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The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1877-10-16
WOMEN CoNVICT3.
Completion Of q Reformatory
Prison in Massachuset,s for TIL .ir
Safe Keeping.

The resormat"ry PRISON Tor women
convicts has been erected at South
birmingham under an act Ct Il e
Legislature, approved June ~. 1874,
has been completed agreeably To the
provisions of the act, and i ready To-
receive. safely keep and employ The
convicts committed to the same. In.
site OF the prison embraces some
thirty acres of land. in the center Of
which Is I'm elevation upon which the
buiidin. stands. The prison Is So
situated u To admit SUI shine into
every room except two mt snme honr
Of the day. The walls are of brick
and the interior is finished in IL plain
AMI unp.e,eniing stvle. in keeping
with the economic policy Of the Com
mi>sion"r>. The prison Is divided
into three sections. separated from
each other by brick walls and iron
doors. These are classified IA the
strong prison for the worst convicts.
AMI intermediate and the reformatory
wings
II Is designated to utilize the labor
Of the prisoners. AMI TO this end an
extensive laundry has been fitted up.
and one section of which will be devo
ted to the requirements Of the insti-
tuition, and the other will he devoted
to the patronage oi the public. The
cells IN the strong prison are provided
with iron doors of cells in prisons for
men. while the sleeping apartments in
the intermediate wing are Of oak. and
secured by a patent arrangement,
which locks and unlocks all the doors
nj once. The doors in the reforma-
tory wing have each separate locks,
and the rooms have rs little the ap
pearapce Of restraint rs Is possible In
he upper story Of the wings Is large
and pleasant chapel.
Women sent to the institution hav
ing children under Is months old will
he allowed to retain them. and a sec
ton Of the prison is set apart for their
accommodation. There are tour dining
rooms in all. two Of which are in Tho
reformatory wing. Tie bakery and
kitchen are in the second story Of the
intermi,iate wing. and are models in
their wav. 4 class 81 pris, RS who
are untitled tn associate with other
prisoners will he C m,alleI t. work
alone. and twenty small rooms have
been provided for these c"nvictS.
The officers Of tie prison will
consist of superintendent. deputy
superintendent. stewart and treasurer,
chaplain. physician. one clerk. ono
school mistress. four matrons. mot en-
ceeding fur. four assistant ma,rons.
and rs manv assistan; matrOns mot
exceeding four as the superintend-
ent and commissioners Of prisons NAV
Judge necessary.
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A New SWindlc.

From the i-sr~s>t-F twi>. trsu--
a swindler was around through the
county eight or ten days ago with a
game on the principle % thrce-car,l
monte. except that instead Of cards
he had boxes into each one Of which
he put q bill of different denomina
ton. The boxes were then manipula.
ted just as the cards are. i'm monte. SD
when the victim supposed he could
pick out the box that had the $40 in
he was sure to pick out the box with
the 81 in. pairing SIS for the privi-
lege. The swindler bit one or two in
Bloomington. two here and one in
Platteville. He was arrested here
and held to bail in $3.50 ON his own
recognizance for the next term Of
Court.
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A Bright Young Cadet

The following schoolboy's essay on
Time has been delighting the British
examiners ut Woolrich 1.-The value
Of time is useful for getting their liv.
ing. 1t is most useful. Their is not
= minute too Loose. 1t was invented
by Alfred the Great, who made a very
long candle. Time is used for the pur-
pose Of telling people the time. Many
men their living by making time.
Some make their livelihood by making
watches and clocks. Time passes very
quickly for man or boy. Man for his
labors and boy for his work. There is
a time for all things especially grown
up people,"
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THE SOUTH AND HER OPPOR.
TUNITY.


