Mexico weekly ledger., 1899-01-05
$Twenty Years Ago >
This Week.

twenty degrees below zero.
Paris, Mo-, suffered a SIS, 200.
Gum Lakeland was in Chicago.
The Afghan war was at an end.
Geo. Michael returned from CAL
iforniA.
Samuel Hall and Miss Dell R. BIiven
were married.
The St. Paul Episcopal Church was
without a pastor.
J. D. Tucker spent the holidays at
his home In Illinois.
Jay Ooatsworth was establishing q
lumber yard at Kansas City.
Reuben samuels, of near Santa Fe,
committed suicide by shooting.
B. Evans and Willie Hooton were
attending the Commercial College at
Quincy, III.
Father orLeary was pastor of the
Catholic Church, which was In a pros
porous condition.
Elder J. E. Lee was pastor of the
Old School Baptist Church; deacon,
j. A. Pearson; trustees, J. A. Pearson,
7. P. Rothwell and Case Jones.
VIII 7. sumner, aged Is years, died
at Henrietta, Texas, on Tuesday, Dec.
~. he was q son Of Judge Sumner.
The remains were inferred in Mexico.
The Baptist church had q member
ship Of 1885, Sunday School, over ZOE;
pastor, Rev. J. @. Maple; Sunday
School Superintendent, James Car
roll; deacons, W. W. Harper, T. J..
Holt, Joel Guthrie, E. J. Gibbs, R. 81.
Allison and j. A. Guthrie.
There had been q Y. NJ. @. A. estab-
hshed in Mexico in III. The Associa-
ton met over the Savings Bank. The
rs officers we're; President, o. 3.
Lupton; viee-President, James B.
simpson; Recording Secretary, ]. Ed
Bolts; Corresponding Secretary, J. T.
Ricketts,, Treasurer, Chas. Murray.
During the preceding year the
Christian Church had paid a debt Of
$500 and the number OF sermons had
been increased from three Sundays q
month to every Sunday. Pastor, John
A. Brooks; elders, VIM. KirtIey and
Virgil Williams; deacons, W. h. Wood
ward, Joseph Spence, ]. n. Coonsi
B. 2. Dobyns, J. D. Morris and s. W.
Buckley.
The Methodist Episcopal Church,
North, had been organized fifteen
years in Mexico. OF the original con-
gregation all but one, Robert Kenyon
were living. They were Henry r,
KeesoD, Elijah Kenyon, Thomas n
Grange, Mary Grange and Lucy saun-
ders. In 1867 the erection Of the Lib
erty street edihce was begun. Twenty
years ago the church membership wa
1s5; Sunday school, 100.
The Presbyterian congregation had
doubled within the preceding i've
years and then numbered over 200,
the Sunday School membership being
about 1so. The Sunday School officers
we're: superintendent, G. B. Mac
farlzne; assistant, James Pasqnethi
Secretary, J. J. Steele. The pastor
Of the church wa Rev. J. 8. Grasty,
Session: Messrs. James Pasqueth,
W. W. Rutledge, Hugh Wilson, J. Z,
Hutton and 5. n. Russell. Deacons.
Messrs. @. b. Macfarisne, ]. J. Steele
James Thomas, s III. Edwards and
Il. ". Gleason.
The n. 3. Church, South, was or
gnnized 81 the house of John A, Mar
un In 1858, one and one-half miles
northwest of Mexico. Afterwards q
brick church wa built on Jefferson
street, where the members w~orshipec
forysars, but the congregation becom-
ing too large another building was put
up On Pomenade street. At the time
this column speaks Of the church had
. membership Of 1sS. Rev. 5. W.
Cope was presiding elder and Rev,
noa. J. Gooch wa pastor. Board Of
Stewards: James Galloway, James E
Ross, J. A. Blu, J. A. Glandou, J. J,
West 8. P. Emmons and @. r. Lup-
ton. Board Of Trustees: Jas. Gala
way, Joe. Lupton, J. J. West, J. II
Marmaduke, S. P. Martin, Vim. Reed
and r. b. Fowler. Sunday Schools
J. n. Marmaduke, Superintendent
J. D. Campbell Secretary J. Il. Hin
Treasurer.
Miss Maads Garter is in St. Louis on