The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1886-06-29

be looked upon as a strange coinci.
dence by the casual observer, and with
no small degree of superstition by
those superstitiously inclined, that
such thing should have taken place
at the residence of Mr.. Absalom Nc
Vey, one of the oldest and best known
citizens Of Pettis county, and who
lives on east Broadway, just outside
the city limits.
THE MARRIAGE.
The happenings referred to began
Wednesday morning at s o'clock, a.
which hour his daughter, Miss Rebec-
ca McVey, was married to Mr.. James
w. Bapple, of Kansas City, by Elder
NJ. NJ. Davis, of the Christian church.
So quiet was the affair that the cere-
mony was over and the happy couple
on their way to their future home in
Kansas City almost before some of
the brides relatives, living within
stones throw, were awarc of the fact
that it was even contemplated.
THE DEATH.
On the same day, at the humble
little home of Mr.. @. o. Claypool,
almost under the shadow of the stately
McVey mansion, the broken hearted
Mr.. and Mrs. Claypool sorrowfuIly
watched the last faint breath leave the
lips of their two-months-Old darling.
The little pet was a mere midget,
weighing but three pounds at the time
of its birth, and had never
had any health since it
left the fairy land to which
it was quickly returned. In order to
accommodate the many friends of Mr..
and Mrs. Claypool who desired to be
present at the funeral, the remains
were conveyed to the McVey man.
sion.
THE TRAGEDY
Yesterday morning, about IL
o'clock, while all were busily prepar-
ing for the last sad obsequies, a cry of
distress was heard coming from the
barn, just across the way, where is
kept a fine Jersey bull, the property
of Charles F. McVey, a son of Mr.. A.
McVey. On Fastening to the scene,
Young Mr.. McVey found VIM. Brown,
son of Edward Brown, a gardener, try
ing to reach the house, and suffering
from a frightful wound in the left
side, from which the entrails were pro-
truding. Mr.. Brown was at
once conveyed to the man.
sion, already full of mourning,
and Drs. Scott and Bronson hastily
summoned, who dressed his injuries
and sewed up the CHASTITY wound as
best they could. From all the par
ticulars that could be gathered, in
Guiding the feeble statement of the
injured man, it was learned that he.
had visited the stable, and knowing
the sad occasion which had called the
family to remain at the house, he un-
dertook to handle the animal alone.
Shortly after he had unclaimed him
the brute, not being used TO strangers,
viciously attacked Mr.. Brown, while
still inside the shed, and before he
could escape gored and threw him
over a ten-foot board fence, inf1icting
the terrible injuries above mentioned.
Alta late hour last evening Mr.. Brown
was resting as easy as coulo be ex-
pected. His physicians say none of
the bowels were ruptured, though they |
were badly bruised, and his recovery
would be regarded as almost miracle. |
Broke His Arm.
Lewis Ellis, a saddle-colored coon,
aged about fourteen years, who re-
sides in North Sedalia, near the
brewery, met with quite painful ao-
cident about 4:30 O'clock yesterday J
afternoon. While taking a ride with a
named Henry Ross, on the
atter's express wagon, In turning the
corner of Third and Massachusetts,