the South has got into the full blaze
of day. Out Of the darkness she has
come into the sunlight. Like the
Israelites returning from Egyptian
bondage, she stands il full view of the
promise,i land. Standing npon the
threshold Of a great and matches OPP
portuni,y, she holds in her hands not
only her own future, but thewell being
Ia no inconsidcrahle degree, 81 the CT
tire country. To Use Mr.. Keys favor
lite illu:traiicn. she represents the prod
igal son who has surfciicd on hu~k~.
AMI is looking with lonrin. eyes and
watering mouth ., the rich, juicy
steaks from the faited calf which are
being served. exactly suited Ia her
palate. by the administration co,k.
Approaching this fact, the clan,orous
North is calling loudly for for!ear-
ance.
Eat husks little while longer AMI
let Us have the banquet" is dinnedl
franticallv into Southern ears.
Ii Is the same Old tale. iilaI the Su;h
has hea ii - long. Ii has brought no
good and never will. Tie time for
the exercise at Il maynanimi;v that
has ALWAYS ended in disaster has gone
by. Now Is the time inr the South e.
enjoy the fruits of her victory. What
she has, she has Won. Her own hands
have stricken the sllackles from her
limbs. and she stands To day fronting
the manhood of the Nor;i, with a
right as unquesii"nel and a genius n
brilliant as in the old DAYS Of her
power and reDown. But for the 81
preme eff',rt which sprung from her
despair, she might have still have been
clanking the chains Of political siav-
cry. No thanks are due the Demo
cratic North. 1t flung away the vic
tory the South helped it to win. ]:
would certainly abandon her. If any
advantage could he Won by doing 1t.
Why then should it hand over the
scepter Of power TO such ireacherous
keeping. That is not the way to
utilize her opportunity. Holding As
she does the balance Of power-capa-
BILE Of directing the energies Of gov
eminent into channels best suited to her
interests, and those of the country ut
large. it behooves her to wear the op-
portunity she has bravely won. Let
her do this. lest some Republican Max
amin or Radical Alexander. shall arise
in the party which is whitening to de-
cay, and conquering the uncertain and
vascillating Democrats Of the North,
shall consolidate the power wrung
from their feeble grasp. and again
stamp the heel of oppression
upon the bold and the free Southern
heart which throl- ut this hour with
so strong a sense Of human liberty and
so rich hope of winning hack the
lost scepter Of its Israel. Such oppor-
tunIties come but once.
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The Sensation Of Having a Snake
Crawl Down Your Throat.

Mr.. Benjamin Trenholm. hv ing in
Culver township, on the Saline. woke
up one night last week feeling some
thing in his mouth, and Immediately
that something commenced crawling
down his throat. He tried (Mr. '.
Savs) 20 catch il in his teeth. but it
was too tar gone. and he saws he was
obliged To swallow it. He is satisfied
it was q snake. but Of course does not
know just what kind-we should
think anv kind would he had enough.
We did no, learn the particulars in
this respect. but judge that MIR. Tren-
holm slept but little more that night.
AZ soon is possible he started for Sa-
line AMI consulted physician. He
was given something to stupefy the
reptile. and an emeiic that it might be
vomited up. The stupefactive had
the desired effect, but the emeiic
seemed to craze the man. lie return
I'll home, and felt no movement 1T the
snake for a day or two, when the
thing commenced to move again.
Mr.. T. then consulted DIR. GROCER, of
Saline, who gave him some medicine
to kill the raptile. Upon taking the
medicine was some DAYS ago
the movement ceased, and ut pres
ent writing none has been felt. The
medicine is TO be taken once in three
DAYS.
At first some seemed tn think that
Mr.. Trenholm had simply dreamed Of
this experience, but subsequent in
vestigation-and, what was worse,
personal experience ON the part Of
Mr.. 7. in the way Of feeling the
Of the snake in his stomach
that it is a sober and horrible
reality.
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DON'T Like the Law at All.

