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sei mNS MONRO abi Si Circuit court convened Monday. The public schools of the city close Friday. The City Council meets in lar session to-morrow night. regu- Farmers, don’t let your dogs {ol- } low yau to town. Its dangerous for the dogs. Until further ordered by subscrib- ets the Times heretofore going to Marvel will be sent to Virgimia. An old lady of foreign birth was onthe streets Friday with a mad stone tor which she refused $1,000. | during the month of May, near his | premises in Shawnee township. We speak whereof we know when j !we say that Mr. T. W. Childs has ' the nicest little screen door locks in | —A. T. Holcomb, arrived from Ohno last Friday —J. C. Shelton, of New Home. complimented the Tints substantial- ly, last Saturday. —Hon, John B. Newnerry, of | town. Butler warts, and must have | St. Louis & Emporia railroad. | That it 1s going to be built, we have {no doubt. Courtney & Williams, shiped 300 hundred head of fine sheep te St. Louis, Monday. Their average weight was 122 pounds. the ; | Deepwater township, gave the Times ; a very pleasant visit, yesterday. —Miss Nellie Morrison. who has been attending college at Fayette, during the past five months. return- ed home Saturday. —C. W. Glorious, of the firm ot Wright, Glorious & Williams, 1s in St. Louis, buying hardware and gro- ceries tor the house. —Miss Olie Hundly. Joseph, is visiting Mrs. Ww. H. Wal- ot St. Indian Dance Grounds, LOCAL ITEMS. | Baxter Walton, killed six wolves Persona). i. THE NEW DISCOVERY. row nonce wen wt BUtler, Saturday June 9th A GREAT HEALTH RESORT. In company with several gentle- | men Sunday last a representative of ! the booming Tiss had the pleasure | of visiting tho newly discovered Med- | ical Springs, locatad on the farm of | Mr. Frank Harcourt, about five! mules south of this city, and about the same distance trom Rich Hill, on| the Butler and Rich Hill road. | These Springs were purchased con-| ditionally a few days ago by Dr. D. | D. Wood and D. G. Newsom, and | Mighty mammoth monarch of «il Amusements Organizations Panoplied in S. H. BARRETT & C0'S NEW UNTITED MONSTER - Annual meeting of the board of eng i ._ | there is not the least doubt but that : ape coh as ton, in this city. She will remain sade ei lig CITCUS | trustees of Butler Academy in the ee the Springs are all and a thousand a Saturday. ut leave your dogs at} academy building, Friday June _J. T. Bosley £. EO aed times more than they claim for home. The Marshal carries a shot 1<th P.M By ont £ Se epee Cee oware’| them ae 5th. at4 P.M. yore! © township’s reliable and successful This Tdi £ Mi s g eves Sites E. Pyie, Pres. | tarmers, and a patron of the Times, ns cluster of Mineral Springs Mr. Wemott, of the New York gave us a pleasant call Friday. come: ent or the base ofa till some The Grange Store Corporation, is three hundred feet high. The water Oriental Circus, Egyptian Caravan and Universal meat market, purchased last week S a —W. J. Graves, Marshal of contemplating the erection of a fine z i is very cool and has r ineral z 23 head of yery fine young steers : Es Spra Z i ¥ pee beeen i ivi oa brick building on their lot on the Sprague, and his brother John taste the iron and sulpher being very Exposition of Living Wonders. for slaughter. A representative of the Timxs re- turns thanks to Mr. L. G. Haggard, for an enjoyable ride behind his fine blooded $500 team. Gus Wyard,has purchased a stock of trunks, and hereafter will keep a good assortment im that line of goods. The Rich Hill Coal Company has mandamused the county court in the matter of the assessed valuation of the Coal Company’s property being raised by the Board of Equal. ization at its meeting in March. The Presbyterian people held floral services in their church Sun- day. The room was very elabor- ately decorated with flowers and evergreens, presenting to view a beautiful appearance. J. T. Smith, and T. J. Smith, were appointed by Judge Gantt, to defend Sarah Hollingsworth upon the charge of potsening her child. The plea will be insanity, we pre- sume, Our triends of the Repudlécan have southeast corner of the square. Work will probably commence on the struc- ture in a few weeks, Dr. Christy had a very fine horse colt to