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, What you can buy at Sa * a ee FOR A m'l Le & Co's Holiday Present We have received in eve i ry department of our estabiishment, special novelties for holiday trad > to which we ask the attention of every Husband, Wife, Sister, Hrother, Uncle, Aunts and Cousins,-something handsome, useful and acceptablea a present may be found in every department. Handkerchiefs. Mens Furnishing Goods Our assortment is immense com- | Most elegant novelties in neckware prising rything new and Linen, Silk, Lace and Embroidered goods. Black and colored silks. black and colored satins, black brocades, black and colored velvets, plushes etc. Laces New collars and fichues. Black and cream spanish lace scarts and barbs, novelties in lace neckware. nice in | line } cas and silk} uff nuf ndkerchiefs, silk and crs, silk and worsted Dress Goods We can suit you in anything you may want from a worsted delaine Shoes and Slippers Ladies fine kid childrens shoes, misses and fine shoes, ladies, misses i at 10 cents per yard to the finest} and children’s toilet slippers, gents suspenders, s pins. shirt stu ~ . > : : r ana cuff buttons hie oma 5 French Cashmers at $1,50 per yard. | embroidered velvet slippers. We | pereale shirts, fine wristlets and knit | Trimmings of all kinds to match. | carry every well known make of scarfs, white and scarlet nnderware, | 7 hand made Boots and Shoes- Save prices and quality gua Gloves. Ladies Kid Gloves and Mitts, Chil- dren lined gloves and mitts, Gents | Gloves—Kid, Castor, Calf, Cloth, buck walking and driving glove ise tur-top gloves and boys gaun ets. | Cloaks! Cloaks!! | Of every style—to suit any purse—| } black diagonal and beaver cloaks, | | light colored English walking jack- | the purchaser from cent on every pair 5 to 20 per Woolen Goods Nubias and hoods,43 jackets and arfs, shirts and shawls, Leggings ‘and wristlets, new goods received fo ladies, misses and children. lets, light cloth dolmans— children’s | cloaks and jackets. These garments | { jare handsomely trimmed and cut in ithe latest style. Hosiery Ladies and Childrens fine hose— English cashmere hose—ribbed wool gents fancy half hose—the best line of hosiery in the city, pri- ces guaranteed the lowest. Clothing Department New goods for the holidays, mens, youth’s, boy’s and children’s, over- coats and ulsterettes at lower prices than eyer. Dressy pantaloons in English and French worsted, fancy cashmeres, young mens suits, busi- ness and> fine dress suits, nobby styles, and prices to suit all. Millinery Department This very important branch ot our business has received special attention and new goods have = ar- rived, ribbons, tips, plumes, orn ments, black and colored beaver hats, and walking hats. all of the very latest styles. Hats Caps For men, youths, boys and children acomplete line consiting of a hat ora cap for25 cents to a Stetson’s best quality, special, we are the only house where you can buy a Silk Dress Hat. SPECIALTIES. in table linens, doyles, towels, counterpanes, tonnes, window shades, carpets, oilcloth rugs, iors, card-board, saxony and germantown y present. stole an overcoat Christmas eve. | public well at the southwest corner from a certain coat. It is reported that Capt. Hannah | of the Palace hotel contemplates building an Opera house on the north- east corner of the square. Go it, Captain. The boarders at the Glessner house on Sunday presented the proprietres- ses Mrs. Yost and Miss Lucas, with a pair of elegant bracelets each.— That’s all right, boys. Monday next is the day set apart for keeping open house for New Years callers, and it is expected the young gentleman will call on that day, yes we will be on hand sure. Mr. Jeffress showed us an onion that weighs two pounds and two ounces and measures nineteen inches around. It as grown by Mr. Jeffress in his garden the past sea- son. Who can beat that. w As the Rev. Mr. Ramsey(colored) was passing on the street Friday evening, and just when his reverence got opposite the public well a blast in the well threw a stone that struck him onthe arm and rent his coat sleeve. and got. Mrs. Culyer plucked from her head six hundred and forty hairs, out of which she had made a handsome watch guard and presented it to her leige lord, for a Christmas present. | have The good lady must have suffered with the headache during the pluck- ing process. Oh the devotion ot woman. It is sublime. Mr. H. Hutchinson lett on last Tuesday for Carthage to take a position on the Carthage Daily Patriot. Mr. Hutchinson has been in the office of the Bates Connty Democrat for the past six years, and isa splendid printer and a gentle- man of the first water. We congrat- ulate the Patriot on securing the ser- vices of Mr. H. May success attend him in his new field of labor. Good bye Hutch. The Rey. gentleman got up | mercantile firm of } of the this city. He had better return that | ¢ Main street. i