The Butler Weekly Times Newspaper, August 15, 1888, Page 5

: The convention Saturday was on, By building a new depot at this its mettle. | place the Mo. Pacifie would confer The democrats organized a club ,® !asting favor on our people. The at the school house south of thecity, | Present accommodations are about on O’possem branch Saturday night. | the poorest and dirtiest along the J. W. Badger and S. P. Francisco, | line of the road. went down and made speeches and | assisted in organizing the club. Report of Proceeding ef Democratic Centra! Committee of Bates Covnty- Committee met at court room on Saturday August 10th pursuant to the call of the chairman, when the following proceedings were had: D. H. Hill was elected chairman Upon roll call the following mem- bers were present: Mingo— Grand River—Nute Cantrell. proxy Deer Creek—J. Seudder. East Boone—C. N. Clark. West Boone—Johnothan Todd. proxy. West Point—J. W. Crawford. proxy. Elk Aart—I. N. Talbott. Mound—A. A. Conard. Shawnee—William Griggs. Spruce—J. M. Coleman. Deepwater—John Harshaw. Summit—Green Walton. Mt. Pleasant—J. S. Francisco. Charlotte—John McFadden. Homer—A. L. Graves. sUTLER WEEKLY TIMES. ITEMS NOTICE TO TEACHERS :—Public Ex- sinations for the benefit of those per- gs desiringto teach in Bates county, | be held on the 3d Saturday of each onth in the Ohio street school house, gatler, Mo., and on the 1st Saturday of month in the West side school house, Hill, Mo., the examination com- ing each day at 9 0’clock, A. M, mee ¥*"W. W. GRAVES. County School Commissioner. James G. Blaine arrived home on , Friday. Friday is an unluckey day The wind storm of Sunday night. and James G. Blaine is an unlcky farmers tell us, blew the corn down |™82- Friday was also an unlucky badly, and they fear a great deal of day for Maxwall. it will not be able to rise again, and | Col. Richard A. Love of Indepe- consequently the ears laying on the | ndence was in the city Friday and ground will rot. gave usa pleasant call. Mr. Love Preaching ep Sunday at the Seems confident of being able to Christian Church, and regularly on | knock the persimmons for Register the first and third Sundays. Socie- | of lands. ty of Christian endeavor onSaturday 4 hail storm Monday evening of night. Weekly Braye” s meeting | last week almost demolished Schell Wednesday right. A'l invited. | City. The News says hail stones Tne efforts of a few tricksters in | fell as large as croquet balls, and the combine side of the convention | did great damage to the roofs of Saturday failed to freeze Dooley | store buildings, dwellings and win- out as a delegate from Rich Hill and | dows. The crops in the storm dis- Coal Contract. is hereby given that sealed bids will peared at the county clerk’s office up to soon on Monday August 20th, 1888 for, (3000) qpree thousand ushels of coal for the use of thecounty, to be delivered as follows: 2100 bu- shels enh Court noass, 300 bushels at the Jail ushels at the count sad 600 THOS, Poor Farm. «. HARPER, County Clerk. ———— ‘The men may talk and fight and cheer, The women do not care, if I¢ doesn’t make new bonnets dear, A straw about the tariff. That rock-ribbed democrat of old Spruce, Jim Wiles, spent Monday in a. ; TOXy- the city. when the smoke cleared away he \ trict were also litera'ly ruined. Walnut—W. A. Eaphland. ae, Already farmers are predicting | came to the front smiling all O. K-| There isa large number of Re-| New Home—Henry Tilson proxy. | that corn will not be worth over 20 ents per bushel. Its a cold day when Dooley gets left. | publicans in Butler, that are becom- ing more and more dissatisfied with their party, and its high tariff, free whisky platform, and many of them will vote the Democratic ticket this fall. Come on, the doors will be kept open until the sun goes down jon election day. | Lone Oak—Everett Walton. Pleasant Gap—I. N. Mains. Hudson—W. E. Leonard. Rockville—W. H. Mead. Prairie—J. B. Durand. Osage—G. E. Logan. Howard—D. H. Hill. On motion it was decided to nom- inate county officers by primary, vote stood for primary 20, for con vention 3. T. W. Legg is industriously work- ing to have the Sunday schools of this city vnite in