The Butler Weekly Times Newspaper, July 11, 1883, Page 4

1 i Ht i | min 1p i | cere ee TS TT I ETL LT BUTLER WEEKLY TIMES thas. T. Meck arland, SuiTux avp PROPRIETOR, PERMS OF SUFSCRIPTION: WeeLy Tues, published every d will be sent to any ¢daress aid, tor $1.25. postage BUTLER MISSOURI. EDNESDAY, JULY 11, ee THE LATEST. On Monday brought to this side the riv work. The final survey of the route i yg made by Mr. Tzxylor, an en- 1353. 150 teams were rto begin gineer from Fort Scott. This is good news and strengthens faith in the speedy completion of the road to | lace and thence to Odessa. this p Mr. Wade, of the Democrat, in- capitalists, that ed on Monday from the whe furnish the money. will positive! to-day. Their object is to look over the fiel nation with a yiew, as we are in- formed, of making still turther myest- ments in this county if the showing | s be satisfactory. A NICE PLAN- Copper is sent by American mi- | ners to England and there sold for 4cts | in this | a pound less than it brings country. The costof transportation i to added the 4cts., is what the metal brings at home more than its real value. A miner in Michigan or | Wisconsin can afford tosellthe pro cuct of his labor tor less at home nafter it has been sent to foreign pro- countries, but, by the aid of a tective tariff, he fleeces his own coun- trymen to the extent of the duties imposed. If that was higher, the difference in tavoroi England would he still greater. entitled to tair compensation for their Copper miners are labor, but, when our government steps in an enables them to discrimi- is no nate in favor of toreigners, it aciple than highway rob- better in pri bery. It is taking something tor nothing because the taker has the power to do so. It matters little to the victim whether the robbery is ef- fected through the agency of zovern- -shooter. ment or a sis The result is the same. It is titying to that the Democratic party 1s taking a decided stand against the unjust and unrea onable system of high duties inaugu- see rated by Republicans. Consumers are Wronged on every hand and have ial prices for what to pay artfi produced by favored classes ot man- utactures, besides suffering trom re- toiv measures by other nations. government has greater reve- uues than needed and the effort of the Republican party and Republi- pers to continue this system ot | robbery ought to meet with hearty | lemration from all except bene- ries of the bigh-handed outrag Vhat party has howled long and loud about the James and Younger gang. -\side from taking life, the difference | between the two systems of robb isn 2 in magnitude than ple. It consists in tak People’s property because the has the power, no matter whether he \ is 2 high-wayman or one of a class | by the government. | ule the Bates County Aepwdie- can, is engaged in assatling g county} of 3 | { | ors with slanderous musrepresen- » Would it not be well for it to e the methods emploved by | its own party to wrongfully ; ) te property nineteen- esteths of the people tor the ag- xppro- } the of andizement of the other twentieth? it seeks to avoid mention of this out- rage. Of course, ourneighbor don’t | w nt te take a position on this ques- | tion. The effort might still further pair his influerrce with the public, | for it wil : | be hard work to convince ple ot Bates county that they sthe neo maghi fo Pay ifibite to favored mo- napolies merely because those mon- Ways ready to put up tions to secure a Republican tn- umph at the polls. The experiment of cultivating silk | i | and make « personal cxami- | | | | | parties were, no doubt, | WALNUT CITY- | Change Uara for St- Louis and Emporia ursday, ot last we k, tar-tamec On T { : | took a jaunt over to The site is well se the j city of Walnut. t the most agre | lected and one ot | that could be chosen. In addition u we able BUSINESS ON MORMON. Company Reorganized and Work To Be . Jommenced at Once. The oi! company organized some months since in this city for the pur- i pose ot prospecting for cil on Mor- mon Fork in the north > | this, it has splen etter |e 4ha | than either Butler or F and | on Jast Th ! the country around can not be €X- | hoigers added. | celled for fertili It is equal to! ie confider la part ot nous county of Seete aco anieh : ae | Bates. A fe are already erect the inauguratec uildingss building Hill where the recent discovery They will pu flown 2 i j boom has not yet I i of i as Thursday was the first day any Ae ae nee | lots were actually sold. ei Gilee sotes sooner. : | A large crowd was in attendance 1e stated with on account ot its being te | sale of lots. A number forms us that « dispatch was receiv- | were kept busy making out papers excepting Rich Hill, and nota fourth it to make purchas- of those v es, could get a chance. The sales footed up many thousand dollars. | Walnut is going to make a town be- | yond doubt. The reasons tor belieying in the success of the place are obvious. {It 1s about fourteen