The Butler Weekly Times Newspaper, August 21, 1889, Page 1

— The Butler Weekly Cimes. BUTLER, MISSOURI, WEDNESDAY AUGUST 21. 1889. q 1 From appearances it would seem that an organized band of horse- | rrveeessace OF BATES COUNTY, | Southeast Corner of Square —— a a sen (In room formerly occupied by Grange et - week two men arrived in Warrens- Cash Capital. $20,000.00 burg and tried to dispose of a couple of horses they were nding at very NO. 39 " Embree have gone to Henry county THE PEN AWAITS THEN. ‘for seed wheat. | Elmer Moshier and wife ivites all to see their son, as he thinks of go- jing west with his parentsin the | spring. Born the 13th. ; W.H. Warford, T. P. Stover and J. B. Hays gave us substantial calls this week, as did T. M. Starke. Squire Wilds holds court one day this week. W. B. Cole went to Peter Creek, tells us he traded for a riding plow. Guess he intends to train his trot-| But a Rope Would Prove More Effi- cacious- SUITS, TROUSERS, HATS AND CAPS, | [Always have our first thoughts. In a few weeks morethe boys vaca- ‘Biion will give way to study. The streets have been hard on the young- New Suits, New Trousers “ Wiee- President : low prices. They were suspicioned CASHIER : ing horse sure enough. : and ‘placed under arrest, but as no ees Ascrraeys 3 agg Lentz has been busy this | nows was received within 24 hours 4 week, sure. regarding them, th eral a. DIRECTORS. iwi be in be order. Wehavethem. They are made for hard wear— T. M. Smith is doing good work a Saat ey pats GE tke J. K. Roster, - T. W. Suvers, - J. J. McKee for healthy, hearty, romping boys. By purchasing now, you will havefl| on the roads. He seems founder y J. Everrsenam, = Jo. STEELE, - A. S. Rosier, 1 ire fall and winter stock to select from. These are all new : : horses to I. W. Rogers for $60 and D. N. Tuompsox, - M. R. Lyte, = E. D. Kier. our entire stand his business, for a fact. = | goods—nothing carried over from former seasons. Sse thos call bill 'T be W. bb left town. One of them was seen in | BLACHER: i a ie ob Eo) ebb8, | Holden the next day with another | Does a Gevueral Banking Business. A. EK. TT. oe eS ee e sale. different horse. { Special attention given to time deposits and interest paid on same. 4 | We did not eat cream and cake A few nights afterward, a fant SSeS e A 4 , | PALACE HOTEL BUILDING. at the supper in Shawnee, but hear | came here from Carroll county and | Romance of Crime. Y STaeee 3 oa = quite a number did, and all left took the horse that had been sold to | Chicago, Aug. 19.—Frank Doni- LITTLE GIRLS LED ASTRAY. Ballard Squibs. wishing Mr. and Mrs. Harman and | ys, Rogers. It had been stolen | | hue will soon ~ released from the : sls i family success. eee penitentiary after serving a two years’ 4 All the boys and girls of — te a) eae — from him in Carroll county a week | et ametpns larceny. It has been aticed Away From Home by Two tm-| other neighborhoods gathered at |. z ne verry are in the | before. It then became known that learned that he was the innocent vic- : moral Women. | Milt Beatty's Saturday night aridno | Village to-day and still have the Ne-! tne two men who had been under tim of a conspiracy. He had, while y —— | doubt had a delightful time. braskastover: arrest were horse thieves. Sheriff | going rounds as newspaper carrier, Z . | Frank Allison and the Parson| ‘Last Wednesday we were blessed . all | become acquainted with the young 2 Zola Morris and Frankie Martin, ; a 5 Allis: a = Oe ee ere Baker thought so all the time and | {daughter of a certain millionaire. ‘i ave been in cur city several days on | With « splendid rain, whic’ € | sent word to Ray county, askin, 1 ; inti ihe two woment charged with entic- ; busi | farmera itelldes imeutess (heanie yeas y, asking | The father, learning of the intimacy ing from home Eva Martin, the 14-) U2D°SS- dee J eu"'y | about them, they saying they lived | } had him arrested on a charge of lar- md in], whi i Guniaito Dave H. Warford was seen in this | Corn. in Ray county, but he received an ceny and bribed his lawyer to advise d fyear-old girl, whose case neighborhood Saturday evening and | Smith, Embree and Arbuckle have f fie attention of the police yesterday, s was mentioned in yesterday's <[Star, were arrested last night. They vere arraigned in police court this Amorning charged with occupying «fmoms for immoral purposes, but | Sunday morning. night. Rec. Afton, Jim, Sam and others of our boys with their girls took in | the moonlight at Altona Tuesday | gone to Spruce for road lumber. Judge Cole and “Squire Douglass | were in Butler one day this week. Lizzie Embree and Bessie Doug- lass are visiting in Rich Hill this answer from ex-sheriff Morris that they were all right. Not having any evidence against the men he was compelled to release them. It after- wards turning out that they were thieves places ex-sheriff Morris ina him to plead guilty. The editor of a leading newspaper, learning of the story, wrote it up and extorted $7,- 000 from the millionaire for not pub- lishing it. This $7,000 enabled the editor to make up what was lacking of $10,- i i i The Wheelers were out in full | week. force at the Fairview wheel, Judge; J. B. Hays is a boss wood chopper Bowden was in the numberand gave | We saw him trying himself. us a call. Afton, Milt, Jim and others at- Will Cole and family attended the | tended the picnic. meeting at Fairview Sunday. F. M. Fort, and the thresher have Geo. D. Mosher has just recover- | goue home, too sick to thresh. ed from an attack of the flux. See those wagon boxes of Frank Mr. and Mrs. Sam Price Allison and Henry Moore. Embree south Sunday. is the workman, and _he has several Mrs Sidney Graham is improving | more to make,he tells us. we learn. Milt has gone to the wheel picnic Did you see Will Mosher’s new | in Henry county, to-day. suit, 1 tell you it shines, we didn’t Tell us what got the matter with ask him, but feel sure he bought | Doc Me’s horse and cart in Shawnee them at Sam Levy's. the other day? Dr. Mec. performed quite a pain-| We were truly glad to see our old ful operation for Mrs. Teeters a few | friend Tom Clyzer, the other even- Hindge Boland dismissed the city Anse, that a state case of felonious ‘Isbduction might be entered against ‘Ahem. The girl’s story is that she “Avs induced by one of the womento leave her mother at Rich Hull and JToome to Kansas City to do house- Fvork, but that when she came here with the two women last Sunday, they took her to the house on West {Fifth street and by threats forced Wher to lead an immoral life, taking Hfrom her the money she received. The women were locked up in the {Second street jail and the girl will be sent to the House of the Good ‘4Sheperd until her mother is heard “Hfrom. She says her father is dead. bad light. It has since been found out that the men belong to an organized gang. Oneof the men that was here is an ex-convict and as he is known will soon be captured. These thieves have stolen some 25 or 30 horses within the last 6 months and even went so far as to resteal some that they had sold. Sheriff Baker received a card from Richmond, Ray county, