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seein 1802, lived .< cy | paces Wore liyer neat ie Mee lodge of Good Templars, State Pro- BUTLER, TOUCHING TEMPERANCE. pene an Entecestiig: The Good Templars of the Missouri Biography. another Prohibition Alliance in Session. = S es Moberly, Mo., Nov. Samuel Scott was born in Tennes- | is 2 | executive committees of the grand line and married Abigail Smith, ot | k hibition allance and Woman's centucky- H . : A Ke he | Christian Temperance Union met in He emigrated to what is now!, . 2 | joint session here to-day, at the Deepwater, Bates county, Mo., and | settled on the north ereek, taking land in sections 17 and He was the first settler in that The year is not pos- side of the} : z ures in the interest of the cause of prohibition in Missouri, the | tor which is to go vigorously for- ward. uite a number of well- invely known but not later than 2 Be 3 i known prohibitionists were present 1834. Those who remember the lates given in these sketches eines Gane GEE a ; iDr. W. D. Wallace, ot Hannibal know that very tew permanent set- | = Z E | was called to the chair, and R. M. } | Fraker was madeSecretary. Among work 20. neighborhood. tlers were betore him in this county. roto. — The }| lower than ever before I will sell a bu- | this or Bates county. | Grand Central hotel. to adopt meas- } Butler Weekly MISSOURI, WEDNESDAY NOVEMBER 1 DOWN GOES THE FURNITURE. iam now pr to sell Fur nitu: set of chairs tor $3.50 x lower than an: house alises, croquet sets, oil cloths curtains and the BEST i\Sewing Machine | inthe market, oil, and all kinds«t sew- ing machine needles, alse buy walnut My c Cimes. 188: o>. NO 50 S. COWLES & CO, in | I also keep trunks, | GARRY THE LARGEST STOCGEOF undertakers’ goods were ; | never more comp ete, all sizes of coffins: always on hand. Millinery Department manifested. | | Superintended by Mrs. Leonard. We | have a large stock of new goods and our; | trimmer who has been employed by B. | | Leibstader & Co., Kansas city, the past j season will trim in the in the latest st. le. Clothing, gents Furnishing Goods, Considering the prairie land not wood for cultivation he cleared up a piece of timber land the first year. Mrs. Scott and her oldest daughter | it, | piling the brush. Tradition has that while at that work he killed a bear with a butcher knife but his youngest daughter says she never heard of it. They improved their farm and lived after the usual man- ner ol the pioneers Mr. Scott, was appointed as Sher- iff of the new county of Vernon, es- tabhshed February 17th, 1852. the constitutionality of the act es- tablishing said county was disputed suit was brought agamst him for pretending to ¢ertorm the duties ot Sheriff in.a county that did not ex- Itwas decided that no such ist. unty legally existed and he was! : ; coun) es {shall be chairman, to prepare and | fined one cent. In 1854 he moyed to Lynn coun- ty Kansas, was elected by the pro- slavery party to the Territorial Leg- islature, was kilied by a band of} Guerrillas in 1859. His neighbors in Bates county, have been a quiet peacable and good citizen, and say that he was killed for no other offense than favoring slavery. The family favored the South but chose to keep out of the war. There ten children erew up, James C. died in 1856. Samuel died in 1857, Juhan E. lives in Lynn county, Kansas i.ydia was Mrs. James Liarney, died in 1879, Jasper died 4 prisoner Louis in 1862. Thomas M. lives in West point township, Bates countv. Jane is Mrs. Carroll Hough, of Vernon county. Martin V. diedin Ark., of yellow fever in 1864. Martha A. is Mrs. H. P. Wells ot Kansas. Abigail V. is Mrs. Theo. of West Point. were in Green . Buford’s Escapes. Louisville, Ky., Oct. 30.