The Butler Weekly Times Newspaper, April 16, 1884, Page 4

¥ 4 as the point BUTLER WEEKLY TIMES Chas. T. McFariaad.- iTOR AND PRopRIETOR. ‘TERMS OF SUiSCRIPTION WEDNESDAY, APRIL 16., 1834 BUTLER MISSOURI. STILL ANOTHER. Four weeks ago the price of the BurLer Weekiy Times was re- duced to thé very low sum of sEv- €NYY-FIVE CENTS from the rst of March to the rst of January next. During that time a large number of people availed themselves of the op- portunity to subscribe for the paper, knowing so well its superior worth as a reliable county newspaper and a correct exponant of genuine Democ- racy. In fact quite a boom has been worked up, and its main force being just now upon us we cannot well shut it out, and have, theretore, de— termined to extend the low rate, and will send the Tres to all new sub- scribers and old ones who pay up, from April ist to January rst, F Ont SIXTY (CENT in advance. To all present subscribers who are in arears one year and over, we will give the advantage of this special of- fer, by them calling and settling up. THE NEW ROAD- Last week the Tres foretold in briet the proposition submitted last night by the StLouis, Kansas City & Western R. R. Co. The offer does not require much explanation. It 1s short and, at the present writing, seems favorable. The right of way through the county and $40,000 is whut is asked. There is one very healthy indication surrounding this new proposal, and that is no undue excitement exists. There is no sign of a ‘boom’? such as often strike As will be seen by the communities im the west. num ber of interviews with our foremost citizens published elsewhere the sen- of the is ©X- timent is strong in support new scheme, and confidence pressed that the money will be rais ed and all requirements complied with without anv difficulty. A in these interviews is no- ticable featur the little excitement indicated, but a cool confidence and determination is apparent. This is the sort ot spirit the Tiw as pleased to see. r tion taken be considerate and posi- five. If after investigation the prop- osition is found sound, then the only Let whatever ac- thing to do will be to subscribe the money. As a matter ot business the scheme must be caretully investiga- ted by a committee of experienced men, and on their report will depend, ana large measure, the success of he enterprise. WHICH IS BEST- The Times ot this city asks: “Is Walnut to revive?’ And we answer that we think she “tis...” We, how- ever. donot believe that a railroad will be built to Walnut or Butler-- er the Walnut coal fields opened up and made to bring wealth into our county, by any assistance from the Tim But while the Times is throwing cold water on these pro- jects while nearly all our people are anxious and willing to aid and en- rage, We have the consolation of | knowing that its feeble stream can } bot stop anything.”’—Aecord. i Now, this is crushing—utterly so. | The Times has supported every rail- road proposition that has been sub- mitted to the county since its pur- | chase by the present proprietor, and | will continue to do likewise it it be— | Leves future proposals to be honest And that support has al- | ways been free and unbought by “town lots’’ or otherwise. North Main contemporary much. The Times never received a dollar out of the Walnut railroad | snd just. | Can coe say as 2 ked for nothing, but filled its am- j pie reading pages with good words | for the new enterprise, until it was | convinced that there was something wrong. Then, having our independ- ence left and borrowing courage . snough tor the task, we told how ' ‘ | ed **negro’’ suited him , Slate made up on State and disappointed and *‘strapped.”’ such Naturally enough a would produc € positions ¢ We were unt “organs. ; were diff bad we had been fooled and others course Democracy regardless ot surround Has itever occurred ings. o our es- teemed contemporary that Vernon’s favorite son may suffer deteat from the too out-spoken policy it is now This s d Leader's folly pursuing. ed: others w t again a/ 9 different policy zes_ the | Its progress ot the Times from that pur- ts venerable contemporary. | pr | ng ‘feeble stream,”? butitas pure and} cement prevails. | not treacherous. The pu iemere | ee ae aeual | liable to place credence im what a ean) OS nae te does propos timents than in one who | If the nature of the new to be submitted is as we best control honest judgement and No man or set of men part of our policy. Not so with Record; if it has any reputation at all, it is because ot the fact that trom among its worst political mies. ed the trains on ning to the latter city. Many der water. ever, is now over and all trains plying daily from Kansas City Memphis. It is astomshing amount of business being done this new road. country through which it was runs a great reward promised in the de- velopment ot those hills and vallies andthe Memphis road should and will get its share. The Times has received a copy ot the new directory of Bates county, compiled published by our tellow townsman D. G. Newsome. It is indeed a most complete work and and we are glad to nove 1s being re- ceived by the business men of this city with much tavor. The directo ry gives the name of every person in the county, and their post