davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1886-05-25
Society Elsewhere.
PAYETTE.

Miss Mamie Dunn is visiting friends
in Kansas City.
Miss Sudie Morrison will spend COM
mencement week in Columbia.
Miss Mamie Sampson, of Boone
county, is the guest of Mrs. III. A. Norris.
Miss Bette White was the guest of
Miss Sudie Morrison this week.
Mrs. John Bradley and children, of
Taylor, Texas, are visiting relatives in this
city.
Mrs. Lionberger, of Nevada. Mo-, and
Mrs. Sauter, of Boonville, are visiting at
Howard college.
Mrs. Carrie Morrison and daughter.
Miss Mary, visited relatives at Estill the
first of the week.
Mrs z. III. Smith and babe, who have
been spending the winter in ST. Louis,
have returned to Fayette.
Mrs. V. q. Bonham. of Franklin. ac-
companied by her sister, Miss Lille Boggs,
was in the city Tuesday.
Miss Fannie Murphy, an accom-
plished lady from Moberly, visited Miss
Sudie Morrison this week.
Mrs. Toler Dunaway, nee Miss Bette
Tut, of Oswego, Kas., is visiting relatives
and friends here and at Estill.
Mrs. DIR. Ferguson, after a slort visit
to her daughter, Mrs. Tavener, returned to
her home in Pettis county, Monday.
Miss "Flaxie" White, who has been
visiting the family of her brother-in-law,
Ed. Kingsbury, near town, for several
weeks, returned to her home in Boone
county, Tuesday.
Mr.. j. C. Ferguson and wife left Mon
day noon for Jennings, Mo-, to be present
at the closing school exercises of st. Louis
seminary, of which their daughter, Miss
Mary, has been a student for several terms
and who graduated Thursday afternoon.
They came home Thursday.
COLUMBIA.
-Mrs. John Hinton is entertaining her
sister, Mrs. Hill, of Omaha.
-Mrs. John Overall and children, of St.
Louis, are at Maj. Rollins.
Mrs. Sylvester, of St. Louis, is here
visiting her mother, Ms. Johnston.
Mrs. Neal Marshall and daughter, of
Unionville, Mo-, are here for the summer.
Mrs. F. F. Hayden, of Ironion, No.,
is the guest of her daughter, Mrs. Frank
Russell.
Mrs. Shannon Douglass, of Kansas
City, and her two children, are spending
some weeks here.
Mrs. James McAfee and her daughter,
Miss Jennie, have gone to New York, to be
absent several months.
Mrs. Tom Lipscomb, of Shelbyville,
Tenn, has arrived here and will spend the
summer with her father.
Miss Jennie Reed, who has been spend
ing some time with her uncle, Prof. Brown,
returned to her home in ST. Louis Satur-
day.
BooNvILLE.
Miss Kate Sloane is visiting friends
here.
Mise Kate Spkar is the guest offriends
in Springfield, Mo. .t...
Mrs. Geo. Sham is visiting her father
here.
Mrs C. ]. Walden, OF Fayette, visited
friends here this week. ct.s
Mrs Mary L. Hickman, of Columbia,
Mo-, is the guest of Mrs. John &. Walker,
of this city. i.o ci
Mrs. w. Roberts and daughter, of st.
Louis, are visiting Mr.. E. Pailon's family.
Misses Anna Porter and Julia Bell,
of Memphis, Tenn., are the guests of Mrs.
VIM. NJ. Lionberger.
b, r...e ga Z 10
The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1886-05-25
A School OF Crime.

