The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1883-04-24
RACKET ON TIE RAIL.
Items Of Interest Picked up by the
Bazoo in Railway Circles.

Travelling Auditor d. B. Chiles, of the
Pacific, will break bread at the Garrison
house to-day.
Gus Marsh can e up from Upton yes
terday afternoon, and will probably go to
work on the middle division of the Pacific.
-Charlie Carroll and j. T. Dixon. of
the Pacific shops, left for Kansas City last
evening, and will return tomorrow morn
ing.
The pay car came in from the west
at o'clock last evening, bringing Super
intendent Cumming and Trainm aster Mer-
ri6eld.
w. D Wheeler, as popular conductor
as there is on the Pacific, resumed his run
between st. Louis and Sedalia, Yesterday.
after a ten days illness.
Frank BurlesOn, a former conductor on
the Pacific, late running train on the
Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul road, ar
rived in Sedalia yesterday.
Mr.. William Woods, formerly employ
ed in the X. & T. shops at this place, now
holding position in the shops at Parsons,
is in the city on visit to friends and &C.
quaintances.
-Paymsster King. on arriving in Sc
dalia last evening, was compelled to sum-
mon DIR. Jackson, of the hospital, so badly
crippled up was he with rheumatism. He
left for St. Louis on No. 4.
The Lexington branch train did not
pull out until nearly six o'clock last even
inG, As Conductor Lewis had received in
structions to wait for lady passenger who
was coming up from Clinton on the the
local freight.
Master Mechanic Pprdy, of the Pa
cifc, will leave about the LIST of May for
McCOmb City, Miss, where his family re-
sides. During his brief sojourn in Sedalia
he has made many 6rm friends, and his
departure will be q source of regret among
all with whom he has been associated or
has come in contact.
Pat Dougberty, the Pacific engineer,
informed BAzoo reporter, Yesterday, that
it was an error about his having ben dis
charged for violation of Superintendent
Cummings prohibition order. He is lay
ing of, he saws, but expects to resume
work within a few DAYS. The BAzOO takes
pleasure in placing the gentleman right.
The BA2oo acknowledges the receipt of
an invitation TO the third annual ball and
banquet Of the railway conductors of Lone
Star division No %, Depison. Texas, TO
take place on Tuesday evening Nav /.
Their cards of invitation are neat and ar
tistic, both In design and mechanical work.
and serve 10 illustrate the magnificent style
in which railroad conductors get there In
whatever they undertake.
-"Go away from home to learn the
news" is certainly verified in the follow
ing item from the Brownsville Herald
ave learn that the Missouri Pacific rail-
road company intend before long to put
on a cannon ball train through from st.
Louis to Kansas City, by way of our
branch road and the late narrow gauge.
The distance BY this route is trifle long
er, but the grades are great deal better.
The time to be made by this train is not
stated, but OF course the aim will be to
make quicker trips By this than by any
other route between the two cities which
will probably be DONE" Inquiry at
the Office of prominent Pacific
official, yesterday, disclosed the fact that
there is no truth whatever in the publica-
ton made.
Al Mathes. locomotive engineer on the
Cherokee division of the Pacific, had his
right hand blown off Friday morning by
the premature explosion of a stick of giant
powder, while fishing on Bachelor creek,
near its junction with the Labette river, .
short distance from Parsons. His comPan:
ions, w. r Abels and two boys, heard the
report half mile distant, and when they
reached the spot found Mathes bathing his
wound. His face was badly SCARED,
a piece blown from his upper lip and his
clothes were burned and torn He
was at once conveyed to Parsons and
taken to the house of Alexander Able. in
the southeastern part of town, where Dn-
Gabriel and Kleiser came to his relief.
The forearm was amputated two inches
above the wrist.
The Fifth street telegraph Office was
cut off from communication with the out
side world Yesterday for few minutes, and
Trainmaster Wagner and Trajnmaster Nc
Dugall were not little exercised One of
the h. Il L. switch engines was moving q
Hat car, on which was 2 monster derrick.
which stood erect and reached upward for
a distance OF probably twenty feet. The
train men we're not paying any particular
attention to the derrick, and when it came
TO a point where no less than dozen tale
graph wires cross the track, the derrick
caught six or seven of thsm and they
were jerked to the ground, thus cutting off
telegraphic communication both north and
south. The line repairers were notified at
once, and within an hour everything was
again in working order.
AT THE HOSPITAL.
There were three arrivals at the hospital
yesterday, as follows:
Peter Dowd, from alas. Texas, and
Olei Blex, from Atoks, /. T.. section Ia
dorer, are suffering with malarial fever,
now so prevalent in that section of the
country.
j. A. WooGs, mechanic from st. Louis.
had his right arm severely bruised while
driving pins outof a wheel. He was using
a long bar which slipped and, caught his
arm, infiicting the injuries stated