office ad- It goes farther and produces the and ot all New- every the maiden name of wife. gives the birth-place and age We Mr. some’s book is a success, and individuals. think business man ought to have it. dem- ratically It has been math onstrated beyond doubt that 15 cents on the $100 valuation of Bates coun- ty property, will not raise but a trifle over $10,000. The overplus, ever it may be, will constitute and will be left the Treasury. What objection can there now be to voting tor the We trust sincerily that the people in dit- terent sections of the county will not allow local grevances to influence their action. A jail is for the bene- fit of the whole county and no one whi in jail proposition? individual more than another. The Toes hears the names of numerous gentlemen mentioned in connection with the various offices to fill, excepting that of representa- tive. This office seems to be seek- ing tae man. This being admitted, just hold your breath, and we will suggest a man for that position who will fill it with equal alnlity to any the new body ;—that manis A. Henry. He able lawyer with an abundant influence in the State, a good speaker, member of is an and man says who always speaks his sen- not. ion understand it to be, it will no doubt receive our support, and that means always our efforts. | any the it has always needed a head to conduct its policy without calling in outsiders ene- For a month or more the floods on the lower Mississippi have prevent- the Kansas City. Springfield & Memphis from run- miles of track was totally submerged with The interrnption, how- are to the by To penetrate the no small undertaking, but there was ) Sileuce that oppusition is to be has lived long enough in Bates coun- | ty to know how to represent her. J. Milton Turner is having made the best speech on the | occasion the late Repubhcan reported as ot on the 12 | new creamery building and content convention at Sedalia, not excepting The eminent ored gentleman did not talk so muck of harmony in the Republican ranks as he did of the condition and: inter- ests et his race. He seemed proud of his Atrican blood, and to be call— better than to be alluded to as ‘‘colored.””? Mr. Turner is a very sensible man, but! We tear he is getting erratic in his the two bosses. col- | old age. The Nevada Democrat is Stone’: organ and Stone is a candidate for Congress. The Democrat has district candidates, and with its usual politi- ; cal vim is urging its ticket upon the its acks considerably m a question trom the opposition council, | jn | drawing a } | and since that t the Judge has declared a rule having every man who enters the room searched, not excepting the jury, council or gf- | ficers. The Democratic State Central Committee met at St. Louis on tor holding the convention to at Chicago, and Jefferson City York //fera/d a short time Yes, and it would rally the West tc overwhelming majority. delegates to both the State conven The Executive Committee Congressional tions. of this district gressional conyention. Our neighboring Republic, Mexi revolution. The mal-administration ot President Diaz and his party has ch have ce- caused dissensions veloped into almost open rebellion. Important consequences, therefore, depend on the result of the forth- coming election in that country. The Times is the only paper the city that has given the public the late railroad news. For two weeks have through ourcolumns, but nothing has we noticed the new scheme appeared from either of our contem- poraries. Are we to inter trom this de- clared against **Coi’’ Pace. ee Van Horn and his crowd captured the Sedalia convention in a smooth it according to Fillev finally surrendered in an ostentatious y the way and controlled the plans adopted im caucus. manner, but it was only done to end that he might get a new hold. The position taken by Butler cap- italists on the racket, seems like this: new railroad **We have got the ood will money and if the plan is g subscribe the amount required with- out a loud word.”* .That’s all there 1s to it. The name of the Hume News has been changed to the Star, and the style of the paper to a tour page, Valuable im- provements mark the progress ot the eight column sheet. new proprietor of the Star. > aman, thereby electing him by an We believe it about time for the Chairman to call the county Central Committee together to fix a time for holding a county convention to send will meet shortly, we presume, and set a time and place for holding the Con- co, is again threatened with internal in | the 1oth and fixed that city. June 24th, send delegates to the National convention as the place and August 12th, the time for the convention to nominate S tate officers. The Congressional and County Committees can now meet and do their work. In an imterview with the since, Gen. John B Gordon, of Georgia, in response to a question as to the Southern vote in the Presidential race, said: ‘Mr. Tilden’s name would rally the South to a man.’’ | ned for admit ng a partner. nate in bei assig The Ties is pleased to note the Giche’s prosper . ee There was no s bsolute. t and NEIGHBORHOOD NOTES. v fHerai i to build a court 1 Boi The propositior 10uUsC not receiving was [deteated, two-thirds majority. | Walker Herafd: Augustus Schell |the gentleman gfrom whom Schel j City, inthis county, took its name t Hermitage the died in his home in New York on the 27th. | Warrensburg 7.