The Butler Weekly Times Newspaper, February 10, 1886, Page 5

"BUTLER WEEKLY SOTICE tners:—Public Ex- os ihe benefit ot those per. sie to teach in Bates county, at held on the 34 Saturday of each Sie the Ohio street school house, ssonth Mo., and on the rst Saturday of — nth in the West side school house, Hill, Mo., the dita pete ia o'clock, A. M, mencing each day at oF H. HINTON, County School Commissioner, LOCAL ITEMS WwW. TUCKER, City Auctioneer, does « general collecting busi- All orders left at the Times office ill receive prompt attention. 5-6m ‘4.K. Brugler wants 2 lot ot good farm Joans, running trom 6 to 18 months, This 1s a good chance for farmers to get short loans, or sell short real estate paper. ——————————_———— What the Democrat lacked in en- terprise in writing up the town scan- dal was made up in puffs tor the Hon. W. J. Stone. Ed S. Vance, has secured 1 po- sition in Washington as assistant “qoor keeper and messenger of the House of The Ties is glad to hear of Ed’s good k. ay The proposition to light Kich IIill with electric lights. we see from the Review, has tallen through The peers of the Hill should congratu- late the peovle ot the Infant on be- ing 0 fortunate as to escape the humbug. bey We have no doubt the Democrat dlat week was highly appreciated bythe Hon. W. J. Stone and Butler tightwatch. They ought to present the P.M. with a chromo and dia gm of room 17. representatives. There seems to be no end to the cals this year, and their tricks ad echemes to swind'e the peuple tem to be as nun.erous as the stars. p your eyes peeled or they will catch you on something. Rev. Mr. Pointer and Rev. Mr. j Tae, were robbed ot their money watches ut Higginsville, a few ago. A thief that would steal fom a preacher is worse than a thief that would steal from a printer, Sheritt Hill, ot Vernon county, ind the county court are in a wrangle account of the courts refusal to alow the sheriff's bill incurred in wg Stair. The court hotds they lioble for $25 the amount by law, while tne sheriff $121 the total amonnt of ex- Piemes incurred. she entertainment given by the of music at the Cumberland in church, on last Thurs- By evening, wasa grand success. A crowd was in attendance,” and fine music was duly appreciated. Programme was very interest- Consisting of songs, duetts, trios, Osolos, etc. Frank Eldridge, for a long time meager of H. C. Wyatt's lumber wd, (and ulderman trem the north i) has accepted a similar posi- under the Hurley lumber Com- muy and left Saturday to take charge their new yard at Clinton. Frank stands the husiness thorougnly, the Times congratulates the tLumber Co., on their good nt and good luck in securing The booming Times carried off mM nbhon lat week. Everybody for it and everybody wanted | Two huudred extra copies were id and sold within twenty-tour after publication, and two fd more could have been dis of, The booming ‘Lins Me the van. To get the news and complete you must take ‘MES, only $1.25 per vear elocutionary readings of Miss *ppreciative audience. Macquitted herselt to the . ONof all who heard hee. | ‘Bird Song” was a very fine | Rof art and showed that she | = *Mong the first in her pro- | She stops while im town | emits. Omar Powell. We say | again. -Washington Register, The | entire | | TIMES ; Scrafford given atthe Armory | day night drew forth a large | they will build a number of sw The bald head Show at the opera jouse Monday night was well at- tended, Clint Middleton, ot the Harrison- ville Democrat, one of the jolliest quill drivers in the state, spent Tues- day attending circuit court course g » and of ave us a pleasant call. Messrs, J. M.S. McMannama and D. W. Cloud, of Mingo town- stp paid the Times a very pleasant call on Monday morning. These xentlemen are both substantias dem: ocrats and two ot the township, the best men ot Both of the nightwatches spent half ot Monday night in the opera, watching the show. What busi 1ess had they there? Suppose that wag on load ot burglars from Sedalia had robbed Bernnardt’s jeweliv store while they were off their beat watch- ing a bald head show. They may excuse*themselves on the ground that they were tryingto detect something An old gentleman from Mingo township, appeared before the coun- ty court last week and asked aid The old man certainly must be in bis dotage, as we understand he has a good team, two cribs filleds with corn, six sone well to-do, living in the neighborhood and one at home 23 vears of age, and a host of kind neighbors, who would not under any circumstances see him and his old lady suffer. Fron, the Nevada Mail of Satur- day we learn that the large and ele gant residence of Wm. H. Robinson, together with the contents. was de stroyed bv fire Friday morning last The building was the largest and most handsomely furnished residence in the city. The house was imsur- ed for $10,000, the contents yal ued at $15.000 were entirely destroy- ed. The fire originated from the furnace in the basement, and before the fire was discovered the entire