The Butler Weekly Times Newspaper, May 15, 1889, Page 4

i i E ; i eran: roe WSN ia BUTLER WEEKLY TIME: J. D. ALLEN Ebpitox. J.D. Atten & Co., Propnetors, TERMS OF SUPSCRIPTION TneWeekLy Wednesday year, pe tage paid, tor $1.25. BUTLER MISSOURI WEDNESDAY, MAY 5, 18s ) Well, Mr. Kimball has finally beea appointed district attorney. The ap pointment is no victory, however, F Mr. Neal had to be bought off with a better paying office. Judge Gibson of Kansas City week rendered a decision that h created consternation among real ¢ tate men. It is to the ¢ H man may remove a house or other improvements from land upou w he has given deed of trust. Judge held that a deed on land will not hold the improvements unles they are specifically mentioned. cu tat The Globe, 2 new 2 cent m ing paper, started in Kansas City. few months ago, is mect with u and ng demand for the pi paralelled s of the incr per the mu ed last we in their offi which they « piece of machinery of the the city. The Globe is a live newsy paper and is being appreciated by 2 reading public. 2eSS, on acco rement were coinpell do plac haproved pre 53 be the kin Nebrasi has just decided a question of inte: that Growing corn had been mortgaged; after maturity it was harvested and sold to grain dealers. The owners of the mortgage sued them for the corn. The court decided that the growing corn is not the corn after it has been cribbed and sold. In oth er words that the mortgage will noi hold. The supreme court of in state. est to money loaner: Jefferson City, Mo., May 9.—Gov Francis signed the option dealing Dill today and returned it to the House with a message of The Governor was up to work when The Republic corre- pondent called on him this evening and asked him what he thought approval eurs in the bill. “It is a good law.” was his reply. “T most heartily approve it injury to legitimate dealing in grain and other agricultural products, and it will prevent gambling in those commodities. That is right.” Eee Attorney General L. B. Kellogy of Kansas, has selected as his chicf clerk or assistant attorney general, his wife, Mrs. J. M. Kellogg, to succeed Irwin Taylor, resigned. Mrs. Kellogg, who was her husband's former law partner, was the first woman to be admitted to the bar in Kansas. Her father was the late Elder D. P. Mitchell, who was not only a preacher of commanding ability, but who was prominent for some years preceding his death in the politics of Kansas. Mrs. Kel- logg is amply qualified for the suc- cessful discharge of the duties of her office, and her appointment will afford great satisfaction to the Kan- sas advocates of equality between the sexes.—K. C. Star. of its provisions. will work no Spokane Wins the Kentucky Derby. Louisville, Ky., May 9.—The largest crowd ever gathered at the Jockey club track except that which assembled to see the famous race | _} your | FORTY CENTS LEVY. + county court at ins May te eld iast lev week. ou the $100 v tion for county purposes. the h $0 cents on rit It heretofore to prescribed by the constitution. has been the pr of 20 cents, or only one titutio to be use tov etice muke haif the con the other bh of been practic: levy al limit, leaving i at the It ly demonstrated in the the cretion iuip. w yearsthat a 20 cents levy is vholly tou the ex penses of the county. The coi }was running in debt from year to year with no pr pects of their House 344 and passed at the present se the le | to levy ie 10 cen col introduce sion of its the township 3109 reduced that the ure, per! nts on the valua Was H be seen : | taxes will ouly be increased 5 cents, county the formerly beon ive the has Y May 6th., 1 i To the Hon. Bates Cou Gentlemen:—In asking comp juest any opinion upon the followin “What is ihe amount the eounty court for county purposesina | T have the honor t 111, of Art. tution, “that al rate lion dollars dollars, saic shall not forty cents on the S100 valuation. The above applies directly to Bates county. My first conclusion upon examination of said section was forty cents on the £100 yaluation was all that could be levied, inc! ing township X&c, for one ye being s ied with my in the premises, aud not reports and other facilitie my nd for a more thorough ex » thr Representative, ¢ T respectful te-wit: at com amination of the ques our Hon. Newberry, opinion of in the apt. asked tl dn response he sence of any decision of wher than our uld seem tl rty cer hest rete that could be | . d for all purposes cor plated, but he farther informs me, (and his letter is hereto attached for your information) that Judge Brew er, U. S. cireuit judge in his inter- pretation of said section of our con- stitution, in an opinion rendered at Jefferson City, April 23, 1889, in case of U.S. ex rel Huidekoper vs. Macon county, decided that town- ship taxes vere zot taxes for county purposes, within the meaning of said section. This