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The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1878-09-03
A Short Creek Murder.

From The Joplin Nen Of Saturday -,
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W all the tragic events that have occur
red 1t Short Creek the wont and Dosl
shocking took plsce this morning about IL
O'Clock.
Il appesn that man named Sh0emskes
and 4 m.n named ConIey. who lives juss
inside the Misrouri line. have been having
some tronbIe for some tins in regard 70 .
nunber Of hogs which Conley claimed.
Yesterday he sold the hogs 10 . msn in
Gaiena and delivered them, and Shoems.
ker hearing Of it Vas seen hunting for the
ConIey's, stating that he would give five
dollars to meet them. Last night the hog
got out and this morning Conley end his
eon started out to hunt them In the mean.
time Shoemaker had . warrant Issued for
the arrest Of the ConIeys, which waa placed
in the hands II Constable Hodshier, Of
Galens. The officer accompanied BY Shoe.
M xcker, went in search vi the COnleys and
found them nesr the Nichols spring. on the
north side of the creek between the two
towns. The Cohleys we're on horseback,
and when the four met the old man and
began TO quarrel. and Conley
swore he wonld not be arrested by him
tShoem.cker). The officer deputised Shoe
maker to help srre~t them, and that, il
asems, j. what called forth the remark iron
Con'ey. When called upon. Shoemaker
being at the time very angry, began
10 shoot End fred three ahots, two
1t which struck the old man Con- i
ley, and the other the young man Coniey. |
Inc latter be ng struck in the brea.,
ne~r the left nipple. killing him in.
.tanily. One ahDt struck the old man |
Conley below the ihroat and another in the !
Tide Or STOMACH. At l.st accounts the old
man ~as siilI breathing but he Is not ex
,ecied to live until night.
Shoemaker was ut once taken into cua.
ody by the authorities. For . while, our
Informant Gays. public opinion WAS With
lin, thinking he had heen acting under in
iructions firm the officer, but when fur
her fac;s w~re learned. il seems that
isange occurred, and there we're strong
hrests If iynchine him and he vas hurried
q to Jail At Baxter.
The excitement 10 intense, and while
o0ler heads advice cslmneaa an excited
late Of feeling exists. II
The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1878-09-03

Go INTO printing ofEise and ask "Hss
any one gut any iObaccow and you'll see
how totally sbaosbed BY their work tso.e
printer are; bus ssk "who wants chez
Of tobaceoT and volley of "here' "hers''
gill ariss q. every eide and co@pass you
around sbont. even ~ . ChIne~e junk u
cnmpas.ed about By the meandesine mon
ann j" The v.'ery waste 81 the Indian
Oc<.i.-:L@ss.s~sA Psbiie Pen
That may Be The case ~ the p p. Office,
bot 10 the BAzoo o66cs il - the direct op.
posise. II . cheek he's not got The usual
bulge. the trouble i II oacs sssicipsied
and eight sobsceo hovss are sinulsaneously
oosssd- ThiA hessses. doe ses bold good
u shoso ~nos of The householA II faith"
The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1878-09-03
Six Shows Combined.

Campbelrs shows is ON the bust. One OF
the pmprietor, VIM. Stevens, wanted to pull
out and O'Brien objected, and the matter
Is in the ST. Louis court on writ of repIevin.
Stevens is the man sho lies on his hack and
juggles With his feet. His part Of the six
shows combined consists of 4 trick Lone,
circus costnm-s. 4 juggling globe. four
globes, i"r juggling with the feet. a Malte~e
cross and . b0x of musical iustruments.
This il "re Of the ''six shows" combined
The value is placed at $l3j. Mr.. Sievenr
also claims $500 dam .es~ for wrongful de.
iention Of HE property.
One More Unfortunate.
A rad story comes from Glasgow. Cooper
county. Mi~ Julia Kischous~, young
lady about nineteen wears old, residing
near that tosn, aisd ah"ni ten DAYS ago, in
giving birth TO child. She "a. highly
respected girl, ~ho suffered this sad
calamity through the P"mises Of one che
loved not wisely but too WE'LL She wss en-
gagged to be married TO young man named
G .Esell, and the ceremony war to have been
solemnized Lac, January. Her attachment
fer this Young man WAS &c nm ardent and
fervent character. and he luresl her tn her
ruin and her grave through soiemn prs,,n-
ises al marriage. Some time in February,
before the day appointed for the
nuptialr, he left the : ate aud went to
Arkansas. where he nos re-itr~. The p,or
girl, deeply mortified and chsgrinned. set.
tied into y melancholy, and in giving birth
TO the child. gave up her young life. Her
baby only survived her . few DAYS, and on
il was buried be-ide It's p~.r dead
mo her. II is sad sff .ir, and the sufferers
ia the drama have the sympathy of large
circle m ncqusintance- and friends
CnIzell's father, who has resided here f"r
number al years and L. IN hOnorrd citizen.
has suld his farm and intends leaving the
State slso.
The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1878-09-03

