Mexico weekly ledger., 1912-08-01
COUNTY NEWS

AAAoA OAHAAP NNO ASAAA a~SpNA
bic position with the WellslFargo Elk
press Co. at Kansas City, is spend.
ing a week with his mother, Mrs
Jennie Dunlap OF this city.
Mrs. L. o. Rodes and daughter
Miss Mary, of Boulder. Colo, wht
are visiting Missouri friends and rel
atiTes, returned Thursday from I
visit In Columbia.
Gus billiard. whose skull was fgac
tured by a fall last Saturday, is i'm
proving.
Morey and Field Diren Of Wells
VILE returned home. after a two
weeks visit with their grandpar-
ents, Mr.. and Mrs. r. T. Stevenson.
Tom Phillips, a negro employees
al de Jefferson Bar. had the fleshy
part OF lbs left ieg below the knee
badly ~lacerated on Friday morning
He was assisting in unloading bar
rols Of whisky inlo the collar. He
stooa at the head OF Che step and
losing balance, tumbled into the eel.
lar, 4he barroi following. The ftange
Of the barre struck his leg and la1d
open a wonnd probably five inches
vide and seven or eight Inches long
Mrs. Richard Kelley and two chill
aSsn Lahn paaa ana / aSAn4aa HAAha
Eleaia Of Mexico friends. They 70
side 10 Afikrom. Ohio
Mrs. g. D. Massey w4l shortly 20
70 Oklahoma CITY Gaia. WHARF she
viii visit for several months.
Charley Bayleas is NOW express
messenger on the M. K & T., with
a run between ST. Louis and Parsons,
Kansas. Charley is a steady and in
dustrions young man. and has the
hest wishes OF his Mexico friends.
Mr.. and Mrs. William Doolln, d
Rush HAl. are home after a pleas
ant trip TO California and Other
Western States.
A dispatch from Canton, China
states, that nation Is Sending two O
their girls 10 America TO study. ThiI
is the first time that Chinese maid
ems have come to this country t
pursue their education. Thes'
girls are Misses Liu Fung Yen an.
Loo Vat Jit. In addition. 80 boy
via come to America and 80 go I,
japan They leave Canton Aug. /.
Mrs. L. r. Irish. San Antonio, Tex
is visiting her uncle and aunt, T. s
Rely and Miss Lama Reilly
Mrs. J.. G. Trimble, of Kansas CIT,
after q visit to her mother in TIL
city. has gone 10 Lake Geneva
Mich to spend the remainder Of III
summer.
The Columbus, Ind chautauqu
opened Thursday. July %, and wi
continue until August 4. Wfn A
Harding, a former Mexico boy. live
at Columbus. is one Of the commii
teemen on the program and ha
been successful in securing a spler
did entertainment. Mr., Hardineg
also one Of the guarantors.
Pinrkney French Of Martinsbura
was la this city Friday. accompar
Jed By his small son.
The Ice cream supper at Mt, Zioi
church, Thursday night. cleared sl2I
A large number went out on the elei
trio line from ahis city.
G. L. Ferris, who Is canoein
down Salt River, has arrived at sar
Ia Re. None Of the three Mexic
parties that started their trips har
made the journey to 1.-THE mouth q
the river. Mr.. Ferris. however seem
determined to stick It out.
Mrs. Nancy j. Newkirk is very
~ Of pleurisy and pneumonia at he
home on West Monroe street.
Little Hazel Conley. who was IN
Gently injured in a runaway, /
thought to be recovering.
Mrs. Ellis and daughter, Mis-
Maude. Of Dies Moines. a., are guest
Of Airs Ellis daughter. Mrs. orio
Wales. on N. Western avenue.
Tom Bruce motored 10 the coin
bia Fair Thursday. He said they ha
a large crowd, but not as large a
Mexico has on T~hurdsay Of our Fair
The Rev. n. r. Pittman. formerly
Of this city. now a resident Of Kan
a City. is in North Carolina recoy
erlng from a nervous breakdown.