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BUTLER WEEKLY BUTLER, MISSOURI. WEDNESDAY, LOCAL ITEMS It now seems cer yoria & Western will yo — The post office at Rocky Pjecdihands, Dr G. W. Ma avin been appointed yice W. V Cook, resigned. If the merchants ot itler woulc ysit other towns in the southwe gnd sec how stagnated business of 1 al kinds is, they would be better satisfied wih their trade would sop so much grasnt Hing aber } gsiness in Buth Both N. A. Wade of tand J.D. Allenott candidates the Butler post office. will decide the Tne people of Butler matter when the time comes without anyadvice from the neighborho press.-Rich Hill Enterprise. It has now t rsome time we have voiced the verdict of every man, woman and child in’ Dates county and we hope we will not be considered egotistical in doing so, torced to Observe but we are that the booming Times is indeed a daisy. The receipts in excess of t penses of the ball, to-morrow to will be app tated edy poor of this city. Ti: of charity on the part of the om vers, is commendable and everyone should attend the bali and thus coatri! to the wants of the suffering poor, The ‘*Buatler Pleasant Hour Social Club’’ have issued invitations to a wand select ball to be given at Wal- ton’s opera house, Thursday even- ing, the Sth inst. Coats opera house orchestra of Kansas City fas been engaged to furnish the music, and the attair promises to be an exce ine! leas: ngiy pleasant one. monkey It is cold, and then snoweand then tarns The weather clerk is ng’? with the elements. first warm and melts the snow, but be- tore it has time to dre up the slop and slush freezes, and then a warm, dnzzling rain comes and everything gets wet and dirty, and then it dealy turns cold. clerk. Well, = lett during leap year must not come discouraged. The Times ait could tor you. but you failed to connect, se to speak. It vou can just afford to wait another four years we think we can pull you through and land you on the bard, tocky banks 0: matrimony. Don’t hecome impatient. Just wait and Shoot the weather those of you who did somehow take things easy. The election ot officers of Eliza— beth Chapel Sunday school was held on Sunday, Dec. 4th. The follow- ing officers were elected: Hamilton, Sup’t; G. B. Parker, as- Molhe | sistant Sup’t., and Miss Smiser, Secretary. The tow in its third year and is one of school the largest and best in the county, | and under the supervision ot Mr. Hamilton and his able assistants it Promises to be still better. W. H. Warnock, of Butler, is a! candidate tor collector ot the Sixth Missourr Revenue District. Mr. Warnock is an educated, retined gen- Yeman, a and influential democrat, and bemg endorsed as he is by Col. Wm. R. Morrison, of Ili- uois, ot whom he is an old acquamnt- wice, together with many the Mest prominent men ot this state, "S chances are Globe. zerlous of zood.—Rockville Rich Hill Reyiew: ‘The Rich Hill Coal Company paid out almost $35, 000 last Saturday, the Keith & Perry company about $20,000, the several minor companies perhaps several thousand. and the Missoun Pacific railroad, whose pay-day occurred upon the same date, some $20,000. Altogether it 1s estimated that nearly $100,000 changed hands here last Saturday, which is pretty good con- sidetiace the dull times. got} be- | Ashby | , the great whole yector W - nnual report Rici: [1il! cont be werked on ext scale, ti tc a ies erm ing about e,20¢ i Es, wil out $2,000.060 in- in upping son s Cr mn Dem t afford as; ol the ¢ rise an n The ers elected a | last ele dl been sworn: office and duly iostalled to t respective tions. The ve have shown i 1 bie 2 northern distri De ley. county ¢ ort soul ern district. ‘I otlicers start out under worable aus- ar’ rizing, upon in arte best and history “heey open house’ on New ' Year's dav was duly observed bv} the elite of Butler society. The] | yooms at the handsome residence of 'Dr. J. HE. Frizell had been darkened | band the lamps were lighted. which j threw a m over 2 sur- the ‘How heht j roundings and added