a concert to be} held in the Opera House early inj September. The arrangements are | about completed and the programme will be made out in a day or two. B. H. Hill "postmaster at Hume spent Saturday in the city and gave the Toes a short call. The recent rains have insured an average of fifty bushels of corn to the acre for this county. The Rich Hill Coal Company is; W- Thompson, a prominent at- preparing to sinka shaft about 250 | torney and real estate man of Car- feet deep on the Henry Cotton land, | thage was in the city Saturday. Mr. purchased about a year ago. Work| Thompson is the gentleman that on the new shaft will be commenced | purchased a short time ago the brick at once and pushed to a finish as | business house on the South side of speedily as possible-—Rich Hill Re- | the Jeflrees heirs. He is well pleas- view. ed with the future outlook of Butler T. H. Smith, of Adrian, who has jand is anxious to purchase more been sojourning in Arkansas for the i property on the square and for that past two weeks for health, returned | purpose is in the Ge Sunday morning. His wife, who} Mr. Francis you are a runner from has been spending the past twojrunnersville and your vote by coun- months with her parents. Mr. and | ties throughout the state Saturday, Mrs. J. G. Walker, returned home | shows plainly that the farmers ut- with him. | terly repudiated the false and slan- derous reports put in circulation about you. Carrying 26 out of J. N. Gipson and wife spent Sat- urday and Sunday in Foster, visit- ing friends and relatives. The 15th of September is the day for holding the primary election to nominate county oilicers. After various motions the time for holding the primary was fixed for Saturday, Sept. 15, 1888, at the usual place of voting. Polls to be opened at two o'clock and closed at seven o'clock. On motion, chair appointed the following committee to select judges of election: John Harshaw; J. H. Crawford, Henry Tilson, Jno. B. Durand, W. H. Mead and John Mc- Fadden. Recommended that township com- mitteemen be elected at same time. Chair appointed following com- mittee on rules and regulations gov- The hardest rain of the season fell Sunday morning. Here at Butler it was almost a water spout. The public schools in this place will open for the winter term, the first or second week in September. The judicial convention will meet at Springfield to-morrow. The del- egates from this county left Monday : Gen. Shelby made a telling speech evening. before the convention saturday. He The central committee Saturday | is for the success of the democratic | the 28 wards in your own city against erning the primary, to-wit: I. N. ordered a primary election for Sept. | ticket regardless of who gets the the combine is also a vindication} Maines, I. N. Talbott and A. L. which proves that truth is mighty and prevail. 15th to nom‘nate candidates for county officers. Graves. Petitions were presented from Wal- nut and New Home Townships, ask- ing for priviledge of two voting precincts each, which was voted down. Motion carried authorizing the executive committee to print one nomination, whether it be his choice or somebody else choice. The general is made of the right material, and when he supports a friend he does so with all his ability. Gentle reader,and you fellows who are always looking out to save your nickles, we invite you to cast your Mayor G- B. Hickman was called | optics down on the advertisement by telegraph to Carthage Thursday of Sam’l Levy & Co., which tells you last to attend the funeral of his | that there is a cut of 33} per cent in mother who died in that city sudden- prices on all light-weight and sum- ly of dropsy Wednesday evening. | ™er goods going on at their store. She was 84 years of age and had | Take advantage of it or mark your- self down as not being a good financier. The recent rains have greatly in- ‘terfered with the threshers and it is # feared the oats and flax crop are badly damaged. Dr. D. A. Williams, of Hume, and Thos. Gault, of Rich Hill, both prominent democrats, pulled our tieatving Saturd date on it, to be distributed by com- ch string Saturday. mittee at every voting precinct, and