Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1905-11-16
natron of the county Jail at River.

| matr0n OF tne county jail at hlVef-
side.
The girl was arrested upen tele-
graphic instructions from her faith
er, who alleges that she ran away
from home to marry James Ed
ards, q nei g h b or, W h o
preceded her to California two
weeks. Boyd opposed the mar
riage but the girl says her mother
bought her the ticket to California.
Boyd was absent from home
when his daughter departed. When
he returned and was told she had
gone to Denver to visit friends
he became suspicious, and by use
of the telegraph ascertained that
she was in Riverside and would be
married soon to Edwards. Boyd
telegraphed the sheriff to arrest
her and prevent the issuance Of a
marriage license, asserting that
Maggie was not 13 years old.
Miss Boyd insisted that she was
20 years old and would not con-
sent to return home until yester-
day, when she repented Of the
elopement. She says Edwards
agreed to meet her at Denver, but
failed to do so, and telegraphed
her to come to Riverside. They
intended marrying last Monday.
CALLAwAY. Y.-Homer Harris. at
Tebbetts, killed genuine wildcat;
thought it was a coon. First var
mint" of the kind killed in The
Kingdom for 80 or 40 years.
Live stock which brought $35,
600 was shipped recently from
Galloway county-26 cars from
McCredie, two from Fulton and
two from Auxvasse.
Efforts are being made to organ
ize Touring mill company at Mo-
kane with 5000 capital.
Ernie Brooks of Fulton under
went an operation for appendicitis
in st. Louis recently. DIR. Pinek-
ney French, formerly of Mexico,
aud DR.. G. D. Mccall, of Fulton,
assisted 10 the operation.
John Cole has been appointed
constable Of Auxvasse township,
James r. Clantou resigned.
I'm 1S47 l bought 40 acres of
corn up in Cass county for 5 cents
bushel and the man l bought it
of had to gather it," said Uncle"
Jacob Maddox, the patriarch of
Galloway mule dealers, in talking
about the price of corn, to the
Fulton Telegraph the other day.
1T was Van Buren county then,
but after Old Van went astray,
they named it Cass. Yes, sir,
them days if they piled their corn
on the river bank it would bring
them in debt to ship it to St.LouIs
by boat. Me and brother Try. fed
100 mules up there that fall for 80
cents a head a month. We took
them mules overland to the Gulf
of Mexico-drove 'em across
country and swum every river
and they kept fat on what they got
to eat on the road. One place we
stopped at, down south, was with
couple of Frenchmen and they
had an old Niger that learned
me a whole lot about a mule. The
boss wanted to buy II mules out
of our bunch, so we agreed to
let him pick 'em for 800 apiece.
He sent for this old 'nigger' to do
the picking, and he got II as fine
black mare mules as you ever saw,
up headed, quick kind o. mules. l
asked the old nigger' what he
picked that kind for, and he said
they was the kind that when they
got to the end Of the row they'd
turn round and go back without
hoop.pOle after 'em; and ! see lots
Of times since where that ole mig
ger was right. A little vInegrr
in a mule is no bad feature"
MONROE. Richard Gradwell,
formerly Of Paris, now Of Chicago,
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