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Chris WILL BUTLER WEEKLY TIMES. le Pie tnagpion in bedsteads in Sem BUTLER MISSOURI. WEDNESDAY, FEB. 13, 1884- AMUSEMENTS. The Following companies will ap- peur at Waltons Opera House on the dates given. 20nd: FEBRUARY Jolly Pathfind— ers. Urge along the Academy addi- tion. eS Society seems kinder dead in the city just now. This term of the circuit court has been a dull one. Sumner Holcombe’s trral will like- ly be called this moramg Cireut court will not tine likely con- | fonger than this weck, has contracted The council for the Electric Light another vear. city The financial problem is discuss- ed weekly at the Tripp schco! house Hunt up Walten’s furniture ad on first page and see the reductions offers. Mareh This will The Times trom Ist,*to January rst, take an the ¢: 73 cents. mpaign. Graly has our old friend Philander Morgan got himself mto a nice mess. See particulars el BRS 10s and organs tuned and pared. Satisfaction guaranteed. Apply‘at W. E. Warton & Co’s Willie Mills, ot McFarland Bros. & Mills. at Walnut, had a disastrous runaway near Uncle Jake Wright’ Sunday. What about { the new public school | building suggested some time ago. Has the interest subsided? Better | renew it agai then, The Southern Methodist | will hold | i another prayer meeting at the resi- lence ot G. F. Riffle Saturday aught. J. E. Talvott, the North Main street tailor, will occupy the South | Feom in the Graage buildimg, «at an early date. Walton is otienas bioger bargains | in bedsteads than was ever known | befere in this market. Subscribe for the Butler Times for ! 75 cts. trom March ist, to January 1 “S85. half price. Nearly # whole vear for about Considerable space is taken up this week in the Times by court and | council proceedings—all good read- ing, by the way. Pianos and organs tuned and _re- paired. Satisfaction guaranteed. Apply at W. E. Watton & Co's. Our friends of the Hume News | will please note that we do not get / their paper. We aim for the Times | j to go regular. Does it come? Talk about bargains in bedsteads. Well we should say so. Look at. Walton’s list on first page and you, wiil agree with us. he’ re- | Set i always rehable. house of a poor family in the ton’s Furniture ad on first page. The ‘Limes 1s placed under obli- gations to its friend John Hays for special favors the past week, by as- | sisting us with our report of the cir- | cuit court. | The Cumberland Presbyterians | were locked out trom the court room j Sunday, and in consequence were preyented trom holding Sunday school and church. The oversight | is to be regreted. | 1.00k at the Opera House Furni- | ture Store’s big ad for bargains in | | | bedsteads. | Some one has sent us a copy of {tne JZzxzer published at Spokane | Falls, Washington Territory. From | | mining et that | | | it we learn that extensive ‘ carried on in that section and | consider citement exists. We are affraid the charitably dis- posed people of Butler are not on the alert of Jate. There are several part of | name ot not call, | house. 4 east i the city. the Martin, the other can but lives in Mr. Sackett’s { Worthy objects in’ the One is by we its The city Couneii at n Thursday evening meeting | last. agreed to putting in i water works and from | | any responsible persons wishing to Atter they have | as they can } | receive propositions tor gas works, bid for the same. as many get, thev will sctect that which they and propositions consider the most favorable submit it toa yote ot the people. | | [tas true, as the Time week, Charlie Lewis sold his entire property to Mr. Dudley, but since bought half ot it back. There- | tore, the new firm will be Lewis & Dudley. Charlie had too good 2 | j thing to be given up. The Times iF is glad he has concluded to remain i jin the livery business, stated last has | Taticnadibede & Jackson, the widely ; known North Main street dry goods merchants, announce goods at cost for the next thirty days. These gen- | tlemen never talk except when they have something to say, and they are When thev