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ne ye BUTLER WEEKLY TIM c | FROM YOUR OWN MOUTHS ARE YE ES | CONVICTED. IN t me our citizens were D. ALLEN Ebprtor. It is me OUI co , ve : ‘ kind of a corres- en with the St. L. K.C. & C.| f. D. Arren & Co., Proprietors, Clint Ateniccse! and work tter. If the road » Mo. P. to this towns MS OF SUPSCRIPTION: | this allel the would be no new draw away our trade, but if they should go by Butler and penetrate 7 —— | the vicinity of Grange Hall it will BUTLER MISSOURI {hurt the trade of Montrose, Urich , ind Clinton from the fact that in vecaaianes pirat lthat lovely country a flourishing i lioen would spring up r uw the Brigadier General Wim. McKee | trade from all three They will soon be to Clinton and will then Dunn died at his county residence 2 _ southwest. Now is the in Maplewood, Fairfax county. Vir ginia, the 24th, at the age of 72 pal sincere ete eects ei Ex-senator Van Wyck, of Nebraska who was so copiously defeated by move on attention. —Montrose Democrat The above is as clear a statement of the facts as if a whole volume had been written upon it. If the Colo- rado will parallel the Mw. EK. & TF then it will pass through « country that already has an outlet and from which the cream of the business has been thrown down a pair of stairs | been taken. towns to repulsed all offers of sympathy by | draw trade would start up.” Of the legislature last winter when he at tempted to succeed himself, is going about telling people that he is out of politics. Somehow this reminds one of a drunken man, who, having o new saying, “G'way, dont come botherin | course not. it would be of no com about me. That's the way I allers | mercial interest to this road to come down stairs.” run through a country where the = a ae business is already overdone. But In noting the gigantic operations if they should come by Butler they would “penetrate that lovely coun- Hall, of Julius Runge, of Galveston, in his efforts to corner the cotton iarket try in the vieinity of Grange flourishing t hurting all a few of the world. there ar that should not be Mr. Runge lost over points of spring up.” 000,000, 2nd | towns alike | i where a lost sight lost it without a “squeal.” He is This very idex is what we have city treasurer ot Galveston, and the | jeen endcavanne to get before the pablic funds in his care ave intact managers of this road. and if they und the accounts in good order. gee it as it really exists. and we be The secret of this, perhaps. is that lieve they do. then we d care | Mr. Runge is a democratic oficial. for the combined opposition o SnTeeneEEe ; re , ; the towns, for railroad sare not built William Glenn has introduced a | oe ee eee ae nies 2 ‘ to please a few individuals or towns bill in the Geor legislature mak : ge: along the route. but for the business ing it a penal offense to educate : z 2 : ‘ : the road will command after it is white and colored children in the a : es oe ‘. . {completed. The route, by way of sane institution. There is a clause in . ¢ ¥ 3utler, offers a stretch of seventy Georgia’s constitution against this, |. : , - : ” on against this, | ¢ve miles of the prettiest agricultur- al country railroad built over, uninvaded by any other road. A country the richness of which has never been disputed and the beauty of which is unexcelled in Missouri. It has so far failed to se cure a railroad but the attention of railroad men are fixed upon it and it is = ar ict only a question of avery short time “~ ae - = gs until this gap is filled up. If the St. The Denver Republican says: Louis, K. C. & Colorado do not em- “There is but little of that affection | brace the opportunity offered them for Cleveland which the people have | 8°™e other company will. for this shown to his predecessors.” It is country can not longer remain with- evident that republican newspapers out an outlet. for tho next campaign with thee) TE2EANSAS CITY INVITATION. ig z aa : cool and unreasonable misrepresen- | . HEURES oy es Cesins Hemel tations. The fact is that Mr. Cleve- |" ae wey PS vie PRoet tand is one of the most remarkabl ane Sie te ee et aly popular presidents that the country fall. : The invitation is in book form making a volume 11 inches long. has ever had, and the fact that the 4 = : 16 inches wide and 4 inches thick people everywhere are clamoring fo apr aie : y ‘6 1F | The binding is seal-skin and is the a visit from him is an evidence of it first i f this ki . that only a republican newspaper ce Ree ep iRmaaneEggE > being used for that purpose. On