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SOUTHERN SENATORS. Gath*s Spectacles. quirer. COCKRELL. Edmunds tock the seat in a few minutes. bald-headed and of a pe- cranial formation coliar hundred years ago. heen compared to St. Jerome, some- what because he looks like a certain picture of St. Jerome, but more be- cause he is ot that old theological type gnd has been preverted into politics and statesmanship, rather than oc- cupying his normal place in polem- However, “he isa clean, experienced, accom- plished man. and it is little of a re- flection upon him that every body calls-Cockrell ot Missour: the Ed- jes and hair-splitting. munds of the Democratic side. looked down at Cockrell, who seem- oup of Them as Seen Through Correspondence of the Cincinnati En- pot ot lofty and god-like shape, but rather on the line of Calvin, or some ofthe martyr-twisters two or three Thus he has ently we see him and them Jaughing together. It is always agreeble to discover in one’s opponents good, natural and human and on such men as this future of the South must hang. traits. My recollection 1s that Mr. Butler, even under the bag rule in South Carolina, rather reciprocal man. carpet- was a WOMEN GF tHE WORLD. certainly eee: Lady Cairns Miss Fortescue tor the loss of Garmoyle by giving her a Bible with sundry consolatory passages marked. **Ouida’”’ trom Florence that the reported conversion to con- has consoled writes versation to Catholicism is a slander uttered by a person who abused her hospitality. It 1s hoped that marriage will low- er the temperature of Ella Wheeler’s poetry. Her husband is engaged in the ice business. M. Richepin, who succeed Da- mala in Sara Bernhardt’s affections, has deserted her for an prospective who is fatter and not quite so handy with a horse-whip. actress I ed to:-be a substantial farmer with a respectful | countenance, but not About the best way to tell real much apparent magnificent in his from the imitation sealskin sacque is -éndowment, and said I: Why do|'° have your neighbor’s wife buy one. Your wife well tell you all you call him the Edmunds of the Senate?’’ *“Because,’’ said the young tutor, the is always on the watch lest some job or bill should go through.”” RIDDLEBERGER. sThe frst man 1 observed was young Riddleberger, from Virginia. I nad expected to see for him a very slab-sided, On the con- tracy, I beheld a genteel, rather blushing young man, lithe than tall, sophomoric, and somewhat hand- some, dressed 1n a neat suit of black, and who might have passed for the Said I: “That 1s the man who fought a duel some time ago while running for *Yes,’’ said my instructor, tall and middle-aged, swinging-armed man. son ot some other Senator. office ?”” “he did snap cap or something of that kind with a political opponent. Thev say he is a fine speaker on the stump ; but he is going to have hard work here to get in his stump orato- ry. They all subside after they reach the Senate, because there 1s so little of the contagion of genius in this body that atter a time a kind ot cool chill falls over them, the result of their own mediocrity, like skim- med milk on a freezing day.” MAHONE. Then came in Mahone, « kind ot a queer, gray weasel of a man with the suggestion of a skeleton about him and a borrowed beard; some Flying Dutch mustered his wizard crew under the orders to sail on torever. His eves were without enjoyment or repose, but seemed to be on the watch like some the have such a man as man might in either of the smaller quadrupeds which are born old and seem to get gray their imtancv. This little forked witch of a man glided to his seat as if he were about to take command ot the Flying Dutchman and_ steer on foranother century. I looked at ot shudder, and in him with a sort it seemed a‘romance 9f many hun- dred years ago, since he had com manded a great division of the rebel army and been suggested by Gen. Lee to succeed in its command. ” *HAMBRG BUTLER. Butler, who came to Washington under a cloud of dishke from the North, has, by quiet intercourse, 3 and social serted mental seldom-as strength and a genial, willing hold on the instrumentali ies he among his opponents, become one of the most respected men in the Senate. Tobserved him with inter- est. There 1s but little of the dis- tinctive Southerner in his counten- ance. and I believe that he is descen- ed trom Com. Perry, ot Rhode Is- land. He is eighteen years younger than Hampton, commanded lum during the war. The Paper writers say that they find him genial, and thatthe only subject he any temper about who news- has ever shown in private is the Hamburg~ negro affray. Butler’ 1s\ one Of the best men in. the Senate. His complex- about it the first day. A tashion magazine has an article “What will the coming girl wear?’ Tf the article refers to the servant girl of the future she will probably wear the best the land af- tords. on Francis Parkman, the historian, says that two-thirds ot the few hun- dred women who want the ballot in Massachusetts have a standing quar- rel with the Almighty for not mak- ing them men. The first suit for breach of prom- ise brought in Chester county, South Carolina, has been entered by Miss M. A. Lucas, who asks $20,000 damages trom James P. Ferguson. of marriage ever The London times evidently thinks Mary Anderson is a Chicago in- stead sa weighs upon all a California It ‘‘Heavy-footed impressiveness her efforts to be of girl. sprightly.”’ Mrs. Josephine Jones-Yorke can- didly writes to the Ciacinnati Com- mercial-Gazette that in 1853: was born that she is the daughter of she soap and candle-maker, and that she owes her Carl Rosa. musical success to tound | | j i moving to establish a the rest at its last session beer licenses from $60 to $400. | vested by the terms ot said deed of trust, | at Harrisonville, Cass The Princess Beatrice, sick of her secluded hte and of waiting for the deceased wife's sister’s bill to ry the husband of her sister Alice, has taken to fancy balls mar- and danced all night at Hampton Court a few days ago. “A clever woman,’’ says the American Queen, **has made a very effective stair carpet of scraps of cloth neatly sewed together as in patchwork, and edged with scarlet two inches wide. all the same The pieces are size.”” Show that to your wife the next time she wants a new carpet. MISSOURL NEWS. The Chilicothe, Mo., creamery 1s now paying $850 per month. There is an earnest movements to establish a creamery at Palmyra. The people cf Springfield creamery in that town. like to Lebonon, is Laclede county, raising the money Start a creamery. A patty of bunters recently killed 201 rabbits, 24 quails and one owl near Salem, Mv. The Howell county Journal says there will be no peach crop in that | (42), of range thirty-two county this year. The county Court of Pike county raised wine and They have established a creamery county, and the best results are expected. be put on back mver. making popu- lar bluffs the initial point of the en- Yon is rather brown, and: his skin’ of i terprise. 4 soft, almost paley ‘tint. He ‘sits %meng the Northen men, and pres- Ralls connty retunding bonds are said to be changing hands up there are | ' ! | | | | | i } | i | | | at public vendue for cash theories are quite upset by his | has so at par. That 1s a long step towards prosperity.—[Troy Free Press. Mr. Irving, the actor, has sent | $250 to the suffereres by the floods. New Madrid is moving to con- struct and reconstruct its county reads. The county is now about out of debt and teels able to enter on the work. Statistics of BD From the Pall A French collecting the pt been ot divorce with theories him. The sults are interesting, acd in some re- | So and lecturing-on the which they supply re- | spects singular. - well-worn | tacts | stand- | ard of 1,000 marriages, the philoso- pher distributes all countnes into} and figures. Taking a fixed three groups—-group A, where the | divorces average from 1 to 5 in the} 1,000; group B, where they run trom 6 to lo; group . where in a thousand marriages there are from 11 to 28 divorces. Itis strange to find among the first class the Italians, the Russians the Scotch. It seems the only point in common among nationalities otherwise so op- posed. The Swedes, the Norweg- ians, the Dutch and the Hungarians are the second class, while the third includes most other European peoples. The philosopher insists that the laws of a country have influence on these results. Norway! and Denmark have the same laws, and Norway Is moral ana Denmark 1s loose. Switzerland is one repub- lic, but in the canton of Lucerne there is scarcely ever a divorce, and in Appenzell there are a great many In Catholic countries, as a_ rule, there are many. Much depends on} profession. Artists and men of let-| ters seem very untortunate in their | unions. Moreover, the statistics of suicide run parallel with those ot divorse. Saxony 1s the country where both are found in greatest For a space ot three years the number of suicides remained sta- tionary in Sweden and so did the di- | vorces. Both are checked by the birth of children. and no numbers. Bro. Gardiner on Fred. From the Detroit Free Press. ‘sLet me say in reply,’’ answered | the President, ‘dat I did not intend } de marriage menshuned, neither has I ebber remarked imputed to me. Nevertheless, it Fred “Douglass or any older man ot color desiahs a} white wite, and kin secure one in de reg’lar way dat bridges am secured itam nufiin to anybody outside de fam’ly relashuns. De white woman who kin drap down to de lebel of a black husband orter be able to find ene, an’it dar am any fault found it shouldn’t be wid de m “So tar as dis club am consarned n. straight, an’ we dat way. If it Whale- we take de color mean to continer should be known heah that bone Howker, who am a. widower and lookin tur a second wife, had become de husband of a white Soci- ety beile, he would probably be axed to vacate de red stool on which he long reposed, but we shouldn’t blame kim mo’ dan de When I git ready to trade my ole woman, who am_at least | two shades darker than tur, fur de | slickest white woman dat eber run} a man in debt, I'll gin de Lime Kiln | Club