The Butler Weekly Times Newspaper, December 26, 1888, Page 5

BUTLER WEEKLY TIMES. SL } — “LOCAL ITEMS NOTICE TO TEACHERS :—Public Ex- aminations for the benefit of those per- sons desiringto teach in Bates county, will be held on the 3d Saturday of each month inthe Ohio street school house, Butler, Mo., and on the 1st Saturday of each month in the West side school house, Rich Hill, Mo., the examination cout: each day atgo’clock, A. M, “ W. W. GRAVES. County School Commissioner. aaa aaa A. F. Hickman has a fine line of fancy candies. Miss Maud Smith came home from Holden to spend Christmas week. A. F. Hickmans groceries are all fresh just from the city. Call and get his prices. Judge Jas. B. Gantt, of Clinton, was in the city Thursday and Friday on legal business. Miss Lelia Tucker is home from Columbia spending the holidays with her brother's family. Misses Susie and Nettie Steele, attending school at Mexico, Mo., are at home for the vacation. We have alot of fancy stand lamps andalso librarylamps, we will close out at cost. J. E. Witxiams & Co. Catarrh originates in scrofulous } taint. Hood’s Sarsaparilla purifies Ne blood, and thus permanently eure catarrh. Candidates for the township offi- cers are blooming early. There are several candidates for constable with good prospects for many more. Leavenworth, Ind., Dec. 20.—S. Gregory, the noted white cap leader was shot and killed yesterday by G. W. Davis, whose daughter Gregory had drugged and seduced. We will sell you anything in our line from now until New Years, in order to reduce stock for inyoicing at almost cost price. J. BE. Wittiams & Co. Butler merchants did a thriving business all of last week, which reach- edits climax Saturday. They ad- vertised liberally this year, conse- quently had a larger trade. Plenty of six per cent money to loan. Priviloge of paying part or all at any time before maturity and stop interest. 39 tf. Pracu & Spraaur. A gentleman on our streets Sat- urday who has traveled all over Kansas and Missouri the past few months said that Butler was the livest and most substantial town of its size he had seen in all of his rounds. There has been a continual jam at the stores in Butler the past week of people buying holiday goods. It _ is evident our people have been ing the immense advertisements | in the Trwes the past month and are taking advantage of the bargains of- | fered and the large stocks to choose \ from. \ Geo. Weaver will move his stock ig of goods into the building now oc- » cupied by Ed. Steele, by the first of February or sooner. The building will be remodeled throughout and a handsome front put in. Being next to the Butler National bank, it will @ beone of the most desirable loca- -q tions inthe city. p The ever attractive and beautiful | Opera, “Mikado” is in rehearsal by many of the leading singers of But- ler and vicinity, the class is formed } by and under the direction of J. M. Baker, of Chicago, Ill., who is ex- Perienced in this line of work. It Will be known as the “Home Opera” Co. and will produce the Opera some time in Jan. Wright & Walls, grocery merchant _9n the west side have dissolved co- Partnership. Mr. Wright retiring | from the firm. Mr. Walls will continue the business at the old stand, and will take pleasure in waiting on customers and giving them good ‘Goods at the very lowest prices. is stock is all new and fresh and those wishing anything in the gro- ‘Cery line cannot do better than to give him a call. J. M. Catterlin has been east and : now would like to furnish you money cheap. tf. The engineers of the K. C. Rich Hill & Southern R. R. were in the city Saturday evening. | If you want cheap and fresh gro- ceries go to Lyon & Ludwick on: the west side square. Miss Sallie ~ Brug returned home the last of the week from St. Louis to spend the holidays. | AF. pcienan “don’t want the | | 1 Lane still leads all competition in | cheap dry goods Lane is still paying 25 cents a) dozen for eggs. | The Tres wishes its many pa-' | trons a happy and prosperous New | , Year. | Benj. Woodson and Miss Rachel | Tricky were married by Squire Can- non on Friday last. Both of the} contracting parties are from Vinton, | , Bates County. R. Borum, who left Bates county earth,” but asks part of your patron- | Oct. 9th for Oregon, writes us that age. We understand that Dr. Lans- | down was fortunate enough to draw | $600 in the December drawing of | the Louisiana lottery. i Just received a car load of Xmas candies and nuts, and will sell cheap- er than anybody. J. E. Wittiams. & Co. Miss Belle Thompson, teacher of piano and organ music and agent for the New Home sewing machine, has moved her office from North | Main, and is now located over Lyon | & Ludwick’s store on the west side | of the square. The law firm of Parkinson & Graves has secured