The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1885-07-07
TORPEDOES.

-Ex' Alderman LanueS was the DOsS
drummer We terday, with J. c. Parmerlee
10 lead.
Judge O'Rrisn was on hand at the
picoic in red, white and blue-a red hat,
white tie and blue suit.
There were fifteen swings on the Sum
day school picnic grounds.
The crowd st the sunday school picnic
was val: Ously estimated al from 5000 to
5000.
The r, sidepts On Grand avenue were
pretty thoroughly busted yesterday.
Three young ladies are too many in q
hammock at one time as was demonstrated
yesterday.
TIE large aud handsome flag su, pend
ed over the grand stand at the picnic was
leaned by George r. Smith Post, G.. A. r.
The Sunday school procession VS. q
mile long.
Squire Fister ate pie at four different
tables yesterday.
Capt. Bridges started the boys in the
foot and sack races at the picnic
The young ladies who wore hoops
while swinging yesterday should leave
them OFF next tine.
Capt. L. L. Bridges stacked up inn
rensely in a white hat at the picnic yes
terdsy, and was the starter" in the sack
race.
"A young lady with fiery red head
personated on impronptu goddess OF liber-
ty at the picnic yesterday.
The juvenile drummers acquitted
fhomcoIuoS in n dir .hIo
the Sunday schoo picnic.
Rev. B. F. BOllen, pastor of the Con-
gregatiOual church, was at the picnic
grounds playing the agree able to q charm
ing young lady-ths three year old
daughter OF Mr.. Barrett.
Yesterday morning was harvest for
bootblacks.
-Sher.f Murray gave his six boarders
holiday yesterday. They broke no rock.
DIR. Bsne was among the quarter
stretch crowd. He will not tell which
team he backed in the base ball match.
DIR. Mitchell. of the hospital corps,
wanted to bet TWO to one on the front
horse in the park races, but got no takers
Charlie Yea,er was among the base
ball hackers
Charlie Vandergrift doomed up among
the quarter stretch patrons during the base
ball game.
There came near being several ruu-
Always at the park during the day, but
there vas so many people the horses had
no show.
From the way the boys bet on the
races and ball game at the park, you
wouldn't think there was any hard times.
-Rufe Easton, second baseman of the
Sedslis Base Ball club, sprsined his ankle
during the game yesterday. He wss
patched up on the grounds and taken to
the hospital. where DIR. Bane fixed his leg
up nicely in plaster OF Paris.
Jake Baker, clerk at Sicher's, while
walkiUg on the smphitheatre s'eps at the
park, missed his footing and in saving him
self fell on his right hand and badly
sprsiued his right wrist. He will carry
his hand in sling some days.
The organ for the g. s. picnic rode out
call alone in its glory"
The usual Fourth of July crank was
around yesterday hunting the man who
was here WREN the original decla<-
stion of Independence was made.
He was referred to Mont Carnes,
who, TIE toys say, is 1854 years
old, by his own count
Henry c. Headley, of Georgetown, at
tended the Woodbridge Grove picnic yester-
day with his family. They took basket
of grub consisting of fried chicken, cold
boiled ham, salads, pickles, several kinds
of cake, etc etc. Some iend incarnate
stol- the basket of grub, and the Headley
family went home hot and hungry.
Morris Barrett took hand in the foot
bali at the picnic. He worked hard, over
heated himself, aud suffered some incon.
venience therefrom, but by vigorous fam
ming with stuff club his friends pulled
him through, and he will take his usual
dish of beefsteak and onions for breakfast
this morning.
-Mrs. Currap, of E st Sed ala, had a
well patroniz,d stand, as did the w. C. T.
u. ladies', at the picnic. The laiters' stand
wss under the charge of Mrs. l. n. Guild,
ably sssis ed by the following ladies: Mes
danes A. Meyer, Kate Hawkins, Smith,
Cotton, DIR. Bruner, DR.. Hale, J. M. Mertz,
s, p. Johns, Barnes. Sharpe, Jsmison and
Siurgis. This stand was moderately sue
a pleasant incident being the
fact that Mr.. A. Meyers presented dollar
for tie purpose of sersing those who were
unable to psy,witb coffee Quite number
were served.