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The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1891-09-29
HENRY COUNTY.

Mon,rose sigma.
Miss Mary Campbell left Saturday
for Platte county, No., where she
goes to reside with her aunt at that
place.
The coal and mineral that under.
LAYS the country within the corporate
limits of our city, should, by all means
be utiiiz d.
Hugh Osborn, age ii, and Mr..
Warrens son, age II. left for parts
unknown Tuesday, September 22nd.
Mr.. Warren is out in seirch of the
boys.
A Mr.. Girks, who lives in the
country north of this place, was in
town shoppin, one day last week, and
when returning to his home from
town with his team and wagon, his
team becams frightened throwing Mr..
Girls out of the wagon, bruising him
up considerable, AMI efiecting other
sight damages.
MIR. j. n. Billiard informed us yes
teriay that some $50 bushels of wheat
WAS burned in the stack on his farm,
twelve miles northwest of this pace
Tuesday, September Dad. There
had been some 800 bushels threshed
on his place, and after moving to an
other stack yard, the sparks from the
engine set the wheat on fire, burning
it up.
The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1891-09-29
POLICE COURT.

1t was a game of solitaire before
Judge Halstesd yesterday. John
Lyons, who ambles around ON one leg,
vas arrested and tried on the charge
of intoxication. He was fined $50
and given stay of execution on con.
dition of leaving the city within three
hours. The judge instructed the
force to put him on the rock pile for
half hundred days if he was found
in the city after that time.
The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1891-09-29
ANOTHER SUICIDE.
Sad Death of Matte freling ia
Kansas City.

After the most careful and deliber-
ate preparations, Matte Freling, the
daughter of p. j. Freling. a wealthy
merchant of Leavenworth, ended her
life at the residence of ex Probste
Court Judge Biiley. 1915 Campbell
street, Thursday. Several empty,
small morphine boxes on the floor by
the bedside told the story. AT first
there was much mystery as to the
cause of the suicide, but It vas learned
at Leavenworth that Miss Telling had
desired to keep Company with a young
man of that city to whom her father
objected, and Was probably the reason
for her act.
Miss Freling was % years Of age
ard lived at L.avenworth with her
father and two sisters. She had been
gloomy for some time and when she
proposed to come to Kansas City and
get position Of some kind in order
to occupy her mind there was no op-
position from her father or older
sister. She arrived Wednesday after.
noon at 2 o'clock, accompanied by
Miss Ada FreliDg, her younger sister.
During the afternoon she saw Miss
Jennie Smith, stenogrspher at Dog
gett's, where she expected to obtain
employment. At Leavenworth Miss
Smith had lived directly across the
street from the Feelings and she went
with Miss Matte to Judge B,ileys,
and secured board for her. Miss Ada
returned to Leavenworth in the even.
ing and Miss Matte retired about 9
o'clock.
1t was 8 o'clock yesterday morning
when Mrs. BAiley went to the young
lady's room to awaken her and found
her dead. On the dresser was found
this note:
Mrs. Bailey: Try to forgive the awful
deed have done in your house, but when
y!u more fully understand it perhaps you
will not think 50 hard OF me. Please
quietly telegraph my father, P. j. FreIing,
2s5 Delaware street, Leavenworth, Kan,
and for his and the family's sake i beg Of
you to please keep this quiet for their
sakes. M.F.
, The girl had made her preparations
carefully. In the evening she had
purchased morphine at four different
drug stores in the vicinity. This was
about 8 o'clock, and while she was
gone che miiled three letters, which
probably tell more than is yet known
Of what thoughts agitated the mind of
the poor girl before deliberately tax
ing her lite. She went to her room
at 8 clock, and after writing the note
to Mrs. Bailey and carefully combing
her hair, she took the poison and, ly-
ing down, crossed her hands over her
breast and died.
The coroner was notified as soon as
the body was discovered and it was
removed at once to Carlats. The
father was wired and arrived before
noou. He returned last night to
Leavenworth with the remains, and
there the remains were placeds in
private vault at Mt. Muncie cemetery
10 await the arrival of relatives.
During her life Miss Frsling had
suffered a great deal from sickness
md nearly lost entirely the sight of
me eye and partially that of the
,ther. Sne was melancholy fire.
luently and was inclined to be low
pirited. This Was evidenced by her
lesire to quit pleasant home and
IL.
The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1891-09-29
CONFIRMED,

