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The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1884-03-25
A Girl Worth Looking After.

The great heiress of England at
present is Miss Hamilton, whose
mother, Lady Nisbett Hamilton, has
just died. The large estates in Had
dingtonshire and Lincolnshire, the an
nual income of which is estimated at
1920, 900, have been for some years,
owing to the lady's incapacity, under
the management of Scottish courts,
and an immense sum has accrued.
Miss Hamilton S father, whose original
name was Dundas, had the agreeable
fortune to adopt no fewer than three
additional family names-Christopher
Nisbett, and finally Hamilton-each
change bringing a large increase of
fortune. Her mother just deceased,
had been first married to the Earl of
Elgin, father of the earl of Canadian
memory, and of Sir Frederick Bruce,
minister at Washington, but was d.
vorced from him.
The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1884-03-25
50. LOufs Market.
ST. LOUIS. March ~.

ST. LOULs. ea2rcn -.
FLOUR-MaYSet unchanged
WHEAT-Aarket lower, except for May; No. 2
red, 81 1OS1 lO4 cash; 81 091$ March, 81 $3.50
10 May; 81 07112GI O75s June; 81 0s July; 9e1se
year; No. 3 red Csc.
CORN-Market lower for May, options active;
1916 eash;4s1se March; 4S5zG4S4 April; 491z(95Oe
May; 81 &c June; SIZE July.
OATS-Narket lower; 52549SS1<c cash; s43s9
34He May.
kYE-Market firm at 5S959c.
BARLEY-Market steady at 55@S0c.
LEAD-Mark,t quiet at So S71za3 s..
BUrTER-Narket unchanged from yesterdays
report; dairy, 22Qe30c: creamery, 30935c.
EGG@Market unchanged at 1S1zc.
BRAN-Quietat sic at mill.
CORN MEAL-Steady at 81 Sd.
WHISKT-Steady at 81 Is
PROVlSlONS-Market quiet and unchanged,
only small job trade done.
PORK-Jobhing, SIS 12114(9ls IS.
BULK MEATS-LOng clear, 80 9069 20; short
ribs, 81 4099 50; short clear 50 659S IS.
BACON-LOng clear. $40 1913; short NIB. SO 20;
short clear, $40 3I129i0 40.
LARD-h3arket nominal So 30.
The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1884-03-25

criticisms of the British press, and yet
Mounier and twelve clerks were en-
ployed in copying them. As little as
men may appear to care for the COM
mendation of the papers, yet editors
are living witnesses to the fact Byron's
satire still has force in it:
lis pleasant, sure, 10 see ones name in print
A books book, although there's noihing int
Many forces are operating together
to carry forward the civilizing forces
of the century. The church the
school, the lyceum, the agricultural
societies, railroads, telegraphs, and all
the immense appliances of modern
mind and mechanism. But under
them all, and behind them all, and
necessary to them all, We proudly
place the press.
Mightiest 81 the mighty means,
Tn which the arm ~ progress leans,
Mans nOaleSi mission 10 advance
His woe aSsua.e has vel enhance,
HIS rights enforce, his wrongs redreSs-
MIGHTIEST OF MIG HTY Is THE PRESS.
The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1884-03-25

1t is not putting it too strong to say
that there people who make a hobby
Of church interests aud tide it over
everything else. As rule, religious
people think that they cannot devote
too much time or money to the inter-
ests of their chosen denomination,
and occasionally We iud people who
are extravagant in religious enter
prises as The fashionable millionaire is
in his personal luxuries. This uncall-
ed for enthusiasm is very apt TO show
itself in church and college building
Each denomination strives to Guido
he others. A weak congregation will
begin a seventy-fve thousand dollar
church ediice with financial ability to
erect a twenty thousand dollar one
4 denomination sees a section of coun-
try which will, in al probability, need
a college, fifteen years hence, and
jumping at the grand opportunity to
be- first in the field, college is begun,
which struggles along for years doing
scarcely anything except to send out
catalogues, financial slate
meuts, and postpone the funeral.
The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1884-03-25
A Rum Sellers Experience.

