The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1885-04-28
ABRAM GOULD,
The Brother Of the Great Mil
lionaire, Jay Gould.
He Pays q Brief Visit to the Queen
City.

"YOnder stands tn. brother of jaw
Gould, cur bo-s," said Officer Mason to a
reporter yesterday, Pc ming to low heavy
SIT MN who stood upon the platform
reading Globe-Democra'.
Do you man Abram Gould ?" quer;ed
the scribe.
81 mean the general purchasing agent of
the Gould sys'em, ard the brother of jay
Gould, if his name is Abrsm," replied the
officer.
The reporter sp roachsd the gentleman,
and inquir d, with a reporters usual
C eek, If he h d the honor Cf aGdre sing
Mr.. Gould, asst ,tant purchasing a.ent for
the Gou.d System.
"Thst is my name and calling" replied
the g-Dtleman, very affaDly
where are our last from p"
81 arrived his morning from Galveston,
Tex4s, where | h I'VE be ON business
"Are any OF the other officials with you?"
eyes, ST.; Mr.. o. A. Haynes, inspector OF
engine and cars, a comp IN eS me-"
Which way are you gOi g from Soda
lia?"
West to Atchisor, Kan, and from there
L shall return To st. Louis,
at which point am now due, but have
been deta,ped on account CT the heavy
Il JOds south"
"What is the condi ion of affairs as re.
CARDS their effect Oh the road south ?'
cit is S Ill quite serious south of DenisOD,
and it will probably be sew. raj days before
everything will be in complete order there
aysin. Between Dsnison and Fort Sc1tt
travel was resumed yes erdAy, the waters
having suosided sufficiently to permit j.,
and t. is morning were able to come through
fiom that point to Sedalia"
How are the streams between Sedalia
and Fort Scott"
They are very high but falling"
"Is any danger apprehendGd al the Grand
or Usage river bridges"
"NO, 5 r, not row. / think 10th streams
were reported filling when we passed"
GLOW was the storm south of Fort Scott ?'s
well, thought had seen very hard
rain before, but | assure you L reyer saw
such raj fall IS that which overlook us
Tuesday when We reached Denison. 1t alb
sOlu'ely poured down in 20 dense body as
to render it imposs bic TO distinguish
sirgle object from the car window"
'Do you think ary serious damage has
result ed to the gr wiz g crops~
"Well, there certainly has been some
cousi 'erable On the highlands caused by
washings, aud in the bD'tOms vegy great
but pre- baby not a together irrepsrable ill.,
jury will result, but owing to the earliness
of the seosO1 most of the crr ps can be re-
placed. Fences, houses and stock however,
have suffered severely, to what extent SIM
unable to say, as had 10 means Of gain
ing full partic ulars "
"Are The crops south g n; rally in good
yes, r, rs far as my observation ex-
teUds aud from Information gathered from
others, the general impression seems to be
that crop pro poets south were Fever
be r."
Mr.. Gould at this point boarded the
chair car of the west bouod train In con-
psny with Mr.. Haynes, The inspector, and
WAS SON st aiming ives ward toward his
old home. He is ra'he- low, hsayy-set,
swarthy, dark completed man, with
roag5, suu-burned features and dress that
woud indicate him 10 stranger to be
farmer in fair circumstances Instead of the
brother and trusted agent OF the greet
millionaire be represents.