die the other day. The colt was supposed to have been bitten hy a rabid dog, as it died with every symptom of hydrophobia. He had been offered sixty-five doliars for it only a day or two before. Hon. Abram S. Cummingo, of Kansas City; E. J. Smith, of Seda- lia; E. J. Shurlock, of Wyandott, Kansas; A. T. Holcomb, of Ohio, and R. T. Railey of Harrisonville, are among the prominent attorneys present at our circuit court. Annual meeting ot the stockhol- ders of the Butler Academy at the academy building Friday June 15th. 2. P. M. All stock holders are ex- pected to be present. By order of Boarp or Trusrees. A number of cattle in and near Rutlei have lately died from the fects of what 1s pronounced to be hy- draphobia; also several dogs which e supposed to be rabid have been killed. et- In consequence of this May- Graves, were among the welcome callers on the Times last Friday. --W. E. ‘lucker, denitist, will be absent from town from the 12th to the 16th of this month, attending the State Sunday School corvention, at Neosho, Mo. —G. M. Mc Gill of the Rich Hill Enterprise, was in the city yester- day attending to some business in the circuit court, and gave the Times a friendly visit. —Miss Orah Maiors, ot Windsor, 1s visiting her cousin Mrs. A. F. Wyard. A very pleasant party was given in her honor at Mr. Wyard’s residence last Thursday evening. —J. S. Woodfin, of Walnut town- ship Mrs. Woodfin, Mrs. T. H. Til- son of NewHome and Miss Lou Mc- Clintock, complimented the Torres with a brief visit last week. —J. P. Edwards, will leave about the 25th, inst for Santa Fee, New Mexico. to attend that ancient city’s three hundred and thirty-third anni- y. He expects to meet many friends on that versa of his old western occasion. —J.S. Mills, toreman of Western Exterpr7se. published at the perceptable.Dr. Wood andMr. New- some have sent the water off toa competent chemists to be anilized, and as soon as practicable will make such improvements abcut the greunds as are required for the accommoda- of visitors and others who wish to at- tend these springs for health or pleas- ure. Nature has certainly done her part of the work, for it is one ot the most picturesque places we have seen in many aday. There 1s some five or six springs close together the water from no two of which has _ the same taste. The springs are sur- rounded by high bluffs. the rocks ot which being covered with a verfect mat ot beautitul moss and fern. We learn from parties who had talked to old settlers of fitty years ago, that the place used to ,be an old Indian camping ground, that the place where the Indian dance took place was still fresh in the memory of several of the oldest settlers in the neighborhood. There can be no doubt about the Indians being there, for the ground is cover- ed with heads carved from flint. A visit to these springs will certain- | =o Pp ly pay any one whether visitors go for arrow and| => Large Positively coming and will exhibit in all its vast entirety. (lane — Combined! Mammoth Double Horned Rhinoceros! <A herd of Giraffes! Full Grown Os- triches! Polar and Grizzly Bears! Sea Lions and Sea Leo- pards! Birds, Reptiles, Amphibia! A Museum of wonders A Veritable Noah’s Ark! Nothing Like it on Earth! Belitdeing al! other exhibitions into Dwarf-Like Insigmificance. BIGGEST & BEST CIRCUS oN toe CORGANIZED). Herds of Elephants! Menageries THE been frequently complimented of late eon E s or Brown, on last Friday. issued a| Rich Hill, was in the city Tuesday nes pene ; E “3 5 Z Mee er tiead © las “ a : z Zs i health or pleasure. We shall have ( ) bet ee Beaver GEG STS Bo proclamation that all dogs not muz- | attending circuit courtas a witness Perel oars ati rena “A 100 EM PL Y. i NG OVER 100 | eet yy oe oa pee EGR: zled or restrained should be shot by | and gave usacall. Jep. is one of ‘és Bice pass i fonIBE : H politeness of the the editor or the Gis Nees - ee ihe hous Soe Gee a oe p tnese SBHne er pul son tie Be Champion Performers, Lead by the Great, the Only Becuty of the local the City Marshal. Farmers coming | the boys in every oes ¢.