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The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1881-07-19
APPLETON CITY, Mo.


Good rains at Appleton City.
Main street is being macadam;zed.
Mr.. Price has built nice two-story
frame.
Considerable building is going on at
this time.
Appleton city has town pump that
all can Use.
Squire Davis has a ;wO-story frame
about completed.
The Appleton mills are now doing a
splendid business.
Mr.. Grantlev's residence has been en-
larsed and considerably improved.
Five churches and good twO-story
brick school house. Educate the MASSES.
w. ID. Clark, Iuxuriates in a HOlcomh
patent telephone, As also does Mr.. Wy
ko.f
Mrs. Movers has new addition to
her house that improves its appearance
| greatly.
The Paragraph bloometh. Del Cobb
tho editor. has had his hair moved
close.
The foundation of the Merchants
Bank is about completed. This bank will
be Two stories high, 25x62, with IL incl
brick walls, resting on twenty inch stone
foundation. The construction Is superin
tended by Mr. +. Mason, who, many year:
ago. dispensed drugs TO the citizens OF Sc
dalia.
Mr.. c. 4. Cremer, proprietor Of In
Appleton House, is an old hand at cater
ing to the public taste. His tables yester
dav were we'll patronized, and those arorn'
them all Joined in the merited praise "
the quantity and quality If the eatibie'
Long may you wave, Charley.
The Durlev Hall is about completed
1t is a two-story building, 5Ox14O feet
The ground door is divided into two larg
and splendidlv finished sa!csrooms. On
will be occupied by NJ. Joe Reed, the 9th
or by y. :. Gardner. The second stor.
is an opera hall 5Oxl 10 feet, with dress cir
Gle and pit, and stage 24x3O. Tins !
the neatest and most substantial building
within fifty miles of Appleton City. 1t
> owner. We are informed, came from Lon
don TO Missouri, with only one dollar an
fifty cents, but to-day his assets foot up I
, not less than fifty thousand dollars. ;
much for pluck and energy. As honor t
whom honor is due, We should not forge
+ the builders, Messrs. Simple 4 Perkins
!, Of St. Louis.
MIR. c. Rinear, marble cutter an
! merchant, who many years ago was mar
{ of-war man, on board of a L. 5. frigate,
now at work on a model OF a double lin
thirtv-four gun frigate. The hull, whic
1 is of Vermont marble, is twenty-five inch'
from stem to stern, eight inches in dept
Of hold and seven inch beam. She will !
;, tifty-four inches from boom end to spank
. end. with her main mast thirtv-fo'
inches high. Her rigging sails an
s;reamers will he made OF silk, and wh'
y complete will have all, binacic, comPa'
"a ,stans, anchors, gigs, life boats, har
# mocks. poop rail and gun, fOrecastle piv
gun. long tom, gun carriages. These gu
are of cast iron, about two and One-hs
e inches long. The gun rail is Of waln'
h highly finished Mr.. Rincar has alrea'
refused SIPS for his model, which is S.
II ficient to prove its valuable wOrkmanshl
4 This frigate will be on exhibition at {
Sedalia fair, and will he ratified of on I
l. last dav.
The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1881-07-19

The agony is over. Miller will
keep Platts seat in the United
States senate warm during the re-
nainder of his term. And the peo-
pc are not sorry that the matter is at
hst settled. The stencil of radical
corruption, as developed BY the in
vestigating committee, has ascended
to Heaven long enough. Its odor
vss worse than that of q dead animal
II the nostrils of American freemen.
Each succeeding republican admins
tration has shown up the rascality Of
is predecessor in order to cover up
more efectually, their own dark
deeds. The Albapy convention hal
been nothing less than . republican
acheme to foist additional taxes upon
tie people of New York, and to save,
fpossible, the hero of Canonchet from
defeat. The election of Miller viz
tually settles the matter as far ~
Conkling is concerned. As to Plat
The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1881-07-19
WEEKLY BAZOO.
SEDALIA, MO.
TUESDAY, JULY 10, 1881.
OUR NEW CLOTHES.