Richmond Temperance advocate.
Now that the bell punch is to test
the consumption Of liquor per annum.
the State will be at a quandary to
know the exact amount Of revenue
due each year. as "there's often a slip
'twixt the cup and the lip" but at any
rate
Wei ring away.
From early morn till close Of day
Then il he this srheme Virginia. don't profit.
Wen attribute the sum total To Senator Moffs-r.
Yes, let us punch this public debt,
or the nation. out Of existence as
early as possible. and We are not puz.
zled to know which ia the most de-
structive. debt or dissipation.
Virginians. this scheme is to put
your State, after which you are Of the
manor born, on foot-pickle it with
rum-preserve it As memento for her
rising sons.
What constitutes a Aourishing
State-wise and healthy population.
or barren, unabiding wilds? If the
population becomes diminished. then,
to an alarming extent. the facilities for
improvement are cut of.
Our State Is now PROSTATE. to a
great degree. simply from the thinness
Of the inhabitants Of some Of the ru-
raj districts, which are in many in
stances devoid Of native schoolmas-
ter to teach the few scattering and
almost uncivilized youth that might
reside in that particular wilderness.
Talk about the late civil war! That
lasted only four wears. playing havoc
with our State! Nothing, compared
to this whisky war. that has
been in existence over half a century,
and to day almost submerges our
Commonwealth as we'll as the whole
world!
During the cokl and desperate
winter numbers Of firesides will he
made desoate and dreary from the
effects Of this Incorporate taxation.
Window.glass will be punched out !;
wearing apparel will be fairly riddled
by this punch, for the punch system is
only continuation Of the awful vice
intemperance, in speculative point Of
view.
The dial-plate or calculator Of this
tax machine will score each and every
step taken by the drunkard towards
his eternal home-give the nupber Of
drinks swallowed. Would that there
could be an attachment, that the State
might ascertain the number Of good
and useful men DESTROYED per annum
by this cunningly devised continuance
and so-called public benefactor.
Our street and county court day
scenes throughout the state give US a
rough estimate Of the number Of vic
Tins to intemperance. but not the
number of drinks it requires to make
finished drunkards they 90 Keeling
from bar-roop to bar-room. with the
tops Of their hats punched out and
heir clothes hanging from their bodies
in almost invisible shreds-all from
he effects of over-taxut;oa.
We suggest that our legislature pass
, law to the effect that every grave,
he 7Gprkal Hinlemperance, from the
late Of tn psnch. be decorated
with the following inscription:
Rung to sleep
bv the
MOhet Bell Punch.
Gave His Life
for the
State Debt.
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ouR COUNTY ROADS.


The BAzOO has several times al
late, called public attention to the
condition of our county roads. and
urged upon the public the necess'ty OF
taking some active measures TO I'M
prove them. 1t is gratifying {" know
that in some parts Of the county. at
least, these suggestions have not been
without their effect. The proceedings
of a public meeting on Heath's Creek.
published in yesterdays BAzoo, dis
closes the fact that the people there do
not intend to be cut off from market
without an effort to prevent it. What
they propose to do. every community
in the county can do. Having put
the roads in good order, their only re-
naming duty will be to bring all the
facts before the Grand Jury and Sc
cure the indictment and punishment of
road overseers whose neglect or incom-
petence has brought us to the straits
where such movements have become
necessary to keep the highways open.
Suffered to 60 on without repiir, until
winter sets in, half the roads in the
county would be impossible. They
are rent with ruts and torn by constant
travel to a degree that in dry weather
heavily laden wagons can get along
with the utmost difficulty. To say
that there is no excuse for this condi-
tion of things is a statement Of fact
which everybody knows. There is no
road in the county which cannot be
put in good order by few days sys-
work. The soil and the lay
of the country is admirably adapted
to grading. Indeed little work at
proper intervals would have pre-
vented them ever getting in their
present condition. But it has been
the misfortune of this county to have
overseers who have persistentlv
neglected their duty. The county
court has been inexcusably negligent
in appointing such men to Office. The
Grand Jury has been equally at fault
in not indicting them for a neglect Of
duty. Taking 1t all in all, there has
been neglect in all grades Of response
bility with which road matters are con-
nected. The effect of it has been to
deprive the farmers and merchants of
their accustomed trade. Both the
county and the city have been mutual
sufferers, and If these conditions con-
tinue through the winter, they will re-
suit in losses which it will be impossi-
bic to estimate in dollars and cents.
It will not only strike cruel and un-
necessary blow to the trade of the
:ity, but it will infiict serious losses
ipon farmers whose interests and in
:linations would bring them here to
:rade. II, however. the people once
determine that the roads shall be put
m good order and 60 about it in the
light way. the difficulties which an
low looked upon as so menacing will
disappear. In this respect Heath's
Creek has set a good example, and
he rest of the county should follow it.
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The Cincinnati Commercial thinks
that Hayes will be able to endure his
fraudulent honors even with the disap-
provsl Of Ohio. There is no question
Of it. He has already shown a ca.
pacity to endure almost anything.
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THE GREENBACK FRAUD.

