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BUTLER WEEKLY TIMES J. D. ALLEN Ebrror. THE FINANOIAL STATEMENT. This week we publish the finan- cal statement of Bates county. a - | This statement shows the most eco J.D. Atten & Co., Proprietors, | nomical expenditure of any year and : | at the same time it exceeds the in- | come by nearly three thousand dol- peweraty | Vinee published every ilars. There is something radically aloe will be sent to any ¢duress | Wrong in the laws governing county one vear, postage paid, for $1.25. | revenues that permits this state of pene | things tu exist and that, too, in the BUTLER MISSOURI | face of the most stringent economy WEDNESDAY, MARCH 20, 1859. | practiced by the court. Our income —_—_—_— | this year is $19,166.64 against $24, Township Democratic Ticket. 554.07, the corresponding period Trustee: last year, while our expenditures are T. D. RAFTER. $932.06 Last year, in spite Clerk and Assessor: of the unfavorable condition of Vv. B. VANDYKE. the revenue law, the debt of the TERMS OF SUFSCRIPTION: less. Oollector: county was decreased, with the as- Z. J. WILLIAMS. sistance of the revenue derived from Constable: saloon license, $1,607 86. This year Cc. B. LEWIS. Justices of Peace: H. M. CANNON. FRED COBB. D. G. NEWSOM. with a much less expense, the debt is increased $2,847.51. We would like for some mathametician to figure out how long it will take us to pay that rate. governing counties under township Under the existing laws i Because the day was very unfav- orable and unpleasant for the inaug- organization this condition cannot uration ceremonies on the 4th, @/),, changed and the sooner our peo- movement is being set on foot to aH change the day from March to April. acheter! ple realize this fact the better it be. Under the Blaine administration | ested in this matter as another, young Walker Blaine has been ap- | The longer this state of things exist pointed the place that under the the worse it will get; as the debt _ Cleveland administration was filied | grows the interest We by the great lawyer, Francis Whar- | have only one source to look to for ton, L. L. D. This is the “Spirit of a Reform” in which the Chicago plat- state legislature, now in session at form was drawn for Blaine to stand | Jefferson City. It is the duty cf on. our lawinakers to take cognizance of es these things affecting their constit Oklahoma, I. T. March 15.— A} vents and render them relict. That troop of the Fifth cavalry in com |i, what they are elected aud sent to mad of Lieut. Carson arrived here the legislature for. We are at noon from fort Reno. The boom- say that Bates county's vepresenta- ers have hidden inthe woods and | tive is fully alive brush of the streams. The troops intend torun every person out of the country who has no business fH here. Trouble is anticipated. Oue taxpayer is increases. assistance and relief and thatis the glad to to the importauce of this matter and is laboring hard to accomplish something in this di- rection. To give you a birds-eye-view of e republican office-sec The state appropriation bill this | th who year appropriates $1,500,115. The}are hanging around Washingtou Aargest items are: state university | City and borcing the president, 000; maintainance and {support pen- congressmen, we clip the following itentiay, chargable to earnings, $375, | from the New York Press, 2 uotoi 000 and chargable torevenue fund ously republican paper. $175,000; publishing and distribut- There is Congressman ing revised statues of 1889, $35,000; | Missouri, for instance | swamp land trust fund, $30,000. crores Wade. of The othe: day the ambitious Missowii patriots began to ring his front door bell at 5:45a.m. He didn’t get up tiil 8:30, but they waited, and when he reach i z ed his parlor it was full of people fashington Mr. Chace’s resigna- with paticns to sign, and peak ion is said to have been caased by | who wanted him to take them over he fact that he was losing money|to the white house and introduce the rate for which he was serving: them to the president, or to depart in asserted ments to meet cabinet officers. Wade rm thet no congressman didn’t get any breakiast. Wade A new agitation for higher con- ional salaries has been started in th eirnsnannc inanimate ye ckcubobicne : senator oan live in the style pre-| didn't getany lunch. Wade didn't ling at the national capital unless | get any dinner. Wade moved next he has an income aside from his sal-| day, without leaving his new address y to draw from. behind him. And no wonder. ——__ The poor old spoils system is Mr. Busch president of the An- lucky, indeed, that congress is not Busch brewing company, re | in session to ghop its head off. It d an offer from an English syn- is left to die 2 natural death, and it . illion a is disgusting everybody except the of eight million dollars for | office seekers themselves so rapidly ir brewing property in St. Louis | that a natural death will come before week. Mr. Ellis Wainwright, | great while. tresident of another firm was offer- ae ssa : Rghehundred thousand dollars ia Pars is talk Fa arma John | ash to make an offer sale of their : ott oP rot er to _ Presi- erty, the money to be paid — gol so laa ticket for n whether the offer was accepted | ~ 97°F ° cee F not. 4 Under the new arrangement of the senate committees, Mr. Vest is a | i <a member of the committees on com- Mexican missoin will test the al- merce, judiciary, public buildings d love of the Blaine administra- | and grounds and transportation m for tne cause of Ireland. The fact | route to seaboard. Mr. Cockrell is Egan so recently left Great | ® member of the committees on ap- in that he isstill a factor in ee propriations and organization, con- : duct and expenditures of the execu- ought to recommend him to | tive departments. He is also chair- especially in the Mexican man of the committee on engrossed m he could intrigue the inter- | bills which gives him the most pleas Germany and of the other | 82t committee rooms at the capitol. rivals of England in % country. If Blaine really loves The application of Pat ‘Egan for 4 : A Political Philosopher. i he existing county indebtedness at | : : i : 2 § ) autobiography, which will soon be- | No! | more interesting record of a life up-! | $67,000; costs in criminal cases $500, | heads of departments, senato 8 and | | tration. |day, Jay now offer him that would be any in ducement for him to leave his pres- ent business, and, after all, he is rather glad he was not made a mem- ber of the Cabinet. The Sudgeis re- turning from Washington. He leaves here to morrow for his home in Nebraska. Cleveland Going South. Washington, March 17.—Ex-Pres- ident Cleveland, accompanied by | Secretaries Vilas, Whitney and Bay- ard and ex-postmaster General Dick- jinsop, will leave Washington to- ;morrow afternoon, for Florida, | where they expect to make a short | time, and probably visit Cuba. All ' jarrangements have been perfected | | and the party will form here, Cleve- | land and Whitney coming from New | York to join. Jacksonville will | probably be the first stopping place, | | although the party are being urged | to stop over one day at Charleston. | | ————_— Mr. Joseph Jefferson has been en- | gaged for a number of years upon his gin to appear in The Century. | on the stage could be laid before the | | American public, and Mr. Jefferson's | | personality 1s perhaps more syimpa- thetic to the people of this country | than that of any actor we have had. He is the fourth ina generation of actors, and, with his children and grandchildren upon the stage, there ; are SIX generations of actors among | the Jeffersons. The record which he j has made of the early days of the Alcricun stage is said to be pecu- liuriy interesting, especially the sto- ry of lis travels as a bey fathe in his company, when they would settle Gown fora seasonin a West- erni theat The Coutucy during the coming au- tumn, and the installments will be ilustrated with a portrait gallery of distii guished actors. | Cidie cial fiom: Washington says: ‘ago, March 12.—A Times spe- It is unde. siood that at the cabinet meet- ing yesterday a direct issue was mused whether Blaine or Harrison the administration. shali control | Mr. Blaine had a slate of foreign appointinents which he wanted to be tuade at once. In facet it had been whispered about by Mr. Biaiue’s intimates that Whitelaw Reid would be nominated yesterday for mivister to England, Allen Thorne dyke Rice for minister to Germany, avd William Walter Phelps for min- ister to France. When Mr. Blaine submitted his slate, Mr. Harrison demurred and finally refused to make the nomination of Reid to England. He said he had selected a man for the place, but would be willing to give Mr. Reid some other mission. No satisfactory solution of the disa- greement appears to be in sight. The republican senators privately say there is great un in store for the democrats unless the president | can find some way tosmooth Blaine’s ruffled feathers. It will soon be kuown whether Harrison or Blaine is the biggest man in this adminis. Judge Brewer of the United States court has just decided that an executor can not bring suit to re- coyer damages sustained tothe prop erty prior to the death of the owner of the property. Such a suit must be instituted by the heirs. The ex- ecutor can sue for damages sustain- ed during his control of the proper- ty. In an interview at St. Louis, Mon- Gould said: “Missouri Seenis to be ina splendid condition; it isone of the best states of the Chicago, Ill., March 14.