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The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1889-07-09
FIERCE FLAMES.
Destructive Fire i'm Georgetown
Last Night.

Georgetown, Mo-, July o. Special.
Near half-past 10 o'clock last night, the
alarm of fire was sounded and the fire was
discovered in the store of w. G. Bsrrack,
which also contains the pOstofice, MIR.
Barrack being postmaster. When dis
covered, the building was In flames. AS
very few people Were at home, most OF
them being at the celebration In Se ALA,
there was little help a, hand. But those
here fastened to the rescue, AID by heroic
efforts, prevented Mr. Barracks dwelling.
which is on the same lot, from burning 1t
was only fourteeu feet from the store. The
store house and everything in it was con-
sumed. The fire seemed to have originat-
ed In the back part of the store, near
where the postofice was situated, and had
burned through to the roof before being
discovered. The flames ragged IN fury and
wonderful rap.dity. The dwelling caught
fire several times AID was as many times
extinguished, Mr.. Barrsck was IN Soda
liza having locked the store and house and
left home at $50 p. m. His wife and fam
| ily were In Iowa on q visit TO her mother.
The neighburs broke the doors open and
took the household goods into the streets,
thinking the dwelling would burn OF
4 course. hH'
great credit is due to the heroes OF the
evening were Thos. Crane, Mr..
Marclsy VINO insisted on saving the resi-
dence when it was Tespaired OF; Ed and
Frank Ford and q number Of others whose
names are not known to the writer. Mr.
Barrack returned to find everything 10
ruins and was greatly affected by the stu
alton, whose loss is greater that at hrst aP
pesred. Besides the stock, he had .
flourishing business and was an Ell
6cieut and popular postmaster
BE has the sympa by OF many friends
who regret his sad situation.
The store building and residence house
belonged to Geo. Moore, whose loss is abou
$500, with an insurance OF $500 On tn
store.
:. Mr.. Barracks stock was valued
81, 200 insurance, $500.
Postoffce department lost in currenc.
about $4,000. July LIST, when the report Q
postmaster was made out there was S4I.V
, With q fraction in stamps, which was LOST
but there was but very little mail burned
and none of especial value; no registers
mail.
There were stored in basement, goods nc
insured, to the amount of $500. House
2 hold goods damaged near 800 %, maxim
total Of S2,2O2, with insurance o
stock, $4,000, and $4,000 on building
| making a loss of 81 ,002.
The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1889-07-09

w. II. Steel, remarkably we'll
preserved gentleman of Cooper coun-
ty, took in the park sports the even
inc of the Fourth and enjoyed them
as well as boy. He was born In
Greenvil e, Tenn, Dec. 18th, 1900:
He enlisted in the cavalry service and
served four years, voted the whig tick
ct in 1924 and up to 1852, and has
voted the republican ticket ever since.
Mr.. Steel is an intelligent old gentle
man and looks to be about forty-hve
years old. He knew Andrew johnson
well, and once gave him a whipping
for making misfit in suit OF clothes,
which he had ordered while johnson
was a tailor. He uses no liquors
whatever, has been a hard working
man all his life, and this season made
full hand in the wheat harvest. de
bids fair to live for many years, and
the BAzoo trusts that he may do so,
The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1889-07-09

The announcement that a "cave OF
silver" has been found in New Mexico
with fabulous wealth therein should
not be taken otherwise than with sew
eral large grains of allowance, and the
tide of peripetetic humanity on the
trail for fame and fortune should not
"set restlessly"in that direction, with
out further particulars. As likely a;
not the cave of silver, means "cave'
in silver, resulting from the dropping
ont of the bottom of some well sailed
proposition.
The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1889-07-09
TANEY COUNTY TROUBLES
Result i'm the killing of a Sheriff
and One of His
Deputies.