building was in flames. S. M. Talbott, of Elkhart town- ship, was in the city Saturday and gave usa pleasant call, Mr. Tal bott informs us that he has sold his farm to A. L. Talbott for $20 per acre, this 1s the cheapest tarm in the county. Mr. Talvott will move to Kansas in the spring. He has a host of strong triends who will re- gret to learn that he has made up his mind to leave us, and none will re- gret his departure more than the Times. What's the matter with the dus- iness men of Butler that they don’t organize a board of trade. The life of a town depends upon the en- terpzise of its business men, all will agree. Show us a dead town and we will show you a lazy sluggard set of business men. Show us a live, wide-awake, thrifty town and we will show you an energetic, pushing, driving, prosperous set of merchants and a thorough going set of business men with everything on the boom. Let the business men ot Butler or- ganize a board of trade. Col. J. B. Lane, of Mt, Sterhng, Kentucky, spent several days last week in the city and county visiting his old triends here, among whom was B. 8, Bigstaff. He came out in this part of the country with the intention of going over into Kansas tor the purpose ot looking at the country, but became discouraged and concluded to return home. Betore leaving, however,+he called at the Times office and had his name en- rolled tor the booming Times. We found him to be a most excellent gentleman, and are sorry he could not be pursuaded to locate in old Bates. The Emporia railroad company completed ther turn table at the de- pot and are now turning their en- gines at this place instead of having to back to Kincaid. They have also purchased about an acre of ground around the turn table upon which itches and erect a round house sufficrently large to hold five engines. ‘The ground for the round house has heen staked off and a quanity of lumber has been delivered. and at is said work will begin as soon as the ground will permit. This looks very much as though Butler will be the “end ot the division, at Jeast for a time. in the city visiting friends. President Cleveland has evidently | suffened up his backbone and given ; the republican members of the sen- to understand they are not running | the administration. Miss Lucy Rief formerly. of Rich | Hill, but now of Lamar, and Miss | i Sue Majors, ot Carnevjtwo ch irming \oung McBride. | ae Mrs. J. WE Jannah, who has been confined to her bed for the past two | of pneumonia, is recovering slowly. Wilt N. Southern, ot the Inde- pendence Progress, spent a couple ot days in this city visiting his Aunt, Mrs. J. E. Arnold. Thos. Gault, assessor of Osage township, spent Saturday in this city. Mr Gault is one of the Democratic wheelhorses of Rich Hill and a good friend to the booming Times. H..M. Cannon, Esq., umted in the holy bonds of matrimony Mr. R. C. Brayton to Miss Sina Warren, ot Homer township, one day last week, The Times extends best wishes. From the press notice in last week’s Republic en it was understood by many that Miss Scrafford would give a second reading in Butler on Wednesday evening. Such 1s not Her only appearance will he at the opera house on Monday night. the case. We see from the Adrian Adver- tiser that Sam Slonaker, son of a widow lady living at Adrian, was caught in a snowslide while crossing in Greenwood Basin in South Cot- tonwood on their wav to St. Elmo, in Colorado, on the 22 of January, and perished. His brother and one or two other men were with him at the time and made their escape. The trends of Judge Gantt of Henry county, afe in earnest in their advocacy ot his name as a suitable man to succeed Mr. Stone, in con- gress from this district. He is a werthy gentleman and as this paper first mentioned his name, in that connection we are gratified to see the suggestion so. well received.— Jasper County Democrat. The Island bridge,over the Marias Des Cygne, three or four miles above the Bell mill bridge, has been com- pleted, inspected and received by the county court and thrown open tor travel. The bridge is in three spans 245 feet long, and is considered to bethe finest and most substantial structure of the kind in the county. The abutments which support this bridge, were built by Henry Deitz- man and a better job of masunry 1s not to be tound in the state. The whole structure is a master piece of work and will stand tor generations to come. Our esteemed tellow townsman Wm.3H. McBride, intorms us that he 1s one of the 126 heirsto the es- tate of Robt. Edwards, who died in New York City, leaving an estate valued at two hundred and five mil- lion dollars, The estate has been in litigation tor a number of years and the heirs have a proposition to compromise in March at 40 cents on the dollar. If this compromise 1s made uncle Billy informs us that his share will amount to upwards ot two million dollars. The Tims 1s glad to hear ot his good luck. ‘The sad news of the death of Mrs. F. M, Wyatt, which occurred at her home on Ft. Scott street, in this city