-0: Iwenty- nine tramps were put off of a west bound freight train here Saturday night. Twenty-five of them were tound 1m one car and four in another. Clinton Advocate: From the Lebanon Rustic we learn that Mr. of Lebanen died on Friday last o hydrophobia. 29th, ot January iast. £&x: Any one having a silver doilar of the coinage of 1804, wil the coin is yalued at $600. said to be worth $15. but the first passenger train that has ventured since the washout went down to Memphis last night. Warrensburg J.-D: Dave D. Joslin, a son of the mayor f He was bitten on the 1 no doubt be gratified to learn that Dollars ot the years 1851, 1852 and 1853 are Springfield Journal: The Gulf is said to be in good order to Mem- phis, Tenn. Freight trains have been running through for some time, A joint stock company to manufacture tiling has organized been here, and an expert from Bloomington, Illinois, is expect- ed in a few days to examine the soil, clay, etc. If he reports favorably work will commence at once futelligencer: Mr. eton township, Lexington Smelser, of Mic lately unearthed, from one hole in the ground, 1 mini, 1 prairie dog, 2 rattle snakes and 1 owl, atl bedded j together and all apparently as hap- py as though belonging to the same family. Boliver Herald: St. Cla ty will vote on the third of May up- y coun- i | | and 67 1-2 on propositicn submiitted by holders ot $431,000 of her bonds to a compromise their cl on the dollar on bonds in liti- cents on those not in gation. Lamar Demorrat: The Secre- tary of State trom Wayne county, Ohio, stating that three hundred tamulies will seek homes in Southwest Missouri, dur— has received a_ letter ing the summer, and asking for pub- lished reports ot different parts of the State. Jopiin Herald: The old blind fiddler who makesstated pilgrimages to Joplin, was taking the short route yesterday and soliciting money from house to house on Main street. He is reputed to be wealthy. and the owner ot valuable real estate in Kansas City. . Springfield Mews: The Osceola | branch of the Frisco road seems now Harrisonville sustained a ard lick } by the burning ot the which had been in operation only a month. = The loss was partly cover- ed by insurance. Norman ©. Jones jias pointed General Agent ot the Freight and Passenger Department of the Kansas City, Ft. Scott & Gult R. R. tNew Or— been Co., with headquarters « leans. There is some consolation going to a National Con- as an ‘talternate vention, even it we are deteated for- } first choice—isn’t that so Beach? Rock- erest Our friend Bryson of the le Globe has sold a2 inhispaper. Too much work in the editorial aud business departments half | of the office for one man is the cause } to be an absolute certainty. Col. J. O'Day was at Bolivar this week ar- socation for the depot. magnificent road is not a part of the **Southeast- ern system.’’ Appleton Journal: ampht-theater at the fa Now, that t | for the contest. Herald: Died of con- in this | on Wedn tnd 1SS4 Mr. J #8. s2ist year. Mr. Oxley moved among us about six months = re ‘ ttese t ne ¢ s “ The escapade | ¢ S. Maa subject of gossip | Last week the | same unscrupulous adventurer mar- | 1 Miss Nettie of Ash day’s acquaintance. After one day's Brec coridge. «/ Hon. Morrison R. Waite. | atter one ts | milliner Grove, Chiet-Justice of the United States | connubial bliss he resumed his trip. : t | The young lady 1s said to be well] Morrison R. Waite presents | connected. | subject tor a more extended hiogra | Joplin Herald: Six years ago | phy than our space will permit. Fy Esquire Orear performed «a mar—| Some euolc would be unworth lage ceremony which took a young | the character and office ot the Chies ‘ Justice. On the other hand the re idy from the ‘tmrss’’ of her life and made her Mrs. Clara Bell. Four | cord of such a life belongs to th years later he became — the | public he has served and is still sen! nitocies oe hae Bell to untie | ing with so much ability. the knot that he had previously In the quiet old rural town of tied. He as was successtul in one as | Lyme, Connecticut, still stands the. he had been m his former official | house where Morrison Renwid_ duty.. Last week he again tied the | Waite was born, November 298 nuptial knot making Mrs. Bell Mrs. | 1816. Mr. Waite entered Yale Col, George L. Heiks. The venerable | lege at the a of seventeen and judge is now subject to orders. graduated with honor in 1837 in y ae ov class which included Wm California Democrat: Friday | ,, a ‘ sa ‘ - «| Evarts, Edward fF terrepont, Prof morning we had an accession of 28] © Sillman and others who have becom persons direct from Canton Berne, Switzerland, and five more on Mon- day from the same vicinity, with ten more looked tor shortly. There are distinguished men. He then begar! the study of law in his fathers offic in Lyme, but finished his studies ip, sails ? the office of Samuel M. Young but two or three families in the lot ae ~ bad a prominent attorney in Maume —principally young men. All will] A. ‘ P : City, Ohio. In 1839 his preceptor locate in this county. In the com- . o3 took him tnto partnership, and jp 1850 