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The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1890-12-23
FOUND In THE ROAD.
Albert Chamberlin, a Prnmi
nent Cooper County Farmer
Dies Under Mysterious
Circumstances.

L. III. Hansberger, the VIII known
BunceiOu, Cooper county, merchan
aud star route Contractor arrived rom
Boonville This morning, and iufOrne
a BAzOO representative of TIE latest
sensation among our neighbors Oh
the n nth.
Yesterday morning., Albert Cham
berlin, who r~sides in Bell Air town
ship, twelve mi es south of BOonvilie,
to1k load ofwOod to the latter III 'ce
aud started home, eArly in the after
noon. A few hours later be
was found lying dead in
the road, about FIVE miles OUT, with
his wagon and team of four mu es
standing near by.
The coroner was promptly notified
and went at once to where TIE dead
man lay. A thorough examination
failed t. disclose any indication of f u
play. There were no bruises anywhere
on the body. and at last accounts. the
affair was still shrouded in mys cry.
As it was Mr.. Chamberlin's habit 10
ride one of his mules when hitched 10
his wagon, it may be that he fell or
was thrown off and was killed.
Deceased was a native of Virginia,
and had resided in Cooper county
since the beginning of the war. He
was prominent in all worthy enter
prises in his neighborhood, and was
regarded as an eslimsble citizen. He
was lecturer of the local Farmers and
Laborers' Union. A widow and six
children remain to mourn the loss of a
kind husband and indulgent father.
Mr.. Chamberlin was a member of
the [. o. o. F., and was buried
to-day under the auspices of the Pilot
Grove lodge.
The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1890-12-23
Father and Son.

George Brown, a young light color
ed negro and his aged father is very
much after the "Uncle Joe" pattern.
Their families live in the same house
On Usage street. Last night they hid
very unhappy time, and the
father had his boy arrested
for disturbing the peace. The case
was tried in the police court this
morning. The aged father said he
was a man of peace and didn't want
any "whoOpin' and hollerin" around
him.
Judge Halstead assessed a fine of
81 and costs against the
light cO'orei son, and gave
him some sound advice as to a chid's
duty toward parent.
One thing to admire in Judge Hal
stead, as recorder, is the fact that he
not only lays about The ri.ht fine
upon a law-breaker, but he often i'm
parts to the evil-doer, words of advice,
which, if needed, will d. the individ-
ual much good.
The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1890-12-23
IT IS THE BEST.

about $4,000 subscribed and that
very little canvas-ing had been done
No doubt was expressed as to raising
the amount desired from Saline
county.
Messrs. Hammer, + imonds, Meyers
and Rob r'son, from Miami. att nded
the meeting and said that township
was r. ady 10 do it ptrt. They pre-
ferred, however, that The question of
a northern terminus settled before
holding a NEE ing at Miami, as the
people of that township w.ud desire,
to know just where the road was to
start, where it was to run and where
lt was lie connect with ether roads.
On motion Messrs. Edmond- and
j hn Burruss. of NJ ami, and j P
Huston aud A. F. Rector, Of Mar
shall. were appointed to 60 to CARROLL
ton and endeavOr t. int rest thar town
in the enterprise and report to a mass
meeting here on 5 Saturday night. 1t
is thought that by that time the nee
esstry funds will be raised. Marshall
Democrat.
The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1890-12-23
KIDNAPPED IN COOPER.
The Sequel to a BOOnyilIe Di-
yOrce Case.

