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A Fine Horse Sold.

Capt. Chas. A. Pratt, Of the Garrison,
yesterday purchased . splendid Denmark
saddle horse of Mr.. E. L. McIlhaney. The
horse was purchased for Mr.. James Lupe
Of ST. Louis, and . heavy price was paid
for him.
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"A pretty picture is . healthy lookin,
and we'll cared for baby. By the use of
DR.. Bulls Baby Syrup you can keep the
health Of your baby in splendid condition.
Is cents 4 bottle.
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WARRENSBURG.
Stray Pebbles from the Quarry
City.

Saturday Was a lively day i"r the mer
chants.
The johnson county fair '.iie.i 8
bornin'."
-Circuit Cont will continue al of thi'
week and part Of next.
--Ssd lila bar wa> we'll represented in oul
Circnii Courr last week.
Col. Phelps will deliver the sd.lreS~e.
at this place. "n the Fourth.
Henry Garth, conieclioner of Kansas
City. was in town Saturday.
We were favored with nice coolin:
shower Saturday afternoon.
Twenty ear loads oi stone were shippcs
from this point las, Thursday.
About $1,000 have already been sub
scribed To the celebration fund.
The colorei reorle will picnic, n
BaldwIn's gr We. next Saturday.
Hons. r. NJ. C:,ckrell AMI T. T. Crit
,en,len are expected home this week.
Don't forget the concer, for the benefit
Of the Normal campus, ON the 9th.
-"Thc boys demolished M old to~u
bsgnio ON Thur-d.y night of last week.
Elder Monser, oi the Christian church.
talked TO the children yesterday morning
Agricultural implement dealers are
having an inn,en-e trade in self binding
rearers-
Miss Rosers. charming Young lady al
Seialia. war visiting IN this city during the
past week.
A wheel Of fortune man has located in
the basement At the corner of Pine and
Holden streets.
The commencement exercises Of the
Normal were largely attended by the old
graduates If the school.
President Laws, of the State University
attended the closing exercises Of the Nor.
NAL, also, State Superintendent Shannon.
Suffering Moses, The State Normal
School, AT this place, last "Wednesday,
turned out forty full frdsed school teachers.
The licenses Of liquor dealers expire
this month, and temperance petitions are in
order asking the County Cour, not To renew
them.
COMMITTEE MEETING.
Pursuant To the call of the Chairman,
the johnson County Democratic Central
Committee met at the yoMaai- I)emocrd
Office, in this city, Saturday afternoon, and
the following proceedings were had:
On motion, each township is requested
to meet at any convenient place, on Satur-
lay. June 18th, to send delegates to War
on the lat day Of July, TO elect
delegates 10 the State and Congressional
Il Vas ordered that the committee meet
July Goth. to appoint judges Of the primary
election.
Col Perry, on account Of being candi-
late for treasurer, resigned the position Of
chairman OF the committee and Mr.. q. p.
Whitsett was elected to Gil the vacancy.
A vote Of thanks Was rendered Col.
Perry for the efficient manner in which he
,as discharged his duties during the past
Two years.
On motion Of G. r. Whitseti, the words
n the 5,h section OF the pridIsry system,