Monday morning, of typhoid fever | received with genuine regrets by the entire community, and expressions ot heartfelt sympathy tor the bereaved husband and children were treely ex pressed by all. Mrs. Wyatt was loved and respected by all who knew | her and in her death Butler has lost one of her most valued and esteemed ©. are visi ing Miss Myrtle | or three weeks with a severe attack | | —+0-~e-_ | Some Additional Facts in Regard to | their Detective Business at the | Palace Hotel The Truth is Mighty and Will Prevail, j and the Handwriting on the Wall | is Plain. | 0s oe | Gentlemen of the dark lantern and ster brigade, the booming Times is on your trail, and Proposes to get | there Eli, or have the town board waste a bushel of time whitewashing part you played in mashing your | NOses against the transom in reom ) 17. and playing the part of the cat in the monkey fable, to assist Capt. I. N. Davidson in his watching the virtues and chastity of a lady boarder, whose name we withhold for the Present, by request, on account of her connection with a prominent suit now pending betore our circuit court. ; The Times in its work ot Prese- Cuting these nightwatches fora dere- | liction and non performance of thedu- ties for which they are hired and paid by tue taxpayers of this town, has no desire to persecute them on account of their politics. Not do we deem it our dutv to hide behind the court house, like the balance of the papers of this town, and sheild the night- watch by saying the case 1s in circuit court. No sir, the light of the facts he- fore us, and obedience to the indig- nation of the entire community, and publishing a paper for the people and in the interest of the people we deem it our duty to give them all in- formation at hand in regard to this “bad break’? of Alderman Geo. Smith’s pet farm hand nightwatch, Wiley Jones, and his companion on the beat, Vecatur Smith, whothe Ke- publican is trying to get rid of by saying he don’t belong to us, he was appointed by a democrat board, and the Republican might have added that he kept straight and on his beat until contaminated with a republican board and the society of Geo. Smith’s pet farm hand, Now tor scalps and facts, and we feel sure we will be able to weld the links in the chain so solid the entire community, with the possible excep- tion of Geo, Smith, Frank Eldndge and J. D. Parkinson, aldermen, will bear us out that the nightwatch must go. CAPT. JOHN W. HANNAH, You will please take the stand again and tell the reporter who rented room 17 from yeu. Hannah. ‘Decatur Smith rented the room.”’ What did he tell you he wanted with it. Hannah, ‘He said THEY were looking for « wagon load of burglars from Sedalia and that they had learn- ed the burglars were going to tap Bernhardt’s jewelry store and THEY wanted the room so they could see down the alley.” How tong did Smith keep the room ? Hannah. ‘Six mights.’’ Who returned the key of the room to you, and paid you for the six night’s rent? Hannah. ‘Decatur Smith return- ed the key and Smith paid me for the room $3 which was 50 cts per night.”’ ° Did Decatur Smith rent the room trom you again after this? Hannah. ‘‘Yes, he came to me some two or three weeks after he gave it up and said THEY wanted jit again on same business, that THEY had heard the burglars had started again and that one ot them had been captured at Harrisonville.”’ Did you let him have it again? | Hannah. ‘Yes, I let him have | the same room.”’ | How long did he keep 1t this time? Hannah. | day mght until Monday mormng.”’ Who returned the key and paid you fer the room this time? | Hannah. ‘Decatur Smith return- your hands and filthy carcasses ot the | **He kept it from Fri- | Miss Mattie Nave, ot ‘Seasier: is, THE BUTLER DETECTIVES. | : and he considered he occupied it. | He also states that he si ’ aw Jones, | Welch and Day idson goin the room. Jenes says he Was never in the room but one me. We leave the public to sav which of the two men they ) wall believe, Hannah or Tones. MORE EVIDENCE. Dick Hurt informs us that a short | time ago he hunted the square round | jabout at 12 o'clock at night tor the night watch | j | ! for the purpose ot | | getting into a drug store to vet med | icine for his sick child, and finally | found Sanith just waking up, sittiag im | | # chair in the Palace hotel bar room, he asked him where Jones was and | he said he was around there some- where, Ike Ellis says it has been his cus- tom to have a lunch in the saloon } Smith was always on hand, with the exception of about a week about the time the detective business was going on, and that the boys be gan to enquire what had become of Doc. W. L. Powell, who was rooming just across the hall from the detec Uves room, says while he dia not see the nightwatches in the room, he knew they were there, Tax payers. who do you hold re sponsible? The universal answer is, the nightwatch. The large and dem- Onstrative meeting held at the coun- cil room Thursday might last. said zuilty and must go, Judge Parkin