A man named Stacy, the owner of a
splendid drinking saloon in New York
signed the pledge lately and closed
his house. Hearing that a party OF
lads had formed themselves into a
Temperance society, he gave them his
exleri nee as rum-selIer. | have
sold liquor, said Mr.. Stacy, for eleven
years-long enough for me to see the
beginning and end of its effects. |
have seen man take his first glass of
liquor iii my place, and afterwards
fill the grave of a suicide l have
seen man after man, wealthy and edu-
Gated, come into my saloon, who can
not now bay their dinner. | can re-
call twenty customers worth from
500, 900 to $4,000 who are now with.
out money, place or friends. He
warned boys against entering saloons
on any pretext. He stated that he
had seen many young fellow,
of some temperance society,
come in with friend and wait while
he drank. No, no, he would say, l
never touch it. Thanks all the same.
Presently, rather than TO seem churl-
ish, he would take glass Of cider or
harmless lemonade The lemonade
was nothing, said the rum-seller, but
knew how it would end. The only
safety, boys, for any man, no matter
how strong his resolution, is outside
the door of saloon.
The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1884-03-25
THE PRESS A POWER.

The power of the press is now gener
ally admitted. Printed words have q
certain subtle, mysterious potency
about them which no other words
have. Let ones spoken words be re-
garded with ever so little considera-
ton, the moment he puts them into
print, and we read them instead of
hear them, they are clothed in a dress
that gives them power. 1t is impos-
to estimate the power of newspaper.
If it has two Thousand subscribers,
it is read by at least twenty thousand
persons.
What an audience is here And
with what seriousness ought a man
to address himself to the task of cater
ing to such an audience How care
full be ought to be to tell the truth !!
How scrupulous to write no word,
which dying. he would wish to blot |!
1t is to be feared that but few men,
comparatively, are suitably impressed
with the grandeur of the editorial
Office. They who regard it as mere
medium for joke-cracking, or idle Cos
siping, or who degrade it to the work
of falsehood, to the defense of bad
men, or who sell it out, with the poor,
miserable editor thrown in. to some
demagogue who will furnish the ma
terial aid to keep it going, are a dis
grace and blot upon their fair profess
sion.
A paper to be potential, must be in
dependent. We do not mean by this,
that it must be Independent of party
or of its friends, or of public opinion.
We mead that it must have an indie
pendent basis of support, that it must
not be compelled to sell itself out to
some politician in power, or to some
politician who wants power, in order
to get the grease to lubricate Its
wheels. That was good motto of
the old Salem Register, and it may be
vet, for all we know
Here shall the press the peoples right maintain,
IInaved by influence and unbribed by gain
Mere pstriot truth her glorious precepts draw,
Pledged to Religion, Liberty and Law.
Napoleon is reported to have said
that he feared a hostile newspaper
more than battery. And his sue
cessor, by his attempts to control
them, shows that he has the common
fear of all tyrants, whether they WELD
sceptres or cartwhips, of newspapers.
The Lanterne will yet prove stronger
than Napoleon. The popular verdict
accords with this. As little as men
affect to care for the newspapers, or
for what they say, yet in fact they
are far from Indifferent to them. Ma
poleon affected to care nothing for the
The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1884-03-25

County Commissioner A. j. Wray
of Barton county declares that he
will not grant teachers certificates to
children under the age of Is years.
Possibly he SHOULD not grant them to
some of the children over Is years.
The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1884-03-25
Kansas City Market.
KANSAS Cry. March q
The Daily Indicator reports:

The Daily Indicator reports:
WHEAT-Msrket quiet; No. 2 red cash, sales at
s4c April, sales at s45se; May, sales at s614c Ne
soft, cash. sales at $3.50.
CORN-Market steady; mo. 9 mixed, cash, sales
at 4.1Sa425sc; April, $3.50 bid, $3.50 asked; May,
u &C bid, 43Xc asked.
OATS-No. cash, 2914c bid. 2S1zc asked.
RENO 2 cash, 47c bid.
EGGS-Market active at lie per dozen.
BUTTER-Unchanged.
HAY-Market steady at 81 5O6s 60
PROFESSIONALLY salt meats, clear sides sc:
clear nh sides, 91Ic; shoulders cents long clear
sides, S1Sc smoked meats, clear sides, l03Sc; rib
sides, l0L; long clear sides, 104e; shoulders S4c
barrel meats, boneless pork, $40 90; sugar cured
meals, hams 1870; breakfast bacon, i2Ec; dried
beef l41&c; tierce lard, 90 cents.
The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1884-03-25

graphs have been given to nv friends. Not
one of them have been purchased"
DO you place any none, value on your
collection?'
mo. sir II is not for SALE"
The BAzoO man then took leave of this
interchangeable autograph collector, regret
ting that space prevents the publication of
more extracts from the letters and names
be has gathered together.
The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1884-03-25

A farmer says that the leaves from
the woods are a great assistance in
growing Irish potatoes. These, when
put in the furrow with the potatoes,
MT only furnish the nutriment for
their sustenance, but retain the water
from rains and counteract the injury
from dry weather. If leaves can not
be had straw is the next best thing for
this purpose.
The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1884-03-25

The people want the democratic
convention to nominate good men
Monday night. 1t old packs and
known ward bummers are nominated
they will he defeated at the polls, as
they sh III, ne.
The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1884-03-25

Sedalia after q tremendous effort,
has failed to secure a glucose manufac
tory. If Warrensburg undertakes to
get glucose works she will succeed
The scheme is not dead but only
sleepeth. The BAzoo will wake it up
if it sleeps too long.
The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1884-03-25

Years ago John Q Adams loved
the prettiest girl in Alabama. Her
parents forced her to marry a man
named Jackson, who took her to Tex
as, where she became the mother OF
nineteen children. A year ago her
husband died. Meanwhile John @.
Adams, who had married early, had
not been idle. He acquired consider
able local renown by becoming the
father of twenty-one children. Re
Gently his wife died. He has gone to
Texas to marry Mrs. Jackson. The
families will live on the cooperative
plan.
The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1884-03-25

The Droyers' Journal reports:
CHIcAso, March %.

CHICAGO, March %.
The Drovers' Journal reports:
HOGS-Market steady; rough packing, IS ESQ
20; packing and shipping, S. 75@7 So light, S. 90
&6 IS; skips, 81 O0g5 10.
CATTLE-Market strong; export steers, IS 158
70; good to choice shipping, S. 7u96 90; common
to medium, IS 1905 so.
SHEEP-Strong; inferior to fair, s. 7694 so; me-
diun to good, 81 0O95 90; choice to extra, s. COG
CO.
The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1884-03-25
BTQuantity and Quality.

the Diamond DYES more coloring is given
than in any known dyes, and they give
faster and more brilliant cnlors Ten cents
at all druggists. Wells. Richardson & Co.,
Burlington, Vi. Sample card, thirty two
colors, and book OF directions for two-cent
stamp
The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1884-03-25

Country friends say that the grass
and wheat are making a much better
showing than they expected. The
last few days of spring-like weather
has improved their appearance wonder
fully.
The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1884-03-25

Once or twice each season, recep-
ton to senators and representatives
In congress and their families is
given. For these occasions cards are
usually sent out. Not long ago the
custom was disregarded, and in place
of the cards an announcement of the
event was published in one of the
newspapers. The witty wife of au
eastern member of congress, who at
tended the reception, said, when pre-
sented to the host, "Mr. President,
you advertised for me, and | am here. I"
The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1884-03-25

The jury in the Fora Burns murder
case, at Petersburg, Illinois, very
properl, and promptly acquitted Car
penter. If the whole transaction of
the arrest and trial, of Carpenter was
not a put up job of rascally detectives,
then the evidence lied
The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1884-03-25

The snow slides in the Rocky
Mountains this spring are heavier and
more numerous than ever known be-
fore. MANY lives have been lost.
The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1884-03-25

The Marshall Democrat is enquiring
for Lieutenant Governor Bob Camp
bell. Is he lost ?
The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1884-03-25

Another heavy defalcation in st.
Louis b, trusted cashier, with a
sticky name-Daub. The boy preach.
er Harrison is there and counts up
1 ,020 converts he has made recently,
but of course Daub was not of this
number. His little boy says that his
father always held family prayers in
the morning. but seldom went to
church.
The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1884-03-25

st. LOUIS. March .,
HGS-Market steady; light S. s5@6 So; pack
- e 1895 80; heavy, IS GOAT Is.
SATTLE-Retail trade at previous prices; ex port
steers, IS 25@6 IS; good to choice shipping, IS 60
s 20; common to medium, 81 1895 25; corn-fed
Texas steers, "a 75@5 25.
SHEEP-Slow; local trade at unchsnged prices;
inferior to fair s. O094 90; medium 10 gOsd 81 .
as co. fair to extra, S. 25@6 90; Texas, s. 1894 rs
The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1884-03-25

my hands were covered with little
dry scabs. They have disappeared and I'm
better than | have been for 20 years, from
using Dr.. BensOn's Skin Cure" A. VI
Noble. Selma y. g., july. 8. 81.
The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1884-03-25

WILL YOU SUFFER with Dyspepsia
and Liver Com plant? Shiloh's Vitalizer
is guaranteed to cure you. Sold by Bard
& Miller.
The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1884-03-25
MARKETS BY TELEGRAPH.


Nkw YORK. March O.
fered At n per cent.
PRIME PAPER-415% per cent.
STERLING EXCHANGE-Steady at 81 SI1<; de.
nand, 81 s9sS.
The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1884-03-25
Kansas City Live stock Market.
KANSAS CRY, March -
The Live Stock Indicator reports:

CATTLE-Firm and active; native steers aE-
eragips 9lO to 1867 pounds sold at IS 20066 90
stockers and feeders, "a 6Os5 90; cows, 50 1894 90.
HOGS-Market steady; lots averaging 21S to $50
pounds, sold at s. 2596 u.s. bulk Of sales at SIS 4e
(a6 90.
SHEEP Market quiet; natives, averaging 70 to
90 pounds sold at s. 20S4 Is,
The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1884-03-25

GOVERNMENT BUNDS-Strong.
RAILROAD BONDS-Firm.
STATE CURITIES-Quiet.
The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1884-03-25

@. c. Slack sells Papillon Skin Cure,
that Sovereign remedy for Skin Disease.
The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1884-03-25

Bonds
Oh
L
Missouri 6s Os
u. JUG Il III
stocks
Central So
g. b. o.. ................ 245
Rio Irande...... 49,
H. It. $50
-. Joe preferred .......... $50
N1ssCurl 50
Northern Paclhc......- --..................... Y
ChlcagOS Northwestern ISL
New 1Crk l45
ts"ck Island %
Union Pacific ........ %. . Isl.
los
Western Union Telegraph. 72I3
The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1884-03-25
BAZOO.
SEDALI> Mo.
TUESDAY. MARCH IS. 1884.
LOOK AT SEDALIA.

The following published in the
BAzoo under date of November 25:h
1869 will be interesting reading:
Marshal Jackson has our thanks
for furnishing the BAzoo the follow
ing statistics of our city. He has
gathered them by actual count and
personal observation.
The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1884-08-20
From a New Standpoint.

PALATKA, FLA, August 18th, 1864
Editor PALATKA NEWS:
/ am of the opinion that the masses of
the emancipated slaves of these United
States take the wrong view of politics in
general. | maintain. sir, that no party
has any claim on the suffrage of any cit
izen. The implication that the emanci-
pated slaves of North America should be
republican, merely because that party
gave them their freedom, is, in my hum
BILE opinion, extremely absurd. The ne
gro should embrace that political faith
which serves him best and follow which
ever party he chooses. The cOlored man
is q republican because the principles of
that party appeals to his intelligence as
best calculated to subserye the interest
of the whole people. To develop the re-
sources of the country and to protect
him in the exercise of his right of citi-
zenship; but, not for anything that the
party has done for him. | see nothing
the republican patty has done for the
negro that it should not have done.
There has been no special favor bestowed
on him. What has been done is nothing
more than an act Of incomplete Justice
yes, tardy justice, too, forced by the
''stern decree of war, and I make bold
to say it has left many things undone
yet that it should have done Whilst
we should be grateful, and most I'M
doubleday are, as shown by twenty years
Of unflinching devotion to that party foI
what it has done, yet we owe no allegi-
ance for it. The very fact that we Were
made citizens was to allow us full Iiber-
ty of speech and action. Were it other
wise the right Of suffrage conferred on
us would be but a mockery. No, a thou
sand times no. We We're not given per
sonal liberty to be made slaves to ou
benefactors. We are free to belong tC
any party we choose As loyal citizens
we would be remiss in our public duties
did we not adhere to the political party
whose policy and principle seem best
calculated to sub8erve the interest anC
promote the good Of all
To act otherwise would justly entitlt
us to be called moral cowards-dare fol
low the dictates of our own conscience
Hence 1 have no sympathy with thos'
who scorn and traduce freedman fo
exhibiting the rights pertaining to hi
new condition.
That every man has the right to hi
opinion is the essence Of repubhcanism
Furthermore, predict that the time i
not far distant when every faeedmal
will become sensible of these principle
and act accordingly.
Respectfully yours,
| IT T. Mccoy
The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1884-08-20
Irving Magazine Climb.

