The Butler Weekly Times Newspaper, January 4, 1882, Page 3

nee enentints ir Rm RE nae atmeENNTE NT YP TSG Heimann tA) ingiGton hte NN SNM RN ne aioe oe ugaignngaen ne LOCAL NEW The town Marshal reports all love- | ly and the goose hangs high. Kessler’s is crowded all-the time. Jim Simpson is happy. He has | three regular boarders at his hotel! now. ‘ We ara just from Kessler’s, where we laid away a goodly lot of his fine oysters. Mr. F. Coleman Smith is the hap- py father of a two day old bouncing Democrat. Look out! The next thing on the tapis is a new restaurant, to be kept onthe most approved style. The total amount of taxes assess- ed for Bates, the year jus. ending, is seventy-eight thousand dollars. r c What has become of our delegates | to the Holden railway convention? Rise, gentlemen and explain. Please. The country people are having acres of fun, dancing &c., while we ofthe city don’t enjoy ourselves worth a cent. Go it, ye country cousins. The workmen are putting the old | post office room in trim for Dr, Crumly. It will be a handsome and well arranged room w! vhen completed. Dr. Patton will soon remove his | office from the north side over the store house of Powers Bro., on the south side, Mr. Patty sold his interest in the | west side addition to R. G. Hartwell on yesterday (Wednesday.) We did not learn the price. Robinson’s circus has gone into winter quarters at Hich Hill and nightly entertainments are given, at which the average Rich Ilillian laughs and grows fat. Twenty-five hundred ~ and eighty- five dollars and fifteen cents was paid in by the tax payers of Bates county to Collector Bob Catron on Tuesday. Bully for that. The surveying corps for the C. & A. branch are coming in this direc- tion and will soon reach Butler. Let our people be up and doing. We must have the road and no mistake. Mr. Pharis is negotiating for the purchase of a resident jot in the Yoakum addition on which he will, } if he makes the purchase, erect a fine and costly residence, ’Rah for But- ler. - j We learn that T. Jj. Smith will leave in a few days for old Kentuck, his native land. Wonder what Tom is geing back there for? We are temp- ed to guess at it, but time, that never makes mistakes. will tell the tale. Mr. Milier of Fort Scott, Kansas, has leased the City Hotel building that formerly stood ut the southwest | | corner of the square, and will open a first class boarding house on the first of next month. Wonder if Mr Miller won’t give a grand free open- ing dinner? That’s what the locai is interested about. On yesterday (T a) the first i year’s existence of the Butler Nation- al Bank expired, and Mr. W. E. Wat!ton, the Cashier of the bank, has only been absent from his desk two days in that time and has not been sick nor missed a meal. So tar as the eating is concerned, Mr. Walton has the dead wood on the local. We should smile. Don,t you know how to be no- body. We will ) It you read anything at all, read dime novels covered with .yellow £ you don’t. paper, and your brain will be kept empty. street corn eral ina few years graduate with disting | guished honor as a nobody. The tollowi were on Tues officers ot the A. F. and A. M. for thee suing year: O. D. Austin, W. M. J. A. J. Moore, S. W.; T. Js Smith, re to take ou J. W.; H. McReynolds. Treasurer : A. L. Sims, Secretar: J. De: and BEV: Pi Henry Kaune impressive and solemn. Judge Brown is just sitting back in er pair in his grand and graceful John is booming. His house | ; eo has another child We will walk Billy O. Jackson a | ten hours heel and toe walk for < Just name your pil and we are up and at you. longer for common hash: will again come tried spring chickens. the last item on our bill of fare AS 5 Mr. Pharis has purcha sed two lots side addition of Mr. Pharis will build on| drunks. We are glad of it. We good business houses He paid two hundred dollars spot The tax-payers lett the snug little | twenty-seven fifty dollars with collector Bob. Our people are paying A new band comp the torture that ee tooting of anew band inflict s. We OH just have the Francisco Bros. have placed their residences in telephonic communication. What city We answer none. accomplished circuit clerk, J. ed to-day by express, eight Kansas poodle prohibitory pups, all safe and Governor St. John. Mr. flenry is done digging m public well, pleted the walling of it. There is at present at least twenty feet of water convenience to the people. We will bet fifty cents that our : tdevél Char have thought so, if you had stepy Ded store it aw past two weeks surveying and is now a preliminary suryey of 4 grounds wath a view of fo- cating the 2 ns completed t the survey. informed us extending a Carbon via Papinville to St. Louis. We have applied our patent pump lv, and succeeded in ing up but few items of any We fear very much that we e to steam up our item manu- | factory, if we do, look out tor some- | } thing startling. Parson