each candidate taxed $2 to pay ex- penses thereof. By the authority of the committee the chair appointed the following ex- ecutive committee, to-wit: John D. Burk, Sam Hackett, John S. Fran- cisco, F. M. Trimble and J. D. Allen. Report of committee on judges of the primary election was adopted and is as follows: Mingo—Peter Ewing, McManama. Grand River—H.H. Wise, Esquire Taylor. Deer Creek—J. N. Bricker, H. C. Quisenberry. East Boone—W. H. DeJarnett, J. W. Hardmon. West Boone—Johnathan Todd, Norris Feely. West Point—Wm. Dalton, J. W. Chambers. W. O. Jackson, prosecuting attor- ney left Tuesday morning on a short visit to relatives in Iowa. He ex- pects to be back about Sunday. been an invalid for several years. Just eleven months ago her husband preceeded her. | The flag to be raised at the four corners, East Boone, West Boone, West Point and Elk Hart townships, next Saturday, is being made in this city. The flag will be 16 feet long and 10 feet wide. Bridgeford and Drummond have about completed life size portraits of Cleveland and Tourman, to be placed on either side of the flag just below the stars. The reporter was shown these por- traits yesterday and we pronounce the workmanship first-class. These Some of the democratic papers over the state have made great fools of themselves in their viciousand un- gentlemanly fight on Francis, and the dose of crow they will have to eat ought to choke them good. The slanderous charges and faslee re- ports they published on him has been nailed as lies by the party of the state. If the school board intend to heat the west public school building with steam it is about time they were | four townships deserve much credit getting in the machinery to do it. | for the effort they are making in the In a very short time school will open | C#use of democracy and too much and the heating apparatus should be | Praise cannot be given them. in position. They certainly have had! 4 grand democratic rally and flag- plenty of time since the money Was | pole raising will take place Saturday, given them. {the 18th inst., at the four corners of a ae Ca i S s Sid Alexander, living west of town ampere eae oni = =o vhile assisting H. Enyart thresh his | *°¢ */=7art townships: se roa Nein ae ue | |eratic clubs of each of the above grain, last week was severely hurt. | : : townships will be present and take He and another young man was on> igang at elec W. W. Graves and S. P. a staek, and began scuffling, when part. 4 : they fell from the stack, inh was | Francisco have promised to be Lie at least fifteen feet high. The young | °¢ and deliverspeeches: At night man escaped without serious injury | a basket pienic will be held oF the but the entire left side of Mr. Alex-|@unds. The democratic candidates ander was paralized and he was oth- | for the different offices are invited to erwise injured. Dr. France is at- | be present. We fh aleogmutorned tending and thinks he may recover. jehat the democratic club of Altona MVS naeetises: , Will have a grand rally and flag-pole pee ee ees jraising on Saturday, August 25th. The democratic clubs of this city Good speakers will be present and a and township have rented the large | grand time is anticipated. A general room in the opera house adjoining | invitation is extended every demo- the Butler National Bank, and have | cratic club in the county to be pres_ fitted it up in splendid shape for the jent. The young and old democrats accommodation of the clubs and | of Northern Bates are organizing and visitors. The room has been hand-! getting in splendid shape for the somely decorated and seated with | campaign, and when the roll is} roll. chairs. For the accommodation of called on election day you will find | the public a reading room has been! themat the polls from sun-up till | ers. attached. where can be found all the | sun-down battling for the success of | Hudson—E. E. Holt, Joel Prat. teading daily papers. ithe democratic ticket. Charlie Scott has been appointed county clerk of Gray county, Kan. Charlie is an old Butler boy and we are glad to hear of his good luck. | W.J. McCombs of Altonia gave us a pleasant call yesterday. He re- ports the flax crop in his section al- most completly ruined by the late rains. 