} suffice itto say that Bates county | { ok, of town will do well to take notice} and a better printer never struck Ril eter the metane. ap tobeoll Be RB Ie 2 % i | W.J. Allison, and Miss N. J. | to the above and leave their dogs at} anv ae 2 Sol in the morning and sitting in the Nis. RYU 1 Bs | | Allison, both of Princton, Kansas, | home as we understand the order will —S- W- Price, is agate ee: evening become as noted for ner | | were married by his honor Judge | be strictly enforced. pela ele the neds te. and] ineral springs and health resorts as The premier ot the arena j ae bas eames Sse gave the Times a visit and a renew- Ris ee ys 5 iene ' i Hawkins, on May 3rtst. The cou M. Golden, the old man arrested | a]. Mr. Price 1s one of the very best she is for her vast coal fields and Miss Ennna Lane, the greatest living horsewoman on carthe Mr. Chas. ple appeared to be about fifty years eee magnificent land. Ewers, the i and six horse ride The Reno Bros., the marvelous old, and spoke not a word of happi- Ress or sorrow. Fred Dorn,the old rehable pion- eer barber of Butler, has now tour chairs in operation in his shop. The Prominent feature aboyt Fred Dorn’s business is the fact that he keeps and placed in the Butler jail last week tor horse stealing in Camden county, was turned over to au officer ot that county Friday. Golden was captured at the house of Mr. L. Por- ter three miles south of Sprague, by Mr W. J. Graves, constable and Marshal of Sprague, who received men in the county and has been a constant reader of the ‘l'tmEs_ ever since it started. We welcome such men alwavs. —Mr. W. S Sevier, who recently moved from Henry ceunty and buught a fine farm near this city and anold time triend ef ye lecal call- Mad Dogs. During the past week or ten days several of our eitizens have lost val- uable anima!s, trom the effect of hydrophobia. Among whom is Mr. Wemett, T. W. Childs and Dr. Chnsty. Mr. Childs lost two valuable triple bar pe Miss Jennie Ewers. 12 her charming equestriennc science entitled. the Inide of Abydos. Idaletta and Wallace, aerial bicyc- lists of the ninetcenth century, whose wonderful performances on the in- visible wire 60 feet in the holds thousands of people in breathless awe. The Leotard Brothers nowledged the greatest acrobats of the age. Mr. Frank Fitz Wilhams, the great irish athlete, in the Samsonion feats. overs. tone but first-class barbers in his | $50,00 reward tor his services. The | ed Monday and had his name en-|milch cows within a few days of employ. Asaresult he 1s always | chances of a criminal are very few | rolled for the booming Times. He]each other, one was a cow which ‘ crowded with customers. when Graves gets on their track | 1s a tip-top fellow and a good farm- | cost him seventy-five dollars and was | The Post-effice at Marvel in Wal- nut township, was discontinued last Monday week. We are informed that all mail addressed to Marvel will be stopped at Virginia till turther Notice. The people of Marvel and Vicinity are not disposed, however, to be dispossessed ot their post-oftice Without an ettort to reclaim it. W. C. Horn, town a few miles, residing east of met with a very once. Rube Walton came up from Ver- non county, last week, and is now in the city taking a short rest. It is commonly know among citizens of the county, that the Walton Bros. are about the largest stock dealers ; ‘in the country and always success- ful in their business. They have on hand upward of joo head of beef cattle that are valued atabout now er. Sumner Holcomb, McGinnis and Louder, were brought over from Clinten, Monday. DeLand’s Chemical Baking Pow- der is a strictly pure Powder. It is | made from Grape Cream Tartar and Bi Carb. Soda only. They manu- ! facture their Soda expressly fer it, and as it is put together on chemical principles, we claim that it has no an extra milch cow. © Dr. Christy’s loss was a fine horse colt, and only a day or two betore it died had been ottered and refused, sixty-five dollars | tor it. The animals thus lost trom the effect of hydrophobia were worth more than ali the dogs in the country. The matter became so | alarming that the Mayor tor the sake of protecting both the lite and prop- erty of our} cop’e deemedit necessa- | rv to issue « proclamation ordeting , Setious accident at Kansas City SS. Sa | equal onthe market. Try it! Test the Marshal to sheot . = 28 | last week. He was there im atten- mesa ded Sif Sa° Bates ee jit and you