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EUCHRED. 2 Fiend Loses on? Game. 4 Prize-Package His Litu eee The nipping Marc! not been strong enoug ever-watchtul policeman been alert enough, to prize-pack haunts. drive the enterprising ge man from his Bowery man The wind and the have succeeded in throwing dust into package the eyes of the blue-coated guardians ofthe peace, and almost daily a} number ot victims are added to the | long list of trail mortals who ‘trust to luck.’ ! “Here you are! Only 50 cents at package, or three for a dollar. Sold i again and another man made happy. | ou draw, sir? What did y “A two-dollar bill!" jovously ex-} clamed a styhshly-dressed man as he pocketed the greenback and edged | ns way through a large crowd whic made the corner of Canal Bowery almost impassable and the} yester day. “Who's out the lucky mans the next ened disburser of small tortunes, envelopes. displaying a handtul ot **Look ’ere, stranger ; 1s thus thing square ?”’ asked a tallangularly built countrymaa.looking anxiously at the tempting *‘packages.”’ “Square? You bet! Watch ‘ne,’ was the rejoinder. Deftly shuffling the envelopes, he dealt the countryman three, “Take your choice, remember, this is only for fun.’’ saying: pardner, but, “To be certain,’ answered the other, as he tremblingly fingered the envelopes and finally selected the middle one. “Here vou are rang out the ex- ultant voice of the vender, he held to view a crisp five-dollar bill. The countryman in astonishment and the crowd cheer édthe clever bit of slight-ot-hand manipulation. “Gim’me ten dollars’ worth! I ought to win a pile on that,’? ex— claimed the young man the | tural dis’ricts, hastily snatching from his pocket a roll ot bills and pecling i off the required amount. | From the mass ot envelopes thirty | were caretully counted out and hand- | ed to the excited purchaser, who in} ee as staggered back from turn tendered ten dollars. | No sooner had the money c hands than a cry of **Look out! Here come the cops!’” changed was raised. The alarm was sounded the} stylishly dressed young man had captured the two-dollar prize. The crowd scattered in every by who di- tection and the package man closed the box with a bang and was scudding up the Bowery with the stylishly dressed young man. soon The countryman stood rooted the spot tor an instant; then, finally | recovering his composure,he glanced } timidiy around. No policeman was in sight. He to then thought of his Durchase and proceeded to see how fortune had smiled upon nm. Qne after anuther he tore open the en- velopes, only to find that had been duped, They contained not! nthe shape of money. With a sad tread heart and unsteady walked up t Bowery, bewailing his fate and vow- he slowly ng vengeance upon the swindler. On nearing Bayard street the forlorn youth dropped into a saloon for some liquid encouragement. As he neared the bar his aty Was attracted by the presence ef two sation. _ The: d bim,but be knew them ata glance. Th yow Prize-packageman and the &ty pntion men im earnest = hacks were tow: dressed young man. “Cally, you're a tru “Whew! The Wasn’t he both laughed h | machinery was to be disiocated : | good and | counsels. {down in | Natio ) Secret BUTLER, MISSOURI, W Charged with Marder. Richmond, Va.,—The ; were busy al! day vesterday working me police | EDNESDAY APRIL eee LOSING OUT SALE: his ' up clews and fitting together the! ) ap. At >| links in the chain of circumstances | seman drew | surrounding the death of Miss Fan-| s. He was | ay Lillian Madison, the pretty young | We have determined to Close Out our about to oy when the | s.rl whose dead body was found in| brawr suAtry ad es : ” a T al —_ : an) he res , txt Saturday. The; Bu IY! \ ss IS “4 by ‘Te 24 closed upon the : t : i IM srt I ~ I « C Ie ang i ‘ butest a is the arrest of = 1em’s mine! ied 1 in | Ur n - i’ ~ 4 vourg law- Foti 1 t pred - «1 youth, ‘sand this is yourn! : Giant Consisting of $18,000 Worth of i One the « r of the the lady. ‘The ! right-from-the-shoulder blow | Cee le eemanen which sent them sprawling upon the | gyi P They arrested Rheumatism, Neuralgia, Sciatica, ee fost Gate Gin fess Lumbago, Backache, Headache, Toothache, anc t saininz reir te ini a ot Mrs. Samuel Sore Throat swells s3.Sprains.Bruises, (ich howediBene woe aieuciee or } Z Burns, Scalds: Frost Bites, y wed fight, but the lightning unstail, near Little Plymouth, in| sagtXD ALL OTHYR BODILY PAINB AND ACHER like licks from the furious tarmer |:hat county sie y | 4 A. VOGPLER Ca. Se 23 3 make ers eck: hc Beck ae 30k SP ereaer eT ee VoSeEER GUO) Baltimcr: perl ge = going to leave