The Butler Weekly Times Newspaper, September 14, 1887, Page 5

re that place and a better boy never lived. | month in the Ohio street school house, > Butler, Mo., and on the 1st Saturday of | each month in the West side school house, _ ty, is visiting her uncle, Dr. W. E. _ Tucker. _ yesterday for Arkansas on a three | olis, Ind., is visiting her .father, | eonvalescent, and will be out again day night, will be duly observed by ] Gity attending the bedside of her tea | 0 2 aBinithtes I S BL TLER Li EEKLY TIMES Paice ee cima a on a | few weeks visit. NOTICE TO TEACHERS :—Public Ex- aminations for the benefit ot those per- desiring to teach in Bates county, | qill be held on the 3d Saturday of each Rich Hill, Mo., the examination com- cing each day at 9 ’clock, A. M, oa yaw. W. GRAVES. County Schoo! Commissioner. ‘LOCAL ITEMS Miss Rosa Speece is home again from Mt. Vernon, Kansas. Miss Mattie Helm, of Parsons, Kau., is visiting in the city. Dr. Boulware has treated his resi- | dence to a new coat of paint. Local option was defeated in Cooper county by a small majority. Miss Fannie | Rudy, of Pettis coun- J. B. Newberry and wife left weeks’ trip. Jim Smith, of Archie, spent Sun- dsy in the city visiting his brother, Joe T. Smith. Geo. F. Williams, of Kansas City, abusiness man of this city, spent Sunday in town. Three times a day from this on the sidewalks will be turned over to the kids. The public schools opened Monday. Mrs. J. W. Badger, of this city, was the happy recipient of a hand- some piano from home a few days ago. Mrs. Z. J. Williams left last Wednesday evening for Columbia, Il, where she will visit her parents for several weeks. Mrs. 3. E. Gilliland, of Indianap- James Smith, and sister, Mrs. Jack Gipron. Our thanks are due Dr. Boulware for Washington City daily papers “wntaining a full account of the pro- ceedings of the Medical Congress. RL Graves, who has been so se- fiously sick the past four weeks is ins short time if nothing happens. The Jewish New Year, commenc- ing Sunday night and ending Mon- Aaron Hart and family, of this é * * Mrs. J. M. McKibben is at Webb other, who was seriously injured the mines at that place Thursday The farmers out in Western Kansas ting, with perhaps about as much ~ trath as poetry: “The Chinch bug eats the farmer’ grain The bee moth spoils his honey, The bedbug fills him full of pain, The humbug scoops his money.’’ The State Democratic Central Committee is called to meet in St. Louis on October 4th. The object | Of the meeting for the committee is to call upon the President in a body. We have no objection to the Re- view publishing our articles, but we do object to it giving the credit to the Democrat. We have no doubt Bro. Wade will protest, too. 8. M. Talbot, a preminent citizen and a sterling democrat of Foster, was in the city Tuesday and favored us with a pleasant visit. Sam is the weigh master for the Mo. Pac. Co. at Mies Lou Lansdown returned Wednesday evening, after a very Pleasant visit of six weeks with rela- tives in St. Louis, Jefferson City and other places of less prominence. She reports a delightful time. | The Ft. Scott, Kansas, Inter-State Exposition will be held in that city, » commencing October 4th and lasting cept our thanks and best wishes for a complimentary ticket. The Baptist Association will open in this city to-morrow and last over Sunday. A number of prominent ministers will be present and the hospitality of the city should be ex- tended. | _ New canned vegetables at Steele's. | Corn, Tomatoes, String Beans, Boston | Baked Beans at low prices. bought early before the advance. Chas. Hagedorn, John Patterson and R. A. Hurt left Tuesday for | __ | Columbus, Kansas, to attend the three days’ shoot at that place, which begins to-day. Ata public meeting held at the court house Tuesday for that pur- pose, W. H. Warnock deputy county clerk’s name was reccommended to Mayor Francis of St. Louis as a member of the Cleveland reception committee from this county. John T. Smith and family, who have been spending the summer in the west for health, returned Mon- day. Mr. Smith looks greatly im- proved and, we predict, will enter into the practice of his profession with renewed vigor. Butler is to have a signal service station, under the auspices of the state Signal Service Bureau. Adolph Weil will have the management of it, and the flags will be displayed over the street in front of his store. instruments have arrived and will be in successful operation by the last of the week. Save your dimes for Montanios Big Mexican show, Sept. 19, 20 and 21. You will see more for 10 cents than you ever saw before, you will laugh harder and feel better satisfied than you ever was before as the features in this show are new and novel; just introduced from Mexico. visiting her sister, Mrs. A.C. Culver, for the past two