The Butler Weekly Times Newspaper, April 30, 1884, Page 1

BUTLER FOUND NOT GUILTY. | taken before Judge 1B. C. Clark of Frank James Acquitied of the; the probate court and released on Mussels Shoals robbery. i bail at $6,000. James has engaged ks | Draffn and Williams to defend him. fe-Arrested, Charged With the The court room was densely packed. ! Otterville Train Robbery. ; 7 James will remain in the city several | days. | 4Sad Cashier— yclone in Ohio-— Lottery Closed--The Gray and the Blue. ' Corn for Confederates. | Fort Scott, April 28.—M. H. Lit- | | tle post Grand Army of the Repub— lic to-day shipped a car of corn to the R. E. Lee camp at Richmond, Va., to aid in building a home for disa- Kansas City Times. Hustsvititr, Ava., April 25.—| A verdict in Frank James case of not guilty was rendered by the jury after heing out three hours. The first bled contederate soldiers at that pallot stood nine to three for acquit | Place. UG corn was donated by tal. Cheer after cheer greeted the members of the post and citizens verdict from the crowdea audi-| generally. It was shipped toenight enct, and many acquamtances | Over the Gulf road tor Richmond to Frank | be transported by that company free pressed forward to shake James by the hand. Immediately upon the announce- mentot the verdict, Shenff Rogers of Cooper county, Mo., who sat just behind the prisoner, leaned torward and arrested him on an indictment pending against him at Boonville, Mo., for robbing a train. of charge. The Henry College Lottery. Washington, D. C., April 28. | Inspecior Sharpe of the postoffice de- partment received the following com- munication from Inspector Patterson | of Louisville, Ky.: I inclose you herewith the last tar- | well of the Henry Coilege Lottery company, the direct result of the war One of James’ counsel states the arrest was made to protect James | At4 o’clock this atternoon he was | of the gang, and that all the bank land their { | houses. » MISSOURI, WEDNESDAY THE COUNTY OVER. folks want is a compromise. Last week aman who gave his name as What Bates County Newspapers Con- Epstein appeared here. The stock tain the Past Week. of goods was assigned and the resi-! sriecR dence deeded to him. and then deed- VARIOUS INTERESTING NOTES, ed by him to one Hughes, a reputed = = Californian. Rockville Globe. Another fearful wind storm pass- ed over this section last Friday, last- ing several The Cyclone in Ohio. Cincinnati, April 28.--A News- but } Xen O:; lHitea F 3 : ittie damage d > fi the scene is even worse that expects! Fo he ee | hours, fortunately Journal’s is special says A petition is being circulated by! Judge Haynes, in Hudson township, | ed. Fully one-third of the town 1s inrusns. The torce of the wind was | baie, terrific, houses not entirely demolish- | PeCHoeaing the county court to levy i | a tax of $500 to builda bridge across | Panther creek, at the Hook | Considerable money has also ed were torn in two and lhfted from foundations. The damage is estimated at from $150,000, to been | $200,000. The principal losses are: | subscribed by the tarmers in that vi- | The Methodist church $10,000, | Cinity and the business men of Rock- | s $10,000, i Christian church $5.000, fair ground oe cee cae that $5,000, school buildings $6,000, A. | )3s long been needed, and the peti- L. Wickersham $5 Eliza M. | #0n 1s numerously signed by the most tord, | Slowney, $5.000.. Miss Adams | oe and substantial farmers in $4,500, fire engine $5,000, Baptist yok Seale church $3,000, individual losses Rich Mill Review. H In many cases homes} Forty public gas lights would cost | each inhabitant on the average only number 136, contents were all gone, iurniture and bedding blown | twenty cents per year. entire | (Wal- | into tree tops a long distance from Several parties at Foster trom the authorities of Minnesota, for the Sull- waged against them by our forces. indicted I congratulate vou and the posimasi- er-general. ‘Lhe inclosure referred to isa prin- | where he 1s water bank robbery and murder of the casmer. So Jong as a case is | pending against him in Missouri he | ted notice. issued by the lottery com- | cannot be taken clsewhere. It is authori- vany. infoming the public they have understood the Minnesota resolved to discontinue their } siness les were here awaiting to arrest} im view of the recent decision of the ; es upon Ins acquittal, but were | Unsed States court at Louisville snd cipated by Ros Jan ae the determimat’oa expressed by Posi masier-General Gresham to enfc The verdicc gives universal satis- James jeaves with his wite tor Missourn to-night. forbidd the use ct the faction. the law mails tor lotiery purposes. 3 [The Otteryiile train robbery, for arrested at} How Cashier Abbott Pierce Ditv, Mo., April 24.