The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1890-02-18
Howard County Items.

howard County lite ms.
John Harrington aud Newt
Elliott have made qnite name as
nurses for the sick.
There was an interesting negro
bigamy trial in Fayette. Friday, and
the town was alive with our colored
brethren.
Never before has there been so
much sickness 10 Howard, mostly Ia
grippe Physicians are kept busy day
and night.
The foundations are being dug
for four new residences 10 the new
addition to Fsyette. This is but
the beginning of the work to be done
this spring.
Howard comfy farmers were
well represented in Fayette Satur-
day. The Court house was full of
listeners, to hear the speakers of the
day and the town looked livelier
than it had since Christmas.
Fielding w. Smith and Hum.
phrey r. Walker left on Wednesday
night for the City of Mexico. They
took with them several car loads of
thoroughbred Hereford, Holestein
and Shorthorn cattle and blOsded
horses. They expect to be thirteen
days on the trip, as they 60 in the
caboose of the stock train, but they
-.o .nUivugnIy stocked with provision
TOR the entire route and expect to
have an enjoyable time.
The residence of DR.. Geo. Nc
Cullough. near Estill Station, was
burned Friday afternoon with con-
tents. The house was one of the best
III the county, and was insured in the
Phoenix, of Hartford, for $3.50
and the contents for 800 in the same
company. DIR. Mccullough is absent
in New York attending medical lee
lures. and his wife was in St. Louis.
there being no one at home when the
hire occurred except the servant girl.
The origin of the fire is unknown.
There was a musical treat at
Howard college, Thursday evening.
The invitations were numerous, but
select, and the rooms comfortably
Tiled with thcse who always enjoy
good music. The programme was
hort and each and every one did
themselves credit. Those who have
'ver attended one of these musicales
Inow with what grace both teachers
md pupils acquit themselves. DR..
Groves meets one in such a warm.
ordial manner, that be at once places
'Ou perfectly at ease.
The brick granery of Boyd &
near the depot in Fayette,
collapsed Thursday morning and
bout one-third of the side next to the
aiiroad track went down carrying
nth it about $500 bushels of wheat.
he accident was caused from .
rench being dug by the railroad COM
any along side of the building to
rain the water from the railroad
rack, which caused the building TO
title and finally to collapse. The
est part of the wheat was taken I'D
nd sacked, but a great deal of it is
mud aud water and is q total loss.
Mr.. Jas. NJ. Psarce, of Howard,
as In his possession block of wood
hich was cut from the uoted charter
TX tree at Hartford, Conn. Mr..
earce has had this piece of wood in
s possession for over forty years,
,ving carried it with him when he
sited the four quarters of the globe,
uching at the principal seaports Of
urope, Asia, Africa and America.
was in the trunk of this tree, in
~, that Capt. James Wadsworth
ncealed the state charter to prevent
resumption by Gov. Edward An
os. The council had met to revoke
I'd destroy the kings charter of the
ate, when the lights were suddenly
and Capt. Wadsworth
atched the charter from the council
amber, and running into the woods
secreted it in this tree, where it
NAMED until after the close of the
war. This charter was
1tten upon parchment, and is still
in the museum at Hartford.
nnectlcut was the Only state of the
ginsl thirteen that saved the char
Issued by the king of England.