would fail to see. eit te en the front cover of the book, sunk in Seventeen years ago the city coun- | the binding, is a square of white cil of Des Moines, Io., granted | satin, bordered with blue plush. street railroad company an exclusive | Upon the satin elegantly engrossed, franchise to lay tracks in the streets | is the following: ‘Kansas City to the and alleys of the city. Lately a ca-| President and Mrs. Cleveland greet- ble company wanted to put down a] ing, 1887." Upon the back of the Une. Litigation ensued and the su-| book, in gold letters. is Kansas City, preme court affirmed the validity of | greeting, and below it: ‘To the Pres- esclusive franchise. The Des Moines | ident and Mrs. Cleveland.’ papers bewail this settlement of the| On the title page is the word case, but seem to think there is no | “Venite.” The water color pictures help for it. One would suppose | by Mr. Barse are bunched together that if the present city council were | following the title page in the fol- %o disposed, it could easily make | owing order: Kansas City, Kansas, that monopoly anxious for acompro-| Missouri, Texas, Indian Territory mise if not relinquishment of its ex-|and Colorado. Then comes the in- elusive privileges.—St. Louis Rep. | Vitation, signed by 21,000 citizens, is e eee as follows. i £ pgs every atom ; “The citizens of the city of Kansas, il 1 ubble in the field. | in the State of Missouri. to his Ex- This Practice prevents chinch bugs | cellency, Grover Cleveland, Presi- and aids greatly in insuring a better | dent of the United States, and Mrs -erop for the following year. This Cleveland, send greeting and in io the advice of a farmer who has expression over their signatures of tried the experiment, Mr. William | their earnest desire that his Excel Kern of this county. He raised this | leacy and Mrs. Cleveland will vi it year 275 bushels more wheat on | the ¢ ven tvent-five acres than his brother did ‘wu an adjoining lot of the same ex- tent. simply because he burned the wheat stubble on this lot last year, Whereas his brother neglected to & on his. Dut not much attention was ever paid to it. Glenn's bill provides a penal ty for the teacher, principal or trus a was ever tees of any school where whites and blacks are mixed, of not less than $1,000 fine and twelve months in the chain-gang or six months in jail, while teachers in the colored schools claim the right to teach their chil- ity of Kansas. and some portion of that extended, productive and populous country west of the Missis- sippi river, stretching from the lakes : to the Gulf. of which this city is the do} main gateway, on such ti i 4 Louis White, colored. an | the eee pi Ke mea experienced farm hand on the Louis | the convenience of his Pixtellens i Zeigler farm, also testifies to the | the exigencies of the or Am excellence of the practice as a mod, st im =. . = oe 8 mode trust imposed upon him. In the of destroying all germs of insects | conviction that such visit is within ®. Gen. | the line of public duty and will be and of enriching the soi].—Sr ~evieve Fair Play. y i 3 {y roductive of good to the whole tup to| A dispatch from Madisor | right time to give the matter some | POWELL CHOSEN. at it will | country. and in the hope th avorable con bé eration. | meet with | tl ‘yiption a s reply.” a = x ALES a ee Ohio Democrats Name Their Man of Second Trial. Tie Beginning of t | cons: he home of Palsy : és ee pone. is form Adopted. 2 rather sensationa ike out there in the G. AR. lis of ¢ apus which bri ocrat and a veteran, sent in a letter ' Bohe of Marietta. chairman of the | State executive comunittee. | Henry S. Payne entered the hall just before the convention opened and | was loudly cheered. There was no {temporary organization, and the | Hon. George E. Seney of Tiffin at | once took his place and made a short asking for an honorable discharge | from the post. A spirited debate ensued and m ny were vigorousl opposed to granting an honorable ‘charge on account of the articles | which had appeared in the Democrat relating to the political attitude of the G. A. R. In the heat of the de- bate when matters had become de cidedly hot, the officer of the day, 2 demoerat, unbuckled his sword, re moved his badge and declared that he had become disgusted with the {sary to accomplish this result that | the civil service law be repealed. actions of the post and wished no Efforts | were made to quiet the dissatisfaction further connection with it. senting vote. It was as follows: of the members, but without avail, | and the