The young people of Palatka have or
gained a magazine club, called the Try
ing Club Of Palatka The object of the
club is to encourage literature and So
ciability. The club win have monthly
meetings, at which readings, singing
and essays will be in order. The club
hopes, in time. to have reading rooms
and to start library. DR.. c. E. Warren
is the president, and c. f. Sulzner the
treasurer and secretary of the club. The
club started with ten charter members.
Each member can choose any magazine
| upon entering he desires, hence each
! will have something 10 suit his taste
The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1884-08-20
Grand Democratic Rallies.

General E. A. Perry, the candidate of
the conservative democratic party, for
governor, with the following named gen
tlemen, General w. d. Barnes, Hon. G..
G.. McWhorter, Hon. r. c, Long and
other distinguished speakers will address
the people of Florida at the following
times and places:
Green Cove Spring, Friday, Sept. 9Th.
Palatka, Saturday, September 9th.
Welaka, Saturday night, Sept. 9th.
Crescent City, Monday, September Sth
Deland, Tuesday, September 9th.
All lovers of good government are in
vited to attend.
The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1884-08-20
RICHARD w. TowLE AGAIN.
He AfeetsHis Fate in Chicago-smoth-

He MeetsHis Fate III Chicago-SmOth-
cred By Escaping Gas.
Richard Towle, of Steuben county,
New York, has had charge of the prem
ises at 456 West Adams street for some
weeks while the family are away. Thurs
day he failed to shut off the gas when he
went to bed. Last evening TowIe's room
was forced in and be was discovered
dead in bed. The room was filled with
escaping gas, and it is supposed that
Towle was a victim of asphyxiation.
Pending an inquest the body was taken
to an undertaker's establishment at 617
West Lake street Towle was 80 years
Old, and had a wife and family living in
New York Chicago News
Thus passing paragraph is devoted to
the death, in distant city, of one who
played quite a notorious part in the an
nails of Putnam county, 1t was under
his direction that the first ground was
broken and the first improvements made
which resulted in the splendid property
on Lake George, now known as the Hig-
ley grove. Then he bought largely on
Drayt0n Island and built fine hotel,
which was destroyed by fire. After sell
ing his interest there and collecting his
insurance policy, he came to Palatka
and was prominent ward politician
during the flush times of republican mis-
rule. As the political horizon cleared, he
was dropped as disreputable even by his
| former friends, and again resorted to
| speculation. On borrowed money he at
tempted to found a city, and lots in
! ''TowlevilIe' were reCklessly sold regard
less of prior rights or surveyors lines
Suddenly he disappeared, and when next
heard from he lay III a New York station
house, where he told most pitiful story
OF how he was dubbed and robbed The
Herald made q thrilling sensation out of
his statement, for few days, and then
denounced the whole thing as a fraud.
Next he appears in Chicago, where he
is doing business with a member OF the
! Steuben Wine Company, under the firm
name of Vandusen & Co. They did a
good business, but lost all by fire last
winter. Then Towle entered the office
Of Burbank Sc Co., and dealt sgain in
real estate.
For the last month or two, however,
he has been out of employment. In con
versation with E. E. Higley, Esq. of our
county, on August 9th, he seemed in
good health and excellent spirits, fat and
Jolly as usual. Yet on the 10th he was
found dead in his room. as detailed in
the clipping at the head OF this article.
He leaves a wife in this county and much
work for the courts to unravel by reason
Of his transactions in real estate, both on
| Drayton Island and at Towleville The
marks of his methods are also visible in
the accounts of our city.
lie was most pleasant and ingratiatine
in manner, and was always treated kind
", even by those who dlsliked heartily
his methods in business and politics. Ht
gathered in some OF the first fruits Of
} the Florida boom, and at one time pos
sessed q pecunialy independence. Gu
community will be much shocked to hea1
of his sudden death.
The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1884-08-20
Treasury Department, Office Of
Comptroller of the Currency,

Whereas by satisfactory evidence presented
TO the undersigned, it has been made to appear
that the First National Bank of Paatla" in
the City of Palatka, in tho County Of Putnam.
and State of Florida has complied with all the
provisions Ofthc revised statutes of the United
States, required TO be complied with before
an association shall be authorized to COM
mcuce the business of banking. Now therefore
l, Henry W: Cannon, Comptroller Of the Cur
rency, do hereby certify that THE First
National Bank of Palatka'' in the City of Pa
atka, in the County Of Putnam, and State Of
Florida. is authorized to commence the bust
ness of banking ms provided in section fifty
one hundred and sixty-nine of the revised
statutes of the United States.
In testimony whereof, witness my hand and
seal of Office this 18th day of July IsSf
ISEALl II. ". CANNON.
Comptroller CT the Currency.