The Butler Weekly Times Newspaper, February 10, 1886, Page 4

BUTLER WEEKLY TIMES -_—eRe?— J. D. ALLEN Epbrror. Jj. D. Aten & Co., Proprietors, TERMS OF SU) SCRIPTION: TheWeeKry Tr published every Wednesday, will be sent to any i duress one vear, postage paid, tor 31.2<. BUTLER MISSOURI WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 10, 1836. VENTRAL UOMMITTEE MEETING. Notice is hereby given that a meeting of the Democratic Central Committee of Bates county will be! deid at the Court house in Butleron February 27th 1886, at 1 o'clock p. | am. for the purpose ot fixing the time and manner ct nominating our party candidates. T. Pow lames. J. D. Atven. President. Secretary. The bill to to admit Dakota Ter- citory as a state, bas passed the sen ate. he vote sianding 33 for ad- mission and 22 against it, The Builder's Board of Trade | and Primary Association University ot Buiiders, a stupendous fraud in Topeks, Kansas, has been unearthed dy the Commonwealth, of that city. A report from tluntsville, Florida, to the effect that the large orange ¢rop of that section has been so badiy frozen by the extreme cold weather that the fruit will all rot as soon thawed out aml the crop this year will he a tailure. ——_———_—. The Rev. Dr. C. L. Goddell, pas- tor of Pilgrim church at St. Louis, epon his return home Sunday even- dag after delivering a lecture on the oly Land, tainted, and a few hours dater he was stricken with apopiexy, dying at 8 o’zlock Monday evening. It Mrs Grant 1s a good financier, she ought to live in comstort the rest Of her days. A short ume ago she received as her part of the proceeds of the sale of Gen. Grant’s memoirs $250,000, and with the $5,000 pen- sion donated her by the government eettainly ought to keep her out of the poor house. tla nee We understand that the cutting «nachine will be put to work and a ‘big hunk of taffy will be dished out +o Judge Parkinson by the govern- nent official’s organ again this week. We sincerely hope the Judge will be able to digest it is without making him sick, ; I From a gentleman living’ in the aorth part ot Bates county we learn that a few weeks since an enthusi- astic political meeting was held at Austin, Cass Co., and Judge Jas. S. Gantt was unanimously declared -to bé the choice ot that section for Congress. e Our two Senators seem to be out of luck lately. Thev failed to im- voress President Cleveland that Gov. Crittenden would be just the man ¢or a foreign mission, Senator Cock sell fell on the ice and broke one ot vis fingers, and Senator Vest atter a chree hours speech againt the admis- sion ot Dakota as a state took his bed and has been suffering seriously avith a cold and severe attack of neuralgia. ———— The senate has passed the Dakota bill and Dakota is theretore half way Qa its journey to statehood. If the Democrats ot the house make a par- ty question ot it, the admission of the embryo state at the present session af congress will be defeated; but it ss probale a sufficient number of dem will vote for the bill to secure its passage. The bill divides the @fesent territory into two parts on the forty*sixth parallel ot lautude, and admits the sothern part into the Union as the state of Dakota, and as | i LET HES BOIL. , The campaign has about opened, the drum has tapped and the candi- dates are off with flying colors. From acall, to he seen in another column, the Central Committee will invet in Butler on the 27th) of this month to decide when and how the — final decision of the race shall made, iy said, we have no personal choice how our candidates are chosen so that the committcemen counsel to gether and render their decision for | the best interests of In ler to do this we would suggest to each and every committeeman that | ihey make a point to see the demo townships the the party. | crats of their respective and ascertain their wishes on {subject. The popular tar as we have been able to learn, is decidedly in tavor of the primary system, but if each committeeman j wil take the pxins to investigate, Le | can come to Butler on the 27th bet- | ter prepared to do the will of bis |people As for the time tor hold- ing the primaries or convention, we feeling think there can be no doubt that the pooular teeling ts in favor ot having } them early enough to alay all mosities that might possibly arise | trom a heated campaign, and give the democrats time to organize and | piepare to meet the common enemy, | and still give aspirants for places on the ucket plenty of time to let” their | vir'ues and qualifications be known. | We think it proper to state on the | outstart that the Times wall not take be | Asthe Times has trequent- | so | . , yesterday morning. ani- | j