AMI the beautiful vOiee Of old Aunt vi.
n.h died away in the distance q her lovely
form disappeared sround the corner.
The Toledo chronicle. [volume] (Toledo, Tama County, Iowa) 1873-1924, 1878-03-28
An Elephant on an Engine.

1t appears that train was going out,
driven by Mr.. Stone, Locomotive SUI
perintendent, assisted by Mr.. Stewart.
Locomotive Foreman, when, about the
thirty-fif mile from Rangoon, large
elephant was seen to break through the
fence and get on the line. Steam was
shut off, and Mr.. Stone tried to open
the waste cock, which, being in front
of the engine, would, by ejecting hot
water some distance ahead, induce
" tusks' to leave the track. The waste
cock was slightly stiff and could not read
ily be opened, and the engine was soon
upon the unfortunate beast. The brute
had turned tail and fled on seeing the
engine, but was speedily caught. The
buffer beams of the engine being very
low, the beasts hind legs were taken
from under him, and he was forced to
sit down, as it were, with his hind
quarters against the smoke-box door,
which was, of course, red hot. The
poor beast managed to keep his fore
feet going, though hustled along faster
than ever he had gone in his life before,
and in few minutes the train came to
standstill and he got away. He moved
off the line at the double, uprooted q
clump of bamboo, then wreaked dire
vengeance on tree, and was last seen
rushing through the jungle, tearing
and smashing everything in his path.
He was sadly cut and burned in the
headquarters, and will probably never
be of use again. The mahout luckily
escaped with his life, while those on the
engine may safely congratulate them
selves on their escape. Raagoon Times.
The Toledo chronicle. [volume] (Toledo, Tama County, Iowa) 1873-1924, 1878-03-28
Our Young Readers.
MISS MUSLIN BORROWS AN UNI
BRELLA.

ONE day, as Miss Mualin. of Quintiilion Square,
Was returning from-wel, don't recoilect
It came on to rain; 80 she ran. helter-shelter,
Up the steps of a mansion close by, to take
When, 10! in the doorway. umbrella in hand,
Vhers W stood an old lady who said very bland
As fast as can, my umbrella of gingham.
. And there's only one thing that I'll sak you to
In return"-the old lady went on, tits that
Return + II i, at once. If you don't, you ~'H rue
: o yesm cried Miss Muslin. I'm certainly do
30 she thanked the old lady and bade her good
And hurried off home. Yet I'm sorry to say
That she left the umbrella downstairs in the
And two weeks after that it was not carried
back.
And fear the affair would have gone on that
From then until now-but that, one wild March
0ur heroine, already dressed to go calling,
When she came to 60 out, found the rain-drops
And as ill-fate would have it. it happened that
The umbrellas that usually stood in the hall
Were gone. save the borrowed one. We'll"
shall have to take that one. for all that see."
Why she said as she raised it and turned
e Deary me! How it busters and rains. to be
surer'
But she held her umbrella quite low down in
front,
And pushed on-when she all at once heard
Then. before she could lift tho umbrella up,
ran
With such impetus into little old man
That he found himself suddenly bent quite up
double.
: o. dear meF' she murmured, Il knew I'd see
trouble"
And just then, as she hurriedly turned round
A Aterrible gust of wind rushed out upon her,
And, seizing with firm grasp her luckless UNI
1t twisted and tugged at it " like good fel-
But our heroine (beinR a very determined
Young person), was not slow in making up her
That she rould not let go-so she shut her lips
tight,
might.
And little Miss Muslin. of QuintilIion Square.
Would have quickly been carried straight up
in the air.
And n-yer come down to this day, without
doubt,
But that just then the umbrella turned inside
oW.
And there she WAS left in the wind and the
rain.
Quite unable to turn the umbrella again;
While rude little boy, who'd been following
after,
Stood by and looked on almost dying with
laughter.
And just then, as by magic, she saw at her side
The old lady that owned the umbrella, who
cried
Well, WE'LL what does all this mean, I'd like to
know,
Pray is that my umbrella you're maltreating
so?"
dear" said Miss Muslin you said l would
rue it
If did not return it?-why didn't do itr'
Yes" the old lady said, while Miss Muslin's
cheek burned,
should say it was high time that it was re-
turRed!'
John BroDnjohn. In March Wide A,Dake.
The Toledo chronicle. [volume] (Toledo, Tama County, Iowa) 1873-1924, 1878-03-28
Normal Schools.

The first Normal School was founded
in 1851 by the Able de la Sale, Canon
of the cathedral at Reims, and, sixteen
years later, a teachers class was opened
in connection with an orphan school at
Halle, the pupil-teachers receiving two
years training under, the head-master,
August Hermann Francke, under whom
the system developed surprisingly, and
soon received the invaluable support of
Frederick the Great. Other Normal
Schools were opened in Hanover, Aus
tri& Switzerland, France, Holland,
Belgium and. about forty years ago, in
Great Britain, whence they have ex-
tended into nearly every civilized coun-
try. The aims of the schools are we'll
expressed in the following extract of
the Prussian law: +" The directors of
teachers seminaries shall rather seek
to conduct the pupil-teachers by their
own experience to simple and clear
principles, than to give them theories
for their guidance; and, with this end
in view, primary schools shall be
Joined to all teachers seminaries where
the pupil-teachers may be practiced in
the art of teaching" There are now
about $50 Normal Schools in Europe,
the British Colonies and British India,
the latter having 104.
Massachusetts was the first State in
the American Union to establish Nor
NAL Schools, of which there now are
1877, with over $4,000 pupils and over
900 instructors, Ohio and Pennsylva-
MIA each havinu twalva schools while
The Toledo chronicle. [volume] (Toledo, Tama County, Iowa) 1873-1924, 1878-03-28
Report Of the Board Of Indian Com.
missiOners.

The Board of Indian Commissioners
have made their ninth annual report,
covering their operations for the year
1877. and present some very interesting
statistical matter, showing considerable
agricultural, industrial and educational
development among the Nations wards.
OF the 27S,0O0 Indians now in the
United States, not including those in
Alaska, the peace policy has induced
liz, ,903 TO doff their furs and blankets
and don citizens dress. They now oc-
cupy 22, 1879 houses, and have $50 schools
with 437 teachers, attended by 1876
scholars, against III schools, 1874 teach
ers, and 4. .718scholarsin in 1868. In many
other respects they show . great adj
vance during the past ten years. There
are 40, ,S97 Of them who can nread, whereas
none of them could in 1859; and 28, ,O0Oo Of
them attend church. Industrially, also,
they make . very good showing. They
are cultivating 292, $50 acres Of land,
and, not including the five civilized
tribes. 81. .682 Of them are engaged in
tiiling the ground. They have raised
during the past year 688, ,278 bushels Of
wheah, 4,666, ,692 bushels Of corn, 349,-
247 bushels of oats and barley, 566, ,975
bushels Of vegetables. Las. AS tons Of
hay, and they own ZIG, ,266 horses and
mules, I'll, ,e6S cattle, 12l. .S5s swine and
The Toledo chronicle. [volume] (Toledo, Tama County, Iowa) 1873-1924, 1878-03-28

lar part of the bag that was causing.
Fidget's distress, just opposite the hole
where his nose was fast. and then,
chuckline as he did SO, Bress you!
don't believe you'll 60 pokin' that nose
of your'n in clam bag agin," he
forced open the shells of an enormous
clam, who, resenting the impertinence
of Master Fidget, had snapped her jaws
together on the very end of his nose.
Without word Of thanks, away few
Fidget with his paw up to his nose
away with many hop and jump,
bowling as he went.
Where did he goP Why, where every
boy, girl or dog always does go, when
ever they are in any mischief or trouble
to mother for comfort and help.
Youths Companion.
The Toledo chronicle. [volume] (Toledo, Tama County, Iowa) 1873-1924, 1878-03-28

the eagle to conform with the shape of
the coin: The upper edge hears the
words = United Stsfes Of America the
lower the designation q One Dollar"
The rim of the coin appears somewhat
thicker than the center and is milled.
The workmanship on the coin is not as
fine as on the trade dollar. The eagle
on the trade dollar is better looking
bird than the daddies' eagle Chicago
Journal. 33
The Toledo chronicle. [volume] (Toledo, Tama County, Iowa) 1873-1924, 1878-03-28

