The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1893-11-28

printing Office, twelve stores and two
schools. The wealth of the CITY was
estimated at s25O,OOO.
All of Central Missouri was orig
inally known as the Boone's Lick
country. The name wasderived from
the existence of salt licks that were
utilized by some of the Boones in
making salt.
w. T. Vibbard, OF Mexico, Mis-
souri,. "acquaints" the public that not
being on agreeable terms" with the
Madam. he will not he responsible for
her future bed an.' hoard.
Elder j. Z. .'e,,... editor of the
Church Register. and Rev. Jacob Ditz-
Ter, the well known Methodist de-
batter. will engage in hot discussion
AT Plattsburg next week over the time
worn question of baptism.
Bob White, of Mexico, being in
doubt himself as to the proper
''mode' Of baptism. refuses the col
umns of the Lsdger as a medium for
! the settlement of the controversy now
agitating that town on said subject.
From 1921 to 1927 the judges of
the supreme court were Matthias Nc
Girk, John ID. Cook, John r. Jones,
Rufus Pettibone, George Thompkins,
Robert Wash. The attorney generals
for the same period were Edward
Bates, Rufus Easton, Robt. Wells.
Judge Theis, of Hannibal, ex-
plains the cause OF the present
drOuth. God, who claims exclusive
right and control of the elements, is
on his ear because the weather proph-
cts and rain makers are monkeying
with and trying to steal his (the old
mans thunder.
Circumcision was performed
| upon the infant son of Mr. and Mrs.
Phil Frank, of Upton, last Sunday as
required by the old Jewish law. Rev.
Rosenblatt a prominent rabbi from
st. Louis, performed the ordinance.
! Only few friends and the immediate
relatives were present.
The Ozark Lightning and Power
company offer to put an electric plant
in Springfield and furnish incan-
descent light to residences for 40
cents month. and to business houses
for so cents month, arc light on IL
hour circuit for s. month, and on
ali night circuit for 81 a month.
The police Of Jefferson City Fri
day night locked up three ex-cOnvic,s
who were released from the peniten-
tiary during the day. One Of them,
white man named Frank Brolaske,
had sl.35 and the two negroes, Gil
bert Bailey and Chas. Dimond. had
but 30 cents between them. All were
drunk ard disor,lerly.
The first case disposed of bv the
supreme court Of Missouri was that Of
Collier VS.. Wheldon and Others and
involved possession Of a house in St.
Charles county. Many Of the settlers
were quite fond Of lawing and very
tritiing matters were carried even to
the supreme court. The first state
case tried by this tribunal was for AZ
sault and battery.
"A family Of movers crossed the
| river at Cape Girarleau that was
somewhat Of a curiosity. They were
travelling in wagon drawn by two
bulls and the family consisted of a
man, wife, seventeen children ana
niue dogs. The m:n said he was
looking for Il location where the coun-
try was full OF coons and democrats.
A band OF de>peradoes, composed
principally of men by the name of
Heatherly, kept the upper Grand
River country in state of terror
during the sos. They caused an
Indian outbreak by their thieving
raids and were accused of murder and
numerous crimes. One member of
the gang was finally sentenced to the
penitentiary, but the Others managed
TO escape.
Mrs. Elizabeth Major, mother of
Senator S. c. Major OF Fayette, cele-
brated her SIND birthday on Tuesday
last. Her mind is perfectly clear and
her intelligence a. bright and active
as when she was girl. She is re-
markable lady, and probably knows
more about the social life and promi-
nent actors IN the scenes in old How
ard IN the palmy days of the past
than any one else now living in the