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The anti-monopolist. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1874-1878, 1877-11-08

The ANTI MoNopoLIsT is published every
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THE ANTI MONOPOLIST,
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The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1877-08-21
STRIKING.
Trouble at the Monserrat Coal
Mines.

Information has been received in this
city, that the miners ut the Monserrat coal
mines, about twenty fse miles west Of Sc
d'iia, struck on Tuesday last, for an adj
vance ofone-half cent per bushel for mining
There are about lao miners employed at
these mines, anil they have been receiving
four ce"t' per bushsl Tor naming, which en-
ahled them to make from $500 to 81. 80 DER
day, Tor eight hours work. Some Of the
hest and most skilled miners have been
making $500 to $3.50 per day, while very
ordinary workmen could make 500 per
day. The price OF board is from Sli.OO to
$500 per month.
The demand Of the miners was not COM
piled with and they all quit Now the pro-
prietor Of the mines tell them that il is
their turn to strike, aud all who desire to
go To work can do - ut three and one-half
cents PER bnshel-one-h,lf cent less than
they have been getting.
Yesterday, the B,zoo's informant saws,
that the miners are remaining quiet, and
the mines were the appearance of Sunday.
They have shown no violence, and il is to
hoped that they will not
Ii is estimated that out OF the 30 strikers
that forty TO fifty Of them are willing to GO
To work, bat the rules Of the association to
which they belong will rot permi: them to
do so as long as the majority hold out.
The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1877-08-21
JERKED UP
For Stealing q Bundle Of Clothes
and Skipping Out.

Two or three days ago a couple Of young
men by the names ii Elmer Webb and
Charlie Twormsly. arrived in the city in
search al work, ,nd pu, up a, a hotel on
Main street. This morning about eight
o'clock Tworm~iv hookel on To bundle oi
clothes that belonged to Webb. and started
down the VI. X. Il T. .ailroad track, ior
Texas.
Young Webb missed his clothes directly
after Tworm>iy had lett. AID naturally sup
posing that his friend had taken them. he
started in pursuit, To try and recover them.
Tw"rnisly had about m hour the start. but
Webb got into \ country wagon, and tellin.
the driver to make his horses ''sit up and
g,,," he succeed,d in coming up with him
ab"ut tvs" miles from town, and brought him
back AMI delivered him over 10 the palice
Twormsly don, deny taking the things,
bu; he saws in excuse. that he was down
hearted i, nc, getting any work. AMI stole
the things. expecting As is usually the case.
20 get awav without being caught.
Tworm>ly is a Young man about nineteen
wears al age, and Is the son, he says,
ii the master mechanic Of the Chic1so Il
Rock Leland railroad. Whoever he
l.. he ha, been in such places before, and
j., no ,,ouh,, an old hani at the business.
He was up before Squire Clark. this
bu, waive! an examination, and
tried tomorrow morning nj y O'clock.
The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1877-08-21
ARRESTED
For Aaliciously Purlioning Q Sad.
die.

During the early part of spring. Mr.
GATES, living an the north side I'll the rail
road track, lett his hor>~. with n fine saddle
and bride on it, standing an Ohio street,
and the horse became frightened and broke
lo.e. When the horSc was recovered, how
ever. the sa,ldle sni hridl. We're missing. as
Was ,l-o line saddle blanket, that was on
the horSe nj the time III it, breaking lo,rse.
II was supposed that they had bcen stolen.
aud after enieayoring to recover them, Mr..
Gates gave up the search.
Yesterday evening Il negro by the name
81 George Robinson, who lives near the gas
house. tied his horse Ia 4 fence north of the
railroad and wen; up town. Mr. GATES hap
lsning to pass along where the horse was
tied, saw the saddle AMI Immediately re-
c.sniz.d it A. the oae that was stolen from
him.
lie took the saddle off al the horse. and
told Oliver Turner ii the occurrence. and
the "iiiccr came up town and arrested
i:"i.in-.,n fer stealing the saddle.
When arrested, Robinson denied stealing
the saddle, and said he had got i, from
>'.n'. movers who passed through the city
some two months ago. giving another saddle
in exchange for it.
Hobsn.o" Was taken before Squire Clark,
Yesterday evening, sbou, five O'Clock, but n
il could not In proven that he had stolen
the saddle, he was given his liberty.
The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1877-08-21
ANEW ENTERPRISE.
The Whole Of East Sedalia to- be
Purchased snd Converted Into a
Huge Stockyard.

