The Butler Weekly Times Newspaper, June 24, 1885, Page 1

ods fi. " Butler Week! VIT. BUTLER, MISSOURI, WEDNESDAY JUNE the county last week, CORRESPONDENCE. | their many friends in the east part ot —_— Vinton. Messrs. Mell Fisher Henderson, accompamied by Misses and John jast week visited Miss Mattie Stew- “home pertectly dilighted with their a Fen tor the Adrian Adver- pser, Chatterbox for the Bates Co. Republican, Silabuster and Leila tor ‘Phe Toes, and Democrat corres- pondent’s name we have forgotten. So many, all spicy writers and items garce that Brownie gets quite dis- couraged some times, but what is MA the difference so the Times gets the } Binews. Mr. John Hensley, City, was in this part of the county of Virginia not long since. ifthe most prominent young men of that place. He trader farmer. On Saturday eve., June 13th, Mr. Daniel Stewart lost a fine horse, it being struck by lightning and killed instantly. Two other horses were in the same stable at the time were knocked senseless, but soon re- covered from the shock. Mr. Stewart had left the stable but a short time previous. Rather a escape, Lee. is a and And why should not Brownie have \a pick at the bachelors, for it there were not so manv bachelors there would be fewer ot us to be pitied. Old maids! Ha, ha! almost arouses your sympathies, does it not, Sila- duster ? Morse badly cut ona barb wire fence. : Mr. Ike Walls, from near Adrian was shaking hands with his many ttiends here last Sunday. Ike is a nial and handsome fellow. There is to be a basket meeting on Mormon Fork the Second Sunday in this month. Think that Vinton will be well represented. Mr. and Mrs. Wheatstone, of Lli- \nois, have Keen visiting their son, *Mr. Billie, tor some time and they will visit their daughter, Mrs. J. P. to their home, Mr. Med Connell and Mr. Stryder, of Adrian, were at Fair View Farm last Sunday, but, alas for the boys, the charming girls were not at home. | Try your luck agsin, boys. Miss Jan Clark has returned from \ Freeman, where she has been at- | enaing school. Welcome home, Jan, Tommie Crawtord, Nellie Fisher amd May Crawford spent last Sun— A day at the residence of Mr. Gryders, Wisiting his daughters, Misses Allice, Pannie and Mattie. Mr. Observer, we are still of the pinion that we items, but if we made a mustake,will humbly deg your pardon. How odd *that vou should think us an old maid, and then, too, when we had it acknowledged ourselt as such the Drevious week. and then, too, as \ bemg the brownest old maid in West Point township, and that is saying a understood your Seod'deal. You seem to think you kaow who We are; now for a guess astowho you are: You say that You are neither a bachelor or bene- dict ; pe Ps not, but think you are the gent dress incl man whose name and ad- ades five capital B’s. Mr. and Mrs. J. H. Crawford Were in Lacvgne last week. Mr. Willie Lewis has returned Some to spend vacation. He has deen attending school at William Jewell College, Liberty, Mo. Miss Mattie Nave commencement at Mr Sam Toa last weel the tended Butler. went to St. We have not leg Price m ou Mr. and Mrs. Date ext. n were Sena Henderson and Laura Fisher, | AP. artyof Lone Kansas. They returned | Mr. Hensley 1s one | that | Lee | narrow | Mr. Will Crawford had a valuable | Wilhs, of Butler, before they return | ‘Lhere school at No. 2 is a flourishing Sund schol- 1 over 60 | ars. | Is Butler going to celebrath the ; 4th? Mr. and Mrs. | visiting Mr, Daniel Stewart not long | since. Mr. Si nown that you were Joe Erwin were if we had | | poet, along | | with your many other qualifications, | would never, in our wildest flights of | fancy, thoug wt of saying anything | with regard to your being a bachelor, | and then you are so sensitive about your age. Don’t think we ever ac- j cused you of being voung; and as | for Mr. Ben Berry, you must have | | been drawing on your imagination. ! Will not answer at length, tor pre- | sume our controversy 1s getting rather monotonous to the readers of the | Times. We have one more thing to | say and then admit