The Butler Weekly Times Newspaper, December 10, 1884, Page 6

i | if i 3 i H i BUTLER WEEKLY TIMES J. D. ALLEN Eprror. f.D. Attex & Co., TERMS OF SUPSCRIPTION: Proprietors, published every TheWvekxry Tim Wednesday, will be se 7 one vear, postage paid, tor 3! to BUTLER MISSOURI DEC 16 1834. WEDNESDAY, | Friends of Benny, drop a tear! ae ape: i ' Reporters famiharly call each other ink slingers because they write with pencils. Concklin and Riddleberger are both spoken of as democratic U. S. Senators. What will the pe say to this arrangement? ——————————— is 66,240. g. o. Cleveland’s plurality Such figures do not look ver hike he was the representative of a minority party that Blaine would make the people believe. much It is gene lly conceded that Col. W. R. Crockett, of the Democrat, will be postmaster at Neyada under the A more deserving appointment could not be new administration. made. The democrats of Ilinois are per- ampion tectly willing to have their cl tariff reform congressman, Col. Wm. Senator- Morrison, raised to U. ship, but they hotly protest against having lis wings clipped by a cabi- net position. It appears that Nevada City has heen cail d upon to pay a debt of $23,000, contracted tor in 1570. Ths money was obtained on city bonds and was to purchase «a depot | Most of the citizens ot Nevada site. were not aware that such a debt sted until the bonds were presented tor payment a few days age. any cduress | A | ps ars by the county court... a | past two years DS Naw Mork -{E OOURTY ‘BRIDGES- By reading the county court pro— The most important internal im- seen the anner in “ Idiana, the work done in this Pennsylvania : Clevelan abut ght iren bridges on stor Bee. pacieres i te ise ilt or under con- ments have been built ie der con Decaee| 1,146,057 a ! tract in various perts of the couiity. 3 ae ‘ tract ir arious Pp = ; the costes th solid Two of these are over Elk Fork sth 1,622,137 ok om > } south 1,623,137. +t out ek - over J mon Fork, three : iiss tee creek, one over Mormon F can triends who rave so much about | ; At the last term | number of substantial i ders of the court in the Jetting of the | ! over the Matias Des Cygnes miver, | over the Marias Des Cygnes river, lall the bridges mm the county ponder ser- the solidity ot the s and see it one over Grand river and one over Mulberry. One iron bridge on bents iously over this question they can not discover the ha jing on the wall. on 180 feet long. The bridge Mound branch was replaced on abutments and three wooden bridges ; poor of But t house repaired which had been damaged | ton’s of by the heavy floods last spring Be- | th sides this the contract for painting | will bet has | pervision ot been let and will soon be completed. and this assura of court bridge over an ord entertainment. The ve ical talent of Butler is now was made for an iron wooden © bri Muddy creek, a r the occasion, and in with stone abutments ju ac Butler, and the bridge commissioner | this the services of the Nevada o wooden b es | chestra, undout vitl st in ordered to have made out of the material from : | southwest. have been secured. W | old Bell’s mill bridge, one to be! E. Walton & Co., have kindly offer- - | ed to furnish the mu ments placed over Mound branch the ot ch T ever er over Burnett’s creck. for the conert. All of two years and of course this this work has been us, in which instruments will be used. is envitled ming up does not include the 1 <The American Flag.’ The con- ses ara | cert prot throughout the county before thet) will attend, and it is time. The court deserves | will bea fuil great credit for the judicio ner in which it has expende ple’s money. investing it ina manner | the comfort ot the poor of our city that will remain for vears to come} wisdom county house. u e but Ith: man- { willl al ing every th the St. monuments to their and Commensne Bpee pai iE Canicaoae | Louis cattle convention the Tarkio foresight. Bridge Wolfe should receive commendation | (Mo.) Avalanche, says: “Did it ever occur to casual reader that this combination of the western cattle men is the beginirg of po ntrv is cursed ? the for the prompt and efficient manner | in which he has carried out the or-} , | one of the mos contracts and overseeing the build: The only issue of the campaign now unsectled is Mr. Blaine’s libel suit against the Indianapolis Sezéé- rel. Will the jingo statesman please prosecute this case and thus relieve the American people of agonizing lt Mr. Blaine is the pa— to be he this little suspense ? tmot his party cl attend aims him to will certainly enatter. Col. Ed. 5. Vance is a popular candidate tor re-election to the of Ece of official reporter of the House at Ed. made a good reporter last term and by at- tending strictly to business made many warm friends among the mem- We predict that he will be re- without Representatives. hers. elected to his old position ‘puch opposition. ee A train on the Little Rock, Miss- sssippi river and Texas railroad was stopped three miles south of Little Rock, Ark., last Saturday night, and boarded by five masked men who robbed the passengers ot money and jewelry to the amount of $4,000 and also secured $2,c0o from the baggage