much to | display of the beautiful furniture and | As the he artisticaily arranged rooms. caller entered the vestibule was | greeted by the appropriate motto of | ‘Happy New Year,” and as he was ushered into the spacious’ parlor the same greeting fell on 1 trom Sears the Indy receiwers. £. delicious re- | pest Was spread to which, it is need- did The same customs were observed at! ; Capt. Tvgard’s palatial residence, | } the *Welcous { **7884-1855,"? and over less to add, all ample justice. | mottcs being. the dining hall door was, ‘tve shall be fed,’* in| i } | i i _ gilt letters. Masses Abell at home, | and Misses Mollie Bluet and Flora} Mills, at the residence ot Mr. | Jack- /son, received intorm: Ansther “D. Busch. Cc. G, advertising agent, | e& f0.1 | While here on the 15th day ot Angust he contracted with this paper to pub- i hsh for one vear an advertisement of | French Pads, te be paid tor quarter- ily, but siuce then we can get no re- sponse trom him in the way of pay +ment He is doubtless 2 d. d. beat | D—e dead heat of the f Press. He is a pad man. ha devil t water.— rle’s cot ns too, It we tae My Gosh. Hevings! im here wouldn't we bet the of around Busc Excuse ; ‘ our ebullition i feelings, ! we are summit excited. Eighteen orth of advertising blewed | jin tor a detunct vegetable. Well, Tl be Slowed.—Louisiana Repub dollars* ‘Tican. As contessions are in order, here’s ago. The aforesaid C. G. Busch ot got into the Trwes-te the ture Next. i $10, one quarter. If vou are troubled with te e, billions fever, j or any disease o : liver, bleod get well y the e’s French ir druggist for it,and ; he has not got it French Pac re- and stor new remedy, Liver Pad. Ask yo take no other, send St soi: Leo., Toledo, C bv leounty. T } publican representatives 1c.11 | ; capacity of our sucbesstul military } Specie ................ 5,436.00 | ‘chieftain. In speaking of Genera! Legal tender notes..... 3:000.00 | Grant's financial misfortune. he | R¢¢emption fund with U.S | isaid: ‘tL regret his misfortune, :in busine > merenft Died. he residence of her F. M. Allen and wite, on , on the morning o As the New Year was ushered 1: _{ so iull of bright hopes yrOMMNSes to manv. ao dark : 5 i Was thrown over this hous a, gentle spirit of sweet r Jefferson City ; e Court} and great summer lar in Colorado tor the Holcomp 1€ attorneys feel ealth, were telegraphe ecuring a new tal. fore part of the week and arnved = in ee : ,| ume to smooth the dving p ot J. H. Hinton, county school | ineir only child. Little May was : sae ce ilies | vears and S months of age at the f zis at time of 1d was the idol t ine TAO hes : | ot the home oth rents and grand ot dig to -. = ‘ | parents. The little sufferer has H the at this | seen - | passed sately in the arms of Jesus to cou orth icXifive years. roi}, ‘ : | that land whither we Ire trave Hi tbasr i consery-j - ee : 2 = fing, and will welcome the coming o iicet goud ; , = j loved ones who a left here to ; jtnourn her departure, Funeral servi- | county at see oe ie Wilk > . ices were conducted by Elder Davis Wwe ope ition tor re-election] > = = . J of the Christian Church, Friday, lat 2 o’clock p. m., and the re roy tor the piac Of course he { ea 5 i }maimns were tollowed to t V1 ete : ) : pena {last resting in Oak Missouri Patronage. | Cemetery by e number of | Washington, D. C De 30. -— | friends ot the Ss Phe report which Se s reached Louis about Senator Vest and se } ot the Missouri representatives has ; about this 2 Mr. (Graves, of} | the Kansus district, who was} eaten by Major Warner, ! who! wil sequ vy be out of official | | The Omo sis ME. Sunday Fe tool wish to return thanks to Miss ww ft Wet e. tee é sto Mi elie! Ida Kelsoe, W. E. Walton & Co. | : a3 ccm. % and H. C. Wyatt tor services an come interested im the matter and Mate : rvices and a courtesies duriny the cantata. | want to see him succeed. He would | aa lave the to othat} undoubtedly the inside for 3 Hanover, O., Feb After: having lung te H appomtment but for the ver I i I had a dreadful cough