The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1879-06-10
Hogs and the Pristine Pond.

East Sedalis engine house 10 take into con
alteration The stuck Lev and The pond.
Al eight o'clock sbout oae husdrsd voter
Of that portion Of the city aassmbled in tb'
engine house, when Aldermaa Hill Gale,
the meeting 10 order and nominated Viii
liam Hobrecht - chairman of the meeting
who was unanimously elected.
Alderman Hill then explained the objec
of the meeting to be TO inquire into tn
feasibility Of the proposed stock Law
whether It would Be benefit to the poo
man or not. The speaker further ststes
that he was in favor of allowing stock Z,
run 1t large and the pond to remain .
lt used 70 be before il had been tamperet
With By the board Of alderman and th,
Paei6c road. Let the pond be a It used Z,
Be, and IN ornament 70 the city-not q
nuisance q is nov i.
d.. Bsoosoa ~ called upon. He askes
70 b excused and subsidod.
Bacon MootGonssy ~ called ont.
Bake said he came 70 listen and would
not give the meeting any talk.
Wo. Hobsecht W. opposed - the stool
Law. Il vas boon for poor people TO b
allowed . Gov and pig to run 1t large
The pond ~ il nov exists 10 Q nuisance
better have IL - it once ~. and he w
in fsvor Of 6lling up the drain and lettipl
TIE poed Gil up again.
Geosse Squirss though: that letting tn
stock run ct large vas oil right-to shu,
them up would work hardship upon thu
poor man who had . COW and pig. Thu
draining Of the pond be considered for tbs
bese6t Of The r,ch man while the poor MAJ
~ compelled to foot the bills. The secre
Of il W. some rich man wanted NOR,
money and 70 get il had the pond drained
and charged big price Tor il.
Alderman Hill moved that committee
Of three be appointed on resolutions
Adopted.
The chair appointed Pat Slavens, Rob't.
Stevensos and Pat. OAConsor - the com
mites, Who retired.
REe0LUfIONe.
The committee returned and reported q
iollevs:
WHEREAS, The western and central Dor.
ton Of the city have been amply provided
With c,sterns and water works, while the
eastern part only had Its pond which
afforded water for large district Of country
and was . source OF great convenience and
almost a ahsolute necessity 70 %. Bot
The pond ~ drained contrary 70 our will
and desire, although We contributed our
share to furnishing the western portion oil
the city With water, and
WHEREAAt The pond he's been rendered
What it never was before, = nuisance, and
hes eatailed great cost upon the city,
therefore b Il
Reetsed, That il il the sense of this
meeting that The pond be restored TO il
pristine beauty and usefulneR.
Resotrod, That il IL the sense Of this
meeting, that a another act OF folly il nov
projected, that il meets with the hearty
disapproval and condemnation Of the citi-
Gems Of this part of the city. that il the
restraining Of hogs and cattle. a the hogs
are our only scavengen. and the COWS in
many instances are the only sourre Of sup
port Of many Of our people.
Rssotred, That these resolutions be pre-
sented 70 the city council, BY onr Alderman.
Hon. Wm. Hill.
PAT. sLAvEs., Com.
r. SrEvENsoN,
On motion the resOlutioas we're unani.
ooasly adopted and the meeting adjourned.
The Carrollton Democrm came to 10
yesterday drsped in deep mourning for the
old hero, James Fl. Shields. and containing
. foil account of the last sad honom paid
him b By his fellow -citisens. The General
leaves three children-tvo boys and one
girl, the eldest Of whom is eleven and the
youngest four yes.s old. General Shields
~ born in ireland, in 1910. and Was con-
sequently sixty-nine years old at the time
Of his death.
the mufned drums sad roll has heat
The soldiers last tattoo;
No more On liteS parade shall meet
Tie brave and fallen few.
o. fame's eternal camping ground,
Their silent tents are spread,
And glory guards. With solemn rourd
The bivouac of the dead"
"A young blacksmith, Who has Just n
rived in the city. concluded Friday evening
to 60 buggy riding, doubslee thinking that
the best way 70 find out all about the city
- we'll - re the sighas. He went to one
Of our livery men and secured the rig. II
% happened, however, that he took on inst
. little too much tanGle-foot and thought
the entire road belonged to him. He met
. sturdy old farmer coming into town in q
heavy wagon and concluded be would cause
HIM some inconvenieoce, and forthwith ran
directly into the wagon. But thines didn'l
pan out right. The young blacksmith, q
be picked himself up and looked At the
wreck Of his buggy. slowly dravIed out /: II
say, mistes, did you rus into ne. OF into
you Il II hasd 10 say, bat the livery
nan Il anxious for somebody to nay him
sbout forty dollars, II which amount be q.
Inmates bis rig damaged.
Boo0 PRINTING Establishment
The 6edalia BAzoo oGIoe, d the beai
printing establishment Ne have seen this
side Of g. Louis. Il 10 veil stocked with
machinery neceasary TO carry on business
10 Metropolitan style. Their four presses
are Constantly running and the bindery de.
psrtment Is especially busy. J. West il
proud of the BAzoo establishment and We
don't blame him, ~ il 10 . big bonanza.
Our friend Baxter hes chsrke Of the Job
Department and keeps everything in ex.
cellent order, and turns out work that com
pares With the best. Jim. Montgomery ID
the business manager, and everything
under his charge II like clock work. And
Tie ladies' that are in The nevs room. made
- feel that it would b good 70 hold .
"posish" thsre. All in Ill Brosber Good
yin has The bon printing establishmeot Of
The Southwest, With vide door and . long
laAch-strinG.-Gesoda, No, Ledger.