The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1886-01-26
RAILROAD RACKET.

-Busin'ss Is picking up little On the
west end.
VI. E. Sullivan was discharged from
the hospital yesterday.
| -Jno Gray, F. ]. Ross and Chas Howe
were discharged from the hospital
-Jabrb Kaufman, while coupling cars,
caught his hand and is now being treated
! for confusion.
Mike Ryan, NJ Z. Sullivan and p.
Lis;Oe, all of Kansas City,were admitted TO
the hospital yesterday.
at Adkins, a section lahorer OF Par
SOUS, was admi ted TO the hospital Sunday
suffering with the chills and fever.
-Trainmaster III. G. lark goes over the
/ lie has good set of men on his division.
William Wilson, John Faith, j. +.
Carver, John ODonnell and +. J. X IS,
were discharged from the hospital yester-
day.
Barney Hare, section laborer o. Kan
sas Guy, while unloading ice, lost his hold
and let cake all on his foot severely
confusing it.
VIM Lamb, working in the Missouri
Pacifi, bridge department at this point
got caught between some timbers the other
day and sustained serious bruises about the
head.-Fdrsons Sun.
Dan Howe, a section foreman living in
this city, while working during the last
cold snap, had one If his little fingers
frozen. Yesterday morning he suffered the
amputation OF a portion of the member.
The latest news from Mexico is that the
old NJ. -, K. & T, boys, Jim and Pat Tobiu,
Judd Kerr and Sam People, have com
menced 10 develop their rich gold claims,
with fair prospects of becoming million
aires.-Pdrsons sam.
Mr.. J. III. Mara, for eigh' years chief
clerk in the office of the assistant superin-
tendent of the Missouri Pacific in this city,
has been made chief clerk of Mr. F.. X. Sih-
ley's office at edalia. He leaves for Sedalia
Monday. Kansas City Times.
1t il calculated from present indica-
ti"ns that no less than five thousand miles
of road will be built in the United States
during this year This will Sc the wheels Of
machinery in motion and furnish employ
ment for thousands OF laborers.
John = lick, a ction labOrer of Hig-
ginsville, with dyspepsia, Jos. Davis, a sec
ton hand Of Higginsville, with catarrh
and Andy NOret, a section man from Rem
Odds Station, Kansas with rheumatism,
were admitted to the hospital yesterday.
Train No 20 on the Missouri Pacific,
broke wheel on a box car one-half mi,e
west OF Scott Station esterdav. L M
age W IS slight, only one car being thrown
from the track. The young and popular
conductor, Paul Vermillion, was in chhrga.
HE Edmond>on left US last Thursday
evening for Sedalia to arcept position as
postal clerk on them KIT railroad. Henry
has been acting in the capacity of deputy
postmaster at this place, and we are we'll
satisfied that his honest, industrious ways
will crown him with success in his new un-
deriaking.-SeheH City Ners.
A circular announces the appointment Of
Mr.. Daniel A. Sweet, formerly assistant to
C. w. Smith, the new first vicepresident
of the Santa Fe, to be assistant traffic man.
ager of that road. Another circular is TO the
effect that Nr. III q. Drake has been APP
pointed live stock agent of the Santa Fe
with headquarters. at Topeka vice Mr..
VIZ. Herring resigned -KansasC City Times.
A freight train on the St. JoseDh and
Grand Island yesterday morning was run
ming at full speed near Hastings, Nebraska,
the trucks of the newt car 10 the ca6oose
broke from the track. BY the conclusion
Conductor Gum was thrown against the
end OF The cahoose, and had his right arm
broken; Fred Slaughter had both shoulders
dislocated; and passenger named Biddle
living near Hansen, Nebraska, was severe
ly injured about the head A red hot
stove in the caboose was overturned and
broken but the car did not catch FIRE.
-"why," asked the fat passenger, "does
an engineer always call his engine 'she?'
There was a moment of embarrassing silence
when the man on the wood box said some
thing about "her headlight" which was fol- |
lowed by hollow groan all along the line. |
Because, ventured the tall; thin passenger
"the moe you throttle her the iaster she |
goes" But this was barred out under the |
rules. ] he man with the sample case sug-
ges:ed, because she runs the mail" but
everybody said "ah there" so sarcastically |
that he apologized. The cross passenger said |
because there was so much hustle and bang
about her." and he was fined cigars for the |
crowd on the spot. The bashful passenger
said maybe it was because she pulled the
smoker" snd was Kissed off the stage. And
longer had they snug, but the woman who
talks bass closed the lodge by croaking
e Because We couldn't get along without
."-Burdette.
The WashOut.