On i,>t Sunday, a smooth-talkins, cr">s-
eyed individual arrived in the ciiv, claim
ing Ia hail from 81. Louis. aud succeeded
i'm viciimizing several OF Sedalia'S most
prominent citizens. The circumstances oi
the matter are sbouf ~ follows:
When he arrived in the city, he went ia
the house al Mr.. VIM. Hancock, in Eas,
Se,ialia, and entered into negotiations for
the pu rchase oi his ho,,se and lot. lie eat
hi- meals nj AIR. Han-"rk's house, and ai.-
I,eared Ia he 4 very ME. gentleman. Ia hear
him tell IL.
lie STAYED al Mr.. Hancock'S house over
Sunday, ana succeeded, when he left. in
-windling Mr.. Hancock ont ii the amount
81 his board.
During Sunday he visited Mr.. Brsmbie.
and pure ha>.d his place, and also to the
h"iiSes of Me>Srs. McNev and Heard. and
purchased their lots He also went e. the
lumber yard Of 5. &. Gold, On the corner
"f Third anil I.amine streets, and hou.hi M
immense bill 81 lumber. lie told the gen
tlemen TO meet him ut 4 LAWYERS Office and
settle the business, and named the Office Of
a prominent lawyer ON OHIO street.
The gentlemen went to the lawyers Office
"n Monday morning. according to agree
ment, To draw up the deeds for the land
and settle everything satisfactorily. They
waited for the slick gentleman for about
two hours. and then concluded that he was
a swihdler, and went in search of him, but,
they could not find anything IL him. ard i,
is supposed that he has left the city.
The man gave his name az J. II. Fulton.
and said he came from 81. Louis. Tor the
express purpose Of purchasing the entire
portion Of East Selalia, and turn il into n
large stock yard. lie said he had check
for $4,000 in his pocket. but nobody saw
it, a he wouldn't show il. lie also SAID
that he had brother running large stock
yard in Sherman, Texas, and his father
owned large yard in Kansas City.
When he negotiated Tor the purchase Of
Bramhle's place, he also engaged Mr.. Bram-
BILE for year, To repair the house. etc. and
To see that the fruit trees were all kept IN
g,od shape.
Fulton is n middle-aged man, 4 smooth
taIker, and is cross-eyed. lie skipped ont
yesterday, and nothing has been heard from
him since. The parties whom he succeeded
in victiCiizing are not out anything more
than several meals, but IL they see him
around Sedalia any more, things will be
rather warm for awhile.
The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1877-08-21
A DESPERADo's WORK.


The Kansas City Tines has the following
specisl from independence, Kansas, OF the
18th inst: Geo. A. Scheenawould, a noted
desperate, who was convicted Of murder in
81. Louis about the beginning Of the war,
ana sentenced to the penitentiary for life,
but afterwards escaped. has been creating
4 WONDERFUL EXCITEMENT
in this county, for the past ten days. He
was sent to the penitentiary for eight years
tor burglary from this county in 1872. He
escaped from Leavenworth in June, and
stole pair Of horses ut Mound City, Kan
sas, n few DAYS afterwards. lie came to
this county two weeks ago, and has eluded
the vigilance OF the officers and the citizens
up 20 this time. An attempt was made to
capture him ten days since, at the house of
one Of his friends, hut he
SHOT THOMAS LErCHER
and escaped. Leteher died Yesterday from
his wound. He stole Sheriff Brooks horse
while he was pursuing him and rode it
twenty-five miles before abandoning it.
One hundred armed men are in pursuit but
have not been able to catch him. lie is
mere desperate and dangerous than the
James boys.
The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1877-08-21

The three young men charged with the
terrible homicide ON the river bank, near
ParkvI!le, were arranged before a jl,s-
ticr, last TUESDAY,, AMI were remain
died. without privilege of bail. They are
+. NJ Maloney, alias Llpman, OF wilks-
barre. Pa, and Eugene and Charles Boards.
lee, alias Barclay, Of St. Louis. The two
later are respectfully connected and are
from one Of the best families in the State.
Like too many young men brought up in
cities, they driited into evil courses and
have at last broueh, upin
FELONS CELL.
There were only two witnesses examined
before the Justice, and their evidence was
81 conclusive that it WAS deemed advisable
by the accused to attempt No defence for the
present. The family OF the Young Boards
lees have engaged Jas. Taylor Of Leaven-
worth, AMI Il. p. e. Wilson. of Platte City
To DEFENDTHEM,
but in the present aspect Of the case, the
crime has no ex,enuating features. The
accused, however, claim that the killing
Was the result OF general broil, in which
all live Of the men present were partici-
pants. They deny that there was any
malice or intention to kill on the part of
any OF them. This, however, is merely
their story, and if true, would not change
in any essential particular, the degree of
guilt that is alleged against them. The
TWO young men from ST. Louis have
FOUND MANY FRIENDS,
and good deal of sympathy is expressed
in their behalf. Their family connection
is not only respectable. but is among the
REST people in the State. Their present I'M
happy condition is thought to be more the
'esult OF bad associations and dissipated
lie than anything else. They are said to
De well educated and quiet and peaceable
n their disposition. But notwithstanding
III this. their case is desperate, and if they
wade the ga,lOws, It will be by the skin of
heir teeth.
The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1877-08-21
ONCE MORE.
A House on Third Street Robbed
Saturday Night.