—For | was Captured. Mwhich Prank Jamies was Hunisville, Ala., yesterday by Sher- j wt Rogers of Missouri took place at Otterville, Mo., on the line of the the past few days this city and vicin- s been in a state of feverish ex- ity i aE, : " , {citement over the arrest of Feilden Missouri Pactic railway on the meght} >, 2 2 ‘ one , b ; G, Abbott, the absconding cashier ! t July S, 1876. robbery was <n: S ey rah cera ot the Union Market bank, of Wat- | Weli planned and carmed out and ertown, Mass. The history, in briet, have been the and Frank James, | 7 ' BETA OE BOON Hele fole and Bob Younger, Clell Miller, | “"Y 9 Sanger: of good address hare Puts, Bill Chadwell “PHobvs Kerry, a green sort of a} “young fellow who was more a hang- The _Jrain was stopped at night and) easi- ly robbed, the robbers securing about $20,000. In two or three weeks Hobs Kerry ot all this band Was arrested, at Brownviile,and in the presence of several officers and re- porters, Kerry made a full confes- sion of the part he took in the rob- very, giving the names ot his con- ederates. He also stated that the eg ofthe band had“ gone north to land Clayton sent to Cincinnati 1 esate, and was himselt sent to $15,000 to buy the opening stock. Phe penitentiary at Jefferson City tor : = term ot years. As he truly stated he band did goto Minnesota, being Prtorced by Jim Younger and at Porhfield on the 7th of September, 876, they made an attack upon the mk at that place, Frank and Jesse mes alone escaping of the eight en who rode into the town. Char- Pitts, Clell Miller and Ball Chad Fell were killed in. the Streets, and Pe three Youngers finally er a junning fight. ‘Ving ti Was supposed to Some time in Febru- | work ot 1s as follows: Jesse and apparrently with plenty of money, this and = : appeared at Mount Vernon, in county, under the name ,ot Forrest, | or Forrester. He was accompanied | cron than active participant, by a former citizen of that place. but late of St. Louis, by the name of F. C. Clayton. deared in this city. They soon after ap- Forrest:t aight | Way invested in a residence ina 1e- tired place. paying about $3,000 theretor, and had it deeded to Clay- ton. that Clayton would embark in the cloth- ing business. A building was rent- ed, the rent paid one year in advance | with | { Soon it was announced In due time he returned and opened out. During all this time everybody | was wondering and yzuessing who | this man Forrest was, and why he | had taken such a deep Carriages. colored ants, a hberal distribution of money | to charities and friends, champagne suppers, etc... marked the wonderful advent of Forrest and the heretotore shghtly impecunious Clayton, until captured | Nionaay last, when the true inward- They are now z © sentences in the Stillwat- | tion Was exposed by Pemtentiary. When the Missouri | thorities are done with) Frank | tral | interest in Clayton. Zz serv— | Ness of the sudden financial eleva- the arrest as} The case was work- ed up and the capture was made by above stated. mes, he will have to stand Br the \. se some amateur detectives of our city. he Northfield robbery af usual on | s 2 selrecy » | Frank James at Boonvil«. ee rose Cone cha ureter sas City Times. eee ne nays } Rogers, heritf of Cooper county, | 000 10 percent of the money red here this morning on the Sj found. Sunday and Monday telegrams lock train® trom, Huntsville, Ala. sentiio Watertown, and answers PFLManied by Frank James and /c¢ >to arrestand hold Abbott un- pets und child. James is | tit partes from Watertown could | Sught here to he tried for participa | for him. Abbott has been | BP the Otterville train robbery in locked in a room. in the Decatur &. He was taken to Sheriff Rog- | house since his arrest. He states house and put in amt throng of visitors came tunds, but that he | “ent about the house all day. confinement. | that he is the one whe took che bank wanted at the is not Watertowa: that he is smallest swept away | can politics, just now, | i | ij of the exactions made by the Gov-| fitted, pated and papered through is | to be anxious to burrow $20,000,000 ‘and of sturdy of his character vary greatly. Phe damage in the country | nut) have been seiling liquor without | : : ; gz liq is very great, but the particulats are | jicense, and the prosecuting attorney jnot vet kaown. The roads are} was looking them up Tuesday. | impessable i: direction of the | : eerie : oem . Ss : ; «A few worthless lots in the bank- storm. Much live stock was killed, , torm. Much live as : £°s | rupt town of Walnut have rather ta and paras, bouses, and teaces were | | ken the starch out of the Repubh } can and at now blames the newspa- | | pers of the couniy for it. | | | Rick Hill Enterprise. | Since the recent rains the Marias | nes river has been all over} hits 1 and bottoms. In some tis four miles wide. ets Thos. M. | Orr took the Gulf train Tuesday for | Ark. to be D. Sanderson and Hot Springs Mr. Orr has been | ; With rheumatism and Mr. Sanderson | gone a month. troubled | | with scrofulous, sores on the face. | Our old friend Wm. Hedden, out i | near Fairview, has been Wearing a | Sunday smile since the 17th, and | setting up the Hana’s, looking rath— General Wianuel Gonzal es, er sympathizing for those who did ann not “havana’’ new boys at their | house. Mother and boy doing well President oi Mexico and William is convalescing. | of Mexi-| The Methodist (soutn) church of | revolution chiefiy The uasettled conditior Butler, under the pastorial chaige of | Rev. Beuiah has recently being threatened on account been re- the; and through. Rev Beulan did not only display a gfeat deal of taste in | the superintending ot the work, but has made it one of the mostinviting. tasty and handsome churches in the Electric city. Two years ago, | Rich Hill Sun. | ernment, makes a sketch of President, to whom bis enemies as- cribe the difficulty, opportune Mexico is short of money for.the use of the Government, and reported at the present time. Congress President under similar pressure, A very important conference of passed a law granting the ‘ monied men was held at the Tal= extraordinary powers. In pursuance | mage House yesterday. The most of this law, President Gonzales re-{| promising kind of manufacturing in- | cently issued a stamp decree, there-| qi ctries for Rich Hill was the sub- by creating the present complication, Sega eS ssiese an Se which is more disastrous to business ! very wealthy gentlemen trom abroad than the previous financial stringen | are here looking into the affairs and cy _ | prospects of the city with a view to General Gonzales has been Presi- | investing in| manufacturing enter- dent of Mexico since December 1, ! prises. 1880. He born about fifty | years ago, at Matamoras, State of | | was The county seat looks as fresh and Picferune a| prety as 2 daisy. The trees are al! = in leaf, the yards are green, the private soldier, and rose rapidly inj Steets are aur people ; nd_ the hi profession | folks seem to be enjoying lite. Bus- his profession. |. a : ~. = . liness 1s good «4 roving. hy tinction against the French in 1863-4, | "P©** 8 8 d_and yes Ti a 5 I citizens are dreaming about raile Butler will doubtless have a Tamaulipas, Mexico. m‘litary lite, he joined the army as a} | He served with dis- as Colonel ot a regiment, and lost an | roads. : road soon. inst the invaders. In | TO@a@ S00 { Butler’s steets are quite rough and | x badly. The | ences are nice many of them are ‘ elegant, The la have | ; anticipated pretty weather and have | Under President Gonzale’s admin- , thet Butler la-| istration Mexico has made rapid ad- dies and gendemen ot society dress | well and look well. i fortress of arm while defending the San Marea ¢ 1876 he was created a Major-Gener- of them need fix al, and held office as Secretarv of S° re ministration ot z. Whom he succeeded les seem to President D as the rest t revolution, Ito: new spring stvies. mate al prosperity and He has a fine presence, built | of Pates county vanees in civilization. is not tall in stature, but physique. tor the common or public schools { well ene hundred and. Estimates | sixty teachers are 1eqmred. There | /are many good paying and pleasant | day nig says he: j Says he | Howerton, j; vote on Presidential candidates, and | the last twenty years, we are pre } black mane | with white stripe in tace and 1 white hind APRIL 30, 1884. ent in the protession ¢ employment. Adrian Advertiser Shenff Hanks was in town Thurs- called on us. He ¢ to give the boys an other race for sheriff this fall. | A temperance lecturer was paint ed blue, at Harrisonville, on day evening. Tues- | The bovs say he wes green and they wanted to change his | color tor his own safety, as spring | was so backward the cattle were lie able to attack him. | The new town board elected fork the year 1884, are J. N. Bricker, M. O. Smith, F. R. Weaver, W. vs Ua DeArman, and Wm. Downey. They met Wednesday evening and orga- nized, by chosing J. N. Bricker, Mayor; J. J. Brumbach, clerk, at- torney and collector and assessor; Marshal, street commissioner. | fames and The Republicans of Hickory coun- ty. in their late convention, took a the result was Bob Lincoln for Pres- ident and Blaine for Vice President. Gallatin Deroocrat; Having close- ly followed Judge Fyan’s career for | pared to say the Democracy of Miss- our: couldnot do beiter than to choose him as the gubernatorial leader. Steelville Miron (Rep.) ‘ Horn Van | ind the Globe Democrat un- dertook to run the convention in. in- ie terest of Arthur, and thereby so dam- aged him that he got only six votes | out of thirty-two delegates lected | ’ ” ve , 1 Liz -ot | frto the advertiseuen ot | Bate A knowledie «fits | Wsave