The Butler Weekly Times Newspaper, March 21, 1883, Page 3

rime Table ” LExINGTON & Sournern Brancn. Trains leave Butler daily as follows: GOING NORTH. Texas Express (daily) -- Si25 Am e ‘ Cxpress 50P.M. +9330 A.M exas Express gito pa! ‘ia =, 40 A.M. } jer Freight -9:30 A.M. . Agent. Secret Societies. | your readers | agoa party of Missouri officials, ac- | Something in this way: | companied by a couple ot Nashyilie “4¥ had been opened threugh « MASONIC. Butler Lodge, No. 254, meets the first Saturday in eac h month. Miami Chapter Royal Arch Masons, No. 76, meets sec ond Thursday in each } 4 } Bagley Commandery Knights Templar sneets the first Tuesday in each month. 1,0. O. FELLOWS. | Bates Lodge No. 180 meets every Mon- | éay night. E Butler Encampment No. 76 meets the | and and ath Wednesdays in each month | } { { acific BR. R./ | A quick consumption has settled up- i jon him, and in a tew days at i that committed | older brother, Wood, wh. wasafter- j mere boy—he **Poor Clarence Hite.”’ [Courier-journal, j =* I teel a touch of to its truth. pity for poor eS ———— Clarence Hite, recently pardoned by ! What the Lord Couldnt Do. Governor Crittenden of Missouri, and Here is and old anecdote, very fa- ent home to die. His cennection | Miliar many years ago, and old | with the James gang, and for which ¢nough to be new to many of this he was sentenced to twenty-five years | S¢neratien, which mm the Tha ksgiying night Was a regular Missouri penitentiary, has stand-by. Ne | possibly passed out of the auinds of | gathering about the fire ever separat- | titties exe ca year | ¢d without its being told. It ran A new rail- detectives, crossed over the Tennes- | bleak and unsettled section of coun- Ky., | try, and had been in operation only see line into Logan county about eleven miles fram Russelville, | 4 short time when a heavy snow be- | and, finding Clarence at nis father’s | 84" fallmg and soon completely heme, placed him in irons, took him | blockaded the road, stepping the te Kansas City, tightened him into train with its single passenger car a confession and had him sentenced, | far frem any place of habitation. as aboye stated, before his friends| There were a dozen or mere travel- could make # move ior his release. | ¢fS; but as tae prospect of reliet with- in a tew hours was good they | taking the unpleasant situation calm he will pass out of the shadows. af Among them was a tal’, That he was a member of the band | '4¥-Preacher, whose countenance the Wiustom traia| 2° chiefly remarkable for a preter- robbery cannot be demed, but it was naturally large mouth. Soon after his firstoffense, Importuned by his the train came standstill he e arose at the forward end ot the car, and with his blandest smniles began: most lanl, to a ward killed in Missouri, and invited professional by Jesse James, his cousin, to join ‘Now, brethren and sisters, we’ve got to stay here shut up together for +n heur or let us make the best of it. I say brethren and sisters—ain’t that su? consent. A have been more than 19—moved on by the talse the band, he gave _ his couldn’t twe, so will explain to the detectives those mysterious disappearances. I charge er Keifer’s career seem to indicat = them nothing for it, and will tes ity | that he is semething more than a were | and spurred. Weak in face and body and mind, there was nothing heroic about him. He soon tired ot the false pleasures ot the chage and returned to his home, determined, as I fully believe, to lead an honest hfe, when he was kidnaped as I have described. It would have been sim- ple justice to have pardoned him even betore the Great Judge had or- dered a commutation tor the sent- CASH HOUSE ence. There isn’t a cosier home in all of southern Kentucky than was the old Bite place, near Adairville. Back from the main read about a mile and a half, it rested, with « clump of cedars for a background, tramed by 300 of the finest acres of land in the county, This “was the Kentucky rendezvous of the royal James rob- bers, It served