The Butler Weekly Times Newspaper, August 8, 1883, Page 4

whole BUTLER WEEKLY TIMES | thas. T. MecF arland, piTox AND PROPRIETOR, TERMS OF SUNSCRIPTION: ‘The Weery Times, published every Wednesday, will be sent to anyé i daress one vear, postage paid, tor $1.2. ————————— OO BUTLER MISSOURI. WEDNESDAY, AUG. 8, 1333- oe Pennsylvania and Minnesota Dem- ocrats held state conventions last week. —_—_—_—_—___—- Kentucky goes Democratic by the usual majority. Nothing of unusual note in the election. ———— es Warrensburg has an organization to aid all enterprises which will bene- fit the town and county. It is a move in the right direction. Saline county, 1s erect- This industry general attention Marshall, ing a creamery. attracting very throughout Missouri. The telegraph strikers and their employers are still holding out with no material change in the condition of affairs. Both express a determi- nation not to yield. _——S Several heavy failures have oc- curred among the leather merchants of Boston, and branch houses in oth- “er places have gone downin_conse- quence. A colony of 600 is now Milos ated on Red Fork, Indian Territory. They have not yet been disturbed and _ the settlers believe that troops at Fort Reno havé orders not to molest them. Kansas is after the railroads in that state for exorbitant charges and the governor will be requested to call an extra session of the legislature if the some claim, is found in- sufficient. Missouri might take profitable lesson from her neighbor on the west. law, as a Ex-Gov. Phelps attended the com- mencement at Trinity College, this year at Hartford, Conn. He yrad- uated from that institution in 1832, and at the Alumni dinner, respond- ed to the toast, ‘“‘The Graduates of Half a Century.’’ The degree of Lu. D. was conferred on the tinguished statesman. EE The ever recurring talk of redeem- ing confederate bonds has been re- vived in England. As nobody has either the power or disposition to re- deem these bonds, there is not the dis- least probability of their ever being paid. Itis nonsensical to think they will ever be worth the paper they are written on. It is suencced that O’Donnell, who killed the infamous traitor, Ca- rey, on the coast of Africa, is no oth- erthan Capt. Thos. Phelan, ot Kan- sas City. The description tallies ex- actly with that of Capt. Phelan, cluding a partial paralysis of one hand. He was quite an active local politican, was a captain in the Fed- eral army and is saia to be a man of great personal cour in- ge. Officers of the Kansas City, Law- rence & Southern railroad, who have lately beenon a tour ot inspection through the North-West, report that there will be a heavy emigration from Dakota. Crops have failed in thatterritory. Wheat is not than ten inches high and the climate is so extremely cold that settlers do not wish to prolong their stay and and are preparing to leave in great numbers. —_— more Gen. Crook’s ofhcial report of the | raid has been received at Washmge ton. It places matters in newspapers. Crook marched into Mexico and traversed a country in which the Indians had hitherto thought themselves perfectly safe. He attacked a camp, killed and wounded a number of Indians and! took a large number of prisoners. The Apaches are much disconcerted | since finding out that their country is not inaccessible to troops as they had hitherto supposed. The effect can not be otherwise than peneticia!. fe. 2 | sion can be reached THE END 18 NOT YET. Itis somewhat remarkable that / most people, who were from coal- | producing states, had yery little faith mm the value of our coal mines unt | | it was proved by actually mining and | selling that article. The tact that} we are not surrounded by coal mines | was enurely overlooked by them. the country north and west of Bates | equally abounded in coal, our mines | | would amount to very little for years to come, it at all. Our location, however, renders them of value. Wonderful as the | of this county has been last four years, there 1s for believing the end nas been reach- ed, even incoal-production. Leaving out ot consideration oil, the existence ot which experts do not doubt, there yet remains much to do betore the called occupied. es of within the no ground country can be Walnut may be considered tablished fact and a vast 4mount coal will be there mined and shipped. Coal land in Hudson is in good de- mand at constantly increasing prices. It is no secret that the coal region south-east of Butler will be tapped by one or more railroads. will double the value of all real tate in that section, besides building up a prosperous city. The east part ot Bates, when traversed by the road to Odessa, will lkewise come to the tront. Itis not known to possess mmeral wealth, was Hudson, Prairie, Rockville nor Pleasant Gap four years ago. A little investigation Grand River ana Mingo may bring to light aston- ishing facts. Be that as it may, the agricultural resources sufficient to make it exceedingly wealthy and prosperous section. Coal has long been known to ex- ist on Mormon Fork. It lies at con- siderable depths and hence it has not been developed because it requires a greater outlay to get ready for work. The advent of another rail- road will cause it to be opened up. Each road will be afraid of the oth- er’s getting the start and will, for that reason, be be the first to begin. Much has already been accom- plished but much more remains to be done. Coal-mining is not yet under fair headway in this county is manitest from the eagerness of cap- italists to get possession ot land and build railroads. ‘‘Money talks’? is acommon but expressive saying, and it is taking very loudly and em- phatically in favor of the tuture of our county. So tar as coal-ming is concerned, the end is not yet by any means. But a new source of wealth has been developed within the last two months. Oil has been found at Rich Hill, and oil men trom Penn- sylvania kave spoken loudly in its favor it ‘money talks,” for several hundred thousand dollars have been They are stil commg to There belt south of the river extending trom the Hill west or north-west. The most promising section tor! an north- in are an anxious to as invested. look out tavorable locations. 