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LOCAL ITEMS. ———————————— sick tor the | hear is improving. K nt ! J Krugiar wa cations cent. Rabbits, peared. Or poms ont lays. first-class loans. tor interest and commissions. three foe ten cents, snow beautitul heli B your property wit B. | Inst Newt He keeps a Record of all | tt business. | Mrs. Sarah Mulls, at the ave ot 59, | died of pneumonia at her residence in Adrian 1 the 16th inst. To-morrow night hang up your stockings, little folks, and see what Santa Claus has for you. Wm. enol, of this city, and Miss Lillie Patton, of Walnut,marry to-night at the home of the latter. Christmas festivities at the First Presbyterian church to-morrow night at 7 o'clock. Socta time afterwards. The Montrose Monitor says S E. Cheek, a prominent real estate and loan agent, of Clinton, has failed and skipped for parts unknown. Dave Colyer has entered the held in earnest tor sheriff. Dave comes from the blue grass regions and it is said comes ot running stock. Lee Cuiver has secured the con- tract fur plastering the Gulf railroad | depots from Clinton on southeast and | left Monday to go towork. Success Lee. | John Wright, eldest son of Judge | Foster P/ Wright, was found dead in his barn on bis farm near Warsaw, | the 16th inst, It is supposed he died of heart disease. Mrs. Mary A. Duncan, ot Indian apolis, Ind., 1s in the city and will } spend the holidays with her daughter, Mrs. L. S. Paddock, The Times wishes her a pleasant visit At Big Laurel N. C., Friday last, while James Gunther was abusing his wite a Iittle eight year old son shot him dead. This is the most youthtul murderer we ever heard ot. We see trom the Rick Hill Review that W. O. Atkison, former green- back Geode for prosecuting at- torney'oft this county, has torsaken the rag baby and returned to the told ot the democratic party Thursday ot last week Gus. Wyard’s bondsmen took possession ot his harness and saddlery shop at Foster. Gus. has many triends in this city who will be sorry to learn of his mistortune. Chas. Gardner, a prominent tarm- er near Virginra, this county, was in the city Friday and informed us that he is at present teeding 50 head ot cattle and So hogs for the June market, Jas. Hickland broke a pithfork handle over Geo. Pollock’s head in an altercation at J. P. Willis & Cos.’ livery stable Saturday evening. The blow was a severe one and for a time it was thought Pollock was badly hurt. The time for making new resolves | is about at hand again, and while you are turning over a new leaf and making ready to do better in the tu- ture, don’t forget to call and settle your subscription with the ‘printer and start in with the new year with the world. H. C. Allison reports thoroughbred poland-china male pigs to the following gentlemen: 1 to Wm. Tathwell, $10; 1 to H. C. Garret, $15; 1 to N. B. Langsford. $15; 1 to I. J. Boswell, $12; 1 to M, G. Wilcox, $10; and has stock ot either sex and all sizes on hand, even | sale of A sure cure tor nervousness, de- bility, ache, heart disease, | theumatism, _restlesness, —_ tooth- ache, neuralgia, loss of sleep, and to | head eur save yourselt of being harrassed to | Satisfied he will justify the confidence | 5 death by your wite, 1s to come in the first of the new year and pay up | your back subscription and a year in advance. For Rent. 320 acre farm. Enquire at Dixie's Drug Store, north side square. 4-4 | esting and a good tituets ant | Colman’s Rural World, was j with his brother, S. M. | locating in this state or Kansas. | reputation {Mammo Mrs. Geo. V on who has past week,we are gia.! to Albrant will do you a@ first-class job of blacksmithing cheap as anv man intown. Give him atrial. Shop ! west of Baptist church. has disap- | Summit Center Sunday-schoo! will Christmas Eve. with a program ce a ore ipated. tree. “he ic When you want a fir lass job of especially blacksmithing, horse- shocing or plow work.go to Albrant, west of Baptist church, Butler, Mo. Work has commenced on the turn- table tor the Emporia railroad at the L. & S. depot in this city, and it 1s) said the cars will be here in few | days. tant editor in f L. Chubbuck, assi of | the city Saturday attending the meeting of the Horticultural Society,and gave | us a pleasant call. A branch express office has been opened in the store room otf J. M. McKibben, under the Palace hotel, and packages lett there will receive prompt attention. B. W. the and accommodating clerk of Arlington Hotel, lett for his home at | Olear, Mo., to spend the holidays with his family and friends. popular | the Lansdown, A. L. Hunter, Mrs. Chas. } and Miss Luella Dickey, } all of Parsons, Kan., arrived in the} city last week to spend with relatyes and friends. Fitzhugh Lee Talbot, West Virgima, arrived the county Saturday and is spending the winter Talbot, of thinks of | Mrs. Johnson ot in Eikhart