"A dOzEN years sgo father and his
son-in1law made e partial payment on
3 seventy -fve-acre farm in Niagara
County, New York, the price Of which
was &i16 per acre. At the end Of nine
wears the debt was extinguished, two
families having meanwhile had good
support. They then bought seventy
i've acres more at the same price. Part
Of the crop Of 1877 was LOCO bushels Of
winter wheat from twenty-six acres.
The Cbatbdm Cosi-jcs mentions, .as q
prominent cause sof their success, that
q they have mot sold pound Of hay or
straw; al Of 1t has been converted INTO
manure and taken back 70 The land"
The Toledo chronicle. [volume] (Toledo, Tama County, Iowa) 1873-1924, 1878-03-28
sultan Of Morocco, Muley Has
IOWA STATE NEWS.

TIE following call for . State Republican
Convention has just been issued:
:. The twenty-second annual State Conversion of
ne Republican party Of the 6tak3 ii Iowa will
g held at the City Of DzMoines, ON Wednes-
following nominations: n ~
A candidate for Secretary Of State.
candidate for Auditor of State. "
candidate for Treasurer of State.
a candidate for Register of State Land Once.
candidate for Attaney-General.
candidate for Judge Of Supreme Court.
candidate for Clark Of Supreme Court.
"A candidate for Reporter of Supreme Court.
Inc rdtio OF representation win be one dele
ase Tor each cvunty in the State and, in addition
tnereeos one delegate for every 200 voterz or fao-
ton over 100 votess cast for Hon. Frank q. Camp
DeA for Lieutenant Governor, at the general
election IN 1877. By order of the Republican
State Central COMMITTEES, JACOB RiCH.
Chairman
The Toledo chronicle. [volume] (Toledo, Tama County, Iowa) 1873-1924, 1878-03-28
INCIDENTS AND ACCIDENTS.

"A Mr.. Robert Of ou0hertyf Ga.
lithis pipe in his carriage, the other
day, and shortly after found the vehi-
Gle ON fire. The whola con1ern was
burned except the man., dhairon and
the running gear. Aasf :
An Ithaca (N4Y. J lady Boarded a
Cornell student-a Brazilian-until his
board bill amounted -tov0ver $685. The
student then left suddenly Tor. his dis
tant home, and the lady expected new
er to get the money due from him. Re-
Gently, however, she receivedSa draft
from the students wealthy father for
the full amount. =, ,.s..
IA Kiss in the Dark was played
recently by amateurs in Mount Startling,
Ky, up to the poip wher tfe 5ohgg
man kisses the pretty gil Yheh it
was turned into a tragedy. the girls s
real lover, jealous of her stage lover,
and thinking that the kissing was too
much relished, shot the offender on the
spot. The wound was trifiing, but it
brought the performance to close.
"A tramp entered Muscoda, Wis,
requested the Marshal to arrest him,
take him to the calaboose and give
him something to eat, or he would
steal. The Marshal told him to steal,
then; whereupon the tramp went to a
store where a rack stood at front
door, loaded with dry goods, and made
off with the rack, goods and all, and
got away without being arrested.
The widest excitement prevails
among some of the citizens Of Trigg
County, KY, over the apprehension Of
the immediate coming of the day of
final judgment. Many of them have
abandoned all business, have turned
their stock loose to range through the
woods, and cutting themselves loose
from the contemplation of all earthly
affairs, they 60 from house to house
singing and praying for the eventful
day. 81
"A three-ton iron roller lay at the
top of high hill in Eureka, Cal. A
boy called his comrades attention to
the chance for fun in seeing it go down
the long and heavy grade. They
started it with considerable difficulty,
and at the very outset it ran over pile
of states and school-books, crushing
them to bits. Gaining speed as It
whirled along, it soon overlook and
flattened dog. Next, it smashed a
wagon, from which man jumped just
in time TO save his life; and then, quit.
ting the road, it crashed through Chi
naman's shanty, and buried itself in
ravine.
The gossips of the Baptist Church
in the little Village of Hamilton Square,
N. Y, are loaded to the muzzle with
scandal. The other Sunday, while the
pastor, the Rev. w. w. Case, was
preaching an earnest discourse, mar
ried lady arose excitedly in pew in
front of him, and shouted, you're
liar! Better practice what you preach"
There was intense excitement and the
woman was denounced by the good
people of the flock. A meeting was
held, and the decision reached that she
must not be permitted to enter the
church at the next service. On Sunday
she attempted to force her way in, but
the door was blocked by Constable
who threatened to send her to Jail.
Her husband finally took her home and
peace was restored
The Toledo chronicle. [volume] (Toledo, Tama County, Iowa) 1873-1924, 1878-03-28