a month’s notice.” woman. Trustee’s Sale. Whereas, James F. Cook, by his deed | of trust, bearing date September Ist, 1879, and duly recorded in the Recor- der’s office of Bates county, Missouri, in | i | i book No. 17, page 473, conveyed to the ' | | 1 undersigned trustee the tollowing des- cribed real estate in trust to secure the | payment of a certain prowissory note i id deed of trust fully described, to- wit: The northwest quarter of the southeast quarter and the north half of | the north half of the southwest quarter ot section thirteen (13), township forty-two 1321, in Bates | county,Missouri, containing eighty acres { more or less and, whereas, said note is past due and unpaid. Now, therefore, at the j request of the legal holder of said note | and by virtue of the authority in me! I will on between the hours of nine o’clock in the forenoon and five o’clock in the alter- | A line of steamboats 1s about to | noon of that day at the east front door of the court house in the city of Butler, county ot Bates aforeszid, expose to sale | in hand so much ot said real estate in said. deed of | trust and this notice described 25 may be | necessary to pay said debt, interest and | costs- : F. J. TyGarp, | requested. ARE OF ALL Hides & Furs KINDS 1 will pay the highest market price h For Hides, Furs, Wool, Pelts, Feathers, Beeswax and Rags. 6tt LEWIS HOFFMAN, North Main Street, BUTLER, M Badgley & Gipson, We will give special prices on BOOTS & SHOES, FOR SIXTY DAYS, As we must reduce our stock tor other We are always Top on Pay the Goods. HIGHEST RICE FOR FR Competiticn is no bluff to us. Produce. H PRODUC ways meet the closest prices. HOLIDAY COODS Are South Side, coming. Remember our place is on the Green Front. H.V, PENTZER DEALER IN FURNITURE, BABY CARRIAGES ar all styles and pr.ces. Good Hearse Always 02 Made and furnished on Orders may be lett at F. Evans? stable COFFINS atter night oron Sunday. Butler, Mo v SEWARD A. HASELTINE, PATENT SOLICITOR & ATT’Y AT LAW, SPRINGFIBLD, MO. ashington, D. C.) at Wi ‘Inquiries answered free and prompt. (Associated ae mann LIVE VEGETABLE PILLS Secure Healthy ——— tots Purely Vegetable; Mo Griping? Price 26c. All Droggists. EY ont Man A iavorite prescripti ost noted aud successful s| the cure of We al- Alvin short nofice In Spot Ca as oO; A Butier, free of charge. to call and see us. tate for sale. We have now on GENCY LOCATED IN THE “TIMES” BUILDING, ‘0: DAissouri., Respecttully solicits all persons having real estate to sell, to call and leave description and price of property, where same will be advertised Parties wishing to purchase will find it to their interest our books the following Real Es- 48, Business House and lot, in Adrian, house 18x40 feet, lot 25x140 teet, good lo- cation willbe sold at a bargain. This property will only be offered at the pres- ent price until April 161, 1883. . 33» House and lot in north east part of town, good house of 4 rooms, also excel- lent well ot water. 32, good farm ot 1soacres within one mile ot Butler, good buildings and fences, al so good feed lots, anda quarry of superi or sand stone. E. 28, House and lot in east part of town on Dakotah street. House contains 2 good rooms, gooa well on lot, will be sold at a bargain. 14, Large trame house and good lot on North Main street, good stable plenty of fruit and good water. Will be sold on terms to suit purchaser. 45. 120 acres 2 1-2 miles northeast of But- ter, 100 acres under fence, Soto 100 acres tarming land, balance timber. Never failing water, good timber, range tor stock, comtortable house. Will be sold at 25 pez cent less than actual value. 40 30 acres of land mostly timber 174 miles ot Butler, excellent stone quarr, rd- ing the best ot stone tor buildings and side walks. 29, House and lot in the northwest part of town, corner lot, good house with five rooms, good stable, new picket fence and new sidewalk. 40, A fine residence with about § acres of land adjoining the corporate limits of sutler. Excellent fruit of all kinds, plen- ty of water, good outbuildings. This is one of the most desirable country resi- dences in Bates county. Improements all in good revatr. 46,120 acres, In Deepwater townsnip, known as the J, H. Fletcher tarm, excel- lent quality of land, about 50 acres cultivation balance pasture, plenty of stock water house with 3 good sized rooms, new barn 20 by 36 ft and other out buildings, good orchard. Price $25 in per acre. 69- 170 acres in Summit township, containing 2 houses one of them § rooms, two wells of water, good orchard of bearing apples and all other small truits. Land allin cultivation and under tence. A decidedt Gi. 232 acres in Mound twp., all ine ation devid- edinto five fields. Two good houses, one 6and the other 5 rooms. 4 good wells and 400 bearing apple trees, Also several good out buildings. vest corner of 545324 acres in Spruce township,2 houses, orchards, 200 acres in cultivation, bal- ance in pasture all under fence, plenty ot water, all good land. Can be divided to make two convenient forms. 