The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1890-08-05
THE RAILROADS.
A Banana Eating contest on
the NJ, IL. & Notes of
Interest.


Among the passengers on the NJ,
K. IL t. train, which lett this city
Thursday evening was L. w. Adam
son, cattleman from Texas, who rad
been to St. Louis with a shipment of
stock and was on his way home with
his pockets well lined with currency.
Shortly after the train left Fort Scot
Adamson and the news agent on the
train engaged in a lively talk about
bananas, in which Adams2n clsimed
that he could average for a few min
utes a couple bananas a minute.
This was little more than the news
agent could stand and he offered to
wager the cattleman five dollars that
he could not eat fifteen in fifteen
minutes. No sooner had the agent
flashed his five dollar note than
the Texan covered it and the perform
ance commenced. 1t was only of
short duration, however, for in Eve
and half minutes Adamson had
swallowed the last of the fifteen b.
naDas and looked as though he might
have taken fifteen more with ease.
The news agent was fairly beaten and
it is safe to say he will never risk an
other ''V" on a banana eating contest.
G. w. Hall, telegraph line repsirer
of the NJ, K. & l., witnessed the con-
test and reports that it was one of the
/ most laughable performances he had
ever seen. Hall says there was a
regular line of bananas going down
that fellows throat.
RAILS AND TIES.
e. b. Parker and Joe Bryson are
at Sweet Springs.
Treasurer B. P. Mcdonald, of
the NJ, K. IL T., was in St. Louis
yesterday.
The shops were closed yesterday
at o'clock to allow the men ID cast
their votes.
Will Ford has accepted a position
in the passenger department of the
NJ, K. d L.
| Freight engines 933, 946 and
$50 were turned out of the shops in
good order yesterday.
H. G.. Spohr. an operator in the
NJ, h. IL t. offices, lett for Kansas
City yesterday afternoon.
Arch Tanner, IF the stationery
department of the NJ, X. & I. rail-
way is visiting in St. Louis.
-Ricbsrd Anderson. of the yard
office of the Missouri Pacific, returned
yesterday morning from Texas.
-Dtpotmsster Carnes laid off yes
terday to electioneer and his duties
: were attended to by L. Holland.
-Superinten1ent Stilwell went
west on the fast mail train yesterday,
but will spend the Sabbath at home.
With Messrs. Carnes, B.ue and
Bird all absent, there was nothi. z
home-like around the depot yester-
day.
Conductor Ben Blythe, of the
narrow gauge, laid off trip yesterday
end Conductor Miller took out the
tain.
Six passenger coaches were dead
headed to st. Louis tonight to bring
an excursion party out on the road
to-day.
Tom West, Howe Waller, Leslie
Farnham and Geo. r. Smith, of the
freight department, will worship in
Clinton to-day.
w. w. Campbell, general
baggage MASTER for the NJ, K. & T.,
was looking after business in st.
Louis yesterday.
Dick Barrett was passenger to
Sweet Springs yesterday afternoon, as
was E. j. Kelly. of the freight de-
partment of the NJ, K. & T.
Conductor Jim Mallory, who was
reinstated the past week, came in yes
terday on his first trip since resuming
work.
Pat Shehan, the Missouri Pacific
division read master. came down
from Holden yesterday morning and
returned on the afternoon train.
Freight engine No. 159 ran into
a eaboose at Moberly yesterday. Some
time wss spent in regulating things,
the damage being small, however.
Passenger engine No. PSI struck
an open switch at the Engineer street
crossing yesterday, which threw it
from the track. Itwas soon replaced.
Kettles A. Easley, the NJ, X. &
T. brakemen, is still laid up at home
with sprained foot. 1t will be an