The Butler Weekly Times Newspaper, May 11, 1887, Page 5

we , DeArmond made <a BUTLER WEEKLY TIMES| oS NOTICE TO TEACHERS :—Public E aminations for the benefit ot those pe sons desiringto teach in Bates county, will be held on the 3d Saturday of each month inthe Ohio street school house, Butler, Mo., and on the 1st Saturday ot each month in the West side school house, Rich Hill, Mo., the examination com- mencing each day at 9 0’clock, A. M WwW. W. GR! AVES. County Schoo! Commissioner. —_—_—_—_—_— LOCAL ITEMS The Butler Woolen Mills wil! be started up this week> Butler grangers S Saturday. was overflowing with Samuel Levy has returned home | from his trip to New York. County court met on Monday, all members present. Wiley Adams, living near the de- pot, lost « very fine mare Sunday evening. Clean up the streets and alleys. Too much filth breeds disease. RK. Weil, ot St. Louis, is spend- ingafew days in the city after his interests looking Judge A. Neptune, ot Rich Hill, spent Saturday in the city and gave the booming Times a pleasant call. T. F. Blankenship, of Shobe, while in the city Saturday, gave the Timzs a pleasant and call. substantial ]. D. Burk, one of the prominent farmers of Charlotte township, while in the city Saturday booming Timxs, tavored the Capt. Tygard lett the first of the week for St. to actend the meeting of the Grand Commandery otf K. T, of Missour Louis, Mrs. Day, wife of A. C. Day, of West Point township, home Thursday died at her and was buried Friday evening. Wm. VPage and Aaron Hari leave to-day for St. Louis, to attend the meeting of the Grand Chapter Roy- al Arch Masons, All pull together for the Chicago, Ft. Scott and ‘Texas, and the St. Louis & Colorado. Get your coats off boys, enterprise mov es the world. Wife—‘Am Las dear to you, John, % | was before we were married?” Husband (with a sigh)—‘Yes, good deal dearer.’—N. Y. Sun, The Foster Free Press has put on the “golden shppers”’ Pastures greener. a and will seek Insufficient sup port is alleged to be the cause. James Brough was setting up the cigars all day tival of Tuesday over tie ar abran new boy at his house Monday, and was just as lappy as a dig sun flower. Miss Bora Sullivan, daughter ot a Wealthy citizen of Montgomery City, Mo., committed suicide ut the Prot éstant hospital in St. Louis on the Teacher (in geography class )— ‘What is a desert?” Young Student —Don’'t know, mum. Lulways eat at the second table.’-—Woman’s Journal. iW. Redmon, of old Summit and one of the Times’ most substan- tial triends, called Saturd ay and bad the figures on the margin of his Paper set up another year. Mrs. D. V. Brown. is visiting friends inthe western part of the county this week, consequently the Tudge has a torlorn countenance. cast on Ins Pete Sam Levy and his beautitul young bride arrived in Butler Monday ev- ening where they expect to make their future home. The Ties with ‘host ot friends welcome them to their new home Sheriff Glazeb rook has been busy | this Week summoning the grand and Pettit jurors for the June term of “reuit court. He thinks the docket Will be light this term as few new Suts have been brought and Judge almost a clean Weep ot the rt the erm ot court. old docket : To keep the flies out of your house | summer go to J. H. Sisson’s , buy your screen wire. Harlan Turner will leave this week for Mt. Sterling, Ke few weeks While will attend the great races ington. visit. A tree excursion train left sas City Tuesday morning for Em- poria, Kansas. The excursion was | ‘ | gotten up by the citizens of Empo- Kan- | | na as an advertisimg boom for the town. W. S. Mudd, clerk and assessor | of East Boone township, while in the city Saturday attending « last: | sum of $2,500. Henr county will vote on t d B MILL HORROR! The public should bear in mind prc on te a new court) ile nan } - } aa . t ; ne oe peeves SS : au that it was the Butler Ice Co. who se h at Cli of this es Bem Desecrated in Search ; } : maugurated the low prices on ice. blemishes ne 8 We tear the present propo- of Gold. Ti vox ta : i i : i i f you want pure crystal ice, prompt Curbs, Splints. Se. pe voted down as the i : delivery and dov Weights and Spra Sore and Swoile: seems to be so many objections to | An Old Tradition Leads to Ghoulish square deal, : prices as low asthe co te. 8 ~ ice ie 7 ™ oughs, etc. Save Sco ee 1 j : lowest, senc rord t ; 2 he present plans. | Practices. seu odin bottle. Warranted by W G mee oe | Gero. A. Topp, = ie eee Tie citizens of Clinton nave con- } I Manager Butler Ice Co. down. Druggist, Burl: tracted with the Well Augur Co., In 1861 or so tradition runs, ot Ithaca, N. Y.. to sink two wells | two men aad a woman, in poOssses- ss | : . . === =— \in or near that city in search of gas. sion of about $S,o00 in gold and silver, were being hotly pursued by mauraders that then infested the bor- | der counties The company contract to bore 300 feet, and 1,000 if desired, tor the Work is to be com- eek. ot Missouri. Atter | tag at the assessors Grriiceouniy ot | menced on or before June 1st, 1887. | crossing the Miam: creek in Bates the court house, gave us a Deputy + sect Ewing, Thu ursday Sa call. int, Keel ae | taken and One of the men killed. } i ae 4 | The remaming man and woman Foster has become a cold water | Alex. Prine