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The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1884-01-22
Charley Ford Protects Himself

1t is not generally known that Charley
Ford, one of the "remoyers" Of Jess James
has been staying in St. Louis since De-
ceInber 26. He has been living with his
brother-in-lau, VIM O'Hsra, at No.
1891 Papin street, where be has a hole
bored in the doorway through which men
may be inspected, and if they aae ripe for
slaughter, killed. Col Ford is laid up
with sprsined ankle. His presence in ST.
Louis was discovered BY the fact that he
was called in the Frank James trial and
WAS reported sick there in a private dis
patch to the Chronicle. Col. Ford clsims
TO be willing ami anxious 10 appear against
Col. James. Bob Ford, be says, is sick in
New York. On the 2SIh the two brothers ap-
pear at Edwards Fourth street theatre.
harley Ford's vile accompanies him.
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STRUGGLES OF A MANIAC.
Handouts and Cords Fail to Hold
Drop from a Window and
Slabs Himself.

Reading, Pa, Jan. 14.-Cyrus
Grow, aged 30, night Waterman at
an iron forge here, went home atl1
o'clock last night. His wife was
waiting for him, and their FIVE child
rem were in bed. Grow stretched his
hands over the stove and said that b
was not feeling well. Suddenly he
was seized with spasm and fell for
ward In his wife's arms FrOth started
from his mouth, snd noise came
from his throat resembling a dogs
bark. The man. writhing in ms hit,
fell to the floor. The wife screamed
for help, and five meu responded.
1t required their combined Efforts to
hold him down. Then they put him
to bed, and when the fit left him an
hour atterward be pleaded with them
to bind him down.
know what is coming, he said.
Some wears ago | was bitten by mad
dog. Shackle me; | don't want 20
harm any body
He gasped between his spssms,
that came rapidly one after the other.
Alderman Deem sent to the police
station for handouts, and Grow was
fastened as he requested. Strong
men were with him until this alter
noon, when he appeared to be better.
When alone another spasm shook him,
and he wrenched one Of the irons on
his wrist. Soon after this he tore an
other one off. burst the cords, jumped
from his bed. and bounded TO the
window sill on the second story front.
His wild antics attracted the attention
of two policemen. who hurried up
stairs. One seized Grow by the wrist.
but as he did so Grow swung himself
out of the window A desperate
struggle followed. Grow had become
powerful. and he worked himself out
of the policeman's grasp and tumbied
headlong to the icy pavement below.
Fully hundred meu saw him fall. He
seemed to have escaped serious injury,
but he had hardly struck the pave
ment before he pulled out a pocket
knife, opened it and stabbed himself
i'm the throat and slashed both wrists.
The crowd ru. he'd in and the bleeding
man was taken to police headquarters
and thence to the county hospital.
Grow was an honest, faithful Official.
He was suffering slis htly from malaria.
What caused his mania is not posi-
lively known. Yesterday and to-day
he acted very strangely, but no one
ever suspected that ne was out OF
his mind.
The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1884-01-22
People You Read About

Bret Harte was guest of the duke
of st. Albins at Eastwood Lodge dur
ing Christmas week.
While Beecher is 10 and looks not
more than 60, his wife, who is not yet
go, is said to look ten years older than
her husband. She rarely goes out of
the house.
Miss Fannie Everett, of West Fox
5oro, Mass is the oldest pOstmistress
in the United States. She is 50 years
of age, and looks back upon twenty
two years ofstamp-licking.
Postmaster General Gresham is \
very polished man in appearance.
Even the gray of his hair is as shiny
as his silk hat even his smile is
half sedate. half shiny one.
The life-size portrait of Miss Jennie
Chamberlain, the American beauty,
which was ordered by the prince of
Wales, has been placed in Marlbor-
ough house. The Chamberlain fam
ily are about to visit the duchess of
Edinburgh at Eastwell Park.
u William Black, the novelist, is i'll
Sir Arthur Sullivan is fiattened out by
overwork G. p. Huntington has quit
writing letters, but q. Francis Train
is preparing to launch bis new journal
of Psyebomani. This is the latest
news about the literary fell
lers."
The fashionable journals inform us
that the habit of wearing very low
bodices is regarded in bad form just at
present. We hope somebody Will
mark this item and send it to James
G.. Blaine. He has been exposing his
charms to much already to the Ameri-
can public, and we hear he intends to
wear very decollete costume at the
national OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES News.
Gen. Robert Toombs, OF Georgia,
says that if he consulted his pride as a
man of affairs and a prescience that
enabled him to predict the events OF
forty years, he would rest the fame OF
his life upon his speech on slavery in
Boston in 1854, rather than on any
other single effort but in the light of
humanity he would rather stand upon
his compromise speech in the senate in
1850. There is, he says, no period of
his life upon which he looks with great
er satisfaction than that in which he
attempted to adjust by compromise
the differences that were, ten years
later, settled by war.
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BOONVILLE BUDGET.
A Batch of Very Interesting
Items From the Vine
Clad City.
Suicide of Nicholas Crump Elk
plosion in a Coal Mine-Death
ofNat HaiS.
Special Correspondence Of the Razpo.