that purpose ever since the war until a few months be- fore Jesse James’ death. The Jameses, Liddle, Cummings and ethers ot the gang rested there cure from the othcers. No stranger could come within ten miles of the place that switt messengers didn’t on | cy the alarm. They were neve. surprised, and time and again the z officcrs traversed the narrow lane, Saturday, Feb. a] Oth ane searched the quiet tarm house ey only to find :t still and deserte 1. A year ago this April the Conrier Fournaldescriped this rendezvous & to the extent of five columns. I be- March 15, to sell their lieve that Mr. [ite and his sensitive ; tamily ask you to hand them over $75.000 fora few statements con- tained theremrn. At the risk ef two more libel suits ll furnish what 1 Startling announce- se- ment. <A.S. Martin will commence and) continue = until stock } of Dry-goods, Carpets, Notions & heheve you newspaper people call « *acoop.’’ {t's authentic, has never ° betore been in priat, and will make { “VW \ . ‘ Milhner V Gx ods at ““Yankee’’ Bligh and a dezen other detectives who didn’t catch the net cost for eash it James boys, tear their hair. Here’s your story: do what yougplease with jit: that edge of a dense stretch of timber land that leads away to the north is well known we always per nessee line a half mile off. Situated in the deepest part of this wood, and what we advertise. & neariy due southwest from the house is acave. Nature has done the cen- cealing, and it coulden’t be found by search warrant unless the bearer had been there before. It is large enough to hold an army, and durnag the visits of the James gang te that section of the state, was always com- fertably furnished with clothing and i food. Repeatedly the officers sur- rounded old man H:te’s Bouse, an as often as they closed ee it they you willdo wellto call early; = your friend, A.S. Martin. promise of the wild life that seemed + {to offer him a new world of ease and We are all Christians, ain’t we? Ot wealth and adventure, this poor [| C@UtSe We are. Now less have a iit- country tad, rough and uncouth, | le experience meeting here, Why drifted away trom honest work, trom | 90t? We all love the Lord, don’t the simple teachings of the farm, and we? Of course we do? Well, less became a knight of the road, booted | ‘#/k about Him a little. To begin with, we all believe theie is nothing the Lord couldn’t do if he wanted to —we all beleve that den’t we?’’ At this point a green loeking coun- tryman, who had been watching the smiling speaker with close interest. startled him by saying: ‘*Waal. now, I dunne ’beut that. know one thing the couldn’t de.’ Oh? do you?’’ exclaimed the preacher with great delight. ‘Do you, indeed! Well. let's hear it. Speak up loua, and let us hear what it is the Lord couldn’t do?’’ Waal, Lord I think 1} One Thousand The concluding exploits os Speak- 1 : ; foot. The appointment of his ne- phew to a sinecure pesition as steno- grapher of the house duriig the va- cation period when there is ne worl for a stenographer te do, is not | fool’s act. No man is foo to be blind ta the enoug! scandalous inde cency ot this appointment, which ha» | no other purpose in wiew but th. | payment of public money te a ma: | who has not done and will nét_ do » | stroke of work to earn the salary he jdraws. It is a very comfortabh | berth to get asalarv ot about $417 per month foreight menths of un- broken idleness, and nothing but ; shameless contempt for public opin ion could have persuaded Keifer t so flagrantan abuse of powe: for the benefit of his relative. We | have been inclined to look on him as weak man led into error by th deeper and more rascally schemer- whe had helped him into the chai a dheld him in their power. N such explanation will cover the cas In question, however, or excuse th remarkable tirade which he directe against the newspaper correspond | ents because they had seen fit t protest against his unwarranted packing of their gallery withacrow: of visitors whu rendered the prope performance