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The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1886-06-01

rney found twenty tons OF coaI. he
made business IF dealing in coal. On
the premises of another person. whose
three male children had not long be-
fore been arrested for stealing coal
from our cars, which act raised a great
popular outcry against the hard
hearted company, were found five tons
of coal of all sizes snugiy stored away.
That raid revealed the presence of more
than one hundred tons of coal in differ
ent premises, the very character and
circumstances of whose occupants
made il impossible for any one of them
to have at one time more than half O
ton Of coal on hand If il were honestly
procured.
"Theae coal thieves are so shrewd
and so systematic in their operations
that they can relieve train of many
tons in the course of an hour. The
largest operations BY them are carried
on at the termini of divisions of the
railroads. where the trains frequently
remain for several hours. and where
the yards are full of trains switching
and running to and fro, thus making it
difficult To watch the coal and detect
the thieves. 1t is estimated that at the
one station 1 referred TO not less than
twenty tons of coal are stolen from our
company every day in the year. Hun
dredS of persons are engaged in the
robberies. and ten or twelve coal trains
stop in the yard every day. Many
farmers in the surrounding country
obtain their entire supplies of coal
from these thieves. and one of these
agricultural gentlemen, a well-to-do
and well-known citizen. was discoy-
cred late one night with a twO-hOrse
wagon drawn up alongside a coal train
i'll an isolated part of the yard, into
which he was coolly shoveling load
of coal. He had thought to get his
fuel even cheaper than he got it from
the robber dealers, but to escape arrest
and punishment he settled with the
company ut figure that would have
paid for his coal for five years.
The station yard thieves are not the
only ones that tighten the burdens of
the coal trains. Trainmen have their
customers all along the line, and as the
trains pass by they throw off lump
here and a lump there for half mile
or 20, by which time they can relieve
the load considerably. We have fixed
this little operation on MANY employees
in times past and know that others are
engaged In it daily, but IL is difficult to
detect them. OF course the figure can
not be told exactly. but from estimate.
based on facts that we know. We Sire
Satistied that this company alone loses
fifteen thousand tons of coal every year
through the operations of thieves. OF
not less than forty thousand dollars in
cold cash. We are only one of several
coal-carrying companies. and their an
nual losses are fully As large. if not
larger. than ours. | believe that two
hundred thousand dollars would not
pay for the coal that these much-pitied
poor persons steal annually from the
companies. and so expert are they in
their operations that it i seldom, in
comparison with their numbers and
the regularity of their visits tn trains,
snas ANY of them are detected i'm the
act of stesljn1-N T. !SHn
The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1886-06-01
SANTA ANNALS WIDOW.


The sad Lot OF the Wife of the Once Dicta-
tor of Mexico.
A striking example of the vicissitudes
of life is furnished by the history OF
President Santa Annals widow, who
lives here in a sort of clustered seclu-
sion. Not that she is poor, for she has
ample means; not that she Is unhappy
not that she could not. if she chose. at
tract TO her drawing room limited
circle of friends and acquaintance, but
simply because she has no energy: is i'm
reality too indolent to take or even feel
any interest in The ordinary affairs of
the world and passes her DAYS in arock-
ing-chair. idly dreaming.
When General Santa Anna married
Dolores Tosta she was extremely beau
tiful, but was an unSophisticated child.
only thirteen years of age. who from
her birth had been used 10 abiect pow
erty, and she was therefore quite daZed
when her enamored spouse installed
her in regal style and ordered every
body TO address her As '-Sue Alicia"
(your Highness). However. by the aid
vi SOfCIutSScS. tuttfS anu -l3UltS-ln-
waiting, she was soon able to play her
part i'm the great world which at first
seemed to her wonderland. As Santa
Anna was at that epoch a dictator
rather than constitutional President.
his whims were humored and orders inn
plicitly obeyed. When his young wife
attended mass priests. followed by their
acolytes bearing large gilded cross
and lighted tapers. sailed forth to
escort her from her coach to her
seat i'm the cathedral and at the con-
clusion of the ceremony accompanied
her to the pavement and stood there.
with bowed heads and downcast ewes,
until her carriage disappeared. The
Dictator. 10 further honor his bride.
organized for her q body-guard of
twenty-five gentlemen, who were
chosen from the highest rank of officers
in the military service. This guard
wore rich white uniform. profusely
trimmed with gold lace. They were
called ''Los Mosqueteros d Su Alteza"
(Her Highness' Musketeers), and when
ever ''Su Alteza" attended the theater
the guard rode in front and at the sides
of her carriage. each bearing a lighted
torch. During the performance these
mosduetero> remained i'm the corridor
The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1886-06-01
HOUSE DRESSES.
Economical Hints for Ladies' De,Irodk of
Saving Money.

