The Butler Weekly Times Newspaper, September 21, 1887, Page 5

TICE TO TEACHERS :—Public Ex- gminations for the benefit ot those per- | Q desiring to teach in Bates county, - aris ‘gill be held on the 3d Saturday of each | Walnut, Kansas. nth inthe Ohio street school house, | er, Mo., and on the 1st Saturday of ' gach month in the West side school house, Hill, Mo., the seep ae Ree com- mencing each day at 9 o'clock, A. M, < va W. W. GRAVES, County School Commissioner. —— = | days. LOCAL ITEMS ———— Mrs Frank Rosser is quite sick. Please call and pay up your back «a Local option was defeated in Mil- ler, Polk and St. Clair counties last week. —_—_—-——— friends. Miss Hattie Nichol, of Round Miss Nettie Vancamp, formerly in | Our old stand-by, A. A. Conard, | jthe millinery department of Sam'l/ was in the city Friday. We were | | Levy & Co., of this city, now has full | sorry to see him limping from the! charge of a similar establishment at | effects of an accident to his right! anes | C. Hagedorn, Al. Heath, Tia | Which one of the small bones was! | Bob Hurt and John Patterson left | broken. Monday morning for Kansas City to | attend the shooting tournament in| Friday, honored the Tres with a that city. The shoot will last three | pleasant call. The Major was looking The “father of the House of Rep- | Joying excellent health. He was on resentative,” William D. Kelly, will in the Forum for October offer a | ttesian well, and he was lavish in plan for preventing the accretion of a surplus in the national treasury. Will M. Crawford of West Point township, accompanied by his sister Miss May and sister-in-law, Mrs, J. R. Crawford, of Cowan Station Ky. spent Sunday in the city visiting MIDNIGHT DUEL. ‘J. W. Badger Has a Thrilling | | i Experi- ence With Barglars- | knee, received several years ago, by} } ; 4 Plucky Fight With Two House Breakers in Which One is Wounded. > CHOOL SHOES | ‘for Monday night about half past on Ft. Scott street, was awakened by | &man in his room. It was too dark to see plainly, but he could distin- guish a man’s form in the act of tak- We have this season the larg- est and best line of school shoes that have ever been shown in this city. Parents who need school Major J. N. Bradley, while in the city | unusually well and said he was en- his way home from a visit to Clinton’s his praise of this wonder of the 19th ing his coat from the foot of the bed. century. Mr. Badger reached under his pil- low and secured his pistol and in cocking it the burglar was frighten- ed and ran into the kitchen. Mr. B. jumped from his bed and ran toward the kitchen, when near the door he ran against what he suppos- The senior editor of the Rich Hill Review dropped in on the Prohibi- tion convention Saturday and thought he was in a railroad meeting, and when called on for an expression of the Rich Hill people he madea J G. Walker, of Lone Oak town- ship will leave Saturday for Mt. Ster- ling, Ky., on a visit to his parents, whom he has not seen for the past eight years. Prairie, gave us 2 pleasant cali Satur- ti le Aa Miss Mamie Siceloff left last week fo Warrensburg to enter the nor- ‘pal school. Mrs. Wm. E. Walton has returned from her summer's visit to Colorado Springs. Saturday was a regular circus day Butler, and our merchants all wore a pleasant smile. Mrs. Dr. J. T. Walls, Mrs: J. R. Jenkins and Mabel sojourned at the § rtesian well last week. The pulpits of the different churches were filled by members of the Baptist Convention, last Sabbath. The city council is investigating the electric light. The council is do- ing right. The people are willing to pay for the light but they want value received. Speaker Carlisle will have an arti- cle in the Forum for October, setting forth the grounds upon which the democrat party bases its expectation that it will be continued in power at Washington. We observe with regret that the New York Tribune’s notice of itsnew standard bearer, Colonel Fred Grant, is devoted largely to the career of his illustrous father. This is inter- esting and timely. Sim P. Francisco returned from Jefferson City the last of the week, where he had been on legal business. Our esteemed friend of Hudson township, F. P. Brgwning, honored the booming Times with a call while in the city Saturday. R. L Graves is improving rapidly from his long spell of sickness and itis expected, with no back, set he wil be out again in a few days. Frank Voris has just returned ‘fom a visit to Lawrence county and ports the lead and zinc mines in fall blast. Singing at the M. E. church, south, Sanday evening at 3 o'clock. All the churches of the city are invited Brom a letter from Rev. A. Walk- @ from Sharon, we are glad to learn that his hay fever is much better and te will return home to-morrow or Triday. The Vernon County Fair ‘Assoc- fation have our thanks for 2 compli- ‘PMentary ticket. The fair commences the 27th and continues five days. $5,000 is offered in premiums. W. H. Gibbens, editor of the Reg- ister, was arrested here on last Tuesday by an official from the county seat on a warrant sworn out by G. W. Weaver. “What is the matter with Glazebrook.”