of their work almos impossible. Keifer seems to thin} | thathe can defy public sentiment with impunity, because of the overwhelm mg Republican majority thrown in- to his district by the Ohio gerryman- der, but greater men by far than hk however, have found that a grave mistake, and it may he Keifer wil! find at the next election that ne ma- jority 1s absolutely secure, ne mat- ter how big 1t may be. FREETO ALL. his Bottles of Marsh's Golden Balsam te be Given away. Every persen in Butler, or Bates coun- tv, whe is suffering wit (onsumptien, Weak Lungs, Bronchitis, a Cough or ‘old, Sore Throat, Hoarseness, Croup \ hooping Cough, Asthma, or any dis- The Hite home is situated at the | form fork of Red river and over the Ten- | said the countryman, with great de- | ease of the Throat or Lungs, can ebtain liberation, ‘‘He couldn’t ha’ made | 2 trial bettie et Marsh's Golden Balsam, your mouth any bigger onless he'd the great ¢ ough remedy, free ot charge, ‘aa’ sot yeur ears back!’’ Thatend- by catling at J. H, Hitshew & | 0's, drug store, north side square, Butler, Mo. Persons who haye t ied this valuable medicine can procure the large bettles at 50cents and $1, Thousands of bottles have been given away to prove its extra- erdinary merit. Two doses will benefit. For all Blood disorders and Liver com- Piaints use Marsh’s Golden Blood and Liver Tonic. It purifies the blood, in- vigeratesthe Liver, Stomach and Bowels regulates the Kidneys and strengthens the system. Sample bottle free. Actions that show best im other | March ist, 1-m. eyes than our own, are the best orn mee ed the conference meeting.—Ex. Saactum-enieus Levity. Many hold the ladder of virtue for others to climb. Many use religion as the varnish co their characters. The only thing that can beat a good wife, is a bad husband. Free of Charge. All persons suffering from Coughs, ‘olds, Asthma, Bronchitis. loss of voice, The unsuccessful men are the clay | or any affection of the throat and lungs, ae eat th “ters are requested to call at F. M. Crumley & Sees be ae Ee Co’s, Drug Store and get a trial bott!e ot Dr. King’s New Discovery for con- sumption, free of charge, which will con- vince them of its wondertul merits anc show what a regular dollar size bottle willdo Call ecrly. No. 3 Whena mantries to climb high- zr than his ladder reaches, he falls. Sugar-coat a fool with money, and the world’s people will swallow him. Life is a dream, but too many fast horses fill the dream with night- mares. Did you ever notice 2 poor chap If you wish to appreciate the ge- hat stands in the first picture ef the aius of Shakespeare ‘‘put yourself in almanac, with the fish and sheep and icc Stace ** scorpions and bulls and twins, etc., ee around him? Did you ever notice that he was naked and had_ nothing mm his stomach? Well that peor fellow used to edit a paper. Hearts that overflew with kind- ness are often hearts that do not waste much ot that commodity. Be sure you embark on the right train, for there are ne return trains Bucklen’s Arnica Salve. E ee croad The greatest medical wonder of the an Een + Fene- world. Warranted to speedily cure Burns Bruises, Cuts, Ulcers Salt Rheum, Fever Sores, ‘ ancer , Piles, Chilblains, Corns, the telephone wire between the head | Teter, Chapped Hands, and ail skin erup- tions, guaranteed to cure tm every in- and heert. 3 stance, or money retuuded. Prine 25 cts Mer who lay eut walks for others} per box. Forsale by F. M. Crumly & Co. te walk upon, themselves often take fist diese vis oe to the gutters. Thousands Since paper racing shells were in- Mre.T. W- Atkine, Girard. Kaness., ' vented there has been a general ten-| writes: ‘‘I never hesitate to recommend your Electric Bitters to my customers, | dency te row collegiate races om Pe they give entire satistaction and are rapid per. Nowadays ittakes mere ink | cellers.” Electric Bitters ae the praest a _. | and best medicine known aad will posi- than st does water fer Yale and Har- | 10. + cure Kidney and Liver complaints vard te