ourself vanquish- ed, and that is, to prove that vou are | the young man that did visitin West} | Point township (don’t say you do | now) we reter them to Ad. What has become ot Leila? | Wad- | dell read Haddell in our last items. Brownie. Your typo made the name | West Boone. | | Miss Minnie Atkinson. of Brosley 5 was visiting at Rosier last week. Messrs. John Henderson and Mell | Fisher, Misses Sena Henderson and Laura Fisher the yearly attended | | | | meeting of the Friends, at Lone | Kansas, last Sunday. Mr. Sam Todd bought six head of beef cattie trom Mr. Wm. Grover | one day last week. An interesting Sunday school was organized at Lone Elm school house last Sunday. Mr. H. H. Tipton | Was elected superintendent. | Miss Rena Davis, of Rosier, will start to New York soon on a visit to relatives. ; Mass Annie Berry, who has been| | visiting her sister im Kansas for | nearly a year, is expected home| | soon. | Miss Laura White’s many friends | will be glad to welcome her home ; Once more. She has been attending | ' school at Le Compton, Kas , for the | | past ten months and will be at home this week. | Miss Beechie Rucker has gone on | | a visit to her uncle, P. P. Rucker, at | | Elk Fails, Kansas, and Jake is lone- | i ly. { Mr. Wm. Witt made a_ business | | trip to Kansas City one day last} | week. | Mr. Conover, ot Olathe, Kansas, was seen in our community Friday. A strange sight—A Robin flying with a Swan to church. T have you are, but not from your descrip- } guessed “Brownie,” tion of yourself. I won't believe that you are a “Brown old maid.”’ I | have seen you several times, but w Lema. oe Ai ee New Home. n absence of two weeks I, vou. T have not have seen n agam betore had the spring fever, but gz on in this of our busy world, and “Squint 3”? and *‘Dewdrop,”’two very m- portant gather every item of interest the Review, or me, and I pre- fered being minus rather than write zero. f personages, so nothing was le growing weather and crops look well. New are quite Ice cre E.. and B. ; Some say there will be a basket dir | her brother, Mr. 24, melon patch, but w the melons, Mr. S., you get Brown don’t fors "em, even at ter storms, but ad wind no serious damave done. School closes next Friday. A few exercises fare being prepared, and ner. Don’t Rev. Weems is to preach a funeral at Salem Sunday. Sunday know about that. school 1s progressing nice- ly and we teel truly glad, Now once more, Mr. Ed., we will say adieu; as our stay in this section | Eyes, for she could help you devour | is so nearly ended we promise to write no more. Thanks for past} favors. Success to the Times. Brown Eves. Burd Qh, for a good r Crops rain badly. Some of t rmers report a large crop ot ¢ e-bugs. Wheat harvest will begin next week. Where the ; will spend cople ot this vicinity definite, eater number will is not but we think th be seen in their cornfields, while others probably will go to our neigh- bor village, Adrian. Jobn McC Barton county, are visiting relatives and family, ot | and acquaintances in this township. Mr. J. W. Purkey and wife, near Altona,were visiting ] ames McNeil’s tamily the first part of the week. Mr. Allee. of Desmoines, Ia, general agent tor the Wood Binder, was in our village Wednesday and Thursday. Geo. Radcliff and wife, of Butler, | were in town Thursday. Mr. R., has abandoned the idea ot moving to Burdett. The Burdett closed Monday: a few visitors were pres- ent, The commencement exercises were short but good. Mr. Mudd has He will likely remain with us until atter the 4th. Miss Fannie Ford. of Carrol! Co:;; Mo., is visiting her Miss Bettie Ford. Our merchant, Mr. W. S. Mudd, school taught us a good school. cousin, isin Sedalia this week, taking the | place of his brother, A. T. Mudd, the general agent of the Buckeye Binder Company, while he visits his tamilyin Fredonia, Kan. W. S. will probably return the latter part of next week. L. W. Rosier and wite, of Everett, Cass county, were in town on Wed- nesday visiting relatives. Mrs. W. S. Mudd paid a visit to John McNeil, Tuesday and