Economical Hints for Ladies' De,Iro6k of
Saving Money.
A handsome houSe-dress that will
develop well in all sorts of spring
goods has a full center-front which is
gathered at the throat and is over
Tapped BY the fitted side-front portions;
the latter being turned hack in little
lapel> AT their tops. and ribbons being
fastened beneath their edges to tie
upon the bust and at the waist-line
The body of the back il i'm basque
STYLE, and falls in short tabs over a full
skirt-portion. OF course. the center
front will often be of surah. silk or
figured goods when the remainder is of
plain wool fabric Velvet NAV be- used
for the high collar and for facing the
revcrS. Upon the sides rest pretty
pockets. Plain and figured Sateens,
ginghsms. etc. will be made up in this
way for general house wear
Another STYLE of dress. which ladies
who attend much to their own dOmes-
tie concerns will appreciate still more,
i fashioned with round waist and a
woke top. and upon this the full lower
portion il gathered back and front.
The sleeves are in coat shape. and the
meek i completed with high stand
ing collar. A dress of this style. made
up i'm gingham. lawn, chambray or
print. ight well have led to the ex-
preston of the sentiment that If a
man admires woman when dressed
i'm silk he adores her when clothed in
cotton gown. Even in more expensive
fabrics such dresses are an economy,
becau>e they tend io save the street at
tire from the effects of house use.
Among the mann spring fancies is q
return of the intrrmingling of plush
with woolrn>. both for house and
street wear. For street costumes the
ornamental fabric i applied In a re-
served fashion. sometimes forming a
single >ide-panel and. perhaps. vest
or front-gore. BTfferick.'S DsIiHeafor.
The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1886-06-01
ORDER OF PUBLICATION
STATE OF MISSOURI,
j. X. MUNSEI.L

COUNTY OF PETTIS.
In the circuit court of Pettis county, May
term, 1856. lilly Baker, plaintiff, VS..
Charles III. Baker, defendant Now, at this
day comes the plaintiff herein, by her at
torneys, Sangree 4 Lamm, and files her pc
tition and affidavit, alleging, among other
things, that defendant, Charles Is. Baker,
Is not a resident OF the state OF Missouri.
Whsreupon it is ordered by the court that
said defendant be notified BY publication
that plaintiff has commenced suit against
him in this court, the object and nature Of
which is to dissolve the bonds of matri-
mOny contracted heretofore between the
said plaintiff and said defenc ant, and I'M
less the said Charles FL. Baker be and ap-
Pc at this court at the next term thereof,
to he begun and holden al the court house
in the city OF Sedalis, in said coun v, on
he first Monday OF September next, and
on or before the sixth day of said term, if
the term shall SO long continue, and if not,
then on or before the last day of said term,
answer or plead to the petition in said
cause, the same will be taken as confessed,
and judgment will be REF dered accordingly.
And il is further ordered, that a copy
hereof be published, according to law, in
the Sedalia Weekly BAzoo, a newspaper
printed and published in Sedalis, Pettis
county, Missouri, for four weeks success
sively, the last insertion whereof shall be
at least four weeks before the commence
uent OF The said September term of This
court.
Attest: Il. I'll. INGRAM, Circuit Clerk.
By NJ. w, Brady, u. c.
A true copy from the record.
Sangree & Lamm, Plaintiffs Attorneys.
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ORDER OF PUBLICATION.
STATE, OF MISSOURI,

In the circuit Court of Pettis county, Nav
term, 1856, Isabella Bohn, plaintiff, VS..
Viii lam X. BONN, defendant, now at this
day comes the plaintiff herein, by her at
tOrneys, Sangree u Lamm, and files her
petition and affidavit, slleging, among 9TH
er things, that defendant, William r.
Bohn is not resident of the state of Mis-
souri,. WhereupOn il is ordered by the
court that said defendant be notified by
publication that plaintiff has commenced a
suit against him in this court, the object
and nature sf which is to dissolve the
bonds of matrimOuy heretofore contracted
between the said plaintiff and said defend
ant, and unless the said William T. B,hn
be and appear at this court at the next
term thereof, to be begun and holden at the
court house in the city If Sedalia in sid
county, on the lrst Monday of Septic nber
next, and on or before the sixth day of said
term, If the term shall SD long continue :
and ii not, then ON or before the last dsy of
said term-aDswer or plead to the petition
IN said cause, the same will be taken as
confessed, and judgment will be rendered
accordingly. And it is further ordered
that a copy hereof be published, according
TO law, in the SEDALIA WEEKLY BAzOO, a
newspaper printed and published in Sc
dalia, Pettis county, Missouri. for four
weeks successively, the last insertion where
OF shall be at least four weeks before the
of the said term of this court
Attest: Il. III. INGRAM, Circuit Clerk.
BY NJ w. Brady, Deputy Clerk.
A true copy from the record.
SANGREE K LAMM, plaintiffs attorneys |
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The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1886-06-01
"SiMPSON'S OARTER."
Her Meeting With an Old Friend on q Rail-
road Train.