Murphy wants to borrow a thousand post holes, so saysthe S We would be delighted t ! date his Reverence. but just | the are out of post holes but wouid pleased to loan him a few pai splendid cross-eyed ‘darning needles we have on hand yet. We suggest to the city council the 2 ordinance abo 1 other | propriety of time killing games. Prop. up the! fines and imprisonment in the , and in liew the Ts. dang around gen- and do nothing and you will | offending party | Rich Hill for a penod twenty cays. x named gentlem: en) re installed | n the Butler Lodge No. 254 ! er, Tyler. | z The installation ceremomes were | g | i made in the Daily Times. Nature has given to Butler and to Bates county marvelous resources. No city or county in our great State surpasses them, and it is our duty to | talities placed at our command to develop and utilize those resources. county. We must have the road. The Holidays thus far have been observed in a quid, erderly manner j by our people generally. No dis- | turbance of any kind, and but few {have always thought the holidays, | j and especially Christmas day, the | birth-day of the world’s Redeemer, ted to prayers and nstead of making of it ot mardé-grass day,on which © | all of the baser passions of our na- r 1 but we are re- ed to stop this racket. We may never ze Patriot and Mays- in print Missouri news Times without credit.— none City Times. The Patriot 2nd Republican are s the example set by the | Tin get the following but trom the Butler Daily Ties ; and wt is the cred- it nuster Where did the Times man go slow, and watch your faber: | ‘it is said that a small anti-poke | your nose into other people’s busi- is being « rized in Butler.— hes: Rue Tenkins, receiv- | This is its latest metropclitan acqui- sition. The others are street cars, a walking match and electric light. Brown heard a rap on his door. The Judge respor to the rap and on opening the door, to his suprise, nge face. It was the . trom Miami coun- Miss C. left her home 3 ig her way ains Ly way of Pleasanton, ansas, and Rich Hill, to this city. ked stay all night. from her while on the train and ' ; Phe was invited in | and -kit for by the Judge j and his family. A man by the e o1 Reed, one have been doing so Itry in Hudson township of the ¢ much d here of late, was brought to the cit -day (Wednesday) and lodged in i Reed was arrested in Miller ty. In making the arrest the heriff of Miller was knocked as asa Jersey pancake four times in at the Times office on Thursday. | by Reed, but he got on his pegs and last su -ded in rounding up his of jt man. Hobbs, for whom deputy Sheriff Hanks has gone to Texas} for, is another of the gang, and Hickman, who is now on bail, is the {is usuties omeato. j den said abo Journal-Denx rat. nal Democ issue of t 1¢ weekly Times, see how we } Holden man, and inthis co: main if i in represe C&A. Be when they kno snd t member ot th rchased the poor house. Th ing the house, ceunty is economy in this move. Deputy Sheriff Hanks returned his office expecting to yoke up anoth-| from Denton county, Texas, Fri- | day morninig having in charge Walter Hobbs, of whom mention has been avail ourselves of all the instrumen- The C. & A. branch would be the means ot building up our city and 1 Seedling the vast wealth otf our ! Opposite to us sat Sheriff Jim Simp- | | dish ot cold ham, something for | AtSo’clock Thursday night Judge | She said her money had been stolen | third one now in the law’s ciutches. | uke what Hol- t ir?—[Warrensburg | Jer had seen the way in which the | Of course we ain’t. If the Jour- vill read Wed- alized the | nection nquire of the Journal }j will not enbar- | xe ~propose to take Holden man says abcut cople persisting that they will get the 2 for it. And that an gave you about | Mrs. Shaw. Mrs. Mills, Mrs. Han- jsecond hand brick Xe. needs your | nah, Mrs. Catron, Mrs. Simpson, | less you would like tof wartrom War- contract to township. The dimen- ions of the house are 16x32 fee i with a 20 foot el and two stories|of rare pleasure, w high. The contract price for build- one hundréd dol- ! F " farm is to rent \ folks. May their years to come be } take the contract to build the foun- dation for the county poor house, will call on the county clerk. We left our sanctum at 10 o'clock Pp. M., last evening (Tuesday,) and stepped across the street to the soa house, and ascending two flights ll stairs we landed im the ante-rooms of | the spacious halls of the Odd Fellows | and Masonic fraternities. The eve- | ning was mild and propitious for the | occasion, and we found a concourse of ladies and gentlemen numbering at least two hundred in attendance. Soon after our arriv 1, supper was announced, (in luck you see,) when that most gallant and polite of But- ler’s young Knights, C. P. Reeder, | took our arm and led us to where we wanted to go, to the supper table, | on which was the finest lot of viands | that ever the peepers of a local eve gazed upon. Meats of all ete i done up in a way that would make the mouth of an o ntal monarch | water. The after-claps, such as | cakes, pies and the like were simply un surpassable. Atthe table to our right sat Mr. Wade of the Democrat, who | from the way in which he got in his | led to the belt n pie eater.