aaver— | tise goods at cost through the Tres ; | they mean it. j = Married at the residence ot W. P. | Sevier, of ~summitt township, this | county, February 13, 1883, by Rev. .S,M. Brown, Mr. Hanley Clark, )and Miss Linnie Lily, 2 sister to Mrs. W. P. Sevier. Attendants | Mr. Seth Macy and Miss Ella Clark, | Sister of the groom. They will take a bridal tour to Sedali: and vacimity Mr. S wish- and spend « few cays \ isiting The Tim es them a pleasant time. Clark’s relatives. Several individuals not Whose learn, went to the names we could cast part ot town last week and threaten- ed to remove them to the poor farm j unless they vacated the house im- mediately, as the owner, who we | Understand was among the crowd, | wanted possession. At the time, a lady was lying in the room quite ill. It 1s enough to say the County Court : repudiates such presumptious per- | trend W. F. Lafollett, { ful ing the services | manly | Co., of this city, will leavethis , tor Pleasant Hill to take charge ; Council, 'ciremt court Friday. i Feliable hardware and Peronsal. —Cicero Graham, and old triend, | called and subscribed for the Times Saturday. —George Bartley, ‘limes yesterday. Mr. Bartley savs this weather plays havoc with fruit. —M. Dimmitt of Columbia, asso— cjate editor of the city, isin town Mrs. J. R. Davis. —The genial smile of our young the moving his visiting | Democratic spirit in Summit, enlty- ened the Times sanctum, Saturday. —W. E. Walton leave for New Oleans, tend the great Mardi —F. M. Allen was called by tel egram, Friday, to attend the sick bed of a brother, near Senaca, Kan- sas. S —Judge A. mented the Titres, Neptune makes one of the most faith- of the county ever had. and wife, will Friday, to at Gras festival. Neptune, compli- Saturday. Judge members county Bates —W. position with Saml’ Levy €o.- Phe ! firm is to be congratulated on secur of so worthy a gen- tleman. -W. F.. Mertens. of wine in Hermon Mo., was in city Monday. manufacturer the i our accomplished photographer, C. | Hagedorn. Bowden, the gentle- i — Walter I clerk with Threikeld. the firms’ branch house in that place. —C. G. Bryson of the Globe, was in the city yesterday gave the Times a Mr. Bryson is « sprightly editor. Rockville a 1 fraternal cail. is giving the people of good papez. --Col. Robt. MecCulioch, State Reister of Lands, and J. D. Starke, Collector of Cocper county and a brother toour County Clerk R. J. Starke, were in this city Friday and Saturday. They gave the Timks a triendly call. —Wnm. Henry, who tor =: year has filled the position of city attorney and clerk with such satisfaction. re- signed at the last meeting of and has since returned” reside. to Mlinois where his parents The Times regrets exceedingly the | failing nealth otf Mr. Henry. W. O. Jackson was appointed to’succeed ! i him. Chas. W. Sloan of Har our —tHon. risoville, attendance at a z Was in ortunity to give fricndly visit. When questioned Cass would have a candidate in the field for congress before the Demo- Sloan said that he could not say that his county would politics, and ow her or not county atic convention, Mr. or would not have a cz The county court has ordered a pipe extended from the cistern, in | the court yard, mto the Sheritt’s ot- , fice, and a pump constructed there- m. Special attention is called to the | new exhibit of R. R. Deacon, the implement : merchant. Read it caretully. called on the | Herald of that i sister i court} H. Warnock has accepted a ; He is anold frend ot | Coy &, week | of | Rockville | and | the; | G. W. Morgan, at the i the happy fath father ot twins. Sam’! Levy & Co., make some special offers in the Times this week. Look for their card. ay 1s Alex M-Clintock & Son, will bold | ! another of their sales of Shorthorns and Jerseys, at Marshall, Mo., March 5th. Stock men in this coun- try should remember this. The jolly Pathfinders will appear at Waltons Opera House Wednes- day Right Feb. 20th. Those hav- ing seen them say it is a first class of patron- Lev | troupe, and are worthy age. It is a red hot comedy. ers of fun be sure and go. At a colored | Main street Saturday | low disturbed the peace dance on fel- so night, one got too much rd anc and trasquilty oi the occasion that nightwatchman | Dickerson took him = in with a charge, and armed broken He was appropriate- found him back revolver. | ly fined, Monday morning. Important !