The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1884-01-22
DARING ROBBERY
Committed by a Tramp at the
Depot at Boonville Tues
day Night.
Religious Review-Pe sonal " otes
and News Gu, mt in the
Vine Clad City.
Correspondence Of The BazoO.

Correspondence OF The BaLOo.
BCoHvILLE, Mo, Jan. Is.
A daring robbery occurred at the X &
L. depot IN this citv about y o'clock last
night. Emile Paillon, night operator, was
sitting behind the counter, when a tramp
approached him with the question: Cen
you change a ten dollar bill for me ~
Emile replied, after looking in the money
drawer: "No, / have nothing less than a
SO" well, fork that over, my young
man. and the tramp leyeled long, dan
g-rous locking revolver at the operators
head. Of course the none was fcrked over
right speedily, and the tramp pOcketed 1t
end walked off There is no clue to where
he went. He is supposed 10 he the same
fellow who had been lOunging around the
depot all yesterday afternoon. Ii don't do
To say "Jesse James" 20 Emile now.
RELIGIOUS REVIEW.
During 1888 there were were 325 men,
beTs added To- seven BOOnvIlle Protestant
churches, two not reporting. There were
forty members lost by death or dismissiOn,
making a net gain of 2S5. The present.
church membership of all the churches,
except the Episcopal, from which no re-
port is at hand, is l,l34 The Catholic
church numbers 100 miles, or about 400
persons. Two new churches were erected
during the year and several additions made
to the others. noticeably 10 the Catholic.
The Presbyterian church added sixteen
communicates and lost ;wO, the present
membership being 40.
The German Methodist added three and
lost three; presenI membership, sixty.
The First Baptist church added seventy
eight and lost fourteen; present membership.
1856.
The Southern Methodist added iiity-seven
and lost fosr; present membership, 247
The churches for the co,Ored
people also did remarkably well. The
Catholic church collected during the year
3, Isl of which 1869 Vas for benevolent
purposes. The German Methodist, 5000;
for benevolent purposes, 500. BapIists
1852. Methodist, Tor benevolent pur-
are gathered from an article published in
the Topic, and are reliable.
NOTES.
Gen. j. B. Douglass, of Columbia, is
10 Boonville ibis week.
Mrs. III. L. Morton intends to open a
private boarding school soon.
Argus and James Mckenzie and Sam
Meredith are at home visiting relatives.
Leopold Brehoreisen, the boss Clinton
merchant, has been visiting BOonville
friends.
Al. Matthews has opened saddlery
shop in Slater, and is going 10 get married
soon.
Rev. w. b. PaImore lectures on
Italy" at the NJ. +. church, south, to-
morrow night
Rev A. T. Rogers has taken charge Of
the Baptist church at Big Lick. He is q
brother of Sheriff Rogers.
On John Krithley's first trip to Prairie
Home under his new mail contract, one of
mis- horses, a very valuable animal, died.
The good citizens of Prairie Home, headed
by DR.. Lacy, interested themselves in the
matter, and making mp purse of Sl7, pre-
senied ii TO John a worthy gilt and worth
lily bestowed.
In the folds of a newspaper received
one day recently by Mr.. o. ID. Edwards
from friend in England, was a letter adj
dressed 10 lady in London, which in the
making up of the mail, became fastened
there. Ii had travelled across the Atlantic
10 Boonville without falling out. 1t was
returned TO London marked "missent."