The Butler Weekly Times Newspaper, February 14, 1883, Page 4

OUR UOUNTY FINARCES. For the first time in a number of years the warrants isued bv the ceun- ty court onthe Treasurv of Bates Chas. Tr. MeF ar-and. So7TOR AND PROPRIETOR, JRIPTION: TERMS OF SU:S The Weery Times, published every Wednesday, will be sent to any cduress one vear, postage paid, tor $1.25. BUTLER MISSOURI. WEDNESDAY, FEB, 14, 1883- Announcements. FOR COUNTY SCHOOL COMMISSIONER. We are authorized to announce the name of C. P. Reeder, as a candidate tor the office of County School Commis- sioner of Bates county, subject to the elec- tion et the Democratic Convention. We are authorized te announce the aame of W. W. Graves, of Homer town- ship, asa candidate for County School Commissioner ot Bates county, subject to the action of the Democratic Covention- We are authorized to announce the name of W.G. Rose, of Mt. Pleasant township, as a candidate for the office of County Rchoel Commissioner of Bates county, subject to the action ot the Dem- ocratic convention. We are authorized to announee the name of J. F. Searight, ot Grand River tewnship, as a candidate for County School ‘Commissioner, subject to the ac- tien of the Democratic convention. BOR CONSTABLE. We are authorized to announce the came of W.G. Wainscott, as a candi~ date for the office of Constable ef Mt. Pleasant township, subject to the action ot the Democratic convention. We are authorized to announce the name of Boone Trimble, as a ca didate for Constable of Mt. Pleasant township, subject to the action of the Democratic convention. A THIRTY DAY OFFER. Any person who will bring or send to this office the names of five aew subscribers to the Timms one year, accompanied by the cash, will be entitled toa copy of the paper free. Subscription price $1 25. This is an unusual low offer, and «ve trust that those of our friends sot getting the Tres will set them- selves to work at once with a vim. There is not a neighborhood in the county where several ot these clubs cannot be gottcn up. Please re- member that the money must ac- company the same. TWO PAPERS E08 $1 75. We will send the BurLER WEEKLY Times and the St. Louis Post-Dis- patch, to any address, one year, for $t 75 in advance. This is the best opportunity you may ever have of getting your home paper and a St. Louis paper for so small amount of money. ANOTHER WALL. To our first cail for subscription money on January Ist, many gener- ausly responded ; but not all, quite. There are a few wko are owing us for over one year back . subscription still waiting—perhaps till they get the money. We desire to renew the request that, if you hav’nt means cnough to pay all, come in and pay what yon van—every mite aids in keeping the wolf from our door this cold weather. ee NUMBER OF DELEGATES. In the convention on the 24th snst. called by the Democratic Lounty Central Committee for the purpose of nonunating a School Commissioner, the various town- Ships will be entitled to delegates as follows which are to be elected at -hetownship conventions next Satur- day, Feb. 17th: Mingo, : - Grand Ruiyer. - - Deer Creek, = = East Boone. - - West Boone, - : - Spruce, - - - Shawnce, - - - - Mound, - - - Elkhart, West Point, - - - Deep Water - - - Summit, - - az Mt. Pleasant. - . Charlotte, - “ cf Homer, - = = Eudson, - - ‘3 Pleasant Gap. - - = «one Oak, - - New Home. - - - Walnut, - - - Rockville, - - Prairie, - Osage, - - - cioward. - , in ALR PMN AD AU bw Tw Uw HOM WU er & Oo | tax will be greater this than last year * | county are not paid on presentation | and are protested for wantof money | to pay them. This mayjseem strange |tothe people, and, requires seme | explanation. The current expenses of the coun- | ty, as those vested in county well ki | contingent tund in the Treasury. This fund is replenished by a tax ot twe milis on the dollar of the assess- The ag- gragate amount raised by this tax ac- cording to the late valuation is about $14.000. The amount of money and other fund swelling it to about $16,000. The law provides that this is the only fund frem which the expenses of the ceun- the ea valuation of the ceunty. received trem saloons license added to this is ty can be paid. Now what is expenses of the county? The finar- cial statement of the county expen- ditures as furnisked by the couaty January 31st, shows the total expen- ces of the county fer the year 1882 to be semething over $21.000. The reader will, therefore, perceiye