The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1892-11-29
MISSOURI PEOPLE AND THINGS


lodge of instruction in Nevada De-
cember Z.
Windsor is putting on metropOli-
tan airs. She is to have reading
room for young men.
Eight revolvers and batch of
pocket knives were stolen from a Ne
vada hardware store few nights ago.
Episcopal ladies OF Neosho held
Il fair last week and cleared $50 which
will go towards building a new
church.
1t took whole column to emu
merate the presents received at the
Maus-llaire wedding in Schell City
last week.
AT last Columbia is to have water
works. The city has granted 20
year franchise to St. Louis man to
furnish both water and electric
lights.
Pete Renfrow, sentenced to be
hanged in Greene county Nov. "a,
has been granted a respite until Jan.
y, and will be able to eat his Thanks
givin" dinner once more.
The lead and zinc sales of south
west Missouri and southeast Kansas
aggregate sS7 ,270 last week. OF this
Joplin had S22 500, Carterville s32,-
$50, and Galena Sl3, 800.
The HARDWOOD, Vernon county post
master announces that he intends to
get married. One by one the old
crowd of office holders are preparing
for some other means OK livelihood.
Secretary of State Lesueur has is
sued a certificate of incorporation to
the Versailles Creamery Co., Of Yer
sailles, Morgan county: capital stock,
$500. Incorporated by J. E. Price
T. y. Todd. ID. c. ID. Dale, and
Others.
Gov. Francis has committed the
sentence of Thomas Cunningham who
was sent up from ~ Louis in 1899 to
fifteen wears to five years, with bene-
tit OF the three-fourth> law. This will
give Cunningham his liberty in about
nine months.
On the day Major Warner spoke in
Joplin Uncle David Smith of Smith
vile, had his pocket book stolen con-
tanning SD in cash and two promiAory
notes one for $500 on Burton Joiner,
and the other for SI55 on Walter
Alerrick. besides other valuable pa
per>. These ntoe> will not be honored
BY any one except in the hands of MIR.
Smith.
A large amount of building has
leen done in the country district i'm
nediately adjacent to Windsor this sea-
on. New houses and harms have been
.reeted and extensive improvements
made. BY their well-known industry,
and thrift our farmer friends
manage to make considerably more
han a bare living, in spite of dull
lmes and partial failure of crops.
We have here one of the best towns in
lis>ouri, and for general agricultural
the farming lands surrounding
Windsor are hard to beat.
Frank Wilson, the horse thief in
icted by the special Christian county
rand jury, entered a plea of guilty,
nd received a sentence of four years
n the penitentiary. Some of the pc
uliar features of the case are that the
culprit is the son of
reacher, himself member of the
BAPTIST church, and stole horse and
uggy from his own minister, Parson
. ID. Lamb, the man who baptised
i'm two years before. The horse was
lken from a country church four
iileS East of Ozark while Preacher
.amh and his congregation were at
rayer,
The recent election cost Greene
Dunty 81 900. The county expenses
ere $3.50 or $4,000. The items
ere: Booths, s472; ballots, $50;
ldges and clerks, $500; constables'
llaries, sl05; publications, 800, and
Indries about 5000. The democratic
'1nty central committee expended
'out 500 in the campaign and the
indidates probably spent $1,000,
ale from the assessments making
tai OF 81, 200. The republican
'unty committee assessed the candi-
ties to the amount of 81, 900 for
mpaign purposes. The candidates
ohably expended $4,000 more,
aking total of 5000.
When Neosho girl gets ready
marry she makes things hum. Last
EEK one of them got into the notion
OF sudden and she yanked her
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