—Adrian Advertiser. Rev. Noland, at the M. E. churh, will preach his farewell sermon Sun- day preparatory to leaving for gon- ference next week. A conference will be held in the church. to-night and every member is requested to be present. The election on the local option question in St. Clair county last Tuesday resulted in the local option law being defeated by about 80 ma- jority. Appleton went for the local option law by 24 majority,and Osceola went 34 against it. J. W. Badger, one of Butler's prominent attorneys, spent several days in Clinton last week ‘attending circuit court. He reports Judge De- Armond as working hard, his court hours being from 8 in the morning till 10 and 11 o'clock at night. Elder J. A. Smith. of Dayton, Cass county, while in the city attending the meeting of the Baptist Associ- ation, called to see us Saturday and had his name enrolled for the boom- ing Tres. Elder Smith is abrother of our fellow-townsman Thos. J. Smith. We see from Monday's Clinton Democrat that a new wagon was stolen from behind Wilder Bros. store in that city Saturday: night. The thieves were supposed'to be horse traders. A gang of these gen- tlemen of leisure were in Butler Friday and Saturday and small thefts of harness occurred on both nights. Persons having anything they wish to have exibited at the Kansas City Exposition, can send the same to Bennett & Wheeler at Butler where it will receive the immediate attention by the committee. The commencement of the Exposition has peen postponed until the 26th, which will give about ten days longer time. Let the farmers of North Bates be represented. Miller Bros., of near Altona, took the first, second and third sweepstake premiums on their fine stallions at the Appleton fair last week. The same horses took the three first and two second premiums at the Holden fair. They expect to attend the Miss Bell Davis returned from an «xtended visit to her sister, in Par- tons, Kan., last week, and Monday left for Emporia, Kan., to atiend the State Normal school at that place. Messrs. Royce and Massie, of Rich Hill, connected with the K. C. & R. H.R. BR. were in the city Saturday and gave us a pleasant call. They went east of Butler to join the sur- veyors on the “cut off.” About half the G. A. R. post of this city will attend the St. Louis encampment. More would have gone ‘J had the rate on the railroad been the ‘ame as furnished the posts of Kan- ‘a, which is one cent per mile. | There will be a song service at the Ohio street M. E. church next )pSunday night, consisting of songs )§ad recitations, with full orchestra ‘ccompaniment. The program will interesting and entertaining. John Willis, one of our oldest and Romptest subscribers living -near “PPapinville, called Friday and sent “pe figures on the little yellow slip #* to 1888. Heis not only an old d prompt subscriber to the boom- ag Truzs but a lasting friend. The American Clothing House has ost taken possession of our first ” e. Remember their fall stock of qeothing has arrived and their large “ore room on the north side of the uare is packed from one end to (Sher with as handsome a line of 's wear as was ever offered for in Butler. Call and see them. Fnday for the purpose of making arrangements in regard to transpor- tation for their horses. rousing railroad speech strongly Nevada fair and were in the city | swer an encouraging wink was given. urging the claims of the dummy line over that of the tread way. The infant daughter of Nick Silvers died Sunday evening and was buried Monday. Its mother died only a few weeks ago. The child was ap- parently well until last Friday, wha. it was taken seriously ill. It wes only two months old, but had cut one tooth and was a bright, pretty baby. From parties in the city Saturday we learn that$a vein of coal was struck at a depth of 55 feet on Capt. H. Nickeil’s farm near Virginia, in Homer township. one day last week. The coal is reported to be of an ex- cellent quality, but our informaat was not at liberty to give the thick- ness of the vein. The find is near the survey of the Sabine Pass road, and may at no distant day prove valuable to Mr. Nickell. The first of last week Byron, the little six-year-old son of B. W. Hale, was pushed over the high embank- ment at the east school house, with the painful result of having two ribs broken and otherwise bruising him up, from the effects of which he has the lung fever. Only last session a little girl was pushed over this em- bankment with painful results. The board should have a fence put along there to protect the children. Elder Sledge and wife, who were in the city attending the Baptist As- sociation, gave us a pleasant call Monday. While attending services Saturday night some villainous sneak