car. The leader of the band claimed to be related to Jesse James. Gd When rogues fall out and fight. | then honest men get their just dues, | is an old and trite saving,and has been | amply exemplified in the last cam- | paign. Blaine and Concklin had a i slight disagreement, and behold the yesult nm New York. Riddleberger retused to longer be the tool of Boss’’ Mahone, and the result w: that Shenandoah and Rockingham | counties, which, but a few years ago | gave such large majorities tor th readjusters, now go democratic. Gov. Cleveland gives the he to | great blow at the freedom ¢ the current reports that Hendricks | ballot. and he had had hard feelings in re- | gard to cabinet appointments and in | an interview recently said: was not simply talse, it was) muis-— chievous and malicious, A man could go to sleep and dream of noth- | Cent want it, preierring to ren ing more utterly and wholly false | #5 the leader of his party in the sen I doubtif two men, com- | ***- retam for life. than that. paratively strangers, could ever give one another a more cordial greeting than to be an American senator for life by free suffrage than was the greeting between Mr. Hendricks and myself. iv cordial.” : ~ Pe . ° | would be burned in effigy, which} go out upon the western plains with | never | republican journals will try by every | j the cause justttv the calling out the } state militi ic | hands of any political party? If such We spoke | # feat party in the sther for barely fifteen minutes, | Mente {our mtercourse was more than "°t surprising after all that Mr. promised to he of so @rendly, it was warm and thorough- Bayard should be content and happy. was closed without h '—K. C. Times. | | lies with which our c ot these bridgs all the work had { to pass ander his personal supervis If ithas not, it is time that every! z ‘man interested in the throttling and! ion, eae | | downfall ot such institutions should q ye im forming ‘ ove it consideration. ev say that } CALL OUT THE MILITIA. At a democratic demonstratic: Queens City on the 15th ult.. :t was | organization is self protection. | Don’t they | | the } at | one object they t rumored that Blaine and Logan | protection aga st wha bemg the | all the,protection that is vouchsafed to | report came very near cause of painting the town red inj any other man or class of individu- | earnest. When the democrats! als? Are they not permitted to take | | lighted their fires the G. A. R. ball | their large herds out there and graze lighted up, a thousand cartridges | upon government lands as long as placed m easy reach, the wincows | they please, or until the same is re- tacing the crowd were hoisted and} quired for actual settlement? democrats all notified that the guns, . Haven't they millions upon millions : turnished by the State. would be ; of dollars invested out there upon! brought in requisition if anything of | which they are not required to pay a the kind was: attempted. But tor | dollar's tay Don’t they enjoy all some conservative and cool-headed | the protection that is granted to the lemocrats, who were willing to poor homesteader? What kind of} stand the insults and jeers rather than protection do they want, then? It | have a riot, the streets of Queen: is the protection that is sought atter! City would have flowed in blood. | by every other large corporation and Had the disgraceful affair have hap- | combination im the land—that of the | pened in one of the Southern states, strong against the weak. They and the political aspects of the par-| want the government to give over! ticipants been changed, there would | the whole west to them) and dnive | have gone up such a bue and cry ‘out the homesteader and poor men trom the republican told as was who are seeking a home, and what ; heard in this country betore:; for? For the protection ot the cattle But | interests ot intimidation, bulldozing, etc the boot is on the other toet and the | The Fatal Cigarette. devise known to them to excuse this | The eftects ot cigarette smoking action of their Queen City brethren. - been) tbe eubject Quen anens ! The democrats claim that they had | BINS (GRois GR Leas EP no idea of burming Blaine and Logan Be 2 pages See TL Sees | in effigy, and, even 1f they had.would bnght young Ife has been/shut out. 3 = the sad affair occurring in our city. On Thursday of last week Johnme Morrison and some playmates at the East Side school procured a package of cigarettes, each boy smoking one. That night Johnnie was taken sick, | yiolent paroxysms of vomiting fol- lowing each other in quick succes- Are instrument the state guards to be used as an in the: precedent was set it would be a our Two things seem to be pretty well sion. Medical aid was summoned, “That | Setted. that Mr. Bayard can have but the poor boy continued to grow | ; the porttolio of the state departir i if he wants it, and secon half duesday ent, Worse irom day to day, he pe See Oo CiOCK two y past end atternoon, when d to his sufferings. place yesterday afternoon from Mor- Elder T. funeral That position he can probably What greater honor residence of his father, Frank nson, in East Fort Scott. E Gibbs services. and a leader of , H. conducted the greatest par world? It i Johnnie was n the on Monday last. and ti ry body "—Fort Scott Heraid. Our Advertisers. { : vs » the | schoc i ptt provements in a county are the bun cCHOo: : 2Or tt ing ot good substantial bridges has been reduced trom 05 & fts readers to tt as the old court 1s about to the $1oo valuation. 