The favorable impression produced
on the first appearance of the agree.
able liquid fruit remedy Syrup Of Figs
q few years ago has been more than
confirmed by the pleasant experience
of all who have used it, and the sue
cess of the proprietors and manufac-
turers the California Fig Syrup COM
pany.
The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1891-09-29
A TICKET TO WIN,
,hristIan News and Courier.

Politicians in New York are not
betting on the chances of democratic
success in the state elections this fall,
but are simply placing their wagers
on the size of Flowers majority.
There are no suggestions of treachery.
The ticket meets the approval of the
Business men of New York City, and
it has a cordial support from the
country districts.
The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1891-09-29
BUGGY WRECK.

A buggy containing VIM. Sebee,
and two women broke down on Ohio
street, about $50 last night, wreck
ing wheel and upsetting the occu,
pants without injury. The buggy
was the property of H. B. Shaunty,
on Kentucky and Second streets.
The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1891-09-29
THE POLE STOOD 1T.

A one-horse delivery wagon was
driven full tilt sgainst a telegraph
pole on Main street yesterday, making
kindling wood of one of the wheels Of
the vehicle. A negro boy, who was
driving, was thrown violently to the
ground, but his head proved harder
than the paving and he got up with a
broad grin, exclaiming, "No flies on
this nigga"
The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1891-09-29
THREW A PITCHER.

Late last night Officer Mooney ar
rested Jas. M. Greenway and put him
in the calaboose on the chprge of dis
tut 5lng the peace. He got in a
squabble, threw a pitcher at his oppo-
nent, which missing, struck woman
hurting her considerably.
The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1891-09-29
DISMISSED

The case Of the state against Milo
Savage, on charge Of assauIting boy
named Humphreys. was up again be
fore Justice Fisher yesterday and dis
missed for want of evidence.
The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1891-09-29
CHARITY HOSPITAL.

A special meeting of the ladies
Auxiliary to the Commercial Club,
will meet at the club rooms at 3 p. m.
September 29th. A souvenir of a
new bat, a bouquet of choice exotics
lie expected to be given all who attend.
The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1891-09-29
DRUNK AGAIN.

John Henry Summers was arrested
again yesterday for an infraction Of
the city ordinances, and will be COM
PEELED to face Judge Hals'ead again
Monday morning.
The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1891-09-29
BUSINESS OPENING.

For rent-a store room in a neigbb oring
town--a big opening for an sctive bust.
ness DAn with small capital. Enquire of
Frank b Meyer & Bro. 9-27d&wlt.
The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1891-09-29
TrumbO & McRObertS.
l16 Usage STREET.
ARE sole SCENTS for the world renowncd-
ACORN STOVES.
OVER 100000 IN USE. EVERY STOVE WARRANTED.

Agents for the celebrated BAKER PERFECT Barb The
light weight made The only with pointed
licensed You protected that threatens
every unlicensed wie The weight every spool guaranteed
load their without having
by electric
The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1891-09-29
~THE COLORED TROOPS FOUGHT
NORLY."

The cOlOred G. A. Z. had a cele-
bratiop at the colored church near the
depot yesterday. The band paraded
the streets discoursing soul-inspiring
music, followed by a mixed crowd Of
men and boys.
The weekly messenger. [volume] (St. Martinsville [i.e. St. Martinville] La.) 1886-1948, 1891-01-31
BRICKS MADE OF TEA LEAVES
How Many Churches in Enelana
Hive Been Built.

