The Butler Weekly Times Newspaper, September 16, 1885, Page 5

# 4 ed BUTLER WEEKLY TIMES —— LOCAL ITEMS ary meeting held im the ES re (south) Saturday next a clock p It Plattsburg is not a ide- awake place, then the ess mer of that place are dece , ple with their flaming 2c ur Barton county x Oc mmenci uing until the 16th, days. Thanks for complimentry ticket. ot Elder Davis, afte vacation two months from his duties as pastor Christian ch hold s hold returns th with rewed r gv, and we glad to say m much better healt Hereafter services will be held regularly. We commence the publication of | acontinued story “Bootles’ this week, entit hich 1s Baby, very in- teresting, and we feel sure ow tun loving readers will peruse it with interest. By saving the copies of this story you for the Times contami will have something nice your scrap book. work the Mo. Pacific track and Walnut as fast as possible, and with good weather will finish it in a Ac cording to the contract between the citizens of Walnut and Mr. Thomas is pushing of repairing the grade between short time. the railroad company, the cars will be running into Foster by the tirst of January next. P Rev. S. R. Reece, of Winfield, Kansas, will bold temperance meet- ings in this county on the following ! dates: At the near Pleasant Gap, Sept. 17th; at the grove near Walnut church, the 18th; at Hume, the 1gth; and at Butler the ZIst. grove on All are invited to attend these meetings. There mzy be a point in the Re cord’s attack on JudgeHenry, but we failto see it. Judge Henry 1s only a quiet, private citizen, is not a can- didate for ‘dog pelter’’ or any other office, so far as we know, and the Record in singling him among our out from many ciuzens and al- luding to his name im the manner it does, 1s not gentlemany, smart, or witty in our opinion. Dr, Boulware, ot this city. turned Friday fast from his visit Medical Society, which met at Evansville, Ind.. last week The doctor reports having a most excellent time and an interest - ing and profitable meeting. At the close of the meeting he was put in nomination for president of the so - ciety and came withi: being elected. re- the Mississippi a tew votes of A mover wagon, drawn by two yoke ot cattle, seemed to create con- siderable curiosity on the west side orthe sqare Saturday. The oxen not being hooked up according to Western ideas was the cause.we sup- Pose. The man in charge ot the outfit said they were from Northern Wisconsin and were on their w Barton county. v The following note was received At this office the other day from an old Butlerite, now hving in Fayette. Mo., and as such favors are so lnghiv appreciated trom our friends abroad, we take the liberty ot publishing it: Fayette, Mo. Sept. 8, ’S5. Mr. J.D. Atten:—Enclosec Please find P, O. order for $1.25 for Your valuable Paper, which reaches me eyery week, regularly, and is like a letter trom home. Send on the ming Times. J. D. DicKERSON. ? ied | ! Lexington, Rev. Bewley will preach at Sum- mit r +S ] n ing at 4 o’clock. — e na . ° should g t the cc - 1 y G. \ ] x t t Ivers « e found at his new Hie er, oF + 4 most substantia 7 i ed his place him to the ville as an honest, aling gentlen watly were sit > cream. Russell, Hancock county, Ill. arrived in the city Friday last a other, s the guest of her br B. Hi 1g the first meeting in years Esquire G. of this brother end sister, whose heads are fast whitening with the frosts of many winters, and don’t you imagine iiwas a happy one? He also has | the pleasure of a visit from his mother, whose home is in Carthage. This lady is St years of age and hale With pleasant who blame and hearty. such company, can Squire tor being supremely happy? At parents, the bride’s this city, residence of John Pharis Thursday, Sept. roth, 1885, by Elder N. McGhee. Mr. John Me- Ghee and Miss Nellie Pharis, were jomed in the holy bonds of wedlock. Mr. McGhee is the son of Jas. Me- Ghee, a prominent merchant of this the in city and a gentleman of high respec- tability, while M Butler’s most charming and _ intelli- gent young ladies. Immediately at- ter the ceremony the happy couple took the train for Kansas City on tour. Only few friends had the pleasure of witness- ing the happy event. Pharis is one of a pleasure a near The annual conterence of the M. E. church (south) will be held at Mo., the last of this month, in consequence of which Rev. i to! to. , father-in-law, Jas. Smith. | H W. C. Bewley will preach his fare— well sermon to his congregation in this city Sunday next, and it is ear- nestly requested that every member This of Rev. Bewley’s second year in this be present. is the close 2 general place and has given satisfaction to his members, and so conducted himself as to win the | esteem and confidence of our entire cammunity, and none will regret more his departure than his church, whom he has solong and faithtully preached to. meet and form the acquaintance,the other dav, of J. A. Flory, of New Ark, Ohio, who, in company with his wife, is here spending a tew days with his save us pleas Tre to prominent attorney of his town and 1s a very clever and intelligent gen- tleman, to the above good qualities, he 1s a genuine moss and add to back democrat,and believes Hoadley will carry his state by 12,000 ma-— | jority. Mr. Flory made a number iis of speeches betore he left home and getting anvi to return and mount the stur behalt of the grand old democ ticket. We D in ec | would like to have bim proselite Jack before he leaves and turn Lim from the error ot his way. the | has | He is a! D G. Newsom, wil But! ca nand he was up dressing | stantly. Falor’s mill was_ partially ie unroofed and the machinery damaged considerably. The colored church, | a small structure. was demolished, | and : late glass in the tront ot fowles mercantile | ng blown The total dam- | ! amount to about $2,000 Judge city Monday and We who was learn ey, m the and | gave us a pl substantial | asant call, ot the terrible predicament of a mover and his tamily northeast of the mounds and near the residence jot Mr. North, some seven or eight miles nortn of this city. The mover had stopped tor the night and turned his horses out to graze, and when he went to look for them in the morning they were no where to be found. The poor man and his family were ina pitable condition, camping in their wagon and no horses to draw then on theirjourney. Whether the horses were strayed or stolen 1s not known. ; An extra freight train, consisting only of a caboose and an engine, | went through the Little Osage bridge, Rich Hill and Nevada, Sunday morning at 6 o’clock. The engine and tender went down and are a total wreck, but the caboose broke loose and was checked nght on the brink by the conductor putting on the brake. Engineer Fred Carle and fireman Pat Mahoney were both killed. The early passenger train, which arrives in this city about halt past 4 o’clock,passed over the bniage in safety. The Osage river was yery between high and we were informed that when the freight train reached it the | bridge was almost ready to float away. A young man by the name ot Jas. Franklin, of Spruce township, who has been staying with his grandfather | Mr. Short, in this city, and attending the west public school, was arrested Tuesday morning by Constable Scott | jon charging him with | assault on a small boy named Ora Jenning. Franklin pled guilty in {Squire Newsom’s court and was} | fined $1 and costs. Weunderstand | this young about 14 years of age, has been quite unruly and has been engaged in numerous | a warrant s man, who is h the other boys of the Itis hoped this hght fine | fracausses w school. will be a suffrent warning to him in } In understand this young man has been the future. addition to this we in the habit of carrying a pistol which to exhibit on more than one occasion. It this be true the boy should be dealt with ac- cording to the rules of the school. We are satisfied the parents of this | he has took the pains .!ad are not aware of his bad conduct. | | that he complains of existed wl was mars} at exist now we would like to ask how many rests were made im. Men tl | lives i fand {to all the political bunc do wet . entorcing sec ton 4, 5. 1 13 of or nce No.1g, is out of place, and comes with poor grace, at this honr from If we } are staken the in glass houses should not throw stones. Dr. Christy Sunday evening to wait haste John miles ed in Was ¢ upon Blevins, living about eight northeast of this city, who met with a very serious accident, and one Which may ct >in the loss vins one « his wite were out some tance fre the house milking, and just as he 1 hed mil cow d was in the act of rising up, the cow kicked at him viciously, striking and the knee went possible, braking his leg between kle joint. His wife to his assistance as qu as but could do nothing for him until arrived trom the house, issistance which they were some time in get- ting owing to the distance. The way the two radical members of the city council, Geo. Smith and Bud Atkison are trying to run things at the meetings of the’board is a bur- lesque upon decency and an outrage upon the cit To show a little piece of their rascality and bull dozing we will take their zens they misrepresent, actions at the board meeting of last week. Mr. Dickerson, chief of po- lice of this city, presented his bill for services rendered, and in order to make the two honest defenders of civil liberty and the righters of elec- tions tor the citizens of Butler, place their vote upon record, Judge Par- kinson, the democratic moved that the Dill but owing to the partisan btindness of the two republican members, or for tear the Judge was playing a trick on thern neither would second his motion, consequently it was lost and the bill laid over. Now, sueh nonsense ts all wrong and out of member, be disallowed, place. Mr. Dickerson appears be- ture the board with a certificate of election issued from the proper authorities,according to JudgeGantt’s decision in the matter, aad was sworn into office by the mayor of city, consequently, he ts the legalized policeman ot the city, aad we hold it is not the province of the two re- the publican members of the council to set themselves up and say Dickerson has no right to his pay, in the face ot his certihcate of election and the large vote he received ut the polls. We further say, that it is mone of their servants of the business as whole peopie to decide vpon the} election returns and certificates ot election which have been issued ac- cording to law. We further say to these two republican American citi- zens and the organs upholding them in their acts, that they are welcome mbe tl th can get out of such conduct. ec ED ' C. Sent Now Secures. The Home fe} Friend 6 Monthson trial. Size Youth's Companion. Fillea_ with entertaining reading and home helps. 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To those who have not heretofore dealt with us, we desire to say i that we earnestly solicit a trial, believing that our mode of | domg business will meet your approval, and, if so, shal] en- deayor to merit a share of your patronage. We havea large quantity of Pere ces € OF De 3 Oe. Se) E-eD specially selected for sowing purposes, to joan tor the season of 1885, and we invite all parties who contemplate sowing 1 us betore making their ar—- Flax next year to come and see | rangements for seed, as we Know We Can Do You Good. + ‘What a man ‘does is the thing, not what he rays.”” Come and see us. JOHN A. LEFKER & CO