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LOCAL ITEMS x seed is coming into market. jays h : Saturday, n m the sia i he next time sheriff Hanks goes to Rich Hill to que mine we propose to arm him wit run or two The hog nuisance in this city will i soon be at epust. It should remain >0. wants to farm] et him go country, | Mitchell, of pul Summit, strng Friday and renewed his giance tor another year. There 1s more joy in the ec sanctum over one subscriber who pays for his paper one year in ad vance, than over ninety and nine who | order their paper stopped while in arrears. —Ex, Our est ds e Ki correspond. | ent from Foster sends 1 erest- Those week, which were | ing batch of items this week. sent us last voidably crowded out, will also be tound in this issue. and don’t hogs them, Marshal If you miss your know where to find Dickerson night be able to give you ard to their} some information in reg; We understand he | ais been dealing in this lme quite ex- whereabouts. tensively the past few days. Gog ae hus estimable wife and a young lady > 6 Parker, accompanied by whose gave us a call Friday friend, name shpped = our] memory, last. It is a pleasure to us to have friends ny valuable triends our c and especially such 5G. B. Par The Bates county Republican has Ic. been nearly crazy tor the past three months because Jim Simpson would not resign his seat in the council and Dickerson drew the marshal’s salary. It has certainly been choice re matter for its country subscribers. he Butler Base Ball Club beat the Rich Hill Club bad in a t week. The tacts are, the boys are getting in their work in ading game Butler good shape al! around, and, with little more practice, it will take the best of them to play the Putler nine. Maj. Edwards, of the St. Joe Gazette, e wants the Rev. Sam Jones to come to that city and hold th xe old sinners 7s h over hell until the fire scorches their whiskers, and the Rey. Samuel has given his consent | to gO as soon as he gets through with the ungodly : Phicshare: Plattsburg. Capt. Wally should not allow his 1 temper to get the better of his juc ment. Saturday iast he sailed into Marshal Dickerson at a terrible rate tor putting his hogs imto the pound. He was so abusive thatthe Marshal in self defense had to threaten to box his jaws to make him shut up. The Rich Hill Review thinks the new railroad between this Walnut will only be a switch of t Mo. Pacific Bah, Re- ler, and then go on east. ete trom Miama_ creek. ew, she will come to But-} : The truth Sy We propose to make it a great trunk line from Emporia to the tu ture great. The citizens of Butler are talking Seriously of building a n.acadamized toad at an early day trom this city to the Walnut coal fields. The scheme is feasable, and one that would be of importance to this citv A road of this kind | Would draw an immense amount of de trom that di: in a ect a which ¥ belongs to this city and should > here, that now goes to other Points. Tet us haye the rock road. , torial } ¢ | to make any effort toward ridding the ' is not so sure as he was of getting the office. s and con- ind town sites convicted at the 1885, of the Bates t court ot grand larcer the penitentiary for Jardine says he v i Kansas City. 1. Tr. of manure from behind livery stable. It you more nuisances let the 1 ot If the school of has ever ed a financiai publis ment,we have never had the pleasure | it of seeing it, oF long | What | } | does the the law say in regard to has been so ago we have forgotten it school let the ed e patrons and tax-payers sce matter? The facts are, board should not be ash to ures. Our old un G. W. Blanken baker living southeast | | and staur triend | of Butler about g miles, was the first man to pull our latch string Monday morning. His wife looked at the printed slip on the margin of his paper, and fired him off before day light to town to pay ms subscription another Well couple of loads of hogs which brought with him and sold tu J. T. Williams. for year. he had a he We understand 2 switch half a mile long will be placed beside the L. & S. track about four miles north of Butler. Like enterprise, the citizens