The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1890-02-11
Saline County News.

Sdliuc COuDty NEWS.
Tobacco growers are busy strip
ping tobacco.
WIN. Smarr, aged 35 years, died
at his home near Shackelford.
&C. E. Briggs, Of Slater. has Sc
cured position as travelling salesman
for G. F. 8lanke & Co., of ST. Louis.
On Monday, T. w. Erect. of
Slater, sold span of mules to T.
GarnetI for the consideration of 1866.
Daniel P. Harrison, better
known as "Uucle Dan," died at his
home in Marshall last week, aged 81
years.
Col. l.. F. Copeland. the great
orator of Harrisburg, Pa, will deliver
his celebrated lecture "Snobs and
Snobbery" in Slater, Feb. %.
"A special car containing the
officials of the Western Union Tele-
graph company, passed through
Slater Monday morning going east.
Mrs, John Larson, of near New
Prospect church, died last week of
pneumonia fever. Her remains were
inferred at the High Hill cemetery.
Shorts and Eubank of Slater,
purchased 100 head of fine cattle from
the Wyan Bros, of Cooper county,
last Saturday and will feed them near
Miami
February 18th is TO be celebrat-
ed in Marshall, by the Marshall
Jubilee Club, which will give an en-
tertainment at the opera house on
that eve.
The following named pupils from
Saline are attending the missouri
school for the Deaf and Dumb" at
Fulton; Estell BanD, of Marshall,
Callie Wright of Marshall, and Per-
hua hayner of Slater.
The following shipments of stock
were made from Slater Saturday: d.
ID. Pemberton one Car of hogs to st.
Louis; j. NJ. Colt, one car load of
cattle to Chicago; Judge E. w. Jen-
kens. two loads of cattle to Chicago.
Quite a romantic marriage took
glace last week at Slater. The con-
tracing parties were Mr.. Writ Combs,
a young business man of that city,
and Miss Alice Doyle, 'sweet six
teen" year old school girl, who re-
Gently came there from Blackburn to
attend the public school. The Young
lady asked to be excused from school
at recess in the morning and buried
to meet her lover, who was waiting
near by. They proceeded to the
office Of Esquire w. o. Mcclure
where the nuptial knot was tied. The
young brides parents were notified of
the marriage by telegram but have
not yet been heard from. There is a
little mystery connected with the way
n which the young man secured his
marriage license but as everything is
air in love and war, he will doubtless
De forgiven.
-Chas. Roth, who is employed on
he dairy farm of his sister, Mrs. w.
'. Demon, who lives just north of
slater, became violently insane one
lay last week, and while in that con-
ition endeavored to force Miss Alice
Demon, stepdaughter of Mrs. Den
on, to marry him, catching hold of
he young lady in threatening man
er. BY desperate effort she tore
rose from him and while he was re-
sought safety by hiding at
eighbor's residence. The city officers
Slater were Immediately summoned
nd the young man was arrested. He
as tried the same evening before
layor Harvey and Squire r. ii.
eDkins, and adjudged furiously mad,
nd was taken to Marshall to await
lie action Of the probate court. He
as in the asylum several years ago,
Ut it was thought he had entirely re-
,vered. When the officers started
it'll him to Marshall he handed his
I'D watch and $50 to them with the.
quest that the same be given to the.
dy who had so infatuated him,