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; ' een cee aunt a —— gon meen: i i] Sates Gounty | LOAN 2 LAND CO. Jas. K. Brugler & Son Managers, Sutler Mo. somo This Company loans money at the lowest rates and buys good notes. We alsu make loans on improved farms for the Missouri Trust Co., of Se- dalia, Mo. Ii you want accommodation, call. We have a large line of fine improyed farms, grazing lands and city property for sale or exchange Choice investments tor capitelists, LOCAL ITEMS. SCALPED. having abolished I will The Legislature all gallon houses, therefore, close my entire stock of Wil \ND BRANDY at cost If youn want to buy bar- ouwy Jha gainscall at once am LEWIS HOFFMAN, North Min St., Butler, Mo. Ho OMB & SMITH, LAWYERS BUTLER, MO. Ofice front room over Bates County National Bank. JK. Brugler & Son want all the schoo! bonds they canget. Plen- ty of money at the lowest rates. 34tf Easter has come and gone and still no rain. to see Burr Oaks at the Opera House to-morrow night. Do not ial Let the Board submit a water works proposition, it will carry. We are badly in need ot better water facilities. Mrs Rich Hill, visited her parents im this city the last of the week. Frank McKibben, of Rev. Alex. Walker and Mr, Jas. Hardin are attending the meeting of Osage Presbytery at Pleasant Hill this week. Mr. Charles Fox and Miss Lena Danicl were married by the Rev. Alex. Walker April 10, 1887, at the minister’s residence in this city. The democratic city ticket was defeated and the citizens’ ticket was elected with the exception of Charley Pharis. was on both tickets. Sam Levy The tollowing parties went up to Kansas City Monday morning: Misses Nellie Morrison, Minnie Winsett, Mrs. Mollie Glass, Mrs. J, D. Allen, Thos. J. Smith, C. C. Duke. John T. Smith owns a fine young horse of which he is justly proud. It has never yet made a record as a trotter but has good action and is very fast tor a horse that has not been trained. ee recente essences sss isn nis cesar sh SSS snc essen cierto cee Sena eeennhnlea San MOST PERFECT MADE red with strict regard to Purity, Strength, | Nealthfuiness. Dr. Price's Baking Powder contains FeAmmouls Lime Alum or Phosphates. Dr.Price’s te, Vanilla, etc., Savor deliciously. | CE BAKING POWDER CO., Chicags and St. Louis. Bates County Medical Socie The Society convened at t n the office ot Dr. O. F. Re April 5. The pre being absent, Dr. Lee Puesday Dr. Allen was elected chairman pro tem. Minutes of previous mecung read and approyed. The following phys- icians were admitted to membership ¢ Dr. Walls, Butler; Bates, Adrian ; | Brookhart, Lone Oak. Dr. oulware reported a case of tracheotomy, for foreign body. Tie patient was a boy aged 6 years, who | while playing managed to get a | piece of iron in the windpipe. The} operation was performed by Drs. Boulware and Renick on the seventh | day afterward. The operatian was | a brilliant success, and the little fel- low is as well asever. The subject } of tracheotomy was discussed by all | members present. Drs. Kenick and | Walls reported cases that were high- | ly interesting to the Society. This being the annual meeting, the Seciety cext proceeded to the! election ot officers for the ensuing | year, which resulted as follows: | President, Dr. Lee of Lone Oak; First vice-President, Dr. Brookhart, of Lone Oak: Second Vice-Pres’nt, Dr. Bates, Adrian; Third Vice- | President, Dr Renick, ot Butler; | Treasurer, Dr. Boulware, Butler; | Secretary, Dr. Boyd, Butler. i Delegates to the State Medical! Association: Drs. Boulware, Gil more and Lee. ‘To the American Medical Association: Drs. Lee, Gilmore and Walls. | The president appointed Drs. | Walls and Brookhart to read papers | at our next meeting. The Society | will meet at Butler the first Tuesday in every alternate month instead of | every three months as before, except | its next meeting, which will be the second Tuesday in June. These meetings are of great interest and profit to the physicians to say noth- ing of the benefit to the layety. All physicians are cordially invited to | attend. F. Les, Pres. J. R. Born, Sec’y. Pure, genuine maple sugar, direct | from northeastern Ohio, the largest | sugar