The Butler Weekly Times Newspaper, September 28, 1887, Page 4

J. D. ALLEN Eprtor. ; won J. D. Atten & Co., Proprietors, TERMS OF SUMSCURIPTION: Toe Veekiy one year, postage paid, for $1.2<. BUTLER MISSOURI WEDNESDAY, SEPT. 28, 1887 DO THEY WANT THE EARTH? report of the Commissioner of Pen- Se! ee BUTLER FAIR ASSOUIATION. We call especial attention of farm- er friends to the lecture of Hon. Mortimer Whitekead on Agricultur- al and Grange topics, at Butler on Oct. Sth. These are subjects that deeply affect you all, and Mr. White- head is well qualified to instruct and please, having traveled among and mingled with the farmers of almost | oa every stateinthe Union. We under- ; ai stand that on the day of lecture an ‘ effort will be made to organize a i 8 Butler Fair Association. This en- terprise is backed by responsible and enterprising gentlemen, and there . is no reason in the world why it PP should not be made a grand success. j If there isa fair association in the county it should be at Butler, cen have a drill going down on a beauti in the west. tend the National Farmers Congress, to be held at Chicago, Ill., Novem J. N. Bradley as one of the state's Senator Bradley is not only a successful husbandman, but is a man of wide experience in agri- culture, and the governor could not have made a better selection in this part of the state. ee, The steam ship, Alesia, which ar- tived at New York on the 18, from Marseilles and Naples, with six hun- dred passengers had Asiatic cholera « Aboard. Six of her storage passen- gere died at sea and several were sick on arrival. The ship was run into quarantine and will be disin- fected. —_—s_ The Central Knight of Labor 1 at Kansas City met in their oie room Sunday and passed a series of resolutions denouncing the socialists and anarchists, and finally wound up by expelling the whole gang from the lodge. a eral ed ee See ae —————_———— Kansas City, Sept. 24.—Col. John T. Crisp, of Independence, was this afternoon stricken down with paraly- » sis, and is lying at the Centropolis _ hotel dangerously ill. BUTLER WEEKLY TIMES Cimes, published every:| leave Kansas City Wednesday, will be sent to any sdares* | & Gulf road Thursday, } 11 p. m. | We are in receipt of the annual sions. From it we cull a few facts which may be interesting to some of our G. A. R. members who favor the turning of this great and boasted free government of ours into a pau- per pension machine, thereby tak- ing away that individual independ- ence which its fundamental princi- ples are meant to inculcate. The vast army of pensioners has reached the enormous figures of 406,007. Of this number, 399,037 receive a quar- terly allowance of 12,387,588,90, or 49,550,355,60, yearly, is paid out of the national treasury. More than this, as these figures were based on the report to June 4th, 1887, leaving 9,970 pensioners who had not re- turned their vouchers and whose postoffices were not known. Of this amount of pension boodle Bates county gets the the snug little sum of $27,364, there being 235 pension- ers in the county. In the year, from June 1886 to June 1887, 40,224 pen- sions were granted, or that many new names were added to the list. And yet the republican politicians i would make it appear that President | Cleveland was an enemy to the old soldiers. Do they want the earth? trally located and easily accessible to all portions of the county. We now ful site for a fair and there is no doubt in the world but that water in abundance will be struck as the con- tract ia to go 2,000 feet unless it is secured at a less distance. Farmers come into the lecture and come pre- pared to take definite action in form- ing a Fair Association equal to any In his list of appointment to at- ber Ist. to 5th., Acting Governor Morehouse, pays Bates county a high compliment in naming Senator south has been officially anouncec — suit, oh ye men of little faith? Sedaris Se A Match For Blood. ticular just after dinner. rise. used. The score was: right, let her go.” The score: wiped out his gun.—K. C. Times. Fined $20,900. the body by Hood's Sarsa ready for work. Try it. i . Home Evidence No other preparation has Won success at to Hood's Sarsaparilla. I Lowell, Mass., where it is made, it is ae as it has been for years, the leading medicine for purifying the blood, and toning and strengthening the system. This “good name at home” is “a tower of strength abroad.” Tt would require a volume People to print an Lowell have said in favor of Hood’s : of Sarsaparilia, | Mr. Albert owell living at 23 East Pine Street, Filla completely curea. S@°Saparilia Hood’s Sarsaparitia Sold by alldruggists. $1; wrC. 1. HOOD & CO. Avethonney Preparedonly a 1. He will arrive in St. Louis, Satu day * October Ist at 12 o'clock, midnight, and leave Tuesday over the Chicago, | & Alton; arrive at Kansas City Wed- |nesday, October 12, 8:15 p. m5 by the Fort Scott October 13 at The president's trip west an Bob. Lincoln for first place and Fred Grant for second on the re- publican national ticket—both sous of the old men. How would that Frank J. Smith, of the Kansas City gun club and C. Hagedorn, of But- ler, Mo., got to discussing matters in general and markmanship in par- “Tl tell you what I'll do with you,” said Mr. Smith, “I'll just put up $50 that Ican beat you at ten Peoria blackbirds, eighteen yards “That's a go,” said Mr. Hagedorn, quietly, as he pulled out his roll. The money was put up and the match was on. The traps at the east of the shooting house were Smith 10101111006 Hagedorn..1 11110101 0—7 “Tl go you again at ten,” said Mr. Smith, cooly. “Beaten by one bird isn’t very bad.” Mr. Hagedorn hes- itated a moment and then said: “All Smith..... 1111110111-9 Hagedorn..1101110111-8 This left the match a tie, and the two agreed on three birds fqr the shoot off for honors, agreeing to shoot the match off to-day. The match had been so quietly arranged that it attracted little attention from the crowds at the plunge traps aud the Ligowsky targets, and not half a dozen saw the shoot off when Mr. Smith cracked three of the Peorias and won the match. Mr. Hagedorn missed both his second and third. “Of course I'll have to have another go at him,” said Mr. Smith as he Sentenced for Seventeen Years and Wichita Kan., Sept 23.—Last even- ing J. A. Stewart was sentenced by Judge Wall to be imprisoned in the county jail for seventeen years and four months, and fined $20,800 with costs of prosecution. He was aclerk at the West End drugstore and with the proprietor, Hermann, plead guilty to an indictment of 208 counts. Hermann cannot be found and it is thought he has fled the country. The penalty imposed on Stewart is the heaviest ever given in this state for the violation of the liquor laws. Are quickly given to every part of parilla. That tired feeling is entirely over- come. The blood is purified and enriched and ‘vitalized and carries health instead of disease to every organ. The stomach is toned and ™ ee the appetite restored. The kidneys and liver are roused and invigorated. The brain is re- freshed, the mind made clear and COME TO THE FRONT FOR THE FALL of 1887. | VINE FALL STOCH YAW OP OTS, SHOES, CARPETS, MILLINERY 001 Ever Shown by any House in Southwest Missouri. As to Prices we can say we are always the Lowes ;