or shall pledge their word and honor to
Import the nominee-,' we're ordered striker
,ut.
On nosion, Montserrat vas made . vot.
ng precinct at the primary election.
Mr.. 1. McG,rk vas appointed . member
4 the committee, vice &. q. Glssebsook, re.
igned.
Col. W. Y. Pembertom, Of Sedalia, being
ng pre-eni, was called upon ard addressed
he convention in few brief and telling
On motion, the Committee adjourned to
meet At the call Of the president.
Postponed.
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Purify and enrich the blood, and you
will not be troubled With skin diseases.
DR.. Bolls Blood Mixture l. known be q
never failing remedy.
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IL. hOicrolt, w. w. I1eIOiu,
l.. Il. Jackson, IL. Witt,
Ira. f. Barnes, Dan. Grow,
ID. BIocher, e. +. Boatright,
Willis Murphy, W. X. Thomas,
J.P. Scissor, in. Hendrix,
J.R. Barrett. Jno. Burkhart,
J. X. Wharton.
CEDAR.
Us. Banks, CIV. C. Walker.
LAMONTE.
Jno. Allen, Marion Pemberton,
Lee Moore, Vincent Terry.
sMIIHrON.
]. F. Rudy, Robert Taffenden,
NJ. Huffman.
WASHINGTON.
I'M. D1rrell, 10. Adams.
BOWLING GREEN.
F. Z. Taylor, IT. Allen,
Benz. Porter.
ELK FORK.
M. Pemberton, J. w. Perdue.
HoUsTONIA.
T.F Fsuston. M. Ferguson,
m. Payne. S. ID. Hatch,
J. Il. Alexander.
GREEN RIDGE.
Jno. Il. Gray, J. W. Clark.
LAKE CREEK.
Vim. VinsOn.
BLAcKwATFR.
Capt. S. Shanks, F. Bradford.
+. NJ. Triplett, J. McCurdy.
HEArH's CREEK.
DR.. II. c. Spears Henry Jones.
u. F. Suttles, ID. w. Bufiord.
DRESDEN.
Col. futile, James Walker.
LONGwOoD.
J. s. Ritnour, VIM. McDanieIs,
ID. NJ. Gray, VIM. Kicks.
FLAT CREEK
p. Curran, O.. Hatton.
PRAIRIE.
z. Quisenberry, J. Shobe.
The report was accepted and the CON-
mittee discharged.
COMMITTEE on ORDER OF BUSINESS.
DIR. Conkwright moved that committee
of FIVE be appointed on order of business.
Adopted.
The chair appointed the following named
as the committee:
10. Adams, CIV. c. Walker,
.. r. Hsltop, w. L. Felix.
F. III. Bradford.
COMMITTEE on PLATFORM.
Col. Imnle-I suppose it is in order that a
committee be appointed on PLATFORM
decIaration-and move that committee
of three be appointed.
Toioe-Second the motion.
The motion was adopted and the follow
ing named were appointed:
Vincent Terry, w. F. futile,
II. B. Spers.
Capt. B. F. TaTor-I move that the con-
vention do now adjourn until 1:3O p. m.
Carried.
AFTERNOON SESSION.
Col. Houston called the convention to
order at l:30 p. m.
Secretary MeHd called the roll OF dele
gates who answered to their names.
The committee on
ORDER OF BUSINESS
made the following report:
Your committee on order of business
recommend that the convention adopt the
following routine of business.
The nomination Of county officers in the
following order, viz:
Representative.
Eecorder.
Collector.
County Clerk.
Assessor.
Treasurer.
Prosecuting Atiornev-
Circuit Clerk.
Sheriff.
Comfy Judge At large.
Coroner
na,e,,,ss n State Convention
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For al diseases Of the blood ne do not
know Of any better remedy than Dr.. Bulls
Blood Mixture.
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THE DEMON CRAZY
Of Pettis In Solemn Conclave As
sembled.
Nomination of Candidates fol
Office.

