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this an age 7 Aue | the County Committees to hold their ; tury ag improvement in all method oi serving God or the BUTLER WEEKLY TIMES MeFarian«a. conventions on the 26th day of July, to send delegates to the State Nomi ; nating Convention on August 12th. | is no exception to Mr. John O’Day must have some | private motive, perhaps ot personal | making this Chas. T. iyiTOR AND PROPRIETOK. he rule. TERMS OF SUFNSCRIPTION: as expressed New York Sux. opinion that Mr. interest to himself, in en can not every dare The Weery ‘Times, published Wednesday, will be sent to any a usurp direction which is clearly cept the nomination for the It has a smatter- | one vear, postage paid, tor $1.25. tion ot authority. jcy. These ott repeated opinions ing of boss rule about it. The De- | wihiRe Ge ainerenes Se BUTLER MISSOURI mocracy of Bates county should pro- Paideaatdlor will noe dé. a WEDNESDAY, MAY 14., 1834. ceed to hold their convention when- | mothe Melbere aitere to ww: everit pleases them to doso regardless | Reysg! ae Wee Ree ay Hee Spee 2 ANNOUNCEMENTS, jot Mr. John O’Day’s ‘‘instruction.’” N Nothing but Mr. Tilder | There appears to be a large sizec | nominee. 1} : : own positive declination w satisfy | Churchell of Nevada, Vernon c+ flattering letters he has received Chluiton Democraé: | : ee COMME: 10 Go| black man in the wooid-pile. the people. We believe the grand | ty, is announced for Congress 11 ee ef a for County Offices, . 5 00 He SEE = a ee 2 trom prominent Democrats in differ— question as to what is the b Set Count doe > col A : moet : W : 1 4 juest ast hatis the best grip udges, 2 i } accept if nominate vid are net intorm ast = é i ‘or County J es z ete STREETS AND ALLEYS. old man will accept if nominated by district. ' « re net in ; ormec a Oe parts of the State. We feel as-, food for milk cows, protessor Amol For ConGress. We doubt if there is a town or city | acclamation. his candidacy being subject to the ured that the Southwest will stand recomends four é : ‘y | i s « a ‘ i s ) Parts of bran, ty, We are authorized to announce Dr. A. |, |, re c. ; Z action of any convention, and, there- us : 2 ei ee Churchell, of Nevada, Vernon county, | im the southwest that can show up as The suggestion of A. Henry tor ; Seo er ET by him to a man, and he is sure to) parts of corn-meal and one part ¢ for Congress, in this the Tweltth district, | dirty, filthy, nasty, stinking [a set ot the Legislature, by the Times a. Se) oa plea? I =, oe ; A win in this race. He deserves suc- | linseed oil meal as having given hye — —_— 5 2 P , s wus 2 amigas , tribunal he submits his claims. At ss x uo i ; —_— = streets and alleys as tis boasted couple or three weeks ago, has caus- | ‘ : © ‘ ; ; é cess, and will make an able Attor- | the best results in proportion to te 4 Mlectric city “rc: es : a later day we may be able to give ey CENTRAL COMMITTEE MEETING. | Plectric city of Butler can. Besides pe ea ie noes develope | : soe aiinecledn «ney General. of any dry tood that he has eye Notice is hereby given that a meet being dirty the streets are badly in ee Ser a eee a = st : the ce urpose ; o! Nevada eDamieent -sBlone Jann eA : sete i Caco e air. i z a | Churchell’s candidacy, prefering to : x . ss ; ee oe niaersee Central Cow aces ot cing ! Uni hi the county intavor of Mr. Henzy. awatt further information that we W. Abernathy, of Butler, was a vis- Rich Hiil Laterprise: Ed Crabj mittee of Bates county will be he!d And the alleys — comet ing The leading editorial in last Sat- | : siete itor tothe Gem City to-day. Mr. | first of the week sold 63 head of < 1s done to them soon the city 1s hable = M may do him no injustice H ; | a ; at the cuurt house in Butler, on Sat- |" be falllokehol befocets ddl urday’s Adnan Advertiser very ear- Abernathy is a most agreeable gen- \ tra fine two-year-old steers, to Jew re) re middle j ave | . . ; Ve urday May 17th, for the purpose of ee = wit ile i B tler is | NEStly refers to the subject, andstates | The Benders have been found | tleman, and at Present is a candidate | Handley, half ot the lot avera . very z in er is a F ae : - ail is 7 fixing the time tor the holding ot . omens eas ea E that a number of Democrats in that} again. This time in New Mexico | sor congress from Bates county. | 1,000 Ibs. each. A good for it = fea ee a burning disgrace to a decent mee section desired it to reflect their | where they have been residents for a | The Democracy of Vernon feel kind- ore steereiand ee brought agi en N Pi unseye) oMauyiot oe isis Mae views. As the office is hunting the { year or more. Ot course there 1s no ly towards Mr. A., and with W. J. price. Mr. Crabb informs us the to send delegates to the