At the November term of the
COOp'r COUNTY circuit court. the PEG,
pe of Bornville were su pri,ed to find
IN the docket a suit tor divorce
brought by Mrs. James Hall, OF that
city, PRAYING for divorce firm Ter
husband, The chief charge being that
he tailed t. furnish the fsmi y nee
esstry support. Att r full hearing
OF the cas-, the divorce was anted.
NJ s. Hall was widow prior t.
her m rri,ge to Hall. Her maid
name vas Whrehurst SEE b | nged
to bIshty respectable old Boonville
family, and even N wid hood, aft r
having experienced much trouble,
was Considered quite handsome. James
Hall is a bro her of Judge
Hall, who was elect, d a memb of
the Cooper county court. from the
western dIsIrlc last November.
The following sequel 10 the divorce
occurred the latter part of the pest
week amt is re aed in the RochepOr.
Commercial:
Some days ago, Hal silently stole
t. the ruOm IT lis wife that used To
be, and er,uaded his nine-yrar old
boy. Norman, and pretty little girl,
Lepple, to 20 with him, and he a. ouce
lii cut for ne Fl Id, fnaIIy locating
at Co umbii, leaving only the baby
to upp 1T and comfort the wife. Mrs.
Hal, learning OF her hu b. nd's where
abou 5. swore cut wIrEaut charging
him with kidnapping. TIE warrant
was sent to Sheriff Evans, VITO placed
he fl klr Joe under arrest, and sent
him on his road to wife and biby in
The Vine Clad city. Mr.. Rymel
remaiaed over night here with his
prisoner. Ga retiri g to bel he in
tnrmed Hail that he must occupy
the bed with him. Tbs caused an
objection from thu little gil. who
cIrl' d Rymel big cha y boy" The
little Miss with p uting lips indignant
ly remark, d, you old baby you are
afraid of the COWS b cause the or S.
has dried up" The young deputy
sheriff was so completely set back that
he could say n"thlng, aud ony grim
ned wrile his face became very rel.
Of course the inno cent little Mss did
not understand why Mr. Rymel insist
ed upon her father sleeping with him.
White took the little by and his
sister to his bed, where they spent thu
night comfortably with the biggest
hearted man in the sac.
The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1890-12-23
EX-CONFEDERAIE HOME.
Not Many of the Locations Sug-
gested Desirable-$ $4,000
Will be Raised.

In an interview in Nevada yester.
day w. p. Barlow, secretary of the
ex-Confedt rate association of Missouri
said /:
ave have received over a dozen
offers for the exconfederate home but
most CT them do not amount to any,
thing. For instance there is man
who offers 1000 acres of land in Rev
nolds county, and offers a bonus Of
one thousand dollars for FIVE years.
This is way down on the Lon Noun
tain read.
Of the leading offers, first is that of
Higginsville. One man Offers S41,-
600 worth of land, at s per cent
interest, to be paid during the life
time of the owner end wife, or the
survivor Of the two.
The citizens Of Higginsville Offer
$4,000 in cash if the association will
buy 100 acres of land there at So
600. Then cash offer of 81, 600 as
a bonus if we buy any other land.
Still fourth proposition which is not
made known yet.
The second offer comes from Ores
den. The citizens there offer us a
deserted town. The buildings are
just what We don't want. We want
to put up our own buildings.
The third offer is that of the Lin.
wood farm at Lexington. That is
offered at $4,000. The house cost
$780, 900. Itis. one of the finest in the
state of Missouri 1t was built By a
Mr.. Limerick, a wealthy man.
We expect an otfer of a piece of
land for sale in Henry county.
However there is nothing definite.
There is also farm four miles from
Moberly offered us cheap. These are
the leading offers, inclusive of
Nevada.
'Higginsville is pulling very strong
for the home. Outside of that | don't
know of the effort being made else
where.
Il am sanguine that $50 900 will be
raised for the home. No one else
who has anything to do with it places
the figures less than 100000
The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1890-12-23
Old style VIII

The following Will WIS filed in
Judge Ba ley's court this morning. 1t
is that of FL "a STINT. ri, an cd color
ed woman W o~e death on NJ nd v
was noted IN ,esterd Us BAzoo:
/, EIz' St"nio d, # Pc tbs .un v,
Missouri, do max publish and declare
this to be my last "Ill and testament.
Item 1. will my soul TO Grd who
gave it me, my b. dy to b. Gecently
inferred in The family bur, Ing ground
nv he SHE of my beloved husband,
Henry Stanford.
em 2. To nv son John S anford.
sh"uld he b. living. | give aud be-
gu ath the sum OF o e do lar, though
| do not thi, k he Is living, for | have
not heard from him for twenty-five
years.
tim 3. 1 give, devise and be-
queath to my dtugh er,
May j. Berry, the residue
and remainder of my property, both
rta an l personal or mix d of every
kind whatsoever absolutely in fee.
ID ted this the first day of November,
1890. Her
ELIZA Y STANFORD.
Mar.
j. r. Clorton, Earnest Wells wit
ness to mark.
The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1890-12-23
JOHN BIRD, PUGILIST.
He Knocks Out a White Man
and Takes His Revolver
From Him.

