Mexico weekly ledger., 1912-05-02

fuaea to accept and thereby dam
,eod The plaanufl 70 The amount Of
sail. The plaintiff further sets oas
n his petition that the agent at
city was notified In plenty
az time 10 obain a car and further
had agreed to have tho a ready
A flfth suit was filed against the
Alton on Tuesday morning. Il was
tha+ OF II. T. CANT. The phintaf
saws he Consigned s. head Of hogs TO
the DEFENDANT On September IS, ~
At Thompson, 10 DO carried to me
National stock Yards Illinois. The
plain.if alleges the defendant was
careless and Negligent in delivering
them and asks $3.50 damages
suits Against Wabash
r NJ. Barre has filed suit against
the receivers of the Wabash for $3.50
plaintiff alleges he consigned to de-
fendana 80 head Of cattle on March
4. but defendant neglected to deliy-
er them ait their destination IN a
reasonable length of time,
w. E. Cunningham also files suit
against receivers OF the Wabash.
Litigation grew out Of a shipment
Of q head Of draft mares which the
plaintiff alleges the defendant was
negligent ia handling and asks 1868
damages.
A third suit against the receivers q
the Wabash II that filed Tuesday
morning by the North Missouri TrusI
Company, administrator for the Is
!. tate of C. l.. Allison. Cause of &C
ton is the alleged c~arelessness and
negligence of defnedant in deliver
Ing G25 head of sheep consigned 70
said defendants to be shipped TO tbs
Union stock Yards. Chicago. PLAIN
!. tiff asks damages in the amount q
$500.
The Board OF Dsrecaors OF the Mis-
souri, Live stock COMMISSION Com
pany which is organizing to do bust
ness ait the National Stock Yard
met here Monday eyening, G! 7
Clark Is president and Chester starr
~secreiary. A. NJ. Gentry. a membe'
OF the board. OF Marshall, Mo, was
among others to attend,
Mr.. Clark reports the plans Y
complete the organization Rre pro
guessing nicely and the comran,
hopes 10 be ready for business IN tn
near future,
The Board Of Directions Of %.
Mexico Fair Association has definite
ly decided to hold the $1,000 Saddl
stake offered by the Mexico Com
mercal Club at tbs Fair this year o
Wedne day, August Z, OF Fair week,
The Beard also has appointed CON
mlttees for the various exhibits
( They are;
/ To advertise 81 0oO Saddle SAX
and other saddle and harness c,ass
es: Geo. Lee, d. r. Middleton Jal
Hamilton. w. D. Lee and Willar
Potts.
3 Mules, Jacks and Jennets: Horac
v Mundy, w. F, Atkinson w. J. Bots
: b II Middleton and w r Buckner.
Cattle, hogs and sheep: A D. Jacl
son, c. w. Lewis, e, Fl. Carter
Art Hall; w. f. Atkinson. E T
4 Carter and Mrs. Emma DeMuih
Agriculture: VIM. Viyion, w. .
Bolts and A. D. Jackson.
: Advertising: W. J. Atkinson. He
D ace Mundy; Geo. Lee, Willard Poti
; and f. H. Carter.
Special premiums; Horace Mund
and w. f. Atkinson.
q County Court Committee: W.
f Bolts Horace Mundy and w.
Atkinson
The st. Louis Live Stock Reporte
says: "A four-car shipment Of hea1
weight beeyes that averaged 1860 !
brought sS.75 per cut on todayis ma
ket, which is but 5 cents under I'll
top Of the market. This consignmed
! was made by T. p Harrison. one {
Callaway's most extensive an
!. reliable feeders. They were an ext1
t fine drove Of heayy-welghts an
showed the very best OF quality. Nj
Harrison Is a yearly feeder and 81
dom sells far from the top OF III
! market for his feelings. Mr.. Harrlse
was along with his consignment an
expressed a good feeling for the S
Louis market. 'qThe cattl
were r%oughed on shocked cor
for a length OF time" said the owl
er. They were full fed for 6 mont
and a half on a ration Of corn an
nay Their gain was a refnarkabl
one"
d. II. Middleton has bought a fin
} imported Percheron stallion from v
J. Finley, OF Hlgginsville.
John Burgess, on the Roblnso
Farm, reports 70 A. of his 90
wheat crop as being In fine cond
ton.