—Starch, Amonia, Tartaric acid and Flour, though they ; may not be injurious, are unnecessa- try to a pure baking powder, and are De Powder adulterations Baking any kind. consequently ! Lands Chemical | contains no filling ot A Bad Chicken. And young Wm. McCague /skipped. It is weli enough, for who knew him had cause to suspect. It is supposed he entered Hitshew & Co’s., drug store one night last week took theretrow money and x good supply of cigars. , This chap did *sdevil?? work in. the | Times offic dis- charged because we mistrusted We that he took from our has and some awhile, and was him. have good reason to believe house severil dollars in change-—as as it that a newspaper have laying son of a Ken- living in strange may seem would Young McCague is tucky banker, has re such around, atives lar circumstances to those surround- jing his disappearance trom Butler. He is a bad *‘chicken’’ tentiary ought to get him. Scandal and Poverty. Down in the east part of the city North | | posited by mistake on the lot m j ney having | pointed to till j ron Hart, asking that more all {was a full attendance of | wold A Busy Session Last Thursday Night. WATER WORKS AND GAS. regular There! mem- the | The City Council met 1m session Thursday night last. the bers, and Mayor Brown was in cha Wm. Henry, the clerk, being ab- sent, Win. O. Jackson was -elected’ acancy pro tem. presented by to fill the v A petition Moses Jones to keep a saloon in West But-' retered to the committze on! ler, v license. The Sexton was ordered move the body of some person to re- de- the cemetery belonging to N. B. Jeter. The office ot city clerk and by Wm. become vacant resignation and removal of Henry, Wim. O. the Jackson was unexpired term which ends in April 1855. A petition signed by a number of of merchants, was presented by efficient regulations be concerning the licensing of street venders. ered, and the clerk ordered to pre pare an ordinance i2 obediance there- to, The annual Electric Light Co.. expiring soon, it ame be renew- contiact was ordered that the s , ed for the cusuimg year. Knights of man J A motion was adopted requesting | the societres of United Workmen, Grand Army of the Repubiic Honor, cach per year tor the use of the to hall im which to hold their mectings. The subject ot license tor Waltons Opera House was taken up, and the same fixed at $50,00 per annum. The Mavor and Marshal were ap make some jointed a committee to {1 provements in the manner of heat- ing the calaboose. Lamar, this State, from which place we are told he departed under = simi- An order was made requiring cer- tain parties on South Main street | put down sidewalks inside of thirty | days. and the peni- | Marshal Morgan reported $16,00 a: the amount received on arrests | and convictions. reside a family by the name ot Mar- ; | tin, consisting of the father and six children, the mother, a heartless ; woman, having abandoned her hus- i band ani children and gone astray i with one Roberts, also of this ety, | and the father of « large famuly. i One of the Martm children, a boy i about twelve or fourteen jis demented, and has been i to the bed several wecks. years old, contined serious illness fc The fall, and when well 1s work, with father is also unable to find The children being so he reports. the The family is des- are all small, youngest three years old. ) titute and needs assistance. Mrs. and children last summer, | lowed this man Roberts off. ; has visited her children but once i since. <A coat of tar and feathers, and fol- i or a good dose of last years eggs tt | | business, ond in nothing better can be found, might be administered to this woman and | fer paramour with some degree of | effect. H Hi i : ' Electric Light Co . ' Dubach & Co Martin deserted ber husband : | grain