Special Correspondence Of the BaZUO-
BUONvILLE, Jan. il.
Coroner J. T. Mechanism held an in
quest this morning ON the body of Nicholas
Crump, a German farmer who lived about
four miles ives, of Boouville His body
was found yesterday sfternoon with q gun
shot wound in the head, and the verdict of
the jury was that he came 10 his death
from a gun-shot wound inflicted by him.
self while in fit of temporary insanity.
Crump was a man IN moderate circuIn-
stances, a hard worker, with a small farm
and a good house, about 40 years of age,
ard with a wife and three children. He
had been labOriDg under an insane delus-
ion for some time that some one wanted 10
kill him and shortly before he shot himself
Was heard TO remark that "he might as well
kill himself as to let some one else murder
him." The effect of this insanity was as re-
lated.
PREMATURE EXPLOSION.
west of this city, an accident occhrred
about four o'clock last Saturday afternoon
that came ar costing Chas. Weber his
life. While he was tamping a blast, pre-
paratory TO exploding a large amount Of
camel coal, the blast exploded prema
turely, blowing the unsnspecting man some
fifteen feet and covering him with coal and
dust, from which position he was rescued
after considerable exertion His injuries,
thrug b dangerous, are probably not fatal.
Medical aid was summoned from this city.
DEATH or NAT. r. HARRIS.
Nat. X. Harris, of Pilot Grove, died last
Friday night in that place. Genial and
good hearted, Nat. had many friends, who
regret TO hear Of his decease and the sad
circu Instances connected with il. He
leaves a loving wife to mourn his loss. His
funeral took place yesterday afternoon un.
der the auspices of the Masonic order, of
which he was a member, and was largely
attended, a number going from this city.
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Runaway Boys.

ii. Snyder, who runs wood yard at the
corner of Second and Kentucky streets,
claims that he has been victimized by his
son, boy about fifteen years of age. Young
Snyder his been attending to the business
OF his father, who has been i'll for several
days, and after selling several loads of
wood, he pOcketed the proceeds
and decamped in company with a
younger boy by the name of
OF Neshitt, the son of a wood sawyer.
Young Nesbitt, who, his father SAYS, is only
ten years OF age, did not have a cent, and
was probably lured away by his compan-
ion. Mr.. Snyder saws that his son had
been collecting for him, and probably had
So or $50 in his possession /; that he ia of a
restless disposition and that this is the
second time he has run away. He thinks
the boys left on The evening train
for Kansas, whore he has an older son
who has been writing to his brother and
giving glowing accounts of the western
country.
The kids will probably return after they
have gone hungry for dsy or two.
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SHOT HIMSELF.
Marshal Swsain9en, of Indepen.
dence, Receives His Death
Wound.
Kansas City Star.

Kansas City Star.
Marshal John NJ. Swesringen, of Indie
pendence, yesterday was accidentally
wounded by the discharge of his own re.
volver. and it is probable that the wound
will prove fatal. The marshal was arrest
ing disorderly man, and after locking
him in the Jail he went to search him
The man was lying on a cot In the cell
and as Marshal Swesringen was
STOPPING over him his A caliber Smith 4
Wesson revolver fell to the ground, aud the
hammer striking the floor, the weapon was
discharged, the ball penetrating Mr.. Swear
ingens arm, and ranging upward, penetrat-
eel the bowels. The wounded man walked
down stairs, and was placed on bed. Med
ical assistance being summOnd, an exami-
nation showed that the bali had lodged
somewhere in the vicinity OF the
navel, but it could not be
reached by probing. Mr.. Swearingen
was placed under the influence of opiates,
bat at the time of writing was reported as
gradually sinking from the effects of the
wound, which the physicians think is nee
essarily fatal. Mr.. Swearingen is an ex-
tremely popular man, and has lived al In.
dependence all his life. He is 50 years of
age He has served as marshal three terms
during the past ten yeaIs. He has wife
and three children. Deputy Marshal
LanghOrne was with him at the time of
the shooting, and made a statement of the
occurrence substantially as above narrated.
The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1884-01-22
A Montana Woman's Heroism