State Na- | several streets, eg =o cpa | WR IRE go no further than A. | doubt about the the truth of the sto-! Stone out of the way would consid: | he has sown 160 acres of his farm tional and Nominating Conyentions, | hold ~—c toa a oie mia cy ry, and that the public will soon be jer his claims very carefully before | gown in timothy and clover thy! and to transact other business that — i —— se ce ae There may be, however, other | gratified by the arrest, trial, convic- | casting their votes for any other can- spring, and scattered blue TASS seel 5 ike for ha © winter. my 2 : ; none oan : sae i may properly come before it. we candidates in the field, but as there | tion and execution of this notorious | didate for congress. The clever | over 240 acres of prairie pasture é ‘The authorities are not alone re— Pierce Hackett. Chairman. J. C. Crark, Secretary, DE ARMOND NOT A OANDIDATE. The position ot Hon. D. A. De Armond as tothe Congressional can- vass, 1s now no longer adoubttul one with the public. He will not enter tRe race for the Democratic nomina- tion for Congress this year, but will teave the held clear tor Mr. Aber- nathy. The fact that Senator De Armond has been trequently mentioned as_ a candidate tor months past, served to bring his name prominently in con- nection with aspirants for the posi- tion against his Having distinguished himself as a member ot the Missouri Senate, and quitted the field where Cnarhe Morgan won the battle two years ago with such be- excused for speaking so emphatica ly of Mr. Henry. affairs. Those who live in the midst ot the filth—creating a part of it themselves, should equally whatever blame exists. If we have no laws to force the cleaning up of the streets and alleys, no officers willing to do the work and ng money to do it with, then make laws, appoint new officers, unless they are elective, in which event elect new ones if the old will resign, and share such an important discovery at th much capital invested in coal lanc in the county and such excitemer raised tor water works and gas ana] etc. discoveries wi expend it judiciously on the streets and alleys. We are getting sick and tired ot the outrageous condition of Butler. It has long since passed being a pub- But the new bear investigation. There is eviden the company proposing to develo it is influentia! and well backed b capital. desires. lic nuisance and should now be con- demned and the town ordered yacat- ed. Is there a remedy for this. gen- The Democratic pap: da, in their last weeks issues formal things. and the Devil It is reported that Mr. Dana of the the ac- Presiden m = re none yet announced we may be sponsible for this miserable state of | # y 5d —____. Elsewhere will be found a detail- ed description ot the new coal fields in Homer township, this county. The public may think strange of late day, since there has been so attending the buiiding ot railroads, then take the money proposed to be | new towns, developing new mines ly a bright future for this section as ers of Neva- m to abandon it. a tuture, thank God!"* ot | Charhe Ford. who helped to the capture of Jesse James. anc stood by with cocked revolver hip brether Bot committed suncid Ray county, of Shooting himselt t Being a sufferer ind not expected to live long, is the only reason assigned by he | for the deed. vs} Elsewhere the name of Dr. A. family. In the State National Convention to meet at St. Louis June 24, Bates county will be entitled to twelve del- egates, and in the State convention which meets at Jefferson City August 12, we will be entitled to only half that number nominating is **Charley Ford, the young desper- ado, who created considerable ex- citement a couple of years ago by killing Jesse James, committed su- cide.’’ etc.—Rockville Gloée. It was not Charlie but Bob Ford, who killed Jesse James. Is at Hi t- A large bronze statue ot Chief 2 Justice Marshall, was unveiled with y tol grounds. at Washington, on the roth. z | ition stood by | The Missouri dele coming grace, it was a little natural tlemen of the Council? Ay qoncuncesWalzan Jk SG a the Morrison tariff bill, and by so} to suspect such aman would be in Poa ies Vernon county’s chorce for the Cen- é i ee aes | the ring again this season. But Mr. ANOTHER ONE GONE. gressional nomination. It has been a re Seer ee De Armond is not a chronic office Judah P. Benjamin, died at bis generally understood over th diss | ments. . | seeker. and his ability and worthas a home in Paris, France, last Wednes | trict that Mr. Stone would be a can- POLITICAL TALK. man will keep and be even better! day. The galaxy of great men who | didate tor the nomination and his Rockville Globe: Charley Mo ¢wpreciated the longer he lives with shaped the destinies ot