The Butler Weekly Times Newspaper, July 25, 1883, Page 5

LOCAL ITEMS. $$ The news from Walnut is encour- rt of county is becoming distressing. T. B. Webb, near Adr Abund + Says corn eof rain has is suffering. aging. Sore ene = fallen on t s of Pugilistic entertamments are in’ Unless rain comes soon, the corn crop yogue over at the Hill. 1s bound to be cut short. The Record thinks Rich Hill is At 1 on Mor- hard run when capitalists have to be the other day. He was taken there by subpoena. reticent about telling his business } and a tarmer concluded was He kept 1¢ an vethem. The most desirable oil prospecter in disguise. jots in the city. Cheap. Terms the tramp over night, fed him on the easy. best and stuffed him with oil stories. He ssstill looking tor the return of the He look It you want a cheap home on easy, |, i eee } - disguised capitalist. will terms, call round and we will show | .°2). nm vain. j you some daisy lots. There 1s no longer any doubt that It you want the best bargains in’ the railrond will be built. Every- residence lots offered in Butler, call! thing is settled, and, as soon as Mr. at this office. Terms easy. Scullen gets matters in proper shape, ae work will begin all along the line. Tohn Hayes is busily engaged | q+. 9 settled tact although a couple assessing Mt. Pleasant town- | of weeks may elapse betore much is ship. He is taking great pains to do done. He 1s a practical road-build- a thorough job of work. er and will not commence until he y re © renared : is thouroughly prepared to push Work has been commenced on = Li seat t the flax Mill at Rich Hill. They | 2head in good shape. expect to have it ready tor business} + | Levy’s grand clear- ! ance sale for 30 days only. some time next fall. Acontract has been signed by a} to put Rich Hill the | ass depth of 1,000 feet. | The Revéew talks of building an- a | other city in the part Humphrey’s addition south of the |county. If it is attempted, city is attracting quite general atten- | Chicago company down a diamond drifl in to ae ee the | Butler will not imitate the cowardly, sneak- west of Several lots have already been | Enquire at this office. | tron. ing course pursued by certain parties in Rich Hill toward Walnut. Neith- er will our city send a man to St. Louis to tell a pack ot stuff to cap- italists who have invested in it. Trot spoken for. A great change has come over Mr. trish. He don’t denounce Wal- nut asa swindle any more. What sipanes i out your new tuwn and we will give can be the matter with Tommy ? | | you all possible assistance. | | | | | | We regret to announce the death} M.S. Cowles, of Rich Hill, stop- o:ason of W. H. McCants. He | ped in this city, last Friday, on his was nine years old, a promising boy} way east. He goes to purchase | and his untimely death leaves a} pumps and other machinery tor the vacant place which none can fill. joil company. Mr. Cowles — stated and | {| pronounced lubricating oil ot good that the oil has been analyzed We learn that a gentleman named Bear will shortly start a merchant tailoring and furnishing store in the | —— ps pear weevil seta a opera house. He will carry a large Cox yeaa cae Heres ae stock and will sell at bottom figures. more valuable thay petroleum. It Judge Henry came over from | '* the intention not to sink the well | Walnut on last Friday. He says deeper as petroleum might be everything is extremely lively. One 2084 and thus render the oil less val- | man from Sedaha bought 43 lots and nearly the whole number laid off Attention is called to the ad ot Threlkeld, Coy & Co., who have re- cently opened a first-class clothing by the town cor vy have beensold. August ist was the time set for z = zg } Store on the north side of the square. paying off the hands at work on the | railroad: J. W. Wemott, of Wal- ; a SGN es a oh i ae & Uke business trom Kansas City. and nut, says they were paid last week. d : | : : knows exactly whathe is doing. He Mr. Scullen is looked tor every day : oe has charge of the store. Mr. Coy when steps wil! at once be taken to} Z is manager of the wholesale house of begin work onan extensive scale. | ‘Lootle, Hanna & Co., Kansas, City. The Co. is a Mr. Sims who wa . > af s P. C. Fulkerson returned on Fri- | . ‘ a an | conductor on the railroad for two |} day trom a trip to Fort Smith. He | . = : = vears. It wilt be seen that they are thinks that city has a bright future | ES : ; oS . | well prepared to carry on the busi- | betore it. Carthage, this state. is ness in which they have embarked. alsogoing ahead. Water-works and } | Levy's grand clear- | ance sale for 50 day : only. A proposition to put im water- | submitted to the city} council on last Wednesday night, by numerous manufacturing enterprises That’s what it takes to make a city “*git up | are among her attractions. up and git Wim. Hardy. who was sent to the penitentiary tor two ye county 1881, for to: on J. P. Willis, has again turned up | Momes. works was this imom W. F. Reader, engineer of the com- any proposing to do the work. At ae : P Pre as a criminal in Des the regular Thursday - : = x oe “2Y | He and another party murdered two | night, the matter was laid over for) a at pe ~ {men near that city. one week. It will be pubhshed in! . 