Mexico weekly ledger., 1896-08-06
BEAN E ITEMS.

BEAN CREEK ITEMS.
Correspondence OF the Ledger,
BEAN CREEK, August Stealth all
good.
Lula Eubsnks is getting along quite
well with her broken thigh.
Mrs. Mitt Hendrix went last Thurs
day to Louisiana to the bedside of her
brother-fn. law, A. q. Smith, who has
been very low with 4 cancer on the
back of his neck.
Miss Georgia and Masters Roy aud
Harry Laird, of Vandaiia, spent last
week on this creek, the guest of their
aunt, Mrs. l.. M. Hendrix.
Miss Lille Hendrix, of Mexico,
spent a part of the week on u creek.
The rebuilding of the German
Harper and brother, of Rush Hill.
Elder II. b. Rice filed his regular
appointment here the fourth Sunday,
in a grove, where Miss Jennie See
confessed and was baptized Tuesday,
and at the waters edge Victor Gilman
gave himself to the Lord and has gone
with the happy band.
Our school house is progressing
nicely under the supervision of Mr..
Weber, the contractor for the car
peters work. The Building Commit
tee are men of fairness and justice, and
every dollars worth of work can be
done by home talent in order to keep
the money at home.
We are satisfied that if we elect
Bryan, Bean Greek VIII get an APP
preparation for roads and bridges and
culverts of several thousand dollars.
We need it. For two months we have
been cut off from the outside world,
and that is not all-the outside world
has been cut off from Bean Greek.
MARTTNSBURG ITEMS.
Correspondence of the Ledger
MARTINsBURG, Mo, Aug. Miss
Margaret Torreyson returned from
the institute Monday.
Miss Alta Davis is the guest of reia-
tlVeS IN mexico.
Prof. B. W. Torreyson will visit
friends here this week.
Miss Jennie Vandeventer is visiting
at her uncle's, Flave Vandeventer.
Quite a number from here attended
the picnic at New Florence last Satur-
day.
Mrs. c. D. Coil, of Montgomery City,
visited in this city last week.
Miss May Westmoreland, of Colum-
bus, Miss, will arrive here Thursday
and will visit friends and relatives
for a few months.
We are in receipt of an anonymous
letter from a renter in the vicinity OF
Martinsburg, requesting it to be
placed among our items. 1t calls the
attention of the renters of Audrair
and adjoining counties as to how they
can cooperate to pay their rents ant
support their families, doing justice te
both the land owner and themselves
Thinking people know that renters IL
this county have not been able to pay
their rentsi and just debts during thu
past several years. The writer of thu
letter desires to start d movement il
this direction.
Howard Shankwiler, M of Mont
gomery County's most prominent an
prosperous young farmers, wa
crushed to death by his W engin
and separator last week. He wa
moving his engine over to Atwate
Eckler's and, ear Martinsburg, i
crossing a ditch, was thrown from
his position and crushed. He knew
his condition and danger, and toll
the men who were working to ge
him out and how to roll the weigh
from him. When they got him out h
walked, with help, to the hill an
laid down, and told them to send TO
the doctor. In a very few moment
he died, before medical aid could &c
there. His demise was almost
death blow to his loving and devote'
wife, whose a was almost de
throned. There never was NOR
sympathy felt than for her and he
little 2-year-old boy. 1t is sad il
other ways, too, in that it is a famil,
of strange fatality. He had a broth
er, several years ago, killed outrigh
y by a horse and was not found for
whole day. His mother, only a yea
or SO ago, fell from a chair Will
cleaning house and died from it.
was a nephew, everyone a remem
Der, who was smothered to death i
, the granary at Wellsville, just a yea
or so ago. Now comes the suddei
. death of Howard Shankweiler-
model husband, father and friend.