Saturday evening, about six o'clock. 4
man went to the boarding house Of W.
l.. Miller, on Third street, and asked IL he
could stay all night. Mr. Miller replied in
the affirmative, aud the man paid for his
supper, lodging and breakfast in advance.
After the man had eaten his supper. he
went down in town. About nine o'clock
he came hack and was shown his room, hav-
ing 10 sleep with Mr.. Baker. one of the
boarders of The honse.
After Mr. Baker and his strange bed-iel.
low had retired, Mr.. Baker, being very tired
soon fell asleep, and slept soundly until
morning.
When he awoke in the morning he looked
for his bed fellow. but he wasn't there. lie
then looked around for his clothes, and found
that they had disappeared. Thinking the
man that slept with him had stolen them, he
informed Mr. Miller Of what had occurred
and together they made search for him, bu,
no clue to his whereabouts could he di-cov
cred.
Mr.. Baker Thought that probably he
might have left ON the train, and telegraph.
ed all along the line, 10 have any person
Of his description arrested. Mr. Baker say.
he will pm, him through If he catches him
The articles stolen were a coat and pant.
worth about twenty dollars. The thiel
>corned to take a vest and pair of shoes
that were with the articles that were taken
II is hoped that Mr.. Baker will cstch hi.
man, and deal out law to him from the butt
end Of young sapling, until he either
promises to do better in the future, or fall,
under the penalty.
The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1877-08-21
FOUND.
Valises Stolen From the Eldorado
House, Recovered in Fort Scott.

An article appeared in last Friday eve
ning's BAzoO, stating that the new Eldora
do House, on the corner Of Third AM
Massachusetts, streets. had been entered
Thursday night, and Two vali~es and pair
Of pants stolen. The police made a vigor-
Gus search for the thief, but were unable L.
find him. The vaIises were recovered yes
teriay at Fort Scott, by Conductor Corcoran
of tile ~ X x 7. railroad, and brought to
Scdalia and delivered 60 the owners. Mr..
Corcoran saw two men hanging around the
depot At Fort Scott, while his train Wa
there, and surprising tina, they wanted Ia
steal ride. he watched them. They acted
very suspiciou>ly and seemed to he watch
ing something. His s,Lpicions were arou-ed,
and he commenced looking around n sec
what they We're up ,".- Happening to look
under the depot platform, lac saw the valise-
under II, and took them out. As soon A.
the men saw him go under tie platform and
get the valises. they W: liked around one cor
ner Of the depot and skipped ont, and tina;
was the last seen of them.
Mr.. Corcoran put the valises in his ca
boose and brought them to Sedalia, and de-
iivered them up {" the proper owners of
them.
IL is supposed that the man who stole
them walked to the first station south, on
the NJ. X 4 T. road, and from there heat
his way 10 Fort Scott, and was, no doubt
locking for chance 10 steal ride on Mr.
Corcoran's train, when the valiSes were dis
covered. II is a pity that the sc"un.lrel
WAS not captured and lodged in Jail.
The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1877-08-21
ABOUT REEVES,
The Man Who Caused the Death Of
Young Davis, at SE.ithton-His
Right Name Is j. III. Petty.

