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The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1882-07-11
Denver Obituary.

The Denver Eagle gives the following
as an obituary notice brought to it by a
sad-eyed man, with the inquiry, "How
much will it cost"
''Smith-Busted a trace in this CITY,
Friday, just after dinner, Mary Smith,
wife Of the undersigned, and daughter Of
old Sam Pratt, the leading blacksmith OF
Denver, Col The corpse was highly re-
spected by the high tonest families. but
death got the drop on her, and she took up
the bucket with perfect confidence that she
would have square shcw on the other
side of the divide. The plant transpires
this afternoon at her boarding house on
Willow street. Come one, come all.
Dearest Mary, thou hast left US,
For you on earth there wasn't room,
But tits heaven that has bereft us
And snatched our darling up the fume.
Denver papers please copy and send bill
or draw on sight. BY her late husband,
p. Smith,
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STATE VS.. BROWN.
Trial of Morgan Brown for As
sault, with Intent to Kill,
Upon Lem Davis.

The case of Morgan Brown. charged
with making a deadly assault upon Lem
Davis with knife, at a colored picnic at
Beaman, ON the oath of June last, was called
in Justice Webber's court yesterday MORN
ing. County Attorney Heard represented
the state and Snoddy and Steele appeared
for the defendant.
There was large and dark cloud of
witnesses present.
The statement Of Davis, the prosecuting
witness, was substantially As follows:
"Went to the picnic at Beaman on the
2ith of June. Had fuss with Morgan
Brown. We were at the depot waiting
for the cars. Morgan Brown and
Ella Jones were standing on the platform
talking; went up to them and skoke to
Ella Jones and asked her If she would not
come over and talk to me awhile. Brown
said, She is talking to me- said, Well,
she can come over and talk to NE awhile.
ANYWAY tapped Brown on the leg with
a small cane had in NV hand. did it
in fun. / then slapped Brown lightly on
the face. He had his hand in his pocket.
and when slapped him, drew a knife.
jumped of the platform and as | did So
Brown struck me in the back with knife.
started to run and fell down and Brown
struck me again with the knife liz the
wrist as raised my arm" Witness testi-
fed further that he was attempting TO
reach pile of base ball bats to get some
thing 70 defend himself. but was stabbed
FIVE times before he succeeded in doing
this, and then he was too sick and weak to
attempt to do anything.
1t will be seen from the foregoing that as
usual, in such cases, q woman was IT the
bottom Of il.
The testimony of the other witnesses
corroboratedlthat of Davis in the main, but
there was some discrepancy i'm the minor
points, such as 10 the position OF the
parties when the assault was made, wheth-
er the first blow by Brown with the knife
was made before or after Davis Jumped
from the platform, etc.
Davis was subjected To a rigorous cross
examination, and, although the attorney
for the defense succeeded in making him
contradict himself number of times in
reference to his various places of residence
occupation, etc, the evidence was not ma
terially changed, but Davis record was
ripped up, showing him TO be pretty bad
Niger, having been arrested number OF
times 70 petty offences.
After the examination Of five. or six
witnesses. the state rested Its case.
The defense waived the examination OF
any witnesses on their behalf and the case
was submitted to the justice who held
Brown i'm the sum of S5fO for his appear
ance at the next term of the criminal
court. Brown will doubtless be unable To
furnish bail and will be compelled to Ian
guish in Jail until the date set Tor his trial
in the higher court.
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Hays City, Kan, July S.-To-day we
have witnessed something in the form of q
man, if we might call him such, taken to
our county Jail, in custody of Railroad
Detective Charley Bell, assisted BY Road
master Mcmahon, of the Smoky Hill di-
vision, who, it is claimed, placed several
new ties across the track near GOrum, a
small station near Russell, which were
found securely tied to the rails with rope.
The fast express train came dashing along
shortly after, when Engineer Peter Martin
notised the obstruction in time, perhaps.
to save the lives of many passengers, but
not until. as we are informed, the cow
catcher ran against them. No damage
done. This morning, for the second time,
were found two iron rails, thirty feet long,
placed on the track between our city and
Victoria, tied tighu- to the rails, when
the above named {.ngine, pulling No. 2
had narrow escape, but stopped in time.
Detective Bell, as before, happened to be
on the train and made the ABOVE arrest.
After being accused by Sheriff Howard of
having committed the offense, his answer
was: 81 have done it because felt like
it." The prisoner is now in close quarters,
where he will remain until our county
court convenes in October next, when it il
to be hoped he will receive punishment i'm
accordance with the enormity of the Of
tense which he has committed. Great
praise is due Engineer Martin, as we are
informed this is not the first or twentieth
time he has saved the lives of hundreds of
passengers in this way.
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The Working Woman's Home.

