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Mount Vernon. Gath in New York Tribune- [ was talking with Mr. Donelson Mount Vernon. Said he: The Latest Fish Story- From the Virginia Enterprise, Mav 10. The big fish of Lake Tahoe again made his appearance day betore yesterday. He suddenly rose front of the steamer Governor Stan- | ford and disputed her passage. | | There was quite a tough tussle for | | abour ten minutes when the fish leap- ed upward and snaping off the bow- | in at 2 “There is very little origina! furni- ture of Washington left here. (n the bedroom where he died, oy- verlooking the wide river prospect to the south, is nothing t was there, the bed fand so forth being added. But I would like to get that knocker on the back door. Come and see it!’?, So we went around the house to the back doer and stooped to the massive brass knock- er. It§looked like a. hugh brass handle to a drinking tankard used between Quentin Mastys and Alber It was glossy with handling It seemed sprit, went away with it in its mouth | As the fish 1s making so much trou- | ble the owners of the steamers will | send below for a harpoon to be fired | from acannon, and will try to kill it | Heretotore this fish has only been | boat and drowned four Canadians, since which time he not been } seen till this y j Murer. as St. Peter’s 1ron toe. Le possessed, so wizard was its shine as | an Old Battle-Field on the Plains. t drew our noses rosily in. Donel- From the Fargo Argus. son lifted it and let it pound the Two miles trom Mandan has been blunt challenge it used to give when | found a vast burial ground of some the old General lifted his eyes to nis pre-historic age, which embraces ‘Madame, another | fujly one hundred acres and 1s filled autograph.”’ | with remaingof some giant race. The “Sound it again!’’ said Donelson. | sound has the appearance of long “It’s hand-made. It’s a beauty- | yenches filled with bodies, horses it’s worth more than the key of the Bastille up yonder. When the Bastile was stormed it had just five prisoners in it, and see what a clatter it made! But this knocker (pound- in a high state of civilation. pound-pound!) was a beauty. It} pi, burial ground 1s evidently the meant business. {t kept the old] . one of a grand battle, where thous- man’s head from wool-gathering. | sys of men and horses were slain, Now sce the lock on the door be-| 444 marks the resting place of some hind. Hand-made, as I am a sinner! pre-historic nation. An old Indian It’s a toot by three-quarters, and | on being asked who they were said two inches thick! See! the keyhole] pe knew nothing of them; they is turned upside down. rg Jet SCO} er enwetheard nan. ie why? It was meant to be hung on ———_____—_ ea sone 2 jamb but the stair-way Not the Right Thing. 7 ‘ s From Peck’s Sun. up these pub oft the Binge ropm =<80 Queen Victoria allows none o' they huag it revetsely, and the key- het childéen t her with 3 nele is inverted. Now observe the oe mae cus Spex hinges, a foot long! Hand-made by permission, and it takes the blacksmith! But the screws are modern. Faugh! Give me hand- nade screws, the thread would by the sons of Tubal Cain.’’ dame and said: Yankee after an 1 pottery, etc. material, beautitully and delicately finished, and as light as wood, show- ing the work of a people skilled t cial ren to get an audience with ker as it dees a total stranger. We don’t sce how she can raise a family that way. What would a boy do if he had a stone bruise on his heel and wanted to goto his ma? Or suppose one of the Princes should eat green apples | A Strange Find, Chillicothe Constitution. Four miles south of Mooresyille, in this county, lives Mr, Benjamin Kite, on what has long been known as the old **Mound Farm.’’ This tarm has on it a rocky mound that 1s about seventy-hve feet higher than the surrounding leye:, but the mound is a natural formation has long been a matter of ja double bow knot w2 audience with his mother tog There when a boy wants to see Fi peppermint sling. a whether i or artificia! | Wick, whether she is a Queen or nine spot, and too stand him off for any red tape i dangerous. speculation by local screntists. How- Suppos one of her girls goes out to an ice ever this may be, recent investi tion by Mr. Kite revealed some very | €T€2™ saloon with a tellow, and interesting archzological remains | PTOPeses to her. and is going long concealed there, and it may be right away on a tain, and wants that the mound is rich in such relics. | 2" ee might ce On Friday last Mr. Kite was prepar- the girl has to wait until her turn ing to plant anorchard, and in turn- conics: to see her ma, she ts lia- ing up a stone, eight or ten inches ble to lose her chance ot getting marned. A mother should be | betow the surtace, he had revealed seen three or four times in a large | The pottery is a dark | as | much red tape for one of the child- | and get the colic; he would’t want! ¢ to sit down on the doorstep with his | department of the interior tied up im Bucklen’s Arnica Salve. medical wonder of the i ire Burns | lcers Salt Rheum, Fever | Piles, Chilblains, Corns, | ‘The greatest world. Warranted to speedily cx Bruises, Cuts, U Sores, Cancer-, : Teter, Chapped Hands, and a I skin erup-} tions, guaranteed to cure in every In- stance, or money refuuded. Prine 25 ¢ per box. Forsaleby F. M. Crumly & Co. | 6tt l Millions Given Away. lions of botties of Dr. Aing’s New Mi | Discovery for Consumption, Coughs and Colds, have been given away as Trial | nottles of the large size This enormou outlay would be disastrous to the prop’ etors, were it not tor the rare merits pos- ; sessed by the wonderful medicine. Call | at F. M. Crumly @& Cos, Drug Stora} and get a trial bottle Free, and try you~ j It never fails to cure. Nos self, 'Ely’s Cream Balm, FOR CATARRH AND HAY FEVER. | Unequaled tor cold in the head, deafness | agreeable to use. | A THOROUGH TREATMENT WILL CURE | Cream Balm has gained an enviable | reputation wherever known; displacing | lother preparations. Send tor circu- | lar contajning full information and relia- | ble testimonials. By mail, prepaid, 50} | cents a package—stamps received. Sold} | by all wholesale and retail druggists. t Ery’s CREAM Baim Co. Owego. | Parker's Ginger Tonic |Once Tested Always Preferred. This great remedy has won its way to the highest place in the esteem of the most intelligent people. There are daily recruits to its host ot friends. Its per-! tormance is invaribly Better than its Promise. | It gives tone and pow For complaints ot the kidneys, bowels, stomach, liver and lungs, tor all the subtle troubles of women and for those bodily disorders induced dy 'y, care and mental strain, its effects will surprise and charm you. It is not an essence of ginger. Delicious to the palate, an antidote to the liquor habit, and exceedingly helpful to the aged and feeble. soc and $1 sizes. 25 4t Hiscox & Co, New York. BIS OPINION. Inc earSentences an Authority adds his own to the Popular Judgment. 191 West Tenth Street, } New York, Aug. 18So. } Messrs. SEABURY & JOHNSON: 1 am slow to pin my faith to any new curative agent. Benson’s Capcine Por- ous Plaster has won my good opinion. I find it an exceptionally cleanly plaster to use and rapid in its action. Many tests of its quality in my own family, and among my patients, ha convinced me that there is no other single article so va ua- for popular use, none so. helpful in sof lame back, local rheumatism, i ot the bronchial azo. You may teel tree to use myn Very truly yours, HOKANE, MOD, | the De Quincy sts, N.Y. i The .est Washer We the undersigned having ught and are now using — the | Test WASHER now being in- | |troduced and sold in this coun- | try. unhesitatingly say that it is the best Washing Machine ever offered | to the public, and from a_ personal | knowledge of its merits recommend | it to all our friends and neighbors. |G. W. Cowley, M McFarland, Ma Seevers, Nyhart, to his astonished eyes a smail cop- ready, at all times, te see her chil- i ae . MEESSany? Mey ee a “g: . eo is per kettle, and on turning it up he dren. | Mrs... Harriman, M =H. McCoy, —- — Mrs. R- J. Burgess, Mrs. E. Mills, Geing Back to Savagery. From the London Telegraph. Latayette carried an infant son of was astonished to find a human skull under it, in a good state ot preserva- tion, and closely fitted under the ket- lle. He also found a section of tne { ‘Corn Planter,’’ a Chief of one the wrist, which was petrified and en- | Six Nations, to France, and educa- closed by a broad geld bracelet ; also | ted him in all the accomplishments five or six bells of silver and one of | of a young man of rank. When he gald, and