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The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1881-10-04
AGAIN IN THE TOLLS.
Winston @. Newton, Who Escaped
from Jail in 1879, Caught in
Texas

Deputy United States Marshal Elliott
arrived I'm Kansas City yesterday morning
from Texas with Winston e.. Newton, an
escaped prisoner. Newton, some three
wears ago, broke into three postofficcS in
Lafayette county-Mount Hope, Chapel
Hill AMI Odessa. The last one he burned
after riding it. He did not obtain much
money by his exploits. IL was discovered
that Newton was the perpetrator oi these
crimes, and he was arrested, tried and
found guilty. Pending hi, sentence he
was confined in the Jail at independence.
Jackson county. This was In 1879
While awaiting the sentence he managed
to escape, and has been at liberty ever
since. until recently, when he was arrested
in Texas. Ii l. not certainly known how
he escaped from the independence Jail,
but il Is said he removed stone from the
stove pipe hole and going through the en-
iarged aperture into the chimney, escaped
thence To- the roof and then To- the ground
When asked about this manner oi escape
he smiled and remarked, ''Lct EN- think
So
Ever since his escape he has been hunted
Tor by the UnIicd States officials, AMI last
week, receiving notice OF his arrest and
confinement; in the Jail IT COmanche, CO.
manchc county, Texas, Deputy Marshal
Elliott went after him. Since his tight
Newton has been in Western Texas, en-
gagged in her,iinS cattle and like pursuits
He i now secure in the Second street Jail
in Kansas City. not likely To get out until
he i sentenced. The district court con-
vencs on the 18th inst, when he will r.
crive sentence.
Mr.. Elliott had To- travel about fifty
mile. in wagon with hi, prisoner. While
travelling this distance Newton was st.
cUrely fastened 10 the wagon with rope.
- he could not possibly escape. cor even
make an attempt. Cvmanche ! 2O0 miles
from p1ria-
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A MYSTERIOUS TRAVELLER
A Beautiful Woman Deserted and
Left to Die at the Depot.
Kaa>a-t.itv Tinle-.

Kansas city Times.
\ sensational and most mysterious AZ
fair was enacted 1T the I MON depot last
evening, commencing on the arrival OF the
Missouri Pacific train at 80. and extend
ing far into the night When the train
arrived u prepo>>es>ing and weil-,ire,>ed
Young woman was assisted To alight AMI
taken 10 the ladies waiting room, where
he was seized with some kind OF sinking
spells, indicating heart-di,ea>e or nervous
prO~tration, AMI IL was feared >he was dv-
lng. Meanwhile her mae companion had
disappeared. Drs. Rieger and MILESTONE
Were summoned and attended her until
after midnight. She refused u tell her
name to either police officers or reporters,
hit il l. thought made il known To the
physicians.
Enough nf her story was CLEANED 10
know that she came from Missouri CITY,
Mo-. i'll search OF IN erring sister. The
sister hal run away from home, ami Il let
t.r written bv business, man in this city
to the i'm, Ill had informed the latte til. I
her sister VS. tIeu an inmate oi VI, e
OBrien> low bagnio on Main street. near
the Ievce
Thither the other had come TO reclaim
HtE tIIlIiS >I>tT iTTINlflI Mere uuutT the
circumstances already stated. The Young
man who was first seen with her claimed
To- IL druggist. Round>man Hin : in
ve>tigatci the matter at the depot. bu, was
unable To find the Young man. The Young
man had told somebody before he lett that
the woman was a widow and that her hu--
band hal been dead eight months. This
the woman denied. saving she was un-
married. but the doctors were positive she
was encien,r.
Capt Malloy also sent a man to Mollie
O'Briens house, where IL was learned that
a girl from Missouri City had stopped
there during fair week and LETT for Holden.
Mo-, after the fair
The fair traveller had no money and re-
fused to speak OF herself. laying languidly
on an improvi>ed pallet and evidently
altogether clear Is to her future course.
Alluding To the Young man already men
toned. she said he was the cause OF all
her troubles.
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COW, and vet she wa, not happy. oft a,
she sat in the pickering fire light OF
closing winters day, her thoughts went
back To- the scenes OF long ago, and she
saw IN the curling flames vision of
widowed youth in summer pants sitting
on 4 blackberry pie.
Elizabeth Ann, since the departure of
Reginald. had been numerouSly courted.
but hal numerouSlv said no" Her
heart WAS In the far distant west, where
the bald-headed Indian agent roam, un-
moltsted AMI the gentle savage sinks
peacefully to rest beneath the myrtle and
the cypress under the soothing influence of
tire-water. As Elizabeth Ann sat thus
thinking one evening she was startled by
faint cry from without. Hush what Is
there I'm that voice that drives the hot
blood from the checks Of the maiden and
causes her mouth To tiy open like an old
fashioned rat trap? She starts the faint
cry Il heard again above the cooling oi the
night wind->he creepS To the door, one
hand ON her heart, her face pale even To-
the lips. She reaches Tor the knob, and
A. the door "Opens >he hears the voice again.
clear and mellow, wailing: "Plea,e,
won't somebody bring me pair OF pant,
I've got hat and necktie'
Ii was the voice OF Reginald De st.
Aubrey Smith. He had returned from the
vast, the boundle>S west, but alas, he had
no shirt studs, no stove pipe. Wealth had
not come tn him To- any great extent. For
almost two years he had struggled for ex-
l>tence a. third-a>siStant secretary in the
DISTINGUISHING department of fourth class
hotel, and had turned his paper collar
seventeen times. DeSpairing of getting
rich ut this rate, within three or four hun
dred wears, he had turned his paper collar
once more and started for the scenes of hi>
childhood'> happy days.
Having no railroad pass, he walked, and
going one day To- Il house to beg for 4 NOR
sci oi chicken pot pie, he wa, interviewed
by ferocious bull dog and came away
changed man. But he rejoiced that hi
hat AMI necktie We're lett him. Thus Reg
lnald BEST. Aubrey Smith reached the
house of Elizabeth Ann in the night time.
amt a. ne stood behind convenient lilac
bush, ne plead for pair of pants.
CHAPTER VI.
Another year has gone by, AMI Reginald |
ami Elizabeth Ann are one They share
the forty acres AMI the brindl, cow. ami |
Reginald l. wearing the cruel parents J
,tove-pipe hat. Thu, We leave them 10 |
their happiness.
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LAMONTE ITEMS.

Plenty OF water for blowing and Tor
stock
John Harmon ha- resigned a pumper
al the tank aEl a new man from Elijah
has taken his place.
DIR. Samuel Conway and family leave
to-day To visit the doctors parents at
their home in -. Loui, county.
The Missouri Pacific railway company
j, building new tank one mile east OF
town and a half-mile north oi their pond.
John Patton's hon>e is now vacant.
Some OF the last occupants left between
two DAYS. but the balance waited To ship
their plumber.
Mr.. Whitman delivered lecture At
the Methodist church here last Tuesday
NJ ht. and Is now canvassing Tor book.
which he SAYS relates many things new.
Wheat sowing had nearly been COM
p,eted when the rain set iii. but the farm
ers will now have To- wait a few DAYS for
the ground TO dry before its completion.
We are getting To be quite city. We
have four dry goods stores, one grocery
store. two stove and tin shops, three res
iaurants two saloons, three drug stores, one
hardware store two furniture stores and
undertaken shops, two blacksmith shops,
two livery stables, three butcher shops.
two barber shops, two hotels and several
private boarding houses, one lumber yard,
one millinery store, two grain buyers, three
churches, one steam Touring mill and all
the carpenters and laboring men that are
necessary TO make n city.
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PILOT GROVE ITEMS.
oil rain last FRIDAY.

food rain last Friday.
Business il lively with the merchants
now.
A great many farmer, are threshing
wheat now.
Rev. Mr.. Buchanan was seen in town
one day last week.
Miss Emma Smith, OF this place, has
been quite indispo>ed for the past few
days.
The wide awake merchants OF our
town appreciate 4 live paper, and hence
paf.onize the BAzoo.
MIR. ID. W. Layton, of BoOnville, spent
q few DAYS here last week. Mr.. Layton Is
a very clever Young fellow, and has a
number OF friends here.
Mr. j. Il. Ellis, one OF the most ener-
getic merchants ii this place, visited 1T.
Louis last wet or the purpose OF laying
In full line OF ,all goods.
-Bu>incss in Pilot Grove i better than
il has been for some time, and If YOU don't
believe it, just give the merchants call
and see how busy they keep their clerks
MIR. Frank Harris, of st. Louis. passed
through our town last week, drumming
for the firm ofGilbert X Bros. Mr.. Harris
Is a cleve: fellow, and We have no doubt
but what he is good salesman.
MIR. III. W. Harris has just received a
general supply of goods. Mr. Harris
store house is always the model of neat
ness and we'll supplied with carefully
selected stock OF goods. His trade, he in
form us, is rapidly increasing, but why
shouldn't it when Mr. Rucker, his head
clerk, is possessed OF many good business
qualities and is As genial and clever as
anybody.
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FOOTLIGHT FLASHES.
Items Of Interest to Play GOers
From Everywhere
DURLEl HALL,
APPLETON GIN. 70.
J. W. ti-ant.ey. PIjpr,rj>.
vi. >,-4t ~.

-Jno. T. Raymond played at HoI yoke,
Mass. "a, night.
Fred. b. Warie PLAYED at Cedar
Rapids. Iowa. 18th and 39th.
-Cha,. Rogers. Matte Vickers and
company. played At Noberly and Clinton
last week.
Joseph Jefferson an1 Mrs Jno. Drew
in the Rivals were seen al Detroit, Sept.
30th anu Oc'. l>t
Max Fehrman i, now playing in San
Francisco, where he began lengthy en-
gasement on the 26th.
Emma Abbott and opera company
begin two weeks engagement at New
York city Tomorrow night.
Bowman was supposed to BE- ninety
wears OF age when he died 70 ccquette
was ever l. ore careful OF concealing her
age than this actor. To those who put
this TO him alarming question, his con-
slant reply was, ">ir, am very well.
-lioldsmith received one thousand
and three hundred pounds Tor HI, two
PLAYS. viz: Five hundred Tor the Good
Natured Man" and eight hundred foE
''She Stoops To Conquer sum very
seldom obtained by dramatic authors al
that time.
-On to-morrow night Edwin Booth and
Lawrence Barrett begin engagements IN
New York. each opening in Richlicu.
W.. venture the opinion that Lawrence
will wish he hadn't brought himself into
rivalry with Booth before the engage
ment Is over.
The Golden dramatic company con-
menced a week engagement AT Springfield
on Tuesday evening last. The company
was booked 70 open on Monday, but out
of respect 70 the memory o. our lamcnttd
president, NJ Golden declined 10 play on
that evening.
George Frederick Cook. the great
actor. was unfortunately addicted to strong
drink. When nearly diving he asked
friend who was at his bedside, to bring
him a gla,, OF water. at the same time,say-
ing: "On our deathbeds We must DE re-
conciled To our enemies.
When Talma was once playing Ham
let at Arras. in the fifth scene, where he Is
about to stab his mother,a military stranger
was SD overcome by the tragic powers OF
the actor. that he was carried out OF the
thea,er. his first words on recovery were,
''Ha. he killed his mother
Miss Patton, at rehearsal OF the Beg
CARS Opera" at the Haymarket theater,
intimated to the stage manager, l.. Dib-
din. her wish 70 sing The Mlser Thus
Shilling Sees" note higher. Dibdln
replied. Then, madam, you must sing
The Ni,er Thus Guinea Sees.
Milton Mobiles begins weeks engage
mrnt NJ New Orleans tomorrow night.
Ills new play, Interviews played for the
first time at ~. Louis, recently, was re-
ceived with much favor. Miss Ida Lewis
and W. III. Cooper, last season with W. III.
Powers. are now leading lady and man,
respectively. of Mobiles company.
The world Is the stage, men are the
performers. chance composes the piece, Tor
tune distributes the parts. and fools shift
the scenery; the philosophers are the
spectators, the rich occupy the boxes. the
powerful have their seat in the pit and the
poor sitlin the gallery the fair sex pre-
sent the reireshment, the tyrants occupy
the treasury benches, and those forsaken
bv Lady Fortune snuff the candles Folly
makes the concert and Time drops the
curtain.
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HIS GREAT WEALTH.
CHAPTER I.

Twas near the close oi an autumn dav
in September Won have noticed that We
sometimes hav. autumn dav~ in Scptem-
Dcri when Il solitary youth with Il pale AMI
intellectual east of cOUntrnancr. amt No.
II boots. might have been seen vending
hi> WAY along a quiet country rpai. In
the dim distance there iODmrd up pleas
ant. white-wa>hei farmhouse. surrounded
bv giant OAKS and seven yellow d"g> Cur
here's name l. acknowledgement dc >t
Aubrey Smith. He inherited the pride oi
his ancr>tnr>-which was about all he did
Inherit IIi> father was an arts, in wood
al II - per cord, and hi> irail mother
Took III washing: not bccau>e The was com
PEELED Ia do ~ Nv force "f circumstances.
-he said. but ior the benefit OF her health.
When Reginald reached the SOLITARY farm
house. he quieiri the suspicious OF lew
vi the yellow dogs with "A club he carried
i"r that purpose. and Knocked softly on th,.
door. which was Opeued by il maiden with
an alaba>ier brow and smile a. warm IL
sunshine on tin roof.
Reginald
Elizabeth Ana
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n the Republican
In a land beyond the pillows
Broad and deep and blue,
Sito the mighty Queen Of England.
Tender, great and true.
From acros, the sea and summer
Freighted winds have blown
Stories OF the stars OF diamonds,
Palace, prince and throne
We haze read in golden pages
Oh the gracious queen;
How the very sunlight giistens
Where her face i, seen
How the English Poses richer
Spring beneath her feet.
A. she tread, the palace garden,
Or the wales retreat
Heraldry and deeds OF valor
Down the Brunswick line,
Lose their splendor in the glory
Oh the humble shrine.
Where she kneels to breathe blessing,
With her ewes of love
Lifted to the God of Heaven
On that throne above
But We never ;eit the tender
Touch OF her fair hand,
Till the shadow Of >orrow
Fell across our land;
Till it smote the mighty forehead
Or our nations chief.
And the dav of brightest glory
Darkened into grief.
Then it was her queenlv bosom
shared with u ctr pain,
And hey messages g.: comfort
Were not all in vain.
Eut the token that shall never
From our hearts be hid,
Was her simple wreath OF flowers
On the cotfin-lid.
They have faded ere these verses
Find All humble place.
But the sweet deed. not the tempests
Ever can etface
While the memory OF our martyr
President, great name
Holds a page upon the records
In the halls Ot fame.
BooSvILLE, Mo-, ISL.
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QUEEN VICTORIA'S WREATH.
PLACED ON THE LID OF PRESIDENT GAR
FIELDS COFFIN

By GEORGE W. FERREL.
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Holm: & Hardcastle will sell goods
for cash only after October |, ISL. Gro
ard look at their goods and ask their
prices.
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should then peach on Brady, and tell how he
'diyIded with them the spolls; and that in
turn Brady should peach on Tyner, and Tyner
on Key, and all of them on Garfield and tell
him that he too partook of the plumber. at
went into your campaign, and carried the DC
,ober states for you, Here is your letter to
Iubbcll demanding IT. What then will come
of Garield's nerve, and Blaine's backing up:
Would those chiefs who, according to the New
York UeraH story "wrlggled in and wriggled
out" and broke faith so often, 80 shGmeessly
and rccklessly with Conklng and the "old
guard" hesitate a moment to desert James and
McNeagh and leave them IN the lurch? We
put this on record, and beg the rcaoer to stick
pin there that if James and McNeagh
prosecute this war on the post office rings I'M
Ill they begin to impingc on the really guilty,
and the stencil begins to invade the state de-
partmcnt and the precincts OF the White
House, their Official heads will go off like
Bristow's and Hcndcrson's. 50 quickly they
won't know what hurt them.
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THE STAR ROUTE PROSECUTION.

Postmaster General James was entertained
at dinner by the Chamber of Commerce In
New York last week, and IN speech replying
against the star route thieves, he said he and
Attorney General McVeagh had formed an
alliance offensive ana defensive, and we're re
solved on war of determination, and that the
President was backing them up,
No doubt In this Mr.. James and Mr. Nc
Veagh may be honest, but have they forgotten
the fate of poor BrIstow who charged so brave
~ on the whisky rings under Grant? Like
GARFIELD now, so Grant then SAID, "Let no
guilty man escape;" but when the guilty were
tracked across the very threshold of the white
house and into the circle of the Presidents
bosom friends and ancient trusty, drouhty
cronies," it was not the guilty, but poor BrIs
tow, Henderson, &c, that were punished. 1t
may be Jolly fun to follow up Clint Wheeler.
j. w. Dorsey, Price, Peck, Miner, &c; but
when the lasso of justice begins to take In
Stephen w. Dorsey, the man who saved Indi-
ana" Mr.. Brady, my Dear Hubbell," and
even uInttuS u hihscl anu
his particular coterie, will Garfield say then,
"Iet no guilty man escape'
As the case now stands, s. W. Dorsey can
show easily enough that while United States
Senator he held no star routes IN his own name
and Brady is quite impudcnt IN deiying Nc
Veagh to prove that he had any share III the
plumber, rs long as the pretext will serve that
he grew rich by judicious investment In tele-
phone stocks.
But suppose, in the course of Mr. McVeagh's
relentless quest your McDonalds. or Joys or
blessings should turn up, ready to turn states
evidence and blurt out the whole story TO save
themselves; and suppose then that Stephen
W. Dorsey's tools should tell the truth, that
Dorsey owned oil those contracts while still q
senator and gobbled the heavy end OF the
profits; that Dorsey or other pet contractors
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Mrs. Lincoln, who is now making her home
with the family OF Nlnian W. Edwards, her
brother-in-law, in Springfield, Is stated by the
State Register to be in precarious state OF
health, and Is slowly declining every day. She
IS confined to her bed most of the time, and
requires constant medical attendance. She is
suffering from an injury received in her back
by fall IN Europe two years ago, and which
caused Bright's disease of the kidneys. Her
nervous system is almost completely prostrat
ed, and at times her mental distress is very
great. This is attributable to the great shock
of her mind by the ASSASSINATION Other husband
by her side on that memorable night of April
IA, 1865. She is tendery cared for by her SIS
tiers, Mrs. NinIan Edwards and Mrs. c. NJ
Smith, who are with her constantly, and do all
they can to alleviate the sutferings OF the pa
tient. Should she be able to bear transporta
ton 1t is probable that she will be taken to
New York next month for medical treatment,
and to the seashore for the benefit of surf
baths and the ocean breezes
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THE OTTAWA POsr.OrFICE

The following comes to us from the Yves,
End"
1t is said that our jovial friend, John Stout,
is prominent candidate for the Ottawa post.
office. MIR. Stout is a man much respected by
all who ever met him, and should he receive
the appointment he would make one of the
most efficient p. Ms the county seat ever had
La Sale Democrat,
The Democrat is fervently edited and rarely
fails in stating case IN sufficiently strong
terms, but In the above notice Of MIR. Stout, we
think the Democrat drew il very mild. Nc
man in or about the county seat has more
friends. nor stronger ones, than John Stout
Tnin City Necs
1t sometimes pays to so from home to learn
the news. We find on inquiry that there Is
quite an earnest movement here on foot in ia
vor of Mr.. Stout for the postoffice, and though
politically 1t may be none Of our funeral" "
we have as citizens right TO insist that our
opponents shall give us postmaster who is
generally acceptable, and in that regard, we
can only repeat what we said four years ago,
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that no appointment could more completely
fill the bill than that of Mr.. Stout. Though a
straightout republican and one Of the most
efficient party workers, he has Away main
tanned such bearing as to retain the respect
Of the opposite party, so that when, rs ire
quently has been the case Mr.. Stout was
candidate for local offices, rs supervisor, &c,
he has been freely voted for 10y democrats as
well as republicans Besides, there is especial
sympathy for Mr. Stout just now because he
had really procured the appointment four
years ago and then was tricked out Of 1t at the
last moment in way that was to say the least
of it, dark and peculiar" He deserves the ap-
pontment now IN requital for the injustice
that was done HIM at that time.
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ANOTHER CoMET.-The second comet dis
covered this year was found on Friday morn
ing OF last week by Professor Edward Z. Bar
nard. of Nashville, Tenn. 1t is located II
right ascension, % hours SO minutes IS sec
onds; declination north, IA degrees "a minutes
90 seconds. 1t is small, bright and moving
slowly towards the northwest. Professor Bar
nard will receive the prize Of 5000 offered by
Mr.. II. Ii. Warner, of Rochester, the same
amount as Professor Swift received for the dis
covery of the first comet of 1881, ten days ear
lier. The discovery of two comets In sucf
close succession in point of time is said TO b
unprecedented in this country; yet they are 81
far off and manifest so little disposition to ap
proach our system, that no fears need be enter
tanned that through their agency at least Moth
er Symptoms prophecy will be fulfilled that
This world to an end will come
In eighteen hundred eighty-one.
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OUR CLUBBING

We are prepared to club the FREE TRADER
with the following publications, iurnishingb both
at the prices named, postage prepaid. The
offer-open to old subscribers or new at any
post office IN the county-ls the CHEAPEST
EVER MADE IN this county:
rRER TRADER and Chicago Weekly Times. ~ 90
FREE TRADER and Chicago Weekly Tribune. 2o5
FREE TRADER and Chicago Weekly Inter
OCtdN Soo
FREE TRADER and Chicago Weekly Journal. 263
FREE TRADER aud St Louis Republican 49,. 100
FREE TRADER aud st. Louis Globe. Democrat. 100
FREE TRADER and y. Y. Weekly Herd'd. -. 80
FREE TRADER and Ancricdn dgric,dturist 100
FREE TRADER and Prairie Farmer ....... 3OO
FREE TRADER and either Of Harper's publ
cations.
FREE TRADER and !Scribner. ................ 40
FREE TRADER and Godeys Ladics Book 800
FREE TRADER and Phrenologicdt journal. 80. 800
FREE TRADER and 81. Nicholas. ............ $40
FREE TRADER and Denlorests Nonthiy...... SO
FREE TRADER and Lhtelps Liying AW.... $50
FREE TRADER and Western Rural. ....,.... 800
FREE TRADER and Noore's Rural Ncb Yorker $50
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Postmaster General James renor,s

Postmaster General James reports, In over.
hauling the star routes, he has already made
The following savings IN the steamboat service
alone: For March, ssi5, 400; for April, 1884,
53l; from May to May 10, sl12,O13; total
$4,000 This saving has been effected with
out in any way cnppling the service or cur
failing its efficiency. and has been made on ex
Get information gathered by inspectors OF the
department who have carefully examined the
various routes. Much Of the reduction is the
result of the iabors Of the commission sent to
Memphis to investigate the river service ram.
flying from that point A very considerable