The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1883-07-17
OSCEOLA.
Discovery of a Valuable Bank
of POtters' White
Clay.
Apprehension and Arrest of a
Dangerous Gang Of
COunterfeiters.
Home Happenings, Personal
Points, Interesting Inter-
ro9atories, Etc, Etc.

Home Happenings, Personal
Points, Interesting Inter-
rogatories, Etc, Etc.
Correspondence If the Bazoo.
OsCEOLA, July 10.
"A hard rain Saturday helped the corn
wonderfully.
Hunters Consolidated shows exhibited
here Monday.
ID. X. Holly will move into his new
residence to-day.
w. H. Cock, an enterprising merchant
OF Clinton, is in town.
Judge Waldo P. johnson is spending
a few days here with his family.
j. w. Gatlin, representing Hall &
Beiler, spent the Fourth in OsceOla.
&C. H. Lucas contemplates opening a
bookstore in this place in the near future.
Owing to the illness of the pastor
there we're no services in the brick church
Sunday.
Prof. w. H. Stahl and wife, of the
Sedalis university, visited relatives here
last week.
Mrs. w. B, Emerson and family, who
spent the Fourth at Fort Scott, Kansas,
returned home Saturday.
Rev. w. W. Warren leaves Friday for
Sprague, Kansas, to be gone during the
heated term on pleasure trip.
MIR. Holbert Heath and Miss Nellie
Stansberry, of Taborville, were married at
the residence of Capt. A. Y. Cornelius
Monday.
MIR. George Deloyier had q narrow
escape from drowning Saturday in Mare
bleau, creek Eve miles east of here. The
late rains had swoll. the stream and in
attempting to ford his horse became un-
He lost $500 worth of
groceries.
Mrs. VIM. Perry, living in Doyal town.
ship, grew tired of life and on Thursdsy
evening wrote letter to the family telling
them she was ready and going to die, and
left the house with that intention, but par
ties following her prevented the occurrence.
No cause is assigned for the deed, and it is
believed to be q case of temporary in
sanity.
Some time ago Mr.. Geo. Demine, liy.
ing three miles south of here, dug . pool
in his stock lot, and unearthed o lot of
white clay which was considered worthless
until a few days ago, when some children
playing around the pool nodded the clay
into toys and backed them in the oven of q
cooking stove without the same cracking
or crumbling. and being cut with knife
showed the same to be free from stone or
grit, but pure clay. 1t was examined by
Squire B. HI. McIlhenney, who has had
experience in the manufactory
of stone ware, and he pronouDces it the
finest white potters' clay he has ever seen.
We trust it may prove to be of value, for
this is splendid place for q pottery, there
being none within fifty miles. 1t will be
thoroughly tested. and if as good a. in
dictated, q company will be formed to man.
ufacture ware on a large scale.
On Monday, when Hunters show was
giving their afternoon performance, the
proprietor of the show spotted q person
passing counterfeit money and so informed
Marshal Calvird and Deputy Sheriff Nor
gan, who Immediately arrested Hi Davis.
Sherman Bohon, John Duvsll, and Bud
Perrin, the former being the leader of the
gang and boarding at Andrew Mlller's,
three miles from town. The officers went
put there and upon investigating they
found pair of plaster Paris molds and
other implements for making silver dol
lars. The officers arrested Mr.. Miller, and
hey are now all in Jail except Perrin. who
gave bond for his appearance Tuesday
next. They will be examined before Squire
Gardner and bound over to await the
action of the United States commissioner
1t Clinton. 1t is said that Davis made
nickels several years ago, but
got scared and left, but now comes to the
ront in good shape to reach Jefferson
City. All of those except Miller and
Davis acknowledge their guilt. The coun-
erfeit is a good one, and could easily be
passed ut night or when q person was ina
hurry.
III Mr.. Whitehead, of the Moutrose
rand, will call on his mash soon and talk
o her little sister?
When Cal Dutro, of the Moutrose
,and, will hold another ricnic on the cold,
lamp grass beside that bass drumf
If the young lady who tried to make
mash on one of the show men did not
make. a failure, and if breakers are not
head?
The name of that band boy who Wis
ted the boarding house on Third street
ate on the night of the Fourth, and told
lis chums "that he got there 2"
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