The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1883-08-07
OSCEOLA NEWS.
Correspondence of the BAzo0.


Callahan, the perambulating photo
grapher, is in town.
The colored people will celebrate at
Humansville on Saturday, the fourth.
The demand for farms now, is princi-
pally from capitalists, aud in large tracts.
MIR II l. Dean, ID. G.. VI. of the A o.
L. w., will lecture the lodge at his place
Friday night.
MIR. Gibbons and bride, of Schell City,
are in the city, the guests OF Mr.. and Mrs.
b. Il. Bennett.
Sheriff Jones and Deputies are busy
preparing papers for the September term of
our circuit court.
j. n. Everett and wife went TO Brown
ington, Friday, to be absent several days on
business and pleasure.
st Clair Johnson and J. P Watkins
lef', Tuesday, for North Missouri, after cat
tie. The former returned Tuesday.
MIR. Chas. CrOsthwait has fitted up the
English building. and will put in a book
and news depot, together with notions.
Thomas j. Monroe, of st. Louis, ar
rived Thursday, and will spend few weeks
visiting his o.d-time friends and acquainl-
anczs
John P. Watkins, of the firm of Wat
kins x Liliev, has sold his in,eres. in the
hardware business to his partner, L. Lii
lev, who will continue the business at the
old stand.
Mr.. A. E. English and Miss Mollie
Barnes went to Warsaw Tuesday, and re-
turned Thursday, accompanied oy Miss
Carrie English. who will spend tn sum-
mer here with friends.
There is q young man here named
Wanacott. who lately moved to town from
the hills OF Marvbleau. After being in
in O<ceola but short time, he learned 50
fast and grew 30 know SO much, that he
concluded 10 call upon one Of our young
ladies. To think was TO set, and accord
irgly one evening last week, without Civ
ing the you.g lady notice, he walked
around ,hst way about nine O'Clock. The
The evening being pleasant. the front door
was open, and the young lady was in the
parlor enjoying the evening, partly dis
mantled and without light The youth
observed the open door and walked in.
The young lady not being in a condition TO
meet him, called her mother to bring
light, and she slipped out, .bu,
returned In a few moments,
and asked 10 take his hat, but he
said, mo, FL throw it down. here" saving
which he dropped it on the carpet beside
his chair. He stayed atoat two hours,
during which time he tried 10 gel his chair
beside hers, and at last the you.s lady,
growing tired OF such softness. gave him 10
understand that her father was in an ad-
joining room, so Wana commenced TO
leave, and when at the door, hat in hand,
he seemed troubled, and finally said to her:
81 would like to ask you a question"
"Well, what is it?" the lady inquired.
"What did you want with my hat?"
OUR INTERPRETATIONS ARE,
If the gamblers hadn't better 20?
If the rumor was not quite mistake
about Al. English being married?
What the young lady said when Neute
said, my stockings are striped, are yours?"
If steel rod wouldn't assist some of
our city officers in the way of little back
n
Why that look of scorn when those
ladies met at the postofice Wednesday
evening?
III those young ladies, Wednesday
evening didn't give the name of their latest
mash in taking about where they were the
evening before?