ALL o'clock to-day DIR. J. A. &. Brown,
Chairman of the County Democratic Execu-
tive Committee, raped on the table and
called the convention to order.
PERMANENT CHAIRMAN.
Ira f. Harness. move that Col. 1hos
r. Houston be the permanent chairman.
The motion was put and Col. Houston
was elected unanimously.
Col. Houston-I hope We have met for
the harmony of the Democratic party and
trust il will result so in the nominating OF
ticket to-day. 1t is in order now 10 elect
secretary.
Voice. nominate Dr. A. II. Conkwright
Conk wright decline-I am not really
in the convention-I am in only "a proxy
w. X. Thomas-I nominate Pat Mead for
secretary.
Mr.. Mead declined but was elected and
took charge of the secretary's desk.
J. w. Perdue-I move q committee Of
three on credentials be appointed.
The motion was adopted.
Chair-I appoint B. +. Taylor, w. X
Thomas. Capt. Sam Shanks as committee
on credentials.
w. L. Felix-What will be done with
those who hold proxies to this convention
| Chair-That il matter for the commit.
tee on credentials t. determine.
The committee retired to make up their
report.
REPORT OF COMMITTEE.
The committee on credentials made the
following report of those who were entitled
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on 01OtiOu L. w. Mclsudncy the nDt01
nation was made unanimons.
RECORDER.
J. W. Purdue named Capt. S. W. Ritch
ey as Q candidate TOR Recorder.
J. NJ Durrill put in nomination X. "
Warren. which Was earnestly seconded by
o. p Hatton.
J. r. Scissor put in nomination NJ. NJ
Hampton.
Deteyae-Has Tom Monroe been put in
nomination!
Amother ddeym,e-No, not vet.
CKair-Col. Thomas Monroe il before the
convention for Recorder.
The chair subsequently announced that
Col. Monroe. name was Withdrawn aud he
was not before the convention.
FIRST BALLOT.
Ritchey ................... .................. 80
Hampton. =
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Audrain County Man Mortally
Woundad by q Brother-in-Law.

