The Butler Weekly Times Newspaper, November 23, 1887, Page 4

BUTLER WEEKLY TIMES | J.D. Atten & Co., Proprietors, TERMS OF SUPSCRIPTION: TheWeexwty Times, published every Wednesday, will be sent to any idaress one vear, postage paid, tor $1.2<. BUTLER MISSOURI WEDNESDAY, NOV. 33, 1387 Robt. Bonner has retired from the management of the Ledger. From present indications the next Governor of Missouri, will write his name Norton, and the finger board Louis, as his lieutenant. Johan Most the arch anarchist of New York has been arrested for making incendiary speeches. His trial is set for 22d of December. He ought to go to the penitentiary and probably will. _ It is rumored at Kansas City, that Dr. Mumford, of the Kansas City Times, has $700,000 of syndicate | mcney with which to buy the St. J. D. ALLEN Eprtor. | = | New York | points to Mayor Francis, of St. | through this local committee, and as APPOINT A NEW UOMMITTEE. We quite agree with the Demo- |to abridge the differences existing | | between the citizens of Butler and | the officers of the K. C. & Rich Hill ‘ |railroad company. If the road is! | built Butler can not afford to have | lit run a few miles around her, no | more can the company afford to miss | Butler and build eight or ten addi- tional miles of road to satisfy a fan- cied grievance of one or two of its |members. Mr. Wade's suggestion | that a new committee be appointed to confer with these gentlemen is a good one, and there is not a member of that committee who does not | heartily acquiesce in that opinion. | If any offense has been given these gentlemen, it has evidently come this committee is possessed with no power except that which is given by the people of Butler, and the au- thority granted was for the purpose of inducing railroads to come to our town and not to drive them away. So if the citizens arise in their might and take this matter out of the hands of the committee, cer- tainly these gentleman ought to feel satisfied, and again open negotiations with a view of runming their road Leuis Republican. Dr. coin, Conies the report, but it goes cur- rent all the same. One of the big bridges of the world will soon be ready for trafic. This is the iron railroad bridge across the Missouri a few miles be lcw Kansas City. It is 7,392 feet long, w ighs 31,276 tons, it is 50 feet abov: high water, with towers reaching to a height of 200 feet. The severe wind storm in St. Lou i is Saturday was but the southern extremity of a blizzard that covered the whole North and West, including _Sheavy fall of snow. Trains all over the trunk lines within the 4 area were seriously impeded, in some instances many hours.—Globe Dem- ocrat. ose EE Phebe Couzins attributes the ap- pointment of Judge Emerson to the Marshalship over her head to Cock. rell, Vest, Clardy and Hatch, and has declared vurelenting war on these, gentlemen in the future. It is reasonable to presume that the in- uence of the strong minded will be found against them for all time. _—_———— The next congress will stand 168 democrats and 153 republicans and four independents. The four inde- pendents are, Anderson, of Iowa, Smith, of Wisconsin, Hopkins, of “Virginia and Nichol, of North Caro Jina. These four are virtually demo erate and it is understood will act with.that side of the house. —_——_ ‘We dre informed by our: fellow townsman,: J. J. McKissick, former ly'of Clay county, that Col. L. W. Burris, of Liberty, will bo a candi date for railroad commissioner. Col. Burris has been the clerk of the court of Clay county for 16 years and is very popular. Ho is every way qua’ified for the office of rail- road commissioner and will receive a hearty support from that section of the state. Dr. S. A. Richmond, the patent medicine man who shot and killed éditor Strong, of the St. Joseph Herald, and who was adjudged in- sane and confined in the St. Joseph asylum, made his escape one night last week and has written back to his wife from Illinois. His brother has been trying very hard of late to secure his release, claiming that he is restored to sound mind. Here is an ‘apology “what is an } make fe amende honorable, and re- } 8 ‘tract wha we said of the editor of | Col, Glaiberne’s Champion. We | ought not to have intimated that the aforesaid-Champion was edited by a 4 + That was too great a re. flection on this valuable beast of obarden and we apologire to the lat- “ter animal for it.” . through Butler. The people here have no disposition to fight this en- terprise and if these gentlemen en- gaged in it are thoroughly business men they will recognize this and not goto sinking thousands of dollars for spite work. A man of ordinary intelligence, though he may not have the least conception of engi- neering and could not tell the differ- ence between the transit and level, can readily see by a glance at the map that a line from East Lynn to Rich Hill would be eight or ten she also was carried physician sent for. FAST IN A WELL. crat that an effort should be made} The Only Child of a Kansas Farmer | Fails Down a Tube. Neighbors Use a Grappling Hook bat to no Purpose. Wichita, Kan., Nov. 17.