vides between democratic aspirants, everyone a fiir and equal showing. As an dividtal the editor mav have his per. | sonal pretereuce, but asa journalist he will lose his individuality, and nu need expect to receive tavors to the detriment of his oppo We think it the duty of a journal to remain neutral until at ter the party's candidates are chosen then support the ticket ardently. Thus will our policy be. tut will vive each and in candidate nents. That paper which is continually trying to str up strite and turmoil in the democratic party by accusing all Opponants of being ‘*bolters’’ and ‘kickers’? is not deserving of that ptrty’s support, and will itself bear mighty close watching, fur it usual- ly works on the rule or ruin policy. It tries to build up on the downfall of others, and failing in this, would rather see the county politics changed than its opponent successtul. A paner’s long servitude does not fic- ense it in such actions. Let Us Have Fair Play. Jounstown Mo. Fs. 8th, 1886. Mr. Eprror:—I understand that there is a move to bring out J. N. Ballard, tor state senator. A good many of those who tavor this move are doubtless in earnest and no one would be better pleased to see him nominated than I. But the origina- tors of the move know this is impos- sible. Gantt is a candidate for con- gress from Henry county, Cass coun- ty will nave a candidate tor senator, and Bates county will present the name of some attorney for circuit judge. Allis plain as can be that Bates can not have both circuit judge and senator. Cass county thought she was entitled to the senator four years ago and threw it .to Henry in order to spite Bates. They took this view of it because they claim to have nominated Major Bradley four years before and claimed Bates ought to reciprocate. They now have a claim en both Henry. and Bates and Henry will be bound to give in for fear of offending Cass and make her vote go for Gantt’s opponent. Henry county will argue, with very good reasons, that Bates ought to be sat- isfied with circuit judge and let Cass have the state senator. It will be a pretty strong argument and not very easily answered. There can be no other result than that Bates will get circuit judge and Cass state senator. Henry county cannot do justice to both counties in any other way and it is just the course she is bound to! | The darky tell to ' dice Bates against Henry in order to | Th have this county vote against Gantt for congress. That's all there ts in it. Asa friend ot Judge Ballard I protest again-t his being treated in tis wav. I wou!d be pleased to see tim succeed, but there 1s no possibil- ity ot tw. Everything 1s against him. It Cass was in this judicial circuit so that she could get Circuit Judge, made so avangements might be Las to elect Ballard and let Cass have | the judge. As it isthat is impossible und Bates nas no show tor senator at all PROTESTANT. ¢ Got His Desert. Jacksonville, Fla., Jan, 27.—The negro who committed the outrage and robbery at the villa of Mrs. Judge Hopkins, near Lake Wier, Fia., last week, was shot and killed vesterday near Fruitland Park. Mr. E. L. Curtis, of Ohio, who is spend- ig the winter in Florida, joined in the search for the scoundrel, and Saturday at Leesburg urged the ar- rest of the negro who answerd the description of the culprit. Not suc- ceeding in having the negro arrested hour same Curtis went home at an early At the time the negro went to the house of Curtis’ and fired a shot at him through the window, the ball enter- ing Curtis’ arm and making a shght his revolver succeeded in dangerously woundiog his assail- The negro attempted to shoot again, but Curtis secured a gun and head. wound, Curtis drew and returned the fire and ant. struck the scoundrel over the the ground and died in the course of an hour. Later Mrs, Hopkins was rent and identified the dead negro as the myn who robbed her house and out- reged her sister, on Thursday mght last. The remains were burried to- day at Leesburg. The negro’s name was George Anderson. He wus at one time employed as_brake- man onthe Florida Railroad and Navigation Company’s road. Mr. Curtis, who did the killing, is a quiet and inoffensive citizen of Northern Ohio. for A Huge Landslide. Sterling, Ala., Jan. 30.