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Louisville Corier-JousIral,

MIR. Fred. ID. Funiak, of the
Engineering Department OF the Louis
vile and Nashville Railroad, Is o
brother Of Ali Pashi, one of the con-
spicuous Turkish Generals. whose real
name is Alfred De Funiak. Alfred
WAS born in Rome and Is now ~
years of age. He went first to Tur.
key in 1854 n first Lieutenant of En-
gineers in the French Army. He
was engaged in the crimean var. and
has spent q great portion of his life in
Asia. He made q general campaign
with Omar Pasha and gradually nd
vanced to the rank Of BrigadierGen-
erai. He entered the Turkish ser.
vice in 1855. The. Turkish Army
was then remodeled on . French foot
ing, and Lieutenant De Funiakis SER
vices were called into requisition.
He Wa wounded . short time ago in
IN engagement with the Russians.
He has command just now Of brig
ade Of Circassians.
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DAVID n. ARMSTRONG.

1t seems to the BAZOo that the man
whose eminent services to the Demo
cratic party of Missouri, would be
most gracefully recognized at this time
by appointment to the vacant place in
the Senate is David II. Armstrong, of
St. Louis. To him, perhaps more than
to any other man in the State, the par
ty is indebted for services with cwhile
ipestimable in value, have been ac-
corded from a high sense Of political
conviction to right and duty and with
out regard to personal influences upon
himself. Under all circumstances
and in all emergencies he has been un-
faltering in his devotion aud untiring
in his efforts for its good. Occupying
a position involving conspicuous and
arduous labors. that of chairman
of the Democratic Committee, he has
given his time, his money and his in
domitable energies to its success.
Remarkable for his powers of organi-
zation, stern in his discipline, and rigid
in his sense Of duty he has conciliated
by his admirable tact, and won har-
mony from disorder BY the weight Of
his high personal character and the
universal respect which his talents and
integrity inspires. Possessed of an in
tellect at once strong, vigorous and
enlightened, a politician by instinct,
and statesman by culture, to him more
than any other man, the Democratic
party of Missouri owes its unques-
tionabIe prominence before the people.
Sent to the Senate, he would be a rep
resentative Of whom any constituency
would be proud. Able, sagacious and
honest, of ripe experience, of untir.
ing industry and splendid talents. be
would acquire a leadership in the
Senate honorable to Missouri and
creditable to himself His appoint.
ment too, would conciliate all differ.
ences of opinion, since no prominent
Democrat is his peer in services, and
few, if any. are his equal in ability.
The place belongs to him of right and
he ought to have it.
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The Old le Railway System
Comes to an End IN New England.
Portland Argus. Sept. u.

Portland Argus. Sept. u.
The narrowing Of the gauge If
the North American Railway and Of
connecting roads, which was cOmplet-
ell yesterday, gives the final blow to
the broad gauge system in New Eng
land. IL is not great many years
since more than One-half Of the rail-
roads Of Maine were Of the gauge Of
FIVE feet six inches. The Grand
Trunk was the basis Of the system
the old Maine Central, from Danville
Junction to Bangor. connected with it
and the European and North Ameri-
can road connected with the latter at
Bangor. The first change was when
the Lewiston and Harrington road.
known as the Androscoggin Railroad.
came under the control Of the Port
land and Kennebec Road. Then the
two rival lines. from Danville to Ban
gor and from Portland to Skowhegan.
consolidated, and the gauge Of the
Maine Central was changed. Next
followed the narrowing of the gauge
OI tue SsIouu lTuuA. VtCuuW uiic essC
European and North American had
been finished to St. Johns, the Bangor
and Piscataquis Road had been built
to connect with it at Oldtown, and the
Bucksport branch had been construct
ell, ali on the broad-gauge. As these
have now been changed to the staud-
ard gauge.a there remains only the
short HouIon branch Of the New
Brunswick and Canada Road to repre-
sent the bread gauge system in Maine
and in very short time that, too,
will be made tn conform to the system
with which il is connected. The rea-
sons which have led to this change do
not so much affect the partially indie
pendent system Of the maritime prov
inces the intercolOnial Railway Of No
va Scotia and New Brunswick, stretch
ing into Quebec-Rut as its connec-
tons, both in st. Johns and Riviere
du loup. are with the standard gauge,
the reduction is only question of
time.
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grain in New York by rail than it
will now require to take it BY the
Southern sea route to Liverpool. Of
course the profits upon this diminished
cost Of tonnage reverts to the farmer.
1t opens to him not only a prospect for
profit in his toll. but Of wealth in his
profits. 1t not only does this. but it
solves another and not less important
question. 1t diminishes the cost OF
moving the crops, AMI will enable the
grain Of the country 10 be carried 4"
its destination nj less than One-half
what a few months ago was considered
absolutely essential. Ii settles the
auestion-at all times fictitious idea.
bnt now vastly unreal-as to whether
the money in circulation is equal to
the demands of commerce, and puts
an end to the fatal horror OF Ameri-
can industry. greenhack craze.
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THE PROJECTED NARROW
GAHGE