will use no other. chained == ee a ae) dance on the district conferance ot ea aes — issuing of the proclamati Mar- the M.E. Church South, and was Ui EH A Ween EE The North Methodist people ate | shal and his assistants have been | } fj Stopping at the private residence of a friend. Mr. Horn was in the act of going down stairs. and bearing too heavily upon a lame foot, was Precipitated from the top of the stair- Way to the bottom, resulting in the breaking of his wrist. They contemplate selling in July, and judging from the estimate placed on theit stock their sales for year will go about $5=.000. this The Trves man was shown a Iet- ter Saturday by Sheriff Hanks, from happy again. A new Minister has | been sent them frem the Ohio Con- ference, in the person of Rev. B. A. | Disney. Rev. Disney, preached his first sermon Sunday last, and we | hear many compliments upon the | same. busy shooting every dog which made | his appearances, on streets. | There is no doubt but that there ts) some of those mad dogs now run- + ning atlarge and it will be well for} our farmers to keep a sharp iook | out and kill eyery strange dog they | get their eye on. There 1s no doubt } died inj our 20 and Gevu. 20 Laad by the great and only John F. Whitby, champions of the word. uigley. James Kincade, cen 10 headed by the Kmg the Supermtendent of the St. Joe | EG bs hi ante oS about the animals which Laugh aiken, “Fred ‘Aymar.”’ the Shadespearean jester, Joel S. David- County Clerk Starke, has been | Asylum, stating that Wm. Cham-| The ladies of town are preparing | this city being bit by mad dogs, = | son the English knockabout Pantomimist, Albert Gaston. P making 5 ded i q ts | bers, confined in the Asylum at that | ¢ icnic on Friday afternoon, at| trom the best evidence we can U .' oe of Australian Maoris! Arabs, Zulus. Indians, and the Pecv- H | gg pal age . poe get the dogs which did the biting é Pp “ ee ks snake world | @ his office. New paper adorns place trom Bates county, escaped on | the crove where the decoration ser- = en abwe ! liar People from every clime i gh “4 e j the walls, and a new carpet on the May 31. The letter read further! \i-ec were observed. We are re-! ‘ ~ Ree 5 BANDS OF MU SIC a | floor makes : S ing . | that Chambers was very insane, and | ¢ that the ladies will | The Latest. : 4 makes a corresponding arrange j Sheriff hi aacee eo Ss Barbers in Butler, are noted t l illuminated with Electric chandeliers. A free strec | Ment that i it i , | Suggested that the Sheriff warn his | key’son Ft. Scott st.| Some Ba s + ed A city ot panhons illuminate 2 : meee: : a1 i that is as durable as it is tasty S | meet at Mrs. Dickey for blowing the beard and hanr oft in parade. Golden chariots, triumphal cars, cavaliers. demoiselles, ae : : = anc and neat. There are few public neighbors and friends of his escape. | with lunch baskets well filled. The blooded horses, ponies, z : 3éthe boys all say! pec elep am riches, giraffes. E A ; It will be remembered that Cham- paper’s and “the boys ail say yes, elephants, camels, ostric Bt grass exposition, will be i | officials who adhere as closely to gentleman, we are told, will not put } the : . -S eetead oh ‘ eS : z = j . ss : mies sis 4 raad allegorical display. clipsing a mare i i 2 a6 | duty and the best interests of the | bers was brought from Eureka! ae their appearance on the ground | so.”’ but Fred pore wie ens on the morning of the day of exhibition. This grand and sence } People as Mr. Starke, and his | Springs to this city during the latter | 1 6 o’clock. just in time for some- shave and cut the hair of wi spectacle is over three miles in lenght, and the steam ae pa ue rer * Tecord so far made will attest his} Part of the winter, and sent from thing too eat. After supper there | keenest tools. ee ae (not outside. ar Remenee it 1s tree to all<gga Excursion son . PS e : es 2 = = r = a5 -so. ‘They take the pre-: e exhibit at fi < eHiciency as a man of business. The | here to the Asylum. His home is} \i1) be an excursion to Mr. Wemott’s | bovs) all say so P roads. Will ger THURSDAY JUNE 7th. ‘ bs z 4 : air cutting and shaving. Public needs no better evidence. ‘in the southwest part of the county. | gy. miles nortneast of the the city, | mium for hair cutting 4 S *