Mexico weekly ledger., 1911-08-03


i Claude Grimes about 20 years old
said to be the son Of a well.to-d,
farmer living near Nebo, ILL.,. slippet
from a Chicago & Alton freight
train at Francis. Wednesday after
noon. about 6 o'clock, and had hi,
right foot so badly crushed that part
OF 1t was amputated.
The train was 1870, a cattle train
~eascbound. Grimes was with a com.
panion who later disappeared. He
vas taken to the Hoxsey Hotel
where physicians operated upon him.
DTS. Coil and Griffin brought him
to this city in the formers motor
car and attended him.
An empty two-room house. SITUATED
at the corner Of Whitley and Agri-
culture street, in northeast Mexico.
was destroyed by fire about Q o.
clock Wednesday night. The loss is
covered by insurance
The origin of the fire is a mys.
tory. Until Tuesday when tho par.
~ moved out, the house was occupie
by Mrs. Jas. Harvey. The property
belongs TO Mrs. Annie C. Humphreys.
Of Beardstown, Ky.
The fire department responded
promptly to the alarm, but on ac-
count of tho condition Of the water
at that place. it being a dead
end, the pressure forced much mud
into the hose and caused il to
break.
The Water Works Co., however, is
working on the proposition of clean
ing the mains. The mud now in the
mains is residue from the pond that
was pumped into the pipes before the
new system was placed into effect.
The Pacific Express Company is
TO go out OF existence July 81. The
Mexico agency on South Washington
will begin marking packages
midnight on the 31st Taken over
by Wells-Fargo Express Co." This
procedure will be followed by every
Pacific office on the Gould lines,
which becomes the property Of the
Wells-Fargo people. Express messen-I
gers on trains will also follow this
procedure.
Whether any change in the agency
here will be made, the local agent,
Charles MCGEE, has not been advised.
Already, however, he has received
he blanks and other supplies of the
Wells-Fargo Co. and has everything
n readiness to make the change at
he local office on the appointed day.
The Pacific Express Co. uses the
Wabash railroad through this city.
With the exception of a few short
in the northwest, It is under
stood that the W~ells-Fargo has alb.
iorbed almost every office of the Pa.
;ific Express Co. In the United
The Wabash and the other rail
Dads have signed a contract with
he Wells-Fargo Express Company
it the privilege and that com
)any win acquire all the business
lone formerly by the Pacific.
About 9 o'clock Friday evening,
drs. Elizabeth Atkinson, residing on
East Monroe street, was attracted by
noise coming from a rear window
which resembled some one attempt
ng to get into house. Upon inyesti-
Mrs. Atkinson discovered an
.ntified man at work removing a
Green.
1t was SO dark Mrs. Atkinson says
iho was unable to identify the intrud
n, When she saw what was going
IN, she yelled at him, and after
wards notified the police. The burg
ar, however, was frightened away
It the first signs of being discovered
md when the officers arrived no one
vas to be found. The authorities
ave no clue as to the identity of the
,arty.
Harvey Young, an employe at the
Mexico Brick Plant, had his leg
Wednesday night,
Young was at work in n of the
lay mines when the accident hap
'ened. 1t was due to a heavy lump
# clay slipping from its position and
triking him on the leg. Young was
Knocked down. His condition Thurs
lay showed the patient to be doing
well as could be expected under
he circumstances.