The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1880-06-29

The Sham Battle at Sweet
Springs Yesterday
Afternoon.
Grand Barbecue, Ratification Meet
ing, Speeches, Dress Ball,
Personal Points,
Etc, Etc.

The convention OF bankers will be held
here June 30th.
-l,aOO persons took dinner st hotel
M.rmaduke yesterday:
There are many more guests at the
Syringe this season than last.
Romeo" lie the name given by the
/: aides to Sergeant Armstong.
There we're 5,Oc) people witnessed the
ham battle inside the fair grounds.
Miss Eugenia Cuthbert leaves for her
home in S.. Louis, Monday evening.
-Thos. B. Price and family, Of Avondale
farm, are guests At Ho.sl Marmsduke.
One soldier was o; ersed putting on
new oelluloid collar just before going into
battle.
ll-Mr. Redpath. of Boston, of the Red
path Lec,uring Bureau, is guest At the
Springs.
the billiard hall was literally patron
.zed yesterday. several ladies INDUCING in
the game.
Miss Libbie McMahan, Of Council
Bluffs, has arrived At the Spring She
will remain short time.
A grand ball WAS given lsst night
by the police reserves. A great many par
,icipated and had pleasant time.
Splendid order VAS observed on the
grounds, owing largely to the efforts
Of the marshal of the day, Mr.. Shaw.
As one of the police reserves who waf
| in the sham battle played dead and VA
carried TO the rear on a stretcher, he raised
M on his elbow ~ the two men were wad
ding along with him "a fsst ~ possible
and cheerfully sung out, BY lingo, aiu'
this . picnicr'
The two most noticeable figures on tn
battle field we're Iousve Gleason twhon
they call "fstty,") on the retreat, and chal
lain Belts, a tall, slender gentleman, on tn
advance, carrying liniment, and asr's n
the medical depar; oent.
Chaplain Belts found . bible in tn
tent of the band boys, belonging to BAN
hoy Who wss an English soldier, am
urocured the bible in Malta. He recite,
to the chaplain the eutires service OF III
Episcopal church, TO convince the Pasto
that he was posted.
-rbe-day the Police Reserves n i've
here Col Butler telegraph to M. {
Nichols, train dispatcher at Sedalia, al
ing him to ascertain what price TIE hots
keet er at Jefferson c. wanted paid him 70
the alleged eatabl and food that b
ella: ned The Reserves owed him for. H
sen, in . bill Of 1875, and C,l. Butle
paid il with q check by return NIL.
George Morg.n, of company tx,
Was sun-struck just after the sham BATH
was over He yrs re'r .ating ard w'
holly pu..,ued by two reserves, when b
became exhausted and overcome BY hes
.ud tainted. Surgeon McCandless tres. =
him. 1t WIS feared that it might Undue
Inflammation of the brain. 10 the eve
ming he convalesced 90 re to be able
: walk to the hotel. He w. taken hou
on the train I.s. night. Nothing serior
, ls now anticipated in his case.
"A company al" man came up to
member Of company F Yesterday with
cane in his hand, and said, 81 atm min
reader; let your eyes follow this stick :
wave il, and. follow closely With 20,
b eyes every movement, and 1 will tell yo
l what you are thinking about" The con
! rsde did re- he did him, aud after shot
Eve minut Of close watching, getting IN
patient, he cried out, SWELL, what am
;. thinking about now?" "You are Thin
: ing,h s.gely replied the stick wiggler, "wh
: d fool / am making of you, thai
ALL"
). The Leap yesr ball given Friday mig
+. was . magnificent affair. Among q
il most exqu;si, Of the ladiss' toilets. q
following are . few: Miss Price, Of {
!. Louis, dress of French Orzsnds musl
,. iangueoc lace trimmins 10y t'aut
b full. Mrr. J. H. Taylor, of Carthsg
A black silk and velvet, trimu in 20,
i, Isce. diamond, jewelry. Very tat
= Miss MulhaIl, of st. LOUIE, silk grenada
4. vith cardinal fscines and lace trimming
;, Miss Todd. Of Columbia, No, garnet sill
). and satin. en- train, coral j-welFy. NJ
70 L@slie Marmaduke, lavender silk vi
|. lace overdress and pearl jewelry. Nj
Catharine Barclay, white dotted silk, .di
!. mond jewelry. Miss Collins, blue sat
!, trimmed With lace. Miss Cuthberf, dc
!. ted swiss with embroidery. Miss Allen,
), Liberty, Me-, light blue saiin, ssd e
. gram com Ol0oIlOO. Nn4tOluH. miS u
witt, of Fayetie, No. white Paris mssl
10 with lace TRAININGS.
81 Yesterday an irate Mississippian CHI
4. lenged . valorous Missouriah, both Of T
& lice Reserves, 10 fight duel. The cau
Of the disagreeableness was dispute abo
rifle shooting match lately held in can
IT'S said the challeng sccep'sd, aud {
. lected ss weapons snow balls; distance, ,
). yards; time, just after dress Parsd
[c but there vas no war, probably for want
e SNOW. Dueling il an old man With vince
II ing voice, equity legs, paraiyzed arms q
dismantled brains. AMI il fast saying
prayers and creeping of into the weeds
e die, dragging along his revolvers and
:. votes fastened to his cocktails. So mt
II il be.