ability inter- Al that the European Congress
would meet owing to the views Of Great
Britain. In that event, It was believed the
snree Emperors would meet and arrange Euro
pean affairs to suit themselves.
A BELGRADE dispatch of the 25th
sAys servia had dennitivelY resolved to re.
occupy the territory captured from the Turks
In Old ServiA itsE 100
ACCORDING to Constantinople tele-
gram Of the a5th, 9oorefugees in that city were
dying daily.
The Sultan Of Morocco, Muley Has
The Toledo chronicle. [volume] (Toledo, Tama County, Iowa) 1873-1924, 1878-03-28
A Boy Victim Of Dime Novels Tries to
Kill Himself.

Charles A. Eichclman, aged fourteen
wears, living with his parents at No.
101 Freeman street, Greenpoint, at
tempted suicide by shooting on Sunday
last, and lies in the Eastern District
Hospital, Williamsburg, in precarious
condition. The Eichelmans live in a
rear tenement, and are said 70 be quiet
people. The neighbors say that Charles
has complained of ill-treatment from
his father and brothers, and that he was
severely whipped for stealing small
sums of money and for lying. About
a week ago. he said to some Of his conf
radcs that if he was beaten again he
would shoot himself. On Monday, a
chair belonging to the family was found
to have been broken, and Charles was
taken to task for it. He made denial,
but his father, it is said, threatened to
have him whipped when his eldest
brother returned from work. Charles
was sent on an errand in the afternoon,
when, it appears, he went to the BUTCH
er-shop Of M. Ruoff, about half block
distant, and presented note to Mr..
Ruoff, purporting to have been written
by the elder Eichelman. The note
asked for the loan of a pistol to shoot a
dog, and assured Mr.. Ruoff that he
need not fear to let the boy have the
weapon, as he was very careful. Charles
had written the note, initiating closely
his fathers handwriting. Mr.. Ruoff
gave him his seven-shooter, after re-
moving four cartridges, leaving three
in the weapon, and the boy went away.
He returned home, but soon went out
again, saying he was going to the
butchers.
On the street the boy met johnny
Murphy, lad Of ten. who lives in the
front tenement, and with him went to
some vacant lots east of Union avenue,
known as the Meadows" Here
Charles gave his companion small
pocket-book containing some cards
bearing the names of his playmates,
and said, "Johnny, take this to Lottie
Boch; am going to shoot myself; go
away, that's good fellow" He then
pushed Johnny away and took the re-
volver from his pocket. Murphy had
gone only a few steps when he heard
the report OF pistol, and, turning, he
saw young Eichelman fall. He gave
an alarm and the wounded boy was
taken to the Seventh Precinct Station
House. It was found that the ball had
entered the body just above the navel
and had struck the lower left rib and
had either rebounded or passed around
the body just beneath the skin, as it
could not be found by probing. He
was then taken to the hospital. The
wound is not thought to be fatal, but
death is likely to occur from the nerv-
Gus shock. The boy says that he did
the deed from fear of punishment, but
seems to regret it. He is said to have
been an inveterate reader of dime nov
els and similar productions.-N. Y.
World.
The Toledo chronicle. [volume] (Toledo, Tama County, Iowa) 1873-1924, 1878-03-28

Of dollars. several hremsn vsre badly injured
BY falling walls.
Ar Cleveland, Ohio, on the evening
OF the 18th. Geo. Weineman, aged sixty-four,
shot and killedhis son, and then blew out his
own brains, dying instantly. The parties had
had business quarrels.
The Toledo chronicle. [volume] (Toledo, Tama County, Iowa) 1873-1924, 1878-03-28

A RUN on savings bank in the east
ern part Of Massachusetts originated
in this curious manner: An old lady
went into the bank and asked the
Treasurer to make up her book and
send it to her by mail, meaning that
she wanted her money. He did not SO
understand her, and sent only the book.
AS the money did not arrive as she ex-
pected, she thought the bank had
failed. She spread the news at once
and the run began.
The Toledo chronicle. [volume] (Toledo, Tama County, Iowa) 1873-1924, 1878-03-28

THERE was . total Of Is railroad 40
cidents in January Of this year, where
by IS persons were killed and n in
iured. Eight accidents caused the
death Of one or more persons, ten
caused injury less than death, while
81, or rs per cent Of the whole, re-
suited in no injury severe enough for
record.