— werk on pies, is ent as the great Amer son, who seemed to have a grudge at | at the swine that were killed a We know can’t look a hog re in the face any more. A little further up and on same side with the Sheriff sat Bob Catron, who went for every and anything within his way that showed that he | | | swe aeach in < had no respect for a dead swine or a dead turkey: The local was supreme- ly happy. Before him was placed a which he oas a big tooth for and be- side the ham, but on another dish, the carcass of a turkey gobbler, fat and of immense proportions rose up in the bright Hight and it almost par- {alized us, but recovering, we, with forks in either hand sailed into the ham of the deceased swine, and into the defunct bird ina manner that told that we had no definite arrangements tor g b to-day, and so we adopted in| the old maxim, ‘prepare for wa time of peace,’’ and we are nota whit hungry now. The affair v Darter | nt success in every particular. | We here return our grateful thanks to the members of the fraternity gen- t erally, and to Mr. C. P. Reeder es- | pecially, for the polite counters shown the local. i in response to the invitation of our friend, Mr. J. Rue Jenkins, we put | in our appearance last night, (Vhurs- day) at the old folks ball, the boss affair of the holidays in Butler. As we predicted on yesterday, there were acres of fun and the otd folks | mselyes in the good old { i | ‘way of days long past.— sweet memories of which were revived by the hilarity of the occasion d the days and years devoted to a love, courtship and Christmas frolics i wt last night, and we wish that the young ladies and gentlemen of But- | following named old folks know how to getin their Christmas work: J. R. Simpson and lady, J. R. Jenkins, | Mrs. J. not present, G. W. Miers and lady, W. W. Atherton and lady, Any stone mason who desires te} } | IRON, STEEL, NAILS. ‘| Blacksmith Muzzle and Dree “1 young, were liyed over again | B iS Ss J. G. Walker and lady, C. B. Mec- Farland and lady, B. B. Canterbury | and lady, P. C. Fulkerson and ledy, | | S. Levy and lady, Day Bro. and la- ! dies, Robert Catron and lady, T. D. Rafter, T. A. Shaw and lady, C. L. poe and lady, and T. W. Childs. Just to see vid man Rafter, Rue Jenkins, Bob Catron, Jim Simpson, | Tem Childs, Mrs. Levy. Mrs. Ft erson Mrs. Canterbury. Ben. Can- } terbury, Crit Fulkerson, the Day Bros., Clint and Mrs. McFaria ness ef youth, and with h ht as a feather, was indeed «, and carried us back to t halcyon da concealec beneash it the iurro and care on the cheeks of the old } : teed rest 1A em} The renter to be | many and rest ii htly upon them. bten to m e paupers. There , Good bye u t j the next old folks’ | ball. m the giddy whirl, with the e- | s and golden years of | our youth. The occasion was one | 3! A. L. eBride & Co, HEAVY HARDWARE, Wagon and Carriage Material, BAR HOOP AND BAND IRON, SWEEDISH, NORWAY AND ULSRER IRON, ENGLISH AND AMERICAN TOOL § STEEL, MACHINERY AND CAST PLOW STEEL, SPIKES AND CUT NAILS, IRON AND-STEEL HARROW TEETH, IRON AND STEEL CROW BARS, MACHINE, CARRIAGE AND TIRE BOLTS ? Tools, NEalleable rons, ‘Rail Road and Miners Picks, A Wagon and Carriage Hardware, wagon and Carriage Wood-work, Builders Hardware of every Descriptio Tin, Sheet-Iron and Copper Work Etoofing, Spouting, Etc. Superior Coolkk and Heating Stoves. Staple of Fancy Groceries Wood, Iron and Chain Pumps, Lightning Rods, Farm Bells, Wagons, Barb and Smooth wire, Leather and Rubber Belting, Lace Leather, Rubber and Hemp, Water Guages, Wood & Willow-ware, Ail at the Lowest Market Cash Price. A. L. McBRIDE & CO EL E. HANNAH Lockk and Gunsmith. DEALER IN ch-Loading Shot Guns, Rriiflies and bmistols _*®mUnItion ete., L 4h THE Howe, Singer and Victor, ewing Yiachines. I Keep none but First- lass workmen. Gun Locks and Sewing Machines neatly | repaired. Shop on North Main Street, Butler, Mo. 51 RA. A. DAaynard, AT THE POST OFFICKH aS — Sd TALON wi e STON gavtinsat BOOKS AND STATIONERY. NUTS, CANDIES rOoYS ETC., IN LARGE VARITIES. > always on hand, dic Daily Papers and Pe TH.. LICHT RUNNING NEW HOME Is the best machine in the mar- ket. Any person wanting to ub Machines will drop me a card and I will deliver them anywhere tu county. Talso have the nev banks, the latest improved machine South side of the in the square up in the old Child’s builé ing. trae = elrs and spec ap for cash. ars experience atehes and elocks ) rope. mnew prepared to: repair | wutehes and clocks. no matier complicated nor how badly [have been ubused. By bringing you can have them { running order and guaraa uitzoou