Mexico weekly ledger., 1913-01-09
COUNTY NEWS


Holidays with his grandfather. r. r.
Arnold. has returned to school at
Liwrenceyille. N. J.
John Mageio, the deaf mute wife
slayer. was bound over to the crimi-
!as.. ccc-t &c anewAr fifst-degree
murder charge after a preliminary
hearing in Judge WeIsh's justice
court at Kansas City. Mo-,
! ! 5h Saturday morning. The Rev.
N F. Jensen, an interpreter. attempt
ed to get a statement out ofMageio.
Hut the mute refused TO answer him.
Roscoe conkling prosecuted Mageio.
Msgeio killed his wife, who was fcr
merly Miss Fox. of this city,
/ Charles II. Swift, a student In the
University and also the Bible College
has accepted the call OF the First
Christian Church at centralia, to be-
come its pastor Mr.. Swift is we'll
known in this city.
Lane & McLoney have purchased
the general store OF Yes Henderson,
at Santa Fe. and viii close it out at
ence.
Win. Culkin and family will shortly
leave for Onava, N. NJ, to make their
future home. The Ledger is sorry
to see these good people leave Au-
dcaln but joins in wishing them
success.
n G. Haskell has traded his oil
business to Luther Criswell for the
Mallory property in Northeast Mex
leo Mr. Haskell will remain in
Mexico He has been in business
ere for IS years and only missed
four working days during that period.
Mr.. Haskell is one of the city's old
est business men and the Ledger is
g,an to learn he win remain here.
The Ledger joins Mr. Criswells
friends in wishing him much success.
Fulton, Mo-, January. G.
From the final report OF Fred D.
Williams, treasurer of the Fulton
State Hospital, it is seen that it
costs the counties of the state for
the last six months approximately $62,
800 to maintain their insane wards
at the local institution. Boone
County leads with s3S1S35. st.
Louis City paid si25955 and St.
Louis County $653. 40. Jackson Coun
| ty, in which Kansas City Is located,
paid s4151.
Audrain County pays $299s.75.
Fire Chief Vernon II. Morris
states there we're 3S fire alarms dur
ing the year 1912 in this city-less
than one a week for the fifty-two
weeks of the year The total loss
las been estimated at $751;, 10000 and
the cost to the city for the ser
vices ofthe firemen was $464.a0
The largest fire was the burning
of the Farrell livery stable during
December. The Mexico Fire Depart
ment is one OF the most efficient in
the gtate and thisrecord is one which
Mexico should be justly proud Of
George Kabrich, who is spending
the winter in Jacksonville, Florida,
Is reported i'll but not serious.
L. D. Bond, of Mollno, Mo, is Wis
iting friends andrelatives at Alva,
Okla.
Mrs. William Stewart and nieces,
the Misses Sumner, are home from
Vernon, Tex. where they spent
the holidays.
Mrs. Stumpf of Benton City was
the guest of friends here Friday at
The Planters.
Shelf Buchanan was in Mexico thi
week looking for two runaway
boys. They left their home in Reads
Vile, Galloway county Wednesday
night, November 13. Mr. Buchanan
found one of the boys, Leonard Nails
aged 16 years, near Farber, this
county. Mr.. Buchanan will pay a
liberal reward f6f' information re-
garding the whereabouts of Dewy
Pegg. See advertisement and de-
scription OF this boy in another col
umn OF this issue of the Ledger
A tarty of Mexico and Audrain
rrospcttsrs left for San Benito, Tex
as country, on Tuesday, to
be gone ahout ten days or two weeks
Those going will combine business
With pleasure and will make several
steps on the way to their destina-
tion. Those who went are: A. H.
Whitney, joe Luckie, Chas Malone,
Z. L. Erown and ]. r. Bell and wife.
From the club organized recently
at the Mcmillan High School for
the purpose of securing Y. NJ, C.
A., permanent organization was es-
tablished and officers elected.
Orlando Worrell, who was dele
gate from this School to the Y. NJ.
G. A. meeting, at Sedalia, gave a
most encouraging report of the con
vention. Much enthusiasm in the
new project is being displayed by the
boys, and new members are joining
every day There is total of twen-
ty-nine members to date.
The following officers We're elect
ed: Orlando Worrell, Pres; Cal
vim Tilton, Sec; Morris Dry, Treas;
Russell Moore, Sergt.; Ray Miller,
Attorney.
L c. HASKELL. who sold his oil
business Monday, will remain here
and help make Mexico a city. Mr..
Haskell has succeeded through at
tention to business and has set a
good example for every ambitious
young man to follow, During the
eighteen years he has been in bust
ness here he missed only four work
ing days and that because of i'll
1ess.