Mexico weekly ledger., 1911-11-30
COUNTY NEWS.

The Araua ONlcE q ne hEtEsE
Tempiars Of Missouri were guests q
Crusade ComuandsrT. No. q o.
fhis city. "Wednesday eFenlag AHer
a deliEhtful bsnqEx az The Ho1zey
Hota the work OF the order vas
exempEtied On the Lodge bal. Quite
a large number % c1totsoEn
knight TemPlaTs were present
James DoweA, who lives near Ben
ton City, fen from 6 load OF straw
this week and broke his collar bone.
II Is hoped that his injuries wiz not
prove at all serious.
Henry ForEey, Of Mexico, has an.
nounced himself as a candidate for
the Democratic nomination for rail
road and warehouse commissioner.
There VIII be a big bail at 10
mans Hail in Benton City Thanks
giving evening, Nor. 80, when q Dc
Ightful time IS anticipated.
Roy Faddis sold his lease On the
Laddonia Hotel last week 70 Mu.
Sarah Wood, OF C~entralia. she has
taken charge.
Mrs. A. X. Adams, who Is q great
sufferer from asthma and has been
very 81 for the past few weeks, has
oesn iaze4 20 Sszsco ~heTe she Wiz
be near her parents Tie Doctor
goes over in the eTening and re
turns IN the morning and Is q hk
pEhe daily. Mrs. Adams friends sz
Ebss city hope for g s2eady recover.
and greatly gupttizs VIII her y
this aftcIon-Axrasse ReFisE
Tom Moore, sua d r J. MORE. Of
This city. Is 81 Denver. Colorado.
fog his heaath, and lis many fd@ads
viii &c Ead To knoE that he e
gueatly improved and getting along
ntoeEy.
Mia Ehel Hsrdine is home from
Chicago CO G visit 20 her parents
IA this city.
Miss Trix TURKEY Is home after
several weeks vlat with her sister.
Miss KITTY Turley, q; Washington,
No.
The dwellag and honseeoh furni-
turo 81 J. /. s.aufser. q NAL clerk o
Tho Wabash and residing q mile and
a half west Of Benton CITY, was De
stroyed by fire Wednesday night.
The fire occurred lust a Few days az.
ter Mr.. Stauter bad transferred his
building and household insurance
from lbs old 10 his new dwelling.
Hrs. stauffer and Miss GeEtie John
0 were the only persons If home
When the fire wac discovered and
they saved only some bedclothes and
a few articles Of minor value.
The fire company was called 20 the
home Of Mrs. Mary c. L~ockrdge's
residence On HarKood street about .
Gaok Monday morning n respOns
to an alarm d IRE. Only the che1ni-
cal hose was necessary however to
exanguiEE the flames.
TIC origin Of tie fire Is unknown.
though 4 IS said that a defective
z8e IS probably responsible for 81.
The 2mozzk Of TIE damage was not
lsEasd A portion u the ROOF was
Sax1eZ
Masses Molly Dagzn aid Daisy
Meyszs. - snd % years. respective
ly srTaEed IN Mexico ami departed
Monday afternoon THIS il their 57ti
car q waking OF their trip for The
Hleasure Of being ia the open
The dwelling on JOHN T. Crews
2s07aere farm which IS located Il
rnlles southwest OF this city wa.
burned to the ground early Sunday
morning. The origin OF the fire ID
unknown. The loss Is estimated al
about 1920. There was 500 insur
aHc
Ray Dunlap who has the farm
leased and who was sleeping IN an
upstairs room, was awaken about 6
O'Clock by the smoke. He found the
stairway in flames. and in his nighi
clothes he was forced to escape
through q window. He did not have
time to dress and saYed only q piece
Or two Of his clothing. Darefooted,
he scaled a pole TO reach The root
Of tho barn situated close by 10 ex-
tinguish some burning shingles
which had caught from sparks blown
from the house.
M. Dunlap's fine library valued It
figures between $1,000 and $14Oe
was burned with his household fur.
niture and effects. He carried
$500 insurance.
EIr. Crews WIN Immediately erect
a new dwelling.
Frank Van Ness Is home from the