township. He The Peck’s B: ad Boy Jollity Com- | pany will appear at Walton’s Opera | House Friday night, December 25, 1885. Miss Ella Lewis will appear in the role of the bad boy, while Harry Fitzgerald will personate the Admission 10, 25 and groceryman, 35 cents. Mis Porter, mother of Mrs. Joe| T. Smith, who has beeen visiting her daughter for several weeks, re- turned to her home in Clorinda, Iowa, last Thursday. Mrs. Porter !ett a host of friends in Butler, who will always be glad to welcome her re- turn. We have labored earnestly during the year to give our readers all the bome news and as much foreign as possible, and especially has the printer worked hard during the pre- ceeding month to get out a big issue | for Xmas Now, like other mortals, | he needs a little rest and recreation, so the limes will only appear as a} half sheet next week, after which | we will come out with our amount ot reading matter tor znother | year. i usual Messrs. Carnes & Co. have let | the contract tor building their roller | flouring mill at the depot to Wm. P. Ellis & Co., of Milwaukee, Wis. | These gentlemen have wide spread | mill wrights. The} mill will be substantially built and the machirery will all be of the most modern design. Tne construction | of the mill will commence, so we! informed ‘oy Mr. Carnes, soon as the weather will permit. Good. as = as; The friends of J. J. Abel! glad to learn that he will Lamar, the first the year, to make it| his tuture headquarters. Though a} young nan, Mr. Abell, through | his | energy, honesty and punctuality, has} wona place among tra aveling mento which he can point with pride, and the forthcoming year will find him en- joying what may justly be considered a promotion for his toil, since he then enters the service of Ridenour, | Baker & Co., the very largest gto- | sery in Kansas City, and one of 2 concerns of the entire west Itis 2 well-meritea recognition of Mr. Abell's usefulness, and we are will be return to reposed in souran. The above named gentleman is a son of Mr. Abell, of this city. The T MEs is glad to hear of his merited promotion, as from all we can learn | he is a deserying and popular young | man. him.—Southwest Mis- | Has an awful grip on the ler he be Farmer, Mechanic. | Ua. Christmas I, fastidious and are selling | a bargain—every man, wo- | | Felt shoes and all goods to | suit the comfort of the sea- | SON- | them all sizes. | new faces this week- | SQUARE DEALING EXCLUS- | them. —. for a Wild Turke mour, 470. tr hrough the woc ods, ctin a ci lu np and an obje a you dav. unting clump e time wa the ot turkeys. ng for Has the Largest and Most Coniplete Stock of All Sorts of hurts and many sorts of ails of man and beast need a cooling lotion. Mustang Liniment. a Watehes, Clocks, A Card. I AM LOCATED ON WEST SQUARE ISt DOOR NORTH OF BERATTyY | Hoter, WHERE 1 CAN MAKE LOANS |ON CITY OR FARM PROPERTY ON! TIME FROM I TO 5YEARS AT LOWEST HATES. I AM NOT OUTOF THE LOAN | Water . Se ts BUSINESS AS DESIGNING LOAN AGENTS | * BELIEVE. ReE- | ON FIRST FLOOR | i | ! { SIDE OF Ever offered for mean that isin adebt-—wheth- Merchant or Professional | aS fre "S « | Cash huners want A ee bargains and weharethem | MEMBER THE PLACE, a : } rst pooR NoRTH OF Beatty Horer. | in all the latest novelties of i GRMN ER HOURS? has Ice $2.5 Pitchers, $13; Forks from Tilung Ice % » nd and qu Knives Take your gun stocking to B. Lon- don. He can and will do you cheap- | er work than you can get inthe large | re The season it takes footiweur come, iwhen good, honest goods to stand the} cites. 5 iamond Rings From and Gent's Diamond Call and see the Mather Lace Kid Glove, something new. VW. McKipsen. GREAT BARGAINS AT SAM'L LEVY & CO. racket; we have them and can fit and please the most Ladies’ not be ur them allon such close mai- ey, none willdo any Dr. G. M. Ri better work for less money than dentist in the countr y- | gins that purchasers with | only ameagre purse need | ~ 10 to 40 cents yer not be turned away without 4 : 1-4t Candy trom pound at Delmonico. Fire clothing, Fire ary goods, Fire boots & shoes at fire prices. Sam Levy & Co, Home made candies, fine wedding cakes made and ornamented to order, and the best bread in town at the | Delmonico Bakery. { W. W. Dav ENPORT, Prop. ALL OUR FIRE GOODS MUST GO AT ONCE, BESURE | AND SEE THEM. SAM’L LEV x: & CO selling | Terble er up at Duff’ s jewel- | ry store getting im new goods, south side square. manand child should now oe protect their pedal extrem- nippings Besides our Go to the Dolton Bakery for your Christmas candies and toys. *ties from the of Jack Frost. regular coniplete line, we Ladies call on Mrs. Zike & Miss Griggs, the fashionable dressmakers, Shop over Phar- side work guaranteed. is & Son’s grocery store south square, Butler Mo. new Cloaks, New Dry Goods, new Boots and Shoes just received. J M. McKibben. We have