and Perry Gregory. | pushed on to old Burnett’s Ford, on town. The citizens, or enough ot | Urine is one of the three men that the oMaiiase desu Cocnn ler Ta them to stop the traffic, refused to | robbed Mart Owens, and Gregory present site of Bell's mill fn — sign petitions and the saloon manjis the man who torged the note on where they concluded to bury ris ae forced _to submit to the will) F. M. Allen, at Foster, a tew days | 40, treasure, They turned down OF the “majority nec the river on the north bank and the | I. N. Layman, a prosperous Miss Rena Hill, an accomplished | ™@" carried the money off and bur- | farmer of near Adrian, and one of . | the very oldest subscribers to thé booming Times, called while in the city Saturday and agam ren {for | another year. Such frends are highly appreciated. Lewis Hoffman lett tor St. Louis Monday night to attend the wool growers convention which meets in that city this week. Lewisis ar and never oppo | take in all pointers relat ! loses an business. |" | cast school building with entire sat : | Chris Smith, living about. tour | mileseastot Butler is the ! i man in Bates county, al! | arrival of twin’ boys at his house | Sundty meght. The Tres soe ! gests that he name them Clevela and Carlisle. | Robt. Walters, of the Rich Hill, Review, was inthe city ‘hursday last on business, and gave the | booming Times a pleasant call. | There are few more genial fellows | than Bob and to a seat in the soft chair thai ments our sanctum. H The wheels of the Butler | Woolen Mills are again in motion. Mr. J. Fisher, the proprietor, start- ed up last week and has everything in apple pie order, to receive your wool and do your carding on short notice. Read his advertisement in another column and give him a call. none more welcome orna Our old t®me and esteemed triend, 1H. CC. Ga oung lady otf Kan g lady ried it, returning they continued their | been visiti flight toward Rockville, City, who has Mrs. tor the her but he was killed before reaching that place. Betore dying he told his companion that he had burried the money in an old grave which was marked with a sandrock headstore. Within the past few weeks this sister, t of town, past five wee Monday evening Mr. John Tuttle, Sunday morning. ned to the city with her father, who came down Miss Rena made a host of friends while here whose best wishes go old tradition has been revived and aan helier: that burning desire tor riches inate in | the average human breast, has fired P: Reisner will not apply for a | the demzens of that locality to fever | position in the public schools next | heat, and, as a consequence it is the | year, He has been engaged by Mr. leading topic by day, and by night | : to take charge ot the | raids are made upon the grave yards, | P lepartment of his law] two of which are located in that and We: m this busi- | neighborhood, 1 3-4 of a mile; : He missed in the | 20rtheast of Dickey’s lake, the other | he has for over|3 0° 4 hundred yards northwest. cted the schools at the | Dozens of graves hi ve been dug into and the bones of the silent sleepers | istiction to the patrons and the] brought to ght. This isa nightly beard. occurrence, and so eager are these | ae = fortune hunters to discover the treas- Mayor Hickman read a comniu-|ure that no grave is too sacred for | mication betore the council Thurs- | their ghoulish practices. for of Prescott, day last asking aid the cyclone the small town destroyed by The com- They have begun to suspect one another ot discovering the treasure and keeping the secret until a man can not branch out in sufferers aimost er ely the winds week e last. business and show a spirit of enterprise and pros perity without the object of suspicion Mr. B. L. Poston has been trading in cattle and mules of late and purchased a piece of land, and, of course, of finding the treasure. Peter Hal- tered, a promising farmer in West Point township, whe used to live in munication was signed by a number of prominent citizens of the above place, and while the council deeply sympathized with the untortunate people they did not feel they were authorized to appropriate the pub- lic’s money in acts ot charity. by Ins neighbors. he is accused The prominent citizens of Clinton S. M. ‘Lalbott, of Foster, while in | S¢¢™ t Varry materially in regard to | that neighborhood, 1s not above sus- town Saturday, gave usa pleasant | the present plans submitted for a} picion, as a marked era of prosperity call. He is engaged in milling, | [&¥ cout house ISS cone has attended him since he moved grain shipping, and 1s also handling fifty thousand dollars. if their 'an-Jaway. One gentleman, Mr. James coal. He imtorms us he is doing guage 1s correctly reported mm the | McCown, watches the grave of his well and expects his business to SURGELS, Some want the building | beloved brother, and threatens dire ereatly increase if craps good | '° fror t four ways, others to stand vengeance upon any one who dares this season. He is a royal good ae is, others want a much costlier | to desecrate Get SEO fellow and the Times is pleased to building cnt there are still others This isa disgraceful state ot affairs see him prosper. i he Aa seem to know what they | and the men who are doing this é want, and unless they can harmonize | work