weeks, leaves for her home, Taylorville, Ill., to-morrow. Her husband is a staunch democrat and present county clerk ot the county in which they reside, a po- sition he has held for the past thirteen years. with the electric light, which should be looked into by the council. The lights do not burn half the time, and as.the tax payers of this town are paying quite a handsome figure for the luxury, we think it nothing more than right and proper that the coun- cil should take the matter in hand and find out where the fault lies. Seymour McKinsey, of Clay county, with their families, arrived Saturday and took possession of their farms recently purchased in Summit town- ship. The ladies spent the most of the day in the city making purchases of furniture from Jewett & Hickman and buying other necessaries for the house. The Times extends a hearty welcome to the newcomers and wish- es them abundant success. Hudson township, was arraigned before Esquire Cannon on a charge of assaulting Jerry Rains, a neigh- bor, by shooting at him with a shot- guu. Kitchen was bound over in the sum of $250 to the next term of circuit court. It seems that Rains was hauling corn for Kitchen, and on Thursday last a difficulty arose be- tween them, Kitchen using his shot-gun while Show will pitch tents in Butler the firat three days of next week, Sept. 19, 20 and 21. © This is a first class show in every respect. Do not think that it is not very good be-|j cause the price is only 10 cents, as you will see features in this show that you have never seen in your city before. Satisfaction guaranteed or money refunded. ton, Va.,is seriously sick with typhoid fever at the residence of her sister, Mrs. Coleman Smith. Miss Taylor arrived in this city some four or five Friday R. H. Browning, of Adrian, accom- panied by his brother Eli, who is This Means You. | Monday. We |} last week, and will spend the winter | — —— = nee : with relatives in this state. For the seine eg present she stopped off in Johnsan | county. ) mond Kentucky last Thursday to at- Kanse | tend the sick bed of her father who The surveyors on the & City and Rich Hill road passed [= not expected to recover. through this city over the old grade| John Q. A. Cope had a barrel of Friday and when last heard from | cider on the fair ground which he were making their way toward Rich | generously donated to the crowd, Hill. jand it proved a delightful prohibi- Rev. William H. Williams, editor | 0” beverage. of the Central Baptist, will open the; The Editor of the Tres is under association in this city to-morrow | obligations to J. R. Harriman and night. He isan eminent preacher, | his excellent wife for favors shown and those of our citizens who are | while at the horticultural fair Thurs- fortunate enough to secure seats in | day. the church will be treated to a fine] ,, plesanton Observer says: “We Br AS ee learned last Saturday that Al. Ganz You all know Sam’l andSilas Levy |is running fourteen teams at his have been east for the past three |coal pits near Foster. He is oper- weeks purchasing their fall stock of | ating a bank half mile sonth of town, goods and millinery. Well they re-| the Minturn and Stringer banks, and turned home Sunday, and the ner- | will commence operations at Groom's chandise which comprises every- thing needed in their business is ar- riving. Next week they propose to let you hear from them. Watch for the booming Times. The tracks are full of loaded cars, and ed, in great demand.” From the Review we learn of the following accidents which befell two Rich Hill boys last Wednesday: Albert Baum, the 15 year-old son of L. Baum, in making a culvert cross- ing, his horse fell and caught his leg in such a way as to break it in three places. Onthe same day an eleven-year-old son of William Me- Pherson was thrown from a horse at the east side watering trough and sustained serious injuries. Mrs. Chas. Whitmer, who has been nee it. We had the pleasure of meeting known. Perrie Leslie, editor of the Enter- prise, Vanalstine, Texas, who was on his way as a delegate from Texas to the National Editorial Convention at Denver, and stopped over a day in Butler to visit the McFarland broth- ers, old friends and schoolmates. We found him a very pleasant gen- tleman and deeply in love with his own state. J. R. Simpson and estimable fam- ily returned from Rocky Ford Col., Monday. Mr. Simpson looks as though he had been greatly benefited in health and also like a man that had been treated well by the people. The Tres welcomes him back and is truly glad to know he failed to burn the bridges behind him when he left old Bates. He reports Rocky Ford on the boom and the climate fine. Dr. J. M. Christy returned from. Ft. Scott, Kansas, Wednesday even- ing, where he had been to attend a complimentary banquet tendered Hon. Norman J. Colman, U. S. Com- missioner, by