Inc New 1Ofk pOlcemen declare
that there are thousands OF boys In
that city who are educating them
selves for, the penitentiary and the
gallows, owing to the unrestricted
sale of yellow back. novels, in which
murderers, thieves and highwaymen
are picture as the noblest of heroes
and the most lovable of men. Large
quantities of this pernicious literature
is finding it's way into the hands of
small boys who enseonce themselves In
the wood-shed, and revel in the bloody
and daring deeds of "Limping Jim,
the Piebald Terror of Roaring Gulch,"
or 1.-The One-Eyed Pirate of the Carl
bean Sea"
The effect of such reading on the
youthful mind is evidenced by the
fact that in New York at the present
time popular game among the boys
is one called Hands Up" The ur-
chins arm themselves with toy pistols
and. start out on the streets at night
as amateur highwaymen. In dark
door ways and behind high stoops
they conceal themselves, and when
their companions, who are in the
game enacting the role of honest and
law-abiding citizens, pass by the hid
ing place they are pOunced upon, the
toy pistol is presented to their heads,
and they are ordered to put up their
hands while search of their pockets
is made. If any resistance is offered
the caps of the toy pistol are exploded,
the victim falls apparently lifeless,
and the embryo road agents SLOUGH
their hats over their eyes and stink
away to some other locality where
the game is renewed.
| At first the New York police were
inclined to laugh good naturally at
the Glands up" game of the street
gammins, but lately several instances
have occurred where small and re-
spectacle urchins have been waylaid
and actually robbed of their pennies
and whatever toy or article of value
they had on their persons. The po-
lice are in consequence taking steps
to put stop to. the game ON the
ground that the boys who indulge I'm
it are training themselves 70 be dam
gerous criminals. While the police
are right in discouraging any game
or play that makes crime attractive
to boys, and proves to be school In
which they are educated to murder
and steal, the surest way to strike as
the root of the evil is to suppress the
sale of cheap literature in which vice
is held up as virtue, and crime as
an example.
The dime novel has caused hum
dreds of boys to find their way to the
scaffold, and it is she duty Of every
father the moment he sees novel of
this class in the hands of his boy, to
WELD single with strong right
arm, and apply it in such vigorous
manner as to impress the Lad with the
fact that such reading is not at all de-
sirable.-New Orleans States.
The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1886-05-25

To al Who are suffering from the errors
and indiscretions of youth, nervous weak
ness, early decay, loss of manhood, &C., I
viii send q recipe that viii cure You,
FREE OF CHARGE. This great remedy
was discovered by missionary In South
America. Send self addressed envelope,
to the REv. JosErH T. IsHAN, &ntio~ d
Men n I -. 7,Seod4w1y
The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1886-05-25
WARRENSBURG WAITS.
A Newsy Letter From the Metrop.
oils of Prosperous john
son COUNTY.

WarrenSDurS, WAY ZZ.-l COrreS-
pondence. Perhaps no town in the
west is just now enjoying more of a
boom than is this quiet, ancient, but
solid little burg. New houses are GO
ing up in all directions, and for the
season and times business seems to be
remarkably good. OF course his
keeps everybody in the best of humor
and quiet order and good fellowship
is the result.
Among some of the most recent ad-
vances is the organization of a tele-
phone company for the purpose of
establishing telephone connection be-
tween this city and Holden. The
distance is twenty-four miles between
the two towns and the company
will open with seventy-fye instru-
ments in each place. The apparatus
to be used is the Pan Electric and the
cost of the instruments will be to bust
ness houses 50 per month, private res
licences $3.50 per month. All the
stock has been subscribed and the Or
ganizatiOn, which is a private home
affair, is complete. Five CT loads
of poles arrived at this place yester-
day and construction will commence
Immediately. 1t is expected to have
everything complete and working by
the middle Of June, as the full sub
scription has been taken and nothing
remains to be done except putting the
line in operation.
Another theme of general interest
and Importance is the development OF
summer resort at the Purtle springs,
one mile east of the city. These
springs belong to Mr.. j. III. Christie
pher, one of Warrensburgs leading
merchants and business men, and so
great has become their reputation for
healing waters that he has been
induced to open them up to the pub
lie generally. To this end he is now
building a splendid four-story hotel,
so by 80 feet in dimensions, boat
houses, harbors, auditoriums and
other edi6ces of the latest and hand
soonest models. A beautiful lake
with elegant boats and boat houses
also adorns the grounds, which are SIT
uated in 8 belt of natural woods
surrounded by fine pictur-
esque mountains, rendering it one of
the handsomest places in the country.
Mr.. Christopher is sparing no ex-
pense to add to it all that art can sup
ply in the way of Improvement, and
Purtle Springs will undoubtedly be-
come one of the most famous water
ing places in the west. Prof. P.
Schweitzer, of the state university,
gives the following analysis of the
waters:
One U. S. gallon left on evaporation a
residue, weighing, when ignited, $3.50
grains; this residne contained
The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1886-05-25
SOCIETY NEWS.

