The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1885-06-16
RAILROAD JOTS.

w. T. DeRsam,r, The popular W., K.
d L. bsggageman, is on the sick list.
The Sunday schools OF Parsons will in.
dulge in IN excursion over the Gulf road
and picnic at Fort Scott Wedne;day.
Mrs B,r.y. OF Lirreus, No., has OBJ
tanned judgement sgeiss. the II. & St 10.
in the SIM of 5000. The Sc will
probably be appealed.
A new time card tax s effect on tie st.
L., X. & Y. W., Sunday June 14th. Sever
81 ch 4pgss of importance in the running Of
PASSENGER trains will take pl~ce.
The engineer OF the stationary engine
a; III Pacific shops ParsOrs had a email
amount OF NOR ey taken f-Om his pants,
which were under his pillow, Sunday
night.
The Railroad Gazette reports 95 mi'es
I new rai TO constructed last week,
making $40 miles thus far for the curr-nt
year, ag irs. 9l3 10 1884, 1888 in 1888
and 3.2U3 in 1882.
Mr.. James Laughlin, formerly train
master of the West end, from Moberly TO
Ksus4s Ci.y, has just been promoted to
train master over the entire division from
II Louis 10 Kansas City.
Several cars left the rails while being
run up the trtstle incline at the zine
SIN tiers Sunday at Rich Hill. No ser Gus
dam .ge was done, but consider able time
was required to put lhipgs - rights again.
1t is said tn. Missouri Pacific con-
temp lat,s the building OF branch line
from sone point on the NJ, X. & L.
Digi-i 100, " the way OF Stockton, to Boil.
var, Mo. This line, if built, will tap
some new coal. fields and the bet agricul-
tur4l country in the southw. stern p'rt OF
the sia'e.
In spi OF the various conditions
which SEEMED TO promise very full crop
OF wheat ia Missouri end Kansas, the
large nun Der of railroad men just come
rom Denver Ihr, ugh that whe,t b-lt
unite in saying their o! servstiOns show
there viii not be more thsn 40 per cent. OF
a full crop. The corn, though not as early
as in o'her years, looks healthy and is
growing strongly.
A brakeman named MUIR y on Pacific
trim I36, nor h bound, met his death at
McAllister, lnditn Territory, on Moody,
In the following manner: At th-t station
there Is a consider ,ble grade, and the
eugiues are in the habit Of cutting l,sse
from their trains, in order to run down TO
the tank Il take water, after which the
trsin j. lie: down TO them and coupled
Murray as on The NIX 10 1t down the
wafer SPOUT WHEN the train came down.
The brakes were either not set o. failed T.
hold, and the train came in Contac: wi h
the engise with such force az to krOck him
from the tender ard under the wheels OF
The cars. which passed over him, cntting
his body in two and killing him instantly.
MIR. W. P. Busenbark, E stern p. ssen-
ger sgent of The Michigan Central railroad
of Buffalo, who had frigh,ful exp-ri, nee
in the Newell house fire at Milwaukee
some years ago, has an idea worth circu-
lsting. ave n1tion," he is reported to
have said, "t1at the public schools should
inclu'e railroad &c grsphy in the list OF
textbooks, and instead OF teaching 8 child
a lot of stuff = bout inlaud creeks that he
will never see he should be taught the loca-
ton, directions and connections of our
railroads. When the boy grows up he
will OF be running to this one and that
one TO find out where he wants 10 go; will
no. be compelled 10 worry h 5 brain over
"a lioid maps, or bore the lie out OF the
hotel clerks. Having learf ell it in his
youth he knows just all about it, and it
will save him many mistakes aud the need
less expenditure of msny doll IS" K IL
roads have replaced r.vers so far as travel
is cor cerned, ard q good IA lroad geo
grarhy IS needed.