A meeting of the ladies interested in
this institution was held at the home on
Fourth street last Wednesday afternoon.
The following were elected as officers for
the next term:
Mrs. A. II. Stephens, president; Mrs j.
A Lamy, vice president; Mrs. J. NJ. By
Ter. secretary; Mrs. John G.Allen. treasurer.
A rev matron will be employed this
week when the work of the home will go
on as usual. This is an enterprise in
which every citizen of Sedalia should feel
an interest. Its prospects for success are
brighter now than at any time in its history.
The ladies desire to return their thanks to
the business men who have assisted them
so literally with contributions of money
and material. 1t is expected under the
management of the new matron to be a
still greater blessing to women who may
need assistance.
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A Negroes just Fate.

Iredell, Texas. July S.-Yesterday morn
ing a negro committed a rape on the per-
son of Mrs. W.. Pugh. the wife of a
frrmer living four miles northwest of this
place. Pugh had gone hunting. leaving
his wife alone with the negro, Sayler, who,
as soon as Pugh was away, committed the
assault, using knife to intimidate his
victim. The neighbors soon got together
and caught Sayler here in Iredell county.
The prisoner was taken to Pugh's house
for Identification, but the lady was so much
indisposed it was thought best to postpone
the examination. Sayler was taken to the
Meridian Jail. At II o'clock last night
the door of the building in which Sayler
was confined was broken in by masked
men, and after short scuffle with the
guards. the negro was taken to a pecan
tree, 800 yards from the depot and hanged.
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three large generators each with 4 support
ing capacity oi $50 to 800 lamps. We are
going in big"
What light will you use?"
"Probably the Heisler.'
$50 you'll knock the gas company in the
head ?"
Yes, sir. Competition is the life OF
trade"
Satisfied that Mr.. Lande, was sanguine
of success. the reporter borrowed an cleo
trio light match of him and then hurried
of to witness q row between two small BOYS.
The new light will pu, an end to these
petty quarrels.
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A BAD MANN.
A Farmland on Col. Column g
Place Charged with an Iu-
famous Act.
Post-Dispatch.

Post-Dspatch.
Since the DAYS when he filled the excit-
ing Office of lieutonant-governor, The life
of Col. Norman J. Colman has not been so
stirred as it WIS on the day of the Fourth
of July. Since he closed his record as
granger politician he has been living
quietly at his nursery, six miles from ST.
Louis, and attending at the same time to
the peaceful duties of editing the Rural
World. But now he has been thrust into
very painful prominence i'm connection
with an affair which is usually termed fla
grant-or more than that, outrageous.
The particulars as obtained are as follows {:
For some time past Mr.. Colman has had
employed upon his nursery and home on
the Olive street road, man by the name
of S. D. Mann, or ID. 5. Mann. This par-
ty was possessed of the usual German &C
compartments of wife and large family,
and might therefore be supposed to have
passed the frisky years of his life-indeed
left them far behind. But from the al
legged occurrence of last Wednesday, it
would appear that he is an old Lothario,
if not 2 young one. Col. Colman had oc-
casion to 60 out to his stock farm, which
is located a: Creve Ceur Lake. He took
with him this man Mann to aid i'm labor.
which is always going on there, expecting
to return the same night. Upon the farm
is a small house in which a couple of
farm hands dwell with a young woman
who acts as a cook Soon after the col
onel's arrival, and while at some distance
from the house, screams were heard pro-
ceeding from it. A rush was made for
the house by the colonel and his farm
hands, as we'll as some neighbors The
girl who does the cooking was found in a
most frantic state of excitement, and
claiming vehemently that the man Mann
had seized her in the house and outraged
her most violently. Strange to say there
was no lynching bee organized, as is gen.
orally the case in such affairs. The col
onel. however, picked up his traps and
took his man Mann home He at once
discharged him, paid him off and brought
him to the city. The truth of the charge
of the German girl remains to be proved,
but it is said by those in the neighborhood
that if there was no outrage there was an
attempt at one, only frustrated by the ar
rival of other occupants of the place. To-
day an agent of the Singer sewing ma
chine called at the Rural World Office, in
auiring for Mann, saying that he had one
OF the machines and was behindhand in
his payments. This was the way in which
the whole episode came out, as Mr.. Col
man was very anxious to keep it out of
the papers. 1t is said that the wife of
Mann regards the matter as very trivial
one. If Mann does not leave the county
his exploit will probably be looked into
by the county grand jury.
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GEO. D. ELLIS.
He Has the Cheek to Return to
Missouri.