—Judge John M. Thurston, of Omaha, who | so — was temporary chairman of the na-! St. Louis Republic under the | tional convention which nominated | management of Charles H. | Gen. Harrison, said to-night: | is taking front rank among| “I am not disappointed in not be-! metropolitan dailies of the |ingmade a member of the Cabinet. | Saturday's edition has been | For awhile I was inclined to think | nently enlarged to 18 pages |thatI might be of service to the | Hing it equal inevery feature to | Northwest as Secretary of the Inte- | | Sunday edition. A more reli-| rior, and if I had been made any- } newspaper in all its department | thing that is what I would hare liked, published ,and it isnot strange | but I suppose, if for no other rea- pithasa lasting abiding place | son, my connection with railway in- those who once commence | terests was sufficient to preve it’s many departments, | selection.” as it does the entire doings @ world. Irish he will send Egan to Mex- Judge Thurston added that there | is no office which Gen. Harrison can | aud keep it handy. ithe taste and death to the above | complaints lor 3 |CAT R CUR nt my | Hef. The Catarrnal virus is soon | displaced by its healing and pene. | trating ature. West. The people are thrifty and save their money.” ee Not a California Bear. Anybody can eatch a cold this kind of weather. The trouble is to let go, like the man who caught the bear. We advise our readers to purchase of F. M Crumley & Co., a bottle of Santa Abie, the California King of Consumption, Asthma, Bronchitis, Cough and Croup cures, Tis pleasing to Sold at $1.00 a bottle 3250. CALIFORNIA E gives immediate re- for Give it a trial. Six | | months treatment $1.00. Sent by / (mail $1.10. F. M. Crumley & Co. 2 naud extemporize their own | Thy autobiography will begin in | The West Virginia Row. Charleston, W. Va., March 14.— The supre:ue court met this after- noon and rendered a decisivn in the gubernatorial case of Carr ys. Wil- son. The clauses of the Constitu- tion under which Carr claimed the right to the office reads: “In case of the death, conviction or impeachment, failure to qualify, resignation or other disability of | the Governor, the president of the | senate shall act as governor until | the vacancy is filled or the disability is removed.” The court decided that had Goff | been declared elected and failed to | qualify there would have beena va- cancy but that Goff nor any one {no failure to quailfy fore, Carr could not be entitled to ; take the seat. | Further, they decided that |son was bound to hold over until his successor shall be duly declared and qualified, as provided in the constitution. This settles | muddle until the meeting of the Leg- Gov. Wilson said | this afternoon he would call a sne- ; cial session of the Legislature about June 1, or sooner. The committee | to report on the contest of Fleming | ys. Goff will not be ready much be- | fore that time. the gubernatorial islature again. | a i | { Is nice Hoe jar in the phenomenal sales attained, Hood’s Sarsa 1s the most popul before blood, spirits, and also had eczema on the my head and neck, whic! T tool 1 and I have rec t that Iam very grateful, and I ud io speak a good word for th Mrs. J. 8. SyspeEr, Pottsville, Penn. Purifies the Blood Henry Biggs, Campbell Strect, Kansas City, had serofulou IL over body for fifteen years. Hood rsapzriila completely cured him. Wallace I , of North Bloomfeld, N. Y., suffered ¢ ars With uleer on eg, so bad th up business. He was cured of the ule also of catarrh, by Hood’s Sarsapariila Sold by alldruggists. £1; six forg5. Preparedonly by C. I. HOOD & CO., Apothecartes, Lowell, Mas: {00 Doses One Dollar CALIFONIA LAND OF DISCOVERIES DNSUM CoP STrul Coucts Hie DONC tS ESe and DISEASES THROAT — UNGS Sod on Gusft ‘Send for circula 7S] ber, battle 3 pr Q2 DIETING MED! SANTA ABIE AND CAT-R-CURE SOLD AND GUARANTEED BY F. M. CRUMLEY & CO. BQ Try Santa Apre Cuewine Ge. A natural Calitornia Gum. ing the saliva produced i materially aid digestion. WOODWARD, FAXON &CO ’ DISTRIBUTING AGENrs, Kansas City, Mo. by swallow- n chewing will | | | Wil- | else was declared elected, there was | because | there was no right to qualify: there- | i | { AEN BRR BE res HE BEST 1S THE CHEAPRSE SS If you Want the Best Corn Planter get the hallenge, Deere or Keystone, WITH THE CELESRAT KEWANEE CHECK ROWER WITH AUTOMATIC REEL OF BENNETT, WHEELER & CO. 38) ¥ F IF YOU WANT THE BEST STIRRING VP Bradley or John IF YOU WANT THE BES1 Cultivator, Harrow, Stalk Cutier, Barb Wire, Grass ow GET THE Seeds, Farm Wagon or CROCERIES OR HARDWARE, voto BENNETT, WHEELER & CO. THERESE ARID Sie Ae COLD FAOTS FIESEII THAT YOU GAR Be au oh HOPTMAN'S NOVELIY STORE. Than any place in town. be convinced. Eeast Side Sau:tre. Butler, Mo. Pet H Call and see Four years old, afflicted with a pain- | me He inst. a ve : We called in a physician who treated him for about four weeks. no good from the treatment, as the breaking out, supposed by the physician to be hives in an aggravated form | Trustee's Sale. Whereas, on the 3rd day of November, 1885, James Armstrong and and Mary H. Armstrong his wife, by their deed of trust of the above mentioned date of record in the office of the