one OF the rising
u attorneys of this State, whose
home Ia at st. Joe and who is a son OF
Lewis Phillip, of this city, has been re-
tanned to defend Judge Woodson in
the celebrated Hooper csse at Kansas
City.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1896-01-30

Miss Ida Rosamond has returned
from the South, where she represent
ed Missouri in the Cotton States and
international Exposition.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1896-01-30

Jno. a. Brooks, formerly of this
city, has received a call to the West
London Tabernacle, England. The
present pastor, Geo. E. Walden, has
found it necessary to give up that
work on account of the state of health
with some of the members of his fam
lily. We understand that Rev. Mr.
Brooks has cabled a favorable reply
to the call. Mr.. Brooks went from
Kansas City to Memphis, which was
his last pastorate; but for several
months he has been doing -evangelis-
tic work in Kentucky and Missouri.
At present he is in a meeting in
GAINESVILLE, this State.