being the high- authority at hand interpetating said section, I think there can be no doubt that your Hon. Court have the legal authority to levy in Bates county, forty cents on the hundred dollars valuation for county purpos- es alone. I attach hereto ‘House Bill 344,” relating to township organization fixing the rate of township taxation at fifteen cents on the $100 valua- tion, which, Iam informed by Capt. Newberry, has become a law. Resp’y Submitted. Catvis F. Boxrey, Prosecuting Att y. Hos. Jxo. B. Newserry, House of) Representatives. j Jefferson City, Mo. quiry of Mr. Calvin F. Boxley, in his letter to you of date April 4th., ix., “Whatis the greatest amount exceed | Attorney General John | ys that | state courts | Dear Sir:—In response to the in- the county court can levy for coun- ty purposes in any one year?” I have the honor to reply that in my opin- ion the limitation is fixed by See. 11, Art. 10, of the constitution. How- ever, Judge Brewer, U. S. circuit judge in an opinion rendered at Jeff- erson City, on April 23, 1887, in U. S. ex rel Huidekoper vs. Macon county, No. 1392 held that town- between Mollie McCarthy and Tom Broeck some years ago was on hand to-day to see Proctor Knott run against seven other good horses in the Kentucky derby. The greater portion of the crowd were solid backers of Proctor Knott, who ap- peared in splendid form and odds on him were three to one. Knott|ship taxes were not taxes | bublic vendue. to the bighest bidder for cash. | administrator of John A. Rix, deceased, a A eaters este t me Anes ize: pon all the led from the start, followed by Hin-| for “county _ purposes within | City or Butler, county of Bates ‘sud state of | L have fecal scued eran o ns dooeraft, Bookmaker and Spokane in the meaning of said section The | Missouri, on right, title, interest and claim of th supreme court of Illirois has adopte ed a like construction of similar con- stitutional provisions. See Wright etal vs H. St. L.& P. Ry. Co. 120 the order named. Atthe mile Knott still led by half a length, with Spo kane second and Once Again third, and there was but little change in y positions till the last quarter was | YS McClean 108 TIL, 368. In’ view of the recognized ability of these iL. 541 and H. St. L. & P. Ry. Co. | An nr errr eee et era maar Ae car CE En — "BEST IS THE CHRAPRS if you Wart the Best Corn Planter get the ’ Challenge, Deere or Keystone, Obituary. INCIDENT. | THE “LOST FLAG” President Harrison Answers a Letter | of Inquiry From Caarleston Charleston. S. C.. May 9.—To as- certain the feeling of President Har- | rison in regard to the “lost flag” in cident sprung upon the south by | Sherman in a recent i view published in the Wor } which the general claimed that the the sa- Gen president refused to answer Louis } lute of the South Carolina battailion | co id was | ‘it did not carry the national color | REWANEFR CHECK ROWER WITH AUTOMATIC REEL OF uum in this city addressed sident. Followir ved: a gent BENNETT, WHEELER & CO. | iw N -Your letter of the They moved to Bates county in as been re Jjand settled upon the land which je OF tus New Home 1 ibt. whatever | iins were mterre dom the have been said, was noi intend | brery ou the ny Lto their last is reflection u conconrs eld co cted Xu ‘ Was 2 Ued in nd tl he led eve he z foin tt nbove, 4 where there is no ud no ae death. He KIMBALL APPOINTED. GET THE J y or Jou Deere. LF YOU WANT ‘Tite we to the | Cultivator, Harrow, Stalk Cutter, Barb Wire, Grags frent door Uer, county in the citv of ate of Missouri , or m Seeds, Farm Wag. OR GARD RE, goto \NETT, WHEELER & CO. between the h noon and five day, for the pury interest and costs e Yore- fterngon of that satisfying said debt, 3 al Miller yesterday | took over to the white house for the pre sident’s:approval the papers ap | pointing E. E. Kimball U. S. ‘ney tor the western district soun It is understood that the j price which Mr. Neal received for (his withdrawal was a directorship ia | the Cottonbelt railroad, given by Col. Serens of St. Louis. CHARLES SPRAGUE, Mit ‘Trustee tor- = RS of Mis- Trustee’s Sale. 4 » dered last year to investig have reported. The committee con {eludes that oppressive trusis have them the element of their Le- become within ine. to ti r tront doo se he of Butler, county of Bates and state of Missouri, on Thursd May 30, 1889, between the hours of twelve o’clock m. and two o’clock p m. ofthatday for the purpose of satisfying said debt, interest and co f THOS. J. SMITH, Trustee. own destruction; better known ‘Jess feared; that as trusts they come the evils of which they are the cause are short-lived; AND AM : Making Prices FOR ! that, pending suits now on the way to the court of Appeals, no legisla- tion should be had. A test case has been started against the Buffalo ele- 2h-it Sheriff's Sale. By virtue and authority ot a special