at once that the tax of twe mills en the dollar levied for the purpose of de- fraying the runming expenses of the county is insufficient by about $5,000. It should be understood that there is menev in the ‘Lreasury belonging to various other funds but under the law it can mot be used tor paying the ordinary expenses of the county. In the minds of some there may exist impressions that the county court has beem extravigant ; but such isnot the case. The position is plain to any man of business: The court had more deots to pay, con- tracted ior the actual current expen- ses of the county, than it kad money te pay with. There need be no fur- ther explanation. ‘Lhese who lesire to know what the result will be should be infermed. Already something near $10,000 in warrants have been issued to come out of the revenue of this year, and yet scarcely two menths of the time has elapsed. The consequence will be, the mest 1igid economy entorced by the county court will not, we fear reduce the expence toa point where it will be balanced by the tax raised for the purpose, admitting that the for the valuation is larger. The on- ly rational conclusiom arrived attrom the foregoing statement of facts, is that two mills on the dollar 1s :made- quate to defiay the legitimate and necessary expenses of the in- county. The Tives gives this formation te the public, beliveing that it is its duty to de se, that the tax payers may know the conditien of the county finances. ‘The county court which was. in session all last week, the full pro- ceedings ef which are publised else- where in the Trrgs, disposed of a vast amount of business. When the new court came into power it feund considerable busines on the docket waiting their action, and it was not till this term that they were able to clear it of its burden. The new | Judges take hold ot county matters | with the‘ ease and famiharty that the carpenter dees his hammer, and trom the start they Zhave made we | may reasonably infer that the pres- | ent courts admmnistration will be one of the most economical and prais- worthy uf any in the history of the ceunty. The State Senate has passed a bill regulating the lhcense and responsi- bility of saloon keepers. It is what would be termed a high licemse bili and is intended te be presemted in the House as asort of compremise with those holding extreme views for and against Prohrbiten. There is, however, an opinien prevailing at Jeffersen City, that no change will be made in the present liquer law, and it is perhaps true that this belief is predicated upon reasonably fair premises. _ The statement comes from Texas, that twenty per cent ofthe cattle in that country perished during the late cold weather that swept over all the land. affairs now, are defrayed out of the clerk and published in the Times ef The Butlerites are clamoring and i Developments in the ‘raudulent roaring a good deal about the St. Louis & Emporia road lately. They i need net waste their wind in that | lway. Rich Hill, Papinsville and | Rockville will take care of that line. ' They have all the natural advanta- jges te induce aratlroad to build | through, and consequently Butler will not amount to a drop in a hogs- this contest.—Rockville !go,the nature of which was ex- | plained in lust weeks Times, prom- | was at first supposed. During the in head Gloée. tions of the country ; | Chicago wit! Would it not be better policy tor <= aaa ke : gay tie Glaze dee proceed: a iitde slow | do! ars worth of bogus certificates if it Gesires assistance tor Rockville’s | gia ea One man pi railroad enterprise. It is vest not to } consi eld Ee ag f amount ot $90,000, while another spit in your neighbors tace. i | represented $60,000 more, and formation from Hannibal, Misseur, was that about $70,000 in worthless certificates were held in that staid old place. The habilities of the bogus firms is estimated at over a million dollars. many thousands It is announced from authoritive sources that in the event of the pass- age of the bill creating the office of State Printer, Maj. John N. Ed- wards, will be a candidate for the position. If there be one man in Missour: to whom Democracy is in- debted a dime, then that man is John Edwards. Everybody kno vs and recogmizes this. He represents the uppermost idea ot Democratic creed, is a fit leader of its hosts and besides is a man whose principles are as pure and enduring as the rock of Gibralter. —————————— The recent heavy defalcation: of Treasurer Polk, of Tennessee, and Vincent of Alabama, demonstrates the evil of keeping men in office too long at atime. In both these cases the officer was serviag his third consecutive term as Treasurer of the State, and in both men, too, the public appeared to have inplicit confidence.. Too much offce these days where “there is an imcentive to steal has a very bad effect upon the morals of public official.s —_—_——_— The Prohibitionists in lowa are not to be outdone by any informali- ty or errors in making laws. The Prohibition State convention which satenthe 7th, passed resolutions demanding of the Gevernor to call a special session of the Legislature to re-enact the Prohibition amendment to the;Constitutien which was de- clared illegal and void recently by the State Supreme Court. The ac- tion of the Governor will be waited for with breathless anxiety. We publish elsewhere in this weeks Times an article from the Windsor Revzew, urging upon the forthcoming printers convention to be held at Appleton City, the advis- ability of taking some action in re- gard to fixing a price on foreign ad- vertising. The Times concurs, in part, with tne Review. There can be no harm done or impropriety in the discussion of the subject by the convention, and probably some good may be accomplished, but we would remark that every publisher has con- trolof his own columns, ana 18 by no means duty bound to accept the death-rate prices ef patent medine men. The Times fixes its own rates for every toreign advertisement run in its own columns. But let the mat- ter be discussed in the convention. It will enlighten us all. Thos. Miller, a miner, was ser- iously, if not fatally injured, by an explesion in Mine No.1. at Rich Hill, on last Friday. This makes the fitth person that has either been seriously injured er killed in this mine during the past eight days pre- ceding Miller’s injury. There must be a deal sight of carelessness on the part ef the managers and bosses to permit such recklessness in the sacrifice of men’s lives who have large families, no doubt, depending on them for their daily bread. It is the duty ot parties running mines to make ample provisions for the pro- tection ofthe lives of men in their employ, and 1f this is fouud net to be the case in mine No. we are decidedly in favor of the Mine In- spector closing it up. The Southwest Missourian pub- lished at Lamar in Barton cvuunty, nas interviewed a number ef farm- ers recently as to the effect ot the severe winter on wheat and fruit. The intormation gleaned 1s to the effect that both wheat and fruit are slightly damaged but not toan alarm- ing extent, the general epigion being that a very good crop ef each will be produced in Barton county this sea- son. a There hsa been an old railroad bonded debt of about $40,000 hang- ing over St. Clair county for a num- ber of years. The county court and the people have repeatedly refused to pay the unjust debt though thev have as often expressed a desire to compromise the same upon a fair basis which, however, the greedy bondholders invariably refused. Last week a Deputy United States Marshal, served a writ of manda- mus on the county court through the county clerk, demanding to know why a levy of taxes to pay these judgments has not been made. The opinion seems to be that neither the county court nor its clerk will pay any attention to the writ. The Tiuxgs is in receipt ot the first number of the Glode published at Rockville this county. It is an eight column paper, patent eutside, and if it continues as newsy as it has begun, will deserve the hearty sup- port of the goed peeple of Rockville. Politically 1t is nen-committal, and the inference is it will mde the tence. Chas. M. Brysen, is editor and pub- lisher. The whipping-pest is the method ot punishing wife beaters in Mary- land. The judicial committee of the House of Representativesof the Illinois Legislature, believing in the moral ettect ot such punishment, has recommended the establishing of the whipping-post in that state for simular oftenses. Sasa Capt. Payne, with his whole party of Oklahoma boomer’s have come to grief agam. The United States troops captured them before they had fairly got started on their journey and have turned the entire outfit in the direction of Fort Reno, where they will be tried for tres- passing upon forbidden ground. During the memorial services in the United States Senate recently in honor of the late Senator Ben Hill, Senator Brown, otf Georgia, in speaking of the disease’s ma ny tues alluded to the reverence and love he bore his dead mother in these words: ‘*When at home it was his habit to go every day into the parlor where her portrait hung, look tenderly into her tace and bow reverently on re- tiring, and when he had become too feeble to walk alone he had himself carried into the parlor, and gazing lovingly on the face, with eyes filled vir- Frank James, was taken to Da- viess county a tew days since to be | with tears, he said: ‘I shall soon tried in the circuit court of that coun- | be with her again.”’ ty, now im session, upon an_indict- a aE Free gee a us Gov. Hubbard of Mintiesota, ment for murder. The removal of the prisoner trom the Jackson coun- ty jail was so sudden and unexpect- ed that his friends complain of in- justice. madea requisiton on Gov. Cnitten- den, on the 7th inst, for Frank James, charging the latter with mur- der im that State at the time of the Northfield bank robbery. Gov. Crittenden refused to surrender the prisoner for the reason that several indictments were still pending agaist | It is announced threugh the Neva- {da papers that the opening ef the | Moore Opera House in that city, will take place on March tst. commission firms, or Co-operative | | Unions lately in operation in Chica- | jise to unearth even greater frauds | } and more extensive transactions than | past week agents from various por- | have gone to! ot | i him in this State. | NEIGHBORHOOD NOTES. Osceola Sum: About a week i | a family by iley ree et = the name of Riley Move ma s . Agee house near Roscoe. Lag Tuesday lightning struck the houg | and out of sixteen head of hogs. thy s ; | had taken refuge under it, twel Cedar claims to send out | were killed : ts or were killed. One of the Rileys was | mules Kei ibd other county of her | about two hundred yards from the | sizein the state. | sew i i | house when the lightning struck, ang Lamar Missourian: {eratorical contest for | |meaal, takes place on | June next. the the 21st of more Wm. J. Payton, a North Spring: | was tunning towards it to. take ref | field man, was arrested one day last | uge from the storm. | week for the murder of «4 negro | sro | Warrensburg J. D.: According named Newton Rayl, whose mutila- | ted body was tound on the railroud track near North Springfield, in July fast. to the state auditor's report the aver. age value of land in Johnson county is $8.55 cents per acre. In Andrey the average is $10.02; Atchison $11.03; Buchanan, $12.20; hy, $10.85 ; Clinton. $17.09; Howard, $10.39; Jackson, $18 85; Lafayette, $11.73! Harrison $10.36; Nodaway, $10.98 ; Platt, $10.93; St. Charles, $10.07 ; St. Louis, $44.33; St Louie Springtield Vews. Vhe Patriot | City, $505.05; Saline, $11.77. and Leader folks are struggling for Ex; A movement among T, an exclusive franchise of the associ- | stock men to disarm their S an ated press dispatches, for the Pur- | was derived at first, but is now an pose of starting a daily paper. to be making comsiderable head-way Oxccola About Several stock men announced tha: men, women and children were add- | they would not employ anybody whe ed to the M. E. church last Saturday | Carried a deadly weapon It wa night as the result of the revival | predicted that they would soon by meetings now going on. compelled to recind this order, by Adrian Adeertiser; ‘Phe Ap- the Stock Journal says that they find pleton City Yournal says 305, loads | "° difficulty in getting and keeping of corn were bought at that place in employes, and that, as soon as the one week. Friday, week ago. go plan ts put on trial on adjoming loads were bought at Adrian and it | Tnches, the cowboys will become was a poor day for corn too. its strongest advocates. Nevada Democrat: Mr. H. C. We were Moore has made arrangements with | $#own, en Monday, by W. A. the Emma Leland treupe for the Leech, a relic of the late war, in the opening of the Opera House in this | *P@Pc¢ of a Confederate cavalry ss cgty. This troupe is said tobe a bre, which was picked up by him on very fine one. one of the battle fields of the §She- Adrian Advertiser: Mr. C. J, nandoah, and left at his former home Sartain sold his farm,” northeast of in Michigan, until last week, when Crescent Hill, to Mr. Holt yester- ae fs i og bd ne oy oxi dayol Mrs Holtse: trom the “anuth The blade is fashioned differently part of the county and lately sold promany ees a Cau oie See his farm near Rockyille at $50, an Lae besidesit bears no Ame acre as coal land, and has a hanker- oP oes apres Wits has coum ing aiter more of the same stuff. ee enti ia pile: : muse that it was furnished the confed- _Springfield Express: Monday | eracy by some triendly European night dogs made a raid on a flock uf power. fine sh b i = cep oe to Messrs. A. Appleton Yournal: Wm. Cham Jeaneen aa : - Chapman, ‘1-2 | bers and family, of Hume, Bates miles west of town, killing 14 and S ss ee deaths county, this state, are reported in- wounding several others, the damage Seat i et ME sane at Eureka Springs, Ark. 2 “Ss 3 y sass While making a bonfire of their Nevada Mail: Mr. 5. S. Sher-} household effects, they were cap- man, who is so well known as the | tured by the police and placed in brilliant and spicy correspondent of | confinement atter quite a struggle the late Sedalia Vispatch, has ac- | in which clubs, brick-bats, knives, cepted a similar position on the | and other “implements of war’ Democrat of that city. We con- Their cabin was gratulate the Democrat on having | searched and tourguns. two revol secured Mr. Sherman’s services. vers and a let of amunition were Warrensburg J. D: The total] taken trem a zinc trunk stered away number of students now enrolled at | in the lott. the Normal is 412, not including the [Mr. Chambers was brought to Practice school, new students are| Butler last week, and is now in the constantly arriving, and this prom-| St. Joe Asylum, where he was taken ises to be the most successful vear | last Friday oy his Curator, Judge D- of the school under the present ad-|V. Brown- Ed. { ee suon: Nevada Democrat: Mrs. Char- Rockville Globe: A Butler man | lie Haynes, of this city, whose hus- killed a rattlesnake by throwing a] band isac present in Western Kan- glass ot whisky initstace, Itwasn’t] ses looking up a location for a cattle the effect ef the liquor that caused} ranche, last week received a leter the reptile’s death, but it was the | from some one signing his name horror at the man’s reckless extrava- | ‘‘Parkhurst,”’ stating that he and gance while the hug law 1s raging | Mr. Haynes had purchaseda ranche, there. and that Mr. H. had requested him. who was on his wayto Clinton, to stop here Thursday night and get $2.500 from her and send it to him. Assoonas Mrs. Haynes received the letter she kmew it was a scheme to swindle her husband, and took no further notice of it save to have some friends come around and guard her ; house Thursday night. During the | night some one came te the front door and wrapped on 1st a umber of times, but not being invited in de- parted without making known their El Dorado News: £F. M. Music, of Bates county spent the latter part of last week in the city, on a visit to his farher, E. Music our popular boot and shoe maker. Sun: sixteen Lamar Afissourian: were freely used. Nevada Democrat: We learn this morning Judge Montague closed atrade with Judge Hutton for a piece of ground in the northeast part of townon which to put the stand for the water works, which will, in the near tuture, be built, when Ne- vada will be furnished with an abun- dant supply ot water. Rah for the water works. Warrensburg J.D: he printers and mewspaper men of Southwest Missouri meet in convention at Ap- bats vis Ty ee of irthi s - ss ‘ou! pleton City on ‘Birthington’s wash- pgs ho this scoundrel c . 3 have been may never be known, but day’’—Feb 22nd. } Fah ee ote ia The hinges i it must be put down to the credit of me sai aS a eae sieges Mrs. Haynes that she is too shrewd ~Siaieeata pe seated asian a PT fooled by any such clumsy affair interesting for the boys some- jokes as theone attempted in this body should slaughter a perker or case.— ae | Fert Reno Instead of Oklahoma. Springfiela Express: A_ postal fa Leayenworth ,Kas., Feb. 8.—The card from the Postmaster at Yeak- headquarters of the Department of ley, informs us that Yeakley Chapel the Missour:, at Leavenworth, to- a large house of worship that be- | day received official notice of the longed te the M. B. Church, South j capture of Capt Payne, the Oklaho- about 14 miles west of the city, was ma boomer, south of the Cinamon, Bs | by Lieut Stevens, the party being on totally destroyed by fire on the night | their way to Oklahoma. outfitted of the rst inst, inyolving a loss of ; with ome — wagons. Capt. i Jo i . The origin | Darroll, commanding the troops oe ep ea a | the Oklahoma country. wil! take the = j ‘entire party to Fort Reno.