The Rev. John Winslow, dist;n
sUished English Methodist minister i
stopping with friends in BROOKLYN. A.
pleasant gathering the other evening he
talked at length about the methods n
vogue in the old country of raisina
money for the purposes of his church
There are some people, he said, who
think that the great progress of Method.
ism in England is due solely to the en-.
ergy and culture of its ministers. Tbs
fact is that its present high STANDING ia
due in no small degree to tea. You snils
but listen. was not long ago in Il small
country town in the midland couptie.
where resided several families who wrrs
followers of John Wesley. They hclJ
Sunday meetings in each others sn,r.
rooms. Afte- one of these GATHERINGS
while the congregation was partakinr Of
hospitablc meal, the local preacher
asked them why they did not build
church. The good folks smiled, Is they
were anything but rich; but the preacher
told them Of instances where verv door
people had built churches by starting
with "a tea party. I'll tell you what a tea
party is. A number of women get to.
gether and pledge themselves to provide
4 tray for dozen, a tray meaning the
needed service of china and spoons. with
all the adiuncts, such as bread and but.
tar, tea, sugar and milk and plumcakc. II
in summer time, the party is held in
field, coppice or wood; if in the winter.
in some church or barn. The husbands
or lovers of the women build and tend
.he fires. fetch the water, boil the kettle.
slice and spread the bread and cake. and
act as walters. Perhaps as many as
twenty, forty, fifty, or even more trays
arc supplied, and each visitor is charged
j shilling for the tea. These shilincs
are placed in bank, to form the nucleus
OF the church building fund. After the
Tea things are cleared away a meeting is
held, at which permanent ministers de-
liver addresses. This is known as start.
ing the pot boiling, and the teas are re-
peated three or four times year. Some
rich man is applied to, generally with
success, for piece of land, and as soon
AS $50 is raised, no difficulty is expert
enced n getting builder to run up
chapel. As soon rs the roof is finished
series Of special services is begun, and
the talent OF Methodists for getting
money is brought into active play. I
have read great deal about the injurious
effects of tea, lat am certain that it has
done more to develop the social life of
the English people than any one other
product. Seventy-tive out of every hun
drcd bricks liz the Methodist church edi.
fees of England are made of tea leaves"
- New York Star.
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A LITTLE FURTHER on.

The things we've sought for all these years,
The phantoms We have chased, the pow r
That hidden lie. the gilt ring gold.
The things we've sighed for shall be ours
A little further on.
The gods shall smile on us and come
To lay their trophies at our feet,
And after all our vain attempts.
The joys we've sought so long Ell meet
little further on.
The cherished hopes Of by gone years,
The castles reared high in the air.
The long-lost friends We too shall meet.
And rest in peace from toll and care
A little further on.
-lBurt Fowles, in Texas Siftings.
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The baniShed Grenadier Guards ha,

The banished Grenadier Guards have
arrived at Bermuda. They had a good
trip, and are quite comfortable. "The
officers and men," says cable to the
New York Herald "are going to make
the best of the situation. They have
christened themselves the British Mu-
tineers.' This is ominOus. comments
the Herald, and does not show that ex-
lie has worked special change of
heart. "Mutineer" to the mind of the
true soldier is an infamous word. 1t
does not speak well for the English
army to hear that the once soldiers of
the Guards adopt as a compliment an
epithet of infamy.
The weekly messenger. [volume] (St. Martinsville [i.e. St. Martinville] La.) 1886-1948, 1891-01-31

Japan commenced railway building
in 1870. and at the end of last year
had 10, 402 miles in operation, with
ga miles more under construction.
About onc-half the mileage is owned
by the Government. The rapid pro-
gress made by this enterprising coun-
try, observes the Railway Age, is in
striking contrast to the timid conserv-
atism which has prevented her great
neighbOr, China, from allowing the
locomotive upon her soil, with the ex-
ception of the building of few miles
of local road chiefly for coal transport
tation. While Japan is prospecting,
infused with the spirit of the nine
teenth century. China is still centuries
behind the rest of the world.
The weekly messenger. [volume] (St. Martinsville [i.e. St. Martinville] La.) 1886-1948, 1891-01-31
Francis Marion.