50, Soacres two miles southwest of Butler, action to the Liver nd relieveallbil- | Good land, plenty of water. Will be sold troubles. verycheap. jon of one of alists in the jervowun Bor! Loxisiana. Mo. the as ity. hood, Weakness aud Deeay. ent Jain sealed envelope free. Druggists cau Hi) ts : “ddrecs DR. WARD & CO 61—House and lot 3 blocks from the square | in Butler, good house of 7 rooms, good well and cistern, new stable and other out puildings, plenty ot fruit of ail kinds lot one hundred feet square Will be sold cheap and oneasy terms. 60—120 acres, 2 miles from Adrian, 2 houses, good barn, good young orchard of all kind of trait, a No.1 well of water good soil and good locality. s8—House and Lot, Butler new house | 7 1-2 stor,, tour rooms and good kitchen, good barn and buggy house, exce}ient x x FIRE POWER FIRE ive as a steamer: cost, and less than | pense for repairs lars with testimo! TON AGRICULTL CO.. N.Y- The partnership heretotore Thursday, March 27, 1884. | between Drs J. Everingham Rice is this day dissolved by All parties indebted to sent. firm are of the p. ‘tlement. Dr = THE TON about | well ot water 25 feet deep, plenty of frust RE wiErNG- one HORSE | ENGINE nearly as effect- | third first | one tenth annual ex- | For descriptive circu- | Is, address, REMING- | ILION Disolation Notice reby reques! ted am c the old stand and Dr Rice over M.D. By r Mo Dec Trustee. ; Rice M.D. rumlvs drug store > cali on minedrate n be found n pe Et 1333 round J. Everingham les west otf Adrian, and 60 acres in Good house, sta- water. Price $20 to suit purchaser. grass, ail under tence. ble and never failing peracie, on terms | This is a bargain, nutual con- late ne at This addition 1s situated directly 75 sale. jots range in size trom 141 X | to $225, according to size and location. veri valuable. Come now while you can have choice. - 67—130 acres of first rate land in Spruce township. Well hedged good buildings, plenty ot water, 150 bearing apple trees prenty of oo fruit, Soacres in cultiva- ion 40 acres in pasture roacres coal land. This is ree of the best Pee ee and most desireable farms in the county 24, 180 acres 8 miles southwest of Butler, about 160 acres exceilent timber, balance ine peal close to coal mines and rail- road. 27, 160acres 4 miles north of Butler, new dwelling house, good’ out buildings, land all new and geod quality. Also a fine brick residence on north main street in the city of Butler, one ot the most desira- ble locations in the city. 40, House and lot on North Main street. Commodious house in good repair, good stable, large lot and fine location. This is avery desirable property in one of the best neighborhoods or Butler. 56, 80 acres *3 mile trom depot, 2 good wells of water, small orchard; land all under cultivation; can be made one ot the finest farms in the county; will be sold on easy terms or very cheap for cash. 64. 240 acres near Mulbery will be sold all to gether or in lots to sult purchaser Good land and good buildings, Iwo good houses fine young orchard and plen- ty of water, in a good neighborhood close to school, church, and post-office 43, House and lot on corner of Fulton anit Miil streets. Good house containing tour rooms, wood shed and coal house, good truit, good well; lot Sox165'y feet Owner determined to sell. 44 House and lot in north west part o! city, gvod trame house 38 by 30 with two rooms back, new stable, good cistern in Lot 132 by 264, also 3 vacant lots adjacent to above property each lot 132 by 264. Will be sold all together or seperately to suit purchaser, all very de- sireable property and in the best part of town. kitchen. 51, House and lot in North part of city, Lot 84x 171ft, house one story 5 good rooms, good well and out buildings. Also vacant lot adjoining soo x 171ft, good fence and stable, Will be sold together, or separately, Ths property is ottered for a short time at a bargain, 49, House and lot in West Butler opposite the depot. House contains 4 rooms can busines be used foreither dwelling or hous:. 74- 80 aeres, house with hve rooms, plenty ot water. go bearing apple trees, and other small truits, including black berries and raspberries. Land all ir cvitivation, and under good tence. Wil! be so'd at a bargain. School house and church within quarter of a mile. . 57—40 acres of good land 1-2 mile from citv limits, good land nice location. 72—10 acres »t land 1 3g miles ot Butler, house 14x24, with good cellar. » New cis tern that will hold ts0 barrels ot water, 40 or 50 truit trees, about 6 acres in cultiva- tion, all under fence. Will be sold cheap 73-—160 acres, divided by a hedge in the center, 50 acres in pasture, a splen- did set ot blue grass with plenty of water and shade. Dwelling house on each 80, new barn, good apple and peach orchard and other small truits, 10 acres orchard grass and 8 acres timothy, also 274% acres good timber. This pla e1s a bargain. Humphrey’s Addition. We have now thirty-three lots in Humphrey's addition to the city of Butler tor south of the business partof the cits feet up to 178 1-2 x 150 teet, valued at trom $100 This property wiliina short time be