A gentleman travelling from Buffalo
to New York City tells the story:
At Albany. two ladies. dressed in the
extreme of fashion, entered the car.
Their manners indicated great affecta
ton and consequent shallowness.
The only unoccupied seat in the car
was directly behind a quiet-looking
lady. evidently from the country. Her
dress was of calico. her bonnet of
plain straw. and her gloves were of
cotton. She could not, however, have
looked neater, and she had a good,
honest face.
As the fashionable ladies adjusted
their draperies in the unoccupied seat,
one of them said TO the other:
Don't YOU think il too bad that
there are such poor accommodations
on railway trains nOw?"
''How-in what way?" asked her
companion.
why. here we are crowded up with
all classes of people, some of them so
common. Look 1t that person In front
of u.s."
'hOrrld. Ism she.
Perfectly dreadful
Looks like common laborer."
"How annoying to have 10 come in
contact with such people,
Belongs to some ordinary family.
If one could only exclude ones SELF
from such persons when travelling even
short distances! | suppose it's hOrrh
in me TO say il but | have all NV life
had such a repugnance to common
laboring people.
The lady in the calico dress must
have heard part of this conversation,
but her face was perfectly composed.
At that moment an elderly man i'm
the home-spun and home AIDE gar
mentS of farmer came down the aisle
He stopped before the ladies of fashion.
closely scrutiniZed the features of the
one having "such a repugnance to
common people" and, just a. the train
stopped at the station, cried out loud
enough to be heard by every person in
he car:
''Lookee hyar, hain't YOU old Bill
Simpsons darter? But | know YOU
'thout askin'. How de do, ANYHOW?
You don't change speck. Got the
same nose You had when You wor q
little gal o twelve or fifteen years.
trottin' b'arfoot round nv old farm in
POdunk County. Yer mind how |
youst TO give yer two bits day an
your dinner for helpin' my young uns
dig taters? Ho! hoI no.
The young lady had dropped her
beaded veil and was nervously biting
at her fan, bat the old farmer went on
heedlesSly:
''They's been mighty changes sence
then. Your pap went out to Colorady
and made big fortin' thar. an hear
You live in great STYLE. But Bill Simp-
son amt the man to forgit old fren's.
and you tell him that you've saw old
Jack Billings, what yoast to give him
many days work when he was so
pore his family had ter wait till the
hen laid fore they could hev any
breakfast You kin remember that
yerself. | reckon. An there want
nobody gladder nor ME when yer pap
did git 30 rich so >uddin,. for he was a
mighty hard-workin blacksmith. an
always pore cause of bad luck. Nv
wife seq she lost All awful good washer
woman when yer ma moved. AM git
of here. tiood-bye. goodbye
The meekest. most subdued person
on that train during the rest of the trip
was ''Bill Simpsons darter. Chris
ttan Union.
The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1886-06-01

Wales DooIittIe. the Bethany
Conn farmer who beat W. III. Ford
so that be died, is descended from Reu-
been Doolittle, who was well known
ss the strongest man in Connections
and remarkable wrestler. Men came
from distances to throw him, but all
failed. Once q stranger arrived at
Reuben's on this errand. Reuben
asked him to stay all night, promising
to wrestle in the morning. Both were
up betimes, and the stranger was in
vited to 60 out TO the barn and have
drink of cider. At the barn Reuben
seized large barrel of cider, and,
with apparent ease, lifted it and drank
from the bung-hole. Now" said he,
- he put the barrel down and wiped
his mouth, "we'll have some breakfast
and then Wen wrestle." The stranger
decided he had other business that
would prevent the match Hartford
Csssrdst
The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1886-06-01
"A private bank, having a capital OF

