The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1884-07-08
BOONVILLE.
How the National Holiday
Was Spent at the Vine
Clad City.
A Batch Of Interesting News From
the "Bazoo's" Regular
Correspondent.

Boonville, July 81 Correspondence l.
After the dissipation of the Fourth, Boon
willie has settled down to quietness again.
The hot weather of the past week has
prevented anything extensive in social
circles, yet there have been quite a number
of informal lawn parties, social, ETC., to en-
| liyen the summer.
| Last Monday night, at the residence of
Mrs. DR.. Fl. c. Gibson, party vas given
in honor Of Miss Efie Hall, bright-eyed
sweetness" from Saline county, who has
been the guest Of relatives in this city for
some time past. The musical and literary
features OF the entertainment were note
worthy fine, and the refreshments served
were elegant
Tuesday night occurred the Methodist
"mite" at Mrs. Capt Porter's beautiful
home. A very large number were present
and all unite in bearing testimony again to
Mrs. Porter's hospitality. Ice cream and
| berries and other dsinties for the solace of
| the inner man were served In abunde nee.
The steamer David r. Powell took
number of our young folks to Leavenworth
| Kansas, this week on an excursion. Bob
Greenlease and Louis Levens lead the
brigade and if they did not have 'just
bushels of Jun" it surely was not the fault
of these gallant young men.
Invitations have been sent out to friends
in this city to "Mother Hubbard party"
to be given at the residence of Mr.. and
Mrs. w. Speed Stephens next Tuesday
evening in honor OF Jim Thompson and
Aleck Stephens. 1t will, of course, be a
brilliant affair.
The T. p. C.. Musical festival next Mon
day is looked forward to with very great
degree of interest. The programme is
such an unusually fine one that a very
! large attendance NAV be expected. A
great many seats have already been taken,
and more will be tomorrow.
The various Fourth of July celebrations
yesterday captured the majority OF our
people. About sixty attended the one at
Versailles, number went to Sedalia, and
others had picnics near town. Choteau
| Springs were visited by large number,
and other resorts came In for their quota.
The Boonville band was a feature of the
Versailles pow-wow.
| In this city an Irish fight near the depot
was the only event that marred the guie-
tude which prevailed. Three railroad
hands were locked up for too free use of
the tanngle foot, and with some display OF
fireworks and lots of noise at night the
Fourth ended.
BITS OF BREEZE.
Charlie Each, the hardware man, was
in town this week.
Circuit court has been postponed until
the third Monday in August.
DIR. Waid Howard is taking q va
cation at Ell Dorado Springs.
Miss Fannie McCutcheon, of Pilot
Grove, has been visiting in BoonEille.
Miss Ada Williams, of st. Lsuis, is
visiting Miss Lillian Machett, in this city.
| Capt J. NJ. Barron, of Boone county
q prominent politician, visited Boonville
yesterday.
Mrs. r. F. Walser, and Miss Kate
Wright, of Versailles, were in Boonville
this week.
Misses Annie Pabst and Emma Schae-
fer of St. Louis, are the guests Of their
aunt, Mrs. John E. Thro.
| The Dakota is to be placed in the
Missouri river trade, taking the place of
the sdnken steamer, the Montana.
| Percy Thompson, esq, prominent
young business man of Kansas City, called
on "friends" in the vine clad this week.
DIR. Edgar Miles, an old Boonville
boy, now prominent physician of Holden,
came down Thursday to spend the Fourth.
John l.. Voolfolk, one OF our old
Boonyille boys, with muscle of iron and
beard of brick, is walking our streets to-
day.
Misses CAME Mckinney and Julia
Lenoir, of Columbia. have been visiting
Misses Sue and Mollie Holman in this
city.
Prof. ]. P. Blanton, of Kirksville. and
Rev. Allen j. Van Wagner, of Sedalis,
have been invited to address the Cooper
county normal institute.
The w. &. T. U. will hold its weekly
meetings hereafter on Monday afternoons at
O'Clock in the T. p. G. reading room
over the Commercial bank.
james Kesterson has resigned his pO-
sition al Hubers and accepted travelling
agency. The BAzoo wishes him lots Of
fun and plenty of prosperity.
] Jack" Meador leaves Monday next
| for Atchison, Kansas, where he goes to
take a position as drummer for q whole
sale grocery house. Jack is hustler. and
will doubtless do well, as he deserves to do.
| ALBERT G. Allen, of New Madrid, can
didate for the Office of railroad commits
sioner, and the editor of the New Madrid
Record, was looking after his fences in
this part of the political vineyard this
week.
Suit has been brought in the circuit
court of this county against the Missouri
Pacific railroad company, by Conrad Die
duth. The plaintiff was run over by
handcar near Bnnceton on the Esd OF last
April, while in the employ of said compa-
ny, and badly injured, for which he asks
damages in the sum OF $1,000.
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