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As a Dressing for Ladies’ Hair , The Vicor is incomparable. It is color- , less, contains neither oil nor dye, and will not soil white cambric. It imparts an i agreeable and lasting perfume, and as an | article for the toilet it is economical and | unsurpassed in its excellence. Prepared by Dr. J. C. Ayer & Co., Practical and Analytical Chemists, Lowell, Mass. SOLD BY ALL DRUGGISTS EVERIWHESR. Back | } ( | Donell, BUTLER NATIONAL BAN BUTLER, MO. Authorized Capital, Capital Paid up - oo eeee---- President. -+- Vice President. Cashier. If. DUTCHER. rHER SHOB WALTO> iE Wa. E. c.€, DUKE - svt Cashier, DIRECTORS. Dr, 1, ©, Boulware, C, H, Dutcher, W, H, Irwin, John B, Ellis, A, H, Humphrey, Green W. Walton, T, W, Childs, Luther Shobe, Wo, E, Walton, Judge J, H, Sullens, Dr, N, L, Wh A, L, McBride, M, L, Wolie, Judge Booker Powell, i —fHok 32006.000, 50,000 | thousand men are now cmployed.3 in} !the grading ot the K.C., $ j wa. Receives Deposits subject to check at | ht, Loans money, buys and sells ex- ige, and does a general ban } | Correspondents. | Kansas City | St Loui New York, | Merchants’ National Bank,-. Valley National Bank. Lawson & Si pson.. OTHER STOCK HOLDERS: S, Q. Dutcher, Frank Vouis, Henry Donovan, , 1, McKee, J, R, Estill, . Duke, M, A, Mayni Your business is respectfully s: ohn Pharis, BATES COUNTY | National Bank, BUTLER, MISSOURI. ORGANIZED EN isit1, Authorized Capita!, $200,000 Capital Paidin $50.000 Surphus - - = 6.006. Vault, Safe with Time Lock. Large Burglar-Proof Directors: kK. P. HEN EDWARDS, DR EVERINGHAM. J. 0. J. PYGARD: 4. J. RYAN, Lewis CHeney, President. | J. C. Crark, Vice-President. F. J. TyGarr, Cashier. We are prepared to do a general bank- Good paper always in de- exchange, receive ing business. mand. and sell deposits subject to check, on demand. our” uy rN Sole Agents ! FOR CHILLS AND SEVER ‘AND ALL DIsmASHS CAUseD BY Malarial Poisoning OF THE BLOOD. A Warranted Cure. | Price, $1.00. {27 vor eaux BY ALL prvacteTs. 3 ‘agents wanted for the Life and Work of | : GARFIELD — eS storyof bis noble life and tragic | in and oes Tange ficen! ila igen ‘The Send . in stam} \Jonzs tow a@ Stray, before “ Also one steer, back, white the other Representatives | side o j dle stirrup. STATE NEWS. The C. & A. not receive v surveying corps did very kind treatment from |} the people living along the route of | the survey from Odessa to this place. jItis evident the people ong the last survey do not want a railroad, and it is not likely they will get one. nterprise. We understand that Ss. &M. railroad between this city and Mem- peis. Track laying will begin at this city about the first of April and will proceed in Both directions.— (Springfield Patriot. Just let the boys come up to the Queen city and we will set ’em up. Rich Hill, question of the Fort Scott, $ go branch of the Chicago and Alton road to that place. The right of + the lease of sufficient coal lands to guarantee a coal traffic and a sub- scription of stock is what is asked for.—[St. Louis Age of Steel. Two prospectors recently discov- ered a strange slab of stone nea_ SpanishSprings. Nevada. The rock is set ina deep ravine. It is fifteen is agitating the g the building of feet hngh and ten feet wide. The entire face of the stone is covered with over one hundred characters, which the discoverers could not de- cipher. The rock will be closely examined and a copy of the Bega tions forwarded to scientists. —[Se- | dalia Democrat D. B. Hadley has written to Dr. Chandler of Riley county. Kansas, to obtain a list of the federal soldiers who lie buried in Oak Grove ceme- obtained tery. As soon as this is monuments will he put up to each grave. Mr. Hadley. who is super- intendent of the cemetery will at once look after the graves of the gallant boys and sce that they are kept green and im good order, as they should be.—[Kansas City Times. The first act zeltine, on ¢ f Congressman Ha- iving at Washington, was to consult the Signal Service author} nd he a station estab- lished at Springfield, in his district. This, if utilized, will be of good ser- the farmers of that section. Marbury, of Cincinnati, is onthe ground in charge of Now lect us hear from and Sena- -TLaclede coun- vice to John Tl. already the station. tors from Missouri. ty Sentimal. A newly born babe was found last in a hay-statk on south street. near the Owens place, stark naked. Soon after- ds the widow Anders on, living Frank St! ird’s, house on the west f south Jefferson street, on the corner of Stat sent for a doc- is said be es ef, tor and the evidence to conclusive as to the mother. It is aid that the father is a rich young lawyer of the ci Hie and not she, should be punished.