The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1884-10-14
RAILROAD RUMBLE.
Items of Interest Concerning the
Railroads Picked up By
Bazoo Ramblers.

Freight business is very dali at pres
ent.
The main line trains were all Oh time
YESTERDAY.
The K. & T. train was several hour
late yesterday morning.
The men :. the shops seem t. be salts
fed with the in per Cert. cut.
There are large number Of damag
tox ears on the X * L. side tracks await
ing tie attention OF the carpenters.
The gen,r i freight agents Cf the Slu,h.
ern and extreme southern Texas railroads
will meet III New Orleans in few weeks
Tor the purpose of cutting down rates from
ChattaIO ga and Atlanta to western points.
The Illinois Central railroad has tr.
dered the survey OF line from YszO0 Civ
10 Memphis, - tap the territory tributary
to the Mississippi aud Tennessee railroad
which recently passed into the hsnls OF a
rival company.
"A party Of twenty or more mission
aries from Georgia, Alabama, Texas and
this state, all members of tie Methodist
church South, left here last night for San
Francisco via the Union Pacific railroad,
their destination being Shanghai, China
Globe d. mncrat.
With the scores aud score. OF railways
that irav,fse this country it would seem to
a superficial observer that at least one-half
of them should be upon s1"h financial ba-
sis as to insure confidence abroad IS veil as
at home. But it is not so. The oft-repeat-
ed appointment of receiver for roads that
have ovsrdUne themselves in the way of
competition, and thus succeeded in ruiniEg
themselves. has broken al confidence in
railway spectators.
Tine question of rebuilding the shops
of the Queen and Crescent route, which
were burn, at Meridian last week, is now
being DISCUSSED by General Managel.Scott
and Pres'te IT Bond. II no immediate &C
ton Is aiken the matter will probably be
deferred indefinitely and perhaps until the
qr ton of bril- ng the general shops of
tie TO d in Chattanooga is determined. 1t
is said that President Bond is highly
pleased with Chattanooga, and regards it
by far the most eligible site for the shops,
especially so from me fact that two of their
largest lines terminate here.
HOSPITAL ARRIVALS.
Following was the hospital record for
yesterday:
James E. Well, of Atcka, /. T. a car
penter, with dysentery.
Ed. Profit, of Pryor creek, a section Ia
borer, with intermittent fever.
John Morrison, of State Line, an extra
gang lsborer, with intermittent fever.
S. McMahon, of State Line, a section Ia
borer, with intermittent fever.
James Grace. of State Liue, an extra
gang laborer, with intermittent fever.
A PICTURE FROM LIFE.
The story is told of New York messen-
ger boy who brought dispatch into tie
private osice of q certain great fnsncier
and railroad king. and who, while he wait
ed f.. an answer, leaned on the great mans
desk p Z vhistled lively tune, to which
he KEEP. time with his feet The great man
was Shoe throughout his eEt re system,
nd he beat upon the audacious inn a x ze
whose severity would have unnerveu a pc
lice captain but its only effect upon the
uniformed urchin was to cause h;m to
wink one eye with much unconcern, while
he still continued his tune and his shuttle
Then the great man said, sternly: "Boy,
this is not Hsrrigan and Harl's?" To
which the unhumble1 young rsscal re-
piled: you bet your life it amt;
pay no half dollar to come in
here."-Cieveland Herald.
If Ohio goes democratic will sell Blaine
charms fer Is cents, worth now 35 cents.
IL it goes republican Cleveland charms will
be sold for Is ceBts. L. B. ANDERSON,
l0-11-tt Jeweler, 205 Ohio street.