Mexico weekly ledger., 1898-02-03

NOV 0IcouAuB pfodSuC0 ~ VIC M.
.. Church, South, Saturday and Sun
o. P. Jones was in the city last
week.
Rev. Tom HeBson, who has become
! celebrated lecturer, has promised us
date in the ear future, to which all
ire looking forward to with great
ielight.
THOMPSON ITEMS.
Correspondence Of the Ledger.
THOMPSON, Feb. Id. O'Callaghan
o his property here Monday.
h. T. CANT shipped q car Of hogs
N. F. Hayworth, of Moberly, was.
here Thursday to buy horses and
E. II. Mcdonald sold 80 acres of
land Saturday to @. r. Pool for $3.50.
Howard Baily, of st. Louis, was here
Tuesday buying mules. He bought 2
mules from Harry Reed and 8 from
Geo. Woolery.
Mrs. Geo. Pool and Miss Dora Riley
made Mrs. Neal, of Centralia, Mrs.
POOLS mother, q visit Thursday.
Ghas. Wright, Of Mexico, was here
Friday.
Miss Maggie Hulen, of Hallsville,
returned home Thursday after q visit
with Miss Betty Sims and Mrs. Clara
Elliott.
Frank Roberts, Of Moberly, was
here Thursday.
Prof. Strother was here Thursday.
Cecil Basket, Of Mexico, was here
Sunday.
Miss Eddie Wright, of Mexico, ia
visiting relatives here.
Jas. Shock expressed 8 fine ~
months old bloodhound pups to But
Ter Guthrie. He still has three.
Mrs. Martha Roberts shipped hez
household goods from here to Mober-
ly, where she will reside permanently
to give her sons advantage of the OK.
cellent schools of that place.
The Wabash 10:48 west bound pass
enger train struck an unknown mar
~ miles west of here Tuesday, killing
him instantly. The station agent, Mr.
Powell, saw the man pass through
here about 1920 going west. Coroner
| Rodes came up on the next train. HI
brought him here and held q inquest
at 8 O'Clock. No papers of indentiaca'
ton could be found on him and he onl!
had Sc in money. He had two un
laundried collars in the package b.
carried, one marked 81. L., the othe'
G. B. O., size of both Is. There wa
also found in his budget q cake Of Bos
soap made by Shafer Bros. & Powell
He looked to be about 80 years Of age
Geo. Woolery received Is calve
Tuesday night from A. r. Spencer
of Stephens, Nc. These calves are gil
edged, averaging 700 pounds and cost
ing him $32. 80 per head.
Egbert Slime shipped a of hog
to St. Louis Tuesday.
81. T. CANT shipped a car OF hogs
) st. Louis.
/ HATTON ITEMS.
Correspondence OF the Ledger.
HATToN, Mo-, February 2, 1885,
Miss Bolton, of jefferson City, hi
. been employed to teach the sprir
term at Walnut Grove.
Miss Maggie McClintic has returne
> to her home in California after an 81
!, tended visit among relatives in th
vicinity.
:, Oscar Black has purchased ii
!, Quad farm of 100 acres.
Charles and Willie Stephens hay
> rented 100 acres of corn land fro
Oscar Black.
The Prairie View Literary Socie
: met last Friday night. After an 81
> PERTAINING programme, Ed. Fauce
was elected president; Sam Mile
vice.president; Mrs. Hall, secretar
Henry Daily, candidate for Repr
sentative, spoke at Hstton Saturd
II night.
:. A word about that Military Ord
ELL. II AdJutant General B
!, and Captain Pomp Piunkett wish
aid the Spaniards, let them do
direct. Let them take their "st'
wartso to the stricken island Q
" boldly force the Cuban patriots,
stead of begging aims to feed I
Cuban prisoners. The Spanish &c
ernment has corralled the Cub
, farmers like sheep in q pen to ke
Q them from producing that upon VIII
o, the patriots could subsist and plsci'
=. wait for the United States to feed
% prisoners or let them starve. Bet
70 by far invest your charity in pow
- and direct our men-of- war to 81
the Spanish authority on that strich
- island to "smithereens." Then
Cubans, under the glorious sunsh
of God, can produce for themsel
III and to spare.
T. P. Stephens and P. E. Rate
attended the combination sale at n
az Bloomfield last Thursday.
e. Mrs. Cheatham left for Hannl
Sunday.
col Miss Ratchford closed o success
term at the Prairie View school
Friday.
w" W. 7. Brooks IL moving to his 70
En-. TULIP ITEMS.
ne Correspondence OF the Ledger.
oil TULIP, Mo-, Feb. I, 1sss.-Born
Use Mr.. and Mrs. Charles Clapp, . girl
III Miss Mabel Anderson, the acc
plished daughter Of Hon. e. q. An
INK son, left Saturday for Kirksviile, vi
ter she will attend school.
the Born, to Mr.. and Mrs. VIII Stew
60 q boy.