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LOCAL. NR EWS) The Board of Seinbiandion meets | on the first Monday in April next. The boom is catching like the itch. They have got it bad on Mechanic | street. The this week. let up? We feel like smoking. to the court house Times is Won't just running over the boom never We'll just yo over and draw our Cigar. « | Mrs. Horn is lying quite sick at the residence ot her husban1, a few ; miles east ot the city. The interest east side last week Bremmerman of this city. is now Jewett & Bremmerman. a Oe Fieenors sold their | furniture store on the to Mr. Arnold | The firm Messrs. in the The grand jury ignored the charge ainst Mr. Walter B. This was an eminently proper act on the part of the grand inquest. It ought never to have been prefered in Reynolds. | the first. Mr. Harmon Britton, ing a shell tor his gun on Friday evening, the shell exploded and tore | away 2 part of the palm of his hand. Can’t be too careful in the handling of fire arms. ee Judge Waters, President ot the Fort Scott, St. Louis & Chicago Railroad Company, will be in the city some time this week taking the right of way and receiving aid to the road. Make your music Judge. We are ready to dance. Ex-Collector, Bob Catron, has filed in the county clerk’s office the receipt of F. M. Trimble, ex-officio country Treasurer to him, for the sum of $4,509.04, in full of all the monies due Bates county from him. while load- Well done thou good and faithful servant. We understand that some of the Sunday school. scholars talk ot or ganizing a picnic excursion to Rich Hill. We trust that this idea may be carried out. It would be pleas- ant besides strengthening the ties of friendship. between the two cities. Get it up and the local is in. The Fort Scott Monitor says that Judge Waters, President of the Ft. Scott, St. Louis € Chicago Railway Co. réturned from) New York. We may expect to hear from the Judge soon, we suppose. All night. Our ears are wide open to listen to has | his music. an attach- of M. S. ssociation. on House leit a} Mr. been particu- | Sheritt Simpson levied ment at the instance Cowles’ Mercantile A the fixtures in the Talmage at Rich Hill Friday. He deputy in charge of the house. Shaw was absent. We have unable to learn any further lars concerning the matter. | Mr. S. P. Halven leit his home on ! Thursday morning and came to But- | ler. Mrs. Halven wert to Vinton, | about 2 mile distant from the house, | leaving in it. The house i was discovered to be on fire by some no one neighbors and was destoyed with its save a beaureau and some ‘bhought to be contents, Papers. acerdental. | Old Mr. Cooper has succeeded in | was stolen | | his mare that Wednesday night. The thet traded the animal to Mr. Cassity, about g | miles southpfthe city, the thet is the | | same halt-witted fellow that was S| charged and arrested about 2 year | recovering ago tor carelessly setting fire to a} lumber yard in Rich Hill. The horse | that Mr. Cassity traded for the mare | to its home on Thursday | That’ s good luck. returned evening. The largest cy cavth has re- cently been discovered in) Kentucky. It greatly surpasses the famous mammoth cave in that «state. The raversed and newly discovered cave is by a subterranean ex- the atacombs where mum- river, cavations have been made in chambers or mies and sonic emblems are found in g zbundance. There are also vases, pottery and hiero- glyphics. A niound was epened and found to contain six well preserved mummies. These indicate that! America was at one t by the Egyptians. © peopled 1 | | the law | and curator | fair ; that our highest | tates that Sowers Bros. have the boss and confectionery and don’t you doubt it. The | bakery I Se. Louis, It’s an ornament to the queen city. The McFarland Bros. bill of one hundred dollars to a gentle outside of sold a man from Kansas, this morning. Butler will soon become «a whole- sale market, you bet. _ Mr. J. H. Newby, of Jasper coun- | ty, and Miss Minerva Bellomey of Hudson township, Bates coun- | ty, were married « Sunday at the residenee of the bride’s father. The fellow that stole old) Mr. Cooper’s mare traded it for a horse, ' a