the Southern | formal announcement 1s of a SDe gan seems to have the bulge on the | as and the more we learn of him. Contederacy are tast disappearing. | cial significance as a matter of news - i z .. | Congressional race m this neck o’ Senator De Armond now out ot | Most of them had passed the prime Several years acquaintance with woods | y, T. W. Abernathy appears | ot life when the war begun, and the | Mr Stone qualifvs us to vouch for | Chi D ran: Crit eee ee . a 5 | inton emocrat: OV. rit= to have the field, and will doubtless | quarter of a century that. has rolled | his ability and bear witness to the : I i te : : 2 = : tenden is advertised to speak at he Bates county’s choice. He can | by since that event has carried the | influence ot his native eloquence and ‘ ; . ss - : é 3 Osceola on the 17th ot May, on the now extend his canvass outside of | majority of the leaders to their graves. | splendid rhetoric the county with some assurance that there will be left no campaign as home. The Contederate Government had | in its councils no greater mind than Judah P. Benjamin. As Atrorney General, Secretary of War and Sec- retary ot State he pertormed the du- ties of the different positions with | from the beginning, and it is believ- signal ability. Prior to the war he | ed it will alwaysremain so as long Was eight years a member of the | 9S S© much corruptien exists at our United States conn seat. Willthe editor ot the Gloée ve so kind as to intorm the Times what he tion the Rockville Globe observes: -_ A SECRET TOLD . Brother Wade of the Democrat, it playing in a new role. He now makes regular visits to Kansas City to be interviewed by the Times, ot that place, on the ‘present. status’* et Bates county pohtics. By mu-— tual agreement or otherwise the ver- satile reporter dubs Mr. Wade with the title ot aptain,’”” and spells the word out. In his last interview, the pro and distin- guished himself as one of the ablest representatives in that body. 5 When the final collapse came, and knows about the existence O So eee Mr. Benjamm saw all was lost, he | #0 at the county seat. We await a left the United States and located in reply. Senate, ———— which was Saturday, the reporter a, England, where he soon Thos. . Silvers, will not respond tackled “Capt."" Wade at a wrong came prominent at the bar and to the calls made upon him till hour, when under ‘adverse infly.| *!™#SSed quite a fortune. His fami. atter the meeting of the Demo- ences’’ and made him say that which | 'Y nad only recently located in Paris, cratic Central Committee on the 17th. Speaking of the result of jail elec- This was not at all unexpected by the peopie living in this section, as the | position was very unpopular political issues of the day. Clinton Democrat: Democratic | voters will remember that Saturday, | June 14th, is the day set tor holding primary, to nominate county officers. | - B. Upton, | Lamar Democrat: the welt known Radic stump speaker and bloody shirt or ai politician, publican party im Bates county is seeking to make the ‘‘no-jail’’ busi- ness political capital against the de-/ tration. appropriate ceremony on the Capi- | | fare. townships last Thursday, leveling | all their spare time fishing. The ‘houses and fencing. The cloud] streams, which are clear and running | er with the house. tor, is a candidated for circuit judge | The next building im its path was | tue of the authority in me. vested by the in Fyan’s old district. ae ee a Gniahed t | terms of said deed ot trust, I will on atenant house—just finished be-/| S s Se tarot | | Saturday, June 14th, 1884, Rich Hill Exterprise: The Re- lenging to Dave Gilbert, and which - 4 | Stist mill was next taken off, from | county of Bates aforesaid, expose to salt mocracy. The present jail is ail cpa. : 3 at public vendue for cash in hands entipe Republitae dens whence the monster swept on much of said real estate in said deed ot monument o epubdlican adminis— | through Mayesburg, upsetting two | trust and this notice discribed as may be small houses. essional vod co FARM AnD STOck. A Batch of Interesting Items Countrymen. county fits s« ever, Morgan has the inside track, as d pe how- yer. our sta nt, for y he has made us a good member. at- CATTLE DOWN INTE wal tentive to the interestsot his constitu- AS, ents, and ¢ ous as much or more Rich Hill Luterprise: Corn wood than a new member could. selling now on the streets at $0 cee Nevada Vaz/: Col. B.G. Boone, Per bush who was ite yur circuit Rich Hill Aeréex The Whe » court to-day. wi o Clinton crop in Bates and Veinon counts to-night, and few days he will! never promised better, and Oats a rt out to Canvass the State in’ his) looking remark well There ; own interest for Attorney General. vet