camp im the world, at the | Grange store. Burr Oaks, at the Opera House | to-morrow night, is the only compa- | ny booked for this month, and as it i is one of the best plays on the road | and a good company, the house | should be crowded. Seats i now on} sale. Admission 25, 35 and socts. | Wm. E. Walton lett tor Rock- | ford, Colorada, Saturday evening. | He goes to look after the sale of town lots, which took place in that town Tuesday, with a view of mak- ing an investment provided he | thinks it will pay. John R. Raymond, the celebrated actor, died at Evansyille, Ind., April roth. He was one of the! greatest commedians of his age and was much admired and liked as a} wholesouled, companionable gentle- | man. | The business men and especially | the real estate agents should make it a point to hunt up all strangers | who visit our city and show them | around, price real estate to them, the superior advantages ot Butler, as to location, the distance from Kansas City etc. Work tor the up j building of the town. | | i Fiax Seep and all kinds ot Grass Seeds at | 14-3t| BENNETT, WHEELER & Co. Long time loans, witk privilege | of payments in one, two, three or | five years, at the lowest rates ever offered in the town of Butler, can be obtained of the Bankers Loan & | Title Co. on the west side in their new office. the oid office and this Co. have moyed a few doors north and are | going to give better rates than ever. For a tew first class toans of large amounts they will giye specially | low rates. Come and see P. Cc. Fulkerson and Geo. Canterbury. \ The fire burned out | i I Old cultivator shovels made good | as new, and money savedat the Star | Shop, 3rd door east of the Grange | store. Jack Girsox, 20-tf. Proprietor. |A jolly good , to discuss the best method ot equal After the Fire. The Bankers Loan & Title Co. be found in their new office on can 1 the west side ready and anxious to cheaper than ever. loan money Cailon P. C. Fulkerson or Geo. | i Canterbury for their terms on mon- | ey for t, 3, 3,015 year’s time. Miss Mabel McReynolds enter- | tained a number ot her little trends easter party last Friday} evening. The little folks had a big time hunting the eggs that had t dyed betorehand and hidde After every with an in the yard. egg hadj been tound, an elegant lunch was spread by Mrs. McRevnolds which | they enjoyed as only children can. | had time was by them all. Deputy County Clerk Warnock informs us that he has notified all the township assessurs to meet in Butler on the first Saturday in May, izing the assessments. Judge Sul- \lens informs us that the court will probably meet with the assessors, and urge the necessity of a higher assessment of property, as the pres- ent assessment gives barely enough taxes to run the county and should local option go into effect the reve- nue would be wholly inadequate to | | meet the current expenses of the | county. j ue ‘ ont . | The Bankers Loan and Title Co.,! P. C. Fulkerson, president, hav | I , located in the store room i| by N. B. Jeter. ccupied From blindness to Sight in Ten Min- utes. A Startling Result. “Mr. Albert Beebe,’ ot Huron, Dakota, aged 5S years, felt the dim- | ness of sight creeping over him in the form of a cataract on each eye. Blindness was his tate. As was natural he was anxious to haye the cataract removed and regain sight. Atter a good deal of investigation by his brother who lives in Kansas City, he visited the Kansas City Eve and Ear Infirmary, So1 Grand Ave- jnue, and censulted the Surgeons, Drs. Kimberln & McKey. Being assured that his chances for sight were very good (about go in a 100) took treatment. The eyeball Was cut open and the cataract (lens) was gently pressed out. He could After about four he see immediately. days he began to walk about with improving vision and in two weeks returned to his home ashappy as a man could well be. His sight was strong enough to read. Dr. Kimberlin can be consulted at the Laclede Hotel the 23d of April, Butler Mo. | Medicos in Conference. Rich Hill, April 7.