square, be removed over on We wont speak for | the job. The little daughter of Mr. John Steele died Saturday, ot diptheria This 1s ,the second child Mr. Steele has lost within the past ten days ot that disease. sympathy to the bereaved parents. We extend our warmest | Married on yesterday, in Shawnee township at the residence of the brides father Mr. B. P. Herman to Mrs. E. L. Sackett, the Rev. Mr. A. H. Lewis afficiating. May all their Jays be days of happiness and sun shine. Butler w: Saturday. ate in the evening we took a strole around the square, and found the stores and shops crowded with people buying goods of all It was kinds, from a jews harp up. a grand day for our Hurrah for Butler Were ed a letter from our girl Saturday. She said Christmas gift, darling, and so we went straightway and bought one pint of peanuts and her. She was raised sent them to boots she wont go back on her rais- Nary time. ing. Among the many presents given at log at the M. E. Chureh South was a ten dollar gold the cabin, Kate read card, which Kate, with Miss Glessner. as follows: you most benefi- the past rendered us a cant service during year. for your untiring energy and able as- ance as organist for our Sabbath School and churches; but ifestation of our gratitude. you will this a man- please accept memento as a @nd best wishes accompany. Fraternaily yours. Members of the m. E. S. P. Churches. Ho? Lu -.. at Whitney's tor ten cents. The best in the world for the money and don't you forge it. Give Whitney a call. i74tt s filled to repletion last H tradesmen. | on peanuts, and you can bet your} coin, presented to the organist, Miss | We feel it impossible to repay you | token of which our highest regards | ; and C. | ; Stl running over the L. & S. in ! consequence of the unsafe condition of the bridge over the Osage river, sowe were informed by a railroad official to-day. Several days will On last Saturday there was paid by the tax-payers of Bates county at the Collectors office the sum of $1,700,74. total, of that amount $575.17, was derived from the state tax, $358,32, from the county tax, $143,87, from the read tax, from the township tax, $72.54, trom the city tax $2,20 and from the school tax $571,64, a pretty good showing that. ' i The testival that was to have been held at the Ohio M. E. church on last Tuesday evening, but postponed on account of the weather, will be held next Thursday evening at said church. The English plum pudding, roast turkey and other good things will be served up. The male quar- | tette will sing on the occasion. A good time is anticipated. | We understand the Brush Electric have decided to purchase an engine for the use of their Electric appara tus, as the former heretofore in use cannot be made to answer a satifa Until the new engine a rives, our people will be in darkness, tory use. but as the Company is composed of live men, we assure our readers that we will soon have a light far sup- erior to any we have been experi- menting with. | the sensib Mr. Hurley, who r fair grounds, had a pair of harness stolen from him on Saturday evening last, under the following circum- stances: Mrs. Hurley drove to town and returnéd just before night fall, elapse before tr ns can pass over {hitched the horse to the rack and the bridge with eatety. ordered the animal stripped of the harness and fed, which was done. After tea, intending to go to the opera, the horse was ordered to be hitched up to the buggy, when lo and behold the harness was gone. Some sneak thief stole it while Mr. and Mrs Hurley were at tea. We hope he will be caught. We went to see the Walters dra- matic company Saturday evening for the last time during the present sea- son, inthe great Amcrican comedy, entitled Joshua Whitcomb. The audience was large and respectable, being composed in a great measure of the elzte of our people. The performance was magnificent in all of its details, and shed new _ lustre upon the company. The pieces pro- duced by the company are chaste, moral elevating, devoid of anything that could wound sof the most fastidi- us,and the ladies and gentlemen that ompose it are in the true sense of those erms, refined and educated, and we take great pleasure in commending the company to the kind considera- and tion and liberal patronage of a gen- ereus public. The Walters are solid in Butler, and our people re- gret their leaving. Call again soon and believe us, that you will always | Mr. T. L. Driebelbies of Pittsburg | meet with a cordial welcome in | this county, was this morning (Sat- | Butler. Good bye. urday,) in Judge Brown’s office in this city, united in matrimony to Miss Anna Webber of this county. Those who witnessed the ceremony say that the Judge did up the job in his best and happiest style. ‘The Judge is a | lieve it, just give him a chance. | ——————— i / Lawrence, Kan., June 1st, 1881. Addresses will be made by Rev. C. Leis Cuemtcat Man’r’G Co., Gentle- | V_ Criss and