—A big landslide took place yesterday five miles trom Sterling on what iscalled Scraper mountain, the north side ot which was a great barren waste with huge boulders projecting over the level land, from the top ot which one could look straight down into the waters of the Chattanooga river, About one mile of this part of the mountain began breaking loose yes- terday morning, and with a tremend- ous roar rushed to the valley below, where it emptied a great mass ot rocks and trees. About a quarterot a mile of the slide pushed its way across the Chattanooga river, mak- ing a complete dam and causing the water to back a distance of severai miles. About 7 o’clock the water broke around the slide and rushed with ternble force into its regular channel below. At the place where the slide lett the mountain there is now a perpen- dicular wall of about 300 feet, and fitty teet from the top there is a hole twenty feet in diameter which 1s sup- posed to be the entrance to a cave. It is said that the noise made by the sliding was heard a distance of ten miles, but terrib'e as it was there was no loss of lite or property The cliffs and boulders had been threat ening to break down ever since the heavy freeze, but no one expected so serious a result as this. The contract tor building asylum No. 3 at Nevada, was let by the Commission at Kansas City, a few days ago to Theo. Lacoff,ot Fulton, $166.500,00. If the commission should conclude to use stone in buildirg of the basement instead of brick, it will cut his bid down to about $165,000. The balance of the $200,000, appropriation will be used in steam heating apparatus, e Missoun: Pacific officials have | made the Nevada people a propo- | sition to locate machine shops at that | point and also make Nevada the end | of a division on the L. & S. It the Pacific moves the shops trom Pleas- | ant Hill to Nevada it will increase | the expenditures of the road at the latter point about $200,000, so says the Mail.—Harnsouville Dem. { Five Persons Burned. j McGreagor. la. Feb. 5.—Albert Cooley, a farmer hving three miles trom here, with hiy entire family, consisting of his wife, two boys and one girl, were all burned to death in their house last might. Nothing definite is known of the horrible affair, except that the child: } ren had been sick and the parents had been up with them during the night. About morning Cooley took some coals trom the stove and placed them ina shed aajoining the house ‘and then retired. The shed caught fre and finally burned the howse. The house was a one story one with an attic. | All hail the name of Crittenden for the honorable: part he took in ndcing Missouri of the James gang. The Missouri of to-day is the mon- ument erected to his tame. Were the Dick Lancasters, Dave Arm- strongs, John Cockerills his glove- in-hand treinds, we would have vo Crittenden. The Crittenden we know and the Crittenden we admire is a man who carried no dogmas but doctrines ot Jeffersonian democracy into his political life, knew no snivel service retorm, appointed no repub- licans to office, never forgot a friend, never sold out to an enemy, preached democracy, democracy, and praved to ademocratic God. This 1s Missouri’s Crittenden. President Cleveland might emulate his exam- ple with honor to himself and profit to the democratic part.-—- Holden En- terprise. t sang Last week a man named Scott, hailing from Kansas, stole three head of hogs from Geo. Mills, off the Wills farm, near town, drove them to the Gulf depot after night or in the early morning, and sold them to John Curry, the butcher, pocketed the cash, $23, and went trom here to Helden, stole ten head of hogs from Hon, John P. Harmon there, sold them for $66, was arrested, waived an examination, and is now in jail at Warrensburg. Mr. Curry recovered $22 of his monev he had paid to Scott.—sHarrisonville Democrat. A Card. Epitor Timxs:—Refering to an article in the Record of the 3oth, evidently got- ten up to create sympathy for the Adams Express Co., and thereby placing both the management ot the Mo. Pacific and St. L& E.R. Rs in a wrong light be- tore the people, I wish to say that the writer of the above article knew nothing abeut the situation or wilfully misrepre- sented the facts in the case, It is just such “damphoolishness”’ that creates a feeling ot enmity between the people and Railroad corporations. The tacts in the matter are the S.L. & E. R.R. Co., had given the Adams Ex- press Co., verbal permission to put a messenger cn their trains from Pleasan- ton west when they built that line, but the verbal agreement expired Dec. 31st. Upon the completionot the road to But- ler they made a contract with the Pacific Express Co, todo the express business on their line of road ~The Adams retused to stay off the line and have been en- deavoring to do business on the trains ever since (all the business they have tax- en in and out of Butler has been carried ir. their messenger’s pockets) against the wish of the R. R Co. The Mo. Pacfic R, R. Co. cannot aliow the Adams on their track without viola- | ting their contract with the Pacfic Ex- | press Co. The