The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1885-02-17
BRIEFS.

fifty four new tuildings was erected al a
cost Si60 400.
-Boonville is well represeDed among
the clerks Of the legislature. Five OF them
are from that city.
The Vernon county Jail is COW empty
the lest of III prisoners have been taken TO
Butler for trial Mouoay.
Flora Moore, ia Bunch OF Keys"
played to a fair business Jan 20, 81, 81 ana
Feb. l. Milwaukee, Wisconsin,.
-Tuesday morning lie barn containing
horse sni buggy owned by Dr.. Hornsby,
OF Car bage was destroyed by hrs.
The farm house OF Mr.. +. Herkert,
near Clinton, was recently burned T. the
ground. Not even the clothing and shoes
of the family we're saved.
A public meeting will be Leld Sa.ur-
day, february 2lsi, IN New ada, 10 discuss
tne bill before the legislature to esl ahiish
county supervision of public schools.
A tramp, named Jams O'Bren, fe !
head foremost down coal shalt l1O feet
dep ia Highly, recently, and hi, bodv when
foUnd was in a horrible ma'g :ed condl-
ton.
A large number OF physicians attended
r. Moberly district mrdIcd associ ,lion
meeting held in that city tuesday. The
next meeting of the society will take place
in June.
j. NJ Powell gained his case in the
! MobeIlv co DmOn pie court In a SUIT in
vslving the title 10 several tracts of land
across the Charlton which he had pur-
chased al tax sale.
The large car shops in which are EN-
! ployed 600 h inds al Armstrong, Kansas.
were fOdud 10 be on FIRE Wednesday, put by
prompt ac.iOn the Il .mes were TX ingulsh-
ed without much damage.
j. w. Paterson, editor of the News
and spundent of The Kansas City
! Journal Ut Marshall, NJ. was shot AT bv
-one uDk, own parry while or his "ay 10
he dsPo: Tuesday evening las'.
AT Grani'e Bend, a small station aD,ut
twenty-five miles north of Poplar Bluff
Nc, Lobe Narnika aged fifty five Year,,
was run over by train Monday eveoihg.
and instantly killed. He lefl wife and
three children.
The marriage OF Me-. Frank 3. Shop
herd and Miss Lula Hening took place at
tn Presbv teri an church in Marshall, We'd
nssday evening in the preseGce Of az i'm
License AUDI. nc". 1t was said 10 be The mos;
brilliant wedding that ever occurred iu
that city.
| Henry ShiT ley, of Nevada, is in receipI
of lett from L. A. Goodman, secretary
of the Missouri state board Of agriculture,
in which he says Missouri has with few
exceptious-tsk all the premiums she en-
tered Tor
-George Osborne, who was standing on
the track with his back toward the
c4boose, ct Peidnont, Monday, flirting
with some girls on the street, when the To-
conceive struck the tr5ia and the Uaboose
ran upon Osborne knocking him under the
wheels and killing him instantly.
The residence OF William Long, near
Fairville, Saline county, wss completely
destroyed by FIRE Sunday night, together
with ihe entire contents. The family were
asleep at the time and barely escaped with
their lives. The fire originated from de.
fectiye fue.
"A man named Sanchez contracted foI
a Wires sewing machine IN Kansas City
recently and after its delivery hy left fur
paris unknown, leaving the bill unpaid and
fixing tn mach ne with him. He b as
also duprd number OF o,h-r coufdins
business men at that point. who sadly
! mourn his departure.
Frank Campbell and Charles Inman,
two notorious characters We're placed in
the caisbOose for drunkenness, at Marshall,
| Mo-, few nights since, and CO. 90 fighting
while In there, and had it not bt en-
for the cries of Iumsn attracting an officer,
Campbell would probable have killed him
SIS Inman was terribly mutilsted and one oi
his eyes cooked out before the officer ar
rived.
"A young liyeryRan in Moberly at.
tempted with the aid of a 5 able boy 10
blog the SCOT out Of the pipe OF The ofiee
stove with powder, thinking thus to make
the fire burn better. few evenings since,
but bit { q more than he could chew. since
when the debris was fically cleared away
i was found the stable boy was blown on
top OF writing deck and the young livery
man was hanging On 3 door knob. As Tor
the stove, il was literally blown TO atoms,
and now there is one young man 10
Moberly who will never use powder any
more 10 clean out stove pipe.
A cheeky drummer came near getting
himself mohbed on the train going 10
Huntsville from Mob-rly recently. Il
seems be had induced young l4dy who wss
bound originally to Macon. to accompany
hin to Huntsville, on the plea that hat
was the Macon train and that he also was
going to Macon. When the young lsdy's
ticket was presented on the train, OF course,
the fraud was discovered and the drummer
Was charged with the deception. The drum
mer protested his innocence of trying to
get her TO accompany him for the purpose
of seduction, but he was obliged to pay the
expenses of the young lady back 10 Macon
before the matter was for q time ouieted.
Since then two eff the young lsdy's brothers
have been hunting the drummer and there
is prospect of q lively time when they find
him.