John Bril-, of simeon up' fame,
is the he of The hour at the Union
depot. ShOr ly after dinner today. a
stranger who gaze his name as j D.
Smith, a druggist at r ckvrllr, Mo-,
entered his p c. a, thu depor, and
got into dispute with Bird, wrOm he
cursed in Iively m-nner. He also
drew a very ugly 10 king revolver on
the negro, but the latter gave him no
time TO use It. The first thing Smith
knew, he was living across the plat
form, fiat and silly from
a blow tehind thu ear, ruck nv b ri,
who, no 500 ser than he had knocked
out the Rockvi man, jumped on
HIN and took his pi.t,l away from
him.
Officer GOrrell was called in, ar
rested Smith AID he was arraigned
before Judge Fl lstead. A charg- IF
dis urbing the pace was p ee'r.d
agans INN, and he fined 81 and
costs. This e aid AMI Vas released.
Smith rs TRAVELLING. He appears to
be an intelligent, well ro-do gentle
man but was likely laboring under
too much liquor.
There are no flies on John Bird,
and ne is ready now for a go with
Peter jackson
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s. ). u. L. n. X. X.
A Feasible and Direct Route
From Springfield to Miami.

Secretary Dumars, of the chamber
of commerce, Springfield, Mo-, has
traced on a map of Missouri the route
that seems most tes sihle for a railroad
from Springfield to Marshall "The
road" he saws, twill be easy of con-
st'uction ard will have an easy align
ment. 1t is nearly an air line, and
runs on divides almost all the way.
Leaving Springfield aud passing three
mics northwest of STAFFORD it strikes
the divide between the Pomme de
Terre and Niangua rivers, through
Far Grove, Greene county Buhalet
Urbana and Lewishurg, Dallas county;
Cross Timbers, Hickory county, to
Duroc, on the Osoge river
thence on Buffalo creek to
coal lands AMI the prairie coun-
try which lies betwe that ana the
Missouri and which is comparatively
level. From the line in the eastern
rart of Benton equity spur can easily
be constructed topping the ~ feet
wien of coal in the southwest part of
Morgan county. There is coal also
at the Blue Mounds, on the line be-
tween Dallas and Polk counties, west
of Buffalo and worlds of lead near the
line between Hickory and Dallas
counties. The road from Springfield
10 Marshall will be only about AS
miles long. From Marshall to Miami
on the Missouri river, will doubtless
be the next extension, and from there
to Chill icOthe to connect with several
of the great trunk lines" Mr.. Dumars
thinks the Springfield, SedAlia, Mar
shall & Northern is the road for
Springfield and Sedalia to concentrate
their energies upon at present.
The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1890-12-23
Killed by the Past Mail.

This morning the Kansas City
Times says that the westbound fast
mail train on the Missouri Pacific YES
terday morning struck and killed
Charles Gilmore, colored man, in
the East bottoms.
When Coroner Langsdale was sum
moned TO the scene he found that
the dead man was wounded only in
the left side and hip. A search Of
his pockets revealed the mans name.
Three empty pocket books and q
pawn ticket for $3.50 were found
on his person besides a whisky bottle,
unbroken and almost empty. The
poeketbooks we're little worn, and, az
nobody has yet been found who knsws
the man, the coroner suspected that
he might have stolen the articles and
reported the matter to Chief Speers,
who will look at the mans body in
order to further identify him If posi-.
bic. An inquest will be held at
o'clock this afternoon.
The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1890-12-23
eH BLAcK-DRAUG:IT Tea cures Constipation.
Santa CLAUS Letter.

My DEAR SEDALIA FRIENDS How
would you feel if, instead of looking
forward TO a merry Christmas with
your loved ones al around You and
your pretty presents Bestowed and
received, you had M prospect beyond
a sight of the well filled attractive
windows, which you know contained
not one single thing for you, cold ard
dreary hovel, with no happy faces in it,
an almost fireless hearth, not enough
of even the plainest food and not a
sign Of Christmas anywhere. Suppose
to that your little child was to BE-
cold and miserable and ragged and
forlorn, don't you think you would
wish that some kind heart would
remember it and try TO do som; thing
to make it happy? l think you
would and I'm sure such poor little
letters as this one which Santa Claus
has received would call forth an
answer. Read it now and allow
yOurselfto be for one moment in the
writer's place.
Dear Santa Claus l have been sick
and mama has been sick and she
can't get me no Oh istmas this year she
says not even a dolly or norange
she says she is to poor and | haven't
got any shoes nor neither has bruther
and we haint got much to eat because
our papy is ded and our mama can't
work cause she is sick and she cries
and says she wishes she was ded to if
it wasn't for us. Your fren,
Molly.
Now doesn't that letter touch you !?
1t ought to and you ought to assist, if
not that poor child. at least some poor
child, before you think of eating your
Christman dinner. Yours truly,
SANTA CLAUS.
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Death of MRS. Kabler.