the firm ot Young & Waite re moved to Toledo, O., and establish eda large and successful practice A few Mr. Waites pany was one lady 78 years of age, and the oldest gentleman about 50, and he with a tamily of 12 children. Leabanon Rustic: Miss Nettie years atter, Breckenridge went to Ash Grove. | younger brother was admitted to the? near Springfield, a few weeks ago, | bar and a partnership was formed, and opened a millinery shop. The consisting ot the two brothers, which first of last week a gentleman, giving | continued up to the time of the torm the name of Stuart M. Freeman, and | er appointment to present high po representi a New York button house, called at her place to sell her a bill. ed that in a few hours sition by President Grent, January zoth. 1874. Politicaly Mr. Waite is a Repub. lican, but he was always too deep An acquaintance was form- mpened into love, and on the followmg day they | ly engaged in his profession to be went to Springfield, and) were mar- | come much of a partisan or party tied by Judge Lawrence, of the pro-| leader. ‘To all the war measures of bate court. the government he gave carnest and Appleton Fournal: Quite a effective support. In 1849 Mr. singular accident happened at the Watte was elected to the Ohio Lege residence of Mr. Watson, hving a | ilature as a Whig. In 1862 he was fey lee coaiuinot is city last | Peluctantly a candidate for congress ‘Thursday. ‘Bwo. (tle children but was defeated by Edwin M. brother and sister—were plaving to- Phelps. Thereatter other nomina gether, when the little boy picked | U0" 49d appointments were ten ; dered bim but be retused to accept had standing in the corner of the rooms, up ashot gun which heen left any of them. and taking aim at his sister, deliber- Mr. Waite was a conspiciouschar- acter in the great Geneva Tribunal atel States counsel y pulled the trigger, and the gun as one of the United was discnarged, the load consisting ot a heavy charge of bird shot, tak- and he performed his arduous task to his great credit and to the entire satistaction of his government. _ He thereafter returned to Toledo and re- ing effect in the back and hip of the ttle girl, A physician was called who succeeded in removing a large . sumed his practice, aud in 1873 was} number of the shot. The child will recover. chosen president of the Ohio State at a siege bey Constitutional Convention. Upon Murderer Captured. the death of Chief Justice Chase Springfield Journal. there was intense interest throughout About three years ago a man by the United States to know who Z would be his successor. After the the name ot Prewitt engaged to work for Mr. Gibson, a respectable and | successful nomination of Hon. Geo. | well-to-do farmer in Camdem coun- | Hf Williams and Hon, Caleb Custr ope : 1 . . ys rea a th b ‘a o hen ty. ‘There is bur little doubt that |1"% 49d the withdrawal of their | names, President Grant then select- the employment was part ot the | his ed Mr. Waite and 4 )pointment plan to secure possession of Gibson’s ; Man and ther went to the house and | told Mrs. ¢ r grounds | i ‘has been destroyed by the wind, and | will have to be rebuilt, it would be a ! ap- | much convenience to the public if the association would erect greater the building on the west side of the | track. This should be done by all means. on Advocate: The Oratorieal Contest of the William College of this State Tewell has been arranged to come off in this | month. conte: city the latter part of next There are to be five or six tants, and a handsome gold medal is to be awarded to the successful com- petitor. It will be an interesting occasion and Clinton is quite fortu- , the human fiend seeks in vain to es- | | day, | annual | money. After working on the farm | ¥S confirmed by a unanimous vote some time, Gibson and Prewitt were | 9 the Senate. It is the glory and at work together in the held some | S°°Urity et a nation to have its high distance from the house wi Pre. | ¢St Place ot Justice filled by men. witt deliberately murdered the old | ¥)0, like Chief Justice Waite add . to the loftiest official character that : ; } 1 i ot Ife. anity « nners, bson that her husband | PUrity ot ife, urbanity of manner purchased « lot ot cattle and wanted | 49d generous benifcience which The old lady without hesitation handed tinguish them. | a Notice ot Final Settlement. the money to pay for them. him seven or e hundred dollars | Notice is hereby given to all interested with which he left for parts unknown. Detect I k eae in the estate of Stephen M. Staley, de- etectives have been trailing ever ceased, that I, W. M. Griggs, adminis since without success until last Mon-_ trator de bo nis non ot #a'd ¢, intend to make final settlement thereof, at the Mr. J. G. White when Of | nevt term of the Bates county Probate Greenfield caught up with bim at / Court, in Bates county, State of Missouri. Cele Gas uetie ; in dsl atl ee hefd at E ron the 12th day of secay Gap and be1s now in_ jail at | stay, cake W. M. Gaisas, Greenfield. In many instances it 17-4t Administrator de bo mis nom seems impossiple for crime toescane | pursuit, and in all cases like this the j blood of the innocent and confiding | victim becomes in itself an avenging | and relentless pursuer, from which ! cape. - I