The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1891-05-26
BAZOO GOSSIP.

liza this morning from StriDgtown,
Indian Territory, in the vicinity of
which place they spent several days
in fishing and hunting.
/ 1--WE had a good trip" said one of
the party to the Gossiper. ''Fish and
small game are plentiful down in that
part of the country and the sport is
fine. The streams are perfectly beau.
tiful. Their waters are so clear that
the bottom can be seen at a great
depth. That lis the region for royal
sport with the rod and line."
Many persons object to the use of
flowers at funerals, but the Gossiper
can not understand the ground of such
objection. Perhaps the purest, sweet
est, prettiest things in the world are
flowers. They are spread upon
the bosom of the earth even as the
midsummer nights skies are strewn
with stars.
To the living, flowers are a perpet-
ual source of beauty and blessing.
They adOrn the home, the public
parks and beautify the person of
beauty itself.
Why, then, should We not cover
the caskets of our beloved dead with
the sweet tribute of flowers and place
in their folded hands a simple bios
som and upon their bosoms a bunch
of lilies.
''We are shipping a thousand cases
of strawberries day." said Mr.. o. j.
Miller of Nevada this morning. eve
have an immense amount of fruit and
everything down our way looks pros
porous"
"What do / think of the guberna-
torial race? Oh / think Hall, the al
lance man stands the best show. The
alliance people will undoubtedly rut
ticket in the field and Hall is the
head of the party.
''It is going to be close fight be-
tween Cockrell and Francis for sena.
tor. Cockrell is strong in our coun-
try districts but Francis is very popu-
lar in the city. / think the peoples
party will insure the election of a
democratic president. Their plat
form is nearly the same as the demo-
cratic platform and the democratic
members, especially in the west will
stick to the old party"
Mr.. Miller left for st. Louis by
way OF Hannibal.
w. G. Bronaugh, of Lewis Station,
Henry county, returned this morning
from st. Louis, where he had taken
four carloads of cattle.
"The Confederate home at Hig-
ginsville is getting along nicely" said
Mr.. Bronaugh.s "1'hus far only two
inmates have been admitted, one from
Jasper county, and one from Vernon
county. There are quite number of
applications, however, awaiting con-
sideration."
"Every precaution is taken to keep
out unworthy applicants. For in
stance a soldier seeking admis-
sion to the home must
have his application signed by two re-
sponsible citizens in the county in
which he resides. The county court
must also recommend him."
ave are having ten three-room
cottages built at the home. These
will be commodious, neat and we'll
furnished. They will be completed
by August and will be occupied by
the soldier and his family, should he
have any,"
Contributions to the home are
coming in freely from all parts of the
state and the whole enterprise is NOV
ing along admirably"
j. o. Tenny, deputy United States
revenue collector for this district, was
in s, dalia this morning, on his way to
Springfield, Mo.
"The distilling business seems to be
fiourishing in the southwest" said Mr..
Tenny to the Gossiper. "About a
a year ago knew of but one dist;llery
in that part of the country, and there
are now four new ones.
"There is big profit in the bust
ness. For instance, corn 3 readily
bought for 40 cents a bushei and this
will make two gallons of whiskey,
which is sold for 81 a gallon.
A half a cord of wood
daily will run the dis.
tillery and only two or three men
are required to look after it. So, you
see, the profits run up high. Besides
this, the capital invested is quite in
significant"
eve are not troubled much in Mis-
souri, with moonshiners, though /