The good people of Cuba and Sullivan,
Mo-. should be warned that one Geo. ID.
Ellis, human vampire, is in their midst.
He wrote a letter 10 lady in Illinois from
Cuba, dated June 3. Ii is possible he is
not there. but he was. Fond mothers with
manageable daughters had better keep a
sharp lookout, and, in fact. mothers are
not safe if they even let the vill:in cross
their threshold.
The following is copy of the letter
written BY Ellis:
CUBA, Mo-, June 8.
Miss Ill
Permit me to inform you that will re-
turn to Illinois in November. Would re.
turn sooner, but cannot have those parties
tried before that time.
II you remember. / told you that the
woman would publish the letters
Won sent her and she did, but as far as |
am concerned l do not care, for | am not
ashamed OF them In those letters | ex-
press nv honest sentiments and | still
cherish the feeling for you ard ever will,
and now dear hoping that may
hear from you once again, believe ME ever
and truly yours,
GEO. D. ELLIS.
P. S.-Direct to Sullivan, FRANKLIN
county, Mo.
Well, dear -, did not direct to him,
at Sullivan. The "dear" don't answer such
letters.
Again, If the fellow ever had an "honest
sentiment" il never has shown itself any,
where as far as could ever be learned
The trial he alludes to is Charlie Ware,
of Barry, for selling the BAzoO and Buck
Watson, of the Barry Adage, for publish
ing his evil deeds to the world.
Ellis will not be in Pike county at the
converting of the court in November.
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A Cause for Excitement.

Washington, July s.-The reconveuing
OF the grand jury by Judge WyIie creates
quite an excitement here tonight, and
eager inquiries are made as to what sena-
tors are likely to be indicted for connec-
ton with the star route frauds. The gen.
eral opinion is that Senator Kellogg, of
Louisiana, will figure in the case, and per-
haps one or more western senators.
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The Howe Scale took first premium at
Philadelphia, Paris, Sydney, and other
exhibitions. Borden, Shelleck & Co., Agts.,
St. LOnis. Mo.
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A Vigorous Growth

Or the hair is often prompted by using
Parker's Hair Balsam. 1t always restores
the youthful color and lustre to gray hair,
gives it new life and removes all irritation
and dandruff
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FOR DYSPEPSIA and Liver COM
plant, you have printed guarantee on
every bottle of Shiloh's Vitilizer II never
fails to cure. For sale bv ali druggists.
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The foreman of Fowler, Bros. 4 Co. can
ming Department, Chicago, Mr.. Steamkel-
lev, says he suffered with rheumatism for
more than eight months. st. jacobs Oil
will cure me completely. II will cure any
body.
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To Danish contagion from garments
and linen, disinfecr with Glen's Sulphur
Soap.
Pixies Toothache Drops cure in
one minute.
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ARE YOU MADE miserable by indi.
gestion, Constipation, Dizziness, Loss of
Appetite, Yellow Skin? Shiloh's Vitalizer
is positive cure. For sale BY all druggists.
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Mr.. Richard Crowley, OF Salem, Mass,
says: Il can, from personal experience,
recommend Browns Iron Bitters as being
q permanent cure for indigestion, dyspep-
STA. sick stomach, painful urination, etc.
Ii really strengthens the whole general
system. Its effect is most wonderful.
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-SHILOHS CURE WILL Immediately
relieve Group, Whooping cough and Bron--
chitis. For sale by all druggists.
The Red Cloud chief., 1882-08-25
SIR N IND HIS RIDE.

esr lon - twisted his s1i9hf museocsaL
Ana ne eazcd In u giass WITH peS0a.
And 70 u were uot," Sc aid. so ~
would take her this DAY 20 rsds:
For she u wealthy and I an poor,
And she - far 10 see.
Ard s.yly : l.asss = ny little jokes.
And swectiy she smiles on me-"
Sir Jones be ~pcudersd in s~houshsful MOOD.
-Ann ne gn1ed In the mirror aalIl.
III at iast n9ht nrmly b upstooA.
mnS sc ssid; y 81 0eorye. wilii
n she 18th Q house % bravo.
while ] In this 9nrrct must pine alona,
A wooden-9oods-merchaufs siave."
sir Jones be hired . ststeiy sized,
And . bosEy both narrow and hish.
And waited for her reply;
For 10 was . legal holiday,
Yciept the FOURTH Of July.
Tho lady graciousiy said him yea
And she dccked herself In white,
And ne lsshed the stred, and they went with
speed.
Until they were out Of sight.
And what he said will never b known,
Nor yet what she replied,
But he brought her back ON that self came
truck.
From . very short hsif-hour,s ride.
Sir Jones he gaxed from his window hIRh,
And his face Ma. sad tO see,
And hc ground his tecth. thaf FOURTH Of July
saying: "Curst shall this holiday be!
Yes, ever hcnccforth. this Fourth Of July,
shail he . bIsck-ictter day.
For she said me nay. with q scorn In bef eye,
AM ] for the stesd and the tall buggy
Must = whole week = salary payf"
-4ar0uSct Vanderbilt, IN CenfNvv Aaeastns.
The Red Cloud chief., 1882-08-25