Butler and enter into the whole- uge. lee ditty “ 1 o# ——__—_______—— —— ate in St. Louis. Our house is filled with a new : Ithe office were announced e and elegant line of the best a f : ; Pulling himselt together the coun | g imitted that he knew of the discov- -| THE ! f verticnnsctier acter ab tryman turned to the barkeeper and | ate i hode los Macc Ms aie : Then 1 al nks aint paid for yet. J -dthe Richuond papers with that and they're standing there kinder |; a, Helaleg adaiieie san) OF i lonesome hke. Haye one with me? !. Richmond on Friday tact. the day | hey tipped glasses several times | yn which the ur uppy girl must have | (ie the Next Sixty Days at Cost. This is a positiye subsequently. and parted friends for | é * = : } ; Sale to quit business and the onde will go at a sacrifice. Come ! y> ee : < r death. Cluverius de-} | see t 3 i : i j t 4 j see us if you want a bargain. the tuture. When the countryman] jes that he saw her during Ins stay] fi on his homeward way saw the even ere, or os at had any i Pounce | x ng breez playing with sundry | jon with the girl, erther written or} ‘ Grange Store| R. Ww Ik IL ¢ : e scraps of torn paper near Cana J otherwise. He can, he says account | 9 street he smiled blandly and calmly | soy every hour of his stay here, trom | Their stock is STS Be EE, North Side iquare. sohloguized: he time of his arrival on Thursday | ee | *T never had so much tun for ten | aotil his departure for his home on dollars in all my life .”’ Saturday momine ad eS all aness | 2 pe | | | a | A Disaster That Did Not Come. Mr. Cluverius is about twenty— ' In these days when so many start ling events are coming to pass, and prophets are busy with predictions ot other ste is fit that we invoke the gratitude of the American people for one thing that was to have come to pass, bu’ We mean the destruction of their beloved country. It was booked thng things vet to come, it didn’t. forrum. The converging and con current republican predictions oi twenty years leave no room for doubt about it. A cratic restoration was to be the signa for the beginning of the havoc. The admirable republican system ot finance, the admirable republican system of revenue, the admirable republican system of civil service, and all the other admirable contriv ancies contributing to the making up of what is called republican states- seemed to deme manship were to tumble together in aheap; the complex governmental all capable men were to go s | out of office, and ali sorts of bad and incapable men were to be put in: loyalty was to Become a proscribed and torgotten virtue, and rebel brig- adierism was to rule the national In fact the 4th of March, 1885, was to usher ruin. Well, the 4th of March came. ac- cording to the almanacs, ami the democratic restoration came with it; The catas- up hut not the catastrophe. } a. has not been heard ot and the troohe the latest reports, doomed has had the the country audacity to settle f that it is not coming Greenbacks current t pass sa 1¢ as when republ White House. are sherman treasury. presidenis sat i notes Mr the t bank good as when The an ary of southern rebels ere exhibiting unexpected modesty. niribute as many state of ern states do not c office-seekers asthe single Ohio contnbuted under the adminis- tration of Haves. In short. the country so far trom rushing head- tong to the predicted ruin, is jogging { along as prosily 2d tranquilly as if democratic rule were its logical and natural condition and wohad j reached home agai a absence. The proy disaster have vanished. Tan pan instead 6 » heac lines 3 an i some- the land umazeme as arepub- in a weltering to} quite as | was | tiree years old, and is well connect- az ‘y of means, and will spare no him. All ex- pense to defend who i know him say that the accused is a man ot irreproachable character and incapable of committing a crime, much less such a cold-blooded mur- der as he stands charged with. When ar-ested Cluverius had with him a containing fitteen or twenty letters, most of which were trom laches. It appears from. these that missives Cluverius is quite a favorite with the | There are some very spicy letters in the batch, sav. The bitter cold deter c tair sex. so the did not crowds from visiting the reser- weather where The lock voir and looking in the basin the pretty giri met her death. keeper has been compelled to the gates. The betrayed gitl’s career, up to this one slim, which caused her sad end. has been pronounced unblem- jished by all who knew her. She | Description and PepiGKEE: Blood | | é | Bay, Black mane, tail and leggs, very lit- | Was 2 mi yer of the Ba = | od