—Col. Buford, who won an unenviable nuriety some three years ago by shooting and killing Judge John Elliott of the court of appeals of this state, was tried for that offense, and on first trial he was sentenced to imprisonment tor lite. A new trial being granted he secured an acquital, but at the in- quest de lunatico emguz vendo was de- clared insane and contined Central lunatic asylum of this city, from which he escaped last Saturday going to Jeffersonville. Ind. It is the opinion of both lawyers of both states that he cannot be brought back to Kentucky on a requisition, as there 1s no criminal charge against him. Thus Kentucky loses Indiana gains a large white elephant. Buford was formerly wealthy, but lost his property, and out of the htigation consequent thereto grew the killing of Judge Elliot. is a younger brother of the turfman Gen. Abe. Buford. and Wanted to Rent fora tew weeks an open or covered ! Good care will be taken, Address > this office. “aes represent him to| that | St. | mm =the} Buford | culated. noted } a other important business, it was re- | solyed that several thousand petitions | the state, asking tne legislature to submit to the people a constitutional amendment, cubstantially as fol- lows: **No person shall manufacture tor sale, s | awa lever, including ale, wine elior keep tor sale or give and beer scientific or medical purposes; and that the general assembly shall adept laws to inforce the amendment.”” | president ot the alliance, Dr. John A. Brooks, shall appointJa commitee | of twenty-five, of whichjhe (Brooks) | present to the legislature a petition accompanied by a briet argument in favor ot sub.nitting the prohibitory amendment. A provision was made | Among those present in addition .to | those already mentioned, were Col. \ J. J- Hichman of Columbia, Dr. N. | |S. Richardson of Macon, J. Y. Nes- | bit of Paris, J. M. Dunning of St. | Joseph, Mrs. A. W. Broughton of {Paris and Miss Rosa Philips of | Hanmbal A Flood of Wedded Bltss. | Washington Star, | The city is full of brides. | flood of newly wedded bliss poured linto the city at one time, and the capital city may be said to be | wreathed im smiles. There is noth- |ing mean about a young couple on a } | | are happy, | | and they waet everybody else to be | | wedding tour. They | happy. As a rule they go sight | seeing merely as 2 matter of form. | and when a guide gets a young mar- ried couple in town, he has whai 1s i technically known among the trater- | nity as a ‘‘soft snap.” The guide, jat he has had experience with these | kind of visitors, very soon finds a comfortable seat and asks them to ; wart until he goes for permission to be printed at once for the signatures | of the people, men and women, of | any intoxicating liquors what | except fo~ mechanical, sacramental, | On motion of Col Switzler the | to place more speakers in the field. | There | | hasn’t been tor many years such a | | call and price cur goods béfore buying | elsewhere and we will rule vou in price j and quality. V7. BE. Leonard, | ARCHIE, MO. Hats, Caps, Boots and Shoes, . i JOHN DUFF! PRACiLICAL. in the County, where all the latest novelties and best goods. at the lowest prices will be found. Wacthmaker & Engraver, BUTLER, - MISSOURI. { |SETH THOMAS’ CLOCKS | W. T. Wooler y a SPAPLE ‘N Vv a oeoee and FANCY GROCERIES ORUC STORE! W J. LANSDOWN, Prop’r. Good Stock of Pure, Fresh; Drugs. | [oN THE WEST SIDE OF THE SQUARE | | AS CHEAP AS THE CHEAPEST IN BUTLER. MO.! NEW DDUG STORE, BERRY BROS. Keep Constantly on hand RE D I will give my personal attention to compounding prescriptions, day or night. Give me a trial trip. i W. Jj. LANSDOW Also proprietor of the | OLIVE HOUSE, ‘A first-class Hotel in the Southwes | corner of the public square, BUTLER, MO a well Selected Stock of R Oils, Varnishes, and Everything in the Drug Line. | BRIDGEFORD & HUPP. | Ornemental Heuse Prescriptions Carefully Compounded both Day and Night. 1 i | { Store on North Main Street, and haying had many years experience inthe drug the public to call and see us. Give usa \ Having opened a new D “ busniess we cordially inv low as any place m the city We guarantee our drugs to be pure and our prices o¢ ~-AND— call, BERRY BROS. Notice of Fina! Settlement. i Sign Painters | i * Farm Fer Sale, i 4 | Gegieiee’ Paper-Hanging, Decora | It you want to rent a house leave it | { = = = . | L will sell my farm of 3% acres, 3 miles ting, Sign and Buggy Work a with. = sce Ss ! northwest ot New Heme, Bates county, Notice is hereby given to all credito-s, and others interested in the estate “ot Elisha E. Frazee deceased, that Johnson Ben. B.anterd ury “SPECIALTY 