the best line of gloves ever in Butler. J J/ McKinpen. Be sure and see the} McF arland Bros. are now fire bargains at | Jackson’s Common Sense linament. | SAW’ TLE VyY & Co. ) Ben B. Canter- | ‘4 bury & Co., west Go to D. M. Vale’s and | get sew- | side square : Butler, Mo. | ing machines at reduced figures and oberon Ne eee Opera House Music | have several hundred pairs of wool lined Boots, Ladies’ Comeand see us for one son- first-class over shoes, will lastyou the sea- Men’s $1 25, Ladies’ $7 00. pair Don’t Borrow Money Until You See We have plenty of } ‘ '¢ t Our adver- Common Sense lina- McFarvanp Bros. easy payments. lackson’s Store. Handkerchiefs from the cheapest to the best silk, call and see them at | AM. McKipzrn, tisements have been liber- ment at ally accepted by all this McFarland Bros. are selling | Jackson’s Common Sense linament. B year, and we hope ta see | Can- tf B. | Abstracts made by Ben terbury & Co Be sure and see the fire bargains at SAM’ L LEVY&CO, A Card. Those parties owing Ben 49 3t REMEMBER WE ARE THE money at Six per cent, Canterbury & Co’ . McFarland jackson’s Common Sense lin Go to Bros. IVE BOOT AND SHOE HOUSE Mme on ac OF | : : n } i count will piease call and settle at Hogs. by Pewee thoroug ed Poland China male pigs. 1 trom 120 to 250 pounds. $15 each, mile ALLIson. Butler. Boys Wanting Homes. A company of boys from the Children’s Aid Society, of New York City, will arrive in Butler Mo. Friday seave) “th, ‘lass, for the purpose ! of finding hom em loyment with farmers and others. T wes ‘will e a meeting the distribution ofthe boys, on Frida: o'clock M., st the Grange Hall, southe er of the squ or more boy Qs s00n as }» gentlemen mittee: L, R. BR. {Pi with apr hi | once, as L must have the money Christmas to meet my liabilities. | Mrs. E. KENNET? j ee 6| 6. | I. the Public. ; Notice is hereby given that my wite Martha E. Ackerman, has lett my bed i | ead board without just cause or provica- | oo and the public is hereby warned not 4 e ys = | to credit her on my accoun I will not | North Side Square. | Be responsible for any debts she may contract in my name H.W. Ackerman. PS thi ot December, 1885. . A MM Ak Bridge Notice. We have an ele- Be etent ts nant to an order of the county court it the adjourned term 18-5, 1 will. Monday, te ath, 1836, gant line of holiday slip- e. Tgi.us:—The boys will ‘be ‘placed | cants who have the recommenda’ are expected to rema should a removal ranged by writing lieants are expected to tre en = sae | own in the matter of ac bhooling Neither are bound are - es pers for ladies and gen- > At the east front door ars M ’ne bridge compl w — townshi, pe ear residence of Wil ture to be of stone Wood and iron; I span % feet approac 35 feet wood (burr oak), wood, iron and stone | Works to be let separ: Ylans and specifica- tions can be examined at my office. 3 sub- Jeet to 2 approval of conrt. M.I Bridge com. | tlemen £5; substrue- superstructure, | t in prices of from Calland see considel 2 expense | & the transportation the children | frem New York and desires to place them in homes.where they will be, at least, under { strictly moral iattupaten, ‘James Mathews, Agent, Children’s Aid Society. zt St, Marks Place, New York, $1.00 upwards. Sets, etcs., etc. to give me x call betore purchasing, | MUST GO AT ONCE. tor | | arrived at proposing to take one | Jewelry Dali SILVER AND PLATED WARE sale in Butler. Only $16, Silver Plated Children’s Sets Pitchers, $9. o upwards. trom $1 to $5 each. $5.50 to $45 ba Don’s fail to as I will adersold. N. B. JETER. Dr. Geo. M. Risley, one of th best dentists in the southwest, is per manently located in Butler, and @ always be found in his dental p lors, south side square, next to Tima office. ALL OUR FIRE GOODS MUST GO AT ONCE, BE SURE AND SEE THEM, SAM'L LEVY & C6 Jim McKibben says that he is losing money on his goods if he | selling them sochceap. Money bupt them very low of manufacturers thi time of year. ALL OUR FIRE G00 BE SURE z AND SEE THEM, SAM’L LEVY &@ For teeth pulling, cleaning, filling or a bran new set of teeth, call G. M. Risley, dentist, south square, next to the Tris office. door Be sure and see the fire bargains at SAM’L LEVY &@ Go to McFarland Bros. | Jackson’s Comron Sense lina Those fine all Havana cigars J. E. Wiruiams & Co Choice oat meal tresh from the ‘ sry at the Grange store New clocks, watches and ,jew® it Duff's. south side sq - trom $10 toj The leading candy house of Bal on N st The Grange store has a large vy | of Mammoth clover seed for sale. M. Vale’s and get #* ed tigures amt he Detmonico Bakery. ain stree | GotoD, ing mochines at reduc easy payments. Opera Howse Musié | Store. } McFarland ¢ ommon Sense linament. Great Bu “ruins Sam Levy & Co. Bros. sell Jacknq =A month and board for 38 1$65 Droung men or dies, ia | county. Address P. W. Liegier & Chicago, ill. Gon as