son’s whitewash speech, that charges in blank could be made, and that the Times’ attack on the nightwatch was sensation, to the contrary, notwith standing. The Timgs article last week presented the plain facts from interested parties, nothing more, nothing less, In a card in the Republican De- catur Smith says he assisted David- son in good faith, We don’t doubt it. He denies cryingy and blubber- ing. Hannah Says he cried and Dav- idson said he blubbered. Take your choice. Geo. Smith’s long eared farm hand nightwatch, Wiley Jones, has been subpoenaed along with Davidson as a witness in the case they were watching, and Capt. Han- nah says he saw him go into the room. Immediately atter the ex- plosion in room 17 he took the mumps and now we fear we are pressing his corns. Better go back to the farm, Mr. Jones. In justice to his guests and hotel, Cant. Hannah should appear before the council and enter his complaint and the board should dismiss them without delay. We have felt. the pulse ot the people and they, without an exception, say it was adirty piece ot business for the nightwatches to engage in and they ought to be dis- charged. The mghtwatch must go, and Geo. Smith ought to resign. A little prediction! We don’t otten indulge. Those democrats who are belittling Mr. Cleveland, because he is keeping his word as uttered in his letter of acceptance, and standing at the same time upon one of the planks of the democratic MONEY! MONEY. Parties wantin, x to borrow Money on Farms remember - That we ean tend =:.mey cheeper than ody a Tn any sum from $100 to $10,000, and om time from six months to five years. ard : Interest and Principal oan be made pay- a ple at any day and interest stopped. 4th. Have almost a million dollars already loaned and doing a larger business than ever. Sth. We keep Money on hand to loan so if oe have good security 2nd clear tities you don’t have to wait. 6th. We have two sets of Abstract books made by different parties and make Abstract of Titles by one set and compare with the other and cam thus make Abstract of titles that are absolutely | about 1i o'clock at night, aad that correct and we will stand responsible for them. ith. Have been here a long time aad expect to stay awhile longer. Sth. Make loaus with or without Commission. Sth. Invite you @o come and see us and have ourterms, rates and etc. explained to you before making application elsewhere. loth Our office is with the Butler National Bank, Opera Honse Block, Butler, Me. WALTON & TUCKER Land Mortgage Co. POULTRY 1 am permanently jiocated in Butler and aR Prepared to purchase and pay the HIGHEST PRICEIN C AS ——FoR Goop—— CHICKENS, TURKEYS, DUCKS, &C. And I want and will take all that can jee brought to me Can besfound at Bennett, heeler & crn store. JAMES SMITH. PE wNO RED TA Seo him before maldg application elsewhere. : e) : y EN B. CANTERBURY’S 0 - Six Months, 1, 2,8, 4 or 5 Years Time. DELAY.-w oO plattorm, will have to eat crow. SCHWENCK & OLDEAKER. The people are with the president on that question, and much disposed to overlook other differences of opinion with him because of his ro- bust honesty and freedom trom cant and demagogism.—Lexington In- | telligencer. “It snows and blows and stings your nose—makes all creation shiver; it bites your toes. doubles your woes and treezes fast the river. The frost nips all, beth great and small, this dismal, dreary winter. It freezes tight, and bursts at night the steam | Shor nerth side ot Square. pipes ot the printer, So let her roll —we mean the cold— it takes the cash {in winter. Now please be kind, | make up your mind to settle with the | printer.”* ssn wath efeichameepcnaaaaaiod For Sale. | Owing to my numerous other du- | ties, which do not allow me the time | to devote to my grain business that it | } citizens, and the Times joins with ed the key and paid me the rent $a. | "quires. I will offer at private sale the many trends of the family in ex- | He still owes me $5 for cleaning up , &T trade for good wer na oe 48 } tending sympathy. She was so 'the blood they spilt in the room | Vator building, warehouse, teed lots years of xge, a member of the First Presbyterian church and a devout christian lady, The funeral will take place at the residence, conduct- ed by Rev. A. Walker at a o'clock to-day. the last night they had it.”” Who did you hold responsible tor ' the tToum ? Hannah. ‘Decatur Smith.’’ Captain Hannah also states that ‘as Smith rented the room it was his | and other property belonging thereto. | This is one of the best paying mvest- |ments in Bates county, and with | proper management will pay a hand- ; Some return on the investment. sr 3t } E. K. Carngs. Boot &Shoe Makers BUTLER, MO. Boots and Shoes made to order The best of leather used. <i ante THE OLD RELIABLE MEAT MARKET S. J. GROVES NORTH MAIN ST. Keeps more meats and more kinds and the best thatcan be procured both tresh and cured. Also tresh Fisb and Ovysters in thesr season. When you want anvthing in my hne igive me a call. S. J. CROVES.