Rev. Brown, and a state- | men: I have used your Dandelion Tonic . in connection with malarial disorders with admirabe results. If I may judge trom my own experience, it is a very ef- | fective remedy. L. W. SPRING, Pastor of Plymouth Church. The annual meeting of the Bates | Speaking of Butler, the Holden County Bible Society occurs to-mor- row (Sunday.) night. The meeting will be held at the Presbyterian church. The Pastors of the city will in the exercises ot the Bible meetings. ment will be made by Mr. Feeke’s who is now canvassing the county. All are cordially invited to attend this meeting. sides near the | absolutely [ good hand at tying the- matrimonial generally dismiss their usual Sab- knot. Young men, 1f you don’t be- | bath evening services to participate | comfortables, blankets, lace curtains, lamberquins, cre= door mats, ladies satchels and baskets, leather compan- arns and hundreds of other useful articles suitable both far and near to visit us during ora ho lidays. The Democrat doesn’t seem to know whether it wants the hitching racks removed from the sqare or not. It says business will scatter over town when they areremoved. Weshould live and tet live. Let’s scatter a lit- tle. Nothing hke experimenting. We clip the above from to-day’s issue of the Bates county Record. Now we are oppsed to this scatter- ing arrangement and we assert that The annual meeting of the Butler ranch of the American Bible So- ciety was held in the Presbyterian church on Sunday eve. Dr. W. B. Tucker presiding officer. The meet- ing was opened by the singing an anthem, followed: by reading and prayer by the Rey. Mr. Newton. A discourse was then delivered by Mr. Feeks on the subject ot the Bible 60- ciety and its workings in Bates county, which was well received. The minutes of the last annnal meet- ing were read by R. G. Hartwell, Secretary. The following named gen- tlemen were elected officers of the society for the ensuing vear, Henry Wyatt, Pres’t. Dr Wright, V. P., R. G. Hartwell, secretry, Alonzo Hunter treasurer and J. M. McClii tock, depositor. An executive com- mittee composed of seven members was then appointed, in which each tee Bak of the Christian denominationsinthe | Tt becomes our painful duty to city are represented. The following | chronicle the death of Mrs. Annic gentlemen compose the committee: | Jones, wife of our fellow townsman Mr. Damels, J. K. Brugler, J. H. | Moses Jones, on the 17th inst., at Sisson, Drs. Renick and Tucker, | her mother’s residence near Mays- Wm. Young and John Steele. | lick, Mason county, Kentucky. Mrs. ! Speeches appropriate to the occasion } Jones had been in declining health for were delivered by the Revs. Mr. | some time past, and in the hope that Criss and Brown, after which the | che would be benefitted by achange meeting adjourned. lof climate &c., she left Butler only at the to die in the arms of a fond mother, evening. out cheered by the presence of sis- ters and brothers. Mr. Jones lett the city last Saturday evening a weck go in obedience to a dispatch sum- we reflect the sentiment of nine-tenths of the business men of Butler. Re- move the hitching racks—what for? Will the business interests of the city be subserved by their removal? We think not. The hitching racks are just where they ought to be for the accommodation and convenience of the public and the best interests of the city. How and to where does the Record want them scattered? See here Mr. Austin, this won’t pan | out. A boom Times office on Monday Four of the prettiest lassies in the city honored | our sanctum with their presence. | The local spread himself and looked as smiling as a basket of chips. | moning him to the bedside of his | Here are the names of the young | dying wife. but alas, her spirit had ladies, Miss Minnic McFarland, | flown to the regions of bliss before | Miss Nellie Morrison. Miss Alice | bis arrival at his mother-in-laws, but | Wemott and in time to see her “whom he loved, i Miss Emma Etzler. | | Call again ladies, the local will al- | | ways be delighted to see you. and whose love he had enjoyed, and | the mother of his child laid away in |the dark narrow charnal house of | death. Mrs. Jones was a most es- lare that she has pledged herself to | timable lady and her death is greatly | the Harris scheme.””—[ Warrensburg | mourned by her friends in Butler.— | J-D. | We extend our heartfelt sympathy to The Enterprise exhibits a lack of | Mr. Jones and little Salle in their | knowledge in its statement. Butler | hereavement. | is two sharp to espouse any one pro- | ject. until she knows what there is in | Enterprise says: ‘*The indications Youne lady are you cross, nervous and tretful? Haye you spells of melancholy, How is your }< thins 3 , | or are you wakeful nights? it, and something about what its | SScencke, int AA You teal Aaaieaet, ae | purposes are. * | you pale, feeble, and inactive? 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