The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1883-08-28
RAILROAD RACKET.
Local SQuibs, and Notes Picked
Up Along the Different
Railways.

John Hewitt, superintendent of motive
power on the Pacific, was a guest of the
Garrison house last night.
Sam L. Highleyman, tax commission
er for the Missouri Pacifc, visited Fayette
yesterday and returned on the evening
train.
John Hodge. master car builder on
the Pacific, came up from q trip through
Texas yesterday morning, and took the
main line train for st. Louis.
Mike Whelan. the old-time section
boss on the Pacific, came in from the west
yesterday, and after spending the Sabbath
with his Sedalia friends, will return to his
labors tomorrow morning.
Billy Usher, former X. & T. freight
conductor. now running passenger train
on the Denver & Rio Grande road, was in
attendance at the Knights Templar con-
clave in San Francisco, CAL. last week.
&C. s. GoodaIe, agent of the Pacific
express company at Denison, Texas, was in
the city a couple of hours Yesterday morn
ing, and left on the east-boupd Pacific
train for "a visit with friends at Louisville,
KY.
Conductor D. j. Temple, of the north
end of the K. & T, who has been laying of
for couple OF weeks past, went out on his
regular run last night; and Jim Fleming,
who has been running his train, will 60
out on local Tomorrow morning.
X. & T. switch engine No. 2 climbed
the track a short distance west of the yard
masters office yesterday afternoon, and
turned over on its side. No one was hurt,
the damage to the engine was slight and it
was soon returned to the track The work
of switching was slightly retarded by the
accident.
IS. H. Davis, former conductor on the
north end of the X. & T., now running
train ON the Fort Worth section of the
Pacific, was in Sedalis yesterday, en- route
To Columbia, fer couple of weeks visit
with friends. He is enjoying excellent
health, and expresses himself as delighted
with Texas.
AT THE HOSPITAL.
There were six arrivals at the hospital
yesterday, as follows:
j. B Backus, section lsborer, McAllister;
C. A. Holman, bridge carpenter, Whites
boro, Texas; remittsnt fever.
James Fitzgerald, section laborer, Savan-
ma, malarial fever
c. Little6eld, section foreman, Savanna,
and Samuel Mccoy, section laborer, Lime
stone Gap, intermittent fever
A. Fletcher, section laborer, BOnnelt's
Mills, punctured wound on leg. caused by
striking against a splintered rail.
ANOTHER REDUCTION
Chicago, August 25-The Chicago &
Atlantic has met the cut rate of $40 from
Chicago to Buffalo and return, and has an
nounced $40 for the round trip FROM Balti-
more to Chautaqua.
New Orleans, La. Aug. 25-A collis-
ion is reported between two freight trains
on the Louisville and Nashville road at
Chefmert bridge. Conductor Jones and
two brakemen were badly injured. The
trains and mails are delayed.
The Mexican Veterans.
The annual reunion of Mexican Veter-
ans, to be held in Sedalia on the 5th day of
September, is looked forward to with much
interest by the members of that associa-
ton. At the meeting held last night, to
make arrangements for the tertsinment
of the visiting members, the following
committees were appointed:
On entertsinment-H. C. Levens, F. s.
Arnold, J. w. Kalfus, Joseph C. Marsh,
L. w. Whipple, w. P. Jackson, ]. A. Hal.
stead. This committee will meet to-mor.
row evening in Justice Halstead's Office at
Z o'clock sharp
On reception-Col. T. P. Hoy, w. F.
Cloud, Chas. Yost. w. L. Sperry, DIR. E.
White, Dudley r. Allen, John Cooley.
Printing and badges-H. c. Hayman
and T. p. Hoy.
Hall for place of meeting-M. 8. Conner
and James A. Hogan.
The meeting last night was not largely
attended, but there was manifest determi-
nation to make the occasion one sur
passing any previous effort. The G. A.
X. will turn ont in force and escort the vet
Grams to the fair grounds, the procession to
be led by the S-ddia Silver Cornet band.
Capt. L. L. Bridges has been selected to
deliver the address OF welcome. There
will be number of distinguished men in
and the occasion will be one
we'll worthy of Sedalia's respect.