—The Tno County Medical association, com- | posed ot physicians and surgeons of Bates, Cass and Vernon counties, met here to-day tor an interchange ot ideas, experience and general! advancement ct the medical protes- sion. About thirty members were in attendance, and the meeting was quite interesting. Dr. O. F. Renick ot Butler presided, with Dr. A. W. Marshall of Walker as secre- tary. An address of welcome was! ; made by mayor Marsh of Rich Hill. The regular order ot business was disposed of, atter which papers on the following subjects were read and | discussed. ‘Reduction of Fever,’ by Dr. E. E. Gilmore ot Adrain, Bates county. ‘Puerperal Eclampsia,’ by E. A. Durlin of Nevada, read by Dr. Mar- shall. ‘Spectacles,’ by Dr, Perrs of Pleasanton, Kansas. Dr. Boulware ot Butler gave the | history of a case of tracheotomy in his own practice, and Dr. Fulton ot | Kansas City described an operation | of tutubation of the larynx which he | had performed. Dr. Wilson of Vernon county, Dr. Chastain of Bates county and Dr. Elder of Cass county were ap- pointed delegates to attend the meeting of the American Medical association at Chicago June 7. The association adjourned to meet again at Nevada, Vernon county, the first Thursday in July. ili aa J. K. Bruglar wants more app- cations tor first-class loans. 7 per: | ment was entered into to build the | dent of the three roads. | dred miles of road will be built this ‘Boston and the International hotel Fredonia, Kan., Apml 5 meeting of the directors of the pro- | jected Chicago, Fort Scott and Tex- Kansas and Fredema, Howard Southwestern Rys. was beld y. capitalists trom New | York Citv, Fort Scott, Winfield. | Arkansas City, Rich Hill, Mo. and | Howard, being present. An agree- three lines in conjunction from Hig- ginsville, Mo., through to Rich Hill, Fort Scott, Erie and Thayer to Fredonia, and thence through How- ard to the southwest. A. A. Har- ris, ot Fort Scott, was elected presi- Two hun- season. The line will extend through the richest coal fields of | Kansas and Missouri Little Lotta’s Lucre. Lotta, the actress, 1s said to be worth oyer a million dollars. She owns in her own name, and without incumbrance, the Park theatre in oppesite. In addition to this Lotta has $100,000 invested in different manufactories and dwelling houses in New York and Harlem. She has one house and lot covering nearly a square and originally costing nearly $g0.000. She has a house and property on Staten Island and at Akron, Chicago, Kansas City and San Francisco. Add to all this the $400,000 worth of jewelry, and the whole nearly toots up to a million. Never did a thrittv turn her kicks and quibs to better account But then she bas a mamma who has She passed a tor old Crabtr spree sorb the tamily wealth mn et They kept him about as an soul a nose for tmoney. of poverty, i ere was wont to go ona | undil one day in St. Louis he ran oft | with all of the money. some $13,- 000. i e mother and daughter pursued him, brought him back and pensioned him off. He was a good deal such a tellow as old Eccles in Daste.’’ But he died and the lone females seem to have made up their minds that all men are dangerous and to eschew them. So Lotta has kicked her way into a fortune, and her mother has been to her business manager, confidante, assistant and trend.—St. Louis Republican. Paints and Oils. Simpson & Co. druggists, north side square, keep constantly on hand the purest paints and oils in the city at the lowest prices, Call, examine and be convinced. Frax SEED and all kinds of Grass at BENNETT, WHEELER & Co. Seeds 14-3t An Imperative Necessity. What pure air is to an unhealthy ocality, what spring cleaning 1s to the neat housekeeper, so is Hood's Sarsapariila to everybody, at this season The body needs to be thoroughly renovated, the blood pu- rified and vitahzed, the germs of disease destroyed. Scrotula, Salt Rheum, and all other blood disor ders are cured by Hood’s Sarsapa- rilla, the most poular and successtul spring medicine, MARVELS OF POP ULARITY =e Seasonable Styles AND FAIR FIGURES. THE HIGHEST | _— QUALITY. | De THE ‘LOWEST DOWN. | PRICES. DO NOT FORGET 10 VISIT Jewett & Hickman, DEALERS IN Furniture, Carpets, Shades - AND UNDERTAKERS’ GOODS. Opera House, Butler, Mo. Fiax SEEp and all kinds of Geass Seeds at 14-3t BENNETT, WHEELER & Co. One ot the yery best attractions of the season at the Opera House to-morrow night. Burr Oaks is one of the best American plays and as Mr. Higgins, the author ot the play, is with this company it must he first- class. Do not tail to attend. Ad- mission has been placed low so that | all canattend. Gallery 25, parquette | , cent. interestandcommuissions. 