living in that | every other railroad immediate neighborhood are asked to dollars life of us we can’t see how a switch would hundred For the donate three toward building it. benefit the people of that ne:ghbor- : Aes | hood three hundred dollars or even } three hundred cents | Do the officers of this city intend | and city of the bad women 31% dea liso, we think it is about time they were Wee understand that a short tme ago a countryman w ott women whom he claimed had robbed t i, and that, making diligent search for an er to est one of these lewd him of a twenty dollar b i too, at a house, well known to our | entizens, t located more than ay stone’s throw trom the seat of justice. | : is another house, sO we are informed, in the east part of town which needs renovating. It turns out that Gaines, the man who k post-office natters over a kicked up such a racket in Clinton, Gaines was to get the office through the influence of Gen. Black, but t gentleman writes, in essed to him! nies acquaint- | 1 Gaines now there and United States a i We onght everybody knew where Clin- 1 and railroads Baird th College. ton was. foe a li of others of fi place dayly all over ' can blame the people tor tak law in their own hands and dealing e out speedy justice. Miss Me Park, accompamed by her Sunday schoo n ¢ ot Virginia, 1 class, numbering eighteen er twenty. Monday and held picnic in the court y The little party, composed entirely of young me to town a rd. most pl doubt, will long be remembered them all. In the atternoon they all repaired to the photograph gallery and had their pictures taken group. ladies, er themselves ved asantly, and. we have no Tony Lago Marsino, stage mana- ger ot the Naiad Queen opera, was arrested in this city Saturday evening last by Marshal Dickerson, warrant trom Nevada, charging the ona young man with stealing a Brussels carpet and several other articlestrom that city. The carpet was shipped to his mother in the opera house in Sedaha and the gther articles were found in W. C. Clark, Manager of this opera, his possession here. went on his bond and he was released. In as muchas this young Italion has been arrested ona charge ofstealing, role the nd as he bas been playing the extent of a dude to some with young ladies of our citv. we mse to ask whether mothers had not better tle more careful in regard to th AA Iittle prudence in this respect may re company their daughters keep. save heart While we do not ence, yet we think the citizens of Joplin justifiable in taking the slow process of the law in their own hands encourage mob and hanging Joel Thornton, the brute and desperado, who shot and killed Daniel Shelton, the police of- ficer, on the evening of the rgth, inst, while in the discharge of his official duty. Here is the wav the culprit talked to the crowd as they hled t of him pefor rough the jail to geta ghmpse he Ivnching party had taken charge of bim: In answer to an inquiry Thorton said that he was ! raised tin Parkersburg, Va.. and if vou want to send me over the road I’m ready”” and of lynching rephie and if they w at the suggestion of <a i gon the rope Vu march our and die game. 1 don’t want to ilated and abused. 1x now than go to the pen.’ { j and sang with bis usual excellence, assessor nthe city t seems to t general opinion -..., | formance ot this operetta that it is “ | the best entertainment eyer given ir wing com the ¢ t in th olves a larger ive c la r characters, more elegant oe . ene : i beautiful scenery ti | show, and turnishes | Re D. C. Brown, new in the amusement Me eee alse. | characters were nearly | eae Metnea I jal taker and some of the a call for | S : . a Tmention. Mrs. W. E.Walton | soundly siies a Cl eames | d tad Queen,’’ looked indeed Fox, f tating that he (Brown) { sang beautifully and | oes PR eaRaice at t | ace of _festt it | ; : a vice tairly charming | Go to monke vith this prez H isten Miss Lillie Wood, | By | ess of Mercy,’’ surprised her | = | frends by the strong and fullness of -\ young girl 17 years of age, Was | her alto voice. Miss Lola Braggins | yrutally outra by two men inj was graceful and cinating as the | brog “ H Be ra.’’ Ot the little ones ou ae son sung sweetly and acted well i their parts. Ed. Campbell, ‘*The Boatman,”’ had a fine basso part, Robt. Peach, ‘‘Dryad King,” | commanded the magnificent Dryad drill with a military precision worthy his West Point training. Others filled well their parts ard won ap- plause, but there are too many minor characters to mention all. Our Specialty asists of the largest, cheapest and best line of Extension Tables ever or exhibition: The best leat support. The best adjustable leg. The best finished; 6,8, 10, 12 toot length. Walnut, Cherry, Maple and Poplar, at Opera House Furniture Store. and Ce The Walton & Tucker Land Mort- gage Company are taking applica— tions for eastern money to be loaned at 7 per centon good Real estate security. | Poultry Wantea. James Smith will pav you the highest market price in spot casn, for all the poultry vou can bring him. Headquarters at Gus Wyard’s har- ness shop. Come along with your; towls and get the spot Investigation, The farmers and property owners of this county, will well, in the} protection of their own interests, to} investigate the surprisingly low rates | ’ f: do at which Jarvis, Conklin & Co., are loaning money on improved farms. | A few minutes conversation with | their manager, Mr. W. L. Powell, will convince you that they are really | loaning money cheaper than anv | other company in the state of Meo., ; everything shown in plain figures, H abstracts furnished, and given to borrowers when loan is paid off. | Call and see us and you will be con- } vinced that we mean business, and | are ready to stand by any assertion | we 0 Office north side square. W. L. Power, Manager, | i } Mr. W. H_ Walton sold a few | days ago to Mitchell & Son, of | Spring Hill, Kansas, 2000f the finest | cattle that has been sold from this} section of the country for many a} day. He received $4.25 per hun- dred. Farm for Sale. I will sell my tarm, situated in | section 1, in summit township, 15 hundred acres. Divided in lots to {suit purchaser. Terms easy. ; A. Hami.ton. eserve to! When Baby was sick, we gave her Castoria, ‘When she was a Child, she cried for Castoria, When she became Miss, she clang to Castoria, When she had Children, she gave them Castoria, ewer 2 2. cee WE LEAD! PS i ON LOW PRICES. | New Goods, Low Prices. m Goods as Represented. J. Ml. McKIBBEN. KENTUCKY MILITARY | INSTITUTE. | At Farmdale P. 0., Franklin Co. from Frankfort. Has th cation in th Lit b A fulland eF any first-cla $ cc tember 7th. | Go TO THE RED FRONT FOR YOUR Groceries and Quesnsware NEXT DOOR TO PALACE HOTEL We have the freshest line of goo , Sugars, Coffees. Teas, Tobaccos, Our prices are low. Call and see us and get our prices. in the city. Our Canned good: Flour, ete., can’t be beat. J. EK. WILLIAMS & CO. NTRAL FEMALE COLLECE Mo. Seventeenth session ‘rd, 1885. Beautifal I 7am nds ; aesleeperienaed tactlty conpenatony on wot: New building ts belighted by nasand bested by nese Scholarship plan by which we bave Reduced Tuition to $12.50 per Annum. Address W. FP. Kennours,Preo- 100,000 BUSHELS CORN WANTED Ce ee John A. Lefker & Co's. Elevator, NEAR DEPOT. We desire to say to the tarming community that we are now prepared to receive Corn in any quantity. We have re ly overhauled our Machinery, and now have ample handling Corn easily and expeditiously. Dumps Are Convenient, tor Grade very easy and perfectly safe. To those who haye in the past so liberally favored us, we return our hearty — o and respecttully ask a continuance of th patronage. those who have not heretofore dealt with us, we desire to s: v that we earnestly solicit a trial, believing that our mode of doing business will meet your approval, and, if so, shall en + ¢ he avea la . deavor to merit a share of your patronage. We havea la quantity of Perece) £ OF De Ss Oe. &, “ef DD Ss specially selected for sowing purposes, to loan tor the season of 1885, and we invite all parties who contemplate sowing Flax next year to come and see us betore making their ar- for seed, as we Know We Can Do You Good. f ngements ra *-Wrata man does is the thins, not what he says.” Come and see us. JOHN A. LEFKER & CO.