At the risk Of repeating q twice
told tale, the BAzOO ventures again t"l
impress upon the farmers OF this co""'
~ the necessity of allying themselves
actively with the project Of a narrow
gauge railroad from this city to War
saw. In previous article, We sought
to point out the fact that every man
in the county has an absorbing infer
tere-t in the undertaking. A mo-
men,'s reflection will convince every
unprejudiced mind that this is the
case. What ever increases and con-
firms the trade Of Sedalia is matter
of importance to the farming COM
munity. 1t strengthens their mar
kets and enable them to buy and sell
to better advantage. Nor is this all.
The larger trade the farmer can bring
to his doors the greater profit he has
in his industry. As industry widens
trade increases, and agriculture thrive>
upon the energies of commerce. But
there is still another point to be con.
sidered. The road will pass through
section of country destitute Of rail
road facilities. 1t will enable the
owners of land upon which lead and
coal exist in great abundance to "per
up their mines, and convert an unpro
ductive wealth into profitable business
Under its influence the rich timbere'
bottoms of the Usage and its tributa
ries will be turned into sources of end
less traffic, and busy populations vii
crowd the waste lands which nov
stretch far to the Southwark in vii
derness of forest and prairie. AM
vet the cost of an enterprise which
to do so much for Pettis county an
Sedalia is comparatively nothing. ]
will burden no man with heavy taxa
) ton. All can give according to thei
means.
1t is proposed to organize the Boar
of Directors in very few days. an
then books will be opened for sui
scription. Every man in the count
can take share or more as he sees Fl
to the extent that he thinks the en-
terprlse will be valuable to him or no,
In this way the undertaking can be pu
upon a secure. safe and prosperou
footing,
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DISTRICT PAIR
The Meeting Yesterday-The mi
tiatlve Step taksn-A Temporary
OrRanisation Effected.

The long talked Of District Fair scheme
to include Petiis and several adjoining
counties Was brought into general notice
yesterday by meeting held on the South
side Of the ampiiheier at three o'clock. That
meeting Was we'll ATTENDED, aud considerable
interest wa manifested nv the ciiis-ns
not only # Petti., but johnson, Cooper,
Henry aud other surrounding counii~s.
The meeting was "rganixed by making
Major Gentry, chairman and J. il. Chest,
Secretary.
Major Gentry stated the object Of the
meeting in few well-timest
remarks urging the necessity 81 some
movement III q substantial nature towards
org.nizing district fair.
Col. PHILIPS made the next speech. which
tended toward the movement. His idea
was that Central Missouri could not afford
To give up nm annual exposition ct some
point most acce-sable, when the people
could get together:every autumn exhibit the
-oil, fine stock and articles OF goods from
the hand Of the mechanic and srsizan. The
Colonel made very clever talk and IL had
a pleasant effect.
Col. J,ynes. Senator CSkerilI and Col.
Cri,,enslcn all addressed the meeting. and
all favors,i the organization III the District
fair.
| Mr.. Ada Walker. a prominent and M
fiuential farmer al Cooper county strongly
endorsed the District Fair movement and
will do all in his power to as~i-, in the or
san,zation of such an enterprise
J. II. B,thwell Was called out lie
said il was important that the contem-
plated organization III the proposed asro-
cation. sould be Effected temporarily at once
sn.l IL that end moved that the name
he Central Missouri Agricultural and Me
Ich,nical Fair Association
The meeting then elected the following
named Temporary officers:
Presilrnt-William t;rniry.
Vice Prv~id-nt-A 4. Wake.
S,cr~tsry-J. II. Gest.
Corresponding Secretary. III. Eo,hwe!i
Trra>urer-W. X, Thomas.
On motion the chairman then aPPoinies
the following nsnicd committees.
COMMITTEE IN riSAS,'E.
WR Thomas, Chairman. e. Newtirk. J .
. Monaghan, NJ II Sibert and III Il Fletcher
COMMITTEE az RIFLES AMI oRGANrzArioN.
= J. II. E,thwell. Chairman Men,o
Thompson u. Il. Scott, VIM. NJ. Genir.
and J. =. Thatcher.
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It is published far and vide that
Jay Gould means to get possession Of
the Hannibal 4 St. Joe railroad and
link It With the St. Joe and Denver
City road. If this intention Il
carried out, It will make an awful
breach in the pool lines between Chi.
ego and Omaha, but will not mate.
rail affect the interests of Central
Missouri.
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PLACE SEEKING.

