The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1889-06-25

this city died last week at the very old
age of 80 years. She was the oldest
cow in the state, if not the oldest in
the United State.
mo cigarette smoking in this of.
fee" is a sign displayed in many OF
the law and real estate Offices in st.
Louis. The smell of the burning pa.
per is inexpressibly offensive to some
people.
Richmond Democrat Kansas
City has secured the next meeting OF
the bankers convention of the whole
nation. This will be big advertise.
ment for the young giant at The mouth
of the Ksw.
Charlton Courier: A monstrosity
in the shape of a turkey with four legs,
four wings and two neck bones was
Matched one day last week on James
Stuckey's farm near Dalton. 1t only
lived short time.
There are a larger number OF
prisoners confined in the penitentiary
at Jefferson City than in any one
prison in the country, but several of
the states have two penitentiaries
and Missouri has only one.
An Audrian county farmer took
100 gallons of cherries to Mexico the
other day and marketed them for six
teen cents gallon. Now the ques.
ton is can a man afford to pick
twelve bushels of cherries for SIS.
Joplin Herald: Last night Es.
quire Orear officiated at a marriage
that was novel in the fact that it unit
ed two generations. The groom was
A, j. Rice, aged AZ, and the bride
Miss S. j. Summers, aged IA.
-Nevada Democrat: S. T. Bra.
suer saws that corn on bis farm looks
well. In speaking of the oat crop
generally he said the prospect is fine
in fact the prospect for big crop is
the finest that he has seen in ten
years.
"A farm containing 200 acres, a
mile and half southeast of Carrollton,
sold the other day for $40, 1000. Land
that near to as good a county seat as
Carrollton will not be lying around
loose in Missouri in ten years from
now at $50 an acre.
In spite of the prolonged wet
weather the farmers in this section of
the state have an excellent prospect
of good corn crop. By industry
and working in every kind of weather
they have suppressed the weeds and
the corn is nearly big enough now to
take care of itself.
The Brunswicker, one of the
oldest and most reliable democratic
newspapers in the state, has become
incorporated with its late owners.
Messrs. Mckinley and Wallace, as
president and vice president. In the
new organization, Mr.. Perry S. RAIDER
becomes managing editor.
Representative Shaw has rendered
his resignation to Governor Francis as
a member of the legislature from st.
Genevieve county, as he has de.
termined to remove to another part of
the state. An Office holder occasion.
ally dies in Missouri, but it is very
seldom that one resigns.
Springfield Ledger: Miss Laura
Allah Ritter IF this city, who went 10
st. Louis last November in male at
tire n order to earn money enough to
study painting, took a prize Of $50 at
tn. close of term of the Washington
university for excellence in elementary
drawing and drawing from the an.
tique.
On last Friday as Henry Wright,
a young man aged % years. residing
near Maud, Mo-, was passing from
his house to his barn he was stung on
each ear by a beetle two bees sting.
ing HIM at the same time He died
in twenty minutes. He was well
liked in the community and his death
is considered a great loss to that sec.
ton.