notoniv beuit Cullare otherwise expended + } For a Clean Suave Go to Crouch Bros. shop, near southwest eorner of the square. comfortable room 35. They have aneat, | Strayed or Siolen. Oa April 4th, 1884, one dark bay horse, | and tail, about 15% hands high, rough shod with scar on left tore A liberal reward will be payed for rn of horse or his whereabouts. m Joun F. Herrecr, Butler, Bates Co., Mo knee. the r Strayed. From the premises ot the undefsigned, 5 miles southwest of Butler, on Sunday, April 27th. One bay mare 2 years old, toot. will be 22-2t BUTLER NATIONAL BANK, | Any information regarding same liberally rewarded by J. L. Street. ——i Fi Opera House Block, } BUTLER. MO. | H Cash Capital and Surplus, $57,850. President ice President. | .--Cashier. | <’t Cashier rk and Collector. JOHN H. SULL T.W. CHILDS Wa. E. WALTON Cc. DUKES DON KINNEY DIRECTORS Booker Powell, Green W. Walton, Dr. N, L, Whipple, T, W, Childs, um, E, Walton, T. Rue Jenkin- . ©. Boulware, R, D. Williams. Judge J. Hi. Sullens, A. L, McBride, Frank Votis C, H, Dut OTHER STOUK HOLDERS: G, B, Hickman, C, C. Duke. John Deerwester. O. Spencer, John B. Ellis, J, R, Estill, S, Q. Dutcher, J, . Henry Donovan. A, rex, Large Fire and Burglar: Proof Safe with time lock. ; Receives deposits subject to check at | ight, Loans money buys and sells ex- | change and does a vene-al Bankin bus- ! eee | situations to be fitled by competent | jness. Butler Tiars 50 cents till Jan. rst. | teachers in the county, and good tal- | | when fact is ascertained, or when mare i O CAT | desiring | should cal! « Your ousiness is respectiully solicited. | umn wil, ed at Special terms give by the month or season Rising Star, will make the season ISS $4, commencing April ist, and end July sth, at the tarm of E. Miller & Br one mile and a halt northeast of Altona. Bates Co., Mo. This celebrated a highly pedigreed horse is well know: throughout the county. Last year he stood at the livery stable ot Geo I Smith, in Butler: will also stand at the same time and place two other LOK horses, 1S-6t YOUNG COLONEL, a jack, is 14) hands high, 4 vears old, jet black wits * nose, fine form. Sired ov Castil n, and isa good breeder. Will stanc the ensuing season at my stable at Altona Bates Co. Mo. on the following terms $10 to insure a living colt; — money ¢ parted withor removed trom county. MIKK, ot Morgan stoc k, will also stay at same place; terms $5, conditions same as above. MIKE is 15, high, bright bay, of good form 20-1m* Josern Kerr hands EDDY WARD, the fine saddle stallion will make the season ot 1884 ur stable in Bates cour ty, Mo., on the farm of John Atkinso tour miles south of Butler, on the road leading to Papinvilie near the Mille school hous: tne low price of $8 to insure a mare in foal, payable when the tact is made known, or $10 to insure live colt, payable when the colt come in all cases the price will be d when the mare is transterred or about to be removed trom the county a lean will ervis | be retained on the colt until pa We will take al! care to prevent acc but will at t r sible should occur, the season will commence is Apriland end fuly ist. Descriers AND Pipicikue Eddy Ward is a d orrel, nearly bl even ve in the prime ot lit 16 hands high with t,o! fine torm ar nane finest ate d nize e, he y 1 lebrated ‘g er of Idle and horses Expert, Nelly Ward, who was one of the most celebtated premiur she was by the great show horse John Dillard. Expert by d Stocking, Ji Old Tom Hal, a Canadian pacer r horse will be on exhibition on the strects of Butlereveryv Saturda Werstry Wakvnocn, Agent BLACK JOIN, tt breeding Jack, will serve mares at $10 to insure a nar n toal or $1 or x live colt payable wher the colt comes. The conditions same as stated in Eddy Ward as to payments, tra c. Black John is black, with mealy se and belly, tu! hands high with , me and weight a tine He was sired by the noted pr n Jack, Peacock, dam by the pren um Jack, Hawk Eye, he is strict! ' class breeder as his colts will show as we have fgur of his colts on our p ait extra good, We th it would be to th luterest of breeders or fine ‘ horses and mules to examine this stock and | their colts betere breeding elsewhere 17m2 Wi& W TLE MEN. Parties trage tor cattie 1 Mr. J. B. Wa ton, 7 miles northeast of Butler. His pastures are rich; see him atonce. 17m: 4 PRIZE Send six cents a v) jetor postage, and receive free, a costly box of goods which will help all, of either sex, to more mon- ey right away than anything else in the world. Fortunes await the workers ab- solutely sure. At once addresses True & Co., Augusta, Maine, 1j-1yr? ‘VIRGINIA CITY Pierce & Armstrong, DEALERS IN a NOTIONS. RY GOOD Boots, Shoes, Hats, Caps, Queensware, Also a tull line of — Hardware and Imp‘ements. Cali and price our goods and ‘ examine their qnabity. 203m VIRGINIA, MO.