10 | this issue. The business men place to the new, we beheye it. will | have paid the 65 cents tax wil bei through the medium of the boor be of interest to our readers and tax allowed the p Times, te gthe people w 2 : } t vwenunine payers generally to review. briefly. r ee ak We they in the way otf gennine Hov any spec Hlow ever. tor fe iv over- } ¢ Se ds. pear in thisi first eccupy the word they say ts This firm carmes an of clothing, © ~ ee ind have a « w takes ad- v ge of al ow s in this line of goods i is there by ena s ut exceed- ingly s AN have, with- handsomest UN the times Their stock of mu instru- | iditron is unsurpasse at prices to suit the times. The other advertisers will receive | special notice next week. | eu | ELKuarrT, Nov. 31st, 1554. Eprror Times: —It has been aj very long time since we wrote you the items of Elkhart, yet think that this part of the moral vineyard has within her bounds maay flourish we ing and money making farmers. Very little corn gatuered yet. as the fields are too muddy. We sce that General Joe Shelpy and P. K. Wiison are both improv ing their residences, and learn that near ftu- the General expects m the ture to make Bates his future home. Collector Hand, who used whistle trom early morn until late at to at night, has ceased to warbir. since Cleveland 1s elected, vet he is able to carry his grip sack and gather the loose cash that the have on hand. Two flourishing literary and de bating societies in Elkhart. Fairview, the othes at Silverdale. All five of the schools in this town- ! boys ship are progressing finely and the i teachers giving good satisfaction &c. i i i i More Anon, SILABUSTER. Butier, Mo., Dec. Sth, 1834. I have examined Johnson’s cyclo- pedia. I find it superior to any work of the kind now offered for sale, and | its cheapness places it within the reach of all seekers after knowledge. | Carvin F. Boxrev. | Suicipe.—Yesterday about six o'clock, B. Bene ning a restaurant on the was notified that one of his was making a strange noise. dict Avenue, run- He found one, George Naeter, who had | recently come from Shelbin: this | state to opena cigar factory here, m an unconscious state. He sum- moned Wr. Black who tound Naeter limp and beyond medical aid, hav- ing taken morphine fron: which he was dying. He had procured the above drug from both Harris aad Thorton’s drug stores. He died about ten o'clock when jury wa impanneld. and the inquest rendered rdance h the ubove The mains a mystery. —R. H. Enterprise. w u ver statement. cause re- + 1 One at} | j morning | lodgers | seratively demanded by tial common sen rv law of finan to the business of mankind : wher . In its ss t the ¢ ust ur atoresaid ste porary says: = r Times. one the newspapers om the southwest, this week enters upon its Phe Times. when earance seven years Jumn tol with ay 3 sai H ed at | >to boom.”’ On Thursday evening last Doc Lilley received his commission from Gov. Crittenden sheriff ot St. as d oat once gave a 55.000 with Tot ‘Tip Cox, Abe by Mr. Pugh in vacation of circuit to American If every foreign nation were le grain, flour and meats, it would va heavy duty upon be | but imitating the United States gov f ernment under protection influence. can for than We possibly consume, and we ask we raisc more a eign powers to buy our stuff, which reaches them free of duty. and we retaliate by maintaining tariff so exorbitant and unjust that France and other nations are about to fight us with our own fire. Col. 5. B, Lashbrooke was in the city Sunday on his way south. Col. Lasbbrooke recently the appointment of assistant claim agent of the Missowm Pacific railroad, and will be stationed in Texas during which, he received the winter, his past experience in that climate, will be quite congenial. In tact Col. L.'s, health is better at present than for some time past, and his highest much we trust expectations | will be realized in the near future. — Rich Hill Review. Sunshine for Everybody. -\ neat monthly puplication called j The Sunshine Magazine, is becom- ! ; j the ; ing quite popular among the ladies, and has readers in most everv town. Itis a Illustrated devoted to Fashions, Fancy Household {ts low subscription price large Magazine Cooking, Farming. and Matters. to new subscribers, enly fifty cents large circulation. Addres. a year, gives ita ple coppies ten cents. ' The Sunshine Magazine, Allegany Co., N. Y. | A man and woman have been tray eling through Vernon county in atwo- horse wagon for the ostensible pur- pose of buying up produce from the the tarmers, but it now turns out that festive huckster and his gay spouse are engaged in stealing all the ar. ness they can lay their hands on and take them the railroad station and express them to one W. Columbus, Kas. “am to nearest Henderson, at Bates county tarmers had better on the look out for this scoundrel. No new developments