Ozark, Mo-, July 6.-News has reached
Ozark from several reliable sources this
morning that Sheriff @. L. Branson and
one of his deputies. Ed. Funk, were killed
at a Fourth of July celebration at Kirby
Vile. Taney county, yesterday, by the two
Miles brothers, William and Jim, who are
now under Indictment for the murder OF
Cant. n. Kinney. The several concurrent
reports of this dual murder which have
been received here since o'clock to-day,
leave but little room for doubt that the
killing actually occurred. One wnltiock,
a prominent ranchman, formerly OF Spring
field, passed through Ozark this afternoon
direct from Kirbyville, and gave partial
details of the tragedy. The Miles
brothers were attending the celebration
at Kirbyville and Sheriff Branson
and his deputy, Funk, attempted 70
arrest them for carrying pistols. Instead
of giving up their weapons to the ofhcers
the two Young men bid defiance to the
sheriff and his authority and opened hire
Deputy Funk fell first. Continuing theil
murderous fire with that deadly aim fol
which the Miles have long been noted
Sheriff Brauson was soon shot through I'M
breast and dropped dead by the side OF M
fallen deputy. Whether the miles broth
ers were rounded in the fight cannot b
learned, The supposition is that the tw'
bro, hers made their escape after the blood.
encounter, but no reliable lnforn alton OIL
this subject can be had tonight.
This double murder is the result OF tn
old deadly feud between the bald Anoboer'
and the militia factions OF fancy county
and may be only the beginning OF ne'
reign Of terror in that section. The Mile
family were leading members OF the anti
knobber party.
The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1889-07-09

This is a season of great fires and
other catastrophies. News comes
from Durango, Colorado, to the effect
that q great fire has swept away the
business portion of the city, and that
the whole place is in danger. After
Johnstown and Seattle this may not be
10 startling an affair, but added tc
heir aggregate, it is serious enough
certainly.
The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1889-07-09

1t looks as if the governors OF
Louisiana, Mississippi and Texas are
in earnest about not having prize
fight on the soil of their respective
states. The whole civilized world will
applaud these governors for this deter
mined action and if any one of these
officials should succeed in landing the
fighters in Jail, he will be praised from
one end of the land to the other.
The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1889-07-09

Kansas City is exhibiting estate
;ov at the entrance of the NJ, X. d
T. into that city. Sedslia was made
happy about eighteen years ago by the
NJ, K. & 7. buildin G from here south
to Texa as and has been happy ever
since. The BAzoo is sorry for it;
neighbors that it did not secure the
prize at an earlier day.
The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1889-07-09
Hyarophobia Experiments.

DIR. E. n. Small, of Sedalis, Mo-, lately
ofrred a reward to any one who would
consent to be bitten by his mad dog for the
benefit of medical science. He wanted to
test the maidstone and other theories. He
has since been flooded with letters and tel
egrams from parties applying for the op-
portunity. 1t is not presumed that many
of the responding hundreds really wanted
10 lose their lives, but there is morbid
fascination about danger to many mi d.
They were not, either, philauthropists who
wanted TO risk their lives to beneht others
Who has not, in looking from perilous
emiuence, felt sort Of impulse to throw
ones self down? With notoriety attacked
it is impossible to conjecture any peril
that will not call out volunteers. What
passes for heroisn is often this needless
sort of fatuity.-St. Paul Globe, June SO
The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1889-07-09

The annual report that Senator Ed
munds will be defeated for reelection
is again ahoat, which is sure indica'
tion that ssSt. jerome" will be sent
back to Washington without opposi-
ton. However, this is the only po-
Iitical excitement Vermont ever en-
lows and it would be cruel to deprive
her of IL.
The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1889-07-09
Oueutug Ball.

Sweet Springs, Mo, July 6.-The open
ing ball here tonight was very erjos able
affair and while not as largely attended as
anticipated, yet delegations from re
dalia, Kansas City, Marshall and Sweet
Springs were present and the Opening
was a success. Refreshments were served
during the evening and the Messrs. Mar
maduIes did all they could to make the;'
guests enjoy themselves. The hotel ant
cottages ere well filed with guests an(
many Il these took part in the ball.
The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1889-07-09

This law. enacted in colonial times,
still stands on the statute books OF
one of the New England states
THAT all women of whatever age,
rank, profession or degree, whether :,
virgins. maids or widows, who shall
after this act impose upon, seduce
and betray into matrimony any OF hi
majesty's subjects by virtue of scents
cosmetics, washes, paints, artlhcla
teeth, false hair or high-heelea shoes
shall incur the penalty now in torres
against wichcraft and like misdemean
oTs. Stones Popular Educator.
1t would seem that if the above Law
is still in force, that courts woulc
be kept busy convicting women, TO
every one knows how many poor, un
fortunate men are betrayed into mat
rimony by "paints, artificial teeth
false hair, high-heeled shoes, scents
washes, ETC., to say nothing
"beautIful golden hair" made by th
use of blondine.
The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1889-07-09