OF all the picturesque characters our
Revolutionary period there is perhaps no
one who, ii the mc;nory Of the people, is
so closely associated with romantic adj
venture as Francis Marion. He belonged
to that gallcpt race of men of whose SER
vices France had been forever deprived
when Louis XIV. revoked the cdict Of
Nantes. Ills father had been :: planter
near Georgetown, on the coast, and tho
son, while following the same occupation,
had been called off to the western fror-
tier by the Cherokee war of 1859, IL tho
course of which nc had made himself a.
adept in woodland strategy. He was
now forty-seven years old, man OF few
words and modest demcanor, small in
stature and slight in frame. delicately
organized, but endowed with wonderful
nervous energy and sleepless intelligence.
Like a woman in guickncss of sympathy,
ne was knight in courtesy, truthfulnes
and courage. The brightness of his fame
was never sullied by an act of cruelty.
"Never shall house be burned by one
of my people," said he; "to distress poor
women and children is what / detest."
To distress the enemy in Legitimate war
fare was, on the other hand, business
in which few partisan commanders hcvs
excelled him. For swiftness and secrecy
he was unequaled, and the boldness OF
his exploits seemed almost incredible,
when compared with the meagerness Of
his resources. His force sometimes con-
sisted of less than twenty men, and sel'
dom exceeded seventy. To arm them,
he was obliged to take the saws from
sawmills and have them wrought into
rude swords at the country forge, while
pewter mugs and spoons were cast into
bullets. With such equipment he would
attack and Overwhelm parties Of more
than two hundred Tories; or he would
swOop upon a column of British regulars
on their march, throw them into disor:
der, set free their prisoners, STAY and
disarm a score or two, and plunge out
of sight in the darkling forest as swift
ly and mysteriously as he had come
tAtlantic Monthly.
The weekly messenger. [volume] (St. Martinsville [i.e. St. Martinville] La.) 1886-1948, 1891-01-31

Says Admiral Walker, Of the United
States white squadron: "The Europe.
an navies are ahead of us in many
things. They have a system Of cleo
trio light squadron signals which
makes it possible for feet to receive,
answer and obey orders with wonder
full quickness. All the orders at night
are made by three red and three white
lights set perpendicularly. The lights
are flashed by an operator at q key
board placed out of the reach of dam
ger. OF course, three red and three
white lights are susceptible of many
combinations, and any order may be
conveyed by then. We have on our
ships an arrangement of three electric
lights, which we devised after we got
across the ocean, and which We have
found very useful"
The weekly messenger. [volume] (St. Martinsville [i.e. St. Martinville] La.) 1886-1948, 1891-01-31
Mark Antony's Craze for 0pals.

While most gems owe their tint to the
presence of some foreign coloring matter,
the many hued and beautiful opal differs.
1t is opaque, deriving its beauty from the
marvellous property it possesses of decom-
posing the rays of light, and thus reject
ing from its polished surface all tns
colors of the rainbow. 1t needs, there
fore no brilliant, but appears to best "a.
vantage when alone. 1t is at presens
among the most priced of gems, and mas
held its place for ages. Mark Antony
once offered $3.50, 900 for an opal the
size of hazel nut; but the owner. NON
ius, Roman Senator, preferred exile y
parting with his treasure. In spite o.
their value opals are unsafe investments
for time and exposure dim their lustl
while their sensitiveness to heat is SO gress
that the warmth of the hand has oeen
known to crack them. The finest stone
come from Hungary, and among the Aas1
trian crown jewels are gems of greater 81 y.
and beauty than that which tempted "
Roman Emperor. York Journa-l
The weekly messenger. [volume] (St. Martinsville [i.e. St. Martinville] La.) 1886-1948, 1891-01-31