4-tf 35 and dress circle 50 cts. | Walist.. N.Y. BOOTS, —_AND—- SrIPPEHRs. MY LA SPRING STOCK} Is COMPLETE | A Happy Event. happiest consumations of ich f two loving hearts, w lin our city for many a day, was the marriage of H. V. Rice, of Fort | Scott, and Miss El. Nore Crumley, of | this city, on Tuesday evening, April 5th, 1887, at the residence of the bride’s brother, Dr, Frank M. Crumly. The ceremony was performed by Rev. Alex. Walker in a very impressive manner. The attendants were D. W. Simpson and Miss Mollie Crawford ot Dana. ‘The bride, a beautitul blonde, looked charming in an elegant dress of white albatrosse, made en suite, Parisian de- signed, claborately trimmed with dew- be able to su diop beads patterned as calla lily with garniture ct Lily otf the Valley and satin ribbon; Brussels net veiling. The groom is the junior partner of J, H. Rice & Son, of the Ft. Scott Monitor, who own, in connection with the paper, the largest printing and book binding establishment in Kansas. Gen. Rice, the tather of the groom, 1s one of the central figur Miss Mc Crawford, a winsome bru- nette, was elegantly attired in a hand- some dress of oriental lace made en suite with satin corsage, nicely drayed with | oriental lace and trimmed with oblong beads. Garniture of daisies and satin ribbon. Only relatives and nearest friends were present, namely; F. M. Crumley and la- dy; Clayton Crumley and lady; Mr. Oscar Rice, ot Fort Scott; Miss Flora Rice, of Fort Scott; Wm. and Thomas Crawtord, of Dana; J.D. Allen, ot this city. Many beautitul and costly presents were received by the bride, among which were from the groom an elegant set of jewelry, old gold, leaf design, set with diamonds. A fine bedroom set of old mahogany, hand carved—Mr. and W. C, Gunn, Ft. Scott. Complete breakfast, dinner and tea set, of fine English china —Mr. and Mrs. D.R. Rice, of Kansas ¥ A novel token was presented iss Crawtord, being a white satin hand painted, with the date of marriage. Mr. and Mrs. Rice left tor Ft. Scott Wednesday morning, where an elegant reception was given them by the groom’s parents, POWDER Absolutely Pure. This powder never varies. A marvel of purity. strength and wholsomeness. More economii than the ordinary kinds, andcannot be sold in the muiltitade of low test T phosphate powders. Sold YAL Baxinc Powper Co., 106 Sa-4t competit: short we: only in can: B wi W’ | PRICE THEN | my former customers and the citizens instate politics in Kansas. , SHOES EXAMINE AND i BEFORE YOU BUY. ICE EMPEROR OF BUTLER, The ice packing season being over, I take pleasure in stating Butler that ot T will be in th market again the coming summer, and will be able to furnish them with a better quality of ice than eve before. I have taken great paim and been at extra expense to secure a quality of ice free from filth and drainage of feed lots, and have put up nothing but the very best qualia from pure water. Ihave also purge chased Mr. Groves’ house anu will pply my customers this year with an extra quality of ice. g-4t Casper STAMMENS. Pure Bred Poultry. | i. Plymoth Rock Chickens, Bron Turkeys and Pekin Duck eggs, fi sale by Mrs. R. V. Witia 5 miles north of Butler and 1-2 mi Post office} am, | west of Passaic station, | Butler, Mo. le | Insure your property with S. | Newbill. He keeps a Record of tf | business. MONEY TO LOAM comes = 'RATES REDUCED We have just reg ceived orders frot headquarters to re duce rates on all mon ey loaned on Estate. | We now have large amount of mon ‘ey here in bank t loan and will giv borrowers lower rate ‘than ever before. | Will make loans # ‘run from Six Monti |to Five years to su f ithe wishes of borro ier and allow pay iment at any til ‘and stop interest. | Come and see us once. | Walton and Tuck ier Land Mortgag Company. Office in Butle National Bank. | _ Opera House Blogy | Butler M¢: ‘