—F. F. Lewis, one of the leading business men of this city, who returned this evening from a trip about twenty miles southwest of Scott City, says that yesterday about a mile from the. thoroughfare he saw a large crowd of people collected near the small dug-out where Mr. and Mrs. Hick meyer lived, and going there learn- ed that about noon the only child of the couple, Jessie, aged about 2 years, while playing around the well tubing, accidentally slipped down the tube. As she started, the mother, who was about one hundred feet away, saw her little girl seize the top of the tube for a moment crying and calling to her mother. The latter; frantic with fright, rushed forward, but just before reaching her Jessie let go of the tube. The cries of the mother brought from the farm the father and he soon notified some neigh- bors and some went with him to the house and others appointed them- selves as messengers to apprise the neighborhood of the accident. When the father and a few others arrived at the scene the former was overcome with excitement and fati gue and swooned and was carried to the house. The mother was found lying near the well unconscious and within anda FAST IN THE IRON TUBB. An examination was then begun to gone over this route and assure us time but little faith was placed in ready to do their part. greenback crank and dead beat has again cursed our city with his pres- ence, this time as the labor man’s ad vocate, imposing upon the credulity of that party to put bread in his mouth. If H. Martin ever perform ed an honest day's labor it was in the balmy days of verdant youth, before the evil day came when indo lence was so firmly fastened upon him that he preferred to let his wife make the living by honest toil as a clerk. We had he not taken occasion in hs senseless harangue toassail one of our worthy ministers of the gospei Rev. Alexander Walker, a christian gentleman who has the entire confi dence of the people. If the labor party of this stats ever expect to ac complish any thing they will have to drive from the fold such wolver ine blatherskites. has no significance when applied to such as he. Office of the Bankers Loan and Title Co., from the Fox Farm just west of town. Anumber of miners are at work in this mine and a large amount of coal is being taken out. This coal is of excellent quality com- paring favorably with the very best of Rich Hill or Foster coal, is easily mined and the vein ranges from 40 inches to 4 feet in thickness. It has always been claimed by the knowing ones that the land in and around Butler is underlaid bya thick vein of coal. It has now been found on} apoiogy,” from the Boonville Adver- | all sides and in Butler and we pre. ser: “Now that Col. Claiborne has | sume the most skeptical will have Wglared that he didn’t call country | to give in and admit that we have odittys “jackasses,” we are free ta! the coal at our door. There is no not be developed, and from the of the times we are led to believe | that this is what will hs hundreds of men employed in the vast black diamond fields of Butler. Ss: miles shorter by way of Butler than on the “cut off” east of town; and the best engineers in the west have find out how far the child had fallen. The tube was of galvanized iron and was 110 feet deep. It was 12 inches in diameter for 80 feet and then con- tracted to 8 inches. It was thought that the child had fallen eighty feet and was dead, but when the men placed their ears to the tube her faint cries could be heard. A weight attached to the end of a rope was started slowly down the pipe. It went on and on and again the men listened, thinking they were mistaken when they thought they could hear the cries of the little one. But it was not a mistake, and again they commenced lowering the weight. When 80 feet of the rope had disap- peared it stopped, and then it was certainly known that the unfortunate little child was in a living tomb eighty feet below the surface. How to get her out was a question for which there was found no solution until at last one suggested that a grab hook should be attached to the end of the rope and and a moment later they were preparing to carry the plan into execution. A hook was found in the house and fastened to the rope. It was lowered quickly and soon reached the child. A slight pull showed that it had not caught her and the men “fished” almost an hour before the hook was fast. Then they commenced to pull and they commenced to pull and the child began to scream louder than ever. Tt was a steady pull for five min- utes before the body moved. Final- ly it started and the excited farm- ers burst into tears with delight, thinking they would recover the child alive. The steady pull of the rope brought the body nearer and nearer the surface and the cries of the infant could be more readily heard. that it isa good grade throughout. We frankly admit that up to this this enterprise by our people. Now however, it looks as if it had a sub- stantial backing, and our people are —_—_—_—_—_—_—_—_——___——_= H. Martin Williams, the notorious had not intended to