T1ato. the TzFrs. 80 a bessie
arvss~l IN grw~s Nsss esinssssa e. ~
snd shsgv > dNsa ~ r3i iis Q
,aik ssfy sell aaa ~Rs fo1i -
sa Ne lived 81 slsuy hoas - Aut
in Alabama
nass. master k.pt = rvfrvss'
nu-sa. lie ssxs usssl o. hsns
as-ss. ahere thr r~~sP2s p4ss~l r.
to ansl frsn. The l~sts thsfFr ~s
IA sh- zaissrzis.nx bassiass. as 4
qssk In picking az -vris 49, s
ssaieau~s
"iias r.rse sir 'siiaru ts
Herr . ,h~ plap -tusus
Tie isps usns tAsss pAare "a
braaght 10 mAss casisssssf. a. ~ usss
nnto nos oals sd ~has hs -.
tassght. t~st ~ ~sssAi imiate ass
.ssnsi. be heard he ~saai ~h1 .
the dngs h. .aw, and tb.y sf rs
al stssa; ia In { their nsssisFs Sc uei
SO crpw like he uli fssssier a hs uss
ter ward jast TIA -ss a.nass ihe
thing h. czIli has do
Tate eAx n Nssy nsasf Naf 10
usesi lo .Cr~am vsFy lgusi and shatf-
As tsos,gh he ~sfv lanxhiag AZ
Ia take an ,atrruss ia etssylhRE So
~as Eo4ag ua sess TIE isTFy
the day ho plsy 81 = sd sssk ul"n
p,os hors-, iAobbsa sas a Eos-i hr
AMI al~ass oi-es 81 his driver De asrl
IN siraw hads. hrsught seft@s he usa
% the hat.. az Ia the uasn ~
IAbbhin's master ~snt to dunsf -
used "a leave hi. team tv sAe isry
hoas~.
The wagon "a. tark~i da~u a.
gangsAy. r.siy - take ia q a.
Itnto Jaw the hussr ever daf 81
hsanis hat "a sail "a ibsStaa aia
whether tho pagrst asssnt o.
naughty as not. beat he sTi@i 0at q hi
AZ h. esaid "Hack up. i,sbblH' Ia
Is,lian' Lsas up. slf
lAohbin hal baked iu-ntks EArF-sy
hundreds of iius.s l~fofr shea m
the oriss Ne DIT 80 this Do
I into kept saying the sans ~usis sd
i,obbln Kept backing he hzsteJ a.
sagon Of the gangsay. AMI thea -sEt
over into ths nves himself
4 hoy sac all thu. ansi Ssll-i iAh
master. After ssbnas hard wofa
The I--pF hor~e sai ihs ~za $50
aiken out of the water fat1 49,
1spt In The Alta = month fs tA4s gs
he wished he bal dssar n-shisg
sut the advertising buaiaess 49,
4 Az Da<s
The Red Cloud chief., 1882-08-25