any itene of interest suitable sss Ma espaes-
sent FIR "A 6edaiia or peighboFirs places, are ie-
I1sc4fnliy solicited. We vaA: :sTsc.3ca. setive
md CHEEKY lady correspondent IN oil the neighbor-
t1e towns tributary 70 Sedalia- Address oil such
eonmuuicssioas to Koea Pearie, society rporter,
Bkx,o ef6ce Sedalia, No.
The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1886-05-25
1910

1910
The difference between this weight and
the weight OF the total residue, amounting
to 400 grains, consisted of alkalies, car
bonic acid, chlorine, and probably of some
other constituents, in small quantities.
The water on standing and on boiling
deposits all its iron, in the form of ferric
oxide, and is true chalybeate water. A
complete examination might increase the
value of the water, as far as its value de-
ponds upon analytic data
Yours, truly,
Il. SCHwETTZER,
Prof. of Chemistry, University of Mo.
About 100 men are now busily en-
gagged in constructing the various
buildings, which are being pushed
With the utmost rapidity, and it is ex-
pected to have a formal opening Of the
resort about July 1st.
The "Star of Heaven" sensation is
still theme of interest, and since the
continuance of the case to the No.
vember term of court, the 'apostle, 7"
G.. III. Smith, has been an inmate of
the county jail here. his bondsmen
having refused to sponsor him any
longer. A report has lately been put
in circulation that he has another
wife and two children in Bates county,
but whether this is true or not your
correspondent is unable to say. Smith
spends his time mainly in praying
and scripture reading. This week he
sent the following communication to
Sheriff Russell:
" Mr. Bro,rn, Russell and Rice, Gentlemen,
"DEAR SIRs-If you will make ar
rangements for me in the City hall,
and help me to get my paragraphs
struck, / will deliver q lecture that
will shake the foundations of this
town, and / will give you half the
proceeds. We, can take in 800 q
The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1886-05-25

Miss Ora Hardin, who is attending
Christian college, at Columbia, is at home
for few days.
Mrs. Charles Campbell returned last
week from ST. Louis, where she has been
visiting relatives.
Miss Flora Clarkson left Thursday for
Kansas City, where she will be the guest Of
Mrs. Jennie Slade.
Mrs. Charles Ackert, of Marshalltown,
Iowa, arrived Sunday and will be the
guest of her sister, Mrs. r. r. Ackert, for
several weeks.
The Washington critic., 1886-01-18
COURT RECORD.

FQUiTY CouRT--Justicc James. Morris
VS.. Ilckox: appearance of absent defend
ants ordered. Hooe VS.. Petia same order;
Richardson VS.. Baldwin; release of property
ordered. Jones VS.. Jones; dismissal of bill
ordered. Smith VS.. Smith; sale confirmed
and conveyance ordered.
CRIMINAL CoUgT-Justice Macarthur
GA. Whitaker, presenting false vouchers;
on trial.
CIRCUIT COURT, No. 1-Justice Cox.--
White VS.. McMichael; motion for new trial
granted. Mills ct al. VS.. District of Coum-
bia; motion for new trial overrtled Fisher
VS.. Waller: Judgment on demurrer. Lyon
VS.. Michner ct al; motion for judgment
oycrruled; defendants to join In demurrer;
Ilornbach VS.. Kohln; motion for new trial
submitted Smith VS.. Mcintosh; motion to
set aside judgment granted Coon VS..
W illner; demurrer sustained, with leave to
amend Cooke ct al. VS.. Painter; motion
for judgment overruled.
CIRCUIT CoURT Justice Merrick. -
Yates VS.. Nedinger; motion for new trial
overuled Tankersley VS.. McMichael; same
order. Dudley VS.. johnson; same order.
Morrison vs. Stewart; same order. Moyni-
han VS.. Pennsylvania Railroad; bill of ex-
ceptions filed.
Police CoURT-Judge Snell.-William
Dowden, loud and boi oisterous; $5 or 10 days
George Dant, destroying n street lamp; 81
or Is days. John w. Thompson, profanity;
IS or Is days. Charles Howard, carrying
concealed weapons; S25 collateral forfeited
Charlie Ross, alias De Pue suspicious per
son; three months on the farm. Martin
Lane, profanity; So or days.
The Washington critic., 1886-01-18
How to spend Winter Evenings.