No one has been found with SUI
ficient temerity to assert that the ex-
ecutive officers of the United States
are uuderpaid. The president draws
$4,000 a year and has a large por-
ton of his household expenses defray-
ed by the government, while the vice
president is paid $1,000, without any
perouisites. The salaries of the
governors of states are from $1,000
Rhode Island) to $4,000 New York
and Pennsylvania, with other salaries
in proportion. The encouragement
of Canada, however, draws $50. 600 a
year, and the government defrays the
expenses of maintaining the executive
mansion, Rideau hall, besides a large
and costly personal staff. The lieuten
ant governors of the provinces Wh'
are about equivalent to the governor
of the states, have from $1,000 t.
$40, 900 each, and all other govern
mental expenses are proportionatel.
greater than in this country. If Can
ada would be rid of a great load tba
is absolutely unnecessary, she shoul'
seek union with the United States
and so share our economical govern
/ mani
The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1889-07-09

object if the young American wishes
to study abroad, it is greatly to be
doubted if that will make him more
capable of performing the duties OF
citizenship.
The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1889-07-09

Political Aspirant-''I suppose In
public speaking. it requires a good
deal of discretion to know what to
saw" Old Statesman-''On the con-
trary, it requires great deal OF dis
cretion to know what not to say" ~
First Theatrical Manager-"You
had a bad season, i hear" Second
Manager-"Oh. yes, frightful. Did
not play to paying house during the
trip. Made money out OF it, though"
First Manager How in the world
could you do that?' Second Manager
-"Oh, always put up the company
at hotels with fire escapes. San
Francisco Hotel Gazette.
10, mother" cried North Side
youngster who had been visiting an
elder brother in school, Il learned lots
to-day" What was one thing you
learned?r asked the fond parent. 81
learned in the 'rithmetic class" was
the reply, that the square OF the base
and perpendicular of right-handed
triangle is equal to the sum of the hip
popotamus. - Chicago Tribune.
| -"Red-headed girls don't tan, eh?"
said Poots, scornfully. as he laid down
the newspaper in which he had been
reading statement to that effect.
"Well, when | was a boy there
was red-headed girl teach"
ing our district school, and she tanned
so much that / haven't forgotten it to
this day." and he rubbed his shoulder
ruefully with the thought.-Teras SAT-.
Sings.
The remains of Jonathan Trum-
bull, the first .'war Governor" of Coz
necticut and the Brother Jonathan
of the revolution, rest in grass-cov'
cred and neglected tomb at Lebanon,
the citizens of which town are now
taking the preliminary steps toward
the erection of suitable memorial tt
his memory. 1t is proposed to dedi
cate the monument in 1890, on the DAY
that marks the one hundred and fifth
anniversary of the death OF Governo
Trumbull.
The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1889-07-09
THE hest medical writers cl

The best medical writer's ciaim
that the successful remedy for nasal ca
tarrh must be non-irritating, easy OF ap'
plication, and one that will by its own
action. reach all the remote sores and ul-
cersted surfaces. The history OF the eff
forts TO treat catarrh during the past few
years obliees us to admit that only one
remedy has completely met these condi-
tions. aud that is Ely's Cream Balm. This
safe and pleasant remedy mas mastered
catarrh as nothing else has ever done, and
bo:h physicians and patients freely CON
cede this fact. The more distressing
symptoms quickly yield to 1t.
The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1889-07-09

The woman who applied to Brook
lyn Judge for an injunction to restrain
her husband from staying out late OF
nights and walking with pretty girls
has obviously imbibed her notions
from the reading of protectionist
newspapers. "The villainy they
teach" as to the psternal nature OF
government she seeks to apply in
practice, and she is wholly unable to
understand why the law, which CON-
pels all the people to contribute to
the support of a favored class OF mon
epolists, should not compel poor
woman's husband to come home at 6
reasonable hour Of nights.
The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1889-07-09
auou tbe Third OF July.