1t is gratifying to note that our
ueighbor, the Dsmoe'ut, comes out in
clear and explicit rebuke of the re-
cent greenback fraud in st. Louis. 1t
properly characterizes that convention
as a combination of "rant cant and
imbecility." A gathering more utterly
destitute of the faintest glimmerings
of common sense. it would be difficult
to conceive. But it was, neverthe-
less, a fair representative of the aver
age greenbacker. There is no more
folly in demanding that the govern
ment shall regulate the price of wages
and supervise the relations between the
employer and the employed, than
there is in the kindred insanity which
teaches that the purchasing power Of a
greenback will not be diminished by
doubling the volume of the currency.
One of Mrs. Partingtonis most re-
markabie observations consisted in the
statement that "eggs were always
high when eggs were scarce, and she
couldn't, for the life of her, see the
reason for it," Neither can the green
hacker appreciate the fact that it has
been the contraction Of the volume of
greenback currency. that makes its
purchasing faculty equal to a dollar.
It requires something of more intrin.
sic value than piece Of paper, al
though it wears the stamp of the gov
eminent, to maintain its relations as
an equivalent in trade. There is
needed power at the back of it which
can convert it into money. in the
sense that gold and silver Is money,
whenever the interests Of commerce
demand it. Unfortunately, the coun-
try csn not duplicate the greenbsck
and make it, At the same eime. a me-
dunn Of exchange worth precisely what
it purports to be. Until this can be
done every greenback dollar added to
the volume Of currency, diminishes in
IN equal ratio the value of what we
have. The country is. therefore, looking
for a currency which will not lessen in
value rs its volume is increased
s worth As much in Europe as an ar
ticle of commerce, as it u here "a
noney-which is not liable to Auctu-
lte with the rise and fall Of parties
md which will secure to the products
md industries Of the country that
which Is - vital to their prosperity.
y blood Is to the life Of the body; and J
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each family will pu, ut least 500
worth of improvements "n Oh, ir lot
The lots are BOX 10 feet. and the
streets from 80 to "a feet wide.
Very respectfully.
w. NJ. FIsnHACK.
Fort Smith, Ark. Sept. ID. 1877.
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The Democratic triumph in Ohio
secures the election Of George III. Pen
dleton to the Senate. Time works
out it, redemptions with slow and pa-
tient movements, but it brings around
IL compensations in the end.
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The Side Clutch.

The fashion of carrying a dress
gathered up in ones hand is a nui-
sance. The lady must have clean
hose, clean shoes. and not splay feet.
Many woman who prides herself on
a pretty face may have reason to be
ashamed If her horrid feet. Beauty
in hand or foot is just rs symmetri-
cal and to be admired as on the length
Of ones nose.
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THE OHIO ELECTION.