1t is a wise old Democratic axiom
that the place should seek the man,
and not the man the place. 1t must
be confessed that like a great many
other wise rules this idea has been suf:
fered to lapse considerably Of late.
No stronger illustration Of the fact
can be found than in the scramble
which has been precipitated by the
death Of Senator Bogy. Every local
politician has suddenly developed into
material fit for a Senator. Like
Minerva springing full armored from
the head of Jove these ambitious
partisans have blossomed on the in.
slant into full lowered statesmen. 1t
is q well understood fact that the Dem.
ocratic PARTY Of Missouri has many
able and discreet men in it, ranks, any
one of whom would honor the execu-
tive choice. but their claims have been
beggared BY the mush room growth
which has sprung up like tangled night
weeds around them. It exhibits q fact
which has become lamentably promi.
nent in American politics Of late-the
trading Of political influence. Men
aspire to Office, not by reason of what
they are. but BY means Of the circum-
stances they are able to control. The
impression has gone abroad in the
State. and it has even gained credence
among sincere and conscientious Dem
ocrats that the Senatorial appointment
would be made with IN eye single t.
the Possibilities Of the legislative elee-
ton. In other words, that the gov.
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COUNTY ROADS.


bors in the condition If its roads, but
it is equally undeniable that the
highways Of this county are dis
grace to the community. 1t is not
too much to say that there Is scarcely
a thoroughfare in the county which
can be Travelled ny loaded vans with
convenience in wet weather. Every
day We hear of accidents occurring by
overturned wagons, and stalled teams
are no novelty ON the most frequented
roads leading into Sedalia. Yet it Is
an admitted fact that our capacity for
good highways is exceptional. The
country is level and the soil is pecu-
liarly adapted for grading. Under
these circumstances the condition Of
the roads manifest gross and mex
cusable neglect which appeal loudly t.
the proper authorities for correction.
The County Court exercises no sort Of
supervision over the Overseers, and
they in turn neglect to enforce the
law on those who owe service or fines
to the roa,ls. Between these persons
the fault lies and the community suf-
ers in consequence. The effect Of il
all. is 10 diminish travel. divert into
other channels legitimate trade, and
TO cause a prevalent stasnation in bus
iness. When it is considered that a
little attention on the part If the
proper authorities will remedy these
evils. it does seem that some way
should be found for getting at it. We
are approaching winter. during
which the roads are likely to become
impossible unless put in proper con-
dition at once. In that event Se,lalia.
the chief business center of the com.
munity, will be literally exiled from
from the county. Farmers will be
unable to get here to trade their pro-
duce. and merchants will find no pur.
chasers for their goods. With such
winters as We usually have in this cli-
mate. the loss in trade arising from
such conditions o! the high.
ways will amount to hundreds
of thousands of dollars. There
is no exaggeration in this statement.
It will bring about stagnstion that Is
absolutely fatal To commercial prosper
ity. Now a few thousand dollars
judiciOusly spent will remedy all this
and prevents such apprehended evils.
That amount and more too is owing
the roads in labor. The law is ample
If enforced to secure good thorough
fares and guard against precisely such
contingencies As We are con-
templating. But who is to en-
force the law? II is the duty Of
the County Court to apply 1t, and hold
the road ove-seers to a rigid accounts
bility. That body owes it to the COM
munity to do this and the community
has duty to perform in seeing that
they do it. A few days work on the
leading highways centeling in Soda
liza will prevent the winter blockade.
50 generally dreaded and which has
50 frequently and unnecessarily &C.
CURED in the past. If the merchants
who are deeply interested in the pres
ervation of their. trade will take the
matter in hand, the good which will
come from it will he incalculable.
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TOO MUCH GOVERNMENT.

