Mexico weekly ledger., 1897-03-18
Twenty Years Ago This Week.

Twenty Years Ago This Week.
A. B. Daniel was City Recorder.
Wheat fields were looking green.
Quisenberry's avenue was opened.
L.B. Fetter was jeweler in Mex
leo.
E. S. Frost was building new ware
room.
II. A. Purdy, of Farber, gave large
dance.
Died, on the 14th, John Rodman, in
this city.
II. Dawson drew the clock given
away by sontag.
Major Rollins, of Columbia, was a
visitor in Mexico.
A. B. Daniel was candidate for the
Office of Recorder.
Willie Lakeland, who had a broken
arm, was doing we'll.
Miss Julia Shields left on an extend
ed visit in Columbia.
Byron Cluster was working in the
county clerks Office.
Rev. DIR. Lacy was pastor of the
Presbyterian church.
The eastern part of the county was
overrun with wild ducks.
Messrs. Craig, Bishop and Mcintyre
established a planning mill.
N. Lakeland was offering special in
ducements to users of footwear.
The Ruggles colony on the Rio
Grande turned out to be fizzle.
George Kabrich had just returned
from business trip to st. Louis.
DR.. vincil married W. P...Holman
and Eliza Lowery, of Pike county.
Hon. A. H. Bqekner made the LED
GER pleasant and entertaining call.
On the morning of the 9th the ther-
mometer read 10 degrees below zero.
Mrs. Sue Williams died at her home,
4 miles south of Mexico, on the 18th.
John Carter had withdrawn his an
nouncement as candidate for marshal.
w. o. Forrist and W. W. Fry COM
posed the new law firm of Forrist and
Fry.
Warner Potts was a candidate for
reelection to the Office of City Mar
shal.
j. s. Carpenter, the Farber "village
blacksmith, left for Colorado to re-
side.
Mrs. George Payne died at he,
home, mile east of Mexico, on the
10th.
Musick & Simpson were moving
their law Office to the east side of the
square.
DR.. Gregory, of st. Louis, was at
tending Mrs. Albert White, who was
very i'll.
II. A. Silver, who had been in Wash
ington for some time, had returned to
! Mexico.
Mr.. Pratt, of the Boston Square
Dealing boot and shoe house, was in
Chicago on business.
Died, at the residence of his SON in
law, R. 81. Peery, Jesse Davis, late OF
New York, aged 66 years.
Smith Spence left Mexico for Co.
lumbia, where he expected to embark
in the book and news business.
[ Tommie Riley, while playing in the
Court House yard on the 18th, fell anG
broke his arm in two places.
| Hon. A. FL. Buckner was asked
through the columns of the LEDaEI
to address Mexico audience.
The total population of Missouri was
including st. Louis, 2,0s5, ,537, or about
AZ per cent per annum since 1870.
E. T. Gibbs, painter, had returned
from Moberly, where he had JUS
finished large painting contract.
Under the new administration o
President Hayes Carl Schurz, of Mis-.
souri,, was appointed Seer etary of the
Interior.
Nichols & CLARK, sewing machine
agents, would accept bacon, lard ant
all kinds of produce in exchange fol
machines.
The Fulton Telegraph said: 'Misl
Katie Moore left for Mexico to b,
present &C the wedding of her cousin
Sam Locke" Oh, mercyl
/ LAND SALES.
The land sales that had been mad,
for that week were as follows:
A. McPike to II. Fenka, lots 1,
Vandalia, s75.
| J. 8. Thorpe to 8. Roland, q lot /,
vandalsa, SEQ.
IL Ii q. Dusan to G.. T. Hook, 40 acres
5 miles north of this city, $500.
/ P. O. Kidd to L. D. Craig, 100 acres
Is miles south Of Mexico, &2,soO.