Mrs. Rosie M. Kabler, wife of P.
L. Kabler, business manager of the
Hannibal Journal, died at the family
residence in that city at 5 o'clock
yesterday morning. She was %
years of age and leaves husband and
two little daughters to mourn her
untimely death. She died of heart
disease after an illness Of nearly three
months. She was the daughter of W.
j. Knott, senior editor of the Journal.
The remains were inferred in the
family burial plot in the cemetery at
Troy, Mo-, to-day.
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Probably Correct.

A slick forger has been working
the grocery stores of Sedalia on the
same swindle that was worked on
Dan Folck last Friday night that
is, the stranger would purchase a
small bill of groceries and then tender
a check signed by some well known
firm for few dollars more than the
purchase. and upon receiving his
change in good money he would dis
appear. Possibly it is the same man
who is wanted here. Marshall Dem
ocrat News.
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William Cloyd was arrested this
morning, charged with obstructing a
public highway, and arraigned before
Justice III. G. Levens, who postponed
the hearing until 2 o'clock Friday
afternoon. Mr.. Cloyd is a renter
who resides on farm south of Soda
liza, on the public road leading from
Windsor to Ionia City, Petis county.
Some time ago he trimmed a hedge
running alongside the highway and
threw the Usage orange braches out
into the road. A person is allowed
to do this, provided he removes the
brush in twenty days. This, Mr.
Cloyd failed to do. He argues that
he was employed to trim the hedge,
but not to remove the brush.
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No Funeral Sermon.

VIM. l.. Beatie, one Of the pioneer
settlers of Saline county, died in
Sweet Springs last Friday in the
seventY-first year Of his age. The
funeral services were held at the M.
E. church yesterday and were largely
attended by people from all parts Of
the county. No funeral discourse
was delivered, as two or three days
before his death Mr.. Beatie wrote g
paper to be read at his funeral and to
take the place of the usual sermon.
1t was read by Rev. w. L. Eastwood,
pastor of the M. E. church, of which
the deceased was q member. 1t was
In the nature of last farewell and an
exhortation to meet him In heaven.
The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1890-12-23
. Children Cry for
Pitchers CaStoria.
Making Money Anywhere

Having read Mr.. Morehead's expe
rience plating with gold, silver and
nickel, / sent for a platter and have
more work than / can do. 1t is sur.
prising the spoons, casters and jew.
elry that people want plated. The
fret week l cleared 10, and In
three weeks s119.85, and my wife has
made about as 1 have. By address
ing w. III. Griffith & Co., GAINESVILLE.
Ohio, you can get circulars. A
Platter only costs IS. You can learn
to use it in an hour. Can plate large
or small articles, and can make money
anywhere.
A. J. JOHNSON.
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Children Cry for
Pitchers CastoFia.
The Governors Appointments

Gov. Francis last evening appointed
Frank Il. Chambers as clerk of the
Cooper county court to succeed E. b.
Bruce, deceased. Mr.. Chambers is
the county clerk elect, and his ap-
pointment simply puts him into the
office two weeks earlier than he would
otherwise enter upon his duties.
The governor also appointed David
I. Draffen as public administrator of
Cooper county, to succeed the gentle
man elected, who refused or failed to
qualify. He will serve for two years.
The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1890-12-23
Children Cyv for
Pitchers CastoFia.
Della Bridges Dead.

Miss Della, one of the Bridges
twins, so well known throughout this
section of the country, died at the
Lamar House in Lamar yesterday
morning of pneumonia. Her twin
sister died two years ago. The little
twins were seen here a number of
times and made friends wherever they
went. Their early taking off will
cause much regret.
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John G.. Whittier.

The poet Whittier was SO years of
age yesterday. He passed the day
quietly at his winter home at Oak
Knoll Danvers. John Greenleaf
Whittier was born at Haverhill.
Mass, Dec. II, 1897, and came Of
Quaker parentage. He spent his
early days on farm, also learning
the shoemaker's trade. His first
verses appeared in the Hayerhill GA.
zette, Whittier being Is years old at
the time. Since that he has pub
lished q great many poems, many of
which were written in slavery DAYS,
and attracted much attention, owing
to. their strong anti-slavery tendencies
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DIED..

