Mexico weekly ledger., 1897-02-04
WORCESTER ITEMS,

MISS Una anu prOtncr Lu
were the guests of Mexico friends
and relatives last week.
Mrs. G. Y. Smith, of Daykin, Neb.,
visited at W. Scherer's last week. She
was on her way to st. Louis to visit
DIR. Cornett and Ed Atchison are in
Mexico attending court.
F. L. Laforce, our prominent mer-
chant, and daughter, Miss Ethel, are
quite sick with the grip.
j. R. Fegan and son and Mrs. White
house are sick.
On account of SO much sickness the
attendance at school is very small.
Homer Azdell and Gather Berry
will start for Southwest Missouri to-
day. They expect to buy several
loads of cattle while there.
Dick Lott and wife have moved to
Rush Hill to reside. Wade Lott and
wife now live in the house they re-
Gently occupied.
Ed Scherer was in Mexico last week
on business.
We understand that Wash Kerr has
the blacksmith shop and will run it
at full blast.
Mr.. j. w. Stephens and Miss Net
Owens, of near Littleby Station, were
married last Wednesday evening at
the home of the BRIDES father. The
groom is one of Audrain's most pros
porous farmers, while the bride is a
successful teacher and church worker
and loved by all who know her. We
extend congratulations.
j. M. Azdell bought five loads oil
cattle at the cattle sale in Laddonia
recently and will feed the coming
summer.
Several of j. r. Hodges family are
down with colds.
Con Morthland has rented a part Of
the j. R. Hodge farm and will move
in the spring. They will occupy the
house where the Slavens brothers
bached last year.
Jack Brown is recovering from
severe spell of pneumonia.
Died, January "a, of consumption
N. BITTERLY, our prominent black
smith. He was in poor health fol
some time and his death was not I'M
expected. He leaves a wife and fouI
children to mourn his loss. He wa
40 years old. Rev. Johnston preach
ed the funeral sermon, after which
the remains were laid to rest in tn,
Rock Hill Cemetery. He was a mem
Der of the Catholic Church. We ex
tend sympathy to the sorrowin,
friends and relatives.
Miss Hattie Jackman closed a yer,
successful term of school at the Bea
giles school house last Friday. W
regret very much to have her leav
US, but r glad to know she wi
teach the spring term. Miss Haiti
is one of Audrain's best teachers. TIL,
following are the names of the pupil
in the Beagles school who received
grade of 80 per cent and above il
History and Civil Government at tn
monthly examinations: Floy John
ston, Wylie Atkins, Sarah Peytor
Laura Atkins, Wretta Kerr, Will
Atkins. The boys made the best de
pertinent grade for the month c
January. The pupils deserve specis
credit for their attentiveness to dut
and the good they have accompiishe
during the term. Pupils, Sour to
days and yesterdays r the block
with which we build. May thes
days be well spent SO that in life
great battle we will be not simpl
good, but good for something"
THOMPSON STATION ITEMS.
Correspondence of the Ledger.
THOMPSON STATION, Feb. 1.-Clat
Bruce sold Ga hogs to HI. T. Cant fc
$500.
Misses Bessie Davis and Rosa Ring,
of Mexico, were the charming guess
of the family of DIR. Mayes last weel
Lewis, Johnson & Co., of Mexic'
shipped the A. b. Sims cattle to Oh
cago. They averaged 1925 pound
here. Price $4.25.
Taylor Berry visited his brother,D
Berry, in st. Louis last week.
Jas. Hayes, of Cant, shipped or
car of hogs to st. Louis Thursda
night.
Elder Dale, of Sturgeon, preache
in the hall Sunday morning and ever
ing. The Elder is a finished schols
and an able expounder of the gospe
At a trustees sale of real estate
Mexico on last Saturday DIR. o.
Mayes bought 100 r. of land lyir
near Naylor school house in Audrai
county for $4,000.
Crockett Harrison spent Sunday
Benton City.
John Sims received 800 cattle fro
Arkansas on Wednesday night.
b Jas. Surber is absent from home {
business.
Jas. Cogswell and family visits
relatives in Thompson Sunday.
Miss Canterbury and cousin, fro
. near Mexico, attended church
Thompson Sunday.
,, Thompson needs a shoe maker,
harness maker and a barber. A got
: opening for some one.
There will be song services in Il
hall Sunday afternoon at 2:30 o'cloc
Everybody come.
= w. Fl. Tiger and daughter spe
several days last week visiting rel
tives in Kansas.
8 Frank Hill, of Columbia, lost a lit
8 girl last week. The remains were i
tered in the cemetery at this place,
0 The little daughter of Judge Pc
met with quite a serious accident
2 Monday while at school. In handli
Q a jelly glass she fell down; the gls
was broken and a fragment of t
glass nearly an inch wide was driv
into her hand between the thumb a
fore finger, severing the main arte
and causing the blood to flow free
The teacher, Miss Cant, manifest
considerable surgical skill by pressi
the thumb down over the wound, til
making it a compress and checkI