1s undeubtedly an extensive oil who land sur- he indications go. C. P. Collins, | purchased the Faylor tr: f at the Hill, says there face oil along that stream at 3 more than ever saw any ot | $20,000 on Mormor had not al- ready purchased. This would indi- cate that he considers it the better ot j the two. the county have ol on the surtace and now, thatone discovery has been | made, it is. confidently believed that petroleum or lubricating on! will eventually be developed over a large part of Bates county. In view ot the above they are admitted tacts, but Many other places in tacts, no conc!u- that county 1s yet in its infancy so tar as developement of mineral wealth i concerned. Instead of one town, there will be four or Instead be mining five of equal importance. oul well, there will ‘Instead of two | there will be half can even surmise our great- The elements of untold wealth are here, nee es — fu- thousands. towns, Who important a dozen. tuture If! immense |} developement | This | es- | neither | oil is Mormon Fork so far as surface | He | invest | and | this | of one} | Something has been accomplished but the end 1s far from being reach- ed. THE FORT SCOTT MEETING. A meeting was held at Fort Scott | on last Friday. The Kansas City | Times publishes following | special: Fort Scott, Kan., Aug. 3.—A | reorganization of the Fort Scott, St. Louis and Chicago Railway compa- I ny was effected in this city to-day. | The directors are John Scullin of St. | Louis. Thomas Nichol and Sena- tor Miller of | Spoone: of Wisconsin, Foster and Ex-Speaker | Ohio, J. L. Pace of Missour, and B. 4. Waters, P. B. Plumb, T. F. | Robeyand D. E. Prichard ot Kan- sas. John Scullin was elected p | iden; Thomas Nichols, vice-presi— dent, and B. J. Waters, and treasurer. very reticent regarding the project, but it is believed here that the new organization means the construction of the road west from this place to Emporia. The Kansas City Jourmad has ‘this j to say on the same subject: ! Fort Scott, Kas., | was a meeting ot the directors of the Fort Scott, St Louis and Chicago Railroad company in this city forenoon. The ; transacted was of a_ private Among those present were | Plumb, John Scullen, Thos. Nichol, J. L. pace D. E. Prichards, T. F. Rolley, B. J. Waters, Judge Moler, ot Bee) county, Mo., { Mody, of Linn county, and Martindale, of Greeny | The directors of the I were also : The proceedings were harmonious, and there no | question but what both roads will be j bujlt, and on the present forming a junction at Walnut 1Mo. Scullen and Mr. Nichol yesterday evening for St. Lours. Scullen is the general ma ot the road, and its construction will be under his controi. It 1s under- the Governor 2. | terday nature Senator count Ora rox left Mr. rer tuke steps to commence the construc- tion of the road trom the Gulf cross- ing to Fort Scott in a very short time. whole truth can be gathered. less all signs are deceptive, the roads are one, the Ft. is & Chicago having purchased Emporia. This was the plan adop- ted to effect a consolidation if such a thing has been done. It is not cer- tain but looks very much that way. Especially does it have that appear- ance when taken in connection with what we published last week. Since Gov. Foster, Keifer and Mil- ler are members of the directory, no doubt can now be entertained of their connection with the railroad company as well as with the Wai- nut town and coal-mining company. They are furnishing the money, and, as Mr. Nichol says, they have friends who will be more than willing to take a share it an opportunity is ot- fered. Both roads willbe built. We beheve they will both pass through Butler but that 1s not yet a settled fact and will depend on what taken by the people two } tion shall be here. There is a difference of opimion as | to the road between this place | Odessa. o that place, | opinion that it will only Butier to Fort Scott, that the Empo- trom others be built from while are ne track i ria will run on the sz | Walnat to this city and that another road and thence east, a will be | constr south- east through Butler to 1 fields \ south-e much st of { reliance is to be placed m these sur- mises can not be determined but ' erything j right. | Rich Hili and Appieton are doing j all they possibly can to turn the Em- poria that way. It, however, Nichol and his company have bought | the Emporia or consolidated with it | there is no danger of their effecting anything. The wisest course for Ap- pleton City would be to look out for her interests on the Butter route. | She 1s fooling her time away by working with Rich Hill. There is | nothing in that project. The Em- | poria is as sure to come to Walnut now appears to be working all i | and cross the mver on the road being graded toward Butler as to be built at all. Whether it come as far as Butler beiore turning east is all the doubt there is about it. By identifying herselt with the Hill, Ap s th antagon- it is will New York, General | Keifer of | secretary | The gentlemen are | —There } yes- | business | M. | Joel | Wm. | routes, | City, | stood that the company will at once } From the two dispatches about the Un- | Scatt. St. Lou- | the } ac- | and | Some think it will be built! ot} go} ev-/ izing those who control the matter, by beuig classed