and flax seed. She ; | to say in reference to flax seed, ; ter beans anc millett It was decided by the Council of water works and and newspapers generously agreed publish the notices free ot charge. WARRANTS ISSUED J. H. Morgan, Serv i H. C. Wvait & Co, lumber. Power & Bro . Wright & Glorious. Mdse. gas, fr ~ wot wat Sa noe SOR te oe Aber, Win. Hemry, services. Tharsiday Feby 5° 5° 21st. es Year ms) djourned We cali the Attention of tie farm-* ers of Bates county what the Fitin, Lefker & way have to prominent Grain Childs, (wi more £ 10 by done farming community in the way of making good than prices any ever doing business in Builer) have in this certainly mean opinion you! cannot afford to make vour srrange- _ ments forthe season without first : seeing then. seed, Weeks issuc; thev our CITY SOLONS. | i uttor-' the, ap-' Aa- adopted and entorced | The petition was consid- ; and | pay $12,00. city to; receive bids for putting in a system | the | to- “firm | cas-' OUR FIVE CENT COLUMN. eee All local advertisements in this columa | switt be charged for at the rate of fire j cents per line for each insertion. ———— Voice Culture. Having been urged by many of my | young triends to give them music lessons, | Thave determined to teach a class the present winter in voice culture. Parties ' desiring lessons will be given terms on application. Mrs. C. T. hicFarzanp, That Brook Trout at Chas. Sprague is inthe ‘ fine. Attention Farmers. We have a large amount of the finest Flax seed in Bates county both Russa ‘and American which has been specially ! selected tor sowing purposes which, we ' will loan to tarmers this season, on as ' fair and reasonable terms as any party in Southwest Missouri and guaraatee prices for comingcrop. We have also made arrangements with a prominent firm ia Racine Wisconsin tor a Flax Machine ' made expressly for Cleaning flax seed, which takes out ali dirt and toreign seeds and cleans the flax seed as clean as it is which enables us to offer you and we desire to say to those farmers, having seed of their own, that it they want thelr seed we:l cleaned before sowing, bring & to us, we will clean it tor you at * vey , possible tor any machine to do, clean seed, reasonable figure. 11-3t. Lusnak & Cutrps, Palace found in Palace groceries Grocery. Hotel Queene Come and 1 wil be build ing with full line of i ware and for cash or barter. with the! i see me. A. C. Brewington, \ Millett Seed. ! We have an order for bushels ' German Millett d, which we can hate dle at fair figures if brought in svon- Lerker & Cis, 2,009 Castor Beans. c onhand a limited amount of ‘pris stor bears, which we will loam to tarmers tor planting purposes and guarantee good prices for the crop; and ;Weurge our tarmers, especially those ; having a tamily ot children to take the i atter into consideration, as experience proves that no crop pays a better profit ' tor the labor expended thar: castor beans. ‘Come and sce us and get a pamphlet on ! castor bean culture. 11-3t Lerker & Cults, | All the triends of the late frm of B, & 14. are respecttully invited to call and er amine my goods and prices on West , Side square James Brovcn, i Farm For Sale or Rent. I have asmall tarm ot 80 acres three | miles north ot Butler, on the railroad, @ sell on easy terms, - rent tor cash. : Address, Z. M. GREENSTREET, g at Louisburg, Miami county, Money to ‘Loan. I aim authorized to loan a large amowt of money on Bates county real igs Good men with good real estate can | accomodated on very favorable term Undertaker. \ complete stock of caskets, eoffia® metalic cases, burial robes ete., at Wa ton's Opera House furniture store. Fine hearse furnished free. Experience undertaker in store dav and night. E. D. Kipe, salesman for Ink That Wilk Not Freeze. On receipt of 25 cents in 2¢ postage stamps, we will send by mail. all charge j Pres paid, one quart of the finest | Blue or scarlet Ink, unchanging color lwhich will not injure by treezing=5 quarts for $1,00. Ink has been in tor years, and warranted best. jas [Sat N. M. DRAKE & * 2311 Chestnut Street, St. Louis, Me |