Roodhouse, H., July 6.-This town is
very much amused over a singular ceinci-
dence of date in the Sullivan family. Mr..
w r Sullivan, a citizen, was born on July
2 1881. was married on July 8, 1881, and
now comes his first child, son, born on
July 8, 1889.
The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1889-07-09

Frederick Douglass has been ap
pointed consul general to Hayti. Mr.
Douglass may have Aattering of
fers made him to assume the reigns o.
government of the island when he ar
rives. Anyhow it is safe to assume
that a scheme of annexation will b.
forthcoming.
The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1889-07-09
THE AMERICAN WIFE.
Critical Observations From a Strictly En-
glish Standpoint.

Critical observations FROM a Strictiy En-
glish Standpoint.
Even a high tariff, however, would
fail to keep the American competitors
out if they really possessed all the
virtues claimed for them by 1.-The wife
of a Knickerbocker." Marriage, says
this young lady. who has been just
five years married, is much more OF
failure in England than in the United
States. And why? Because English
wives do not know how to manage
their husbands. How, then. do the
Americans do it? Chiefly, according
to this authority, by leaving each
other alone. She says:
An English married woman in your
upper classes as rule catechises and
cross-examines her luckless husband
when he comes home, worn out, from
the House of Commons, or from a
| race-course, or from the city, and
| sooner or later he has recourse TO
evasions, or omissions, or subterfuges,
from very WEAKNESS of her vexatious
heterogeneous. The happiness OF
English marriages has often been
wrecked by the husband insisting upon
knowing every thing that his wife has
done or said or thought since they
! last met, and by the wife being equally
exacting. The fault of your husbands
Is that, when rich, they have not
enough to do, and hang about their
homes until their wives are tired TO
death of their very presence and COM
partnership. No home can, in my opin-
ion, be happy unless the husband is
away from it every day for many hours.
In the United States we have no idla
men. Our wives, on the other hand,
have time without end to dispose of.
and their husbands think it the most
natural thing in the world that these
, vacant hours should be filled up and
spent as the wives please. In England
the reins are rarely left Enlightened
on a wife's neck, and she Is Often
.. tempted to slip her muzzle. In Amer
, lea wives have no reins and no muzzles,
and never seek to fit either on their
, husbands. Until Englishmen OF the
. higher classes conform in this respect
to our easy-going American ways there
: will be no surcease of divorces anc
|, matrimonial scandals among you.
3 This is all very fine, but somehow OF
!; other we never knew before that ''dt
yorces and matrimonial scandals wer'
unknown over the Atlantic. -LonstSo'
J.. Daily Telegraph.
The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1889-07-09
A writer in the New York Tribune

descants to the extent of a column
and half, on the advantages &C.
cruing to the American student at
Oxford England, and in the German
universities. We have some pretty
fair institutions of leorning in this
country, and although no one can
The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1889-07-09

An important suit of d. Z. Francis
& Bro, commission merchants rs.
Thos. B. Price and B. B. Lyon, OF
this county, has been decided in favor
of Francis & Bro. This was an action
growing out of dealing in grain futures
The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1889-07-09
tt is to be hoped that Kilrain wi

1t is to be hoped that Kilrain will
xbip Sullivan tomorrow, thereby TAX
inc some of the conceit out of the bur
" Irishman, but then if Kilrain
should develop into the champion, il
would 80 swell his head that there
would not be a township in Texa;
large enough to hold him.
The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1889-07-09

According to the new city direc.
tory Chicago has a population OF
nearly 100000 people, not more
than half of whom are implicated In
the Cropin mystery.
The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1889-07-09

College titles are not specially re- e.
served for presidents and public Of
f;ciaIs. Mr.. Cornelius Vanderbilt has
been made an honorary NJ. A. by ho'
bart College. Of course Mr.. Wander
hilt will send a check in due season.
The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1889-07-09

Miss Simpkins (who has tarrled In
the country. to Farmer Applecut)-"O'
I do so adore the early autumn. What Is
1t, I wonder. that comes upon one with
such new, strange sensations in the
the solemn early autumn, Mr.. Apple
cutP" Farmer Applecut-.1 hain't
quite sure, Miss Simpkins. but II 1t
comes on your arms, an itches con-
! sid'able, it's more'n likely it's the new
buckwheat pancakes. IN Y. Sun.
The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1889-07-09
INDIAN NEWSPAPERS.
Something About the Native Press In Her
Majesty's Oriental Empire.