and could no Mr. Nest ts tmenuly to another can- & i . a E epatnight. The doctors told me I didate. The senator’s man is a] had consumption and would die. [cave lawyer named Benton, ot Newton | taken six boctles of Pisco’s Cure and m3 agh is entirely gone andf am well as 23-1Vvr EMELINE Forp. Western District takes | eye of two congressional ina very large portion the state EA i TORN Seocl ORD Organs to rent at W. E. Waiton & Co’s. The pat- = id includes the di tricts which this vear returned re- ronage ot such districts naturally REPORP OF THE CONDITION | talls under the control of the demo- i < | cratic senators. Tins situation, | ee | { t fore, adds to the strength ot ator Vest’s claims on the pl Butler National Bank Some of the delegation think he} ! ought to Wave personal preferences | BIL PEL Tone Ve | in favor of Graves, and because he] At Butler, in the State of Missouri, at | has not done so there ts a hittle the close ot business, Dec, 2, 1884. | grumbling about dictation. It 1 no Se - i louder, however, than was heard RESOURCES. : over Cockrell’s first stand when the oO af aa Sicounte: s++S10s,0r1.71 | . verdrafts. . 246.7 effort was mace to consolidate the | 7, ‘ : a18:76 : i ‘ i U.S. Bonds to secure circu- Missouri delegation in favor of tatsor } as : BUIOU sie ois wine oe ens sieainec 12,590.09 | | Broadhead. The senior senator has | Due from approved reserv: i ithus fur notshown a disposition to | agents .... Rees ee 795.25 | get involved in this contest over the | Due trom other National Bauks. United States attorneyship. It 1s ee | 5 . | Due trom State Banks and H understood, LENE that a pref- Backers. = Se sees 4,652.03 | berence is for Waddell, of Kansas! Furniture and fixtures....... £5153-75 < : : a 29973-7 ' City, who also desires the place. Current expenses aud taxes | eae as ase paid... at 1,004.63 } Poor Business Men. Premiums paid..... 3 1,351.66 1 Washington. Dec. 30.—Senator Checks and other cash items 617.87 | Bills of other Banks. Fractional paper currency, nickelsand pennies...... entertain 3+160.00 } very high opinion ef the business Sheripan dees not seem to Treasurer (5 percent ot CISGRIRGIOR) sccccccoc ecco d xm sorry for his unfortunate venture | s where he Was so an- y swindled, but observation FEOTAE -iareroisrsieia sisi oloe LIABILITIES. Capital stocs paidin. Surplus tund........ Undivided profits.. Nat'l Bank notes outstanding. Individual deposits subject to check... has shown me that many men who have been successful generais are 30,000.60 1,850.00 10.750.34 not qualitied to control a targe busi- 11,250.00 Take, tur instance, the three leading Union generals of the late fi ness. 40,338 Go, war. We haye seen how disastrous | Time certiticates of depo: 550 ; General Frant’s venture has been. — a pint eemee pee ae | % = = 5 ue to State Banks & nkers 937 ; ; General Sherman ts unfitted to han- ) 2 ms = eee 1-937-06 | i z } Notes and bUls re-discounte@ 20,000.00 dle large business interests. He has} eee ot debt, and if he met any! fotar woe sens se re2$137)549.60 | obstacie in his business he would! Stare or Missouri, } } i | Count tes. = merely crush itor trample over it. | see hle we i = H G ves es f Fe ae Ale BE. Watton, Cashier of the. ‘General Sheridan couldn’t ran ajo. 3 tes a } bee above- ed bank, do solemnly swear catile ranch. Llowever, there are } thatthe above sta ent is true to the exceptions to the contrary, for I owledge and beliet. i could name a score vr men in Ohio - E. Warron, Cashier. who were distinguished soldiers, and } Subscribed and sworn to beture me this | [Sear Cormisasi~ hday of Januar expires Dec. .W. Peacn, Notary Pebli iui ees ; Corriecr—Attest: : For Sale. p T. C. Bocrwarr, mad Service. fortunes since leav- - W. Cuteps, PoweLr, Directors. ! bermaid, | leisure time. ; Aurora, who had the run of the White } piper.