The Butler Weekly Times Newspaper, May 21, 1884, Page 7

VIRGINIA CITY Pierce & Armstrong, DEALERS IN —s NO'PTELONS, RY gooD\ Hats Shoes, s, Caps, Boots. -e+e- Groceries and Queensware, —Also a tull line of— Hardware and Implements, Call and price our goods and examine their qnality. VIRGINIA, MO. H. v, PENTZi:R DEALER IN FURNITURE, BABY CARRIAGES af all atyles and prices, Good Hearse Always on Hana coFFINS Made and furnished on_ short nofice (rders may be left at F. Evans? stable alter night oron Sunday, Butler, Mo wan THE ACME PULVERIZER, CLOD CRUSHER AND LEVELER, Vor Sale at the Grange Store Lyon & Williams. (North Main St.) Two Doors South of the POSTOFFICE —Dealers in— GROCERIES BZARDWARE —AND— QUEENSWARE BUTLER, MO. no tt Regeneration Sitité OCLESRATED forenteebled systems suffer- ing froma gen- eral want of tone andits usual concommitants , dyspepsia and nervousness, seldom deriv a- > ble from the use jusi BRS ¢ ot a nourishing N - S diet and stimuli ot appetite, un- aided. A med- Tre ine that will = eifect a removal of the specific obstacle ay TER vigor, that is a genu- ine corrective, is the real need. It isthe Possession of this grand requirement which makes Host. 's Stomach Bitters >0 effective as an invigorant. For sale by all druggists and dealers generally. | The serious 11! Reagan, who was postmaster JEFF DAVIS’ CABINET. | Inquiries Brought About by Congress:- man Reagan’s Illness. Wasuincrton, D. May Congress: 1ess of an gener- alof the contederate government suggests some inquiries 1 the whearabouts of other mem that organization. Although the con- tederate government was but five | years in existence it had numerous |cabinets There were no less. than three secretaries of state, five secre- taries of war, two secretaries of the treasury and a third who was acting secretary, and three attorney gener - als. Of the secretaries ot state Ju- dak P, Benjamin was, of course, the most celebrated, He is still living, as is well known, abroad. He has made his fortune in the practice law, in London, and a large one itis too. The stones which have reach- ed here of his success in law in the greatest city in the world are thing wondertul, the which has accumulated and fortune he the mn twenty years since the wars a large one. He has closed up his law business, however, having made money enough, and news just now comes that he has gone to Pars live permanently. to Bob Toomps, who was another secretary of state still hves in Geor- gia, hisold home. He is a wealthy old man, still as full of eccentricities as when years ago he announced that he expected to call his roll of slaves on Bunker Hill. He has retired from active persuits life, having ample and has, recently been announced, been baptized and becomea ber Zof the Methodist, ot which wite, now deceased, for honored His beautiful southern home is surround- ed by every comfort and which wealth and along and varied experience could supply. RMT: another secretary ot state of the con- the of an fortune, as mem- his was years an member. luxury Hunter of Virginia was tederacy. He, too, is living in his old state, Virginia. His postoffice address is Lloyds, Essex county V He is in bad health and an old very broken man. have the have The secretaries of the successfully war not escaped seythe of grain reaper as as the secretaries of state, for all the are sull living. Of the ot war, however, three out ot tour are dead. George W. Randolph ot ; Virginia, who was secretary war Vir- in ot in 1862, J. A. Seddon, also of ginia, who was secretary of 1862, and J. S. Breckearidge, succeeded him in 1865, are all dead. L. Pope Walker ut Alabama, the first sceretary of war is still living in war who His home 1s at Hunts- ville, where practices his pro- fession, that ot lawyer, very suc— cesstully. He has come to the surface the of Frank James Case in that state and his old state. he just in trial is very prominent in Alabama as a and an honored citizen. lawyer Jobn A. Campbell who was tor a} considerable time acting secretary of war, is now a resident of Baltimore. Mr. Campbell was a judge in the su- | preme court atthe breaking out of | the war, and resigned because ot his | and the sympathy with the rebellion, connected