On Tuesday morning. aiout six o'clock.
when the Missouri Pacific passenger train
from the East, arrived at the Garrison
ilon~-, 4 gentleman stuck hrs head out of
Ger Smith, asked him ii lac knew anything
concerning 4 young man by the name ci
J. II. Petty, who resided IN n small town
not over eight ar ten miles from Sr,iaiia.
lie SAID the Young man was his brother,
and that lac hadn't heard from him for two
wears.
The oi!ic-r replied that he didn't know
such 4 man. AMI asked the gentleman what
kind 81 a looking man he was, and also, the
occupation he followed.
lie was told tina, he taught singing
schools for living. After the description
was given him, the officer thought al
Reeves, the man who was the cause oi TIC
horrible tragedy at Smi,hton, being n
music teacher. and he gave the gentleman
\ copy at Mondays bAzoo, containing u
description I'll Reeves.
The gentleman took the paper, and
after reading the description given Of
Reeves, he told the officer that the descrip-
ton Tailed exactly with that Of his
brother and asked what he had been doing,
that he should ne Published. The officer told
him tina, Reeves, as he called himself, had
gotten into difficulty at Smiihton, n small
station about seven miles east Of tins city.
and had to leave that vicinity.
The gentleman told Officer Smith that
ne was from Louisville, n.y., having bee N
engaged in the grocery business in that
city Tor the past thirteen years, and tina, he
was on his way To- Colorado for his health.
lie said that he had been keeping mp a
correspondence with his brother until
about two years ago, when ne ceased
writing. and had not head from him, until
he read his description in the paper. lie
said his brother lived in small
town, not very far from Sedalia.
the name Of which, he had forgotten. lie
had written To his brother short time he
fore staging ON his trip to Colorado, and
expected that he would meet him at the
train At some Of the small stations along
the road, but was rather disappointed in
not meeting him, hence his inquiries Of the
officer.
There is no doubt, but the scoundrel who
goes by the name Of d. r. Reeves, and WIS
the cause Of the shooting Of Davis, at
Smithton, Is the brother to the man whom
the officer converted with at the train, and
his right name u.s. II. Petty. At all events,
this Is probably another clue to finding
the mule thief and bringing him to JUS
ssse
The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1877-08-21

There was an old woman making the
circuit Of the town this morning, claiming
charitable aid from ladies on the ground
that she was in pursuit Of man who had
run away with her daughter, child not
more than fifteen years of age. She said she
lived in Kansas Cit, :, and wanted to make
her way to ST. Louis. When questioned AZ
to what part OF Kansas City she lived in, she
was unable to give the street or number.
she could only tell that she
LIVED NEAR THE DEPOT.
Ii was equally impossible tor her to state in
what way she expected to overhaul her
daughter in St. Louis. She was only sure
that she had gone there, and she was anx-
ious to get there too. There is very strong
suspicion that this
sORROwING MOTHER.
is fraud, and that her story Is a cooked
up device to aid her in the mendicancy
The country is full Of those strolling va
grants and they resort to all conceivable
ways to get money.
The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1877-08-21
Assault and Battery.

Day before yesterday Mr.. Padget, who
lives across the railroad, swore out war
rant for the arrest OF one James Hopley,
charging him with assault and battery.
The circumstances are a. follows: A few
days ago Mr.. Hopley's little children being
sick, he sent . colorel girl Who was work
ing at his house over to Dr. Clarkson's we'll.
to get bucket Of water. Mr.. Padget, Who
owns the house DR.. Clarkson Ia living in,
wouldn't let the girl get any water. She
went and told Mr.. Hopley what had occur
red, and he thought he would try and get a
little water for his sick children. As soon
ss Padget saw him coming, he jerked the
pump handle of, and threw it away. Then
Mr.. Hopley struck him over the head with
the bucket, and vent back home, while
Padlget came To town and swore out q
warrant for his arrest. Officer Turner
arrested Mr. Hopley this evening, but as
Dr.. Clarkson put up twenty dollars for his
appearance tomorrow morning, he was re-
leased.
The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1877-08-21
A HORRIBLE AFFAIR.
A Man Found Dead in His Wagon
and His Horses Starved to Death

The Kansas City Times G,rnett (Kas.l
Special has the subjoined account OF re.
markabie occurrence
The remains Of an unknown man were
found in Rich township, Anderson county
SIX miles south Of this place, Yesterday,
The body Was in wagon which had been
DRAWN INTO A RAvINE
by horses. The horses were hitched to ths
wagon, bu, we're dead and partially de-
cayed. They had evidently starved to
death, As they had eaten all the grass and
shrubs within their reach. The mans body
was very much dccayed, but there was a
bullet hole through his clothes which con-
WINGED the jury that he
HAD BEEN MrRDERED.
There was $3.50 in silver on his person
also revolver, rifle. and Barlow knife
The team consisted of dark bay with
three white spots on left side, and bright
hay with star in forehead. There vas
nothing to identify the man. His wagon
was No. ISIS, and made in Jackson, Mich.
by Austin, Webster 4 Co.
The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1877-08-21
JudRa Shirk,a RESIGNATION.