pull through. —fHartford } Purity the blood and regulate the bowels. No fami y can afford te be withdbt them. They willsave hundre « of dollars in j Pest. } = doctor bills every ear. Sold at filtv cts { Befere fitty years France will, at a bottle by F.M.Crumly & Co. 3 | her present rate of increase ef pepu- 23 ,laties, have sunk to the bottom, at Final Scttlemeat Notice. } least of tne great pewers. Conscience is the central station on Notice is hereby given that the under- signed guardian ot the estate ot Winfield The inspector of milk in Harttord, see THE NONPAREIL SALOON J... HOUGH, Prep. OPPOISTE OPERA NOOSE. BATES CCUNTY | eel Bank. | be BUTLER, MO. ORGANIZED UN 1871, The handsomest room and furniture Capital paid in, - - $75.00. Surplus - - - in the city and the finest liquors and wines in the market. Free Luuch Erery Night - $20.000 | — maa — uwarge Vault, B urglar-Proof Safe with Time Lock. | We are prepared to doa generai bank- ing business. Good paper always in demand. Buy and sell exchange, receive deposits Nc., &c. DIRE ! Pe, | DEALER IN ee Cheney, 4.C. Clark,} | BPURNITUR . Ir. Elliot Pyle fion. J B. Newberry | BB. 4 : = En 2. Py Henry. I.N. Mains, ye COAG dr. J. Everingham, J.P. Edwards, i OT all aLytes and prices, {. J. Ryan, W. J. Bard, ; Good Asecse Alwiys 01 Daag Or.D.D. Wood, J. M. Patty, COFFIN i eo. W. Miers, F.J.Ts OFFICERS. Coleman Smith. | reat Maude Orders utter night «+ - d turnished on ort notice be lett at FL OK 8? stabin ron Sum. Bather, Me 3 CHENEY - - President-| -- = - i C! RK - - - - Vice P esidert. . TARR: © 1. EYGARD — = = Caghier-| 1; RIDGEFORKD & HUPP, Ornumen:al ‘House . --AND— SUTLER NATIONAL 1— IN— Sion Painters PECIALTY JON DUFF PRACILICAL Wacthmaker & Engraver, BUTLER, - MISSOURI. Pape:-Hanging, Decora ign and Buggy Work a Opera House Brock, BUTLER, MO. Authorized Capit ol] $200.000 50,000 1,000 Cash; Capital surplus Fund *“OOKER POWELL,.......- President ¢.W. CHILDS,. ce President. we. E. WALTON, w+see+Cashier. GC. DUKE: +. Aw’t Cashier DIRECTORS SETH THOMAS’ CLOCKS Or. T. C. Boulware, %, D. ‘iams. fudge J. H. Sullens, A. L, McBride, J, H, Dutenes ¥rank Voris, Booker Powell, Green W. Walton, Dr. N, L, Whipple, T, W, Childs, A, H, Humpl rey, Wo, EF, Walton, Fitation that enuses the cough. 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Chat smart men average $5 00 to $3 oc per day profit, selling the ‘‘Vocket Man The most marvellous little vol- issued. Needed endorsed and purchased by all classes. Nothing in the »00k line ever to equal it. Will prove it. Complete sample and outfit soc. or fullparticulars for stamp. Don’t start ut again until you learn what is said of this book, and what others are doing, John Burns, Publisher, 717 Olive Street. St. Louis SS ual.” ume ever He, A. invorite preacription of ene of most neted and successful 5 iste in the Phew reired. forthe cure of Wereeee Leet Manhood. Weakness a4 Decay, in plain wenl-d envelope free. Drvags T. 1. MILLER Co., Masupens 4p Lurontzns 8 HEREFORD CATTLE COTSWOLD SHEEP | Serr BERKSHIRE SWIN TERBURY Bzeomss. Wit Co. ILursemh Oose B. ¥. Avery & Bons, Nervous Exhaustion, STANDARD POCKET CUTLERY, i Eadies’ Balesova and i cena ‘found tke birds had flown. The ' { warning came night or day (and it! Conn., recently found seven samples inever missed fire), and by a_ of milk out of thirty-five aduiterated } i 4 s is iw 4 i ik ari hol at the court house in ! { miuutes’ walk Jamesand his pals | with water or skim milk. | souri, to be holden at the os = - i th : = } Butler in said county fon the 14th day of ; ' were ensconced in their underground Geniry county pays the teachers in | May A. D. 1883. { | retreat owt of harm's way. This ys public schools over $20,000. H. R. Price, guardian. { Make of ayes of | Scott Wadley make final | settlement of counts with said es- | Ss T E BK L Pp E N Ss. H Premature i tate as such guardian atthe Way term | We show eutof Petent Adjustabic Quill Action Reserve Foe / ot the Probate court of Bates county, Mis- | “The Aeme,” ent 15 at