plenty of time for corn, and » Thus far im the Colonel doubt there will be a large ACTeagy feels very much encourag by the planted, way in which Mr. Abernathy con- | ducted himselt in the last Congres- sional Convention won him many friends in Vernon county. Rich Hill Review: The Review has heretofore said it thought the convention system ot nominating candidates would prove more. satis- tactory, but we expected, of course, the convention would regulate the manner of conducting its own busi— ness, and when delegate—to the convention becomes such a coward as to be unwilling to have his action made public by a vi- | Va voce—an open, honest ballot—he should withdraw. A secret ballot in a secret society may be all right, He says that experience teaches hin that tame grasses pay best Profit) with least labor of anything he cal grow on the ground, and as a conse quence he is going to seed his farm down, as tast as he can. Clinton Democrat: Last saturday i Major Salmou returned trom ? month’s visit to Texas. He wasac companied by Geo. M. Casev, whe retuned Sunday morning. They vis ited both the Champion and Coney ranches. They delivered while then 1900 head of one and two-year-oki steers from those ranches, sold & Parties in the Indian Terntory They are gathering and will ship ow as fast as they can all the one and two year-old steers those ranches, Their stock came out of the winte jthin, but there were no losses, ané the grass is better than usual at the | season of the year, although in some bu While absent they putis a representative—a { but it is entirely unsatisfactory in on matters that pertam tothe public wel- More About the Storm. A terrific raineoand = wand storm Mingo parts of the range there has be swept through Spruce and little rain. came from the southwest and took a/ abound in black bass. called in Tess a northeasterly direction. The first | trout and | gogale-eyed perch: { house it struck was a yacant one be- Trustee’s Sale. longing to Julius Weir, and literally { tore it to pieces. The nex: was the | ot Mr. which was completely demolished. | Whereas 2hn B Alworth and H.€ Jarvis and Mary E. Alworth and Anne Jarvis their wives, by their certain dest of trust, bearing date February qth, 1 | and duly recorded in the Recorders ot Bates county, Missouri, in book No | 5+ Page 559, conveyed to the undersigned trustee the following described sed | estate in trust to secure the paymentéel vards | a certain promissory note in said deel of trust fully described, to-wit northwest quarter ot the southwest quar ter of section twenty-three (23), town ship torty-one (41), of : nge t nine (29), in Bates county, Mi containing torty acres more or less and. | Whereas, said note is past due and um paid. Now, therefore, at the requesta } the legal holder ot said note and by wr residence McManaman, When Mr. Mc. saw the storm ap- proaching he started to the stable to atvend to his horses, when the storm caught and carried him sixty beyond his house, He managed to, crawl back, however, in time to save | his tamily trom being blown togeth- | One ot his little boys was blown some distance and lodge in a hedge tence. | between the hours of nine o'clock in the | forenoon and five o'clock in the atler | Noon of that dav at the east front door | of the court house in the city ot Butler Was scattered over go acres of land. The smoke-stack of Dave Gilberts necessary to pay said debt, interest he evidently did not intend to say. ak Mr. Venjamin was on the eve of Mr. Silvers is evidently considering Rockville Globe: Maj. Bradley The neighbors gathered then-! oe tas ii ge pgaiaa Thi When asked who would be the next | "tu" ing to this country where he the matter seriously, as he desires to | has recently returned from a trip up| selves together next day mi wee i ae ea "ee Congressmen trom the 12th district intended to remain when death trom act with due defference toward his jin the northern part of the State/ the scattered lumber rebuiit| Mr. | Trustee’s Sale. “Capt.” Wade remarked: “I very heart disease closed his memorable friends, while at the same time he | and he says that they are almost sol-} Mc’s. house in a manner that he Whereas, CC. Hanna and SophaJ life euch dislike to discuss the Congres- Judah P. Benjamin was born in sional situation. /¢ és generally un : z derstood that fwo years ago [ was | the West Indies. and Was in his sey- feart and soul Sor Charles jek ene year. His parents were Morgan.” | Enghsh, but mixed with some He- has to harmonize his feelings with a politics. is requested to say to the to disinclination The Time gentlemen who signed the calls, that he will answerthem at the proper | re-enter Surely the *-Captain’’ did not pur- brew blood. é He was only Ameri- time, it being yet, quite early in’ the Pposely divulge this important secret. | 2" by adoption. county campaign. it must have been i . = z isa Ee st have Deen a slip of the tongue | Nevada 1s soon to have another of The tariff question 1s settled for or something like'that. Yes. true; | + Pye q ’ + | her grand dress-parade occasions mj this session o: Congress. There | “it is generally understood’? that “Capt.’