meeting broke up in a gen- | eral political row. The : has | of the honest, patriotic and econom- caused great excitement in G }ieal administration of President g i Army circles, and the action of the | Cleveland. next meeting isawaited with interest “We demand such a judicious re there will tis rumored that general withdrawal of members f | the post at no distant date. end sinning of the It is simply impossible for as Tuttle | debt, and if allows such men public: and Fairchild to run it as a political machine, and they will do it until} except on liquor every democrat leaves it. Gazette. tariff system. LAND AND OTHER ISSUES. “We call attention to, and affirm wrecker, was hung at Nebraska City last Friday. Just before the execu- tion took place he handed the Kan- sas City Times correspondent the : aes following note which should be read | lowing emphatic and patriotic lan- and carefully heeded by our young warning to all young men:—I write young man, whom I have played promise with may read them and a warning take from me and never tip the pois ers it has torn from them and how | that all lands of the government be dear, beloved husbands, how many those who declare their intention to become such. “We are in hearty sympathy with poor mother’s hearts it has broken. O! young men; turn from that broad and sinful path. ©: stop and think | ll people struggling to free them- of one who lwas ices and® happy, selves from the environments of des- whose heart is overflowed with sor- | Potism and especially does the long row and grief—almost laid in his | #"4 gallant struggle of Ireland for lonely grave—all for that miserable the priceless boon of home rule and liquor. O! young men, take warn- rights of manhood evoke our warm- ing from them before it is too late | ¢St #pplause and command our heart- is my prayer. iest good wishes for speedy success. “Labor being the chief factor and ooo great conservator of free and liberal Washington, D. C., July 22.—In institutions, should enjoy its full the examination of the books and | share of the common benefits de- eccounts of Mr. Jordan, late treasur- | rived therefrom; therefore we favor er of the United States, which has such restraints i the centralization been concluded, the only discrepancy and encroachments of corporate pow- was a shortage of $2.50 in a weigh er as to bring the best possible pro- of gold coins of that denomination ; C z tection to honest labor and at the which had been counted by weight | same time conserve the interests of oo ee a ys passed along honestly employed capital. urer to treasurer as cor-} «We favor such legislation on the rect, and the mi ras is- ‘ em ecusine ee aia only dis question of immigration as will pre- 2 pes vent the landing for permanent resi- The tracer showed the name of q ili d f ali the clerk who had made the mistake co gsi = — “ei and as he was still in the service the | - va . ing citi f thi i § 4 matter was called to his attention em ae SETA the oatiga f—eaos jimportation of contract labor. and Sean ee ee. we demand speedy punishment of all persons inciting riot and revolu- r | tion against replublican institutions. special pension bills in the first two | “We demand the fullest safeguards years of his administration. In for the ballot box, the punishment of eight years Grant approved only 574; i all who seek to corrupt it. Hayes only 303. and Arthur 736./ We declare in favor of the proper Whether _this is greatly to Mr. | regulation of the liquor traffic and Cleveland's credit or not. it should | believe it to be the duty of all good be remembered in connection with | citizens to aid in : the howl of the pension hunters against him, Daviy Horray.” President Cleveland approved 836 | imum the evils resulting therefrom, , and to this end favor the submission The Delaware General Selected on the | A Brief but Very Business-Like Plat- | | post of w Cleveland, Ohio. July 21.—The | The disp: Democratic State Convention was meeting i Geo. | called to order xt 11 o'clock this Reaviner. editor of the Madison Dem- | morning at Music hall by Henry | Senator | | speech. eulogizing ex-Senator Thur- man and demanding that republicans be turned out of office and if neces- At the close of his remarks the | platform was adopted without a dis- “The democratic party ef Ohio in convention assembled proclaims its hearty and unqualitied indorsement duction of the present burdensome om | tariff as shall result in producing a revenue sufficient only to the expen- | ses of the economical administration of the government, the payment of liberal pensions to union soldiers mocratic eX to stay in the i Army the jand sailors, and the payment of the jority of t order, which is re-]interest and principal of the public . we favor such areduction of the internal revenue as will prevent an Rule or | accumulation of surplus in the na- ruin is republican doctrine in the | tional treasury, and we denounce any Grand Army and out of it.