himself actively He represented the confed- at the noted be- President with cause. eracy conference tween Lincoln and the members of the confederate govern ment at Fortress Monroe during the offic active ot war, and was an as and an adviser that during the entire period 0: its exis- tence Though in his 73d year, is still an active citizen and tighiv honored, There were but two secretaries of the treasury, C. G. Memminger of South Carehina and G. A. Tren- holm. Mr. Memminger still lives in his old state and practices law at his home in Charieston. G. A. Trenholm, who succeeded Memmun- ger m 1854, is dead. judge Rez gan was < g secretary of war for ash Though the con- federacy bad not much ot a navy, it had a navy department. S. R. Mallery of Florida was the secretary of the navy. He died several years ot | very | and | latter | secretaries government } ayo. the gener- Tne law department ot confederacy. or the attorney al’s office, had three incumbents dur- ing th existence of that homas H : i - Davis of N orth Mr. f lives on his old at Mc cessful and lina, T and Geor olina. + With gomery,. and is promi Mr. D nt of his own avis ¢ Wil ving at lina ningt where he practices law and talks about the eld war times with his old friends who gather about him. le was a admirer of General Lee, and entertained that gentleman on his last visit to North Carc The postoffice dey ment was | | presided over by one man from. the ‘ beginning to the end of the confed- jeracy—John H. Reagan. He re- | tired from congress at the beginning some- | |of the war, having already served |twoterms in that body, and was | elected with others to the secession | convention or Texas, By that con- vention he was elected deputy to the | provisional congress of the conteder- acy. In March of that year he was appointec postmaster general ot the provisional government of the con- | federacy and was reappointed on the | permanent organization of the con- federate government in 1862 and oc- cupied that position to the Close of the war. Of the confederate con- gress five members are now the congress of the United States. Vest of Missouri, who was a in in senator the confederacy, is now in the sen- ate; Pugh ot Arkansas, who was a member ot the confederate house, 1s Garland Ar- who was a member of both now in the senate ; of kansas, house and senate in the confederacy, is now in the senate, while Singleton and Barksdale of Mi members the house, are now in the house of who ssipp1, contederate the were of Forty-eigbth congress. Maimed Pu'lie Servants Saltimore American. Nearly every visitor to. the of representatives must have house noticed an active, energetic tellow who does duty as a doorkeeper and without the use of EES or arms be- . H. Deck- surviyors' messenger | low the elbow. This isS fer, one of the twenty-two unfortunaces both He has served on the jot the lst ot forty-five | who came out of the war with arms shot off roli,’” democratic *soldiers’ through | and republican congresses alike, for ! sixteen years, and is quite one of the There is house—a | fixtures of the house. also an employe of the so—who had both legs shot attle of Yorktown, in 1862 He but he can- docr- keeper off in the t His name is Fernando Rage. uses cork legs and canes, not get about to do a great deal, so he is stationed at the west gallery door. He says he did not feel any pain to speak of when he lost his legs ee that the stumps had to be ampu— s betore they were has tated three tim all right. He them now at no from He quite pain and Decker all. have become ‘s*cnummy’” their mis- through the si arity of fortunes and their present occupa— be seen that they Minneso- tion, and they are often to {together. They say also an old ¢ friend in i have Pin y lta who lost both legs and both He, for his own support, and the in the war. et course, can do nothi } government pays him a | $100 per month. pension of The death of iwo very notable Americans was announce | in the pa- pers yesterday morning—Cvyrus H. McCormick and Charles O’Conor— one a mechanic and the other a law- Both the ) people and owed their achievements Neither was VER. were sprung from exertions. but Loth became men ot to theirown a collegiate, wide