re- corder of deeds in, and for the county of Bates, state of Missouri, in book No 41 at 2 conveyed to the undersigned trustee the fol- lowing described rea! estate situated in said county of Bates, to-wit: The undivided one fourth part of the southwest quar of section seent yo (21) in flere « lorty-two (42) of range thirty-three (33), wi said conveyance was made in trust to secure the payment ofthe (eth note therein described; whereas since the making and re- cording of said deed of trust, the real estate aforesaid has been partitioned between ssid James Armstrong and the other co-owners thereof, in and by the decree of the circnit court in, and for said Bates county, in and by the terms of which said decree the OUR LITTLE SON, ful skin disease. Six doctors tried to cure him; all failed. Got worse and worse. Com- pletely cured by one set of Cuticura Remedies, costing $1.75. Our little son, will be four years of age on In May, 1885, he was attacked painfal breaking oat of the skin. The child received little or ecame large= ‘” blotches vi = following FeSO peer ea ay se portion of the real estate aforesaid was set off tue withaotatunte: pda tim . ete. | to said James Armstrong in severaity, in lien * e aut no | Of the undivided fourth of ssid real estate. to- Finally, we called other piatetae less than six had attemptec alike failing, andthe child steadily Worse and worse, until about the 20th « July, when we began to solvent internaliy, and the Cuticura, and Uu- ticura Soap externally, and by the last of Au- gust he was so nearly well that we gave him only one dose of the Resolvent about ev ery sec- ond day for about ten days longer, and he has never been troubled since with the horrible malady. @ bottle of Cuticura resolvent, a little less than one box of Cuticura, and only one cake of Ca- | ticura Soap. Subscribed and sworn to before me this fourth | day of January, 1x87. with some kind of ‘crofula. could not help me. Cuticura Resolvent. Ididso, and in a day I grew better, untilI am as weli as ever. thank you for it very much, and would like to have it told to the pnblic. Soap c nally, area positive cure for every form of 8 Is. Soap, 25e.: Potter Drag and Chemical Co . 64 pages, 50 illustrations, and 1% testimonials Santa eemers ; The first and only pain killing Plaster wit: The forty acres next north of and adja- cent tothe south seventy acres off the south side of the southwest quarter of said section twen- ty-one (21) in township forty two (42) of range thirty-three; and whereas itwas and is pro- vided in said deed, that in case of default in the payment of said note, which is now sd | due and unpaid, the andersigned trus' ight | proceed to sell the real estate aforesaid. Now, | therefore, public notice is hereby given, that at the request of the legal hoider and owner of | said note, and by virtue of the power in me | Vested by the terms of «sid deed of trust, 4 the | undersigned trustee, will, in accordance with M1. | the terms of said deed of trust. proceed to sell ;, | the realestate jast above described, to-wit: | The forty acres next north of and adjacent to side of | Said soxthwest quarter of section 21. township ; #2, range 35, at public vendne to the highest | bidder for cash at the nurth front door of the | court house in the city of Butler. in the county of Bates aforesaid, on Wednesday, April 3rd, 1889, between the honrs of 4 o'clock a. m_ and 5 o’clock p m. of that day, to satisfy and pay of said note and the cost ofexecating this trast. 164 MILTON MOORE, Trustee ‘coke to cure ve him Cuticur. Re- In all we used less than one-half of H.E. RYAN, Cayuga Livingston Co., C.N. COE, J.P. | the south seventy acres off the soutl SCROFULOUs HUMOR,. Last spring I was very sick, being covered The doctors iwas advised to try the i ED. HOFFMANN, North Attleboro, Mass. Curicura, the great skin cure, and Cuticura : repared from it, externally, and Cuti- Feosivent. the new blood purifier, inter- Notice of Sci:col Election. Notice is given that at the annual school meeting to be held in the Butler school dis- trict, Bates county, Mo , on April2, 189, the proposition to make the levy for teachers and contingent fands 6 cents on the $10 valuation, will be submitted to the voters of said district. said election to be held at the west school building and to commence at 7 o’clock a. m. W. W. Ross, WG. Rosr, President Clerk. J. i. WALLS. PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON. Selatic, Budden Sree, Rueumatic | Office, north side square, overG, W. vous Pains, Strains and Weakness | Weaver's store. Residence on Havan- nah street norrh ot Pine. ura kin aad blood disease from pimples to scrofn- gold everrwhere. Price, Caticnra, ‘e.; Resolvert, $1. Prepared bv the poston, Mass scPrSend for ‘How to Care Skin Diseases ’’ % 16-48. Skin and scalp preserved and beauti- fied by Cuticura Medicated Soap. PAR FREE FREE FROM Anti- In one minute the Cuticura oo) cts