The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1891-03-10
RANDOM GOSSIP.
Talks With Travellers Coming
and Going and with PeO-
pie at Home.

frlQaV, IN accordance with the re-
quest of the prisoner, had forbidden
the snow to be broken on a narrow
path leading to the scafold situated
in the Jail yard, burlington desiring
to tread the path with which Provi-
dence had adorned the earth.
Last evening at Sichers' hotel a
young travelling salesman was handed
letter by a mail carrier. Before he
opened it he said to Clerk Brown {:
al bet you 1 will find pretty f1wer
of some kind pressed inside" Sure
enough, when the envelope was opened
and the leaves of the letter unfolded,
there was lovely red rosebud, fresh
and fragrant from some garden in
New Orleans. Blessed is the man
who has such a sweetheart
Judge Thos. Knight, full-blooded
Indian from the Creek nation, passed
through Selalia few days ago. In
speaking about certain Indian Gus
toms, he said that persons arrested
down in his county are not placed in
prison and locked up, but are guard
ed from day to day by mounted po-
lice. In this way prisoner may have
rather easy time as compared
to living in a dungeon, but there
are few escapes, and the expense is
not very great. 1t is a custom with
US, also. to fog prisoners, regulating
the number of lasbes by the degree in
which the crime is held"
DR.. G.. E. McNeal, assistant house
physician at the NJ, K. & T. hospi-
tai said. a day or so ago, that there
had been fewer applications for ad-
mission to the institution within the
past month than usual. "What sea-
son of the year are accidents most
frequent on the road ?" inquired the
BAzoo representative. swell,
there are more employees hurt during
the winter months than any other
time. The reasons, of course, are
obvious. 1t is dangerous work hand
ling cars, when they and the tracks
are slick with ice or covered with
snow. Accidents have been unusually
infrequent this season."
H. 81. Vogts, a well known young
gentleman of Sedalis, came in from
the south last evening. In CONVEX
satiOn with a BAzoo representative
he stated that a valuable marble
quarry has recently been discovered
IN Dade county, Mo. 1t is locate
about a mile from little town called
Lockwood. "The marble is variou ,ly
colored," said Mr.. Vogt, "and
takes on q beautiful polish. 1t is
owned by Mr.. Simons, a lamber
merchant, anil Mr. Wheeler, a
banker, at Lockwood. They have
already made arrangements to de-
veIop the mine and prepare the mar
bic for shiI men,. 1t seems to be in
almost inexhaustible quantities.
Mint Johns is known to most Sc
dali4n's as a base ball crank, and
when the BAzoo desires local infor-
nation regarding the sphere and dis-
mond, it seeks out the merry Mint.
Il should like to see a cool ANA
teur team in Sedalia the coming sea.
son. said Mr.. Johns, and | think if
We 60 to work at the thing right, we
Can organize. It would be a good
scheme to pick out a lot of players
fir m the NJ, K. & 7. offices and
unite with them some crack players
from about town. In this way we
could organize a club that would be
credit to Sedalia and one that would
be able to make fine record with
any amateur organization In Mis-
souri,"
"I sometimes think it would be a
good plan to abolish the present sys-
tenn of executions of criminals, said
Sheriff Ellis r. Smith, few DAYS ago.
"Instead of leaving the work for the
sheriff to do, it seems to me it would
be feasible and practicable plan TO
have all criminals under sentence OF
death, executed at the state peniteu-
tiary. There the hanging could take
place privately and the hangmsn,
whoever he might be, would bee me
an expert aud there would be no fear
of any bungIing. Besides, it would be
a cheaper method" These views were
expressed by Sheriff Smith before he
attended the burlington hanging.
Whether the success of that affair has
changed his ideas, is not known.
Capt. III. G. Hall, of Pleasant
Green, Cooper county, was in the city
yesterday and while waiting at the
union depot, fell into little chat
about the war. Captain Hall came
from the state of New York to Mis-
.o,.. - 1873 anl ha~op robOoI 4ooob