Something About the Native Press In Hef
Majesty's Oriental Empire.
A wear or two ago, while trying a
case of defamation, the District Judge
of Lahore, Mr.. E. w. Parker, described
in his Judgment the manner in which
a native newspaper can be started and
worked. Little or no capital Is re-
Quilted. "a few rupees will purchase
the necessary photographic apparatus
and the services Of a small establish
ment, comprising writer, copyist,
and a pressman. complete the arrange
ments." Almost without exception
vernacular newspapers are htho-
graphed, movable type being for the
most part unsuited for the presenta-
ton of Oriental characters. A htho-
graphic press will cost under Flo COM
plete. The editor, in whose name the
paper is usually registered, may oe a
smart lad fresh from school on q
monthly salary of e., and there are
few editors who would not gladly
abandon Journalism for a Government
post worth ESQ year. News is mostly
obtained by the simple and uncostly
process of translation from the English
daily papers, the latest story from the
bazaar being thrown in occasionally
nv way of sensation. A native paper
rarely sells more than a few hundred
copies, and the working expenses for
O circulation of 300 need not be more
/ than f4 a month, every thing In
cluded, from printers ink to the edit
or's salary. The price OF a singl'
copy of the paper ranges from farth
ing to penny, or thereahout. Wealth,
subscribers are expected to pay
higher rate for the paper than tn
poor. Strange devices are adopted L
order to obtain an additional incom
In the shape of subsidies and grants
aid. As likely as not the paper Is Tn
mouthpiece of a society or OF som
private patron with cause to agitat
or an enemy to defame. BY many edi'
ors blackmail is levied withou
scruple from native officials and other
who would stand well in the eyes
the public and in the estimation OF til
authorities, from all who are afraid
having their family secrets proclaime
from the housetops. or who wish the
. good deeds noised abroad. -Aac'n'
6 .an'S Magazine.
The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1889-07-09

What was it the governor OF LOUIS
lana said to the governor of Mlsslss-
ippis sit will be long time be-
tween prize fights in our states.
The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1889-07-09

An humble attache of San Fran
cisco newspaper has come into a for
tune. All things are possible to him
who waits.
The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1889-07-09

Pillow on both sides of the hedge OF
two Yards width and harrow it down
All hedges need cultivation occa'
siOnallY.
The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1889-07-09
SULLIVAN A BIG FAyoRITE-

Sullivan is the prime favorite here and
is growing more so every day. The bet
ting is two to one on him, and large ma.
iority of the sporting men are for him. Z.
7. Donahue, sporting editor of the New
York World, Henry Hunt of the United
Press, Harry Weldon OF the Cincinnati
ENQUIRER, B. B. johnson OF the Cincinnati
Commercial Gazette, c. j, Fitzgerald OF the
New York Sun, Joe Coburn. Mike Leary,
ANDY Bowen, Jack Burnett, Mike Dono'
van and Jimmie Foley, all old sports, are
certain that he will win.
The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1889-07-09
ANOTHER RUNOR.

1t is reported this morning that the pro-
gramme for the fght will be changed at
the last moment, that the fight will take
place in Alabama, and that large cotton
steamer will be used to carry the crowd TO
the battle grounds.
Colonel A. Andrews and SON are register
ed AT the st. Charles. They came all the
way from San Francisco to see the fight
The Audrewses brought with them a mag
ni6centIy carved gold beaded cane which
| is To be presented to the loser Of the tight
Roanoke daily times. (Roanoke, Va) 1886-1890, 1889-11-20
.yIrnGE INGALLS,.

If Senator Ingalls,, of Kansas, fails
of reelection, as is reported probable
by the press dispatches, the Senate
will lose one of its most brilliant men,
bers.
Whatever may be thought OF Senator
ingalls, as a man, and however much
people may differ from him in political
opinion, it must be admitted that he
possesses marked ability as q speaker,
thinker and presiding ollicer.No man
in the Senate is given closer attention
when he rises to speak or draws larger
crowds to the gallery. His eloqusnce'
however, is the kind that tears down
and destroys rather than build up. For
keen satire and bitter invective he is
unequalled, but It is doubtful whether
during his entire term he has conceived
or executed single act as statesman
Of benefit to tbs country.