of the Bap tist church tle white next to hoof on right hind pas- ! CALL AND SEE US, tasisalso Thos. J. Cluveris, the | tern, 17 hands high, and weighs 1,700. | = i Foaled May 18S1, bred by George Arm- | | young man charged with r mur- | Foal =, (Srey ae } | ase : > ith her mur | strong, Kirkland, Wighton, Cumberland, ; Cc | der. Scotland; imported 1883, by Robert Hol- | ° ® 2 | The poor girl was buried yester- | loway, Alexis, Ills. Sire Young Clansman ; (942), dam Fanny (974)> sired by Lord i day. To avoid increasing the ex- | Clige, (481). grand dam sired by Sir H att , cere , | Walter Scott, (797), Youngg Clansman a led’ j ment there wa no ceremony. ! i OF), * 2 ieee ; Nea a the sire or Vivian Crav (2494), oo x2) 08 oO oD jeither at the ch or the zrave. sired by Clansman, (150), who won ! a 7 O12. O: 20.79 ~~ He mains were followed by her, the premium tor We ghton district: as o 1 } ae the by Prince or Wales (67 who won jaged father and nearest relatives, | first prize at Glascow Agricuitural Socie- lwho wept biterly when the body | ty, in 1865, and first atthe ighland So- = i Show at Inverse same year. LOrd) «a | was consigned to Oakwood Cemet- e (481), the sire os dam was sired by I fone 300}; he by Blithe (81), S = ue yen 1 mportant. a : ‘he Be Lotty (455), who won first prize LOOK HERE F ARMERS! When wiait or leave Mew York City talking of gettin< Up { and silver medal at Glasc w. He traveled | Baggage Expreasage and Carriage Hire and oy addi | Paisiey dis in 1854, Dalkeitk n 1855 ee | at the Gran« Union Hotel, opposite Grand { “lasci in 18<6. re 90) sel t i ymor Jo ie See : | "Elegant rooms ‘itted up at s cost of one — ssa — at- |} Vivian Gray isa horse of the kindest ; % ~ | tion dollars, reduced to $1 60 and apwarde r torney in ferreting out and prosecut- disposition, ,a ready server and a sure Ps ¥ Be = di epropesn ap nee js ao a pe een) Sree horse, of great power and we ¥, and or lesa money at the Grand U : : 7 oa . s | live better for less mones ete & considered a reflection upon the ci with all good action. He has a beautiful pe emigg eneee i Hotel than at any other firet-clase hotel in 4 | = Se head, well arched eck, verv deep chest, | | is also heavily quartered, with powerful } All the south- | Men Think they know all about Mustang Few do. Not not to have | Lin- to know is nen Donaldson, His family is possessed of plen- | by the police young | package | police New Orleans, L. a, the leading grades ot ! Collars at the Lowest Prices tomers and will be pleased to price goods. Satistaction prices guaranteed. DEFY COMPETITION, Are Being Offered by us on { ) ) and AND ALL OTHER WINTER GOODS 10 REDUCE STOCK, BEFORE RECEIVING SPRING GOODS. It will save you Money to see our PRICES BEFORE BUYING. | REPAIRING NEATLY DONE. { | J. T. GRAVES & SON. —THE— IMPORTED = CLYDESDALE STALLION VIVIAN CRAY. Vivian Gray No. 2494, Scote stud book No. 1507, American C. | S. B.. will make the season of 1885 at the stable of Frank P. Lee, two ies north and one mile west of Foster, in Walnut township, Bates county, Mo., | | ADVICE TO MOTHERS. Are you disturbed at night and brag of your rest by a sick child suffering crying with pain ot cutting teeth? es send at once and get a bottle of back, gwell sprung ribs, and round barrel a horse of two good ends and a good mid- dle, with good bone and good teet pro- | port onate to his great weight a very choice : horse, TERMS: 325 OLO PLOW SMITH. to insure colt to stand and suck, $20to insure mare with foal, 315 Is back to Butler and has starteda Teething. Its value is incalculable. Jt the leap, monev due at time of service, will relieve the poor little sufferer imme insurance March ist 1596. Anvone leav- diately. is no mistake about i | ing county or parting w | service has been rendered are after s in-ur- Care will cect Blacksmith Shop! oce - » cs £ ceur. Mare On first street west of B It cures and bowels, cures wind coltc, sottens th | | a to prevent gums, ible should a tone and energy to the whole systefo. Winslow's Soothing Syrup For Childtge Depend upon it, mothers, there om tery and diarrhoea, regulates the sto reduces inflammation, and gir = be A modated church. Bring in your piows to Mrs. Winslow's Soothing Syrup ee lea him. He will put on a share of thildr Teething is te ari first class soft center plow steel, and isthe prescription of one AY ae and will harden it as goc and best female nurses the best- i inthe United State-, gad r t al gists throug the : 1 x | cents a bottle. Shoeing and Jobbing ay Sesh ena es a Will be giad old custo ZTE t di , si 1: be made ny new onesas possi EEN SIN ON ERR TEER sas ge EOP E Seana