A Montana woman's Heroism.
Montana Inter-MOuntain.
A woman living near Glerdive was
the owner of a pet dog, which, on last
Thursday, was playing, VIXEN it gave
a yelp of almost mortal terror, as a
larse eagle, with wings larger than a
blacksmith's apron, swoOped down
and picked up the little cur in his
muscular talons. With the true
spirit of a brave and fearful ess
Western woman, brought up amid all
the dangers of a rough border life,
and with no tight-ftting skirt to pre-
vent the free movement of her limbs,
to think is to act. On the instant
this noble representative of a noble
sex flew into the kitchen where her
husband kept his shotgun, with which,
in the earl y days, when blood.thirsty
Indians were rampant on the plains.
ne had often gone out and shot fool
hens. She bounced out of the front
door, gun in hand. In an instant she
directed her eagle eye into the air,
where, soaring about ten feet distant,
she discerned the emblem of our
national liberties with her yellow
poodle grasped convulsively, but
firmly, in its claws. For a moment
she ran her trained eye along the
barrel of the gun in the direction of
the bird, closed her liquid orbs with
a shudder, and banged away. When
she opened them the eagle was pro-
speeding interstellar space and the dog
lay scattered around in fragments all
over the yard. She wept bitter tears,
and, as she picked up the pieces and
told her Youngest boy to grease the
sausage machine, she swore in broken
Missouri, and with many a sob, ever
lasting war on the shotgun policy.
The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1884-01-22
Lost Faith in Physicians.

There are Vulnerable instances where
cures have been effected by SCoyILL's sAR-
sAPARILLA, or BLOOD Il LIVER SYRUP, for
all diseases of the blood, when the patient
has been given up by physicians. 1t is one
of the best remedies ever offered to the
public, and as it is prepared with the great
est care, as specific for certain diseases. it
is no wonder that it should be more effect
uai than hastily written and csrelessly pre-
pared prescriptions. Take SCovILL's BLOOD
K LIVER SYRUP Tor all disorders arising
from impure blood. 1t is endorsed by ali
leading professional men.
The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1884-01-22
Mats Match.

Mr.. Matt Dew snd Miss Anna Langley
both engaged in the service OF Judge Baker
some four miles out of town, were granted
a marriage license yesterday. At s O'Clock
last evening the youthful lovers appeared
before Justice Rife, and that gentleman
tied the nuptial knot without any unseen
ly delay. He gave them little good ad-
vice on the the threshold of their married
life, and babe them stick to each other In
dark days as we'll as bright in times
when skies were blue and winds were fair.
and birds of joy were singing on every side,
and still to confde in and cling TO each
other when storms of disappointment and
disaster cawe and the mercury of hope
fell to 800 below zero. His brief and ear
nest address was listened to with respectful
attention, his fee was rendered, for which
he rendered thanks, and babe the youthful
bridegroom and his girlish bride an im-
pressive goodbye"
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The Romance OF a Pacific al Young
Man.

Man.
San Francisco Chronicle.
A rich man has a plain and
uDattractive daughter, to whom no
eligible young fellow pays much
attention. At last one beau is noticed
to be rather gone" and the love
affair develops tor couple of weeks.
Then to him tie father:
Young man L notice you are
paying very marked attentions to my
daughter"
The young man stammers and
stuttrers, taken aback.
do not be alarmed. / am willing
you should. Indeed. / may tell you
that the day give you nv daughter
| will place 100000 in the bank to
your account"
"You are very kind, I'm sure.
But. If its all the same to you, sup
posing you put your daughter in the
100000"
The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1884-01-22
Gemmed With Pearls.

A mouth gemmed with pearls flashes ra-
dance every time il opens. The contras,
between the ruby of lovely lips and the
pearly teeth they enclosed has winged the
fancy of many a poet. SOZODONT, fair
ones, is the thing that most contributes to
adorn the feminine month. 1t is pure, it
is aromatic, IL retains the natural color of
teeth incrusted with yellow tartar. No
gritty or other Objectionable ingredient
conIs inmates it, its odor Is balmy, and its
purifying operation thorough.
The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1884-01-22
Ruin Wrought in the Forest.