in the con- troversy between Sherman and Da- vis. laws Work, | making d Way. is visiting his brother, Allen Wright, of this township. vears attending school Phe sdication of the Christiag church took place on last Sunday | the indebtedness to let it be bond was approved | | old, upon B. F. ewe is about a foot taller than usual over the armyal ot a ql } Grover Cleveland at his house. Mr. thev have s chines vurt. On Friday Mr. Jones turned bougt rect from the manufacturers | over bis office. —Osccola Advance. of course, enables Dheinaswinpescnre ter ae i nouncement that they want none of CE | the offices, are more a to the screaming ad. They | Biaine Republicans thanever. The | geditle £ epu ican Aue ice latter cannot understand how any- uis markets and) ,ody can go into a political fight ooo arket) Without the hope or wish for a No kinds. They in the spoils. It looks as if the mug- plendid bus Resse ind h iS twu pps must reconcile themseivc s to m or money, | never being fully appreciated bv t so that a trade with tl neans sure | Blame Republicans.-—E money to the fa H Everybody in Bates county is ac- | ee Seas pleased to meet _Mr- juarnted with ions of Samuel | Wil ea e8 Sunday last. Mr - 2) Wu ILevy & Co. It is one of the oldest | "O™ Bates county, and isan appli in the county and its trade is equalled H cant for the pene: of L : Mar by but few and surpassed by none shal in the Western District of Mis- in the southwest. Anything the | 5°48"? Bates county has giyen pim idée wants inthe linevot clothing. her unqualified endorsement, and he men’s turmshing goods, dry goods, | '* receiving support trom other notions, millinery goods ot all kinds, | counties in the District. ile is the boots and shoes, &c., can be found only applicant in the 12th District atthis mammoth establis' ment and | for the place.--Lamar Democrat. | i | H. says, while in size he, (the boy) Summit Township Notes. Susaur Tw'r., Dec. 5th, 1884) Weather is farr and farmers i lesperate efforts to get the the bbed while it conunues Elder Wright ot Macon City, Mo, returned home Zanesville, Ohio, e past twe Wiley from Miss Ida this week has been tor | where she Elder Butler, officiating, The liberality ot the people this surrounding Davis, of ot and neighborhour can’t be excelled any where, thar over country Elder Davis made a statement somethin of that vet and house had cost and $486 the imount been then desired was vet due. or had not made up by subsemption, asked of those present who to give anything toward helping pay Known, when. as fast as their names could be taken they responded with ditter- ent amounts until (to the astomsh meat of all present) $657, Was an being It did those people weuld nounced raised. seem tous that iven all, as did the disciples ol A protracted have if necessary. meetug is now in progress at. that lace being conducted by Elders Hukie, Keller, MeGee and Wright and will probably continue through next week. The ibove named church will be known as) Elizabeths Chapel as thatis the name agreed somewhat represents Cleveland's majority in N. Y,. yet he 1s sub ficient. The ladies of this locality have concluded to make christmas a merry one for the little folks and will erect achristmas tree at Ehzabeths Chap- ef on Christmas eve. The Redmon Sunday schoo! wil be held at the above named chapel and continue until the close ot the presert quarter, after which it wall be discontinued until the opening of So says its Superintendent spring B. OBSERVER, I. Howe. It is said that Burns’ tamous song, Rye,’ did not have reference to a rye field, but Avrshire. Comin’ Through the to the small river Rye, in which could be forded. In over, however, the *‘lassies’’ had to wading | hold up their petticoats, and it wasa Bobbie Burns fovorite pastime for land mischievous companions to lie an wait for the éMgesine’! ‘*erenk lassies coming thro’ the Rye.’’ When they got to imidstream, the ‘laddies’’ would wade out and snatch a kiss trom the thinks from | **lassies,”? who were unable to resist without dropping their clothes in the water.—Chicago Journal. L. A. Harvey and Miss Susie | Davis, both of Vernon county, were married in this city, Monday morn- ing, by Judge Hawkins, “The Galley Slave.’’ The production of “The Galley Slave” in ovr c'ty wili be hasled with delight by our amusement loving people. On Dec. 18th this famous combination wll appear {atthe opera bouse with the original company, magnificent stumes, fine scenery and all prone.ties. The cast ot company embiaces the tolowing uames vi acknowledged dramatic ar‘ iste: Miss Marjorie Boones, Miss Lulu Jordan, Miss Vi-y nia Bray, Miss Henrietta Irving, Mr. A. |. Enos, James Bevin«, W. !J. Dixon, J. W. Bank<on, M. A. Holland. ; ira Fillmore, , The organ‘ zation isa sireng one and is acknowledged by the Chicago and St- Lovis papers as entitled to rank among the best traveling. Itis worth ot Ito see the pestormance of “The Slave,” and no one should mise mil Gal eing this most excellent company SHORT HORN BULLS. t, Mo., otters for sale a tew extra short horn bulls and heifers, all eligible to record. They offered at Prices tu suit the times spection of good are stock is invit d. 2-4¢ S. MeCurcues