—[Springfield News. A shooting affair took place last 3 sit that nea ly resulted another, doubt- The particu- ji Y ther killing less earong hs mistake. lars of the affair are as tollows: Green was passing by his brother Tom’s house when the latter’s dog 2 out and dea savage attack catching hold of his sad- James drew im, upon his revol- ver and shot at the dog three times. Tom not knowing who it was at- tacking his dog, ran out with a double barrel shot gun and blazed | away, missing Jim, but peppering | the rear of the saddle. .—The Osceola horse in the It was a close Sun. The Daily J. D. States that J. U. !Gaty the most enterprising ~ real estate agent in South-west Missouri, call jis in correspondence with a colony of twenty-five families consisting about three | | | . Louis and Chica- | | children. ing with The dog be | the | pitched ) The anir | ing very we | triot. grants probably locate in Dade or Barton | vild ° | | from j to Southwest ' ; counties. shall do genuine rality- found t and of f it is on the derailed at on the s fire. facte ry one-stor second story Ma tics, pets, onic one was were bro Chic potter’s clay of very fine The vein ot the clay is our t below the surface, ur and alt feet thickness ; } known to ucres.—[St. Louis Republican. west Mi at Rock Creck last. ¢ that the ac- oceurre d jured and the passengers | on the | ¢c at Mr. Gr Wh M. Hodges, miles discovered a clay on his farm, which is pronounc- ed by Mr. Michael Guyer, an exper- ienced potter of this place, to be the url, st the same on at inte go and Alton train that arr ne a few minutes atter accident happened. The cars were somewhat damaged was blockaded for a time.—[Kansas City Times. Stockton, Mo., Dee. 10 o'clock last tory belonging to & Brother v The origin is not known. two-story consisted wooden frame, 40 by So feet, and a y blacksmith main building, used as the place of meeting for the but all is now changed, of th and bit it seriously. ld seer cover an bound night the w ory’s hage A party of several hundred immi- | Ten: Missouri. are on They nessee hy cannot St. Clair ad- | vertise her mimeral and agricultural resources in a proper all very well to say **the newspapers this,’” but they de expected to do so entirely at their own expensc.- Mr. H: about 1 burg, has manner? shoulc FOsaola Sun. who south of area ¢ tific read ve ce Saturday. » the city and the t on Darter, of a shop. 1¢ come to ot the | well, of Grover tewns!yp, was scald- While out in the lot play- little child. oss toward it and when the brute | [Journal Democrat. aiterwards | sto be do- | | resides Platts- species ot onger train ~About Pritchard s entirely consumed by Pa- way will It is 1 not | A little child of Claitourn Roth- fed to death one day last week by falling into a kettle of boiling lard. This was asad accident indeed.— A few minutes after four o’clock last evening two notorious negro vag- abonds, named Geo. Johnson and Tash White, became involved ina | difficulty while in the neg lrun by Ben Johnson, on the corner ot Main and Kentucky streets. Af- ter quarreling a few minutes, White whipped out a pocket knife and 0 saloon stabbed Johnson in the left arm. He then took to his heels. Chief Shy and officer Carnes made a search for him, but he could not be found. Later in the evening, however, he was arrested and locked up.-—[Se- dalia Bazoo f 20 was ning No ved the rack tac- The Missour papers are copying the magnificent article of the New York Ecoremist on Missouri, in which it said: Missouri goes tat enough under the surface to furnish mankind with 100,000,000 tons of ceal a year for 1,300 years. Think of 29,887 square miles of coal beds —nearly_ halt the state—and some of beds nearly fifteen feet thick. With regard to iron, it is not necessary to penetrate the surface for that. They have iron in Missouri by the moun- tain. Pilot Knob, 281 feet high and containing 360 acres, is a mass of 1ron; and Tron mountain, about miles trom it, is 238 feet high, covers 500 acres, and is estimated, in the last surveys, to contain 230,000,000 tons of ore, without counting the in- exhaustible supply that may rea- souably be supposed to exist below the level. Ex-Governor Robinson, of Kan- sas, does not consider the prohibitory The The and Odd-Fellows hy aterni- master’s Ic none of which contained the jewels, rdge etc., and was saved. furniture, the chat Odd-Felle of $2.500; insurance, $1,950. The She at Cree ich for k Republica a murder at the yo car- ater, IWS, Loss, n of that uth- is without ned Wil- seven anc reled a H 1 this had continue é rt time young williams ran in his home near by and got a revolver. With — this Bor he returned and shot iittle y vicious “Wittiane is reported a for bov a heart, killing nd has on occasions threatened to shoot. «\ painful accident occurred a few days non wa tarm in to Nob s seriously injured and his robably morta Vhe fol- | are the p Mr. | and wi who live on a} 1 Bi kwater tawnship, about | 16 miles northeast of this city, went Noster ina two-horse wa- gon, on a shopping excursion. Re- horses attached to turning home the the wagon took f During the mad race which ensued, both Mr. and Mrs. O’Bannon were Mrs. | thrown O’ Bannon was dragged a considera- ble recaric Doctors living in ‘West Vi irginia, who desire | , to Johnson county and pur- to come ! chase farms. A committee repre- senting this colony will wait on M Gaty duri ne holidays. The Er terprise joins with the J. D. me ae to these home-seekers hearty welcome.—]Holden Enter- Twenty-five families. Why here in Bates that number would’nt township boom. Give us a cle of taffa than please. |time a: { money get | da from distance tendons which US. th and or torn Nr. ture of | number of Conway € one Oo nd he ight and saloon €Xa ro, by which Mr. John O’ Ban- € wagon. the muscl her leit completely cond les and Walke ding rat. Ss over Kir on ’s f thi begins to ran away. foot ¢ away. | d internal in- 1 suffer- and re- injuries. ne uniortu- him mer and ad | ition re 3 from | tur- of this | at the | the ww & pre H LOTSES 5 ink he a bad crowd ail around. [Kansa: go back to s City ; that the man married for mone Fifth street | will ing told him | who fa | had a chance? liquor law a success in his state. The Governor is « life long teetota- ler, and ina recent private letter gives his views on the effects of the law as follows: ‘Under our local option law Kansas was, asi believe the most temperate state in the Union. I did‘not meet a drunken person about Lawrence once a year; Before, no man could get a license without giv- ing a heavy bond, conditional that he would not sell to a minor, nor to a drunken person, nor on Sundays, holidays and clection days; also that he was liable for all damage his liquor might do, or what the man or woman under its influence might do. Hence no irresponsible character could obtain a license, and the sa- loons were usually as orderly as other business houses. Now it 1s the irresponsible, character!ess sca np that runs the saloon; «nd as he vi0- lates the law no more }by selling to all persons at all times than by sell- ing to respectable people for medical or other proper purposes, there is no restraint whatever. If one town can be found with a population of 1,000 inhabitants where liquor can not be illegally purchased, I have been misinformed. Practical Husband Hunting. From the New York Herald. It is related of a Connecticut wo- man. whose husband died a short time ago, that instead of lounging aud languishing about 2ul some one asked her to marry in she plainly announced that si new husband, and she nat price that sl ready to p a sat ac rt . OF there were plenty of applicants, rast one of them met the widow's . for there was a wedding that There is nothing roman- ve tic about this sort of mitch-m: aking, on the other hand, there is no nonsense Instead of listen- ing to a story so tender and ardent that she could not have the heart to question the suitor’s fitness tor the place to which he aspired, the widew adopted a method that en- abled her to talk sense betore mar- riage and learn what promise there would be of sentiment afterward. She did not consume a number of the best years of her lite in wishing that one or another man would pro- | pose, but she ascertained, like a ; sensible woman, who was really in the market. and made her choice from those that were availabl Sentimentalists may sneeringly but. about it. othe when tk mention any dto do likewise The widow and her he quaintance of | new husband began life with a dis- } ays Le wasaltinct understanding and witho i and | having had any lovers’ quarr j . Gudg j sentimental couples who ; ot that for them show a better beginning if ; sas City Times thinks ibbist for+the Tournal We catnip tea di- ; drops of Madam syrup addi- He is cholicyy We j teat. * Winslow’s soc or 4 n ; tion to the teat. think. a he will of Salhe A. Harris was nitted to probate to-day (Friday) 4 n Judge Brown’s court. :