How depressing it is TO see acres of trees
cut down in the midst of a noble forest
How saddening it is also to see that thin
spot in the midst of your otherwise album
dant hair. Stop it at once by the use OF
Parkers Hair Balsam. For actual eff.
cheney this fsmsus article stands at the
head of its class. Elegant for the toilet,
delicious in odor, and restores the original
color to gray or faded hair. Economical,
as a slight, occasional application keeps
the hair snd scalp in perfect order.
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GOOD. BYE.

We say il for an hour or for years,
We say il smiling, say il chOked with tears;
We say il coIdlv, say il with kiss
And yet we have 10 other word than this
Goodbye,
We have no dearer word Cor our hearts friend,
For him who journeys 10 the worlds far end,
And sears our soul with going thus We say,
As unto him who steps bat Ger the way
Goodbye.
Alike TO those we love and those We hate,
We say no more in parting. At life's gate,
20 him who passes out beyond esTth's sight,
We cry as 10 the wandeTer for night
Goodbye.
Century
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Notice to Bidders.

Notice is hel eby given that sealed bids
will be received at the county clerks office
until II o'clock, Monday, February 4,
1884, for boarding and clothing the psupers
at the county poor house for the year com-
mencing March lst. Bids must state on
what price per week the said paupers will
be kept. III. Y FIELD,
l-l5i10w3t Clerk Pettis County.
The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1884-01-22
Perfect Sight,

As thousands can testify, there Is noun.
ing so much to be desired as perfect sight,
and perfect sight can only be obtained by
using perfect spectacles. "a. Tay lor, our
home opticiaD, exercises great skill and pa
thence In fitting those needing srectacles
with cxre and comfort to the wearer.
G12-1ldtfl
The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1884-01-22
Mrs. DR.. walton's Periodical Tea.

Mother Walton has prescribed this valu-
able medicine for a great many years in
her private practice. 1t has proved an I'M
failing specific in the treatment of the
many disorders to which the female consti-
tuition is subject. 1t is a sure cure for the
monthly troubles that so MANY women
suffer. Sold by r. B. Hostetler, or mailed
on receipt of price, SO cents.
The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1884-01-22
A Fair Offer.

The Voltnic Belt Co., Marshall, Mich,
offer to send DIR. Dyes VoIraic Belt and
Appliances ON trial, for thirty days, to
men, young or old, afflicted with nervous
debility, lost vitality, and kindred troubles.
See advertisement in this paper.
The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1884-01-22
A Crooked Scalper.

Chicago, Jan. 17.-John Stein, ticket
scalper, was arrested at the instance of the
Wabash railroad for selling stolen tickets
of their issue.
The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1884-01-22

DIR. c. w. Benson's Celery and Cham
omile Pills are prepared expressly to cure
and wall cure headache of all kinds, neu-
ralgia, nervousness and dyspepsia. Proved
and endorsed by physicians.
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At cost for cash.
John S. Landes, who has been in the
jewelry business in Sedslia for fifteen years,
is selling out st cost. BAzoo building,
209 Ohio street. 1l-20wtf.
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1t will pay the best in the end to stand
growing dim in the service of my fellow
men, and the creeping on OF old age is not
now unpleasant to me. There are scenes
on the other side that are inviting. We
must say farewell, but We hope also TO say
good morning. j. NJ. V. w.
Lowell, Mich. Jan. 10th, 1884
, 1884-02-23
Murdered People in a Medical
College.
An Arizona Assassin Suddenly
StrangIed.
Tokar Surrenders and Great
Excitement EnSueS.
C%attIemen's Petition.

Chicago, February pa petition
was forwarded to the Illinois delegation
in congress to-day, signed largely by
wealthy cattle owners and prominent
business men OF this city, urging the
passage Of the pleuro-pneumonia bill
now pending in congress. The petition
recites that the bill was drawn up by q
committee appointed by a convention
Of cattle raisers and farmers represent
ing the actual ownership of not less
than $50, 000, 600 worth of cattle, and
that among those who assisted in fran.
ing the bill were men of large expert
ence and among the largest cattle own
ers in the country.
The petition declares that the pro-
test OF the Chicago cattle brokers,
which has heretofore been noticed, is
based upon a misapprehension OF the
provisions of the bill, and hat the bill
can in no wise interfere with the cattle
traffic In states not affected with con-
tagious pleuro-pneumonia, and in the
infected states to a degree no greater
than essential to the eradication of the
disease.
, 1884-02-23
A Ministerial Conference.

London, February 22.-The minis
teIial conference on the fall OF Tokar
was short. An adjournment was taken
until tomorrow pending the receipt Of
further conirmatory advices. The
secretary Of state for war afterward
held a consultation at the war office
with the Duke of Cambridge and Cen
eral Wolseley, a~djutant general. 1t is
reported that General Wolseley advises
the campaign to be continued against
Osman Dogma in order to prevent the
rebels from marching north upon Berlin
and that a detachment be sent to re-
lieve the garrison at Kassola. General
Gordon telegraphed instructions to
Admiral Hewitt, the commander at
Suakim, to call a conference OF the
sheikhs of the tribes between Suakim
and Massowah for the purpose OF
arranging terms Of peace and also to
ask Osman Dogma to meet General
Gordon at K~hartown. Admiral Hewitt
not seeing his way clear to act upon
the instructions referred the dispatch
to the home government.
, 1884-02-23
The Northern PACIFIC Pool.

New York, February 22.-The direc-
tors of the Northern Pacific railroad
met yesterday. The chief business dis
cussed was in relation to the work on
the Cascade division from Wallula to
Tacoma. A number of bids for con-
tracts for the building Of various por-
tlons of the line were received but not
acted upon. The contractors on the
eastern end were reported at work
grading and when spring opens work
will be pushed rapidly. About twenty
four miles Of the road west of Wallula,
which has been built for some time,
has been occupied by the company.
The division will be completed late
next year. About nineteen miles re-
main to be graded and most of the
time necessary for the completion OF
the road will be taken up in cutting
several tunnels. Improvements are
going on rapidly at Tacoma. The com
mittee of directors of the Oregon Navi-
CATION lease could not report. A
thorough examination Of the Oregon's
property is under way by an expert
who will not be able to give the result
of his investigation for several weeks.
1t ia believed that the directors will be
willing to lease the property on a
guarantee of eight per cent. and the
Northern Pacific people are willing to
give six per cent. Henry Willard, late
president of the Northern Pacific, made
his first appearance at the company
office for several weeks at tho meeting
of the of the directors Of the st. Pau
and Northern Pacific on Monday last
He was haggard and said his healtl
was not restored by any means. Mr.
Willard resigned the presidency OF th'
st. Paul and Northern Pacific and Mr.
Harris was elected to hat office. Ii
private conversation Mr.. Willard spok
OF his fortune having been lost and sal
he would have 10 go into bankruptcy
He was also present as a matter O
courtesy at the meeting OF the North
ern Pacific directors. Mr.. Gould In
communication to Charles b. Wright
Of Philadelphia, expresses his belle
that there will be a large emigration t
the Northern Pacific region his spring
and says he has full confidence in TIL
future Of the road.
, 1884-02-23
Bi,marck's True Inwardness.

London, February 22.-The Times,
in an article on the Lasker incident,
says:
"At last Bismarck has obtained an
opportunity to show his dislike to the
country which annually robs him of
conscripts. Congress was ill-advised
in sending the resolution, and Bis
marck was ungracious in returning it.
Granting, however, that Bismarck was
right in refusing praise to Herr Lasker,
his organs are wrong in reviling Minis
ter Sergeant. The latter was only
obeying the orders of his government,
and this is no reason why he should be
held up in defiance OF international
courtesy, and almost international law,
to the contempt OF the German people.
1t is said that Sergeant is hardly care
full enough of forms and ceremonies TO
please a court so formed as the one at
Berlin, but a worse moment to try and
induce him to resign could hardly have
been chosen than the present, when his
resignation would still further strain
the relations between two countries
which ought to be on most excellent
terms
, 1884-02-23
Wyoming and Washington.

Washington, February 22.-The an
nual meeting Of the Washington monu-
ment society was held at the residence
Of General w. Mckee Dunn in this
city. The board OF officers of the past
year were reelected.
A stone was accepted for insertion in
the monument to represent Wyoming
territory.
1t was decided that the thanks OF
the society be rendered through the
secretary Of state TO the king of Siam
for the stone sent by him for the monu-
ment, and that a committee Of five be
appointed to consider the subject Of 9
proper celebration of Of the completion
Of the monument, which event is ex
pected to take place early in December
OF the present year.