miles from any oth- er large town, the country around cannot be excelled for tarming, being considered as gc as there isin the and the coal is practically ! cou inexhaustible and of the best quality. Besides, the oil indications are as good as any in Bates. The men who are at the back of the enterprise ar determmmed to make it a success and ity, busimess they lack neither saga nor These nec- experience money. essary conditions render tne success ef Walnot as certain as can be. Mr. Nichol, president of the — rail- road company, made a short talk, stating that the parties advancing the money to build the road had deter- mined to do so before tie route through Walnut was thought of: that they afterwards learned it would cost $200,000 !ess than by way of Rich Hill; that the Walnut coal fields were examined by parties sent out tor that purpose and pronounced superior in quantity and quality to anything in this part ot Missouri; that the men from other states had advanced all the money paid out tor land; that the road will be built. to Odessa as rapidly as possible: that neither the railroad nor coal compa- opening ot clerks stop er will they, it proves | putting do until the dry, but r ermined one question i and the crowd of would-be purchas-! oy the other. I! the intentions they \ ers was equal to that around the] | ined above are jedouk at is -leaye Columbus, Ohno, | ticket wagon at a circus. All parts | eis Geus seas Mormon of Bates were well represented, not) Fo. a lwe expect to see mentever witnessed the wilde in this stat congratul: | prospects. } money in developing a country, de- und we > rewari j serve to reap lar £ expect to see each =m of the | Butler oil company reati a snug little tortune from his investment on Mormon Fork. The g becoming discouraged. dan- eatest geris from If they have the nerve to persevere j until the Marshall farm is tested, there is little st of abr suc- jcess. There is too much oil on the nowhere. and the mill- surface to come from There is a source of supply man who finds it is worth ions. the it to id about So much kas been si © ONS = of -formon oil prospects superfluous It by all who have examimed the coun- would, perhaps, be repeat particulars. is conceded try tor a space of twelve miles or over that there is nothing equal to it, Is marked so ed, inthe West. It that prospecters were attracted to hundred teet. Besides. they drilled with the hole full of water perts inform us that o1l will not flow and ex- through a rock saturated with water. oil is It may every bit of water and then if tound it will flow in readily. be that oil was found in ’6S and nies would have a ay THROES what- | parties did not know it. ever in any mercantile establishment; | phe benefits to be derived by that merchants and all other classes } othiviiestem Bates from finding of busme> een) can! Spurs uc em oil in large quantities, will be won- business without interference by eith- H It will result in the speedy er Bees corporations menkones i construction ot a railroad from Bel- and that the whole transaction is mi ton. The distance will be so short good faith throughout. } be in- W e met Jue ge Moler, who is a branch. Butle stock-holder in the Empona, he the scheme both stated that he had just received in-j 1 influence and monev. because formation Me : Sous ese Etosne cts she would expect to have the hne - that roa: Tt will peat Cee ay | continued to this city, thus giving an- ae ronger the | other direct avenue of communica- road will pass This information wut. I most pos- Ca le Democrat was onthe grounds. Postmaster Case, of Kansas r, cashier of of banks of K t : situation. one sas City was ts oO <p the inguished r di t present of TESE. 35 whom we did not learn. a swindle, they are catching a good J many shrewd men with :t. Forty-eight business houses will go up mght o have obligated themselves to build without delay. Among these will be a bank building by Walton, Ciark, Pace and Nichol. A hotel will also be built. Walnut will be a marvel in its growth and prosperity. «\ dispatch trom Topeka. Kas., dated on the 5th, to the K. C. 7rmes says that G. B. Hickman, Pleasant Hill: W. H. Brady, Miami Co.; S. at Sumpter, S. C., is proving suc- vesstul. The ladies engaged in it think they will some day have a silk | t factory at that place. Ail the mem-| bers are ladies. Heisler, Miami Co.; and T. B. Stu- art, Cass Co., Mo., have forr company to build a Kansas City, Kas., to Ri Mo. ed responsible parties | H | tion with Kansas City. Ourcitymay i be m her expectations but the and then take i j chances on j may be poss the Butler oil company is looking forward to the tume when lots in Oil will be City - A sought after at mebedy will strike it ri 2 Oil City and nobody is more deserving than those who have the nerve to in- deve the in vest their money | resources of that section. ; Another item, which we regard Is j absolutely my, { 7 Ea i r coal deposits. Whether the ny find cil or not, they 7/7 find coal compa- | in greater suppiy than {in the county. | The residents should j lose no opp¢ ttentien | to the coai and work j may bring about marvelous | If speculators come arou | them ever encouragement in leasing look out for terests. It would always be best to show the lease you are requested to competent attorney and have him explain its le- gal effect. If anyone 1s }a hurry to give a land owner | have v your ow sign, to some honorabie, in too great a lease examined by competent rers, have nothing to do w Tris absolutely necessary to case out | | this side of the river and the work so far as surface showing is concern- | } it fitteen years ago, but their means | was exhausted by the time «well | Scent had been sunk tothe depth of six) | | hurt and that in the end it will prove the | ‘ly mede that arrangements have bi He ne undue advantage. Never re- fair fuse to lease, but have done alike to both parttes. RAILROAD PROSPEUTS- Viewing the situation 2 not at all in the secrets shows beyond cavil that at the back of moriey and ble that su Jewell, Townsend uSS0) would for ny swindling scheme as Walnut would be if the roal is not to be built. They can not aiford it. The pittitul sum to be realized from sale of lots is to small. Phey would not then reputations in’ that «Aside trom ail considerations ifford It! would be a cloud upon their reputa- ir lives and cis bemg pushed along with dispatch. This week ae | gwilibe in progress | »ssible essing as it they are anxious to prog Itasmall force was Wa it | would look more like a sell-out. but, | get thre employed in township, | patent turned out to be first-c | ee ano ee arene ae ee Charge of Swindling Refuted. Burier, Mo =th, iSS: 7th, i883 Eprror Times :—I desire to say words « subject Was the purpose intentions. ate lroad { more some on the line o to ru- ae 4 A. Kansas City branch. ant ; nothing to do with gettir praise. Itvou want anything to be : E i ‘ie 5 scheme and was appealed to to popular in this county, t to ie in securing the capital ‘o constr vigorously oppose it. The pubhe the road. He bad agt eed with Jud instineti His more to be dreadea SWINDLER IN LIMBO ely go the other way every 2 : a See 7, | Waters to assist him financially time. triendsbip is tentold | z f the East, while it was considered set. tled at al | would be built by way of Rich Hil an hus enmity. | that the road, if buile \ ! 7 t Many of our readers remember ds T sought an interview sharpers were i 1s Coun- Nichol and made arrange ty last spring selling some kind of a | ments to meet him in l ot the first subject the introducea t Th ss swindlers. it achment. plow coal fields to him time he The Henry county authorities arrest- | ever heard of it and urged upon him ed them but by some means they es- | that, if the road was to built at all, caped punishment. It seems, how- | it would be better to build via Wal- ever, that they are likely to get their | nut. On my representations — he just deserts at Boonville, as the fol- | agreed to delay proceedings on the lowing dispatches show: road until | could secure options on 28.—Soume j the land, make a survey, and until Zoonville. Mo., June | weeks ago alleged representatives of | he could make a personal examination instead ot that, every to push} the Jack onville Plow ms ey in | of the merits of the two routes. Mr. : Z 2 : Jacksonville, I., were inthis county | Nichol Li I id \ ABAGAG - z A 2 | Nichol agreed, in cas could mak ahead ry Se appointing agents for the sale of their . Pes ener Te a3 There put their] plows. ‘I'wice these agents took | MV Tepresentations good, to raise the H 1 money into the enie seis that they expect it to pay. The prospects tor j note in part payment ot plows to be | capital to build the road and develop tields. Soon nce then several of the | the coal ifterwards I their turnishec a gigantic coal trade could not be pines who gave r notes! went to Washington, in company ES enka A ~ | think they have discovered fraud) m Per w i Ge er and ail along the line there is | their mode of transacting business, _ : ace sie ager ee as tine an agricultural country ascan | and yesterday Messrs. Stacy and Jewell, Senator Miller, Speaker West. The ientto pay good be teund m the irade will be amply suth returns on the money put m the road. ifer, M erand Mr. Nichol, when a syndicate Blanchard, who were endeavoring to r. Townsend, Mr. Spoon- sell the notes at a heavy discount, were arrested onthe complaint of said parties, charged with misrepre- Was orgamzed and the money sub- scribed to pay for options and to de- Phose turnishing the means are sut- | sentatioa and obtaining money un- | istied of this and the means is ad- | der false pretenses. They were ta-| fray other expenses. Mr. Nichol vanced as fast as required. ken before an officer of the law, and | was made treasurer and instructed to Aimeliek coscoe fox Schwinn, he bond, had the case continued | ake such examination of the pro- i a ree until Monday. ject