"A private bank, having a capital of
twenty Thousand dollars. closed its
doors in an Indiana town the other
day, and when the people sought in
formation as TO the collapse the banker
replied: Several causes operated to-
bring about this failure. but the main
reason was the breaking of ladder in
Cincinnati" How could that have
affected youP' MY brother was on
the ladder. He fell twenty-eight feet
and broke his back. He was to have
Tent me eight thousand dollars 10 tide
NE over. The public should under
stand that it doesn't take much to bust
bank when all conditions are favora-
BILE Wall Street Nema.
in a private note accompanying
the second part of his article on the
campaign of Shiloh. General Beaure-
gard records this interesting fS-t:
just before mounting our horses ION
the morning of the second DAVIS
fight). ID occurred TO me to ascertain
the pulsations of the human system in
the excitement of going into battle. I
requested NV medical director. DIR.
Brodie. to examine the pulses of my.
self and staff. He found that they
varied from ninety TO one hundred and
thirty. NORTH American Reries1.
1t is said that about 10000. O0c
crowns yearly are sent home to the
hy Swedes dwelling In
America.
Telegram-herald., 1886-11-23
GRAND RApl0s 7. N. c. a.
rrisiisges which Ar Free 20 Its Mem

Privileges which A. Free 20 IL Mem
hers.
THE following prs eses free 70 members
1-erei 7y th,s association may be secure
1y aly yaae- man oil good moral character
vfh3l. r--ar3 to -el aous belief
M-ul4l-lven.ng classes will he c0niuct-
a1 Is fa. tinwns branches .n charge oi
thoroughly competent teachers,
T. i00kketu-lr Tuesday evening a. -
t0nilhr 1y SIR. J q. Northron. =. Penmau-
sh. .r. saturday evening at 51 tal-lt oy
lfoi II. &. Sessions. 81. German, Hes. ay y
and Friday evenings at ~. taught by Prof
4 Dravestein. 81 A Vocal music. bee
GINNING with the rutiments. Friday even
ln- at j taught by Prof \. N9urse
Male Chorus- nder iAe direction Of Prot
N01rse. Tor members who read music and
have good voices Members Of the vocal
class wili be promoted ID membership i'm
rhc chorus u.s. soon As they can pass satis-
factory examination. The chorus already
las q membership az sixty who are masking
pre- eu- are he'll Sunday Afternoon at B
c'9rk.
Ca-talqua Circ'e-The Chsutau1aa
rlr~-e IS intended O. sse college graag-
.tes review of the college course aud 20
secure Tor those whose educational atvlut-
axes aas Been limited. fhe college student
outlook upon tle world and te. Seve-a.
members have requested the Secretary %
organize q circle TX sufficient number
Nso to take up the Chautsuqua studies 20
make such move profitable circle will be
0rrani1ed
Lecture Course Consisting Of debates on
questions % general interests. War kemr.s-
.ences, Scientific lectures and Medical lee
tfras Speakers dates "a De announced.
Telegram-herald., 1886-11-23

An unrshl p.a.o GOOD make. Hehtiy
used. u.f good a- new. CEN he ueugit ior
500 Nl easy rtVmsnfs The f.Ue, Rll
new was $3.50 fa4ure of Paul Vs..
tueirch. No = Nonrot-ht
The Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1885-1886, 1886-06-05
RAYS Prom the Headlight

The r. l. a. p. will run special
excursion train over its road from this
city to Peoria one week from next Sun
day.
Through the efforts of Agent Holmes
acting in the interest of Rock Island and
the travelling public, al additional sleeps
er is TO be attached TO the train leaving
this city on the c., NJ &. st. P.
road at Ills p. IN. hereafter, and reach
the city every morning from Chicago
The new sleeper will go from here to
Chicago BY way of Savanna, where it will
be switched and passengers from this city
will not be disturbed after boarding the
train. The new sleeper will run every
night except Saturday and Sunday. The
Milwaukee sleeper will of course not be
abandoned, and two sleepers will leave
Rock Island every night, with the excep>
tions noted.
There was a special car attached to
the S:15 passenger on the Milwaukee
road this morning. 1t came from Kansas
City with horses for the Freeport races
and the owner Of the horses allowed Mr..
Bruner to put his trotters in the same
The Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1885-1886, 1886-06-05
Jones, the Blgamist,

MarkA. Jones was tried for bigamy
and adultery in the circuit court across
the river yesterday. The verdict was
guilty on the charge of bigamy and not
guilty on the other. Jones married
Mary Weightman in Cincinnati in 1866,
and after she had borne him six children
and he had squandered $1,000 which she
was possessed Of when he married her,
he came to Davenport. There he married
Louisa Jones, who had received 81, 1000
from her fathers estate. When he was
arrested last March, charged with biga-
my, it was found that he had squandered
the $1,000 and was making love to girl
in this city, who had just come into pos
session of 5000, with the intention OF
planning an elopement, as was stated in
the ARGUS at the time. He leaves a wife
in Davenport penniless and with little
child to provide for.
The Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1885-1886, 1886-06-05
Comfy Hullding.