vators, relative to which the report | execution issued trom the office of the “Me. aa : clerk of the circuit court of Bates coanty says: “Meanwhile the Buffalo eleva- Missouri, returnable at the June term, tors are charging a price 4} of a cent a bushel in excess of the price fixed by law. claiming that the work can- not be done for less.” 188g, ot said court, to me directed in favor of the state of Missouri at the rela- tion and to the use of Oscar Reeder, ex- officio collector of the revenue of Bates county, Missour, and against Samnel P. Ashcraft, I have levied and d upon all right, title, interest and claim ot the said defendant of, in and to tollow- ing described real estate being situated in Bates county, Missouri, to The northwest quarter of west quarter ot section twe township forty-two (42)of range twenty- nine (29), all in Bates county, Missouri, I will, on Tuesday, June 8, 1889, between the hours of nine o'clock in the forenoon and five o’clock in the zfter- noon of that day, at the east front dcor ot the court house, in the city of Butler, Bates county Missouri, sell the same, or so much thereof as may be ired, | public vendue to the highest bidder for cash tosatisfy said execution and costs GEO. G. GLAZEBROOK, Sheritt Bates County. Sherff's Sale. Bv virtue and authority of a execution issued trom the office of the clerk of the circuit court ot Ff coun- ty. Missouri, returnable at June term, 18S9, of said court, *o cted in favor of the state of M relation and tothe use of scar ex-officio collector of the Bates county in the s and against John A Moberg A writer points out the fact that the smaller towns of Illinois are far ahead of towns of smaller size in Missouri in regard to publie libra- ries. Scores of Illinois towns may | be named which have publiclibraries | of 5,000 to 30,000 volumes. But few | Missouri public libraries are known. Ee Oe ee EE ON, Trustee's Sale. Whereas, Ezra H. Beamis, (a single man), by his deed of trust dated January 5, 1888, and re- corded in the recorder’s office within and -for Bates county, Missouri, in book 49, page 333, conveyed tothe undersigned trustee, the fol lowing described reai estate lying and being situate in the county of Bates, state of Mis- | souri, to-wit: The northwest quarter of the southwest quar- ter of section thirty-four (34), township forty- one (41) of range thirty-two (32) containing 40 acres more or less, which conveyance was madein trust te secure the paymeart of one certain note fully described in said deed of trust, and whereas, default has been made in the payment of the annual interest due Janua- Ty 5th, 1889, on said note which default under the the terms of said deed of trust rendered the whole debt due, and which is now past ; due and unpaid. Now, therefore at the request | ef the legal holder of said note and pursuant to { the conditions of said deed of trust, I will pro- T.L: PRVerys. A.O WELTON PETTYS & WELTON ad : roceries, 25-4 spec ¢ PIS AT. GS StaplezFancy § ssouri, - L.Rix, ceed to sell the above described real estate at said defendants of, in and to the tollow- ing described real estated in Bates coun- ty, Missouri, to-wit: Lots one (1), six (6), seven (7 (S}, nine (9) and ten (:9 ge twenty-one (21) in the t Rocky i Bates county, Missouri, I wi Tuesday, June 8, 1889, Thursday, June 6th, 1889, between the hours of nine o’clock in the fore- n and five o’clock in the afternoon of that ‘, forthe purpose of satisfying said debt, | interest and costs. F.M. ALLEN, Trustee. Dissolution Notice. reached, when a general closing up 0k place, Hindoocraft and Spo- Ke joimpg Knott. At the last mo- ment Knott swerved a little and Spokane won by a head, Proctor Knott 2, Once Again 3; distance, one and a half miles; time, 2:34}. courts I am disposed to adopt their interpretation, but in the absence of an interpretation by such high au- thority I should have held that town- ship taxes were taxes for “county purposes.” Very Resp'y a Jous M. Woon, Att'y. Gen. Notice is hereby given that the co-partner- between the hou | ship of F. M. Crumley and E. L. Rice, in the and five o’ atter- | au ie cumiei na, Mf | forenoon and fie o wer. CIGARS AND TOBACCO, Crumley & Co. has this day dissolved co-part- | 200" Of that Gav, at 3 2 hae nership by mutual consent; F. M. Crumley | of the court house in the city Butler, i Foran Pome hees Bue bannes ee Bates county, Missouri, +e! ane ! de conducted at the old stand by E. L. Rice, thereot as . required, | ,,, . ; ? : , hi iabi Bente: or so much thereof as ma qui oe | ets e 5 - et -pt + ‘p epee" aud wal cotter ait euotanding te: | at public vendueto the nighe-s biader | We always pay the highest market price for Countr counts due the firm. for cash to satisty sai s and | . oe ered S > | a costs. GEO. G. GLAZEBROOK, | Produces East Side Square, Butler, M9. B-St E. L. Rree. 25-4t Sheriff ot Bates County. i