How to spend Winter Evenings.
This is the season OF short days and long
evenings, the best time of all the year for
study and improvement. Perhaps you are
young man desirous of obtaining com
mercial employment. One OF the best pass
ports In that direction, next to good charac.
ter, is good handwriting. OF course you
know how to write, but like the great ma.
jority, probably, you have never trained
yourself to write well. No merchant wants
his books disfigured by awkward and illegl-
bic scrawling. Nolawyer will submit to
badly written copies. We suggest you de .
vote yourself this winter to perscvering ea-
deavors to improve your penmanship. You
will be surprised at the Improvement which
real efforts In this line will achieve Maybe
you would like to learn stenography and
typewritng. The faithful employment Of
your winter evenings in this work
may make you first-class gradu-
ate before the long days come
again, and enable you to earn a handsome
support. Do you wish to become expert as
q mechanical draughtsman? There are cx.
eellent instruction books sold very cheaply.
The industrious occupation of your evening
hours as learner will surely be fruitful of
results. We know of excellent draughts-
men, now enjoying good salaries, who
taught themselves to draw In evening hours
while companions filled away their time
smoking, cards or gossip. Are you of an
inventive turn Of mindy The best of all
time to study up aud think out plans for
new contrivances is in the quetude of even
ing. The results of earnest thought In the
production of inventions are astonishing
In general it is the Improvements in simple
devices, things of every day use and that
everybody wants, which are the
most profitable. The patent for
the little invention of the spring
window shade roller, now so generally en-
ployed in ali dwellings, has brought great
wealth to the fortunate inventor. lie Is
now millionaire His device was truly Il
happy thought. We know OF lady in Chi
cago whose patents, for the invention of a
moving belt for drying eggs albumen, &C.,
have reyolutionized certain great branches
of trade and now bring her great income
The people want improvements in every
conceivable form. Not only is the field Of
invention vast, but It is open to everybody.
There are no distinctions in respect to sex
or age. The way to invent is to "keep
thinking the way to accomplish anything
is to keep working. ."-[Sclentihc Ameri-
can.
The Washington critic., 1886-01-18
VEST WASHINGTON.


The engagement of Henry Matthews,
esq, and Miss Mamie Nicholson, both of
this place, is announced.
Saturday evening, while number of
boys were coasting on Washington street,
one OF them named Cuvier Green, was run
over by an express wagon. lie escaped,
however, without any serious injuries.
-Four cases for drunkenness were the
only prisoners at the statien-house this
morning.
Yesterday afternoon the funeral of Mr..
William Kurtz took place. rs announced In
Saturdays CRITIC. Rev. Dr. Fullerton
OBLIGATED at the house, while Potomac
Lodge No. 8, +. A. A. NJ, of which Mr.
Kurtz was a member, held Masonic SER
vices at the grave. The pallbearers were
appointed from the lodge and were; Thomas
e. Lockerman, Joseph Libhey, j. C. John
son, c. j. Woodward, j. p. Wallace and Il.
l.. Amery.
Temperature and condition of water at
Z a. m; Great Falls-Temperature, 80; con
dltion, 81. Receiving reservoir-Tempera-
ture, 30; condition at north connection, 32;
condition at south connection, %. Distrb-
uting resevoir-Temperature, 35; cond-
tion at iniluent gate-house, Z; condition at
eliluent gate-house, 5,
The Washington critic., 1886-01-18
EAST WASHINGTON.

