The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1890-06-10
COUNTY COURT.
Resolutions of Respect For Judge
Gentry, Adopted by the Court
and ordered on the
Records.

Court met at 10 o'clock 8. m, to-
day. Judges Higgins and Booker
present.
Jno. N. Daily. the newly appointed
presiding justice presented his commits
sion and the usual oath OF office was
administ. red by Clerk Mitchum. af-
ter which he took his seat with the
balance of the court.
The following resolutions were pre-.
scented and adopted.
WHEREAS, Since the last meeting of this
court and on the 22d day of May. A. ID.
1890, Wm. Gentry, the presiding Justice of
the county court OF the county Of Pettis,
Missouri, by the inscrutahle decree of an
all wise providence has been taken from
our midst, and,
WHEREAS, We are DESTROYS as surviving
mepbtrs of such court, of expressing our
ciste and friend.
Therefore De il resolved by This court:
That in the death of Judge Gentry the
public has sustained a grevious loss, and
that this court has been deprived of an
honest, able and impartial member, one
who was just and scrupulous in AL his
dealiugs, in truth IAN upright Judge"
That In both our private and official in
iercourse we have always found him a
man OF honor, integrity and ability, ever
watchful OF the Interests of the county and
public whom he represented, just TO indi-
viduals and charitable and kind TO the
poor whom he so often befriended.
That We tender our sincere sympathy 10
his bereayed family and friends and with
them deplore bis untimely loss.
That a copy of these resolutions be
spread upon the record and C rti6ed CODY
I thereof be furnished by the clerk to the
family of Judge Gentry.
A batch of warrants for paupers
and road Overseers ordered.
BETSY Brown a colored woman re-
siding in the vicinity of Georgetown,
before the court and gave
them notice that she had possession
Of helpless picanniny, some six years
old, that the court must provide
home for, as she could not keep it
longer. She said that the chllds
father was named Jim Fiudley and |
hat It's mother was dead.
The court gave Betsy a warrant
or So. to keep it another month aud
lsked her to assist the court in finding
omeone who would furnish the oh ld
home.
The court has another case OH its
lands that is quite serious. a girl
rom near Houstonia who is about to
'ecome a mother has no place to STAY.
he poor house people are not i'm
hape to give such people attention
nd of course they object to her being
ent there.
Up to the hour of going to press
bis evening no disposition has been
lade of this unfortunate girl.
LATER.
The fgirl, Belle Clark from
ear HOustonia, who is about to be-
ONE a mother, decided Yesterday
vening that she would like to 90 to
er grandmother who resides at Craw-
'rdsville, Ind. The court thought
lat it was the easiest way out of the
'Ouble, to furnish her with a rail
BAD ticket to her relative. She was 1
Finished the ticket, costing So. so nv
he county and she left on the mid
ight train east. Il
The court has devoted the entire :
ny, to-day, in hearing the Ne son,
alnter road case before a jury.
The mstter of the sidewalk about v
lie court house has been under dis I
lssion to-day by the court. Various |
cas- about the walk has been ad- S
tuced by the members Of the court, {
1t nothing defnate decided On. a
hey all agree that the contract will
let this term of court. Quite a 1
imber Of contractors from abroad \
e present. II