Monday, Judge W. ]. Shirk, Of BENTON
county, tenlered his resignation to the
Governor. As Judge Of the Seventh Judicial
Circuit. Originally the Seventh Circuit
vas composed Of Benton county alone, bus
last winter the Legislature reformed the
DISTRICTS and attached BENTON to the
Twenty -sccond Circuit, and detached
johnson and Cas- counties and made them
the Seventh. Judge Shirk being in BENTON.
and the Law providing that the Judge shall
be resident 81 his circuit, had no further
alternative than to resign. A new election
will therefore be ordered for the Seventh
Circuit.
The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1877-08-21
A REMARKABLR TRAGEDY.
A Man Murdered on the River and
His Wife and Children Tell
Different Stones About 1t.

4 Few days since man named Joseph
Laml-ien, his wife. tvo children and a
companion named Norris, took passage in
frail, hastily constructed craft At Omaha,
bound for Sc. Louis. The party had little
money and the object of the journey by
wafer was tn save expenses, When the
h"at arrived at Nebraska City, il took on
board by general consent hoy ten or
Twelve years of age, who wanted g. GO Ia
Goonvil!e. They then ioa;ed down the
to Ia,an, where they disembsrked and river
HAD CoRoUsE.
The two men g,Iarrcled anil finally came to
blows. the difficulty originating in n dis
Pute about n,"ncy. From this point the
stories oi the woman and children differ
essentially. Nr~. Lsmpicn saws her hus-
band and Morri. went of AMI she never
saw them again. BIT she j. sure he was
murdered by his companion Will. ashore
Al iatan. This nigh, lie accepted ~ true.
hut fer the very different account given by
the children. They say that L,mpien was
knocked down 10 Horri-, who, while hi.
victim was living in>ensihl.
ctr Hts THROAT
and then rai. away. That Jlrs. Lamp
den and the boy who was
taken on hoard at Nebraska CITY took the
body and threw il into the river H. the east
Ell way to dispose Of it. The party ,ien
consisting Of Mrs. Lampden the hoy aud two
children embarked and pursued their
way to Kansas City. Arriving there Mrs.
L,mpden disembarked, and hunting up the
authorities, told the story of her husbands
disappearance, accompanied by the express
-i belief that he had ieen
PUT OFT or THE WAY
by Morris. The police in trying
to ascertain all the facts talked
with the children, aud heard the in
ide al the story, and are now nj lo>r to
know which 10 believe. That terrible
tragedy has been committed. there j.
scarcely room Tor doubt. The woman APP
pears to he in great distress, and the
accepting the children's story,
are not prepared 10 believe that she had
anything to 80 with tine murder. Eut on
this hypothesis they are unable 10 account
for her manner of disposing OF the body. |
and the strange story she tells about il. On
he other hand, the woman asserts that the |
,hildren's account is altogether fictitious.
and is only the result Of their ala mel
and excited imaginations. Now, which l.
right,
PuZZi.ES THE roLIcE.
The af'ir, however, will he Investigated,
md all the facts, If possible, developed.
The woman and children. in the m.an-
lime, are held under surveillance.
The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1877-08-21
Robbed of a Saddle.

One Of the chief possessions Of Oliver
KernodIe, II a beautiful horse. and until
lately he vas the owner Of q saddle. But
a miserable thief, envious Of divers enjoy
ment of these twin possessions, robbed him
Of the saddle. but left the horse. Why he
didn't take the horse and leave the saddle
or take them both, the owner is unable q
conjecture, and the question constantly har.
RAISING his mind, gives him no end OF
trouble. Will the thief please call around
ana explain.
The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1877-08-21
John King Again.

Last night, about twelve o'clock, Officer
Turner was accosied by two boys, who told
him that John King, who lives about one
hundred yards from the gas works. had
gone home drunk. and was raising . terri.
bic racket. The officer went down to the
house and pulled the gay and festive
Johnnie and put him in the cooler. lie
appeared before the Recorder this morning
ard was fined SO for disturbing the peace.
The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1877-08-21
Serious Accident.

The section fang Of the Missouri Pacific
were engaged in repairing the railroad
crossing on Lamine street, this morning,
when the foreman Of the gang, Mr. Pat.
Shecnan. had his foot split open with an
adze. He was trying to cut of one Of the
planks Of the crossing. when the adze
glanced Of and struck him on the left foot,
just below the ankle, cutting cash abou,
an inch and hall long, and an inch deep
DE-. Evans Was Immediately summoned. and
dressed the wound, and barring being laid up
for week or two, Mr.. Sheenan will get
along al right.