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OOTT1VTR.V Down in the Valley. Readers, dirt yon ever.Ket down In the vnllpy? Difl you' svpr fpel ils ilnrkneSR anil Bloom around you, like a flense cloud a i shuts nil tl.P bright sunshine from your hpnrt? Did you evp.r experience (be cold obills, the (PV mists of it? cheerless depths? Did you ever lie down in its cavernous Solitudes find try to peer throueh ils gloomy abyss, tn.catf.h a ray of light, of cheer, i Town in the valley! ati! who has not been there; who has not explored its somhre stir-, who has not felt its depressing who bas not looked up in vain for ft sure way of egress from ita prison house of dis- pair; who Imn notRiphed at its cheerlessness and a its i i i shrine. Down in the valley What a place it is to eludy the supreme nothingness of man, the selflshnes- of our nicp, (he irksnmenm of life, the uncertainty of its duration aud to contemplate the untried time, (hat will be measured by the countless cycles of the great, unexplored hereafter. Down in the vnllcy Where disappointed hopes, bllchted friendships, unrequited loves and opportunities ueclected haunt us Hkepihoiils, chimeras and gorgonn; where ths merry Uiugh never reaches us, where sylvan days never dnwu, where the roseate hues of hope never gild up Its dreary labyrinths and where silence and the gloom of the jrrave rolgn supreme. Down in the valley I We have been there; often and long have we threded Its devious passages, felt its chilly vnpnrs, breathed Its enervating malaria, listened to its crave-like dirges, wrestled i its skeleton-like phantoms, measured it." gloom and struggled to free ourself from Us imperious grasp, sometimes vvehave succeeded, sometimes our efforts were i as wcic the commands of canutc to the waves of nn angry sea.

we always manage to emerge from the volley sooner or later, and we 1 C'ime forth chastened in spirit and less a a lo the changing, unstable objects of this chameleon world. Somu persons contend that, every man prepares his own valley that it Is just as easy to keep in the sunshine as in the dark, but do not, believe it. Doubtless we all are lo a certain extent, the arbiters of our own destiny here, but to us there come times when there is nu suiiiiy side to the hills of i when al! is doubt, distrust, tloom mid unrest. Others may be differently constituted; others may regard i a a holiday, but with us it is trial, a luhor, an earnest struggle. To live, ti dio and go we know not where, and to be we know not are enough to engage the most earnest reflection of all; and then to he forgotten to be blotted dm.from ttie recollections of the dearest nnd best friends, may cause no stir of feeling with some, but it'ls'not BO with us.

-what a DAILY DEMOCRAT. he Democrat, OK A I I VOLUME S5. SEDALIA, MONDAY EVENING, JULY 28. 1873. Personal Nomenclature.

Surnames, as compared with tl of tho world, are of modern or Tn ancient times the chrislla uumea were only in use, as Adam, Ey Moses, Aaron etc. Even down In Hi apostolic age. there were the Pauls Peters, Johns ami only Slmo was given the surname of an for a special reason. It is interesting lo Btudy tbe origi of surnames and to see from whu rivial circumstances they too heir start. We will give a few us il ustrutive of the rest: The name Hatli.iway is of Quake anil originated iu thi vay A quaker family in England ad.a rurnher of boya, among who: was oue of a headstrong disposition Of him his mollier oflen suid, he halh-a-way-of-his-own.

In it shor lime his comrades called him youug Halh-a-way. The name of Goodson spraug from a family of wild Arabs, aud took iu name on Ihis wise: The boys were all bad but one ami his mother callei him her hence the name Goodson. The name of Gnndwia was introduced as follows: In oue or the Sou Hi sea Islands it was tbe custom of little ragniufflns to pluy marbles for copper cents which among American traders scattered the iiatlvp.i. One Sunday there were lot oflhem engaged in Uie game, which was witnessed by the maternal heads of the different nud oue gamin, who parted his hair in the middle, won five coppers nn one game, when his mother in ureiu ecstacy cried oul a and the champion marbleist thenceforth took the name of Goodwin, which patronymic bis descendants bear to the present day, and we will a i parenthetically, that the nice Is proverbial for five cent games aud pica- acts. The imrae Magann is derived from an old haq who lived early In this century who rejoiced In the cognomen of Mag-Ann, hence by ohatieeof the division of Ihe syllables we have the Mneann.

was formerly Tick, got the name from the tenacity wllh which one of Hie boys held on to trinkets belonging to his playmates, hence Ihe proverb, sticks like a (loir, but the word wai COMPETING BAJIiROADS. Now Advantages for Sodnhn. Now that the M. K. T.

