The Butler Weekly Times Newspaper, December 9, 1885, Page 11

mar arr nrc rn rrr The Very Lowest Rates of Interest Are Loaning Money on Real Estate Security in Large or smallsums and on Parties Wishing to Borrow will Please Remember Ist. That we keep money on hand to be paid as ‘soon as papers are signed. 2d. Can make loans at 6 per cent and small com- mission. 3d. Allow payments before due and stop interest 6th. We have aimos when paid. 4th. Make loans with or without commission. 5th. Have two sets of Abstract Books writtrn up at CALL AND SEE. ed Watt QOPRER anes we é&, TTS, GET RATES AND. TERMS. On ‘and Tucker Land Morte: ‘3 4] is rT Sk i A iS i os oe ot Ne FO 3 YEARS ” @ieeecuk times. We make Abstracts by one set and compare them by the cther and thus secure absolute correctness, and will be re- sponsible for them. t odes Million Dollars under our control, and ourarrangenents are such that we can furnish ieee ‘at low rat es and without = delay. am COMET PaaS ET OTIS SE Be Beis WS e Company, KANSAS RANCHES BURNED. —-2-- THE ELECTRIC CITY. Many Hundred Head of Cattle Lest | How Butler Appeared to a ‘*Mail’’ and Other Property Destroyed— Fanned by the Gale, the Fire Sweeps Before it ——_——__ -#e——__—- Winfield, Kan., Dec. 5.—Terrific fires are reported as the result of | Friday’s gale. Northeast Cowley county was swept by fire with fear-| all} Tomlin | | ja large and wealthy county tul destruction to property of kinds, The cattle ranch of & Webb of this city, thirty miles be | low here in the territory, was entire- ly destroyed, with trom 400 to 600 | head of cattle which were caught in the track with no means of escape. | The ranches of Hill & Allen, Beach | & Pickens, Dick Best, Bolts and; others, were also entirely destroyed. | {t was the most appalling prairie | fire eyer experienced in this country, Topeka, Kan., Dec. 5.—A special | trom Burton, Kansas says: During} the high wind Friday a prairie fire | broke out seven miles north of this place, which swept over an area of about thirty miles, destroying one thousand stacks of hay and numbers ot sheep, hogs and! cattle. It is not stated how far east the fire extended Further and more | definate reports of prairie fire in Sil- ver Lake township, this county, Fr- | day. bring advices of a terrible loss of property, which cannot now be estimated. On Edward’s ranch | 3,800 tons ot hay burned. Johnson & Wilhams lost 500 tons ot | hay, beside fences, sneds and crops. Patick McNeery was burned out, losing everything but the clothing on his family, In Edwards | county a man was fatally burned and | was entirely John Leeper and John Berry are not | expected to hve: The fire 1s sup posed to have originated on the Pot towatomie reservation. several days before the full loss can be qyen. Fire C lothing, Fire dry goods, Fire boots « shoes, at fire prices. Sam Levy & Co.} | forming many | cultural resources ; | years and dotted the rich prairie over | and grain, | It will be | Representative. tomes Nevada Mail }eame up; | taken by the post-office department : ' at Washington. no further action was and so the matter stands. In the meantime, Mr. ; Austin holds the office, pockets the ! A Mail representative spent Satur- | | day in Butler, and had the pleasure of meeting a number of friends, and pleasant acquaint- | ances. ment and the gratification of his | party. Butler Sas tour papers, the Dem- ocrat, edited by Col. Wade; the Butler is one of the older towns ot | The capital of Bates, in | the Southwest. agri- it prospered for | which it spread with pretty homes | and many creditable business houses. | Early prosperity brought wealth and insured lives ot ease to many of its | citizens, bringing with it a desire to} This had! | the effect to poison enterprise, and, jin a great measure,retard the growth et well enough alone lof the town. However, itis a good | town, and there are more evidences ot enterprise there now than a few |years ago. It has many beautiful houses and more hospitable, sowed people. Some of its people estimate the populaticn of Butler at from §,000 to 6,000; whole- but an estimate | reliably democratic: the third re- ;pubhean, and the latter does the | funny business for the southwest. | these gentlemen j to W. E. Walton for $705. Grierson, stayed with} | resuscitate it, j by Mr. Austin, salary, and publishes the Record, « republican paper,tor his own aniuse- by Jake Allen; the Record, and the Tom Cat, The two frst are Times, by Johnnie Orear. The writer is indebted to each of