Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1908-10-29
MEXICO ACTIVITIES.
That Kittens Visit-Matheny's
Burglar Visitor or-Champ
Clark'S Hopes.

Several burglaries IN town last
Thursday night. At the boarding
house of Mrs. Alice Ecton D. Il.
Johnston, ogr of the lodger, lost
$+4 and his gold watch. d. K.
Swinger, another dodgers, saw the
burglar as he escaped thru n win
dow taking his (Swinger's) pants
and shirt with him. Swinger
shouted at the burglar who turned
aud fred his revolver. . b "A. Powells
residence was visited and he is out
$40 in cash and his gold watch.
Charles Morris was visited also
aud his trousers were carried of
and his pocket-book with them and
II FIVE dollar bill.
In the south part of town Fri
day night w. l.. Matheny had a
caller. 1t was about one o'clock
in the morning and while it was
pouring down rain. He tried to
| get in a front door and then went
to a back window. Used rod of
iron and raised the window. He had
aroused Mr.. Matheuy, who secured
his revolver aud just as Mr.. Burglar
put his head in the window Mr.. NJ.
thrust the revolver in his face and
shouted, What do you want
herei" Imagine that burglar s
flight over the yard fence and
away, away.
Look out for these night PROV
lers, they may get vour money if
you don't watch Uut.
Champ Clark was in town last
Saturday aud made a great speech
at the court house. He stated
that, regardless of the alleged ille-
gal voting in various places in tn e
State, Cowherd would have been
the nominee for Governor without
doubt, and that he believed he was
going to be Governor. He said:
"Cowherd's election is as certain
as the rising of to-morrow's sun.
feel confident OF Bryan's elec.
ton. | have travelled over eleven
States this summer and have made
speeches in all of them, aud from
, what have heard in talking with
men in hotels aud on trains, and
everywhere, it looks like Demo
cratic victory"
Mrs. J. f. McWilliams visited
relatives and friends in Sedalia
two weeks since and then she went
across to jefferson City on visit
to Mrs. Howard y. Gass. Here
we want to tell a little joke at her
expense. Just before leaving for
the train at Sed0lia she lay her
pocket. book, down leaving it
partly open. Later sue picked it
mp and hastily closed it and did
not open it again until she had
. reached the Gass home. She
heard the new of u kitten aud il
could not be found. But when
she opened her pOcktt t-book, here
, it was! 1t had craw'el into the
purse at Sedalia aud she had ear.
! ried the precious thing on her
whole journey TO jefferson City
She enjoys the laugh hugely.
Philip Shire was in town Satur
} day and was telling about his lat,
visit to his old home in Illinois
Says the political situation ovel
a there is hot-but no worse than
when two Mexico statesmen clash
e now aud then, and try to settl
,, some great national issue by diff
=. feriug as much as they can.
r Next Saturday the Chicago 4
p Alton will start the south Brancl
e train to Fulton aud jefferson Cit,
Il from Louisiana. The train viii
e leave Louisiana about 6;l6 in th
moring and arrive in Mexico abou
i 3 O'Clock. A return train thru
: Mexico about 1880 in the evening
b, Our friendsiu the EAST part OF tn
county will reinica to get this ser