? Wade supported Charlie Morgan twe years 2go over the Bates county candidate, but he always Sstoutly denied it. It is ¥ which line she has achiev ed notoriety. It isto be a religious occasion—the laying of the corner-stone for the new Southern Methodist church to will be no revision or reformation for some time to come. Morrison’s bill | which proposed to do something toward removing an unjust tax from id for Marmaduke for Governor. He thinks the General will be nom- inated on the first ballot. Rich Hill £xterprise: county has a candidate tor Congress in the person of J. W. Abern: thy, worthy ot the support of the 12th congressional district. His patriot- ism in the last campaign has given him a strong hold on the attections of the party. li a Bates F i s o Lamar Democrat: A few weeks ago we published an article tay oring Re = now WE | be erected there. All the Secret or- | the shoulders ot the people, was lost reckon. no longer x matter of doubt. | izati | | Cc is ‘ ey ganizations in the southwest are to | in the House last week. by a vote of | — oe the local department | take part in the procession, and three | 155 against 15 r h hight: ff | of the Trates will henceforth be in- | ae ee | brass bands will furnish music tor Democrats voting with the Republi- | the march. | cans to defeat it. The Democracy | is, nevertheless, squarely launched tor tariff reform and on that record it must and will stand in the coming | campaign. Because the good work | creased to the end that we may keep thoroughly posted on the **present status’ of Bates county politics. Mr. John O'Day, chairman ot the | us State Democratic Central tee, has issued a The ceremonies will be volumnous and, we Suppose. of the ! usual character. | Whiting upon this subject leads | to observe the contrast. in this | | forthcoming occasion and the mode I ot celebrating such events a half cen- j H ! j Commit— Pe : : : | can not be done now does not s:eni- circular directing Cag !ty that the party and the people Mr. Morgan’s renomination for Con- They also donated him excursion tickets to Dayton and Mil- can | Hanna, his wife, by their deed of trust ths. | bearing date January 20th, 1880, and dalt recorded in the Recorder's office of Bater of ' county, Missouri, in book No. 30 past something 437 conveyed to the undersigned trustet ” the tollowing deseribed estate sit uate in the county ot Bates and State # Missouri, to-wit: All ot the southwet quarter of the southeast quarter of se tion one (1), in township thirty-ni (39,) range thirty-three (33), containing j forty acres more or less, ac to Government survey, in trust to secon the payment of certain notes in deed of trust fully described, and whett as, said notes are past due and un Now, therefore, at the request ot the legal holder of said notes and by virtue @ the authority in me vested by the term ot said deed of trust, I will on Thursday, June 3th. 1384, ve in at during the summer mon 2 purse will furniture bout $100, which replace th that Was total loss. Mr, Henry Cannon and Miss Ju- ia Miller were united in marriage unday the 4th inst., at the residence t the bride’s father Wheat looks well. Excursion to uhio. Commencing May 2uth, round trip = = See between the hours of nine o'clock inthe fTess. Since then it has been ee ier’s Crossing, Obw, will be sold at forenoon and five o’clock 1n the afte that he was not a candidate. We .. re 4s = : noon of that day at the east tront dé : this conrpany’s ticket office at Rich ot the court house in the city .f Botley this week, by authority. announce - Ty q county of Bate< aforesaid one to wale ‘ Z Hill. These tickets will be sold via Swat gps Pes o his candidacy with a firm hope and | u iat Balk i F at public vendue tor cash in hand eas cand ne all routes at half rates, and wall be | much of said real estate ingsaid deed of elief that he wr € renominated. good to return untsl June 20, 1884. trust and this notice described as may be Harrisonville Dem: Bates is boom ing Abernathy tor congress, Ver- | non is forStone, Barton is for Mor- gan with other counties to hear from. If€ it is to be a free-tor-all-race, A Cass *‘H necessary to pay said debt, interest aa costs. JOHN Q. A. CO PE, Trustee J. E. Locxwoop, Gen’l. Pass. & Vicket A’g: E. T LaBarrtrr, g’t. Ft. Scott & Gult R. R.. Rich. ill, Mo. 24-2t oy tar als an