Wednesday. Messrs. McNeil and on States have two of the finest yearling colis im the | country. They are of the Clydesdale stock, 10S0 the other 1240 pounds on the day one weighing and that they were one year old. Miss Melissa Flora, of Freeman, Mo., 1s visitir East Boone. many friends in WHAT WE WOULD LIKE To KNOW. Why Geo. McNeil does not pay as trequent v: ly? sits to Dixie as former- Amidon’s to experience in buggy to get a toa party. e Baptist ot an not give an ice cream Perc: Foster. -\ rough and tumble fight was in- between Charley Davison two Wincl -sters, tather and i on oster photograper and shop blown over. A tew other Foster people had their stables blown over, but no one yjured. Frank Lee contracted his hogs to Jobn mstrong, for 4 cents per Ib, Tre hogs are to be delivered between the Ist and 15th of Augus, The Green View school closes xt Friday. The ladies ot the dis ct will give a dinner for the teach- All are invited come and bring well-filled Mrs. Emily quite sick but is now improving. Junius Whitlow had acow killed lightning during the storm of the th children. to baskets. Summers has been by 13 This is a severe blow to Jun- tus as he is a poor man, and could Nl afford to loose a cow We have no railroad news £0> Ze— I this week. Several of our farmers went to Butler to attend the Leabo trial. Born:—The sth inst, a daughter to Mr. and Mrs, Louis Staker. We 5; road overseer, got the bovs out the latter part of last week and did some good work on the roads by filling up the mud Gover, our wide-awake holes and building stone Kip. bri lore ges. Selling His Wife and Child. Cl Ohio, June 18.—H Sauerbier, wife veland, and baby arrived here yesterday from Logan, Ohio, utup at the Empire house. To- a barly Inshman named McFar- land. also from Logan, put in an ap- pe Sauerbier, the result of which was rance, and had a conferance with | the sale of Sauerbier’s wife and bahy to McFarland. The price was $100, Sauerbier hung out at first and wanted more money, but McFarland refused to raise his pid. To-mght McFarland, the woman and the infant went to Logan. while Sauerbrer took a train for Chicago. The deal was a genuine one, and is vouched for by the landlord of the hotel who heard the trade talked over and saw the written agreement. Ottawa, Kas., June 18.—About noon to-day Taylor Harvey, a prom- inent stock man ot Pomona, this county, who had been ona prolong- ed spree. entered a hardware store and asked to be shown a reyolver. Upon receiving it he asked tor a cartridge which he shpped into place. Then stepping to the front door, he tore open his vest and deliberately sent a_ bullet heart. Death Harvey 32 years old and lett a wite and through his was instantaneous. was five children. He occupied the Judge Usher and was the heaviest He farm the county. was iry trouble. with a His tatt he dup the gun and 5s Death Jo in the abdomen Was 2 instantaneous, real— he and lodged in j ized what he had he commit suicide, but was done tried to frustrated In the attempt by er. tat Kansas City. Kansas, City, Mo., June 1 Kansas City’s cab] le ! received a black eye to-day by the | the grip-car | the bluff- runaway otf and passenger-car over Two cars have |ning regularly for The down train to the Union Depot | had reached Jefferson Street, and the | i gers off. The incline over the bluff begins at this point. The first notr- fication of danger was trom »f warning trom the elevated w aiting room on Union avenue, and cries of \‘*Jump tor your lives!’ from the An instant | bluff. later the train dashed into view and down the in- jcline. The scene was one of the | wildest confusion. in the wait | and thither in In another instant the ¢ Thousands of The dense crowd om rushed hither Ie pe or safety. sh people throng- | came ped the avenue, and for a time it was teared the loss of life had been tear— | tul, but closer examination showed that only three persons were seri« frank Robinson, a | aca gripman, and Thomas Ashley, a clerk in the Union Pacific | Offices. left tnghttully and nose was cut off. Richelts sustained Gen. H. F. Deval | was thrown into the debris and bad- | Capt. Barber, ot Gerard, Kan., was injured about the | back. ously injured— colored boy; Robinson's leg was | mangled, Ashley’s | severe bruises. ly \bruised, and All the passengers were bad- ly shaken up. The plain theory of the accident is that the gripman,atter reaching the incline, lost the cable | and thereby the control of the train. When the train dashed the incline the conductor put the brake, but it is said the gripman be- came confused and neglected to put | on his brake. The timely presence of a grip-car o1 the switch at. the end ef the line caused the collision and prevented the train from leaping over into Union avenue, in which event the loss of hfe would been terrible. The news throughout the city and created a great deal ot excitement at first, but down on and are now running as usual. It is | noticed, however, that when the | train reaches the bluff a majority of the passengers get out. Some idea | of the ascent may be gathered trom bluff to the depot 1s 300 yards and | the rise is 18 feet to every 100 feet. Galena, IIl., June 19.—Three hard | characters who robbed a Black Earth,Wis., a tew n were tracked by armed cit store at its ago, to | railroad cat near Cross plains, were ZENS suddenly pounced upon and ordered The ut thev were being disarmed and _ re- to hold up their hands. rob- bers obeyed promptly, whil lieved of their booty two of their companions suddenly appeared on -red > scene and ord up the of the captors forced to co! after paying tr extent of whatever valuables and arms the had about their persons, were allow k ec to depart. Free from Opiates, Emetica and Poisons A PROMPT, SAFE, SURE CURE been run- { two days, and | ave been crowded with Passengers. | ripman had stopped to let passen- | shouts j reaching | Ritchelts, the | Railroad | j | be taken to prevent acc have | soon spread | in a short time trains were resumed, | | the fact that the distance from the | THE IMPORTED CLYDESDALE STALLION VIVIAN GRAY. Vivian Gray No 2494, Scotch stud book No. 1507, American C. S. B., will make ‘the season of § at the stable of Frank P, Lee, two miles north and one mule west of Foster, in Walnut township, Bates county, Mo.. Descrirrion and PepiGkee:” Blood Bay, Black mane, tail and leggs, very lit- tle white next to hoof on right hind pas- tern, 17 hands high, and weighs 1,700, Foaled May 1881, bred by George Arm- ) Strong, Kirkland, Wighton, Cumberland, Scotland; imported 1883, by Robert Hol. loway, Alexis, IIIs. Sire Young Clansman 942), dam Fanny (974), sired by Lord | Clide, (481). grand da ed “by Sir Walter Scott, (797), Young? Clansman | (942), the sire ot Vivian Ctav (2494), was sired by Clansman, (150), who won the premium tor the Weighton distri he by Prince ot Wales (670), who won first prize at Glascow Agricultural Socie- ty, in 1865, and first at the Highland So- ciety Show at Inverse same year. Lord Clyde (481), the sire os dam was stred by | Farmers’ Fancy, (300); he by Blithe (81 he by Lofty (455), who won first prize and silver medal at Glasc w. He traveled Paisley district in 1854, Dalkeitkni in 18<5 and Clascow 1856. | Vivian Gray is a horse of the kindest disposition, ja ready server and a sure getter. Hets aclean, sharp, flat bone horse, ot great power and beauty, and with all good action. He has a beautiful head, well arched neck, verv deep chest, is also heavilv quartered, with powerful back, fwell sprung ribs, and round barrel a horse of two good ends and a good mid- dle, with good bone and good teet pro- portionate to his great weight a verv choice horse, ERMS: $25 to insure colt to stand and | suck, $20to insure mare with toal, $15 the leap, monev due at time ot service, insurance March.tst 1856. Anyone leay- ing countv or parting with mare after serv has heen rendered forfeits insur- ance and money must be paid. Care will nts but will not be responsible should anv occur. Mares trom a distance can be accommodated with pasturage at reasonable rates. 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