The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1878-04-23
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ii Horace GreeIey had lived tall now, he
would have realized thst his saying "young
man 90 west, had borne fruit in abundance.
The emigration to this state 10 simply
enormous. Every train Is filled with IN in
telligent and weIl-to-do class of people
from nearly every state and Europe.
Can you give
Why Missouri, with a. good soil, climate
and cheaper improved farms nearer market.
ispased BY. I have one reason TO offer
Kansas invites in every conceivable way,
thoroughly posts the emigrant before start
ing to seek home in the advantages they
have to offer. Missouri must wake up or
take second class.
EAPORIA rs A LIVE TOWN.
Commercial street with it's broad thorough
fares AMI neat blocks would be . credit to q
much older town. The Normal school
building IL . stately edi6ce and stands ~
fair specimen Of the interest taken in edu- Il
cation. Business of all kinds is fairly rep
resented.
THE LAND BUSINESS IL
10 thoroughly worked by system. There
are agents in every state in the Union. &
Wa surprised to meet with 20 many agents 4
from different states Who came through q
with their customers tn buy land.
stepped into the sanctum of the EN- 4
poria Nesv and found the proprietou, |
Mesn. Stotler h Graham, both a6able q
gentlemen, working hard to make Kansas h
the banner state and Emporia the banner Il
town. q
You will have heard of
THE SAD ACCIDENT
that occurred here on Tuesday afternoon e
in the killing Of Rev. o. J. Shannon, Con- .
gregationalist minister. A case of gross
carelessnes BY one OF the militia men sent n
BY the Governor to quell the railroad riot IS
Mr.. O'Neal supposing the gun not loaded, ID
(orden were to unload all the guns when "
not on duty. took aim II Mr.. Shannon's, a
head pulled the trigger and his victim fell n
. corpse. Emporia mourns the loss of 81
good and useful citizen. Mrs. Shannon,
broken hearted, with her two little boys, III
started With the remains of her husband to 10
her old home in Wisconsin, on Wednesday,
RICH ENTERTAINMENT Ia
Was given in Bancrofts Hall last night. mi
The Cantata Of Queen Esther in costume in "a
Eve acts and Eve scenes The leader Mr.. tn
C E. Hill, of Chicago. - King, made . ne
success. Without wishing to discriminate, tn
make my humblest bow to the Queen, VII
NM G. w. Curry, Who believe has several tn
friends in Sedalia. Mrs. Curry certainly lou
neritsd the applause she received. Mn. mol
A. n. Somen - fmt maid of honor and Miss g'r
. Nellie Green and Ella Jones q Zerishs be-
maids won 6rst honors. BIZ
1 had nearly forgotten to say that EN-. 10
Poria has abundant .n'
,.,~,....- 5n
The PARTS Place Hotel heads the list. A 90
neat, new, brick house capable of entertain ."
ng 100 guests. rooms large and airy every.
hing is kept in apple pie order. The land and
ord, Mr.. Luther, makes you feel at home. daI
Nhen you come to Emporia stop At the VII
dos
Divorced and Married Again. in
The upper crust of St. Louis society hsve str'
aen -l-.t-;s.a h. the nnhl;rafion of the at
act that Mr.. J. B. C. Lucas and his divorc- wh,
d wife have agreed to live together again, 60
. document to that effect, attested BY the out
Rev. Charles n. Filling, of the Roman the
;atholic church, having been fled at the He'
Recorders Office. Thereby hangs . tale Of
candal which once shook the fabric of the
,est society to the very foundations, and the this
equel Of the case. - stated above, il far this
more remarkable than the features OF the in {
'riginal Developments. beel
J. B. C. Lucas is the son of James Lucas, say
me of the pioneers of St. Louis, who died Viii
ew yeam ago, the vealtbiest family in the I fe
Mississippi valley. The family is one Of hon
be most respectable in the city. About two I
earn ago young Lucas married Ais Mary gre,
Morton, well-known belle of
louisville. The wedding was attended
nth great edaf. What the astounding g!
hook to the young husband and his aristo- n
ratio people va. when four months after sou
be Installation of the beautiful bride in you
ef st. Louis home she gave birth to .
hid, can perhaps be better imagined than Mes
sscribed. Of couss . rupture ensued. p
The husband buried himself in the forests left
{ Ninnesota, and sought to drown his sor-
on BY hunting and shooting.
The mother and her illegitima.e offspring beaI
isappeared from st. Louis, and the bus- ceiv
and on his return sought divorce. No "a.
esistance W. offered, and his petition was 81
rsneed. It vas claimed BY the friends o! l. n
be lady that Mr. Lucas knew of Mis Nor vail
ons peculiar condition when be married som
er. This, however, in view of his subse- com
ueot course, would seem wildly improba- reco
le. the
After the scandal had blown over, which the
~ not long, for it was not Published there. vhe
II. Lucas apparently began to yearn for nov
be weman who had % CENTRALIZED his afec- for
IONS The lapse oftime healed his wounded Ion,
ride in . measure, and his deep, unsel6sh doi'
owe for the woman, subordinated every SOL
ther confederation. He vas ready TO re. Won
Give and protect the social outcast whom
e had resolved never 20 zee again. Al 0''~
hough the civil Law had divorced the par som
lee, the church to which they belonged had suit
ot, for il recognises no such practice "A larl
ivoroey though it often assents to separation. can
ynder the csnons of the Church, then, q
epar.te marriage was unnecessary. and the my
ouple simply agreed TO terminate their VA
sparation and resume the relationship Of va
husband and wife. =
Reported Killed. but
A rumor vas circulating upon the streets ord
o-day that Tim Dwyre had been killed BY t"r