The hattie has been fought and the
victory Won. BY something like
twenty thousand majority. the Democ-
racy redeem Ohio from the dominion
of the Republican party. With it
comes the incontestible ascendancy of
the Democratic party throughout the
country. Nevertheless the election
Yesterday was in all respects essential
" different from that Of two years
ago. Since then, issues have materially
changed, or at least have materially
lessened in significance. There was
not that antagonism between the two
great parties which. IN the two pre-
ceiling contests taxed to its uttcrulost
the voting strength Of the State, and
which brought to the polls every man
who was able to cast a vote. On the
contrary. a general apathy pervaded
the State which the splendid canvass
which was made on both sides was un-
able entirely to dispel. The guberna-
torial election, at no time q matter of
grave importance, is even less SO now
than formerly. But there are other
points Of interest upon which the cam
vass has measurably turned:
1. The Legislative election.
2. The possible Encouragement Of
the Congressional districts. and.
3. The effect the result will have
ON the November election in other
States.
The legislature elected yesterday
will elect a Senator to succeed Stanley
Mathews. That is important. mas.
much as ithas to predetermined whether
Ohio is to be represented in the Sen
ate by Democrat or Republican.
The Congressional districts are s.,
arranged at present as to give large
Republican majorities under the most
unfavorable conditions. by it the
Republicans succeeded last year in
electing five more representatives in
Congress than with q fair and impar.
tial districting Of the State they could
possibly have done.
The October elections in Ohio, how
ever. have always had a telling effect
on the November States, and this
year it was confidently believed by
both parties that as Ohio went 50
would 60 Pennsylvania and Massa-
chusetts. Of course New York and
New Jersey were conceded 10 the Dem
ocrats under any circumstances. But
Pennsylvania and Massachusetts, are
factors SO important in American pol
itics that both sides felt that they were
worth making an effort to secure. Be-
ing doubtful States the bitterness IF
the coming struggle will be intensified
by the result yesterday in Ohio.
The lesson. however, taught by the
victory yesterday is this: The out
spoken preference Of the people for
the silver dollar-the right of the PEG.
pie in the States to govern themselves
free from federal interference the
right of the country to pay the public
debt in coin. which includes silver as
well as gold the repeal of the re-
sumption act. and opposition to class
legislation.
These are the marked features of a
victory which the limits of this article
will not permit US to discuss at length.
It will suffice to name them, however,
since their scope and meaning are
already familiar to the country.
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Public opinion says that the military
should have charge of the Indians !;
but judging from the battles in Mon
tana, the Indians have had charge of
the military.
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The st. Joe Gazette says 1.-THE green
back feeling is growing in this coun-
try" The Gasctte is quite correct.
1t is growing small by degrees and
beautifully less.
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Read Ihl0.

Go to your druegis. Chas. Roll 4 Co.
and get DR., Filters Rheumatic remedy
and Liver Pills. They will cure the WORT
cases Of rheumatism and neuralgis, Il
matten not how long standing.
3-2Sd&V1y.
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The Independents in the Seventh
Judicial district are 20 elated with
their recent victory. that they think of
getting up a corner in Democratic
politics.
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The st. Louis Times is endeavoring
to educate the public into the belief
that High Schools are a luxury which
can be dispensed with.
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A Good Year for Quadruplets.


The wife of Ben Cooper. Of Camp
Colorado had four children ut one
birth week before last. One Of the
children die,l. The rest, with the
mother, are doing we'll.
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Death Of the Originator Of the Di-
rect United States Cable.

Col. Arthur NJ. Eastman died on
the Sd inst. at Riverside. N. H., aged
sixty-six years. Col. Eastman was q
successful business man, and acquired
q considerable fortune. About the
year 1869 he projected the construc-
ton of a competing telegraph between
the United States and Europe. This
enterprise naturally met with power
full opposition from the existing cable
company, bat through his indomitable
will and energy after several years of
efforts he succeeded in securing the
required legislatioa and capital, and
after much encouragement and many
vexatious delays the America end
was landed At Rye Beach, N. H.. TO-
July, 1874.
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The suspension Of the Cape Cod
Savings Banks is the result of fishy
conduct on the part of the Directors.
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Popular illustrated book (s6o paee) %
MANHOOD! WoMANRooDl AARRlAcRl
lmpedments to Marriage; tie cause and
cure. Sent ;ss.'s% ';s13: Po.s-pai4 1rse
Charles Street, s. Lesis, No, ths Qsae
sueeiahst. Red bic vogk.
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Senator Spencers new wife is an
heir-ess. She will give the Senator
the heir part of it.
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1t would be good Southern policy
in the President to gil the Supreme
Court vacancy from Georgia.
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Secretary Sherman is reported to
have heard something drop in Ohio.
1t is supposed to be his resumption
plan.
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The Observation-Disclosures party in
Pennsylvania is likely to come to as
sad q defeat as it did In Ohio.
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The Heath's Greek people under
stand the philosophy of road improve.
ments perfectly. If you want good
road build It.
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Howard was not there to see how
Miles cooked the goose of Joseph's
brother.
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The twin lunacies represented by
the Greenbackers and the Working
men got a pretty severe set back in
Ohio.
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1t is not improbable, the way things
are going on, that the Turks and Rus
slams will both get q sound licking.