The BAzoo appears in new suit OF
clear, clean, slick clothes this morn
ing, suitable for ga paper published
for the people now ON EARTH In this
the BAzoo congratulates its readers
as we'll do We congratulate ourselves
in the fine appearance of the Oldest
daily paper in Sedalia.
The patrons of the BAzoo will in
dulge its manager in a little boasting,
as it rarely or ever is given to this
bombastic way of advertising.
Nearly thirteen years ago the idea
was conceived Of establishing an indie
pendent newspaper in Seda!ia. A
few type an old second hand press
and a bag of wind was bought on
space and the paper was born to re-
ceive the plaudits of many Sedalians
and the SCOTS and jeers of few.
It was small, butreader, it was loud
Many of the older residents, very
many of whom have perused its pages
every publication day since, stood by
the bantling and saw it struggle fol
existence on tie uncertain sea Of jour
nalism. As it grew older and strong
g it gained friends and popularity
until to-day it is in good sailing water
and is as fine a craft as ever hoisted
sail.
Kind reader, this has all been &C
complished by work. No politica
party has espoused its causeIor take'
up the cudgel for its prosperity. Tn
BAzoo is not the organ of any party o
clique. 1t is a newspaper in tn
broadest sense of the term and as
proof of this assertion peruse its eigh
pages to-day crammed with the hes
and choicest that the literary worl
can produce and all the news that ca
be gathered by faithful, painstakine
pushing reporters and the electric wiz
which spans the globe.
lis circulation to-day reaches thre
thousand and its manager is proud {
the showing.
To the friends of the BAzoo, "
owe lasting debt Of gratitude
one as we can never repay. The
commands shall always be respecte
and it will be a pleasureto serve then
Ingratitude is base crime. The re
possibility of such shall never re
upon the shoulders Of its manager.
To its enemies: God bless yo
You have assisted the BAzoo by via
Of wrath, which have been empti'
upon its devoted head. Whenever {
enemy has assaulted, its friends I
doubled their exertions, hence Il
assistance and success.
To-day it is enlarged to Gig
pages and employees in different capa'
ties forty men, boys and girls.
Success in the highest degree is Il
BAzOO's standard.
It will get there.
The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1881-07-19

no one cares how soon he may drop
from public observation. He fell
before the schemes Of his enemies
who employed a siren to ensDare
him. As it is now. the democrats
may be enabled to get an occasional
hearing on the floor of the halls Of
congress.
The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1881-07-19
who WIN Answer I?

The following has been handed INTO TINS
Office with request that some person VINO
can 6gure it out, answer through the COL
"a man had two sons, and wished to
divide hi. estate equally between them.
IT, =, .> ss,.te consists Of three hundred acres
81 land valued at $1,000. One son was
charged sl.5O per acre more !nan s. nls
hrotSer. What number OF acres did eacn
one Get and how much did each pay per
acre"
The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1881-07-19

The following named farmers in Pettis
have old wheat on hand Is follows: Judge
w. C. Gideon, 10000; T. n. Triplet, 1000;
Edward Carton, 5000 bushels, and several
others to hear from. All this has been
held for better prices.
The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1881-07-19

ABOUT uve IeCS eI8us 1SsNAsSO sosA 49,.
weighed about $50 pounds. At the time
the outlaws committed their first murder,
he wore q mustache and side-vhiskers.
His hair was dark and his eyes blue. He
generally wore dark clothes and was was
particularly vain Of his feet, which were
rather shapely and took number boot
easily. He used to pass the winter hunt:
ing and trapping, and in summer would
sometimes do farm work. He was an
adept in woodcraft, and . good shot with
revolver and rife, though not looked upon
a in any way remarkable in that country
where the use Of these weapons il familiar
jesse Never was Of tall, 1.-THE form, his
height being about six feet, and weight
no. He was Of q quiet turn, seldom talk
ins much. his habit of silence having per-
hans been acquired during term he serv.
ed in the penitentiary some years ago
He had q weakness for tight Pantaloona
and generally wore . black frock coat
He had light hair and blue eyes, one Of
which Was marked by an old scar that
rave il . sinister look. He wore . mus
tsche and . tuft of whiskers ON his chin
of both Of which he usually took pretty
GOOD care. He was in the prime OF LIE
and q pretty good specimen OF . mar
physically.
The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1881-07-19
VILLAGE NOTES.

congress,
The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1881-07-19

What is Being Done in the Small
Cities Along the Lines OF
Railroads Centering at
Sedalia.
The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1881-07-19

Smoke Peter Kuhn's Resolution.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1881-12-01
THE TARIFF CONVENTION.

The welcome which the New York
World held out to the delegates to the
Tariff Convention was made in the IA
nous terms which Tom CORwIN recon-
mended the MexicanS to welcome our
troops, with bloody hands to hospita-
Die graves"
mistake not, that about expresses
the disposition of the country toward
that convention.
Not that the country fails to appreciate
the necessity, the urgent necessity, for q
radical reform in our tariff and revenue
systems, but doubling the purposes and
disintereSted designs of this peculiar
assemblage of capitalists.
There Is more or less truth in t he ale
CATION of the World, that 'every one of
the delegates, excepting two or three
figure heads, attends the convention as
IN advocate of his own personal inter-
estS."
1t is, perhaps, the least thought in the
minds of this Convention that the gross
abuses OF our revenue system may be re-
dreSsed-that the enormous waste in the
public revenues may be stopped, and
that more economical and Just system
of collecting and discussing the public
funds may be devised.
The most alarming of these abuses at
present, as pointed out by the World, is
the operation of the Arrears of Pensions
Bill. That this bill is resulting in q
plain swindle upon the taxpayers of the
country is sufficiently shown by the
single fact that last year, fifteen years
after the close of the war, and therefore,
fifteen years after the last just claim for
u pension had accrued, S,057 new names
were added TO the pension list.
1t would not, perhaps, be absolutely
just 10 say that these SO57 names repre-
scented precisely S,0o7 Swiudling claims,
but it Is quite out of the question that 80
many as one-tenth of them are just
claims.
But this is only one of the many ex-
isting schemes by which the revenues
are being depleted, and the government
swindled under the forms of law. We
might sight the Star Route frauds and
other kindred measures. Yet it is not
probable that any of the delegates who
compose the New York convention are
contemplating a reform from such
standpoint IS a means of increasing, or
at least, economizing the public rev.
enueS.
IL is demonstrated even now, that the
revenue is many times too great for the
legitimate expenses of the government.
If the administration and Congress are
only tolerably scrupulouS in expendi-
lures, the internal tax, as well as many
items of the tariff, might be reduced and
still leave large surplus to be applied
to the public debt.
Unless some special friends de-
vote themselves to committing I'M
heard of frauds in the various
departments, we shall presently
the present tariffs not obviously need
less except as a system of protection;
and 1t Is quite certain that q very much
lower tariff than we now suffer, might
De made, II it were judieiously adjusted,
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1881-12-01
: ,re.inoe more reyenue than Che pres

to produce more revenue than the pres
ent tariff.
This Convention, however, If they are
what the country Is disposed to judge
them to be, q body Of men
who are interested IN maintain
tanning the tariff without reference ! 70
the expenses of the Government, VIII
not be concerned In any scheme for re-
ducing expenses, but rather in swelling
the expenses in every possible way.
They will not busy themselves with
stopping leaks in any department Of the
public service, but regard such leaks as
promoters of their peculiar tariff pro-
gramme. The burden they would I'M
pose upon the public can best be shown
to be a necessary burden il all the reve-
nue. it provides is promptly spent.
We rather suspect that the Judgment
of the country will be that this Is not the
proper convention to revise the tarlff.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1881-12-01
THE VIRGINIA VOTE.

The official declaration OF the vote Oh
Virginia, at the recent election, was
made on Monday.
Under the law the vote for Governor
is canvassed by the Legislature, and the
vote for Attorney General, the only
officer ON the State ticket whose votes
are canvassed by the State Board, as
officially declared, at Richmond, was
as follows: p. w. MCKINNEY, Demo-
crat, 100, 627; FRANK S. BLAIR, Read
iuster-Republican liz, 900; BLAIR'S ma
iority, 1928. AT the Presidential
election of last year the vote was as
follows. Regular Democratic, 96,-
449: Readjuster and Republican, u.s.
166: Readjuster and Republican maJorl-
ty, 1877; Democratic gain over 1851,
6,444. The Democratic vote increased
Ais, while the combination fell OH
1886.
In the face of the majority against
them at the start and the tremendous
power of the Federal Administration
with all its underlings eXerted in favor
of their opponents, it is but just praise 10
Virginia Democrats to say that they
fought good fight, and one of which
they need not be ashamed.
MAHONE says there are llO,-
900 negro votes in the State. 1t
seems probable, therefore, that the Ma.
hOne-Readjuste vote was nearly all
negroes. The vote was not full, n large
number, probably the bulk of the white
Republican, who had no ticket in the
Esfeid. remained at home. The aggre-
Egate vote will fall $1,000 short Of. that
cast at the Presidential election last year.
The proclivity of negroes to vote, and
especially when there are monetary in
ducements, renders it likely that the de-
ficiency in the vote results mainly from
the absence of white men from the
polls; and from the want of motive We
vealluded to, the absentees wereprob-
ably white Republicans. The amount
of pride which respectable Republicans
can afford to indulge in over such re-
suit may I've fairly judged by bordering
these facts.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1881-12-01

THE London Spectator thinks there
should be an Irish secretary for Ireland.
Why not? England not only refuses to
Ireland the boon of local Self-govern-
ment, but sends Englishmen to govern
the country. 1t is the same rs il, after
the war, the South had been held rs con-
quered territory, and Northern men sent
down there Is managers of the people.
Ii would have been an easy matter to
make larger Ireland in the South, and
some influential public men were strong
~ in favor of that course. Happily,
wiser comsels prevailed, and sectional
prejudices are rapidly passing away. The
race line in the South is no more sharp
~ drawn than the religion line in Ire
land, which has done 50 much TO per-
petuate luminosity.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1881-12-01

THE Republicans and the Admins
tration will start with a majority in
both Senate and House, but they are
the sort of majorities which perish in a
day. Republicanism cannot always fol-
low Reputation; Reputation cannot
follow honesty, and the breach must
come and come early. And when il
shall come, where will the Republican
leaders find themselves? They and
their President and their party will be
degraded TO minority by their own fol-
lies, and their cause will be so blotted
before the people that they must start In
the next popular struggle on the aefen-
sive and continue on the defensive-a
position that is the sure precursor Of de
feat
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1881-12-01

SINCE the Democrats secured the
New York Legislature the Republican
party seems to have materially revised
It's views about Congressional sppOrtion-
ment. When the Democrats proposed
to pass bill making q house of Sl9
members, 1t was very unsatisfactory TO
the Republicans; but now that any
other number than that will require 3
Encouragement OF the New York dis
tricts, it seems to be just the thing thew
want. New York Is ingeniously dis
tricted now for the advantage of the Re
publican party and there is no possible
method by which a Democratic Legis-
lature could be forced to make new dis
triets as favorable as the old. 1t is only
in q house Of S19S members that New
York viii retain exactly its present rep
resentation, so Republican opinion Is
rapidly erystalizing In favor Of that
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1881-12-01

pbil0y{eInbiT TyOlsS

Arthur still poses as the Sphynx. His
Cabinet, if made, is kept in his own mind.
He enjoys Grants grim pleasure in sur
priSeS, and If rumor is to be trusted he has
a notion of even emulating Grants famous
coup de theatre in reSurrccting the great
unknown Alderman among the Georgia
pine cones. Arthur's find is 4 certain
Judge Cole, an Iowa statesm an brought to
the surface by Grant, who was mysterious
~ summoned to Washington the other day
and who is endowed by rumor, with her
hundred tongues, with any portfolio he
may choose to select. 1t will be noticed
that. wide as the circles of rumOr extend.
their waves always keep Grant and his
friends on the surface. We hear nothing
about Sherman statesmen, BriStow states
men, Blaine statesmen, or any sort Of
statesmen but those who are congenial to
the very element of the party oyerslOughed
in all the recent elections.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1881-12-01

Peace has fallen like the largest kind of a
plaster to heal the wounds of the unseemly
sounds recently emitted by the warning
Foster and Sherman factions in Ohio The
truce, il is now oracularly announced, is a
real one Sherman and Foster are poiti-
cal Dioscuri in the division of the fleShpots.
1t was in the interests of the party that
Foster withdrew from Sherman 5 Senatorial
path. because he knew that he alone could
carry the election for Governor this year.
Now, however, Sherman is joined TO him
by bands of steel and will see that he Sue
Ceeds Pendleton in the Senate when the
time comes. What more could monarchy
desire than the perpetual rule in Office of
official families in this fashion. Here are
the houses of Sherman and Foster calmly
porfiOning out the rewards of office as il the
people were yoiceleSS in the matter.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1881-12-01

RIDDLEBERGER recently fought, or
attempted to fight, two duelsin one day,
and under the laws of Virginia is dis
qualified from holding any office. But
that does not prevent him from stand
ing n candidate for u. :. Senator from
that State. The Republican bargain
with MALONE requires that the famous
duelist shall not only be elected, but adj
mitted to the Senate contrary to law and
every idea of proprietY.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1881-12-01
The Frauds Failings.
Washington Post

It was one of the many failings of the
Fraud Il. b. Hayes to pretend to deter
minatiOn to uproot intemperance in the
army and at the same time modify court
martial sentences for drunkenness i'm
posed upon officers by their brethren in
arms. Since President Arthur came into
office four cases of drunkenness by officers,
and conduct resulting therefrom, have been
submitted to him for his action. In each
case the sentence of dismissal recommend
ed by the court was approved by the Presi-
dent. Such q course meets the approval of
army officers and laymen as well, and will
do much to preserve the high standard OF
excellence always desired and generally at
tanned i'll the service
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1881-12-01

THE abolition of the internal revenue
system, which the New York COnven-
ton is figuring upon, is very nice lit
tie scheme, abStractly considered, but
the raising of $50, 100000 from customs
10 make up the deficiency is where the
rub comes in.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1881-12-01

IF any one has a lingering doubt
about what sort of an administration
this of ARTHUR's is going to be, let him
glance at the following list of names
from which it is said the President pro-
poses TO select his Cabinet: FRELISG-
HUYSEN, CHAFFEE, BEALE, BOUT
WELL, LOSGsTREET, STORRS, FILLET.
Shades of the departed GARFIELD,
what wonders do we see!
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1881-12-01
The Case Of Mr.. MacYeRgh.
~

One of the Attorney Generals personal
organs. published in Philadelphia, informs
us officially that Mr.. MacVeagh has not
told mis- story, but that, under the proyoca-
ton of what are called assaults he may
do SO. We are glad to hear this Nothing
would afford us greater pleasure than to
print the story of Mr.. MacNeagh, for every
day of silence leaves him in a cruel and,
for his own sake, we trust, false position.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1881-12-01
Facts Alleged of Mr.. Jay Gould.

The purchase of the Express puts three OF
the newspapers of the Associated Press un-
der control of Gould. He is negotiating
for the Times and Journal Of Commerce, the
possession of either of which would give
him majority. The Associated Press con-
sistS of the Herald, .Sn, Tribune, Times,
Journal of Commerce, HorH and Express. The
death of Mr.. Morgan puts large number
of Times shares in the market; but if Gould
fails to secure that paper, he expects to get
the Journal Of Commerce. Neither the SIM
nor Herald is in the market; but Mr.. Gould
thinks that, with the telegraph and control
of the Associated Press in his hands they
can be easily thrOttlpd
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1881-12-01

THE reform Republicans of Pennsyl-
vania who talk of running WAYNE
MACVEAGH for Governor, are warned
to require bonds of him that he will not
run away from his Office and leave the
State in a lurch when he finds himself
with q good reform job on his hands.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1881-12-01

THERE is no danger of our going with
out johnny cakes this winter. The
farmers in Iowa are burning their corn
for fuel because it is cheaper than coal,
and despite what the Chicago speeula-
tors say there is corn enough to burn
and have nlentN TO eat.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1881-12-01

THE postal telegraph business in Eng
land proves a success ~ far as public APP
proval is concerned, The service is so
arranged that any one can write tele-
gram on any kind Of paper, stick on the
requisite stamp and put it in the nearest
letter box, where the postman, who
makes hourly trips, will get it and see
that it is dispatched rs soon rs he reaches
the office,
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1881-12-01

THE Greenbackers in Congress pro-
pose TO vote with the Republicans on
question of party politics, but graciOusly
suggest that on such matters rs finance
and currency, they will vote with the
Democrats. The Democrats may con-
clude, however, to differ with the Green
hackers on such questions.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1881-12-01
The Practical Test of Love.
Hartford Times.

The professions Of the Republicans Of
love for the cOlorcd man and a desire to
elevate his situation, are proved to be in
sincere when it comes TO the practical test.
They were ready to nominate Mr.. Rainey
for clerk of the House when they knew the
nomination meant nothing, as they were
in minority Now, when their nominee
can be elected they do not like the idea