the front suit of rooms up stairs‘in the new Butler National Bank building, and will move to the same about the first of the year. This is without doubt the best located and most convenient and desirable office in the city aud these gentlemen can be congratulat- ed on securing the same. A. E. Blanchert, for the past six years employed in the / i Clothing House, as head s will the last of February or first of March opens stock of and gents furnishing goods in the room now occupied by Gee. Weaver, under the Palace hotel. Mr. Blanch- ert is an experienced man at the business and proposes to put in an elegant line of goods, especially for spring and summer. clothing Harris & Lisle wishes us to inform the farmers that they are perma- nently located in Butler and will pay the highest price for good mules from 14 to 154 hands high, sound and in good flesh. at any time. These gentlemen have purchased a great many mules the past year, consequently have distributed a large amount of money in Bates county. They are responsible, courteous and clever gentlemen to | he is doing well and pleased with |the climate and country. He is lo- | cated near the center of Linn coun- ty. Our young friend, George New- | berry, son of Hon. Jno. B. Newber- i ry, has accepted a position as book- keeper in the Bates County National Bank. George isan excellent young gentleman of steady and industrious habits and will fill any position he | would be willing to accept. Miss Ida Crume has received position at Jefferson City du the sitting of the legislature as sc- | ciety correspondent of the St. Louis Republic. Miss Crume has had con- siderable experience in the above line of work and will make the Re- | public a valuable correspondent. a o County court convened last Mon- day and was in session unti! Thurs- ‘day afternoon. This was the last | goods and millinery business, in this meeting of the old court and consid- erable business was transacted. At the close of this term Judges Wix and Levy retired) The new court | willbe composed of Sullens, Fix j and Cloud. The Henry county Democrat on account of their artesian well, will shortly commence the agitation of a state university buildmg No. 2, at that place. What's the matter with Nevada, they have 2 well equal to Clinton, and if the well be the draw- ing card, we may expect to hear from that live town on the same sub- ject. é The Times office hes had a phe- nominal run of business the past month both the news and job de- partment. It has taken two hands constantly busy on job work and still it has accumulated onus. The reason of this is we are doing job work at the very lowest margin to us and guarantee every job perfect- y satisfactory or the work is not al- Ze 3 lowed to leave the office. do business with. eee John P. Tillory, of Paradise, Mon- tana Territory, arrived in the city Thursday and will spend the winter Judge DeArmond held a special term of court at Clinton last week, to try four negroes, Jim Nelson, Bose Reese and Bob Royston, on visiting at the residence of his son- in-law, W. P. Seiver, of Summit township. He was accompanied by his daughter, Mrs. Nannie Hath- born. Mr. Tillory was ,for many years a prominent farmer of Henry county, and although he has passed his senentieth mile post is hail and hearty. By way of a Christmas present he presented Mr. Seiver with a handsome beaver overcoat. R. Weil & Co., have sold their stock of boots and shoes to a St. Louis firm, who will take possession of thestore the first of January. Mr. Weil has been doing business in this city for the past six or seven years and by fair dealing has secured amost excellent trade, and while the Trwxs regrets to lose him from the business circles of the city, it extends to the new firm its hearty congratulations in being so fortunate as to secure his stock and excellent trade. Our staunch friend and old and reliable subscriber, T. C. Robinson, of Howard township,gave us a pleas- ant and substantial call Saturday. In speaking of the roads and their con- dition, Mr. Robinson said he could say without fear of contradiction that the eastern part of his township could not be beat in the county. The district has a grader, and more, an overseer, and the two combined placed the roads in a most excellent condition for travel. He also in- formed us that the flow of gas struck the charge of assault with attempt to commit robbery upon young Mun- son, of Lowrey City. All three were sentenced to five years in the peni- tentiary. Moses Royston was tried for assaulting Adam Gebhardt with adeadly weapon aud was.given two years in the pen. J. E. Crumpaugh, of Columbia, candidate for chief clerk of the low- er house of the next Legislature, was in the city Saturday and in com- pany with C. H. Pharis, gave us a pleasant call. Mr. Crumbaugh was