The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1883-03-27
BOONVILLE TOPICS.
The Stabbing Of Engineer
Stahl, at the Depot
Friday Night.
A Newsy Letter Dished Up in q
Readable Manner by
the Regular Cor
respondent.

Steve West, of Marshall, is in town to-
day
II. w. Gross is having his store house
neatly painted.
Miss Mary wornald has returned
| from Kentucky.
Mrs. James Harris. OF Slater, is visit
ing in this county.
Birth announcements are the latest
novelty in BoOnville.
Mr. NJ. NJ. Sayre, of Lamine, was in
BoOnville, yesterday.
-Johny Coburn, of Pilot Grove, is
smong Boonville's visitors.
Mrs. Polly Mitchell, of this city has
moved to Palestine to reside.
Miss Sue Mitchell. of Boonville, is WIS.,
iting in Texas for her health.
Miss Hattie Frsnklin, of Pilot Grove,
is visiting friends near BOonviile.
Mrs. A. b. Thornton, of the News, is
absent on visit TO North Missouri.
-Probate court with Judge b. e. CLARK
on the bench, is in session this week
Richard Morris went to Dresden this
morning, to be abroad Tor several weeks.
-Herman Cohn has returned from Chi
cago, where he has bten purchasing goods.
The citizens of Overton are looking
out for rock road. Hope they will get
it.
Martin SchievePs bankrupt stock of
clothing is being sold out at auction to-
day.
H. c. Moore, now OF Vernon, formerly
of Cooper, Was in our neighborhood re-
Gently.
There will be an entertainment to-
morrow by the Episcopal Sunday school
children.
Gen. J. 3. Douglas, OF Columbus, is in
town looking up his business interests in
our city.
Morgan street is becoming noted for
millinery shops. Mrs. l.. K Kooutz's is
the latest one opened out on that street.
John Buager, of this county has sold
to Thos. Tucker, also of Cooper, a lot OF
very fine cattle, receiving therefore $500
Mr.. E. Paillon, of this city, returned
Friday from Springfield, NO., where he
has been looking for business location.
-J.C. Macurd will move into his ele-
CANT new photograph gallery, about May
lst. 1t will be the finest in Central Missouri.
Collector j. d. Starke, OF Otterville,
has rented the Lionberger house on Sixth
street and will move his family INFO it
soon.
Frank Reinhart, one of our boys, and
one of the best drummers on the road,
stopped of in BoOnville last night 10 visit
relatives.
MIR. John NJ. WEIGH, of Rockville,
Bates comfy, an old citizen of Cooper,
was visiting his old home, yesterday AMI
to-day.
MIR. William Rankin, of this county
returned this morning from st. Joe, Mo
where he has been visiting his nephew for
some time past.
Ed Short, another one of our "young
Americans" is q candidate Ed wants To
be city assessor, and proposes to get. there
if work will enable him to do SO.
The original old gray mare passed
through Boonville Friday, accompanied by
two tramps. who had adopted this method
of conveying their worldly goods.
There are lots of hungry patriots in
our city Just at present, each one willing to
sacrifice himself on the altar of his coun-
trs for so much a year and perquisite.
| -Rumor has it that a certain young
photographer of this cits will not remain a
bachelor long. His bride will be GLASGOW
maiden if the gossips are not mistaken.
j. F. Gueslide, SO it is said. has re-
considered his determination, and will con-
SAINT to lead a forlorn hope against J. l..
OBryan, the peoples candidate for mayor.
Snow one day, sunshine the next, and
| rain the day after, don't look verv sping.
like. but that is the kind of weather that
has been dished up to Us during the past
week.
Those of our citizens. who knew Dr.
Willis p. Winston, of jefferson City, and
there were many friends of his in Boon
vile, were greatly shocked to-day to learn
of his sudden death.
Geo. w. Terrell, we'll known to the
pr IS of the state as a versatile and talent
ed writer. has secured a position as asso-
ciate editor on the Springfield Daily Times
, Leader, left for that city recently.
Lon V. Stephens, the popular young
banker of Boonville, has offered a gold
school who will bring TO that school the
most new scholars i'll the next three
months.
Mrs. Maria Baumann, of this
city, died at her home on Third
street last night. at a very advanced age
She was a nstive of Smiths Island aud for
many years resident of this city. One Of
her sons, George. is a wagon maker, in
Howard county. Her funeral took place
this afternoon.
Engineer Stahl, of the branch
road, became involved in a quarrel
with his fireman, Friday night, just after
the train had arrived from Upton. The
fireman is little fellow, while Stahl is q
muscular man of large size. The fireman
tickled Stahls ribs with knife, inflic,ine
a slight flesh wound and then escaped.
The officers are sitter him, and have not