Of hard times have been brought about |
by too much government. That
is always the hapPiest upon
whose attention the paraphernalia and
machinery of official life is least often
intruded.
OF late years We have had too many
Offices, and too many aspirants for
Office. 1t has given rise to an endless
catalogue Of expenses. which burden
every industry and paralyzc every en-
terprise. Indirectly they all come up
on the farmer. Eager as he is to-day
to show his wealth ut the Fair; proud
As he is to exhibit his sleek herds and
blooded animals; it is too true that
he is merely a trustee Of it all. In
thousand invisible ways the govern
ment seizes hold of it and exacts
heavy tribute before its grasp is re-
Taxed. These are the legacies Of the
war-the heirlooms Of the Republican
party. Before any real prosperity can
come to the country, the people will
have to 90 back to the old ways Of
their fathers; to the practices Of a
former generation. Chief among
present evils is the false values given
t. everything-the uncertainty which
clings to an unstable currency. No
one denies it. All are willing to adj
init that what the country particularly
needs are those settled and defined in
terests which come from recognized
values. We want money standard
ordained hut not begotten by legisla-
ton which cannot be one thing one
day and another the next-which, not
withstanding its counter and refiuent
currents is yet in perpetual drift to-
wards bankruptcy. We want low
prices but steady markets. Prosperi-
tv which depends upon excitement is
always fictitious. Considered from
an economical standpoint. all products
should so rate that the farmer, the
mechanic and manufacturer can only
get fair and Legitimate profit upon
his toil-not a profit which is liable to
he eaten up by indirect taxation, but
an actual profit above all expenses.
But this can never he so long as
Western toll is made the slave of
Eastern monopoly. Protection 10
manufacturers is the nightmare Of
Western prosperity. The tarif-tax-
ing everything We buy, our sugar.
coffee, our woOlens and linen-the
very shoes We wear-the corn We grow
in our felds-the stock we herd upon
our pastures-is the hileous skeleton
that chains the wolf forever at our
doors. For those who raise wheat
and corn, must send it abroad to sell,
and the money which they brine in a
foreign market if invested there in
what We cannot raise at home, is so
burdened by the exactions of the tax
alton before it reaches our doors, that
is too much government. There is
no justice in making the Western man
toll for the benefit of the Eastern
manufacturer. Against it every
farmer in the country should raise his
voice in loud and indignant protest.
There is now an opportunity for hi>
cry to be heard. For the first time in
fifteen years there is a rift Of Demo
cratic sunshine in the black Republi-
can clouds which have lowered 81
ominously over the land. 1t brings
the only hope the farmer has known
in all those dreary years.
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A RIVER OUTLET.