Allen ticular tor a drive over the city. tended, and to Mr. The office of the detunct Repubh- up at sheriff’s sale and knocked off Its late can was put Saturday afternoon, editor, Mr the corpse until the last and tried to bought and controlled by a stock ’ company, made up ef farmers, and men who had a desire to lead in local politics. It is needless to say | from observation would put it at , between 4,000 and 5,000. Mavbe it will reach the last figures. The. | town is poorly lighted by electricity. at a cost of about $goo a year. which is The edict railroad, they paid dearly enough for the prom- inence gained through this channel the concern with an outfit costing $4,000, now have debts created by it hanging over them to the amount ot $2,300, only $705 to meet the deficiency. The late purchaser, Mr. Walton, is a banker, and owns several t d in Kansas. In a jocular tone he sa:d: ana acres of land | “E will take it out there, start a pro- j now being built, is hkely to go; around the town a few miles: bow- j ever, the more enterprising people j there hope to bring it a httle nearer | They also hope to attract the pro- «| posed C. B. & Q. road th Way, }and many feel quite certain it wil be buiit on the road-bed of the de- |funct Lexington ds Gulf road ; Which runs thro: of the town. the eastern ps i The post-office at Butler is still a | bone of contention. Soon aiter the | inauguration ot President Cleveland, | Mr. Austin sent in his resignation. | Some time atter that Mr. Wade, of | the Democrat, was appointed to the position. Soon his ap- | pointment was withdrawn, and Mr. aiter is , Teaders, but dia not | Allen, of the Times, appointed in | ) is Stead, Then a good sized row | hibition paper and boom my land.’ But he will He has too much money to lo not do that. time publishing few pap Dunng vears he has resided in Butler he has accurn- ulated $175,000, and contributed greatly to the beauty and substantial worth ot the town. The Mail repre M. M. Davis, and dearly loved by many of our have a chance to converse with as he was busy m arranging the prelminanes El Mative saw who is so well known him, ! for the funeral of John | arrived from Deming, N. M. Elder | Davis is getting ready _ noon tried to shuffle off his mortality happened in the barn and his wite | for courtesies ex- in par- ‘work of an The office had been! ‘sure and see them | when it is known that they equipped | , the other day and was looking Elder WwW e er- nathy, whose dead body had just & SC ON, Continues J.T. GRAV ES Southeast Corner Square, next to Grange atore to carry one of the largest stocks of to move = ‘Harness & Saddlerv Goods. Hig A 1 Farm Harness and Single and Light double harness can’t be beat in quality and price. Comeand examine. A full line of Saddles for Men, Boys, Ladies, Misses We sell | Sedalia, where he will take charge oL church work, in a short time. Wanted io Hang. Late night before last, junior Dr. Land was summoned to the bedside of Wi his wite 1am Almsbury, wholives with and child on the Dorman e, 6 miles northwest of Clinten. { d with his mar-| Horse Blankets, Robes, Whips, atter- pl and everebody at bottom prices Wilham got disgus Curry Combs, lters, bridles, ital relations and during the Horse brushes and similer articles as OUR Al isto sell onl; to sell only favor us; th todo. Repai: with the coil of an inch rope. It} who had missed him for the space ot ten minutes hurried theve only to find } to seize! WALNUT him suspended to a rafter; an aX and cut the rope was but the! and William | sank to the floor as limp as the rope, which had come very near choking | the lite out of him. It took several men to hold hins down atter he was rescued and so vieient was his con- duct that Dr. Land tound him AD instant, GIPSON BROS. & CO’S., A Ge ECT a" Wo in convulsions. He is better now.— Cimton Advocate j ee --— — j ALL our fire goods | must go at once be! 5 Sam Levy & Co. LOAN AND INSURANCE. North Clin s cown | An old lady living m ton took her son John’s Over Gipson & Badgleys Store, Syndicate Block. Ww ALNUT MISSOURI. ~ DRUES MINTS LUMBER cP cate- - Dealer in Fire clothing, Lumber, Lath, Shingles, }- Ors, ae Firedry goods, ; Chemicals. Books and Wall b&@per over ec. B.& i in i 1 Higginsville y the Q. Warrensburg to Clinton. exclaimed, ‘*Joha, it’ proposed route of trom railway when 5 suddenly never come tot infon y Mixed Paint, Li Fire boots | at fire prices SAM LEVY & CO. | Railreaa Prices Duplicates WwW. B. CARTER, Mans WALNUT, MO. WALNUT, MO, eS en