relations between the | two Raiiroad companies are the most! friend'y in all particulars and they pro- | pose to continue so wiih an interchange ot business and working together in harmony for their mutual benefit. The bone of contention is the arbitrary man- | ner ot the Adams Express Co. aud they H have caused all this surpius wind to e=- | cape. i If the city of Butler is never injured | until their railroads works the injury she | landscape gardening, and erecting | will have a long life ot prosperity. makes Lincoln territory of the north | pursue. Judge Ballard will be left, | P°CeSsaTy outbuildings. ern part. The [new state will be about 500 miles wide from east to, | just as those bringing him out expect. What is their object? Itis a move Hon. W. J. Stone is one of the best workers in congress —Bates Co. " 2 iles i; west, and 210 miles long from north | in tavor of Stone for congress. After | Democrat. to south, giving if an area of 105,000 square miles, or twice that of Iii. ots. Its population is about 2755" oo. . , Ballard | Ballard 1s beaten a great cry will be | raised against Henry conty for giving Cass the senator and slaughtering They hope to thus preju- He worked the editor ot the Dem- ocrat into the postoffice, and why should there net be mutual admira- tion enough to acknowledge the | a3 compliment *-—-Carthage Patriot. In conclusion I would say that the old reliable Pactic Express .0, is the only one doing busines in Butler that can | guarantee prompt and effictent serviee to | ite patrons and our business men will | save from twelve to twentv-four hours by | ordering ali shipments by this line, and ' world ot trouble. : Yours Resp'y, E. K. Carnes, Coal Oil Inspector Notice 1s hereby given to all deal- ers in coal oil in Bates County that I have secured the necessary testing instruments and duly qahfied and am now ready to preform the duties of my office as contemplated by law. Dealers will find it to their interest to nopify me before offering any oi! | for sale, as Lam determind to do my duty in the matter and prosecute all violators ot this section to the fullest extent of the law. L. LAMPKIN, Coal Oil Inspector tor Bates Co. | . ) Ben B. Canter- Don’t Borrow j caren lwent Money Until You See 5 For Sale. north of Marble Works, for sale cheap, Enquire of o4t Prick JEFFREsS. Sixper cent. money at Ben B. Canterbury & Co’s. 3t Lefker wants whiie corn at mill or eleyator. 36-1f side square House and lot, Abstracts mage by Ben B. Can. terbury & Co. tf FURS WANTED. Byler, Mo. | Hurt & Mathis’ Barber shop is the place to get work done. in every respect; good bath mm connection with barber shop, so ladies hair cutting m all the latest j stvles, Call and see us in Badgley | building south side square, B Farm for Sale. I will sell my tarm, situated ig section 1, in| summit hundred acres. suit purchaser, township, 1 Divided in lots tg Terms easy. A. Hami.ton, I AM LOCATED ON WEST SIDE op SQUARE ISt DOOR NORTH OF BEATTY HorTeL, WHERE | CAN MAKE Loans CITY OR FARM PROPERTY oy TIME FROM I TO 5 YEARS AT LOWEST ATES. I AM NOT OUTOF THE LOAN SS AS DESIGNING LOAN AGENTS WOULD HAVE YOU BELIEVE. Ree MEMBER THE PLACE, ON FIRST FLOOR {st DOOR NORTH OF Beatty Horkt,. B. CANTERBURY, ON BUSI Abstracts made by Ben B. Can- terbury & Co. f I will pay St. Louis Quotations in Cash for all kinds of Furs the entire seascn. | will buy all the Hides, Wool, Sheep Pelts, Tallow, Grease, Feathers, Beeswax and Rags. For all I buy I pay the SPOT CASH, I pay the highest prices ana I don’t grumbie. I an your obedient servant, LEWIS HOFFMAN, North Main St. Butler, Mo. Southeast Corner Square, next to Grange store. Continues to carry one of the largest 5! Harness & Sadd His A 1 Farm Harness and 5! beat in quality and price A fall line of Horse Blankets, Robes, Whips, Lashes, Curry Com * Horse brushes and similar articles as low as the lowest, as well as haiters, bridles, collars, sweat pads, etc. OUR AIM ie to sell only first-class goods, to sell them as low as possible, to sell only cach goods es we can aah na , to please all whe favor us; that is what here for and just what we propose todo. Repairing neatly done. 5 i = J.T. GRAVES & SON. Evervthing first-clags lerv Goods, le and Light double harness can’t be : e and examine. Saddles for Men, Boys, Ladies, and everebody at bottom prices. We sell Misses. FRANZ BERNHARDT’S es headquarters for fine Jewelry Watches, Clocks, Solid Silver and Plated Ware, &. | ot all inds and for all ages; also fine Opera Glasses. You «-« cordially invited to visit hgs establishment and examine ~ splendid display of beautitul goods and the low prices, ALL KINDS OF ENGRAVING NEATLY EXECUTED. PLAID SHAWL GIVEN AWAY!