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sear errs Ses NEWS. H. Clay Tutt is able to be up and on the streets again. } Mr. Henry Weils’ residence is get- ting well under headway. John Steel has had _ his Chesnut strect residence nicely repainted. The floor of Dr. Osborne’s new building is laid. All the joists of tire second floor of | the opera house are in place. We will have some fine music in Butler on the tourth. N. Davis is having his residgnce on Pine street nicely painted. Wheat harvest is now in active progress. The yield 1s large Butler is booming now, Twenty-! one new residences are in course of construction. The Nichols & Shepherd engines and threshers and the very best in the mar- ket. We have them. Hahn & Co. A. L. Sherman, of Barton county, captured the prize in the oratorical contest at Carthage. The tront of Dr. Everingham’s business building is nearly comple- ted. est Col. Jno. T. Crisp will speak at Butler on the fourth of july, ‘‘AND DON’T YOU FORGET IT.”” A. L. McBride & Co. have got a new top to their delvery rig. It shows up fine. Rev. Burgess has crected quite a nice addition to his residence on Quality Av.’’ Come and see the Wood’s Swine binder and harvester before buying. It will pas you. Hahn & Co. The cornices of the windows on the east side of the bank room in the opera block are in place. They are | of Don. Kinney’s residence lot, | ligion Christ taught by precept and beauties. The Delmonico has received their fine mead fountain, and they are now dispensing this luscious bev- erage to the thirsty multitude. A young man by the name of Will Broadus tried to commit suicide at Osceola cn Monday by taking strychnine, but failed; cause partial derangement. We have piles ot goods in our line to sell at very low figures, such as locks, butts, tools, knives, pistols, shears, iron waze, wooden ware, wringers, O. K. ci- gars, etc. Hahn & Co. Senator Vest will deliver a sveech | in N time in the Can’t he be induced to visit Butler about that time, also. Vernon county, some September. | ada, month of From the donre of the court house | the beauties of Butlercan be appre- ciated. We will venture to say that in five years Butier will be the |} prettiest city in the state of Missouri. There are citizens cf Butler who will back the old band against other cornet and reed band in south- any west Missouri, outside ot Sedalia, for artistic playing. j vester and mov class in every particular and to gi faction. Hahn & Co. machines to be Mr. John Pyle has had a part of 1, and will bis wagon ¢hop moved of a two story brick business puilding 22x50 in size. It will front Dela- ware street and will be x nice build- ing. Good tor Mr. Pyle. ttle clike that’s trying | to keep Crisp away trom Butler on | the 4th, realize that the result of their nonsense wil make him | triends? Gentleman, you will see | qat terminate just that way. For the | benefit of Crisp personally, and But- ler, please just keep up your kicks | ing. | H , Pleasant Hill Rerew: Never was there be.ter prospects for crops ot all kinds in our country than te | day. eats, flax, corn, etc., never looked ! better, and, in consequence, farmers | ; dance | literary | writers im th ; will be received ,Wheat is ripening rapidly, | in the State ot and is being harvested in good shape. | earch business in any season as Bute. SE a ee | We are headquarters on_anything im the grocery, nardware or Implement line. Messrs. Perry.and Cox, the new | side druggists. are recerving } west their stock to-d e Jimmie Mc- is improving. Hopes are) Bride | entertained of his recovery. 1 Helt, carpen-/} Messrs. Lowell a: | ters, put up a saloon all finished in | | good shape, for Rich Hill, and ship- ped it bodily, yesterday, on a flat car.—[Carthage Patriot. W. T. Woolery vought one-halt | in | the northwest part of the city, and | the erection of a will commence dwelling house thereon immedi- | ately. asked Garibaldi what religion he | protessed, the General replied: | “The religion of Humanity—the re- | example.’’ | Sheriff Simpson left on the 2 y for Carrolton, Burnett, who o’clock train to Mo., after Eli | arrested at that place for stealing} was the wagon and team of Mr. Knorp, } which were found in his posession. Quite a number ot young tolks ' were atthe depot last evening at the | 7:20 train. It is becoming quite | popular to promenade out Sunday evenings. t Crisp is coming sure as fate. This, the enemies of Butler’s busi- ness men, can put in their pipe and sthoke as axuthoritive. Look tor the big advertisement in Monday’s TIMEs. there | During Monday evening’s storm Mr. Frederick Snyder, living about five miles north of the city,was struck by lightning. He had been plowing corn, and was unhitching the horses from the cultivator when the shock Both of the horses were came. killed and Mr.- Snyder critically shocked. We have not learned his present condition. A house may. be set on fire in many different ways,the effect of the fire is one, destruction; the remedy is one, water. Congestion may be brought about in a hundred different ways, in a hundred different parts ot } the body, giving rise to a hundred | different diseases, but the cause is one, congestion.—From ‘‘Health at Home.” | A number of the prominent -Ger- | mans of Butler, with their families, spent Sunday in the classic region of ‘‘devil’s hollow.’”