Mrs. Caroline Wicklin died at her
home six miles west of Sedalia last
evening, of cancer. She was buried
to-day,
Willis G. Matthews, aged 81 years,
died at HOS Usage street, in this
city, last evening, Of pneumonia His
remains were shipped to Sweet Springs,
for interment, this afternoon.
Elizabeth, wife of Israel Walter,
aged " years. died yesterday after
noou. Funeral at 1:30 p. :, tomorrow,
at New Salem.
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McEIFee's Wine of cardul

and THEDFoRD'S BLACK DRAU6HT are
for sale by the following merchants in
PETTIs COUNTY.
August 7. Fleischnann, Sedslis.
w. E. Bard, Sedalia.
Mertz & Hale, Sedalia.
o. N. Smith, Sedalia.
r. T. Miller, 9 dalia.
Dreskell Bros, Beaman.
Andler & Co., Dunksburg.
Andrew Stand, Dumpvill.
w. Ed. Crawford, Galley.
C. w. Bsrick, Georgetown.
T.. 8. Resm d Son, Green Ridge.
G. w. Leabo, Green Ridge.
h. A. Longsn, Houstonia.
Penquite & Snoddy, Lamonte.
Overstreet Durg Co., smithson.
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Burglary and Arson.

Editor Allen. of the Leader came
up from Pilot Grove this morning,
and informed BAzoo representative
of bold burglary and attempted
arson at the Pilot Grove Collegiate
Institute last Monday night. Bur
glars entered the rooms of w. l..
Oliver and Frank McAmis, students,
ON the second floor. and secured S2j
iu money and two valuable gold
watches. As they were making their
way out OF the building one of the
students followed them and fired sew,
eral shots at them, but, so far as is
now known, without effect.
Not satisfied with burglary, the
guilty parties secured a lot of pam
phlets, piled them up, poured coal oil
over them and set them Oh fire, which
was soon discovered and extinguished,
There is much mystery surrounding
the whole affair and it is not unlikely
there Will be some sensational devel-
Opments.
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To Trust is to bust,
To bust is hell.
No Trust, no bust,
No hell.
A Close Call.

A man driving pair of horses at.
tached to wagon had a frightfully
narrow escape at the Kentucky street
crossing this afternoon as the 1888
passenger came down. The COW
catcher missed the rear of the wagon
by less than a foot aud the crowd OF
people at the union depot stood
motionless fer a moment as they wit
messed the team dash madly away
from as close call as man and horses
ever had. The engineer reversed his
engine bnt could not check up until
after the crossing was passed.
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Fire Al BuncetOn.

T. j. Wallace, of the Bunceton,
Cooper county, neighborhood, who
passed through Sedalia last night,
informed a BAzoo representative that
the fine residence of Mr.. Lewis Cas-.
tleman at Bunceton was totally des-
troyed by fire the night before. Bunce.
ton has no fire organization of any
kind and the flames had full sway.
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MsELREE,s WINE OF eARpy; for Weak Nerves.
Fire ~ Orrick.

Nearly the entire business part OF
the little town of Orrick, twelve miles
west of Richmond, Mo-, was des-
troyed by ire yesterday afternoon.
The fire originated in the Pigg Hotel
and quickly communicated to adjoin.
ing buildings. Besides the hotel
building, Ross general store, Sheets
drug store, Huffmsn's store and res.
taurant and one or two other build.
ings were destroyed. The loss is
about $4,000, with very little .insur-
ance.
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A mass-meeting was held in the
county court room Tuesday night in
the interest of the North and South
railroad. The committee reported
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SITTING BULL.

Wall, Oh ye Indians, Tor your chief is
dead
His heart was bloody and his hide was
red.
Wrapped In his warrior rob. around.
He's gone to the happy hunting ground.
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SrANDFoRD-Eliza Stamford an aged
colored woman, died of general debility
yesterday at her home in the southern part
of the city. She formerly was slave in
the family Of DR.. Henry Evans father-in.
law.
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When Baby was sick, we gave her Castoria.
When she was Child, she cried for Castoria.
When she became Miss, she chung to Castoria-
When she had Children, she gave them Castoria
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Two Applicants at Pilot Grove

The resignation of L. M. Roberts as
postmaster at Pilot Grove, Cooper
county, having been sent in, there
are two applicants for the place, the
father of the incumbent being one of
them and John r. Coburn, the
other. Mr.. Roberts application
was placed In the hands of P. III. Nc
Nulty, a clerk in the pension office
at Washington, but he seems to have
disappointed Mr.. Roberts and his
friends and to have favored Colburn's
application. McNulty is very much
of politician and exerts considerable
influence in postOffice appointments
In Central Missouri.
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Obstructfng a Public road.

= WINE or cs&,.,. .or Women.