—St. Joe | attempt to abolish the tax of liquors : for the purpose of keeping up the David Hoffman, the Nebraska train | Present unjust, unequal and onerous as sound doctrine and policy the fol- guage of President Cleveland: “Our men: “A warning of the first Glass, public domain is our national wealth, an earnest of our growth and the these few lines; hoping that some heritage of our people. It should limitless development and riches, relief to the crowding popu- lation and homes to thrift and indus- on bowl to your lips. Young man, try. These inestimable advantages when you fill the first glass set it should be jealously guarded and a down and think—O! think deep in careful and enlightened policy on the your hearts how many graves it has part of the government should se- filled. O! how many children’s fath- | Cure to the people.” We demand many poor wives are left alone in held for actual settlers and who are sorrow, grief for the loss of their citizens of the United States and for reducing to a min- ]. ndment to the constitution | of ! ofan ar st —— an Chase S deed of trast ant ‘ * in the Reconder’s Bates county, Missouri §° to the Underas ibed real eat such! Whereas providing for the licen | 8 CANDIDATES TING F BALLi { were | ions for governor in the county on or, and Congressmen Quarter Of the Hamilton Dela- A. southeast quarter 2° and the north ase f the southee 2) in townsh pbell of Powell of ware 2 Martin Foran of Cleveland were named. Mr. Powell was nominated on the county. Thomas E and Congressm: acres more made in t | certain note fully dese trust: and whereas, defauit has | the payment of a part of the pring id annual interest now Now, therefore, second ballot. | D. C. Coolman of Portage county i lieutenant Gov- | was nominated for a lamation after one ballot | eas i !ernor by: ‘had been taken, the other two candi- | 3 | . rida dates having withdrawn. | Friday, August 19th, 1887 . between the hour: clock j | and’ o’clock in the afternoon Greet 5 | the purposes of satisfying said dete © | and costs Ce. Dt cae For Judge of the Supreme Court, | H long term. L. R. Litchtield of Holme county was nominated by acclama | tion, and for Judge. short term, Vir | il P. Kline of Cleveland. The ticket was completed as fol- lows: Treasurer of State, George W. Harper of Greene county; Attorney General, William S. Leet of Ottowa county; member of Board of Public Works. Peter S. Murphy of Butler | county. Trustee's Sale, | Wher | lass, his wi . Dever, | | ed October | corder’s offic | Missouri, in book to ¢ real tion tw eleven (1 quarter ( q 1 | the southeast i avadie| f suction | and ten acres off of east side of northwest ; ter (1-4) of northeast quarter [1-4] of | fourteen [14], all in tow | F | of range twenty e, in k n of Rockville, Bates puri, Which conveyance was made iz cure the payment of ten certain Rota ribed in said deed of trust; and y: efault has been made in the ' of said notes for fifty-five | April loth, 1ss7, now past due and unpsii whereas, itis provided by the terms of deed of trust that in case orthedeath, abse | refusal to act, or disability in anywise of i Rice, trustee, the {then} act P ates county Missouri, may prog to sell the property hereinberore desent | the purposes of said trust, and wherers, | said Oscar Rice, trustee, as aforesaid is at from the county of Bates and has refused y H rapacity of siad trustee, now at the request of the legal holder of and pursuant to the conditions of said d trust I will proceed to sell the above des ses at public vendue, to the highest der for cash, at the east front door of the house, in the city of Butler, coanty of | and state of Missouri, on Thursday, August 18th, 1897, between the hours of 9 o’clock in the fo and 5 o’clock in the afternoon of that day, | the purposes of satisfying said debt, and ¢ GEORGE G, GLAZEBROOK, Sheriff of Bates Co, Miss The importance of purify not be overestimated, for without pure blood you cannot enjoy good health. | At this season nearly every one needs a good medicine to purify, vitalize, and enrich the blood, and we ask you to try Hood's ‘ . . 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