0 J. M. 8. The stockholders of the Bates County National Bank are making arrangements to immediately re- modle the interior of the bank building. The Mo. Pacific is making arrange- ments to build switches trom Foster to the coal banks. Soon the whole country around Foster will be a net ef railroad tracks. win. There was a great deal of interest ford. taken in the proceedings at the dem- ocratic convention at the court house Saturday, and the court room was packed to overtiowing. Moore. Spruce-—Ben Ireland, Chas. Cole. The convention Saturday was one of the largest and most enthusiastic ever held in the court room, and for this reason we expect to hear the two North Main street organs character- ize it as a howling mol. loday. ford. erman. Mrs. Geo. E. Catterlin, wife of our present county surveyor, presented her husband with a fine girl baby on Aug. Ist. We should have had this item last week but for George's ex- treme modesty. Clark. erick. The young mau who created such a consternation at the well Monday evening and put the hen sociable to fight, ought to be cheeked in his mad c:rreere proxy. | ticket with the names of each candi- | * Elk Hart—F. M. Foutty, Joe Ir- Mound—Jack Elgin, Wm. Craw-;} ® sooe-sooter voret, co. THE FINEST CANDY IN TOWN, Deepwater—J -Reese,Chas. Ewing. | Summit—Jas. Shubert, F. M. Go’! Charlotte—Jno. Woody, Ed. Ward- ; Hoop. n tote, rotet TABLE AND POCKET GUTLERY, Walnut—H. Miller, R. 'r. P. Allen. New Home—Enos Vaught, J. J. March, Sam Weddle, Oscar Fred- Lone Oak—John Bush, M. Car-. P. Gap—Ike Seifers, J. M. Rodg- Rockville—W- I. Hitt, W. Delong Prairie—Amos Burnett, Death of a Musical Prodigy. Barrows. Lamar, Mo., Aug. 11.—Maggie , Osage—A. Neptune, Ed. Cross, | Bridges, one of the famous Bridges Sam Beall, Col. Martin. * Twins Musics! Combination, died at | Howard—0. Mitchell, J. P. Trus./ the Lamar House in this city at 7 | sell, Hume; J. Z. Graves, A. B. Wil- | o'clock this evening. She was a most | kins, Sprague. remarkable child for her age and her |_ It is requested that the Judgesse- death will be regretted by thousands lect their own clerks and open the | Who have witnessed the twins per- | polls promptly at two o'clock and form. Her father is a member of | close promptly at seven o'clock. the bar at Kansas City. | It was decided that in case of the The twins were billed to perform pgs an ag of any at the opera house in this city Thurs- dg inted that the township gp ig’ 5 ring | committeemen of each ie es wid ment ~~ ee point judges to fill vacancies and in | aces of Mies Ce ae eee | case of his absence and a vacaney, it | Poned- The twins were here two jis is to be filled by a vote of “the years ago and gave universal satis- | So ie eee | faction, and their many admirers in i p sand regu s Rae ene | not being ready to report, their ine 1 this city will regret to learn’ the | was extended until Aug. 18, when | above sad news. they are to report to the secretary | jand he is instructed to publish the | | Bame. Committee adjourned to meet on | Tuesday, Sept. 18, 1888. D. H. Hm, Chairman. J.S. Fraycisco, See’y. J. K. Brugler wants 2 lot ot good |farm loans, running trom 6 to 18 |months. This 1s a good chance for !tarmers to get short loans, or sell ‘ short real estate paper. DO YOU WEARSHOES We have determined to close out every pair of summer shoes during the last days of August, a look through this list will con- vince you of the fact that these goods must go. Come early and secure the best bargains. $855 Pair Misses Cloth Shoes, sizes from 11 to 24 - 25e a pair. 6 Pair Misses Calf Grain School shoes sizes 11 to 2, 1,00 a pair. A4 Pair Infants fancy slippers sizes 0 to 5. 25c a pair. 2S Pair Childs Fancy slippess sizes 6 to 13, 50 and75e a pair. 128 Pair Ladies Kid Button shoes all sizes this week, 1,60 a pair. loo Pair Ladies Goat Button shoes all sizes, this week 1,35 a pair. $32 Pair Mens Calf Boot sizes 6-7-8 worth 3,50 must goat 2,00 a pair. 6s Pair Mens Calf Boots all sizes, hand made worth 4,50 3,25 a pair. We connot enumerate them all but as- ‘aller a BIG BARGAIN. 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