Ka road has been completed to Httnn bnl, thus connecting Sedalia. wit Chicago and Eastern markets, seems to us that our business me infiyprolit thereby. As all are aware all the shipping hitherto luia necessa rily been done over one route, and Ou merchanta have never enjoyed tb advantages both in transportation aui markets that they now do. Connected as we nre with St. Lou is and Chicago, the great commercia cities of the North and West, anc located ns we are in the central por tion of one of the richest States ir Union, we have advantages eu- oyed by few cities in the State.

Not only have our merchants choice between the two great Western mar- vets, but should they wish to purchase in the Eastern cities they now lave parallel and competing lines o) xailroads over which to ship their coods from those markets through to Sedalin. With these advantages and tie many other facilities possessed by 'iem, they can sell goods at whole- ale and retail prices as low as they an be bought anywhere in the West. Preparations are being made for rge run of business this fall, and predict for Sedalia'a trade during 'leautumn unparalleled by any that as been for years. Funding the Debt. The Clly Council is preparing a ropofliliou.

lo submll, loa vote of Ihe eople, lo fund 535,000, tho floating ebt of Ihe city. We have been examining this sub cl, aud we have come to Ihe con iision a we cannot, legally vote ny more Immlsof impupral nature TROM SMITHTON. Meeting of tho Farmers' Club. SMITIITOS, July 26, 1873. EDITOR SEDALIA DEMOCRAT The Fanners' Club met here Ihi: afternoon, pxirsuant to udjnrunmeut Mr.

John Conkwright, the President called the meeting to order. The Secretary, Mr. J. Lnnim, read a communication from the head quarters of the State Grange, alse extracts from a pamphlet published by the order, showing the object of the Granges, and the good to be accomplished through it. Dr.

W. Overstreet moved that it the sense of this meeting that we Form a Grange at once, which received a hearty second and was unan- 'mously agreed to. The petition to the State Grange, asking for the formation of a Grange this township, was largely signed, receiving more signatures than necessary. The farmers here are up xnd iu arms and mean business; the iest of feeling prevailed in theniecl- ng. Not being a farmer, we, of oursc, retired (that is Severn) of us), loping however, that the movement night be a success and that the farm- rs might realize all the benefits they re expecting.

The following names registered for uembership, shows that i farmers of this vicinity (without cgard to politics) are awake, to what hopo and they think, is for their est inlerests: IT. B. Tnylor, Thos. CITY ITEMS. --County Court convened Ibis morning.

--Accident to a freight train outside the city limits yesterday even lug. --The yesterday wn pk-asuut, church cocrs were out ir full force. --Mayor Miller occupied the Re carder's chair this morning nnd as scssed two S15 --One hundred and thirty four cases have been tried by the Recorder under the new city charter. --Produce and garden truck grows almosispoulanenus this season, judg- by tbe a i offered in market. --Tho sanitary condition of the i i i i one lime 51 W) Uiiuniiuiiru, one muiiili 5 00 A.

liberal ill-auction will be Hindu lo COIL IVEKKLY DKAIOCJUT. per unmim sis HATKS OF A I Onn square 1 OMH sQinire. one yoar Allison, J. J. Lamm, W.

C. Over- reet, Burt P. Smith and many eth rs too numerous to mention. I learn that no business of impor- mce wns transacted at this time. No Deputy from the gmnd lodge eing present, they adjourned to meet i the second SnUuday in August, 2 o'clock, p.

M. FEKG. ity is good, although there yet liners 11 "bouquets" iu souie ijuar- ers. --We regret to Joani tlintthe wife Esq. John Hendei-son is lying very 1 nt Dresden, with but little hope of recovery.

