The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1893-08-01
SEOALIA BRIEFS.

Take the northeast electric car to
Fischer's lake for boat riding and fishing
A large number accompanied the
Maccabees to the picnic at Beaman yes
terdav.
Only five prisoners are At present
breaking rock for the city-three women
and two men.
The social club OF this city met with
Miss Mabel Beiler Friday evening. All
repor; an enjoyable time.
The waterworks company received
four new filters yesterday, which they will
Immediately use on their works. They
are needed.
The following parties were released
from the county Jail to-day. Hannah Reed,
colored, petit larceny Fannie james, dis
turbing the peace.
John B. Murphy, who years ago, had
store on Main street, and who has been
i'll in his rooms over ll5 West Main street,
is now improving.
A meeting of the Nomen'S Christian
Temperance union was held in the y. VI.
G. i. parlors Friday evening. \ good
audience was present.
A large plate glass in the front door
OF Van Wagner's shoe store was broken
into smithereens by the wind which ac-
companied the rain Yesterday evening.
On the evening of August 18th n. the
criminal court room in this city, Rev. J
Scot, Carr, of ST. Louis, will deliver Il
lecture on Thoughts for Americans"
In Justice Blair's court yesterday
morning Hense Watson, colored, was ar
raigned for fighting Amanda Givens. also
colored lie was fined ST and costs and
went to Jail.
A large real estate deal was made yes
terday by \. J. Hall. trading the old ID. III.
Smith property on Ohio street to David
Mike, of Lamont, for farm OF 4S0 acres
near Green Ridge.
Prof. Lou Bapti,te has made match
with W. +. Fisher, of Kansas City, for n
wrestling match to take place in this city
on August IL, for 500 a side. This prom
ises to be a holly contested match.
The sociable given by the young ladies
OF the Cumberland Presbyterian church at
the residence of j. NJ. Gatiin, No. $50 West
Fourth street, last Friday night, was sue
cess. both socially and financially.
Miss Bessie Brickel, living on Usage,
between Sixth and Seventh, died yesterday
evening at o'clock. She was aged nine
teen; was well known in this city, and
much admired by all. Her death was a
sad one.
District Deputy Grand Master +. +.
Hoffman went down to Smithton yesterday
evening and instituted a lodge at that
place, of independent Order OF Odd Fell
lows. Joe Hook was made secretary of the
new lodge.
w. H. Johns, a member of the Elk's
club, received by express yesterday, a
been carefully prepared by taxidermist.
fine ornament.
During the storm last evening the
lightning burned out the lights in Frank
DeJarnett's saloon, and candles had to be
substituted in place of them. At several
other places in the city the lightning had
the same effect.
Sue Carr Wilson, aged six months and
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. J. J. Wilson,
died Friday evening of whooping cough
at 32l West Pettis street. The funeral
took place yesterday afternoon at 3o'clock
from the family residence.
The announcement is made public of
the engagement of Miss Fannie Fuller, late
of this city, to {. c. Young of Albuquerque
\. NJ. The marriage will take place
in October next. Miss Fuller is quite well
known in this city.
The manhOles to all the sewers on
Ohio and Seventh streets seem to be filled
up, and should be cleaned out. The water
stood in pools on these streets yesterday,
and come very near running into some of
the stores on Ohio street
Washington Council, Junior Order of
United American Mechanics at a meeting
held Friday night, elected Captain Jay L.
Smith and J. +. HeIronymous, Jr., to rep
resent the order at the annual state con-
vention, which meets at Pertle Springs on
August Sth.
There was a missionary meeting at
the First Methodist Episcopal church yes
terday afternoon at which Mrs. Mary \.
Bradley, a missionary from India, deliv-
cred a lecture on the manners and customs
of that country. The lecture was highly
Interesting.
The conference of the African Metho-
dist Episcopal conference, which was in
session in North Sedalia last week closed
Friday night. St. Louis was named as the
next place OF meeting, and May, 1894,
named as the date.
Quite a merry crowd of young people
enjoyed drive about the city Friday
night until about ten o'clock, when all re-
paired to the home of Miss Kate Antes,
where refreshments were served. They
were jolly crowd of funmakers.
The large Touring mill and also other
business houses were destroyed at Renick.
Mo-, Friday last, by fire NJ. H. Morris,
brother of w. T. Morris, of this city.
was president of the milling company.
The loss was heavy and was partially
covered by insurance.