Sturgeon, Mo-. June IA differ.
ernce existed between Stephen j.
Moore and Albert Gentry for more
than two years, They are brother-in-
laws and reside within a half a mile of
each other. This morning Moore
came down to Gentry's and told Cen
try's wife that their dogs had been
tearing his hogs. He then asked where
Albert was. She told him he was in
the woods near BY cutting wool.
Moore then went to where Gentry was
chopping, and after stating about the
same thing to him. fired AMI mortality
wounded him. Moore then retured
to the house and told Mrs. Gentry
that he had shot her husband. remark
ing that he would not suffer any man
to draw an az on him. Moore then
fed. The ball entered the abdomen of
Gentry, near the navel, and passed
entirely Though the body, producing
a mortal wound. Gentry il still alive,
but can hardly get well. They are
both young men and have wives and
and reside in Audrain county.
about two miles north of Sturgeon.
Such acts n the above are getting en-
tirely too common in this locality, and
it is about time little hanging was he
ing done.
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Murder in Washington Missouri.

Murder in Washington Missouri.
Washington, No., June ia ne
gro named Allen Lyle was shot here
last night BY another negro, sailing
under the name Of King, and recently
hailing from the penitentiary at Jeffer-
son City. Lyle was known 10 he a
hard working man. and stopped at a
shanty formerly used as q soap factory,
but now a. the residence Of Jane Brown,
u colored woman. He went to bed
saying that he would pay his bill in
the morning, as he had no change
smaller than q SO bill. King got
into his room at 10 o'clock and fired
two shots at him while asleep, the first
entering just above the umbilicus, and
ranging down, passed out Mt the left
thigh. The second shot entered at the
point of the left shoulder blade, rang
ing down and forward, severing the
aorta artery, causing instant death.
There Is no doubt that Lyle was killed
for his money and little question that
the marder had been planned between
the woman, Jane Brown. and King,
while at an exhibition given BY the ne
groes that evening. With the object Of
getting his money, King Is said to have
that be had killed two men
in the last two weeks. The murderer
is still at large.
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On motion Of J. p. Selsor, the nomins.
ton of Dr. Brown vas made unanimous.
COUNTY CLERK.
The following letter vas read By the
chairman to the convention:
ssHAllA, June 18th. ls;s.
To the Chairman Of the County Democratic Con.
yention:
Permit me, for the cake Of harmony in the
party, toe withdraw my name Q candidate for
County Clerk Respectfully,
Jno. F. Yankee pat in nomination H. Y.
Field.
]. p. Selser named C. K. Gentry,
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Sess0e moved that the nomination oil
Field he made unanimous.
Carried.
ASSESSOR.
William Vinson put J. {. Hatson in
nomination Tor assessor.
J. r. Scissor named VIM. +. Middleton.
John Rudy put in pom'nation Richard
Taylor.
TIE name Of J. E. Rector vac also pre-
sented to the convention for Aaescr.
Middleton --...-.-- ------........-. ....----- ID
I1vlOr- IL
Hatter. --------. ---.--.-. -....---.-..
COUNTY TREASURER
Capt. sam. Shanks put IN nomination J.
W. Burress.
&. ". L. Walker named K +. Gentry.
FIRST BALLOT.
burfc-s------ -------- $685.. .-----...- ----.-o
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=. w. furuue mOVeu t6dt the OOmI03'
ton be made unanimous.
A deeyate-It is very near unanimou.
nov. Laughter.
VoiceS-Riichey. Ritchey. Riichey!
r. B. Taylor-In behalf Of those who are
compelled to 20 considerable distance To-
night move that We 20 on with our work
and listen to speeches At some other time.
Cries of Ritchey, R,tchey, Ritchey.
The captain appeared before the conven-
tion and thanked the delegates and said his
voice would be for the election Of the whole
ticket BY increased majority.
COLLECTOR
Col. futile put Dr.. J. A. &. Brown in
nomination.
q. p. Hatton named b. III. Ingram for
Collector. He said that Flat Creek in
structed her delegates to support Mr.. In
gram.
FIRST BALLOT
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He tores the merchant, he bO e. the clerk
The blacksmith, while the anvil: rings
He grecis, and this is the sony hs sings:
"IIowdy, hovdy, howdy-,lC?
How IL your vie, and how are YOU?
All! il tits my Cat ~ no other can,
The horny hand OF the working man."
"Hu.band, vho il that man at the eate?"
"Hush, nv love, Ills the candidate"
Husband, shy cant he work like you?
ALAS he nothing ut home to do"
my dear, whenever . man Ia down,
No cash at home, no credit in town,
Too stupid to preach and too proud to beg,
Too ,imid tn rob and too lazy to dig,
Then over his honse his legs he filings
And to the dear people this song he sings !:
"Hox.Iy. hovdy. howdy. do?
How il YOUR vile, and hov are you?
All! IL 6ts my tist ~ M other can,
The horny hand of the working man."
Brothers, Who labor early and late,
Ask thee things Of the candidate:
What's his rec ri How does he stand
At home no matter about his hand,
BE il hard or soft, ~ it be not prone
To cl0re over money not his own.
Has he in view no thieving plan?
Il he honest and capable ?-he il our man.
Cheer such IN one tili the welkin rings,
Join in the chorus when thus he sings:
"Howdy, hovdy, hovdy-do
How in your wife, and how ale you?
All! IL 6ts my 6st a no other can,
The horny hand Of the working man."
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1878-04-24

children, John Merritt, Mrs. Mathews,
Mn. Bogel, Edward Davis and family,
Mrs. Osborn, and Mrs. Ross. The Cotton
wood Hotel was blown to the ground, and
eight or ten dwelling houses shared a
like fate. Along the line Of the Santa
Fe, in the vicinity, not less than forty
five freight cars was turned into the
ditch. One car had been giving
shelter to party oftramps. Along the
banks OF streams a large amount of
timber was torn up and scattered over
the prairie. Telegraph lines were
badly broken for several miles. Con-
siderale stock was killed by outhouses
being overturned and by flying timbers.
The wind was accompanied by heavy
rain and hail, so that streams were sud-
denly swelled and roads rendered well
nigh impossible. In Emporia the
Normal school building was partly un-
rooted, and Selden's Touring mill suf-
fered extensive injury. Other buildings
of the town were unroofed and other
wise injured. The actual loss of prop
erty will be greatest in the country,
though crops are not at point where
they will be likely to receive much set
back. No wind storm of near 80 seri-
Gus a nature has ever been known be-
ore in Central Kansas.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1878-04-24