mention his name in our columns The word labor —_—_—_—_—_ A sample of excellent coal is at the THE CHILD SLIPS BACK. When about thirty feet below the surface the hook gave way and the body dropped back. The hook was brought to the surface and to it were found attached pieces of cloth- ing partially covered with blood. Again they lowered the hook and found that the child had fallen to od reason why our coal should | its former position. For some time | the men tried to get another hold and at last succeeded. A gentle pali | brought frantic cries, and from the | situation it was believed they could i get hold of nothing but the head ‘and it would be murder to pull hard | enough to move the body, and it | was decided to die down the side of the pipe and just before reaching signs 1 appen and in very short time we look to have alah. Subscribe for the booming Trees. + ‘ “When the frostis onthe pumpkin aad the And the clackin’ of the guineys and the cluck O its then’s the times afeller is s-feelin’ at As he leaves. the house bare-headed and goes more business this sear than ever before. THANKFUL That we s Toankfal£ 4 f _ the child, cut it off, thinking that | the only plan for saving her life. Work on that plan began about 3 o'clock yesterday afternoon. Mr. | Lewis remained at the scene until | this morning about 9 o'clock, when ‘the shaft had been sunk about forty feet, and with no unforeseen delay it was thought the child would be ;reached by 8 o'clock to-morrow | morning. Quicksand is expected at ‘a depth of fifty feet, which will, it is | feared, causé delay, but the wall of | the shaft will be made of lumber af- ter reaching sand. Teams were sent | to Scott City and som: had arrived | with lumber to be used in making the wall. Later: The body of the child was taken out Saturday morning, having | died about 2 hours before it could be rescued, thus staying in a living tomb 80 feet below ground from Wednes- | day noon until that time. The moth- er is prostrated and it is thought she will die. NINA STARVING HERSELF. Chicago. Ill., Nov. 20.—Nina Van Zandt is believed to be dying. Food has not passed her lips since her husband—as she believed August Spies to have been—perished on the gallows. Theonly nourishment that she has taken in all that time, be- sides a little fruit is an occasional dvink of milk. She persists in de- j Claring she can not eat and does not need food, but it is a serious ques- tion with her parents if the strong- willed girl has not determined to abstain from food until death comes to her relief. Her parents are greatly concerned about her as she is but a shadow of her former self. “No Relation. To the Kansas City Times: Lexington, Mo., Nov. 14.—Will you please answer the following: Was Albert Parsons a brother of General Parsons, who commanded a brigade under General Price? Rosgrt Hate. (He was no relation in any degree or manner. The Parsons whoserved under General Price was General Monroe M. Parsons, of Jefferson City. After the war he went to Mexico with General Jo. O. Shelby, but started back home from Monter- ey, accompanied by his bruther-in- law and chief-of-staff, Col. A. M. Standish, and the Hon. A. H. Con- ron, once a member of congress. The three were taken by Mexican, guerrillas and killed. For a long time Colonel Standish had a brother, Thomas, in Lexington. amnesia ie Administrator’s Notice. Notice is hereby given that letters of admin- istration upon the estate of William H. sillery deceased, have been granted to the ed, by the Bates county probate cow county, Missouri, bearing date the 26th. day of October, 1887 All persons baving claime against said estate are required to exhibit them. to me for allowance, withiu one year from the date of said letters, or they ma: from any benefit of such estate id if saia claims be not exhibited within tw ars from the date of the publication of this notice, they will be forever barred. . George 8S. Tillery, Administrator. Precluded 52-4 OH F §g. =~ MARSNT-=2 fodder’s in the shock, And you hear the kyouck and gobble of the struttin® tarkey-cock, in’ of the hens, And the rooster hsllyyooyer as be tiptoes on the fence; his best With the risin’ sun to greet him from a night of peacefulrest, out to feed the stock, When the Aniwe are THANKFUL that we have done rostis on the r’s in the shock.” pumpkin and the HANKFU j, That we Sewett & Tallow, Feathers, Beeswax and Rags offered, in Cash. NORTH MAIN STREET, BUTLER, Mo. MFARLAND BRO Keep the Largest Stock, Atthe Lowest Prices in, Harness and Saddlern} NERI I SPOO Spooner Patent Collar! —PREVENTSSCHAFING CAN NOT CHOKE A HORSE Adjusts itself to any Horse’s Neck, has two rows ot stitching, will hold Hames place better than any other collar. | | SCHWANER’S Prevents braking at end of clip, and loo ; 3 Z CTI from tearing out. USED ON ALL OF OUR HARNE SOUTH SIDE SQUARE BUTLER MO. f WHY NOT ; BUY YOUR Dry Goods BOOTS AND SHOES GENTS FURNISHING 0008/2 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. f- ARE SCARCE & WANTED. TWILL PAY THE HIGHEST MARKET PRICE FOR ALL THE Wool, Green and Dry Hides, Sheep at LEWIS HOFFMAN.