She lias been an invalid for many yaurs. --Messrs. Armstrong wagon aud carriage manufacturers, No. 97 Main slrat sold one of their splen- wugons this morning to a gentleman from Saline county. --Tratllc is daily increasing over the M.

K. T. Road, necessitating frequent extra freight On ALL ABOUND US. The Jefferson City Tribune favors the prnpifelti 10 vote a suhicriutii i SoO.OUO Iu tlio of Jeffi'rsou township, toward meeting ttte costs of grading llieir through to Versailles, Morgan It costs the lo--eos S2-5 for the of ixn escaped cunvicc inside of O'ie nnd S50 when, umde outside. Fifteen fine, blooded, fust are iu i i iu Hie Ashlanil trotting pans, in Bnoiie county, under the charge of Pat.

Grogim. C'onsiilerable excitement exists in ho jS jwrl of iliis State roBfird to the Texas cattle fever. The Hannibal Courier says "Some- mio -April last l'Vniik''J 1 nylor and )is paitner shipped into Uavis ooun- by ihc Hiiimihiil and Si. Joe unloadiiiir them nl Kiddcr, 265 Texns cattle. Tim cattle were grazed mostly in fax township, Jiivi? county, and have been II, or nearly sold and re-shipped.

A week since the trail ot' yesterday, fifty ear loads of lumber were sent south, he ten percent, restriction is in the corrupted to Leach or leech (which was the original) and thus we haye the symbolic Leach, The surmaue Hull, caruc from a race of peanut piclcers in the south of Germany, and WHS in the ancient teutonic calledpftuccken, a picker, or htiller. i Is of Scottish origin and Is derived from thu words -new church, and arose from the sex tons of the old aud new churches being unable to distinguish themselves. They were formerly called "sandy of the new kirk," or "sandy of the old kirk," so, for convenience, ono named Sandy New-kirk, hence name. The name Hard w.is mtglnally lined to designate the occupAttnn of a band of wandering rr.iivalrels who annoyed the pcopla of South Wales about, 'the middle of the 16th century, and so notorious tmd they become Hint they were outlawed, by lids of "arllnmcnt under the name of Jinrds. Wilier is derived from an old mar who owned a horso-mil! in Ireland early in the Mill ccHlury.

They call ed him at first old Patrick Oatmeal but after changed to Patrick the way, We have already, exclusive of Water Bonds, more than an a of bonds equal to ten per centum ol our taxable weilllh, hence we are es- topped from issuing any more, however desirable It might ho to the present limiting debt of the city. Tt is true we have not ten per cent, of our tax values in city bonds proper, tint when we mid the city's portion of county mid township indebtedness, we shall see a we hixve already exceeded our limits, hence we must stop, whether would or noi. We hiiVo nn doubt but the legMa- turo intended a i the city's proportion of all oilier bonded indebtedness of the county or tlu township iu which it was located, should bo coin- puled in the esliroutc. Tf this view of case lie the correct ono, it would be. a useless cxpenso to hold an election to anlhority to Issue bonds that arc prohibited by lnw.

mockery problem is man. Polieo'CouPt. During the sitting of the Recorder's Court this "morning. Mayor Mil- 1 ler wore' the majesterlal' robes with becoming and dignity. The attendance was large and considerable interest manifested in the pro- caedlugs.

Jpnly two cases docketed, yefth'e number of witnesses examined prolonged the session beyond Sarah Mag. Davis, Were- arraigned, charged with keepers and of bawdy houses, around the night, and vagrancy. city late 1 at Plea of not guilty was entered. After a somewhat tedious examination, the charges Were sustained 'anA a' flue of $15 Meesaed. against eicb.

of payment they were reraandcd to I ho tiliuilo walls of the olty Miller, and in process of tirrw the the" was dropped. The name Brown, came from the lawny color of the seventeenth son family the north Ireland: orlginnl it wa brownie, but the ie has lor.g since taken- now stands for 'Jlhat is," nwaning that Brown stands, fcii; browule. There are' lwn ijamtn, that we iiavc been unable to trace to thcii root. We allude to Smith and Jones. They are no unusitul itml there js go much about their origin, a we do nql fuel like venturing uu opinion.