the Board of Trade of Ft. Scott, which took place at the Huntington Hotel Tuesday evening, September 6th. The Dr. brought back with him a barrel of sugar. from the Parkinson Sugar Works. The sugar is a fine article and anyone wishing to see a sample of the same can do so by calling at Dr.C.’s office. Thereis something radically wrong by insurance. J. G. Stephens, Harvey Hall and On Monday last John Kitchen, of heaven. cating at Carthage, Mo. In another column will be found a call for 8 mass convention to consid- ermeans of bringing the local option question toavoteinthe county. It is democratic for the people to vote on all questions appertaining to their interests, and this is no exception. If a respectable number of citizens want to vote on this question they Hood's Sarsa: Hood’s Sarsaparilla. ATTENTION which resulted in Montanio’s Big Mexican 10 cent made so and this should be carefully avoided. W. S. Mudd, a prominent mer- chant of Burdette, and esteemed friend of the booming Toxes, was in the city one day last week and gave us a pleasant call. He reported three sets of railroad surveyors in his neighborhood busy locating three lines of road. The people of that section are considerably agitated over the matter and think their rail- road prospects very bright. The which time she has been confined to | present survey of the Sabine Pass the house. The past week her sick-| road misses Burdette some three ness developed into typhoid, and | miles and if built on the present sur- being so very weak and emaciated, | vey will necessitate a removal of the fears are entertai Miss Susan P. Taylor, of Lexing- St. weeks past on a visit to her sister, and was taken sick immediately on her arrival with malarial fever, since Right now is the dullest time for | | traveling for a large firmin Nashville the printer. But no matter how | 3,000,000 men enlisted, there were paid the Tras office a pleasant visit slow the money comes in, his hands | Mrs. R. A. Harris left. for Rich. | this number should be added, first, | Subscription. bank in Potosi this week. The side empty ones are, in consequence of the vigor with which coal is being min- Monday night about 8 o'clock fire broke out in the Millinery shop for- merly owned by Mrs. McConnell, on the southeast corner of the square. The fire originated in the rear room of the building and before discover- ed had gained pretty good headway among the pine boxes and millinery However, it was dis- covered just in time and a bountiful supply of water saved the old frame building and several others adjoining Just how the fire started is not It was thought that it was started by the explosion of a cval oil lamp, this theory was contradict- ed by one of the ladies working in the shop who had only been out about two hours. The damage to goods and furniture is fully covered Mayor G. B. Hickman returned from Carthage Sunday night whith- er he had gone to attend the funeral of his father, James B. Hickman, whose death occurred at his home in that city Thursday night last at half past 4a. m., at the ripe old age of 85 years, 5 months and 26 days. His death was caused principally by old age accompanied by kidney troubles. Mayor Hickman informs us that a half hour before his father’s death the old gentleman was up and walked about the room, lying down again he went off into a quiet sleep, and without the slightest warning to those in the room the spirit took its flight for that haven of rest pre- pared for those who love God and keep His commandments. He was perfectly aware of his condition and his prayer was for the end to come and his children to meet him in James Hickman was born in New Jersey in the year 1802 and came to Missouri 12 years ago, lo- Do not be induced to take some other preparation when you call for parilla. Be sure to get G.A.R’s Members of the order desir- ing to attend the Louis con- vention can find uniform suits at -sptemerscraaig Site iSam'| Levy & Co | killed in battle, 44,238; ' have to be paid, paperand stationery | wounds, 49,205; died of disease, ay <n ROE ers © saeerens Now all of you who are | 186,216; died of unknown causes, Missouri with Sheriff Glasebrok. | indebted tothe Tres will please come | 24,184; total, 303,843. This includes We | only those whose death while in the The Death Roll of the Civil War. Official statistics show that of the | ‘When Baby was sick, we cave her Castoria, ‘When she was a Child, she cried for Castoria, When she became Miss, she clang to Castoria, When she had Children, she gave them Castoria, died of army had been actually proven. To Please call and pay up your back 26,000 men who are known to have ; died while in the hands of the enemy| DORN & PIERCE--BARBERS. as prisoners of war, and many others Shop on North Side Square. 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