halter and a silver dollar. Mr. Cassity got the horse and halter back, but is minus the silver dollar. Mr. sented Thompson, of Rich Hill, pre- himself before the circuit court on Saturday last, and was ex- | amined in reference to his qualifi- | cations to practice the profession o and was Shake, Mr. We hear that ness men object the insane asylum for the reason as admitted to the Thompson. some of contributing bar. our busi- to they say, that they had no one to help them. Now, we dare say, that there is not aman in t city that hasn’t received aid of some kind at some time from others. flimsy pretext. This donation is not asked for one man set ot who are able to help themselves, but tor an unfortunate class of people who are unable to help or provide in | any way for themselves. It purely charitable object, and we can- not conceive how a maa can allow this pretext to thrust itselt betwee 1 himself and a duty he owes to the un- fortunate. or men Judge Edwards runs a drug store in the thriving town of Altona. In that store Mr. P. W. Rogers is em? ployed asaclerk. The other night Mr. Rogers and some others of the denizens of Altona got up a mock trial and tried a Mr. Charlie Chap- man on some charge, and the par- ties had oodles of fun. Next morn- ing Judge Edwars went to his store and found clerk Rogers in extacy over the fun he and others had had in the store trying Chapman, and asked the Judge if he had heard of it? To which the Judge replied he heard that the whole lay-out wa drunk. Whereupon clerk Rogers’ upper lip dropped about three inches and his eyes looked like the full moon in a hazy sky. He got mildewed, he did. The: Probate court was 1n session } Friday and the was transacted: estate of W. M. White, leb Richardson, tor, made final settlement. T. Tedtord following business In the matter of the Ca and cura- Ws appointed guardian ow W.A.Tediord.miaor. $400. minor, guardian and filed bond in the sum of ; In the matter of the estate of W.S Hedges, deceased, Alex. Demar made final settlement, which was ap- proved. In the estate ot G Warner deceased, commissioners appointed to set out homestead to ; | widow and minor heirs, commission- i | ers reported ana report approved.— In the estate of Hiram Patchin de- ceased, Susan A. Patchin was ap- ponted administratrix de bonis non, bond filed and approved, whereupon | the court adjourned to g o’clock this morning. A Our readers will recollect that in our issue of Saturday last we that Judge Waters, the President of the Fort Scott, St. Louis & Chicago railroad company, would be in But- ler some time during week taking the right of way to bis road etc. We believe the building of that road to -be*a tact, and its construction only a mat- We here tafore briefly portrayed the advantages that stated the present now fixed ter of time. have would inure to our city and county by bringing this road to our tes, and deem it unnecessary to further discuss that susject than to say, that if Tudge Waters desires our peopic te aid ‘his company in this enterprise and submits propositions that are and just to them, kee png in view the advantages to be derived to the company and also to the people, 1 best int hi our eyery effort hausted to secure the road. st dice be ex- _ Farming implements and seeds of all kinds at j 1atf} Hahn & Co's. to} This isa} is aj} Ww. | A GLOOMY DAY Was Sunday for Sabbath Schools, Churches, Ete., | | Notwithstanding Which, the Turnout H Was Generaily Fair. A slow drizzli morning | Sunday late in the afte of which, many peop!e were debar- 1 1 from ¢ 3 attending t ous exercises of the d ever, the were all the more attentive, perhaps. DAKOTA ST. METHODIST CHURCH. The quite in- teresting, ret audienc es Sunday school wa ut half The although only its members w preset pastor discoursed in the morning {trom Isu. 3:10. °‘Say ye to the | righteous, it shall be well with him.’” The congregation was small but very ih the eveneing Rev. Wood preached from Ps. 36: 7.5 | The subject was *the excellency of | God’s loving kindness.’ The preach- jer stated that this | loving was mani- fested. rst In creaii 2nd In Proy- | idence, 3d, ' In the secend place | attentive. he spoke of the excellency of this loving k:nd- ness ist, In that it is manifested to the mostunworthy ; 2d, Inthe mulu- ‘tude ot blessings of which it is the | source? 3d, It gives security in tmes ‘ot danger: 4th, It is infinitely satis- | fying; ‘sth, It is everlasting. **Hav- | ing ove ed his own, he loved them |to the end.’ -6th, The loving | kindness. which is experienced by the Christian is a prophecy of ineffs ble glory and blessedness to come. OHIO STREET M. FE. CHURCH. Services of this conference year were closed yesteraay at the Ohio | St. M. E. Churcb. C. V. Criss | preaching in the morning, trom | | “fight the good fight of faith.’ And inthe evening, from the *‘glori ous gospel of Christ.”” The. atte dance at the Sabbath $school- in the morning, was surprisingly large, | pfesent for preaching. In the cv ning Rev. Newton and his congrega- | tion were present, service.. The benevolence of. the church are in an unusually good shape, amounting in ail to over $100, $50, of which is ‘for missions. Rev. J. D. Wood, of the Dacota St. M. E. Church, South, will fill the pulpit ofthe Ohio St. M. E. Church. mor- ning and evening, March 26th, dur- starts tor conference at St. Wednesday next. CHRISTIAN CHURCH. ‘The protracted meeting which has tne week. Rev. Reid, who was to have filled the pulpit regularly, hav- | ing taken sick, his brother, the Rev. | J. K. Reid, who is stationed here, | takes his place. The expository dis- | course of Rev. Reid, Sabbath morn- | ing was based on the 15th chapter of ist Cor. The evening theme was “Excuses,”’ Luke 14th chapt., 13th verse. The audience was smail in the morning, but very good at the evening services. One addition was made to the church, and there will j be a baptizing to-night. Sunday school small. BAPTIST CHURCH. Rey. Brown preached congregation in the morning, better one at night. ning discourse, ‘Enter ye in ut the straight gate.’? Math., 7: 13: Subject j of evening discourse. ‘hen was Jesus led up ‘of the spirit into the , wilderness to be tempted of the Devil.’’ Mathew, 4: 1. Y. P°S. CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION. The Young People’s Christian Association met in the Dakota M. E. Church on yesterday evening and owing to the bad weather the attend- was sinall, but the meeting as interesting and instruc- Association will have its in the Presbyterian ance usual, tive. The next meeting church. was Academy Exercises- The examination ot the Academy students for the closing term, will ruext ‘Pnursday aud continue Gavs. “The ieguiar aunual on ot the Hesper Literary Weir & Buford, Plows, Farmers Friend Keystone” Planters, I rowers, Wagons, Sulkies &c. and The Hapgood suizy Plow. We will give it to you if it will not rin lighter than a walking plow. Hahn x fo. considering the state of the weather, } and quite a tair congregation were | and aided in the j ing the absence of C. V. Criss, who | Louis, | been in progress at this cnurch for | some days past will continue during | to a small , but a} Subject ot mor- ESTABLISHED 1870. C, $: WHEELER & GO: | DEALERS IN ROCERIES, HARDWARE IRON, WOOD-WORK, FENCE W IRE, SEEDS —AND— FARM MACHINERY WACONS AND CARRIACES. WE KEEP NONE But the Best Goods, | Please call and seeus. - BUTLER, MO. } SIMS & TUCKER, LAND AND LOAN @ROKERS, EXAMINER'S of LAND TITLES And also represent the most reli- | able Foreign and American Insurance Companies, ‘The make a specialty of safely investing money on improved farms. { { | 4 i ' Personal —Col. john F, Phillips and Judge , | Shirk of Sedalia, arrived in the city| Monday, to look atter court business | | —We had the pleasure of grasping , the hand, this morning, of Col., | Thos. Gault, a very prominent citi- | {zen ot Bates county. —Messrs. T. M. andS. M. Starks, ot Johnstown, spent Monday and ; Tuesday in the city, and while here called at the Times office. —Mr. Doc McBride has removed to Butler. We are having nearly as many McBrides on hand as Smiths, | but let ’em come, though. —Mr. Join McPeak of Walnut: township was in the city Saturday. He | reports the farmers as industriously engaged in their tarming matters. NEVER FAILS. 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