The Butler Weekly Times Newspaper, May 31, 1882, Page 5

OC AL N EWS | THE GR ADED SCHOOLS. e on the market. | Closing Exercises of the Butler Public Schools on Friday. The pic-nic season i $s approach- Ce ae A Beanti ae x, bade, of Vegan, | ee “gave the Times a pleasant call Mon- | sae le ie . | pr. Worley, has rer “oom over the Factory Store and | of our schools and parents ot the gill occupy it with his office in a few } scholars which was “days. | closing exercises of the four higher _ We have received the May num- | grades was the largest we ever saw | per of the St. Louis Illustrated | in Butler. The children all seemed Magazine. -It is full of Ulustrations | to be happy and the parents looked of St. Louis’ most prominent build- | with pleasure upon the gayety of the ings. and contains some excellent | young folks. The exercises, like reading matter. those in the lower grades on Thurs- By reference to another column it | day, were far superior to those of will be seen that on Monday, the | former years, and each teacher and a x of June. there will | every pupil in the schools have re menced in this city regular monthly | eels to feel proud over their success. stock sules. Itisa splendid enter- | The decorations of the schools were prise, and we thrust our stock men { features which contributed greatly to and farmers will see it succeed. the enjoyment of the entertainments —————— > | and the variety and breadth of scope ot the subjects upon which the stu- dents were examined was a source of general remark. The EEE t weather on nted the front | pe Friday was autiful and the concourse of friends present at the be com- —Mrs. Thornton, whose husband was murdered by McDearmon on the streets of Boonville a few months age, will arrive in the city in a day party-colored crayons and was sim- i ply beautiful. We arrived just in’ time to witness the declamatory con- | test. which was participated in by a, large number of scholars. It seem-, ed to puzzle the judges for a while; to decide who should receive the) prize—a copy of Moore’s poems, | most elegantly bound—but the ‘finally awarded it to Miss Lutie Davidson. There were none of} gt these declamations, however, but} which reflected great credit upon} E | | the speakers. The prize tor the | greatest Improvement in penmanship for the past month was awarded to Master Liston Kelso. It wasa handsome cut-glass_inkstand, and | by Committeeman j | Lefker with a few appropriate re- | c N 0 Ss imarks. After the —OoF— was presented exercises were lover the certificates of promotion | were distributed and the exercises were closed by an original address {by Master Johnny Bosma and song Miss Helm 1s | | a most agcomplished instructress and | { | | by the whole school. | no encomiums we could pronounce ! | would do her justice. ' THE COLORED SCHOOL. { i | Mr. Lowry, the teacher, held an} } \ oreo and visit her sister, Mrs. Wal- Asetoge pamaae e a saga = | a . ying branches: eading. ivi st of town six miles. = fiith < six rades Z Sige ee | ton, living east z Pag a a a sixth = | arithmetic, grammar. history and . H ES Se 1ss illie Ste ns, Tr, | eae —T. J. Fry, one of the Republi- ag Senet | geography. The examination was H y | the examination was upon read ing, mental and practical arithmetic, grammar and geography. nection with the last named subject, com while considering the countries of There will be preaching cn Sat- France, Italy and Greece, the lives urday and Sunday next at the fol- of Secrates, Demosthenes, Alex- lowmg places: Warren’s school ander the gieat and Napoleon were house, Saturday evening at8 o’clock ; reviewed. The afternoon exercises Mount Carmel, Sunday morning at | consisted of recitations, dialogues, 10:30 o’clock: Virginia, Sunday | ¢tc., and a historical review of the atternoon at 4 o’clock; Nichols | lives of Longfellow, Bryant, Whit- school house, Sunday evening at 8 tier, Tennyson and Burns. can wheelhorses of the county, call- ed Monday and renewed for the -best newspaper in the county. the Weekly Times. o’clock. Frank Exry, p. c. | exercises were very interesting and | Cumberland Presbyterians were | ‘ ae a meritorious, reflecting honor and, such and where they differed trom | We = ae the advertise “|eredit upon teacher and scholars | the doctrines of the Westminister mn, in}; | ; : ments of Jewe! a ni like. The room was elaborately | Cenfession of Faith, was well at-! the Daily and Weekly Times this week. These gentlemen tell the public through this medium some- thing new in the turniture and under- taking business for futler. They are enterprising’men and mean to do just what they profess. decorated. Beautitul evergreen j mottoes, crosses and crowns, t ant flora! boquets, pyr pictures, amids and wre maps drawn upon the bource: a iiing lads and _ lassies in holiday array were to be seen up- on every hand. Miss Stephens is a thorough and very successiul teacher, to whom great praise is due work. In the seventh and eighth grades, Mr. J. C. Umsted, teacher, the ex- ercises were both interesting and in- structive. tations of more than common merit, along with funny and well-acted dia- logues, etc. The monotony of On “Children’s Day,” the sec- | literary work was also relieved by ond Sunday in June, children’s ser- | several well-rendered songs by the vices will be held at Dillon’s school | school. The decorations in this house at 10:30 a. m., and at Orear’s | room were artistic and beautitul. school house atg p.m. <A Bible | The examination brought forth the reading and song service will be held ; | fact that good work has been done subject,. “‘From the cross to the | in this room during the year. Quite _ crown.” Parents are requested to | 2 number of eighth grade scholars | bring their children. had standings aboye the