? They went | well-prepared with a superabun- | of provisions and had a de- About one hun- dred were present, and it would be | hard to find a jollier and vet more | Ifghtful picnic. | refined crowd than they were. | Mr..C. Ei: burg, Ill., who has been in our city tor the past few davs Andrews, of Peters- | organizing a association, has succeeded in getting the requisite number of | subscribers, and the first installment of books, consisting of over torty- pages best > list lane ce English language, four thousand from t about two weeks, | at which tme the members will | meet for permanent organization. These books will be purchased of | Harper Bros., of New York. We are glad to see this association tormed in our city, as it will be beneficial as well as instructive. ; Strangers visiting our city invar- | iable express astonishment at the evidences of business energy, yim and thrift which they see all around | them. We have no desire to dispar- | age our neighboring towns, but a gentleman who recently visited Rich | Hill, Butler and Fort Scott assured | us that to all appearances Nevada | was doing more business during the | dull season than all three of these | usually fldurishing towns put togeth- | er.—f Mail. aay Butler moves along quietly and | with little ostentation, but we will] i venture the assertion that neither ‘ i Nevada nor any other city ot 4,000 | Missouri ler does. Boast all you please, | crow ei] you can, but your absolute | are encouraged and cheerful. Cass | businesa, when placed H ' of the Boonville Zopec. Personal. —Joel Pratt. of Hudsor township, wasa delegate to the convention Saturday, and called atthe Tres office. —Mrs. Shedd, who siting her parents, Mr. and Mrs. B. G. Wheeler. for some time, re has been turned to her home in Chicago this morning. —Mrs. }. W. Brown, who has been visiting her sister, Mrs. A. L. McBnide, for some time, returned to her home in Kenton, Ohio, this morning. —Miss May Backus, ot Grand Rapids, Mich., is visiting her rela- tives, Mr. and Mrs. C. A. Tripp. Mr. T. Berryhill and Mr. and Mrs. E. J. Knapp in this county. —Miss Zetti Thornton, of Boon- ville, Mo., in company with Mr. Rube Watton, ot this county, whose family she is visiting, called at the Times office Saturday. Miss Thornton is an highly accomplished young lady,and is associate editress In every tamily there should be a medicine chest, for in every hous hold there there will be more or less midnight sickness, sudden attacks of ‘ illness, of accident and death, and to be able to do something promptly, although a physician may be within ten minutes tall, sometimes makes all the difference between a lite saved and a life lost, but especially is it neediul tor every family in the country; and at the tarm house, where a physician may not be had for hours, to have some ‘few medi- cines at hand which may meet ordi- nary emergencies. Under the head of the articles named in ‘‘Health at Home’’.will be found the uses which may be made of them and the man- ner of their emp:oyment. Col., you had better take the ‘‘In- jun’’ job if you can get into the shade. If yvouhad have blowed the big drum in the picnic. procession this morning you would rather try to get items outof a county official all the rest of your days than take that job again. é ‘To the Citizens of Butler. I visit your city in the interest of “Health at Home,” and, although a ‘*Book Agent,’’ I do not propose to worry you with unwelcome solicita- tions but I desire, and propose, to place in the hands of responsible heads of families a copy ot the. book and leave it with them for three days, to give them an opportunity for mination, in the belief. on my pait, that it will result in such a degree of hearty appreciation that you will all think that it won’t pay to keep house without it If it does not, you will not be urged to buy it. Ihope to deliver the books early next week. Respectfully yours, E. A. PARKER, Olive house. number of active, this P. S.—I w intelligent mer. werk in to canvass for adjoming counties. Beas. ners, on keg syrup, fish, salt, sugar and coffee, we are offering immense bar- | gains. Call and see us. t 28 C. S. Wheeler & Co. Barrel pickles, home made cheese, Hl dried beet and Zar at 28 eler & Co’s. Now is the ti: Lower prices at Whee your fruit jars, Farm Bells low down at Wheeler & Co's. If you need anything in the queens- ware line call on Wheeler & Co. they are selling without regard to cost. Genuine pure sugar svrup at (. S. Wheeler & Co’s, also keep corn syrup. Go to Wheeler’s for choice fishin all shapes. More sugar and coffee for 51,00 at Wheeler’s than any other house in town. The, celeprated Mitchell wagon for sale at C, S, Wheeler & Co's. It you want a good spring wagon, bug | by, pheaten or anything in the vehicle does as line go and see Wheeler. Calland see us before buying. C. S- along side | Wheeler & Co. ceunty will see better times this fail | that of Bugler. will fall short ot its than ever yn her Past history. | standard, Oe C.S. Wheelor & Co. pay the highest j Market price for country produce. Again inaugurates a boom for the benefit of hi |many customers. Owing to an over stock in me idium and ang La = | HA A wa ee Ete Has Determined to Knock the Bottom Out and Let them Slide Every lady needing anything in this line, will SAVE BIG MONEY by buying of him. A Handsome Line of Summer Silks will be offered very low to close. Don’t fail to se re these goods at CHRISTOPHER'S Cash Dry Goods House. Next to Post Office FURNITURE. "SJOMSeO 2 suBoo ; i We offer to the public in the latest styles and at prices to suit the times a complete stock ot os yeh ey ye cma ie ea ; LOUNGES, EASY CHAIRS, Cases. SPRING BEDS, MATTRESSES, i i 40 Styles of Bede, 25 of Chairs, 15 cf Rockers, 20 of Bureaus, 25 of Center Tables, 15 of Tables, RACKETS, PICTURES, FRAMES, | Baby Carriages, Safes, Cribs, &c., &c. | wa do cuneate tonltherererianrentenere-wmoreninetsiensre-tigeesSirei Metalic SEWETT & BREMERMANRN, 5 ° East Side Public Sauare. i i ;