assistant chief clerk of the 33rd general assembly, and secretary of Railroads and Industrial Improve- ments committee of the34th. He is a gentleman of fine address, has the very best of recommendations and would no doubt make an excellent chief clerk, did the democratic cau- cus see fitto endorse him for that position. We were informed by J. J. Me- Kissick that a twelve-year old son of a wood-chopper by the name of Groves, was killed by a falling limb, in his timber south of Butler, on Thursday evening. Mr. McKissick | said that the tree was afire and the boy with several other children, was gathering chips, when a very large limb fell, crushing the little fellow’s skull, killing him almost instantly. Parties, who came to town Friday, | pimactea the family in very poor circumstances, and Mr. McKissick by Mr. A. Guinn, while digging a | bought a coffin for the little fellow. well at his residence southwest of | Coroner Walls went to the scene of Sprague, was very strong andhe was |the killing Friday morning. The now utilizing it both for fuel and i coroner's verdict was in accordance lighting his house. ! with above facts. THE WEST SIDE MERCHANT. A Live and Wide-awake Man. Who has Madea Stir in The Business Circles of Butler. The Tives is always ready and willing to give credit where credit | belongs and to say a good word for | a deserving and enterprising man. ' : : H In this connection we want to say a | good word tor our new friend and enterprising and wide-awake mer- chant on the west side of the square, | Peter Lane. He has only been in| our city a few short months, but his business tact is worthy of example. | Coming among us as he didan entire stranger and launching into the dry | short length of time his success has ing question has been, how could a man on so short acquaintance make such a business stir. The question is easily answered. In the first piace he placed his goods at bottom prices, second, he ingratiates himself into the confidence of the farming! community by paying them prices for their produce never before offer- ed in this city. Third, he has ad- vertised his business, and lastly, those who patronized him found his representations true. Mr. Lene is not a man to hide his lamp under a bushel and expect peo ple to find him one. but keeps up with the procession. He carries a splendid stock of goods and treats his customers right. which is the se- cret of his success and the secret which keeps eight or ten clerks busy every day waiting on customers. If you want anythiug in the dry goods or millinery line be sure and call on Lane. bride's parents, on Tuesday eve at 6:30 o'clock p. m., Dec. 18th, Dixie L. Haggard county surveyor,to Miss Minme Tucker, daughter of M. M. Tucker, of Altona, this county,Elder Wright officiating. Those present speak in the high- est terms of the impressive ceremo- ny, the costly presents bestowed, theelegant feast and the time enjoyed generally. Those from Butler in at- tendance were Col. Pace and wife, Misses Daisy and Nellie Shannon, Nellie Childs, Kittie App,Alice Lud- wick and Hattie Scott, Messrs W. W. Graves, J. M. Holt, Mohn Shan- non, W. F. Duvall, Shirley Childs and E. T. Steele. The Goodyear, Cooke and Dillon’s minstrel troupe, at the opera house Thursday night, was one of the best, if not the best, mistrel troupe that ever appeared in our city, and those of our citizens who failed to see them missed a treat. The music was ex- tra good, and it was laugh at the beginning, laugh at the close, and side splitting all the time. The men composing the troupe were all gentlemen, and their costumes were brilliant and fine. Such troupes de- serve patronage and we hope will not get disgusted at their small Butler audience and return again at some future date. There were three noble little girls traversing the streets Monday through the rain and mud, in the laudable enterprise of raising a San- ta Claus fund for the poor children of the city. When in our office they had not been out long but had met with good success. We were glad to see that the little girls, (although a little late) had taken the matter in hand, and it is to be hoped their efforts will not fail and that there will not be a poor child in the town overlooked in the distribution. Sam’l Levy & Co., desire us to extend their many thanks to their customers and friends in this coun- ty, for their liberal patronage during the past year, andto wish them one anda happy and prosperous New Year. State Lodge of Instruction, A. F. & A.M. held in Butler last week, closed Thursday evening after a three days session. Grand Mas. terof the State, Woods, State Lecturer McDowell, and District Deputy Bybee, were present and ex- emplified the work. ¢Visiting breth- ren from Harrisonville, Belton, Rich Hill and other places were present. SOLD! SOLD! SOLD! Our