TWO hours, with seas breaking over the
small BOAT and threatening it's destruc.
tlon ana the loss Of those on board, thew
succeeded in reaching the wreck. to
ma that one ofthe crew who had been
clinging to the side of the vessel had
pecome exhausted, and, letting 90 his
hoid, had been drowned. Another sail.
or, however. was rescued 90
ne was about to give up, and
was TAKEN ashore. Nor was this the
nrst time that the brave young girl had
ventured on an GRAND to saye.-New
York Tribune. e' ave"
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1878-04-24
LAKE MICHIGAN has its Grace Darby

LAKE MICHIGAN has its Grace Darlu'g g,
and her father and brothers are as brave
and heroic as she is herself. Sanford
W. Morgan is keeper of the lifesaving
station at Grand Point au Sable, Mich,
and after the close of navigation he al
lows the crew to go away for the winter,
but remains on the ground with his
daughter and his sons. At daylight on
March 70, during one of the most vio-
lent gales OF the season, with the sea so
bOisterOus that it was covered with
foam, a fishing boat was discovered
about three miles off shore, in distress,
by Miss Edith. Quickly giving the
alarm to her father and two brothers.
she urged them to 60, volunteering to
take an oar herself to assist the crew.
1t seemed as though boat could not
possibly live in the mighty waves, but
one was launched, and, after a pull Of
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1878-04-24
Gould Disguised.
Philadelphia Times.

This has thus far been bad winter
for the Gould lobby. Everything that
his crowd have taken an interest in has
been beaten, and everything they OPP
posed has seemed to succeed. 1t is
said tonight that Gould lays his defeat
to the Texas Pacific influences, and
swears vengeance. Mr.. Gould shook
the dust of the capital from his feet last
night, and tonight Huntington, Sidney
Dillon and General Dodge took the train
for New York. Some say they have
abandoned the fight, and will make no
effort to beat the sinking fund bill in the
house. 1t is admitted on all sides that
had Gould kept away from the capitol
and from Washington the bill would
never have passed the senate, but that
his effrontery and his anxiety were so
conspicuous that his timid friends were
scared away.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1878-04-24

1t is easy enough. Suppose you have
mailed letter in your coatpocket, and
carried it there for three weeks? Sit
down and write: "You will observe by
the date of the within. my dear mother
in-law, that Eliza forgot to hand it to
me until to-day. 1t has been banged
around in the bureau drawer and is
rather solled in consequence. l must
talk to Eliza. She isgetting more care
less and forgetful every day.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1878-04-24
The Sea.Serpent Of Nalant.
Harper's Magazine for Nav