—Ben: Per | exclusive type. Families at Billiards. eee ais és : + * becoming s matter ‘ id of a wick- f er in some ot them hg 3 d ises With any pre- nveniences that TRADE aco, MARK Sran\ weginning to 1 with their broth- | pres rrom Opiates, Bisetios and Poisor ntlemen friends as with each | : Women often have a rather other. PROMPT. SAFE, SURE CURE iring the day, and a “th pans y to which t * Influenan, rough, vy time of it « & Qulnay, Pulueta Cl, Few of them grow ex- weotthe Throut « + os : 30 tit, though now and then one } y develop yz uy who sur: AaB “ es her brott “ whoever it may sto be played | be, when a bet inna, € on | Bee Novick To TEACH HRS: —Public Ex saregular mania nds down to the seivants, who ouses it and ext ons for the benefit those peep through the open door or linger | 4!" or per execu staircase to see how | 80ns desiring to teach in Bates county, the shots stress of | will be held ont 1 Sa ot eacl an Orange street family was astonished |p) inthe Ohio street school hoves 2 series of af- had finished when she returned from ternoon call | Butler, Mo., and on the | tt Saturday ot sooner ths and ran up | pach month in the West side schoo! house, airs to oom) without | Rich Hill, examination com ringing. >landing she heard | menci: w’elock, +. M murmurs smothered applause in the billiard-room. ‘The door was open- . = ed and she ¥ iand looked in. | The foment, Sane cook, a rude irl, and the cham- x a stout German who could i Private School. hardly speak E were wrapped up in the cues and b » the colored H. TINTON, ol Co The select school of Mr. and Mrs. Siceloff, located on st North Main gentleman, who w on the table, . attended the door nd blacked | street, closed the first session on the shoes, acted as scorer. Bridget was! yoth of Dec., 1884, with an enroll slightly ahead, 2 4 Gretchen oe ! was at the bat, 2 nseex- | Ment of over fifty scholars. The pression on the colored score-keeper’> | second session will commence the face, she was going up Aftera]_ sei . 5 A thot Jan, S55 reprietors run of four she stopped the mis- | 5th of Jan. 1385 Phe proy ’ tress stepped in. It then came out how | of the lo are vrateful tor this the servants had been employing their | jiberal encc suragement in their work. The chief trouble with kee! a pri- * ies vate table, especially when beginners do most of the playing, is the bility Notice to Tax-Payer to have the cloth torn and the eues and i balls damaged. Repairing torn cloth I will call on allt sayers of Mt. | isa mean and costly job. nda table} Pleasant township tor settlement of with many patches and sewings on is] taxes. Al! taxes not paid by Janu- hurt. Ifthere are young children in] ayy pot, 188 5. the per cent. will be the house and they have access to the adde billiard-room the balls and cues won't “4 he : ane last long. Ivory or any other kind of| Office at T. W. Childs” store. balls can’t stand being rolled around A. W. Bair, the floor, and the leather of the cues is Col'ector. not near proof enough not to play out | ——__-__ when used for a shinny-stick. DG pera aes Few pool tables are sound in private SPECIAL \( ) | ICE : houses. Billiard tables only abound, | - wae shes and pool for drinks is not known, though pool without drinks is perhaps as rare. The whole change from play- Christmas Whiskies. Parties buying Whisky or Brandy ing ina public saloonis in keeping by the calion or kee will fad « & with the tendencies of the present time] 7 0 B89" © > “i | to be exclusive.—New Haren News. their interest to examine my stock ee Og before purchasing : > The Rise of the “Metropolitan Cor purchasing elsewhere. respondent.” VER GAL, SEES: i Good Kentucky Bourbon whisky, $1,5@ _ 1 will not assert that me rae Pure White Rye Whisky, found among the ruins of ; EVEN att ornia Siandy Geeate old covered th cuneiform © Blackberry Brandy, Jugs and Kegs are free, you hear that. Lewis Horrman. ad in Special Paul alluded to the Athens wher there whe were tablets which the hats of **Assyri will I insist that S news-correspondent he spoke of those Greeks Do of “spent their time in nething else bu North Main St. Butler, Mo. either to tell or to hear some new ot thing.’ In ancient Rome, however MONEY centuries before there _— types ©! To joan at lowest rates of interest. The printing presses, telegraphs or oceat | philips decision does not eftect the Mo steamers, there were metropolitan cor: respondents. Wherever the victor- ious legions advanced, the Roman offi cers, both military and civil, were sup- plied with the lidibria ventes and the acta populi by special correspondents who sent away from the imperial city. Loan Co., represented by w5tt J. K. Bauoier, Butler, Mo. Fer Rent. The handsome Humphrey residence, : : f including 5 acres ot ground, just south inseribed on papyrus. almost exactly | o¢ city limits, is tor rent, Is one of the the same matters ubout which we tele | prettiest homes in the country. W. H graph. We read in some of these} Walton, Agent, Butler, chronicles which have escaped the rav- ages of time about the debates in thé Capitol, the receptions of the Execu- tive, the giadiatorial shows, the new] sures property against Fire, Lightning, public buildings erected, chats fot] Tornadoes, Cyclones and Wind Storms. idlers, and on-dits for scandal-mong-| Also insures Plate Glass against break- ers. The profession of ‘‘metropolitan] age by accident. Call on him tor # correspondents’’ thus established tas] policy betore itis too late. Office in ever since been followed at the capitals ] Opera building over bank, Butler, Mo. of civilized countries; and now that z4-tf they have telegraph and the printing press for the diffusion of their gather- ings and gleanings, they are a recog: nized institution. The brains of the fifty or more here are the cameras through which the nation's history daily daguerrotyped on the minds of at least 5,000,000 readers. Jefferson, whe was the first President inaugurated = here, had as his favorite correspondent William Duane, of the Philadelphia Does a general Insurance businese—In- Farm fer Sa I will sell my tarm, situated in section I, in summit township, 15 hundred acres. Divided in lots te suit purchaser, Terms easy. A. Hamiton. Dick Hurt Guarantees all work done in his Rstse andl oes uneerincls cated (Be ee: It you wish a clean shave, | the Federaliste the Presidential bag-| SR4ampoo or hair cut call and see > tThim. Also trv his ba rooms. 4 Poore. - > oo Southeast corner square. by M4. Thomasi Crudelli as practically & ossible of prevention Be condone of For sale. military sentinels, quarantines of the Three big two-year-old mules, one * or fumigations of] pair three-year-old Normon horses, suspected persons or property. He ad-} \om¢ Kentucky bred saddle mares woeates, very, fOrcsuly, SDtteey) resol and colts. Some young short-horn aa the true preventive of death-dealing | ° : b ow 4 Polled disease over wide areas, as it is the best} bulls, short-horn cows, an safegMard of health at all times and Galloway bulls. seacons. As apalliative he pro + Asusy Hasurron. that the clothing of the sick should be — — For Sale. disinfected by steeping in water con- taining 0.2 percent. of mercurial chlo Sad eatin 3s tithe ride, because this precaution was found A Cincinnati printing press large satisfactory at Palermo, during the! enough to print a six column paper epidemic of 1866. But it would be bet-| 4 and one hundred pounds of bour- ter, and inthe long run cheaper, t¢) <1, type, nearly new, and in guod subject the clothing of patients, and eendition. Cheap for cash. Callor such other matters as are eset z dAccse this offer tf impregnated with what produces - or addre 5 disease, to cremation, to the action of — oan 4 seer and Jet thecommunity beat Itch and Scratches of every kin part if not the whole of the expense. eyredin 30 minutes by W oolford’~ Archer, the jockey, is twenty-e a ry Lotior se noother. This | Sanitar wotion. U a ’ J y> twenty-eight ‘ years old. He began riding at four) jeverfrils. Sold by teen. Insix years he has had some- irucvist, Butler, Mo- 4grtyr thing like 3,000 mounts, winning first aruge, J place about 1,200 times, and second ; Patronize. the Butler Morble end third in most of the remainder. ; iw 17tf His weight is eighty-four pounds. { Works. 7 - cece