2% ! H P, MORGAN H enter a certain room or building... i | The guide takes his departure, and | ras opened a ! | knowing that he would not be missed | a. h d S | | for five or six hours, embarasses the | Secon ae an tore | opportunity to attend the funeral of | eae i a friend, or play cards with other guides who have also bridal couples in town, and in the latter part ot the day makes his appearance before his | employers, who:n he finds seated in |the same place, apparently having ! forgotten his existence. When he apoligies for the delay, he is smil- | ingly told that he was not very long j ' happiness around them } they gv. and as there are about fort ! couples now in the city, the amou ot the commmnity can readily be cal- } Te has, such proportions that no doubt Mr. Raff will soon designate it as a bu | away, aud so the sight-seemg is re- | ‘sumed The bridal couple scatter j wherever | in fact, assumed | | “SOWARD'S; BUILDING | “MAIN TS. | iNORTH 4 { ] i { } H.V, PENTZER DEALER IN FURNITURE,’ BABY CARRIAGES: af atl stytes aud pr.ces, nd levy a special license tax. Gool Hearse Always on Hand hk e trounied with dyspepsia, | : ——— ask vour d t tora bottle ut ‘Prickly | , Mate and furnished r short notice Bi oF : : {Orders mar be left at stable oe ere Deke: 1 se cereced and ri¢ht or on Sanday, Mo Now. t-im. vou witi be cured. ws 4 jon | 45-tt. For 2 good farm any where in Bates Co.; Mo. on terms to suit purchaser. The : faru. ishedged in to ttselt, with two good n ohe-halt mile of church Also one 40 acre ‘ tarm, situated 2 miles west of Walnut, : Batescounty, Mo., on terms to suit pur- Ben B. CANTERBURY- i wells, and w schoor For improved land call on ‘ and house. Bex B CANTERBURY. ; S : chase! Address me at Ne = lt you want to sell town property cave ee ams xe at New Hor it with Bex B, CANTERBURY ates county, Mo- : 40r6t.* W. P. Husk. For insureance in reliable comp: The Sedalia Demoerat Ben B. CAXTERBURY. —_— For Abstracts or Titles call on BEN B. CANTERBURY callon , Kansas City and St. Louis, Ft. ! Hannibal, which publishes the Assoc’ putitwith | ‘js the only morning newspaper between ‘= Scott and | Hill, Administrator ot said estate, in- tend to make final settlement thereof, <t the next term ot the Bates county Pro- bate Court, in Bates county, State of Missouri, to be held at Butler on the 1 13th day ot November, 1882. Jouxsow Hitt, ra Public Ad’mr. ey | OWL 920 pana eeers / Sen is to cee een. os compe ea Sree oes Se i: fa- | Tr vou want to sell atari z 4 ; 2 a ~ ted Press dispatches. It isa large, etght | 25 Bex. B. CANTERBURY. column, Handsomely printed aper, ies OT ect crete, ee a | sued daily and weekly. The te: legraphic, | - - —— oe paar If you want to borrow years time callon Bax ' ave complete including i Reperts, proceedings If vou want Deeds, Trust ev, Leases, &c., written cali ®r~x B. ANTEREURY Pacis Paw j tion act to be tound elsewhere- 2 *- | celtawous reading is extensive, } spares no pains to * orevery character. Special attention * paid to the Weekiy Democrat, moth paper ot 48 columns, which , sued every Saturday morning, at and ers ef Attorn is Betel Preperty tor Saie. y on 7 or 5 | editortal and local contents of the Daily’ epee ee the latest Market i ot the Supreme B. CANTERFURY. | Gourt, and a variety of Political interma: ' Its més- a ma $150 per | noon about 5 ©’ clock, Drowned in a Vault. { sedetia Dewecrsi. Conew-dia, Mo. it | bert Kepperbriuk, Sept. 26.—A4- the five-year-ol secure the latest aews son ot Henry Kopperbrink, of this ; | place, while playing mn the livery | stable yard ef his uncle, this atter- fell into it ;2 The Weekly contains all the im) privy va and was drowned ‘e- The Olive House, 07 southwest corner | portant news of ieee large amount: ¢,,, anyo we had missed him. } hae site 14 i and matters of interest ee * of the square. just opposite The One ps interes Femains were discovered and takers building, is now tor sale on rea-onare zx the. out ef Call on or address W. J. Lansd terms. tae pprehension 0° « av notices of ver: Heuse and Let for Sale. Situated in the northwest part of the house has tor the ut that time. His pa scurbroken over the cvert, day «i he oe A dures idea oer mec =