Prince Bismarck, says London
lcttcr-writer, has in the last few weeks
shown the world that there is one
thing that he does not know how to do.
"He does not know how to fall.
In his misfortune this great man has
become almost small. He does not
know how to accept the inevitable,
and since his fall, he seems to have
lost his dignity as completely as his
place. He passes his time in fault
finding, in prophesying misfortunes,
and in giving advice which is NO
longer asked of him; he unbosoms
himself to every interviewer; in fact,
from Bismark the taciturn he has
turned into Bismarck the laxative.
He has, he says. stepped down off the
stage into the pit; but, whereas he
was first-rate actor, he makes but 3
noisy, discontented pittite."
The weekly messenger. [volume] (St. Martinsville [i.e. St. Martinville] La.) 1886-1948, 1891-01-31

Henry Bridgeman, the colored nah
who gave $4,000 towards the pur-
chase of Mrs. Cairns seminary at
kirkwood, Mo-, is a saloon keeper and
worth 100000. The seminary thus
becomes. states the Courier-Journal,
the first manual training school for
colorcd boys ever established.
The weekly messenger. [volume] (St. Martinsville [i.e. St. Martinville] La.) 1886-1948, 1891-01-31

When London mob drags duchess
from her carriage to strip her of her
diamonds, it is plain enough, muses.
the Atlanta Constitution, that when
they get their blood up some day they
will turn the city upside down and
commit atrocities that would disgrace
. gang of Apache Indians.
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Selfish People.

The most disagreeable people in the
world are selfish people.
The most unhappy people are selfish
people.
The most unfortunate people are selfish
people.
The most unreasonable people are self
ish people.
The most dangerous people are selfish
people.
The most needy people are selfish peo-
pie The Rams Horn.
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lately met with IN accident OF so serious
4 nature that 1t finally caused his death.
I'd Is so Jealous of his tricks and myster-
les that he was afraid to employ Il new
assistant. and he begged me to come and
help him. He said it would not be
| necessary for me TO appear before the
audience at all, but simply to hand him
! apparatus from the scenes and see that
things were in shape so that there would
be no hitch. You see there are two more
of us besides Ed and lie. and we are all
dependent upon Ed. Mary and Ella are
both at school, and, of course. the cX.
pensc is considerable. Ell talked 50 dis
mally about it thatI felt it would be mean
of me to refuse to help him, especially
as it seemed impossible for me to find
anything else to do. l thought you
would not care to continue our acJuaint-
ance after turned out to be slcight-of-
hand performer
Interval of few moments, during
which the reader will please kindly
look through the advertisements while
Clymer convinces Amy of her error
Il suppose" continued Amy. arrang-
ing her hair, which was apparently on
the point Of coming down, Il suppose
our old friends would he Mortified to
know that we are in such an occupation.
They used to applaud Eds cleverness at
| evening parties. when we were in more
fortunate circumstances. hut its differ
ent when he makes money cut of it. you
know
She was interrupted by the entrance OF
her brother. He had delayed coming in
order to lock up the cabinet, and to
place other apparatus beyond the reach
OF any too inquisitive supernumerary.
Clymer'S wonted sclf-po>,ession had re-
turned by this time, and he hardly wait
ed for the formality of an introduction
before he plunged into the subject near
est his heart.
Professor. am sorry to interfere with
your plans, but your able assistant here
las previous engagement to which she
shall be vigorously held. no matter if it
blocks the wheels of the national gov
eminent"
The professor looked from the deter
mined face of Clymer to the downcast
eyes of Amy, and threw up the case.
"Amy." said Clymer. on returning
from his next trip, "lIalpert thinks he
has solved the mystery. He says there
must have been double back to the
cabinet, with door opening inside, and
that you were there. IIow's that ~
Amy only smiled. - Detroit Free
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The enormous development of our
iron industryis shown by the statistics
Of the Iron Age, in which the produc-
ton of iron for the first six months of
1890 is placed at 4,Gl0, 900 tons, which
Ii the largest amount of iron ever made
in any country in the world in that
time.
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Che meekIp 4flessrnper
PUBLISHED WEEKLY BY
ALBERT BIENVENU.

The decline in shipbuilding in Cana
ds Is causing CONSERVATION. Fifteen
years ago the tonnage Of vessels
launched in the dominion reached a
total of 1873, O9S. while last year the
total tonnage was scarcely $4,000.