It is a well selt.led fact that' John was the first of tnut hence the honored progenitor of whole Smith but 'thb autboritieo nre not agreed to how hecmno by his surname, hence we decline to speculate upon such an un settled problem. The name is true of Jones. We the opinion that aftep about two thirds of the human family names, lcen provided wiih the nameleni third got to vether In selfrevenfte and agreed to mil one half Bin tb and the remainder Jones. We may resume our aopmclatura at toaae future Personal. David Levy, of (he popular liousi of D.

Levy and Brotheis, leaves to night, for York. David wll buy a large stock of goods, and wil a beautiful Jewess, of the i We wish him mucl pleasure in his new relation, am a his wife may find a pleasant homft iimonjj Hev. W. Comnlon, ol Knob Nosier, passed throui-h the city this mnruiug, for Brownsville. His wife is attending the Sweet lliifscll, Business Manager "of the DHWOORAT, and lady Citj-.

Fn future Mr. Russell will "wind" si splendid Maj. Harvey Salmon, Stale Treasury, returned to' the cnpitol this.inbrning from brief visit lo The Major Iwrwtji of the finest.baby in weighing months ofnge. Blood will'iejl. 1 i' J.

ami lady; of Higgins- it'nd Paul Hoohy, Wu- Mo. nre registered Tempursnco Organization Drosden. at On Saturday night hist, Mr. U. B.

Bernard, Slate Lecturer, addressed the citizens of Dresden and vicinity on the subject, of temperance. Afterward a lodge of some twenty- five members was organized, with tlio following officers W. C. Jiunses. II.

Cook. V. Keltic Lightfoot, Secretary---Morris Assistant Sec; Mollio McCluney. Kccretavy Tliomas hn K. Steelc.

Mnrshnl--Mks Financial Mitchuni. Assistant Clinplnin--rcter Courtney. R. McAlislcr. I.

S. Alice.Limison. Considerable interest is minifestcc! the cause, and lodges ire being in a nuinhcr oi nir neighboring towns. M. K.

travel continues to be mthcr liglii on the railroiids, but the lacking in passengers seems to beam- ply made up in the of tivo- story trunks. Marshal Gallic is in receipt 'of a postal card from St. Joseph, offering reward of 8100 for the surest of a thief who stole a pair of horses mid buggy, from that city on the 21st inst. crop in --Failures of the peach Central Missouri create much solicitude, now a a i liine i soon arrive. We sincerely hope the demand will in meiUMiro bi fiom the Soulh.

-Hoard's addition In ihe city in iilly becoming a favorite. A large of neal and elognni residences havn becli i several more buildings under non- Tho casern portion of Uio city gives evidence of prosperity nnd Improvement. machine shops of the A. 1 J', and M. K.

T. Koadu ylvi-s 1-111- I i ninge, the Texas fbver bioke out among the a i cuttle, and lo this time some 300 havn died. The acts rapidly. The animals seized with it dro, nnd in from two to six days. Milch cows at once go dry.

One fanner 50 head out of seventy. Citizens have had to out mid die trenches to bury the the dead vent the spread of a i a the In pro- and pestilence-. The region in which this cattle i- prevalent, OHO of best stuck is- tricts. Tho Memphis Railroad The of thu City had a incetini: yf.stiirday and Cully indorsed tlio re" cent 01 dor of the County Court as to ihc i a i nnd liouds of Ihc mad. The la.st didicul- ly and ini))odiinent is now removed and i upon grcnl and impoi- higliwiiy will i fnm- inenccd and i it eomplclod.

Speed thu lime a will Kansas City this dircul mil comiiHiuic.uion i Memphis tlio iMississippi and the C. Times. Postal Quango on road. On or about the T. flisl of next mouth, postal service will be begun I', road, from Dcnison The service 1ms lcen two divisions--Fort on the M.

K. to divided into Scott the central point. AVc learn Hint the present roulcagcnts, clerks, will it (future mnko their headquarters nt Fort Scott, instead of this city, as now. regret to lose these gentlemen our midst, and commend them to our neighbor as worthy, citizens. County Court.