June 3-Otis J. Dimick to Samuel
Thurman, lot IA, South Rock Island,
1910.
Christian Schafer to John Schafer, pt
lot 1, block 2, Bailey Davenport's addit-
ion, Rock Island, $780,
VIM. L. Coyne to NJ Greenwell, lot s
and pit lot a, block 2, g. l.. Davenport's
addition. Rock Island, $126.
Holland Scott, by attorney. to Joseph
Scott. sw4, 10. 16, 1w, 1926, and Samuel
M. Scott to Josiah Scott, same, $525, and
Jane Bollman TO Josiah Scott, same $685.,
and Mary L. Lawhead to Josiah Scott,
same, $525, and Milo A. and William
Scott to Josiah Scott. same. $685., so, and
Andrew Crawford and c. c., and M. II.
Merriman 10 Josiah Scott.
The Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1885-1886, 1886-06-05

| have for sale number of farms in
Rock Island, Henry and Mercer counties
as follows: A farm of 172 acres in Carioe
Creek township. with new improvements.
at S35 80 per acre, part cash and part
time, all tillable, and bargain. Thirty
three acres of timber land in Henry coun>
ty, near Joslyn station, S25 per acre. A
farm of 1856 in Whileside county, %
miles from Hillsdalp, 81 miles from Erie,
fine farm and good bargain at $35
per acre, the privilege of 100 acres ad-
joining grazing land and meadow. with
this place if desired A farm OF 80 acres
in Coe township, miles from Port By
ron, cheap at $40 per acre. has fine new
improvements, fruit, and all conveniences
of home farm. A farm miles north>
west of Hillsdale, in Canoe Creek, with
fine improvements, fruit, and buildings.
1870 acres, will be sold cheap iftaken soon.
Also q beautiful residence property in
Port Byron, with or without 40 acres of
land adjoining, for sale at less than cost
of improvements, and good reasons for
selling ! also have other residence prop
critics in Port Byron, list of which will
be furnished on application. A good
residence on Second avenue near Tenth
street, in Rock Island, cheap. for a
short time only. and for cash. Also 80
acres of timber land miles from Rock
Island at $40 per acre; must be sold
soon as owner is forced to SELL
Remember. please, that | offer none
but bargains and furnish good title in
every case.
In lands in Kansas and Iowa | always
aim to offer the best bargains in the mar
ket, and visit to my Office viii pay you,
if you want to buy. Office over Ameri-
can Express Office, Seventeenth street.
Telephone No, 1868.
6AvuLE JOHNSTON.
The Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1885-1886, 1886-06-05
The Freeport Races.


The list of horses entered to compete
in the races at Taylor park. Freeport,
next week under the auspices of the
Freeport Driving Park association is here
published. Forty. three horses have been
heard from so far and others still are ex-
pected.
The horses entered are as follows
Tuesday, June 5, 800 trotting; g, S.
Victor Sprague; Oh. m. Roxy McGregor;
b m Pomona; oh Rob Roy; b m Lady
West; b m Kittie Wilkes; George s; and
CHI m Gipsey.
Tuesday, June s, m Mary Sprague;
b Billy Dayton; and br $ Alexander.
Wednesday, June 8, pacing, free for
all. Purse $500; b m Matte Stipp; b Q
Bay Diamond; Oh m Travilla; r m To.
ledo Girl; and b G Chief.
Wednesday, June 9th. 2:35 trotti ng:
oh m Mabel A. br g Magma Vii kes, blk s
Monitor. b hi Orphia, blk Rolla Parv in,
and m Cora.
Thursday, June 10th, $50, g Sorrell
Ned; b IN Lady Mont; DIR. Smith; e
Jim Bowman; b IN Nina K blk IN Theta;
b g Gen Sibley. and g g harley.
Thursday, June 10th. 2:40 trotting; g
G Granite; b g j. B. Taylor; g m Carrie
blk. m Indigo; m Capitola; and g m
Lettie Watterson.
Friday June 18th, special purse to be
announced hereafter.
Friday, June 18th. $50 pacing: g
Geo. Garrett; oh z Leo: CHI m Travilla
blk Rowdy Boy and CHI g Knsman.
The Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1885-1886, 1886-06-05

Mr.. John Roche. county delegate of
the A o. H., returned this morning
from a meeting of the state convention of
the order, which was held at Alton this
week. There were about sixty delegates
in attendance, and the session was har =
monious and productive of much good
During the past year the membership has
been increased $50. which is good,
healthy growth. indeed. Mr.. Roche sue
ceeded in having Rock Island named for
the next place of meeting, which will be
the second Tuesday in June, 1887.