There is one topic with which the nm.
nails OF Nahant are indissolubly united
that we feel natural diffidence in an
proachlng, yet cannot in conscience 10.
more, and that is the sea-serpent. Words
are inadequate to describe the wide
spread CONSERVATION which the appari-
tion OF such monster created among
the hardy population Of our New En-.
gland seaboard, for he was soon per-
celved to possess none of the attributes
OF sportlve and harmless fish, but to
belong strictly to the reptile tribe. And
what a reptile! The most exaggerated
reports of his length prevailed in tho
fishing towns Of Cape Ann. One skip
per swore that he was as long as the
malnmast of seventy-four: another
would eat him if the steeple of Glouces.
ter Westinghouse could hold candle
to him for length: still another declared
upon his "atfidavy" that having sighted
the shaggy head of the snake early in
the morning, with stiff six-knot breeze,
and everything full, he had been half a
glass in overhauling his tail, as he Law
motionless along the water.
For time nothing else was talked of
but the wonderful sea-snake which was
repeatedly seen in Gloucester BAY, in
August 1917. and occasionally also in
the waters of Nahant Bay, by hundreds
of curious spectators, who ran to the
beach or pushed off in boats at the first
news of his approach. There was not
fish-wlfe along thirty miles of coast
who did not shake in her shoes when
he was reported in the ofling. But as
time wore on, and the serpents pacific.
even pusillanimous, disposition, became
evident, courage revived, and though
the fish was n strange one, the fisher
men determined, with characteristic
boldness, on his capture.
Stimulated, also, by the large reward
offered for the serpent, alive or dead,
vessels were fitted out, manned by ex-
pert whalesmen, which cruised in the
bay. The revenue vessel then on the
station was ordered to keen vigilant
look out. and her guns double-shotted
for action. Nets were also spread in
his snakeship's accustomed haunts, and
one adventurous fellow, who had ap.
preached SO near as to see the white OF
his glittering eye, emptied the contents
OF q ducking gun into the monsters
head. But he bore charmed life, and
having easily eluded his pursuers, deri
sively shook the spray of Nahant Bay
from his tail ere he disappeared in the
depths Of the ocean. Since this time
the gigantic ophidian has never revis-
tied Nahant, though tidings have lately
come of him from other climes. His
stuffed skin was never destined TO adorn
the walls of n museum, and it is doubt
full if he will ever know other pickle
than his native brine.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1878-04-24

ONE of the teachers in Binghamton
public school received, the other day,
an excuse written in behalf of q delhi
quent pupil by the father. 1t runs in
this wise:
Mr.. TEACHER: Dot poy of mine vos
absent de oder dey ven he shtaid out.
He got Won big cold in his neck vot
make him much trouble all de vile.
Please don't give him some punishment
ven he vas late in de morning. He
woult got there shust in time every day.
but he not himself to blame. he is got
no mother. She vos dead 10 years ago.
1 am this poys parent by his mother be-
fore she vOs dead.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1878-04-24
A Great Agricultural Exhibition In
1879.

England has decided to have great
show next year. 1t will be an agricul-
tural exhibition. The expense is esti-
mated at $4,000. The Lord Mayor Of
London has appealed to the British
public for the support of the projected
enterprise; it is to be under the auspices
Of the Royal Agricultural Society. Ag-
riculture is declining in Great Britain,
and there is some hope that the exhibit
ton may arrest its downward course.
The number of cattle, and the acreage
of wheat, and other crops are decreas-
ing, and very nearly one-half the popu-
lation of the United Kingdom IS now
dependent for sustenance upon import
ed food.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1878-04-24

Mr.. Issac Lawrence, the democratic
candidate for Governor at the recent
Rhode Island election, has very pref
ty wit, as witness this extract from one
of his speeches.: "When Governor Van
Zandt sent me message to the effect
that he hated to see Isaac sacrificed by
Providence, / sent him word in return
that if he had studied his Bible in early
youth more accurately he would have
known that Isaac was not sacrificed"
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1878-04-24

Iron is the currency Of the iron region
OF East Tennessee, the metal being
worked up into bars, half a dozen OF
which can easily be carried upon the
shoulders. When a man wants shoes.
clothing, coffee, sugar, or any or all do
mestic articles, he shoulders the bars of
iron which have been given him in ex-
change for his labor, goes to a merchant
and gets them.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1878-04-24
Strength Of the Confederate Army nj
Gettysburg.

Gen. Longstreet. in a recent article in
one of the Northern magazines, attempt
ing to account for the Confederate de-
feat at Gettysburg, asserted that the
Confederate forces only numbered 54,-
600 men, whereas the Federal army
consisted of nearly 10000. An officer
who has had access to the official docu-
ments thus disposes of Longstreet's
statement, showing that Lee COM
manded S2,3O4 men at that battle:
To the Editor Of the Cincinnati CONNER
cial:: The monthly return of the Army
of Northern Virginia, dated May 81,
1868, on file in the archive office of the
War Department, at Washington, shows
"present for duty" officers and men: