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The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1881-10-13
A True Bill!

Is Il true that the sscret compact be-
tE cen Jarvis, Worth and Vance and
Bee vas drawn 10y Best. attorney,
b.. Clement bowl, of Charlotte?
ali true that this agreement was
pur il:o &c, Jarvis oapds at Iii, own
request. to be withheld FROM the parties
Interested and the puhhc until he could
persuade Buford, Logan and Clyde to
sCr cpder their interest in the Western
Ecrih Carolina Railroad to Best2
Is it true hat Gov. JARVIS urged
this pe!icy and promised the Boston
syndicate to use ''alI the influence he
pUasesscd' over the Richmond & Dan
vile people to affect its o umma-
to7t
i it true, that, in the interval be-
tw,eH the date of the contract, May
80, 1881, and August Both, 1881. Gov.
Jarvis did not communicate with the
Richmond & Danville Railroad sysdi-
este in the premises, but continued tc
withhold the paper in question agains,
the protest of Beat counsel2-Greens
boro Patriot.
We know that part Of the above j!
true; we think that it all Is. Gov,
Vance. himself, states in his card, thai
he eft tie copy Of the Agreement with
GOV. Jervis to be forwarded to the r.
& ID. folks, and that it is not his fault
if he paper was withheld.
We recollect hat on the morning
after The Agreement was signed VIZ
s,ked for a copy to print in the Far
mT dHd Mechanic, urging las we have
always ipsisted) that the public wished
to know what was bsing done, anc
that cur Taxpayers hada right TO know
what w.s being done. The reply wa!
that Gov. JARVIS thought best to keel
the proceedings secret for the present
W responded that Jarvis would som
dag hnd out that an open straight-for
ward course Was best. That he hae
managed very cleverly in keeping th'
TACT of Best's ''sell out" to Andrew
L Co., until after his election, blu
thrt sooner or later the public woulC
get the history of the transaction, ant
would never forgive him for allowing
the object Of the sale to Best name
ly. to build ups grand Trunk Line fron
DCcktown to Beaufort) to become per
VtTtcd into . mere branch-suek-pipe o
the Richmond & DaDville r. r. t
suek the produce of our mountain
aN ~ from eur own market, to buil'
Vt Richmond This was tour month
"a. What saw the people nowf
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1881-10-13

In the New York Herald We lately
observed mention Of speedy cure Of
Thaddeu, Davis, Esq, OF the great isk
firm, l27 William street, New York,
of rheumatic govt by st. Jacobs OIL
st. Paul MIMI Pioneer Press.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1881-10-13

/ have the utmost confidence in the
mails. Enclose ST.. for two boxes, or
So 50 post Office order for six boxes, OF
Celery and Chanohhils pills | will take
all risk for money aud goods. DR.. {.
w. Benson, loo North Eutaw St. Bal
timors, Nd.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1881-10-13

E.vTvING FItiTsR lTEMs.-Ei Rus.
&c aged 40, was killed by the train
vie sleeping on the track, near Ham.
let Mr. jas A. Perry, formerly OF
F.'eigh, was fatally injured 10y a Rail
ri accident IN Texas.- Geo. NJ.
B. cd,s Is making a trip to the North.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1881-10-13
EoHruyoS Say Nv raca,

NORTHERN SLAv-Hy.- recent
glsnce a the t. ) l. Of le0J re
calls the c~uriOG, IA mat there then
Rename ,c4 s.a.c- m N--mbnt; 100 in
Rhode Island illa in Connection.
5000 In Nes Ter. Y. x ~ in New
YORK, aud - 0rD IN Pennsylvania.
The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1881-03-15
Where Banging Began.

Columbus O.. c. Register.
II has often been subject of WON
derment to US where our pretty girls got
the notion oi cOmbiBg their front hair
down ever their foreheads and cutting
off the ends so as to make the inch and
hall o: hair w;aich they keep hanging
down nearly 20 their eyebrows. and
which is irresisiibiy associated in our
minds with an imperfectly sheared
mules tail.
The mystery We solved TO our salts
faction last night As We dropped into
DIR. Jackson's. The doctor received
from New Zealand Yesterday among
quite variety of ferns and MOSES. an1
ether eCsiositiss from that semi-bar-
barous land. the picture of two Maori
natives OF that country-a boy and girl
and the latter had her back hair all
lOoped upon the top of her head and
stuck through with white-tipped
turkey feathers, and the front hair
hauled down in front. the ends ming
ling with the eyebrows
So, it is from New Zealand saw
ages, and not from the North Amer
lean Indian squaws, ladies, that YOU
copy the fashion. ''Nuf-sed.'
The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1881-03-15
The Time Had Come.

Three or four years ago when there
was a grip in the potato market. there
lived near an interior village in this
state farmer named Peters. He
raised good crops, paid his debts, and
was down ON rings Of all sorts. The
price Of potatoes kept going up and
up, and the old farmer grew uneasy.
He came into the village every even
ing to see how the market stood, and
although he never said much. ii was
evident that he would burst lis hoops
pretty soon If things continued on
that way. At length the climax
came. One evening the old man and
his son had warm corner of the gro
cery, when a citizen entered with q
new spaper in his hand and said:
This New York daily says that
the price Of potatoes is certain to I'D.
vance again before the week is out. :"
"What!" exclaimed Peters, ''anoth-
er advance in 'taters?"
Eyes. the Lord only knows what is
to be come Of the poor If this ring isn't
bursted."
The farmer arose, buttoned his old
white overcoat clear to his chin,
bought his fist down hard on the
cheese-box, and sternly said:
"rhe time has come! I've stood it
and stood il rs long rs I can, and now
I'm going to act! George. we'll 60
home and get ready to throw fitty-six
bushels Of peachblows on the market
tomorrow, and bust that wicked ring
all to thunder!"-Wall Street News.
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Nm. ConklinR.

The refusal Of Mrs. C0nkling and
her daughter to invite Mrs. Sprague
to the lstter's wedding Was resented,
says . correspondent OF the Louisville
Courier-JOurnal, by the senator to the
extent OF absenting himself On that &C.
cssion. and n refusal to speak to his
daughter afterwarl. When he wish
ed to smooshe his rufiled plumagc
prior to the state convention in New
York last February, he commanded
his wife to come to Washington and
drive in an open carriage with Mrs.
Sprague, and dine with her. If she
Obeyed. he said he would to see his
daughter and be reconciled to her.
The injured. patient wife meekly sub
mitted. and came to the Riggs house,
where she passed five days. Mrs.
Sprague drove iu her carriage to the
hotel and sent her card to Mrs. Conk-
ling. >he was received. Next the
two ladies rode together through the
principal streets Of the city. The last
move in the game was the dinner.
Many were hidden. but excuses made
by all but Judge Swayne. Judge Field
(but not :heir wives), Mrs. Hamilton
Smith. u Mrs. Barrett, a young men,
Der OF congress from Rhode Island,
Mrs. Sprague, Senator and Mrs. Conk-
ling. These comprised the guests.
The hostess or Mr.. Conkling caused
the dinner to be written up for the
press in the most lavish style, with
full description OF the minutest details.
Mr.. Conkling considered this the
ab!est bit Of strategy of his life, but,
when the martyr wife was gone and
all was understood, it Was considered
the flimsiest structure ever erected.
The whole thing toppled over. and
men blushed for their sex when they
considered the enormity of the outrage
upon an accomplishing wife.
The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1881-03-15
The Crazy Murderer.

Hayden, the Kentucki.n who killed one
man and wounded two others At Chefnpa,
Kan, FRIDAY night. hiss b-en removed 10
the Oswexo IL. He is said to have been
gambling on the train with a party OF
three card monte men, and i; il fsi: to pre-.
sumo thu, he had bern drinking and wa
probably q victim oi ''msnia potu," a. no
sane man would shoot down in cold blood
two or three fellow passengers withoa. the
slightest provOcation.
William Lewis, the man who vas killed,
Waa . coal miner and was Oh his way home
to McAlii-ter, /. T.. from a visit to his
friends in the eastern states. Tie was q
married man and has . widow and family
residing 1t McAIIisier. to which place his
remains were taken Saturday.
The two men Who we're wounded are re.
ported doing we'll, and expect soon to be
able to resume their journey TO the Lone
Star state.
The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1881-03-15
MrS. Garfield IN the White House

Washington Letter to Philadelphia Times.
Mrs. Garfield promptly began her
duties in Washington, for soon
after her arrival on Tuesday morning
she had many visitors and saw all who
called. Her friend. Mrs. Sheldon, Of
Ohio. has been with her and assisted
her. Mrs. Garfield 10 . petite lady,
with quite q slender figure and small
features. Her face wears . look Of
patience. as of q thoughtful woman
who Was pro6ted BY lifes discipline
and learned patience. She appears as
one rather resigned to her presen,
position than elated BY it. During
her long residence in Washing ton she
has never cared much for society and
has rarely gone to large parties. Her
tastes are moro for books than fol-
people, which causes her manner,
which il naturally reserved, to appear
that ola preoccupied person to those
Who know her veil. think she has
quite dreaded from the first the pub
licity of life which necessarily belongs
to the wife Of the President, and
shrinks from being made q central
figure and infinitely described. l DOM
wonder, for having lived here 30 long
she knows full we'll how impossible i
IL. even for those who take most pain!
to please others, to avoid all harsl
criticism.
The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1881-03-15

Mention vas made in yesterday BAzoo
of the fact that two horsss we're stolsn
from gsntlenan named Beatty, Sunday
night. from hm place near HigginsvilIe,
and the thieves were suppoeed to Be the
sane parties Who bad buglarizsd the CITY
hotel st Brownsville Saturday night.
They were followed, and captured 1t
Lexington yesterday. This morning they
were brought down to Brosnsvills on Con.
ductor Aerri6eld's train. and will Be pros
seutsd BY the proprietor Of the City hotel.
The man who lost his horses recovered
them and will not prosecute.
One Of the thieves 10 an old man, while
the other 10 young. On the person of the
former was found letter from his wife,
written 70 him while be vas in the pen.
issatiary. filed With good advice. They
are evidently tough customer and refuse
70 divulgs their names.
The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1881-03-15
THEATRICAL TROUBLES.
The Manager Of the Hrs.
Joshua Whitcomb Com.
pany Tolls q "Bazoo"
Reporter
Row the County 0mcisls Tried to
Bulldose Him ct Wsrrensburg
Saturday Night.

The Mr.. Joshua Whicomb combination
arrived at the Garrison house last nigh,
from Wsrrensburg. whore they played Sat
urdxy night, and left This morning for Lex
,ngton to meet their engagement at that
point. DR.. Chas. L. Howard n the man.
sser of the company, and from him 9
BAzo0 reporter learned Of . little unpleas.
antoess that occurred in the Quarry City
Saturday night.
Mr.. Joseph Brown is the owner Of EN-.
pire hall. and - such made arrangements
for the appearance of the Whiicomb com.
pany at his hsll Thursday night last. A
large audience was present and everything
passed Of pleasantly. BY special request,
the troupe was persuaded to return for q
second engagement Saturday night, which
was consented to. The agreement wss that
Mr.. Brown was to pay ell expenses, and the
manager of the troupe va to receive a ces-
tain per cent. Of the receipts.
A short time before the curtain rose q
well-known county Official called upon Mr.
Howard, and demanded of him that be
pay the county licen>e. Mr.. H. explained
that Mr.. Brown, owner of the hall, was ie
pay all expenses, and told the oficisl te
call upon him.
Mr.. Brown WAS al once interviewed
but - 40 excessive license was demanded
he refused to pay it, bat rendered the Legal
amount
II is said that the official then started fol
the stage. accompanied BY couple of depu'
ties, for tine purpose OF requiring the man
ager to hauidate the Indebtedness. but b.
refused te do 20, and in the course Of events
. row occurred, in which Tsvo!vers were
drawn, and for time it looked NJ though
blood would he shed, but the officer and hi,
deputies were finally prevailed upon Il
leave the hsIl. which they did, amid the
hia>es OF the audience.
Great excitement was created for . time,
but after quiet was restored the play wsi
given in q Satisfactory manner, and be.
tween the Sd and 4th acts the following
va read from the stage:
To THE CITIZENS OF WARrENsBURG -
THE Is to tertify that Chas. L. Howard and
his dramatic company are playing for me
and are in no way Responsible for any
license. also notify the county officer.
who has acted in IN illegal and very I'm.
Rentlemanly manner, that he will be held
responsible for his cowardly act. M. How.
ard il 10 no way liable, a. all expenses IN
paid BY me, and the outrage perpetrsted il
burning shame on the citizens of the
town. Knowing that you will believe my
statement and exhonorat- Mr.. Howard,
remain, yours, respectfully,
JOSEPH Brown.
The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1881-03-15

He was on his way home from
LesdvilIe He had on a ragged old
summer suit, q bad hat, and he had
been taken his meals about thirty
hours apart to make his money carry
him through.
Eyes. l liked the country out that
way" he replied to the query. 1.-The
climate is good. the scenery 6ne, and
some of the people are as honest as
needs be. The trouble is in know
ing how to take the bad Ones"
Il should think that would be easy.
eyes, it looks that wav. but had
some experience. 1 am the original
diskiverer Of the richest mine around
Leadville.
"Yes, sir; I'm the very man, though
you wouldn't think it to see these old
clothes"
"Then you don't own it pow?"
"Not a bit of it. I'll explain:
Il was poking around on the hills
and 1 found signs. 1 collected some
specimens for assay ,staked out claim,
aud went of to the assayer's. 1t was
two days before he let me know that
I'd struck the ricle ore he had ever
assayed, and thea l hurried back t.
my claim. Hang my buttons il l
hadn't been jumped!"
Howl"
"Why, q gang of sharpers had
found the spec and built up q pole
shanty and hung out a sign of First
Baptist church over the door! Sure
rs shooting they had, and the law out
there is that no miner can sink Q shaft
within 200 feet Of a church building.
They saw me coming. and when l got
there they we're holding revival.
There were six of them, and they got
up one after another and told how
wicked they had been and how cory
they we're, and would you believe
they had the cheek to ask me to lead
off in the singing! I went to Law, but
they beat me. Three days after the
verdict the First Baptist church burn
ed down, and before the ashes we're
cold the congregation were develop
ing . mine worth over . million dol
lars! You see, i didn't know how to
take EN-"
Twas there any particular way to
take emf"
"You bet there was! I ought to
have opened on that revival with .
Winchester rife and given the coroner
$50 for verdict that they came to
their deaths from too much religion.
The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1881-03-15

At . meeting OF the county court. yes'er-
day afternoon, the property Of tine different
railroads in Pettis county was aseesssd ~
follows:
MISSOURI PACIFIC z. r.
Mile, $50; valued By the railroad COM
psny ., 5000 per mile; valued BY court At
$4,000.
Side track. 7.5s miles, by the court At
$4,000.
Miles in the city. g; valued BY railroad
company At 5000; valued By court At
$4,000.
Depot 1t Snithton. valued BY railroad
company at 500; valued BY court 1t
$500.
Depot q Sedalia, valued By railroad
company At $4,000; By court At $1,000.
Depot 1t Dresden. valued By railroad
company at 500; BY court at 500.
Depot ct Lsmonte, BY railroad company
ct $500 By court si $500.
Water tank At sedsli., 5000; BY court at
$500.
Land in Pettis county, valued BY rail :
road company at 81, 600; BY court At $780,
900. Rolling stock $500
LEXINGTON Z 81. LOUIS =. 2.
Main line, twenty miles, valued BY rail-
road company at 5000; BY court at q. :
600.
Sixty.seven hundred,hs Of . mile eide
track, by company At g.; BY court ii
81, 900.
Water tank At Hughesville, by company
ct $500; BY court II 500.
Depot At Houstouia, BY company at
$500; BY court At $500.
MISSOURI, KANSAS 4 TEXAS 3. r.
Miles. 3; valued BY company ct ST.
600 per mile; BY court st 5000.
Rolling stock of same, valued By CON.
psny at 1856 60; BY court at 1886 50.
Number of miles in city. 2.lS; valued by
company At s., 900 per mile BY court nj
$1,000.
| QNumber of miles Of aide track, ASS |;
valued BY company At S6.0O; ~ court 81
$9S6.50
2.l8 miles rolling stock in city, vslued
BY company at $1S6.50 !; by court at $685.
80.
Machine shops land, valued nv com
psny At 900; BY court at 500
Fourteen acres of land, in pond, valued
by company q, $500; ny court a, 81 500.
Lots. valued ny company at 81 600 BY
court at SO coo.
5.7l acres, general Offices, valued BY
company at $1,000; by court at SIC. 600.
Rolling stock assessed by court the same
- returned by company.
The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1881-03-15
HIGGINSVILLE SHOOTING.
A Lively Scrimmsge ct tho Depot
There This Morning.

A lively -esne Wa bsing enacted a, the
depot II Higsinssi!'e, on the Lexington
branch road. - Conductor Merriieid's trsin
pulled up there At o'clock ,his morai:..
The Missouri ci6c and Chic,go h Al.
too depo,s are about half . mile spsr,,
nece~iiai'ng many transfers Of bsggAge.
For the purpnse Of doing this, Mr.. w. II.
Eobine', mas been conducting bus bu-i-
nes.. ard hss Rad employed as driver .
man named George Hill.
The proprietor OF the Vivian house hse
also been running hack to all trains, foe
,t. purpose Of conveying suss's to hi. house,
and ~henevrr opportunity saorded would
maze q lev ex.ra dimes BY transferring
Baggage from one depot 20 another. TIE
driver Of the Vivian house hack j. named
Ell. Claypool, and he is full OF sand.
This morning, while the drivers OF both
vehicles were q, the depot, . dispute srose
between them, and CIayrool wsisJ into
Hill and ~ss aboui to give him n chsstis-
ing. when Robine,,, Hills employer. also
took hand. Claypool proved equal to
the emergency, however. and cleaned both
Of his antagonists out, when Hill drew .
revolver and fred 1t him, bu, without ef-
feet. Robine.t then pulled his pistol and
fred two shots 8, CIaypool, both Of which
went vide Of their marx.
Claypool Immediately left and started
for the Vivian house, voving that he
would return vith his little gun and make
il interesting for both Hill and Robinett.
This vas the way the affair stood when
Nerri6eld's train pulled out. bu; all of the
parties implicated we're thoroughly worked
up, and, IT il ssid, the end is not yet.
Keep il in the house ard it will save
you many an anxious moment during the
changes Of season and weather. We refer to
DR.. BuIl's Cough Syrup.
The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1881-03-15

Office Of New York & Baltimore Trans
por;ston Co.: Having been troubled for
some time with bad cough, had occa-
sion to try . bottle of DR.. Bale
Cough Syrup. In less than "a hours war
entirely relieved. recommend this medi.
cine to all my friends, for I shslI not be
without Il IN my family.
E. w. SrEEvER.
The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1881-03-15
WhOro He Hangs Out.

An old colored lady w. this morning.
locking for the of6os Of certain physician
and inquired of . eolorsd brother
- to where il was, when he bit the nail
sqasrsly % the bead By replying: "You
just 70 70 ell the saloons in town. and If
you doat fsd him in any Of then, look
for him on the ssrsst, for b gill b walk.
ing from oos gin mill to another every 6f.
teen minutes during the day" Che needed
the advics and fosnd the pill peddler in
The seeood salooo ut which she called.
The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1881-03-15
A woHAN's FURY.
Hrs. Athey. OF Ohio, Tells How
She Murdered her Cousin.

Newcomerstown, ., Special TO Cincinnati Com.
The following Is the confession in
full given by Mrs. Ellen Athey, the
Canal Bower murderess. in which she
admits that she killed Miss Mary
Seneff, her own cousin, last May.
Friday, May %, We ate supper about
dark. 1 did the milking and Mary
got supper. After supper Mary
said. I'D like to 90 to your mothers. I"
1 SAID, "All right, you can GO She
said she wanted me to 60 with her,
and We would get her brother. Frank
Critics, to play the. organ. We went
together. Mary, baby and l, and lett
my eight-year-oId boy, frankie, at
home. When We got to mothers
house asked brother Frank to play
OIL the organ, and he said he would.
| was talking to mother nearly all the
evening, and we went home ut about
half-past nine. We went in the room
and sat down on chairs. and began
undressing for bed. l sat down to
undress Nora (the baby, and We
talked about washing bed-clothes the
next day. The dogs began to bark,
and said, II expect that's Henry
INV husband) coming now" She
asked me if | was afraid. / said,
"Not much" She said are you easily
awakened! and eaid was; heard
you plain enough the night you raped
On my door. Sine asked me how |
knew it was her at the door. and |
said | saw her. l asked her what che
wanted there, and she said that's none
of your business, and l said. why Mary
what made you talk that way, and she
said none of your id business. l
said did you want Henry to come out,
and she said | was a liar. | said
Mary don't call me a liar, and she
said you are an internal liar. l said
you have called me liar in my own
house, and 1 want you to get out.
She said "I'Il see whether I'll get OUT
Of here. and she grabbed q chair and
raised it to me. INVENT to grab the
chair and she struck me. We tore
around there and jerked, and she got
me BY the arm and hair and would
not let me 90. In the scum weeieot
into the kitchen and l happened to
zee the AZ. I grabbed it up and said
Mary, I want you to let me 60 and let
me be. She took the Ak from me
and struck me on the left arm and
the left shoulder. l then got hold of
it and we fought and pulled it aud l
finally got it away from her. and l
was 60 excited. SO frightened and 90
crazy, l didn't know what l was
doing. / didn't know what was
about. / struck her. how often. l
don't know. She dropped to the floor
and screamed and hOlIered. 1 got
down and begged her to speak. but
she could not. then raised her to
her feet and said. my God! why
can't you speak? If it would only
fetch your life back l would be will
ing to take my own" l grabbed my
baby and started to tell mother and
father, but then l thought it would
kill mother. for she was in poor health.
then concluded to conceal the body.
l put my baby in the cradle, went
out and got hoe. dug hole in the
ashpile and put her in it. l then
went into the room and cleaned up
the blood, and then burned her para
sol and shoes. Two weeks from the
following Monday 1 told my brother
Dan of the murder, aud my brothers
Frank and Dan and my husband took
up the body and put it in the creek"
The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1881-03-15
BURNETT'S COCAINE
Kills Daadrrf, AlIays Irritation, and Rromae'
IL Groarfk of he Hair

w O'OU~ " osS 41uus
Gestleaen.-For over two yean have
suffered terribly with "scald head" in its
worst form. A few weeks ego l tried .
bottle of your COCAINE. The 6st appli-
cation gave me reliet, and nov the disease
10 eifectually cured. Yours respectfully,
N.CSrEvESs. Deputy Sheriff, Ottavs, Ill.
Brunette Flaruing Enrocts are perfectly pure.
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CARD.

To ell Who are suffering from the errors
and indiacretioos Of youth, nervous weak.
men, earley decay, lo@ Of manhood. &C., I
will send recipe that will cure you, FEE
o. cHAnaE. This great remedy vas dis.
covered BY . missionary in South Awerics.
Send self-addresssd envelope 10 the Rev.
+. Inman, Station D. New York City.