Seven officers of the Eighth Precinct
are on the sick list
Three arrests in East Washington yes
terday.
A fraternal visit will be paid to Har-
mony Lodge No. 0, by Central Lodge No.
/, at Odd Fellows Hall, Nayy-Yard, to,
night.
The first of series Of Monday morn
ing concerts, by the Marine Band at the
Barracks, took place this morning at 10
O'Clock and was well attended.
Miss Norma jackson has returned from
her visit to Georgia. She has visiting her
Miss Browne of Atlanta, with whom she
was visiting
Father Devlno, who was expected to take
charge of st. PETERS Church, Capitol Hill,
yesterday, was unable to be present, owing
to the fact that his successor in the Catlie-
dral, at Baltimore, has not yet been APP
pointed, and until this is done he will be
obliged to remain there. 1t is expected,
however, that he will be in Washington
next Sunday and oillciate at st. Peters
Church
Captain David A. Lowe, a well-known
shipmaster OF former days, died last even
ing at his home, In Grants row, on East
Capitol street. Captain Lowe was for some
time harbormastcr at Alexandria, and for
many years commanded vessels sailing from
that port.
The Washington critic., 1886-01-18
SOUTH JV1SHINGTON.

William Davis, residing at No. $50 l.
street, was taken suddenly Ill in a street
car while on his way home about 10 o'clock
last night. lie was carried into the drug
store on Eleventh street, near Maryland
avenue southwest, and attended by Dr.
Bowman. lie was afterwards conveyed to
his home, in critical condition, in the po-
lice ambulance.
Cards have been issued for the wedding
Of Miss Maggie, the eldest daughter of Mr.
Jacob Neihmeycr Of South Washington,
aud Mr.. Thomas &. McElvarc of New
York, which takes place at st. Dominic's
Church next Wednesday evening. Mr..
McElvare is the representative OF Rowland
A. Robbins & Co., of New York, and
largely engaged in contracts with the es-
tablishment.
Edward Leonard, white boy 10 years Of
age, residing at No. 1904 Fourand-a-half
street southwest, while playing with pistol
In an alley on Tenth street about O'clock
this morning, was slot in the left hand by
the accidental explosion of a cartridge The
ball, which lodged in the little finger, was
extracted by DIR. III. Il. Leach ut Prices
drug store, after which the boy walked
home,
The Washington critic., 1886-01-18
a welcome Innovation.

The Jahrmarket which will be given at
the Light Infantry armory next month for
the benefit of the Concordia Church build
ing fund will be a welcome innovation. 1t
is designed to be a representation of the an
nual fair common in many parts of Ger
many. The village musicians Will make
merry music Of folk and national character
and will DC dressed like their professional
brethren beyond the water. Mr..
Charles Seltman has made beauti-
full automatic piece, "The Battle
OF the Frogs" seventeen by, twenty
feet In size, especially for this occasion, and
the blrth-house Of Schiller at Murbach and
Luther at Eisleben will be erected In imita-
tion of the original. The executive com
mittee, which consists of members of the
church, is composed of well-known citizenH
and business men, as follows Rev. Louis H.
Schneider, president; Edward w. Koch,
secretary; Charles Schneider, treasurer
Louis Kettler, Anton Eberly, j. Karr, Henry
+, Bauer, Werner Koch, Fred. q. Gelseking,
Christ. Rupert, Martin Ilcbner Major
John H. Weyss, John l.. Vogt, Edward
Droop, Gustav IIartig, Carl Peterson, Anton
Fisher John Walter, NJ. d.; George Brett
barth, Louis Faber, Captain c. l.. Ebert, A..
Knobloch, j. l.. Schaffert, Fred. lmhof,
Charles \ Herman, John Walter, sr.; s.
Toepfer, II. Blumenberg, j. Wagner, f..
landgraf, Fred. Nogt, john Schneider and
John Kaiser.
The Washington critic., 1886-01-18
CIGAR SMOKERS FOOLED.
High Prices for Doinestic Weed
Thinking They Have Yecn Unmarried


Bigh Prices for Donestic weeds,
Thinking They Have Been Imported.
"Ibere are many people in New York."
said Colonel Brooks of the internal revenue
service to New York World reporter,
"who labor under the impression that they
are buying smuggled cigars, when they are
really getting the cheapest domestic cigars
made. There are some very expert swim
dlers about town, and have no doubt they
have found many victims. Asa matter of
fact, there are very few foreign cigars snug
gled into this country. There are too many
risks In the first place, and then the penalty
is nearly always enforced. The majority Of
contraband cigars that are brought TO the
United States come in the pockets of tour
lists and man can't carry many cigars CON
ceaed about his clothing.
"fou would be surprised to know how
many people In New York are induced 20
buy alleged smuggled cigars, and in most
cases they arc badly swinded.
Gan operator in alleged smuggled cigars
displays considerable genius In his makeup
for his part. He first stains his hands and
face, and then puts on an old suit of sailors
clothing. lie buys q box OF the cheapest
cigars he can find, takes them from the box,
and rolls them up in newspaper, He then
gets good fifteen or twenty-cent cigar,
which he puts IN with the othercigars. Thus
equipped, with "a fresh lot of imported
cigars that have never paid any duly,' he
starts out in search of a customer. To his
victim he whispers the words 'smuggled.' ;
very cheap and then pulling out the good
cigar, says 'Try one.' OF course Il smokes
all right, and the victim is tempted to take
the whole lot at $40 hundred or similar
price, when they actually cost less than two
cents apiece.
"Swlndlers make It practice Of hand.
ling little better quality OF cigars. They
buy domestic grades for eight cents or ten
cents apiece and then retail them among
their customers for from eighteen to twenty
five cents straight. These men have their
regular customers and furnish them with
nearly all their cigars. They sell very fair
cigars, but their customers pay them three
times what they are worth, because, as they
imagine, they are smuggled.
"Ihero are large retail dealers who prac-
tice deception on their customers. One
man especially has been reported to me a
hundred times as violating the revenue
laws, but there is not a dealer In New
York who is more careful In complying
with the law. He is too sharp to break it,
but will venture to say that there are q
good many people In New York who would
be willing to swear that he does. He keeps
a certain quantity of cigars under his coun-
ter. A customer comes In, gives him q
wink, the dealer smiles softly, reaches his
hand down under the counter, takes n bun
die Of cigars out of regularly stamped
box, wraps itup In newspaper and passes
them over to his customer, admonlshing
him to be careful. The customer then
steals out of the store with the air of man
who has stolen something. There is no oc-
casion for him 10 feel badly. He has only
paid two prices for an ordinary domestic
cigar ~
The Washington critic., 1886-01-18

Rare Works Of Art.

A rare opportunity is offered to lovers oi
art to obtain some fine paintings by the
old masters at the auction sale at Scott
Gallery, Willard Hall, this evening
Some OF the most eminent artists are rep
resented in this collection. Among the
more noted are Paul Weber, Sir Joshuu
Reynolds, salyator Rosa, IIogarth, Gilbert
stuart, Rosa Bonheur, Elliott, III. Wind
meier, Carl Raupp, AIRY Seffenir. aud Ed
ward Dubufe. The sale includes the pri
yate collection of DIR. Rcullng of Baltimore
The entire collection has been examined by
a large number of residents during the past
few days. The sale will begin this evening
at s o'clock, and should any Of the collec.
tlon be unsold, they win be disposed OF to,
morrow evening at the same hour. This IL
an opportunity that seldom occurs, and
doubtless the local patrons OF art will be in
attendance in large numbers.