thief stole a new pair of bridles and lines off his horses, hitched to the public square. It is about the bold- est theft that has taken place in our city in a long time and the party who did the stealing must certainly be a hardened sinner. Suspicion rests on a gang of horse traders that were in town Friday and Saturday. Dr. T. C. Boulware, who has been attending the medical congress in Washington City, has returned home and reports a most profitable and pleasant trip. While in the city he attended the reception given the con- gress by president Cleveland and wife, and had the pleasure of shak- ing both their hands. The doctor is perfectly carried away with the handsome appearance of Mrs. Cleve- land and the hearty grip she gave him set him wild for Grover in 1888. Sam’l Levy & Co. take a hand in assisting to edit the booming Tres this week and present you with a four column advertisement of their business. They have just received their fall stock, and you can find anything in the dry goods, notions, clothing, millinery, hats, caps, boots and shoes, you may want and at prices that will suit you. A desper- ate effort has been made by this firm this season to place on sale goods that will meet the wants of all and prices to suit the hard times. Col. James, chief engineer of: the Sabine Pass road, now being survey- ed through the western part of this county, was in the city Saturday. Several of our citizens had him in tow and were using their best endeavors to influence him to run his line through Foster. We understand he has the matter under advisement and while he refused a positive an- The road could not pass through a finer country unless it should come by way of the county seat. ed to be clothes hanging up but striking it with his arm it proved to be another man who instantly fired, the bullet grazing Mr. B's. left hand and going between his arm and body, badly burning his arm, at the same instant the first burglar, who had ran through into the kitchen, fired at the flash, thinking doubtless that it was Mr. Badger shooting, but his bullet missed the mark. Mr. Badger fired at this second fiash, when the robber ran out at the door, and rob- ber No. 2, attempting to run fell over the table, when Mr. Badger shot at him. He gave a deep groan as if badly hurt, and then ran into a small wash-room adjoining, when Badger dropped on his knee and took good aim at the window, which he had in range, expecting, of course, the fellow would try that way of egress, but instead he made a rush through the screen door and shut- ters, crashing through them. A number of drops of blood were found on the wash room floor and the screen door where he broke through. Mr. Badger had a very narrow es- cape from death as a few inches to the left the bullet would have gone directly through his heart. He showed admirable nerve and pluck in fighting the midnight mauraders, and the only pity is that he did not kill them both; as it is one of them carries his compliments in the form of a bullet wound. The room in which the shooting took place bears the appearance ofa regular battle, the walls showing three bullet holes, the floor bloody, and the door bro- ken in. On the kitchen floor Mr. Badger picked up a collar button with the letters, “H. K.” cut on the side with aknife, and at the screen door he found the other part, so the fellow can have his collar button complete by calling on Mr. Badger at his office. A number of suspicious characters have been hanging around town for several days and the authorities should keep a close watch on their movements. Our advice is now as it always has been, tokeep your shot guns loaded and in easy reach at night. Read R. Weil's advertisement in another place in this paper and see if you recognize the low prices he is offering boots and shoes, and call for the $3.00 Selz boot. Signal service flags have been erected across the street on the north side of the square, and they. read as follows: White flag, clear weather; blue flag, steady tempera- ture; black flag, change in weather; white flag, cold wave. The weather report will be received from Wash- ington City every day, and the flag will be changed 24 hours in advance of the approaching change in the weather. W. H. Gibbens, editor of the Adrian Register, was arrested last week in Adrian by the constable of this township, on a warrant charg- ing him with criminally libelling the character of Geo. W. Weaver, merchant of this city. The trial will come off before Esq. Cannon to- morrow. For several weeks there has been bad feeling between the two over a note given by Gibbens to Weaver in part payment for the pur- chase of an organ, and Mr. Gibbens has hardly let a week pass by with- out assailing the name and character of Weaver through the columns of his paper, hence the arrest. shoes for their children will find it to their advantage to call on me for such goods. MAX WEINER Sole agent for “SELZ” and “GIE- SECKE” hand made boots and shoes. East side square. From the Las Animas (Colorado) Leader we clip the following: “For nearly a week the trial of | Steele & Co., an James and Frank Sisson, charged with the killing of Charles B. Feast, at Granada, this county, last Christ- | atid mas, has been in progress in the district court now sitting in Las Auimas. The case throughout has attracted considerable attention and has been prosecuted and defended with marked ability. District At- torney J. C. Elwell, assisted by Judge Beck, of Pueblo, conducted the pros- ecution, while the defense was made by the Hon. John M. Waldron, of Pueblo. The culmination of the case resulted in the acquittal of the Sis- son brothers. The case is so well known throughout the county, as well as the state, that we deem it a work of supererogation to reiterate the statements already made through the public press of the state con- cerning the alleged crime. It is quite evident that the verdict gives satisfaction so far as patient y by the people.” The boys above referred to are former residents of this'county, hav- ing lived in Pleasant Gap township A very handsome assortment of Glassware just received by E. T d the astonishingly low prices are a surprise to every- They keep a full stock of ueensware, Glassware, Lamps, ete., and you will do well to see them before buying. A full set of Goblets or Sauce Dishes with one can of 60c Baking Powder. Apples! Apples! Wanted. All the good hand-picked apples we can get. Will ‘pay the highest market price. Call and see us before selling, at the Star Shop, southeast corner square, Butler, Mo. J. N. Giesox & Co., Shippers. The Walton & Tucker Investment Company Have made special arrangements to accommodate farmers with money to feed stock. They have a large amount of money on hand to be loaned on real estate, on time any- 42tf for a number of years, are well con- | where from 6 months to 5 years, at nected, being first cousins to J. H. | low rates of interest. If you want Sisson of our city, and we are glad | to borrow call and see them. 33-tf that they were acquitted of this serious charge. From the above it would appear that the verdict gives general satisfaction. Economy and strength are peculiar to Hood's Sarsaparilla, the only medicine of which ‘100 dosses one dollar is true, Elder W. W. Guyn, of West Point township, who was in the city last week attending the meeting of the Baptist convention, gave us a pleas- ant and substantial call Saturday. By appointment Elder Guyn preach- ed the introductory sermon Thurs- day at 11 o'clock. During his stay in our city he was the guest of Mrs. Blackwell, near the cemetery, and while attending church Friday night some sneak thief stole the pole straps off his team hitched at the northwest corner of the square. The team was young and as there was several ladies in-the wagon Elder Guyn congrat- ulates himself on not meeting with an accident on his return home. It was a dastardly mean trick in the person who did the stealing and we are prone to believe he was a resi- dent of this city. After a year’s residence in this state, a Pennsylvanian wrote the fol- lowing to his home paper: “Mis- souri is a greater and more prosper- ous state to day than ever before. She has more railroads, finer cities, more school houses and prettier women than ever dotted the same number of square miles since the tears of night first kissed the flowers in Eden's garden.” Dr. Kimberlin is Coming. On Sept. 23d and 24th at Butler, Mo. Examination, advice aud med- icine in all ailments of eye, ear and throat. Artificial eye inserted to move. Elastic starch at the Grange Store —the finest and best starch in the market. Try it once. In Brief, And To The Point. Dyspepsia is dreadful, Disordered liver is misery. Indigestion is a foe to good nature. ‘The human digestive apparatus is one ot the most complicated and wondertul things in existence. It is easilv put out Ot Greasy food, tocgh Soot, soppy tind as 1» tou » ©! Y, * bad cookery, mental worry, late hours, irregular habits, and many other things which ought not to be, have made the American people a nation of d: 3 But Green’s August Flower has som a wonderful work in reforming this | business and making the American peo- — ple so healthy that they can enjoy their meals and be happy. } Remember.—No happiness without health. But Green’s it Flower. brings health and happiness to the dys- Ask you: druggist tor a bottle. Berenty-five cents. 5-lyr- €O w. CAUTION! May be necessary when you ate with people whom you CANNOT TRUST. But we have entitled ourselves to your entire confidence, and if yen come to us with your EYES SHUT ‘We would treat you just the same they were WIDE OPEN, It is this knowledge which makes us believe that you still have STRONG FAITH In our ability to give you a square deal. We must make room fer our fall stock so while we are WORKING FOR GLORY YOU HAD BETTER KUMMIN& C US O.NF. §