a large number of beads, | returned to America. accompanied seme of glass and some ofsilver, and | by a lady et great beauty and goed which after Mr. Kite had strung family, there was no finer gentleman them made a string of twenty teet inthe New World. Yet within | four-and-twenty hours he was found were found, and were inspected by | in the streets of Boston drunk, wrap- Dr, P. B. Evans, of Mooresville, | pedin a tattered blanket. and sur- who 1s of the opinion that they once | Tounded by a party of his savage belonged to a child eight or ten| countrymen. Next day he deserted years old, To whom these relics be | his French friends, and when Aaron longed is onlya matter of conjecture Burr was traveling from Canada to as-is-also.the.dateot burial, but itis | New York. in 1789, he found the Snown that no Indians have mhabitat- | U"fortunate wife of the irreclarma- (Sdithat section since 1831, the date of ble savage wandering in the weods | long. Some teeth of the upper jaw athe fixst white settlement of this coun- Sty Mr, Kite-hasearetully gathered up the find, and of course prizes them very highly. Ithas not been many years since a portion of the re- mains ot a Mastadon were found in that section ot the country, and some day intelhgent antiquarians may find the sectioniich in relics %@f an @x< tiuct existence. a © James Smith, of West Line, Cass county, was shot and dangerously wounded last week by Henry Jordan a lad ofnineteen. ‘Fhe affray grew outakrenhaths which Smith aa ‘ola: olan St seventy -thret, vas. making: about Jordan’s sweetheart. cruelly maltreated, stmpped of her property, almost naked, and subsist- ing on berries and wild fruit. It has been so, over and over again A young Botocudo boy was brought up by a Brazilian tamiy at Bahia, at- tended the schoois and the univers:- ty, obtained a medical diploma. and | for a time practiced as a physician. | ‘oom, however, he was seized with ah irresisdible longing tor his old life; and within three year after graduating Was roaming about the forest with his tribe. ++ jimmy But- | points Miss CarrieHarden, M Sarah Strein, Miss Maggie Silvers, Mrs. Jusie W eddle Miss Lida Kinney, Mrs. Tom. Davis, Elizabeth E. Shobe, M W. W. Eldridge Mrs, J. M. Wells, J. W. Chambers- Mrs_G. W. Seevers, J. G. Burgess Baptist Minister I would have been glad to have called upon all my patrons ter their mames tothe above but time would not permit. L. R. THompson. Agent. Any party out of employment, or wishing to change tneir business who would like to engage in the intro- duction and sale of the above named Washer might find it to their adyan- tage to call upon the Patentee, who isnow occupying rooms atthe Lindei Hotel, Butler: Mo. 13 3m. F. G. Powers. The southand Southeast ida. Should vou contemplate a trip to NaSh- ville, Chattanooga, Atlanta, Charleston, S. C., Savannah, Ga,; Jacksonville, Florida: or in fact, any point in the South or Southeast, it will be to your interest to examine the advantages over all other. lines offered by the St. Luuis Iron Moun. tan x Southern R’y—“Iron Mountain Route” in the way of fast time, elegant equipment, &c. At presenta Dailv Train is run tf, = = a ee rom Saint Louis Grand Union Depot, attach- ed to which will be tound an elegant Pull- man Palace Sleeping Car, which -uns through to Nashville, Tennessee, where direct connections are made with pcess trains of connecting Lines, mentioned above. This Trai connects at Nashville with the Tatkaoa: Flor ex- for ton," the Fuegian. whom late Ad- mural Fitzroy brought to England | and. educated, was, within a. few | months after histeturnto Ferra del | lego, as complete a savage’ as if he had never worn Kid gloves and pol- | lished beots in London. | ville express, having a Pullman Pali Sisspine Car ot the very finest Caees tached, which runs through to ackson Ville, Florida, without change, For further intormation address | F,CHANDLER, C.B. KINNAN, Gen’l Pass. Ag’t. Ass"t Gen’! Pass. Agent. ott. There is no Doubt _# gue wHaT—— Dry Goods, Clothing and Groceries ~-BOUGHT OF—— Gace UU o GS EE CD HE’ He __A‘'T VIRGINIA “an in Butler. A $6,000 stock as cheap as such goods can be obtained tor as good an assortment as can be found in the country Is guaranteed. Give Him A ‘Trial. ESTABLISHED 1870. “BENNETT & WHEELER .... Successors to C. S$. WHEELER & CO. Hardware, Groceaies, [ron. Steel. Wagon Wood-work, Barb Fence Wire, Bulk Seeds, and “FARM MACHINERY postorrics We cordially invite the public to calland examine our goods and prices and see for themselves that we keep none but the best = - BUTLER, MO Northwest Cor. Square J.M. PATTY. Is now receiving and will continue to receive a tull line of Groceries and Queensware, and wil! compete in Prices and Quality of Goods, in the city. with any PUBLI SQUARE. BUTLER, MO. scORE ON SOUTH sDk_- SE ASONABLE GOODS MINNEAPOLIS TWINE BINDERS BUCKEYE CULFIVATORS, GONS, WACONS. MOWERS, eee REAPERS AND A} RACINE SPRINC tu t and ‘ine of TroPr BUGGIES, AT kh. R. DEACON’ HARDWARE DEALE:, BUTLER, MISSOURI, —__——— eee Administrator's Notice. Trustee’s Sale. Notice is hereby given, that letters of Administration upon the estate of G. B. Sharp deceased, have been granted to the undersigned, by the Bates county Pro bate court, in Bates county Mo., bearing | date the 25th day of April 1883. All per- sons having claims against said estate are required to exhibit them to her tor allowance, within one year from the date | of said letters, or they may be precluded | from any benefit,ot such estate; and it said claims be not exhibited within two! years from date of the publication of this notice, they will be forever barred. A. A. SHARP Administratrix. Whereas,J. F. Cunnigham aud Emma trustexecuted on the first day ot May office of Bates county, Missouri, on the first day of May, 1882, in book No. 23, at page 499, conveyed to the undersigned trustee, to secure the payment of a cer- tain note fully described in said deed ot trust, the following described real estate, in Bates county, Missouri, viz: the south section twenty-three (23) township forty (40) ot range twenty-nine, (29) contain- | ing torty acres, more or less, and whereas, said note is past due and unpaid. Now, theretore. in pursuance of the |terms and conditions in said deed of | trust fully set forth, and at the request of the legal holder of said note, take notice | that I will on Stray Notice. Taken up as astray by J. F. Hill, ot; Deepwater township, Bates counts and posted betore the undersigned Wednesday, June 6th, 1883. be. Cunningham, his wife by their deed ot | 1882, and duly recorded, in the recorders | east quarter of the South west quarter of | WOOL WANTED! —! WILL PAY THE TOP OF THE MARKET Wool that is Offered *-And don’t vou never doubt it.’ LOUIS HOFFMAN ON All The Street, - BUTLER, Mo Lyons & Nolt (North Main St Two Doors South of The GROCERIES ——AND— | | | | | | | { }QUEENSWARE BUTLER, MO. no tt INE IN ACH SPRAGUE & HUNTER AGENTS, | BUTTLER: - MISSOURI } 7 j j on receipt of ten cents to pay for ing and postage: also enclose a co: tial Agents wanted. Add Co, 46 Summer Street, Boston, tice of the peace one dark sorrel four years old about fifteen and hands high, right hind toot white, | in the tace, knot on letthind leg cu left fore leg no other marks or brands percievable and appraised at $55,00 by Al Siayback, |. V- Snodgrass and |. L. Snedgrass, April 24th, 1883. 22 4t-% Wim. SNopGRass- = ‘: FREE! CARDS AND CHROMOs. | We will sendffree by mail a sam large German, French and A bromo Cards, on tinted nt designs, on receipt ot a st. ize. We will also send samples, ten of our beau Uhromos, | ot our targe oil c price list G } Butle } on April 29. 1883, and posted before | said township, one sorrel mare, 4 years | at the court house door in the City of Sates county, Missouri’ and be- tween the hours ot g o'clock in the fore-; noen and 5 o'clock in the atternoon of that d expose to sa:e all the right, title and interest ofthe said J.F.Cunningham and his wife, Emma, ot in and te the above described real estate, tor cash in hand to pay said note, interest and costs Cc. ©. Duxe, Trustee. Stray Notice. as a stray by M. L. Worfe, ot | ownship Bates county Mo. } the | in Electric Appliances are sent on 30 Days’ Trial TO MEM ONLY, YOUNG OR Oud, are from Nsxvovs Loser Veraustr, ov Bexve Fouck 1 ‘Vicow, WasTiee Weakwmenes, and ail those Giseans ofa PaEsoxal ae resulting from Ornre Caves. iy relief and complete ree Fation of HeasTE. Vicon and MaxwooD GT s&s: undersigned, a Justice of the Peace old and 14 1-2 hands high. No marks or! brands perceivable. Appraised at $35,00 by D. W. Simpson, W. F. Hanksand R. J. Starke. 25-3t- N, B. Megex, J.P. j