1t will be gratifying to the farmers
to learn that the last advices from the
mouth Of the Mississippi indicate the
triumphant success of Capt. Eads'
great experiment in Riparian Den.
tistry. The South Pass is now open
to vessels drawing twenty-five feet Of
water, and demonstrates the possibili-
ty Of passage way out to the sea of
a still greater depth. To the farmers
Of Central Missouri, this means little
less than fortune. It conveys the as
Of cheap transportation to the
sea for their cereals. and that the era
Of exhorbitant freight tariffs on their
corn and wheat is at an end. This in.
telligence received at . time when the
farmers are assembled in attendance
upon their annual Fair, will add an
pleasure to the exhibition.
For next to the successful cultivation
Of the soil the most important consid-
Grafton of the husbandman is the
prospect Of reaching chearly the most
profitable markets. That question no
longer appeals for solution. The grand
water course which the hand of Prov.
idence has flung almost at our doors
offers speedy. safe and cheap transit
to all the marketable productions of
the soil. Heretofore the railroad
freightage from st. Louis to New
Yorkhas eaten up nearly half the value
If our wheat and corn. Indeed il
has cost more 70 land . bushel Of
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Disolution.-I hereby notify my patrons
and the public in general, that the Drug
firm Of Conway 4 Penquise. in the town of
Lamonte. Mo-, has this day. BY mutual con-
sent, been dissolved. J. J. Penquite Is
sumes oil liabilities, and is the only author
ised person TO collect outstanding accounts.
I shall continue the business At the above
place. Thanking my friends for
patronage extended 10 me in the
past, would request q continuance Of same.
Very respectfully,
9-17d1tw31 J. J. PENQuTTE.
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Pulitzer would be as great q man as
Schurz, if an unhappy providence had
not employed so many brains in max
] ing Schurz that there was none Of the
German variety left for Pulitzer.
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1t is undeniable that in the Presi-
dentssearch for consolation, he hadbeen
eminently successful. Even the rebels
have done him reverence. It is never
too late for q Radical to repent.
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WHY WE WON.
Four reasons for the Success of
the American Rifle Team.

Geher:I Hauley in the Hartford Courant.
The controversy between breech-
leaders and muzzle-l leaders NAV be
decided in favor of the form
err. The British loaded in the Ridgby
style never wiping out their muzzel-
leaders, but pushing down upon the
powder s,closely-6tting disk Of tough
felt. saturated with oil, which Is ex.
pected to take along in going down
and being fired out all the residuum
and foulness in the barrel. That it
cannot do so is evident to any one
who will make the experiment in a
breech- loader. The American rifle
men wipe out the breech-loader after
each shot till the bore becomes as
bright rs silver. In the second place.
three Of the British team lie prone
upon their breasts in firing. That
attitude has been abandoned by the
Americans. who have proven that ~
ing upon the back or side gives a
much firmer position. In the third
plhce. the British riflemen-of En-
glish. Irish and Scotch-have never
trained together as much as the
Americans, are not as well acquam-
te with each Others peculiarities. and
are not in the habit of exchanging
suggestions. information and opinions
every moment, or as freely and cordi-
ally as the Americans do. The latter
and better coaches-the veteran rifle
men iodine. Hepburn and Conl;u
who sat close by all day giving Occa-
siOnal advice. with q reasuring calm
ness..and good judgment ahat must have
been useful. And lastly American
riflemen believe that they have made
and can make better rifles than any,
body in Great Britain and think
something is due to that. American
rifles have Won our splendid victories
in four years.
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Why suffer With Q bod cid II one bottle
Of Dr.. Ball's CansA syruy vill cure coush
Of he vosse kisd. d.. Bull's Caugh
Syrup = sold ios twenty-five eenis PER bottle.
o. I've bossIss ios ess dollar. in every ~
spscssble dug seoss IN ths usiasd States.
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0-17d1tw3

Cough, Hoarsene~, Asshma, or any
irritation Of the Throat or Bronchial
Tubes. will Be relieved BY taking Dr..
Bulls Cough Syrup. Ii has cured thou
sanda Reeo0mead il to your friend and
neaGhbor. Your druggist keep il. Price,
3 cents.
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As soon as the fair is over, it will
bein order for the Street Commissioner
to fix up the broken crossings and put
the streets in good condition.
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It is intimated that Broadhead
wont accept the Senatorship. The
Senatorship viii be equally selfsacri-
6cing and wont accept Broadhead.
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A narrow gauge railroad to the
Southwest is just as necessary to the
Pettis county farmer, rs it is to the
Sedalia merchant.
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The President had no idea that the
South was so clever. The South re-
ci2rocates the compliment.
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The steady advance in silver, and
the equally steady decline in gold, is q
practical demonstration of what the
country needs in the way of currency.
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The judicial election in the Seventh
district has not been Given away.
Terminate as it will, it is sure to end
in q Democratic victory.
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The public rarely put a higher esti-
mate on a politician than he does on
himself.
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Missouri wants in the place Of Bogy
a Senator equally as honest and in
corruptible as he was. Col. Armstrong
is that man.
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The bankers want the gap between
gold and silver filled up with treasury
notes.