as he thouct = Pe If road 1s afixed fact is the vim with Boonville : Mee Faly The is ject as he thought necessary. ’ aie oo : . . . : AS teres bi aie c4s€ | his judgment, the outlook justified which Rich Hill fights it. If our against the representatives of the er J y for the coal lands neighbors were not thoroughly con- vinced of this, they would not act as Jacksonville, (Ill.) Plow Company obtaining | and proceed with the building of the for misrepresentation and if their very existence depended on | Money under false pretenses was|road. He has carried out these in- its deteat. Altogether too much tried here to-day, the parties being | structions, and, if there has been any : > bound over in the sum of $500 to lineischeme wailed 14 feeling is manifested to mean noth- appear at the circuit court. There aS ee Seaeen Melee Ole eee ing. They believe the C. & A. is] are also eight civil suits against them, |t#¢ swindler and Tam willing to coming right alonz and hence their | The circuit court convenes here un- leave that question to be settled by For our own part we think than teeling. they are yastly more scared a blessing in disguise a blessing in disguise. The announcement is now public- n pertected for the Emporia to run on learn to let these traveling humbugs the judgment of this community and by the final outcome of the enterprise der the new law on Monday next. e farmers to How long will it tal in which we are engaged. alone? Notes were taken in this I have helped to work up what I county and will have to be paid. | believe to be a good enterprise— Year after year swindlers ply their | yood tor those who invest init, good the tor this and state. Distin- If there isreal merit in an | vocation and still people are county taken in. guished gentlemen ot well establish- ithe C. & A. track from Walnut to | Dipntler antl thence tale vanmeaced: (onMcaton, 1 wili be offered tor sale | ed financial reputation have been in- | direction to St. Louis. Judge Mo- | by regularly established dealers It’s | duced on my representations to take ler asserts positively that the Emporia} frauds thathave t » he peddled around | an interest in it and furnish capital ra y agents T » 2 cle: s t ) xp. lec vider =X Nichol’s Sailhe bai Towne Henced eerce | Dy agents, How fe - prion H be expended under Mr, Nichol Fi ‘ agents tur ut to be really valu- | dis al weeks ago that» conference ot | Se: turn out to om hia te ection. | some was voingon een the | 22'e- i When this scheme is denounced (ae ea ee inne : 2 is a6 idle and Mr. Nichol berat i ISS enn Mr. Nichol published a commum- Fania : Wie : Rare : ‘ _ |edasa . [think that justice ce a : 3°- | cation concerning V in the is ; ; hued ts a the i ape : is this statement and tha ae in the | Kansas City Zémes, which he says | "st f oal and town companies at Wal | : i aq ny fullshare ot the responsi- coal and town companies at Walnut, l cost him 2< cts.-a line. If. all ae Lie ce loc! tebe, ak thee en Bite oe ACE. t looks as it tl ispatches St. |p ; : ia hes to St { Bates county papers have sai Louis z Kansas ¢ pers are | Walnut c t Fs ' founded in fact. We see nothing to be | pailroad 1 4 _ = : TA Cone cheiion Ve ec : | A RARE CHANCE BE eS a be bankruy a tac Wet t Nice | Nobeus an i ce have at our disposal cop- ij Walnut is a stunner. It + 7 es Heal Fournal. a hly periodical con prices. | *; promise of prov ie taining -* lable rival Butler ever encountere i } | See aS Beecher 1 t | But this isa free cou rt right to ¢ and x | W ech ror Rich Hill 5 y Journal, cashin advance s to ‘¢ ees : = offer, and we can’t ac- remuins tor us to is tu im- A prove the advantages of our situ:tion subscribers, as commodate but five by starting tactories ot Danuta i : ee 7 rig’ Be Ge A i five copies of the Breeders Journal That will furnish employment and } progressive | ,. : 7 ae is asa | Call and see sample copiea of both render the city seit-sustaining. et publications The prospects f. smucratic suce T; “ T ue ie »spects for Democratic suc The $ ciate cess a Towaatthe BEC: os naedre < ic. A NEW OFFEE. at all discouraging. The Gern s oy. : sk P : ; = a | stitutio : Elsewhere in the Times the read- have hitherto been mostly Republica wee 4 s : 6 t poSeo : er will find an advertisement of- Dut are now toa D the< tH , ware sein = " zs Lic MES and man because the Repu ty of } Sages Re she eae : ee eared Courter-Fournal one en” tbe < de e Ger- ot p unani opposed to mans are i to nolt th It’s Kz that and inte party the next election. nsas over see 1e Courter 25. . how ecog journal a price 1s $r 50. have been made to c Arnica Saive. Buceklen’s But arranges } medical wond d to speedily cure Bur with th ub it me — = um, Fey Butler Weekly Times at the very F. Egger, of Appleton City, and poe Ce aes low sum ot $2.25 for both papers a number of Ft. Scott capitalists are | tion , guaral ener Money, of course. must in large wareoouse and Ser vance. Call and vet sample cc y at Nev da. ot each paper. { et ES