-
Mr.. iAsxsry ks. s~xaa 20 uass-
seasa srss<sAAnx II Ane<s-s. assssss.
lag Sh< s-sk specai ustn trsea ~
tsbusxh 10 Lcstsa. ~ Ga dssa
-Chxys &c I&sxsem~r. -rn ans.a. q.
"Dtrkens iNu,xknsn wbe has q ess
soa< thirty s-Ars Of be hfs IN sxil ssd
Who wEs r~ccntsy 9 ~ss~L. has h~~a
adoysed ~ q sci ksssa gsntsmaa
Il fAsl.aolgAEA- ~Ao sof-s Sos NJ. -
torn
Mrs fo'iy Shss. Il Cxnsstzrs.
y II. IA. 90 hnair-i yrs- Cd = tx.
dss. AGO and th~r- ~o gathering Il
her frissa. asa reizf &c. n hsF ssa . 10
honor os The essnt. nj .kicA fous eco.
era,icns ef kxr dcec.nixnfs sefs psrs
ent.-S. 4 Fask
The ~resigna,joa % f~y sssan<i
Lon gf.llo~. = brother u ,hs po-L -
ps>ior "a The raissrtsn Sharvh q Ger
naan,o~n. Pa. has h~~n aev~psra Al
The request "a has hro<hers famiiy be
viii devote 9 year Ca ~risns = bta<r,-
ply Of the poet
TIE rec~a: hoaors pad "a ihs saiAos
os ''Inele Tom. CahsnT recall ~kss
George Sand vro;r Ia her shoas tAsi
boob juss thEr., years So Honor and
rrspec, 90 yoa. Mr.. >,oss. 0ue at
these days ycur reward. which 10
already noted In the archives os
Heaven. viii also b- recogniscd In tAis
world
Judge Jane, Garland. Who retire.
ne, N-w-f-arsfssy n. n Juigv IL the
Supreme Cours IL Virginia celebrated his
n~ineiy-arss birthday recently. n, Lynch
burg. lie is no~ Blind. and hi. dangh-
ter : ewes arr used instead of his own.
but he has ~ full possession of bis mrr-
tai faculties A. when he was . dsstln.
guisbed member Il Congress. durfng
Gen. Jaekson's Adminisir alton Ca,
oago TrsbssS.
Among the surviving memhor ofthc
Iwenty-n,Bih Massachusetts krgimeni.
which had it, reunion recently. 4. thsrles
&. Bosworth. of East fneetown. Mass.
who was shot through the boiy ., the
Burnside nine explosion. lie ~ss ne
moved To the held hospital. esaminei
BY the surgeons aud labeled ''mortaliy
wounded lie tore the label on and
repeatedly demanded that his wound be
dressed. The surgeon would only ~
ply: Ills 40 Use. you can't live" Res
worth declared that he would not die;
that they shunld dr-s. his wounds; and
finally gave them such a TRADE of abuse
that they. in order to stop IL. put him
upon the table and operated upon him.
lie still lives-Boson TraHscripG.
The Red Cloud chief., 1882-08-25
HUMOROUS.

-'irls. like opportunities. are al Tn.
more 10 YOU after being embraced -
iOhisTs SiatcsmGa-
-"Dcn't you think ! have a gcc,
face for the s,agrf' asked a young lad,
with hisirionic aspirations IL don
know abou, the stage" replied her gal
liant companion. but YOU have n love,
~ face for . 'busr'-N y. Commercial
advertiser.
You never woald suspect thai tho
fine looking member 81 the horse guards.
who shows of To such advantage ON
parade DAYS. is the idcniical man WIS
pcddles milk and mashes the seryan,
girls. would yon' Such /. the fact. how
evcr.-Nen Haren Register.
-. tell yer woi. boys" exclaimed
old Ben. the toughest man In the camp;
IL tell yer wot. boys. il made . f-llef
feel kinder waicry round the lids to
hear that little chit uf n thing a-settin'
mp ihar like an angel n sayin' her
prayers 80 cute. Mary had n little
lamb o smntbin' or thci sort"
-"I feel ] am growing DID," said
the lady. mincingiy. to her guests. for.
really. ] sm beginning to losr my hair. -"
(O course she has bushels 81 IL. and 10
Is n black a. a ravens w.ngD Then.
ma" exclaims her little child. with tho
innocent ~frankne>s ~ infancy. "why
don't you lock up the drawer when you
put it away at night From the
French.
A French scientist has made some
experiments recently which 20 To show
that all classes Of insects. in proportion
10 :heir size. are from fifteen Ia forty
times rs strong as a horse. II you don't
believe in the strength of insect life,
watch the v~eiyety little bumbie-h-e.
with the tropical p~olonsise. and see him
lift q two-hundrrd- pound picnic man
out Of the grass.-Chica3o Tunes
When all the buffalo are killed Oh.
IL Uncle sam can be induced To quit
feeding the red devils on canned goods
and other Government r~ations. they will
have TO put M at an American board
ing-house. and then dyspepsia will wind
up the noble red man. The Secretary
OF the Interior should cut this out and
paste il where he will sec it again
7eIas Siftings.
The new reporter was sen; 10 the
school, exhibition. His report read pref
~ well; but there were = fee thing. in
il which did not meet the approval II
the local cditor-snch. for instance. a.
these: The essays of the graduating
were good. whoever wrote them"
=. the floral offerings were excessive. and
from the number received by Miss Sim
we judge her father owns .
firSi-class greenhouse" 1.-THE Young
lady who read the vsledicfory 30 the
teachers has in her the making II a fine
actress She simulated sorrow 40 sccu-
rately that the writer nigh, have been
had he not subsequently heard
the young lady speak Of ihi. same dear
teacher ~ - hateful old thing, -
Boston Traa.ertH.