Mexico weekly ledger., 1914-09-10
COUNTY NEWS

AFTER 2 peasant Visit IN Ennis, Tex
Hume and James Long, of Stur-
geon, were in this city Thursday.
Among those from this city who
were witnesses in the Creasey d.
vorce trial now going on in Bowling
Green, are: Mr.. and Mrs. j. A.
Vaughn, Cortez Edmonston, C. A.
W~itherspoon, A. M. Trimble, S. H.
Richards J.. t. Ricketts,, j. B. Bot
kin, A. H. Whitney, Mrs. Era Mill
gan, DR.. I. H. Winans, Mrs. Eugene
Tomlinson, Frank McCord, Mrs. J..
B. Botkin, E. L. johnson, Willard
Potts.
Marriage licenses were issued
Thursday to ]. H. Fowler, of Mont
gomery County, and Miss Vera M.
Hamilton, Winchester, ILL.,; Stephen
Weischhaus and Miss Mary Ahrens,
both Of this county.
The Rev. J D. Greer has gone to
Middletown, Mo-, where he will con-
duet a two weeks revival.
The Rev. o. L. Byrns, wife and
daughter, of Festus, Mo, are the
guests of Mexico relatives.
Miss Gladys Van Ness attended
"
tn Black-Heagler wedding in Fulton
Wednesday.
Miss Lillian Barrett, of Chicago, is
the guest Of her sister, Mrs. H. B.
Mckinley.
Miss Mary Fisher, of Marshall,
has returned home after a pleasant
visit with Miss Mary Nichols.
Mr.. and Mrs. H. B. Brett, and son,
Bradford, are home after a delight
full summer on the lakes
Westminster College, Fulton, Mo-,
will open with a splendid attendance
this year.
DIR. and Mrs. II. X. Hinde, former
ly of this city, arrived here at noon
from Fulton.
P. H. Cullen, of st. Louis, was in
this city Thursday.
Mrs. E. NJ. Rowland and daughter,
Miss Mary Frances, and son, Kent,
are visiting relatives in st. Louis this
week.
S. ]. Bovine, Jr., is closing out his
Livery Stable in Centralia and will
move back to his farm in Audrain
County. "They all come back"
John Callahan, who delivers the
mail between the post office and all
trains, has his delivery wagon paint
ed and carrying the announcement,
~. S. Mail"
Sheriff Barnett went to Bowling
Green this morning and says the
Creasey case will not likely be- COM
pleted until tomorrow.
Mrs. Mamie Saunders, daughter,
Miss Pearl, and granddaughter, Miss
Allene Darnaby, are home from
Montreal, Canada, where they spent
a delightful summer. Mr.. and Mrs.
Darnaby, whom they were with, will
return later this month.
Lloyd Loupe is home on a visit
looking well and prosperous.
E. R. Locke and family are home
attire a delightful motor trip to the
North.
C. A. Buckner and wife are home
from a pleasant outing at Mullet
Lake, Mich.
Mrs. w. A. Longwell and son
Merwin, have gone to Kansas City
where the son will be placed in
school this winter.
j. U. Snyder is here for a weeks
! visit with Col. and Mrs. W. D. Fon.
vile. Mrs. Snyder has been spend
ing the summer here.
The birth and death report in Mex
leo for the month of August shows
10 births and II deaths.
Raymond Wright, son of Mr.. ant
Mrs. jeff Wright, was bitten on the
foot by a rattlesnake while playing
at school last Wednesday just be
fore school took up. Raymond wa
barefooted, on account Of a sor'
foot, and was playing in the grasi
on the school grounds when HI
stepped on the snake. The snak'
was not a full grown one and thi
may account for its striking un
coiled, as is usual with ~rattlesnakes
--Vandalia Mail.
Mr.. and Mrs. John Shootman, o
San Francisco, are here visiting
friends. They both look well an
: happy. The Ledger welcomes then
back to Audrain, even if only for
: visit.
Mrs. C. A. Mitchell and son Cur
: tbs have returned after a visit in s.
: Louis with Roy Mitchell, who leave
: this week for Texas, where he wi
: travel for the Rice-Hutchins Sho
Company. Roy is a hustler and
: making good in his new field.
: A black cat committed suicide
the Court House, Thursday night, az
: cording to j. d. Miller, custodian {
the building. He let us see the bod.
devoid Of its nine lives, and vouche
Y for the truth of the story.
6 The cat had slipped its head be
e tween two boards where it RENAME
n hanging until every vestige of lii
was gone. Since Col, Roosevelt hs
elected to ignore nature studies (
late, we presume the story will G
n unchallenged.
The following prominent lawyer
members of Governor Majors Mi
souri, Code of laws Revision Commi
D. sion, met today at the Ringo hote
is W. I. Ragland, Paris; F. G. Harri
ID Columbia; David Harris, Fulton, al
is G. W. Pine, Hannibal.
is Mrs. G. C. Brown is visiting
Slater.
Some fellows are t~ireless in ma