entire Stock has been sold to the ENTERPRISE SHOE 0. of St. Louis. The yzentlemen comprising the new firm are largely interested in man- lufacturing and have facilities of placing been phenomenal and the all absorb- | before the citizens of Bates county Grander Bargains in Boots and Shoes than have ever before been offered. What is left of the Weil & Co. stock must be sold regardless of cost or sacrifiee and it will pay all to investigate. You all know the place. will be made Come in---The transfer some time this week---Thanking you for your liberal patronage and kindly veecom- mending you to the new firm we wish you one and all a Merry Christmas and a_ very Happy New Year. R. WEHIL & CO. iL. A. WEIL, Manager. NORTH SIDE SQUARE DON'T KEEP HOLIDAY GOODS.) wr. ©. C. Woodson, a prominent There js one firm in Butler who don’t | young gentleman of Osage township advertise holiday was in the eity Monday on private Oollarsveworunerss eae business, and gave usa pleasant call. in the goods, and yet they! seil more presents than any other house city. Papers on two very important law scoertroenmetnelennete | The statement seems equivocal, but, they explain in this way. “We don’t ' keep holiday goods or at least that kind | usually called by that name, which please | chiidren for a day, and if they last longer { suits have been filed the last few days with circuit clerk Hayes. One by Martha Baker against the Gulf Railway for $20,000 damages and are practically useless, or a ‘symphony } OL€ by Henry Baker for loss of his in plush’ that is too delicate to put to | wife’s services,for $5,000. Mrs.B. was its intended use. Such things are only, injured on this road on the 29th of salable for a few days, and if any are left | October. The lawyers filing the unsola the depreciation in value Is great; suits are Gates & Wallace, of Kansas thos ld must make a profit for the 3 g eaeae aon 5 aaa | City, and Jno. T. Smith, of Butler. We only buy goods that are salable at any time, and our stock con- sists not only of beautiful things, but those practically useful also. Sensible people realize this, and our holiday trade is always large.’ Need we say this firm is the O.H, F.S.? Friday and Saturday Lane took in upwards of forty bushels of eggs. The following grand and petit jurors were drawn for the February term of court by the county court on Wednesday last: GRAND JURORS. Jobn Moudy, Deer Creek township, Wm. Witt, West Boone; O. Harris, Shawnee; Aaron Hart, Mt. Pleasant; John Hensley, Homer; J. D. Lyle; Walnut; Geo. Requa, Lone Oak; W. P. Lane, Prairie; W. B. S. Gault, Howard. PETIT JBRORS. J. M. Mays, Jas Marsteller, F. V. Hamilton, F. Davidson, Dan Steward, J. M. Heddleson, M. L. Wolf, John Deerwester, E. Wilson, John Stevenson, J. M. Laughlin, Sohn Seelinger,Preston Argenbridge Jas. Drysdale, John Lyle, J. W. Bai- ley, John Swearens, C. M. Thomas, W. W. Burrows, D. O. Bradley, W. H. Black, Marion Burns. Salt Rheum With its intense itching, dry, hot skin, often broken into painful cracks and the little watery pimples, often causes indescribable suffering. Hood's Sarsaparilla has wonderful power over this disease. It purifies the blood and expels the humor, and The Birmingham Sheriff. Sheriff Joseph S. Smith, the first civil officer in the state to repulse a lynching party with such fearful re- sults, is net yet thirty years old. He is of small stature, but is quites: fine-looking man. He was elected sheriff last August. He was quite popular, but he also had a few ene- mies. He was hot headed and im- pulsive, would fight on slight proy- ocation, carried a pistol in his hip pocket and was known as “Fighting Joe” to distinguish him from the other Joe Smiths in the city.—Mo- bile Register. Two Brothers Shot By am Officer. Bonham, Tex., Dec. 20.—The city marshal of Monkstown, in the north- ern part of this county, had occas sion to leave yesterday, and depu- tized Charley Choate to serve dur- ing his absence. Soon afterward two brothers named Todd came into town and raised a disturbance. The deputy with another man whose name could not be learned, up to one of the brothers and told him to consider himself under ar- rest. He replied by shooting Choate through the side. The other officer the killed both of the Todds with a Winchester. 2 Money! Money! I have arranged for a large amount of Eastern Money to be loaned on improved farms and brick business houses. 6,7 or 8 per cent is the ruling rate of interest. Large loans a specialty—say $500 to $15,000. Farms and city property for sale or the skin heals without a scar. Send/ten in the best com nics in the for book containing many statement | world. _ . Mizz, of cures, to C. I. Hood & Co..Apoth- North side, over Bernhardt’s Jewel- ecaries, Lowell, Mass. ry Store. exchange. Insurance promptly writ- —