3) ‘ jed for roo miles and ample time for all parties to exam- | off. | Towa. Meeting on They were chas- | The Ropes caught. case was very aggravating. ine it before the election comes eae en Sees : z } were put around their necks with the Hardy intention of hanging them. Canterbury & Catron greet the : ae begged tor time to write a letter to readers of the Times with an ad. of- |) °° z E é = S < = his mother. By this means it was fering to insure against fire, light-/ . 1 ~ i e * found out who he was. The au- ning and cyclone. These gentle- ae eh : thorities wrote to T. W. Silvers to men are both well known to the pub- | : : LEGER SEE wand bus | learn something of his past career. a Straight-forwarc Dustness men . is ~ eal We are indebted to Mr. Silvers for | who can be depended on todo exactly | Hardy was at one what they agree. promising : : | the above tacts. We have no hesi- | a c time a very tation in recommending them to all | who wish to take take out insurance. , Read their advertisement. man but has now gone too tar on the down- ward road to ever retrace his steps. young | agents and capitalists ; open up before Adnan. ' course. no penny-wise HURAH FOR ADRIAN Another Company to Commence Prospecting for Oil Within Sixty Days The Great Coal and Oil Basin of Bates to be Developed. Phe reorganized Butler company is making preparations to commence work on the Marshall tarm on Mor- mon Fork, if they have not already commenced. H. }. Foote. one the prospecters who discovered oil at! Rich Hill, was in this city on Satur- day last. Fron: him we learned that his company ha» decided to begin of They work at a pomt 2 1-2 miles west Adrian, have within sixty days. ot 2utsed a tract 300 on An agent will be sent east in a few days acres which oil indications are good. to purchase the necessary machinery | to commence. of the value ot the Adnan oil fields has not changed from the time he first saw them in December of last year. Since the discovery at Rich Hill, his belief in the future of Adri- an oil has been, if possible, stronger than before. Itis bound to prove immense. The machinery used at the Hill has been sold) and = this is why anew outfit has to be purchas- ed before work can commence. Mr. sylvania are scouring the entire coun- ty ot Bates searching for oil and try- ing to make a survey ot the oil “oote says parties from Penn- re- gion. Agents of the pipe-line com- pany are endeavoring to get control rlalt dozen of the whole thing. a are looking of ot over the field with the intention All are realizing immense fortunes trom the We the eve of something equal to Penn- Mr. Foote said he intended to to Adrian on He was on his way from that place to the Hill on last Saturday. A Penn- sylvanian accompanied him it went asexpected. There a nanza at Adrian and on Mormon and prospecting. sanguine Bates county oil fields. are on svlyamia in her palmiest days. go up again vesterday. he is bo- his company are determined to have a share in it. The oilat the Hill, says Mr. Foote is not petroleum, as at first supposed It was found in it well had been sunk to the third sand, pe- troleum would have been found. As lubricating oil is much more __ profit- able, they do not with the third sandat present. This Mr. Cowles’ state- ments, who is now in the East to pumps and machinery for handling the oi! at the Hall. strike. but lubricating oil. the second sand, and, the intend to bother coincides with purchase all nec ry Now is the time tor Adrian to Her destiny is now within mocths will The opportunity lost last spring has re- 1t going to be developed and that quick- but three hence, the golden opportunity her own control have passed never to return. turned. The oil is there and is ly. Never did a small town have the future possibilities which now A mistake the right step will settle her destiny tor all No mggardly, stingy will do the work for her, time to come. and pound- Her zens must arise equal to the occasion toolish policy wall win. citi- or Oil City will become a reality and insignifi Adrian sink back to ance. A New Addition. A. H. Humphrey has laid off an addition to the south side of the city The lots are now offered sale and those desiring to purchase can not do better. They are venient to the business tor more con- part city than any others offered at as low rates. Property will go up rap- idly within the next tew months. A. good profit can be made it they are ot Well Rewarded, | A liberal reward will be paid to any par- ty who will produce a case of Liver, Kid- ney or Stomach complaint that Electric Bitters will not speedily | them along, it will cost you nothing tor the medicine if it fails to cure, and” you will be well rewarded for your trouble All Blood diseases, Biliousness, de- H.R. Livingston briugs the informa- tion that a New York capitalist was in Walnut City, one day last week, and offeredto purchase every lot in the place at double the price asked by the town company. He was | willing to take all at that rate, both those still owned by the town com~ cure. , besides. Jaundice, Co: ipation, and general : ility are y cured. Satistactio pany and those which have heen | dilitv are quic ly 3 sei 1d Ti FS Gott guaranteed or money refunded. Price sold. he man from otharm, ty cents per bot Foe pes he could make a million owt of miv € Co. a trade, t | an Bring | \ { bought on speculation. Horticultural Society. All interested in organizing a kor requested ticultural society are at 2 o’clock, p. m.. Aug. 11. Steps | will then be taken to organize and | transact such other business as may be thought proper. E. P. Henry. C. I. Robards, J. B. Innis, He says his opinion | | { | | | 1 the } ' meet at the court house in Butler, ! W.H. Holloway. ; can geta Tr new line of trunks and valises- Land 100 Acres r Sale. Lumber! Lumber On and After August Ist, 1883. ee Fo Ge Orchard ALSO 4 6 miles ne iling water. 