with Cowles Brown, Insh and a few others who have manifested vindictive spirit that they hope tor from the company Mr. Nichol, which company proba- Em- such a no favors represented by bly now owns and controls the poria as well as the Odessa road. Appleton is in no need of antago- nizing either route and»she simply | throws away the one most likely to win by the course she is pursuing. The wisest policy would be to main in a position to fall in either. Now it the Rich route or nothing MANUFAOTURES PAY- corner lots, it should not re- with Hill is In the rush tor coal lands and oil stock, forgotten that other and equally de- If not fully as remunerative, they are not subject to risks as speculators must take. such | a certainty of er than a chance to make ior lose all. An equal show to to wealth or sink to poverty is a a rise ard which few people have the nerve | or desire to assume. | mill owned by Wyatt and Boyd and Eldridge & activity and themselves far. eased from them by Everything was expressed ' Dean. the satisfied with the result doors, parties so mould- Xc., few years ago sash, ing, all kinds of scroll sawir had to be brought from other places | or made by hand at extra cost in this place. Now the planing mill plies this demand at a profit to the owners and areduced price to pur- An investment was made Fre- sup- chasers. j with as much certainty of turns as is offered in any line of bus- jiness. Itturnsout that it was no risk at all, and, in addition to what is made by those owning and operat- jing the mill, steady employment is given to a number ot hands. It the experiment has been suc- cessful so far, why not try it a more extended scale? Manutactur- ing furmture is a business the same line and there 1s no reason to doubt that it would prove equally profitable. Carthage has a flourish- ing furniture factory and as good opportunities are offered in Butler as inthe former place. Otker _ places in Missouri have tried it with fully as Satistactory results as Carthage, and, if attempted here, it is bound to prove no less remunerative. It ; may be that some one is thinking he would like to embark in some kind of manufacturing. If occupa- tion has heretofore been ina _ similar line, he is taking no more risk in starting out than Wyatt & Boyd did when they erected their factory. The products of such an_ institution are in demand right at home and there would be no necessity to look | after’sales elsewhere tor some time tocome. The carriage tactory Started tu meet the home demand; Wyatt & Boyd started | similar purpose. Both met with unexpected success. | other factory is still needed to good on in his was theirs tor a have An- sup- and it Per- not these ply the demand for furniture is likewise bound to flourish. haps all grades ot work could be done at first but the business would Time m grow and expand. is requi- site to build up a trade any line and this one will be no exception to general rule. There is scarcely isk inat. There is no prospect ot making a fortune in one or two years, Neither is there any danger of being lett penniless ina similar lapse of time. This is certainly an inviting for men of moderate means. | one is disposed to engage in it and has not the requisite amount of cap- ital, he would doubtless receive as- field If any | sistance in the way of taking stock | |in a company formed for that pur- | ; pose. Buterlites have always shown } themselves ready to advance money on venturesand no reason can be assigned why thev would not more | readily embark in business which bound to pay trom the first. It any- i One is competent to manage such a! as we haye under considera- | tion, no difficulty would be experi- enced in getting a partot the capi- t necessa- is factory tal suscribed wi y be Ty to make a_ he: try it: enormous | It is | sonable returns rath- | { | fortune | | Last week we visited the planing | a Cyclone Insurance IN THE GERMAN & QUEEN. INSURANCE OR FIRE INURANCE IN THE Royol, Imperial, German, London, Western, Queen, German, Firemans, London, Orient, and Union Insurance Companies. CANTERBURY & CATRON, Mo. 34 tf Northern, Firemans Fund, Fire Association sirable fields of invest ment are open. | LEFKER & CHILDS, Grain Dealers. New Warehouse South of Depot Have just built a New Warehouse and erected a new set ot Seales ot Howe's Improved Pattern, and are now prepared to buy ALL KINDS OF GRAIN the tarmers may have to sell, and for which we will pay the Highest Market Price in h, and guarantee honest weights and tair treatment. LEFKER & CHILDS. FRED O. LEFKER. 34 tt D, V. BROWN. Empire Mills EE Ww’ S_ECE&e WEED. BROWN & LEFKER, LEFKER.) (Successors to JOHN A PROPRIETORS. Having leased and thoroughly overhaul- ed and repaired these mills we are now pre- pared to do all kinds of milling. We have also added another new burr well as other improved machinery. So that we now have four run of burrs as well as the best of facilities for accommodating our custo- mers. We guarantee satisfaction. Flour and feed always on hand, custom work a specialty. Give us atrial. We pay cash | for Wheat and corn take the same on deposit. sRoWN & LErKER. A A AR ES as or Lumber! Lumber On and After August Ist, 1883, All sales of Lumber from our Yard must be for ‘CASH or [TS EQUIVALENT Excepting when we are turnishing lumber for the entire building, and settlement on al] such bills must be made at the completion of the work. By adopting this method we can give better |Grades of Lumber for the Money We s00ks. eriy, and better satistaction to all pasties interested than to ber Free of "harge, to any part of the We will deliver L All Outstanding Accounts on our (Excepting those on which special contracts have bee prices and grades betore purcha Respectfully, H. Cc WYATT & CO