This body is In session to-day, wltli all the judges present except. Judge Harris. A 'gooil ous biiaineis' was traiisneted, among which was the appointment of Dr. J. county Poor House phy'sloliin, nlSM per were upproprUied.to/lnlsh Jln Hook Wrldge.

-'This oh 'the report of the committee. Clara H. Gilliiund was adjudged neane' and was'itcnt to the Luriotlo The court o-day; lloy to a huge number of macliinlsls. carpenters and laborers. The benefit lo our city, arising from railnuul con- nectloiis arc indeed inciilculaulc, and wo should not regret ellorts in securing these lasting and acceptable beiu-fils.

--for fresh go vllli lOOhlostrttt. in Its will probably adjourn We. believe Polili. bag I ood, cautious county court, aud wo think thi: people 1 arc tale Accident on Pacific Railroad. The J'acific Railroad still suffers from accidents.

On yesterday-- Sunday iii the afternoon, as the freight train MIS approaching Scdalin, part of the train was wrecked near the old steam mill site, in the western part of the city. Part of the train loaded with stone; one of these falling from one of the cars on the track was the cause of the accident. Ten or twelve cms were thrown off, the locomotive and cabooto remaining on tlio track. No was injured. We regret this accident and consequent loss on tho part of the company, and (rust that ncrcHsing care on tho part of oflicials md those employed will finally stop to costly accidents.

--Library Association. Tho regular: Semi-monthly, meeting of the Library Directory mid Ln- dies Advisory Brtard will be held this evening at the' roomJ) of the Bmirrl on street at o'clock. A full attendance of both, "boards in tin- iDunly Kecord, we learn thiil i i the i thcro Ti threu children nl F. i i miles i i of Butler, en mo very nciir la-ing i lives. i i i in a kilcKen near main hon--e, between a f-luvc nnd window.

Tliu lightning i i i i strikinj; the three t-hildrni wim pliij'ing in a dry box, rendering them inteiisiblo i i buriiiu; lliem scvorlv. The pnstiil is not understood in Augusta. A young man ot i a city received one, ami toarinj; ill it for some time, paid to fiicnd "Sec here, Jack, 1 can't get thing opon." Exooutor'a Notice. i i i I I i i i Mjiieil. inis been .1 11101 nl i iitul u-sliiim-Ml ol' lint II.

Al. l'i Ice. l.ile 01 I cdnnty. Mo owiM-il. All pcrauilfl linvlni; rl.iliiisiiiin'hiM ru miiiln-il.

In I i lo i In- nnclfnlKii'-il Icjjiiliv a i i i i i lor sc'Vlcnu-ul i i I lie i i xcrilifil hy luw. null all pi-i-Mint. I lo K.ild i i i n-iiiilroil lo innke I (Jl'COl'Kf'd. alo I of tho lust i nl II. A I Trustee's Sale.

UKIIF.A8 liejnrunttiind I'. J)Juniull, hi-, I i i i i i Di-cil i d.uc'l lSih Juno, unit iirkiiuvvlitlKi'il uml illnl mi Dili IsreTmnl I ic Itcunrilvr'H nllieo ol I'ollls L'oiinir In i Trail imil Idrnril pnmi lo Uio tliu rolluwliiK lnnin mid rcnl rMnie In Ilic con my ol rulllaiiiul or Mlnt.oin-1, i i 10 siiy, i i i i i i i i minncroi norlliwcnl quam-i-of MX- lo, requested. B. SilATTOCK, Secretary. uumlKii I i dracrllvul; nml icrunN, noli- hiw i iKiyunle, iul i 1 ii'Vui i i i iruvioi- TOincstor iho CBI i i nud In i i i iiovl- On Thursday, the 7th day of Au- TooKnoh Water.

The In'Koiildln's load mines In thin city, are vory much annoyed by water. They were Jim), ready to take oui lurgo of excellent ore, wliSn thii rnnhnl Into the nnd checked'their progrws. .1,1, gust, 1873, Hie luiiirs of 10 o'clock In iV" 1 01 nf rt lftl 1 "'oil' "I i i i i 1 I VI lll 1,10 KOthcr wllh cnMa i i i i i i i DlilAliN'ATT, TniMci 1 iNEWSPAFERr NEWSPAPER!.