90° ACRE FARM Parties Gesiine 4 farm will do well to call sales of Lumber from our Yard must be fo 5. Bo NE WSBILL. “GASH or ITS EQUIVALENT Council Proceedings. -At Thursday night’s meeting ot + = Gk cn kn eee ee eco eae ee se on al] suc n bills must be made at the completion of the work. By ad ~ thi pting this ‘Grades of Lumber for four streets running to the square, ! method we can give better the Money than formerly, and better satistaction to all parties interested. W<« We will deliver Lumber Free ot Charge, to any part All Outstanding authorizing street commissioner Trimble to establish a grade on the and instructing him to put city en- gineer Trapp on the work at once. Permission was granted to D. N. | Thompson & Co,. to move the Grange store building into the street Accounts on Books. Our Excepting those on which special contracts bave until a new store room can be put up August ist, and we must ask all to come torward and settl : We in in its place. oe all to call and examine ou~ prices and grades betore purchasing : 41m espe Application for wine and beer | Respectfully, i : Se | , "}\ ya © license, sent in by M. Jones of West } BO - OW St AE ey THE AMERICAN CLOTHING HOUSE, Butler, was refused. The present board is decidedly in favor of the whole hog or none onthe license question. The council agreed to put gutters in at the opera house corner provided Mr. Walton and other parties own- ing property where gutters made would macadamize the street This Mr. | Walton proposed to do. ! The proposition to submit the water-works ordinance was held over until Thursday night next. A large batch of billy was examin- were in front of such property. ed and allowed, aggreyating several hundred dollars.— Record. Andrews’ Bazar for August is by all odds the handsomest number ever published. It fallen into has what the ladies want ina fashion paper, and know how to publish it. — Its low price (only $1 a year) places it within the reach of all, while stories and table of contents general- It is evident that hands who know Are just opening a full line of MEN AND BOYS CLOTHING rnishing Goods, Fu 0 HATS AND CAPS, its see ly, compare very fayorably with those of the high cost foreign and American publications of its class. Published by THe AMERICAN Bazar Co., 202 Broadway, N.Y. Ata recent meeting of the South Haven and Casco Pomological so- related ciety. Mr. Joseph Lannin the tollowing curious incident: “Early in the evening, a trost might injure his Ni they gathered tearing gara grapes, everything available that | cloth | to cover them; the result was every vine covered with white had all the buds killed. while those } And we only ask you to examine our vals that were covered with dark cloth : A. ; : and those not covered at all were eet our prrees and be convinced, not injured in the least. re, Butler, Mo. Young fruit trees, which were set North Side of Squa out last autumn or this spring will] plete ei Eee EH: be more sure toliye and grow well] : as BG if the soil about themis kept clean | D,. V. BROWN. FRED O. LEFKER. and mellow, anh a hard crust not al- | s 2 5 e e lowed to torm fora distance of at least two or three teet on each side. m : re A Run oua Drug Store. \ Py Never was such a rush made tor any Drug Store as is now at F. M. Crumly & Co's. | Trial Bottle of 1 New Discovery for Consumption, Coughs | EeE”’ E-E_ECEGe VED. BROWN & LEFKER, fora King,s | and colds. All persons affected with taa, bronchitis, Hoarseness, Severe cou or any affection of the 1 ! oat and Bottle ot this great remedy | tree by calling at above Drug Store. Reg-{ ee See (Successors to EOHN A. CLEF KER.) Jacksons Linement works wonders. PROPRIETORS. Gus Wyard keeps it. Whe ance ne eat aa Having leased and thoroughly overhaul- ished “Hane” sign, on the southeast’ 4) and repaired these mills we are now pre- corner’ is where Gus Wyard holds : see J forth with bis usual large stockofHar-! pared to do all kinds of milling. We have er ae 74 also added another new burr as well : other improved machinery. So that we now 2 have four run of burrs as well as the best : of facilities for accommodating our custo- oe ae mers. We guarantee satisfaction. or the citys enquire of waw_aztt. and feed always on hand, custom work a specialty. Give us atrial. We pay cash for wheat and corn or take the same on ‘deposit. Brown & LEFKEn. is ALF, Wvyard has just invo price them. parts ‘ House to RENT.—Frame_ burld- | ing. south side square, cast ot J. D. Ratter’s store. £ i. tt. SCUDDER, Flour