are laying themselves liable to We are glad to note that the | the consequences will be no court | indictment and prosecution, with members of the Christian church | house. the flattering prospect of a term in have secured the services of Elder Tire sto near Onihonew vest oe Ben before them. E.C. Brownmg, of Palmyra, this | choot building was completed last Papel wee an state, to preach tor them the com- week and the brick masons are now sane uae nad ing year. Mr. Browning | stands lhusy at work. The rock work seems Jas. Farmer, the young man — high in the church as a preacher}, pe < ily done and about confined ee SOT ie panes and is highly recommended. He | the on ons 1s the roughness with being implicated with ier al will preach his first sermon at the | of the ext le rock having been and pane op the wemninsten ar church Sunday the a2d | put ’ “s hey were an Owens’ residence, opens his breast re | When i en cae but wennidermmead and makes a contession of the part a | i ye = he took. He says he was there, and take him by the hand, make him | this on will be overcome by <0 was Prine and Suttles. He also feel welcome, roduce him to/the Board giving the wall a heavy Sara evita di tanieun andberchrets everybody, put ina good word for | cortng of after the building the town and county, make him be- | heve we are ! ple on earth, tackle him to come and locate with us, and if he goes away treat him so mee he will have : longing to get back, if he never | comes he will advertise by always | speaking a good word for our town | | and people W esley Warnock returned | | most sociable peo- | jing the other day convinced us that over their taces, and that there was only one pistel in the crowd and Suttles carried that and intimidated the tamily while Prine searched the house. When asked what they did with articles taken, he said they had no} division, and that so far as he knew | \ Prine retained in his possession ev- | has been completed. Next to the f the brick work is the mos’ important part ot the building and we think it 1s due the tax-pay- that the Board, in whose care and keeping this piece of public work has been placed, should look at- ter this part of the building with the A visit to the build ton ers closest scrutiny. Pa aa f erything they got and still has them. home The tollowing is his written confes- : | Home | there was already on the ground two d ge These and | | c + Latee : i ees = sion, made in jail or 6 | from Kentucky the latter part: of | oy three piles of brick totally unfit to f ia es | last week and brought with hima |; le cincel hee they are very handed to us for publication. l i ge i i : Towho t ay -Gre 2 Els j thousand dollar jack. hose who | and look as though they were To whom itt may conccru-Greeting | have seen it pronounce it a magnih- This | bred and} cent speciman of its K makes four or tive high j high priced jacks shipped to ce] Kentucky. We Pt War- Fine ! what county this season trom H. P. Nickell Hanks anoth ' nock stock want. has one, nd now Mr. third. comes h the mules ts we It the liv nd kidneys are sluggi and inactive, Hood's Sarsaparilla will | ‘Take it now. j erection of this building, and | tions and weigh them for what they ' are worth. rouse them to prompt and regular action. | | : | Thisis to certify that I, James | de trer of a tresh burnt kiln. | aii i ae ‘ . Farmer, was with Charles Suttle The Times having the utmost con- } E 5 ; > : eee and Alex Prine on the night of fidence in the present Board has no a z : . ; March 25. 1887. and was induced desire to find fault, but at the same | = : a . } by them to drink whisky and take time we feel a deep interest in the | partin robbing Mart Owens, ail of which I contess. and place at the mercy of the court. James Far» Butler, Mo., May 6th, 1587. K. Brugler & Son want all the schoo! bonds they canget. Pien- ty of money at the lowest rates. sate teel it | duty to point out the weak points and call attention to them that | z myselt is our the Board may look into the sugges- The time to make cor- | i rections is while the work progresses | not after it has been fimshed. BUCK'S BRILLIANT GASOLINE STOVES North Side Spuare, Butler, Mo. NORTH MAIN STRES i } { 5 Are keeping pace with the Boom, and extend a special imvitation to the ladies to call and examine their new patent No haat, ne smoke, and just the thing for summer. guaranteed to be sate and reliable. Also a large lot of . ANTELOPE COOK STOVES, BUCK’S BRILLIANT AND RANGES, Large line ot tinware, Rooting and gyttering a specialty They arc WOOL WANE: Il am prepared to buy and pay the highest market price in PCASH ail kinas ot wool offered, for wool sacks and wool twine ished. LEWIS HOFEN AN , BUTLER, MO. BUY YOUR Dry Goods BOOTS AND SHOES GENTS FURNISHING GOODS. Where you can get them asrepresented. A large stock to select from. Good quality, low prices, a call will convince you of the fact. RESPECTFULLY. J, M. McKIBBEN. PHARIS & SON, Respectfully mtorms the public that they are still in the field with a full STOCK OF GROCERIES, W sn the ie they propose to sell as low the lowest t margin consistent to safe business principles. pay the highest market price for BUTTER, ECGS, CHICKENS, &C. We sell the Famous TEBO FLOUR. Call and see us and we will do our best to please you. en