information, and one ot them z man of greatleatning. The mechan- organiza- | tion-—Thomas Bragg of North Caro- | Watts of Alabama, ! arms ‘ic and inventor bestowed far greater z z ig | ington township, as prohibiton can- benefits upon mankind than the law- Both acquired vast riches and One was a Pres- yer. died millionnaires, i byterian and the other a catholic, and each was deeply imbued with the | faith of bis church. Both were Dem- ocrats and held to the extremest prin They ciples of their party. were rare types of American character and left a strong impress upon their gen- eration. Bob's Backset. th A Story Ingersoll. Post 1 tells, in private Ood story at hisown ex ne which we see nu Boston scientist was d ly lectures against soothing weed. ker invit- ed others to argue the question with but the smekers were hi i Jority, t Boston er for the debaters brought against him. Availing themselves of Ingersoll’s presence, some ot his friends begged the great orator to take up the cud- gels in behalf of the tobacco users, which he cousented to do, more in a joke than for any serious reason. That evening the hall was jammed and when the prohibitionist request- Bob solemly arose and said that he would reply to the statement of elo- quent triend by the relation of a sim- ple incident. He said- ed an auswer to his arguments, his **I was once attending to a mining case in one of the wildsst and most | Slaughtered in the convention, Les- A murder by a .orse thief, and a commit- lawless regions ot Utah. had recen:!y been committed notorious tee of local vigilantes were watching | ot the Democrat, tor him at every crossroads. Just by Colonel | c rea- {Ul the Morgan ate at large BATES COUNTY National Bank. * BUTLER, MO Oldest Bank in the County. onven— Banner Pike rTessive yc KS OF county is ung ne Capital paid in, - - $75,000 ou abel Surplus - - + = $27.000 tor Staie auditor is one of the ES 2 nclusions of the demo- Large Vault, B urglar-Proof tie convention. 1 La Plata Home Press ini-| Safe with Time Lock mates that it Richard T. Gentry, } red to doa general bank- i candidate for state treasurer, wants Good paper ys in | his newspaper notices in the Press ah . dye a os as | Seibert will go to the convention | pe CE ] j With the southeast support solid in | Lewis Cheney, J.C, Clark, i | : z ) ot Pyi fon. J B. Newberry | his favorin the opinion of the Doni- - ae ports bes a N wee saa : phan Prospect News. It adds that | Dr. J. Eve ham, J. P. Edwards, PER te} . J. Ryan, W. J. Bard, he is sure to be the next state treas- beacon: T eh Pate ] urer. Geo. W. Miers, F. Coleman Smith Richard T. Gentry, candidate for ke ante | state treasurer, is described by the OFFICERS. i Lamar Democrat as **bounding into re | universal popularity’? and * ine. | LE Wis CHENEY - - President Ee! Fn ee RK - - - - Vice President i ing tull panoplied into the battle ot SARD: x = < Cashier ] giants.”” | The Rich Hill Review says that BUTLER McGrath has been secretary of state | long enough to give place to some- body else, but if he wants to be NATIONAL BANK, Se Opera House Block, BUTLER, MO: | ueur is the man who can do it. The Knox county prohibitionists are hkely to bring out Griffn Frost, as candidate for from that representative county. after nighttall I was riding back to {|The Democrats of Knox county spht the town from the mine, mounted on | on the temperance question and will a white horse. The vigilants had received information that the des- perado in question would pass that very road the same evening rinding a white horse, The posse hed ambushed themselves in some] ate be acted upon by the county chapparra, and as I came down the } committee to devise some means of bridle path they got ready to alto- ascertaining the choice of the coun- gether, tor they waste no time on trials in that section. “Entirely unconscious that half a sighting my stopped my_ horse match and proceeded to Thinking that the light would give them a still better dozen shotguns were shirt, I struck a and light my cigar. mark to shoot at, the concealed par- tv held their fire for a second. In of the match features, revealing that second the blaze ected on my they were not those of the out re man they awaited, and the they congratulated me on my narrow escape. And so, ladies and gentlemen, if I hadn’t had the good fortune to be a smoker, I wouldn’t stepping on road, be here now.”’ ‘And you call that fortune¢r’” grimly asked the anti-tobacco lectur- subsided. er, after the applause had ‘Wasn't it?”? inquired Bob, with a plaintive smile. “I don’t see it,’’ thundered his oppenent. ‘It it hadn’t been for that miserable cigar, there would be one lawyer less in the world.’" And amid the roar that followed, the deli and Dorsey sat down, completely knock out in one round. erer of Brady Missouri Polit cs. Jake Child, of the Richmond lieu- Col. Conservator, is suggested for tenant governor. The Bowling Green Post ver reads Col. J. E. Hutton the race for the state senate. The Monticello Journal supports R. M. Wallace, of Democrat. for secretary of state. The Wellesville Democrat McDearmon, of Kansas City. be warmly supported for railroad Obser- out of the LaGrange savs will commissioner. The Linneus Bulletin says that Charles H. Mansur will be a dele gate to the Chicago convention and Til Maysville Pi Wilham H. Sifers, will favor n. "Ene Tndge ot didate for representative. Ji P. Wood, cf Ralls county, is boomed for senatur from the Thirteenth district by the Perry Pi- the Mexico Intelligencer. gfield Express finds t the frends of John G. Fulbright are pushing him representative for the eastern district of this county. Jasper mentions | Wash- | Cash Capital and Surplus, $57,850. JOHN H.SULI vd President Vice President. -+-Cashier. bring out two tickets. The papers in Boone county are| Wa. E. WALTON,.. discussing Col. Turner’s retusal ot |C.©- DUKI «+--+ Ane't Cashier DON KINN Clerk and Collector also} Mr. Proctor’s offer to let their re- spective candidates for the state sen- DIRECTORS Dr. T.C. Boulware, Booker Powell, R, D. Williams. Green W. Walton, ty. Judge J. H. Sullens, Dr.N, L, Whipple, ieee ae - ‘A. L, McBride, T, W, Childs, Frank Voris, Wa, F, Walton, Excited Thousands, C, H, Dutche.* J. Rue Jenkins. All over the land are going into ecs' over Dr, King’s New Discovery for Con- sumption. ‘Their unluoked for recovery by the timely use of this great lite Saving remedy, causes them to go nearly wild in its praise. [tis guaranteed to positively OTHER STOCK HOLDERS: G, B, Hickman, C, C. Duke, John Deerwester, ). Spencer, John B. Ellis, , R, Estill, cure severe coughs, colds, asthma, ha} MS Oe toutcher, *, McKee, fever, bronchitis, hoarseness, loss ot | flenry Donovan. A, H, Humpt res, Voice or any attection of the throat and 2 Lungs. Trial Bottles free at F. M. ° Crumly & Co City Ding storey Large|Large Fire and Burglar size $1.00. . ry ° mace Proof Safe with time lock. Wouldn't Do. Receives deposits subject to. check at Loans money btiys and sells ex veneral Bankine bu-- sight, change and does a ness I do want a coliector.’’ said “Wes, the millinery man, ‘*but 1 dont think a lady would suit me. “Why not? plicant, Your business is respectfully solicited THE HORNS asked he female ap- “Ef could not only do your collecting but also assist in the store for I am well versed in this business’ **That may be, but there is anoth- er great objection.”’ **What 1s 1t?’” CWE don’t think a woman could make a first-class collector: **Give me your reasons.”’ | i the raise-the— **Because, answered mer- chant, as he grinned a plumes-fifty—cents-a-piece smile**be- woman's work is never cause dun, you know.”* York Globe (colorep +The Republican party §gThe New organ) says: and the the tor that from what the Louisville Den.ocraue party, matter, should take warning Grocery House Convention and the Pittsburg Conference leit OF e 4 at their well known and popular stand on the Kast side of the square, are leading the GROCERY TRADE IN io BUTLER. 8 ‘Their stock 1s composed of | Feed Flour qualiy of Staple an d hancy Grocertes, Glass, Queensware and Cetiery. | THLY ARE AT LESS EXPENSE Thaw any and the best house In the city, ated jtherefore do not fear competition | They pay liberal prices for Produce | They solicit a continuance of the | ronage of their many customers. a | will gladly atteud to their wishes a {ang and al} times. delivered Sn the vat Goods y tamis- rar pitty Chas. Pennev.