passing Frank Exty, P. c. mark, consequently a ninth grade ee will be established in this depart- | * Springfield Sun:—The grocery-] ment next session. Mr. Umsted men of the city are moving towards } made a well-timed parting address | forming an association to break} and thus the east school closed for | down the credit system and thus | the holidays. destroy the very lucrative business . upica JE ee ee 2 te Che EBs At a proper hour yesterday after- en = geod seen sabe sol noon a reporter for the Trves enter- have a small crop of politicians next | 04 the west building, and atter as-j} tea = ee vs BES ger Re cending a flight of stairs was kindly | starvation will cause emigration. ushered into room number one by | .A meeting will soon be held. its able teacher, Prof. Brown. The i first thing that impressed us was the | decoration ot the room. Pictures, ; shells and different ‘kinds of geo-! logical specimens, maps which were | the black-boards by schol- | Butler has raised about $250 to- ward their celebration the Fourth. Rich Hill has raised about $500, and the $1,000 will come in good ‘time. —Gazette. Your information 1s incorrect, Mr. Gazette. Butler has raised over _ $400—not merely names and promi- ses—but cashin hand, and if neces- sary can duplicate the amount. for her There were several ” WEST SCHOOL. —Rev. B. F. Powelson and fam- ily arrived in Butler Monday and left this morning, spending the in- tervening time in visiting friends. Rev. Powelson is on his way from | drawn on { Greenfield, this state, where he has | 275 and flowers inevery shape and | been stationed tor three years, to | form were in profusicn all over the | Lyons, Kansas, at which point he apartment. The black-board draw- | will take pastoral charge of the ing, and especially the maps of i Presbyterian church. His many | Africa and North Amenca surpassed friends were happy to see him once anything of the kind that we ever again, and hope that he may find | 52> «for misses of the age who at- his new place of abode a pleasant tend this department. The rhetoric- | home. al exercises of this room were splen- / did, several performances being very | Take Notice. superior and meriting special pzaise. | Notice is hereby given to all parties Wishing to see a part of the whole | knowing themselves indebted to me on | entertainment, we passed across the See — oe = ee oe pall into the room of Miss Helm, | “3 ave sold out and must settle | where we founda little paradise. | Bey: Corteees without: Saree - The apartment was widens speak. } All accounts not settled immediately will z = i be placed in the hands of an officer for | With flowers, pictures, mottoes, etc.. | b In con- i These | aths, | reci- | | ment was made for the reception of | all, and freely, with all its saving yery satisfactory. The rhetorical exercises in the afternoon consisted ot select reading, dec’amations and | singing, and were interesting and | profitable. The attendance at this | school has been better this year than ! ever before and good progress has | been made. Rev. Henderson's Lectare. | | The lecture in the court house | Monday night by Rev. J. T. A.Hen- derson, of Sedalia, showing why the | i tended and very interesting. The | ireverend gentleman gave a_ short} historical account of the circum-j{ the organiza- | He said that Presby- | would stances which led to tion of their church. they were thrust out of the terian church they not and could not subscribe to what they believed to be a fatility taught | in the Westminister Confession of | Faith. The church took its from that of the presbytery, because name the | **Cumberlan 1,’’ which’ was dissolv- edby the Kentucky Synod in 1Sro. Inthe same year the ministers of that presbytery reorganized. They | had no intention to create a new de- | nomination, hoping that the time would come when they would be restored to what they believ edto be their rights in the church, without sacrificing their honest objections to the doctrine of fatility, as they un- | derstood it taught in the Westmfhis- ter Confession. They ditter trom the teachings of that confession in| ' this: That God has not ‘‘foreor- i dained whatsoever comes to pass ;’” there are no eternal reprobates, pass- ed by in the provision made for the | salvation of man; that the acne S.Martin & 00 9 NLU SV | i benefits, offered to all men on the same terms, and giving every one an equal chance to accept, obey and live. The denomination now rum- bers about 1,500 ministers, 150,000 members, nine colleges of high or- der, numerous seminaries and acad- Goods, Notions, Millinery, Ladies | Furnishing Goods, Cloaks, Sa.ts,| | | all kinds of Country Produce | emies, and never was in a’ more_flour- ishing condition. The new Buckeye reaper and mower can be found at ©. S. Wheeler & Co’s. Don’t forget that Wheeler-& Co. are giving the lowest prices on sugar, coffee, fish, syrup, salt, etc. German millet seed $1¢50 per bu. at Wheeler’s. Carpets, Groceries and Queens ware wanted. Get prices on hardware from C. S. Wheeler before buying. It will pay you. The celebrated Mitchell wagon at The Climax Bed Spring Manufactured by Cruzan & Madden, Butler, Mo. To whom it may concern. We the undersigned citizens of Butler after having fuirly tested the merits of the above named bed springs, do most cheer- tully recommead them to parties desir- ing a good bed spring, believeing they have fully sustained their claims. i { and defy alt competition on same quality of goods. We are at the old stand of M. S. CowLea & Co.. collection. I mean business. and no part of the room had escaped | A Diece L. H. Renick. | and cordially invite eyery body to} 206-3w-25-3W R. A. ATKISON. the hands of the decorator. Among | J. €. 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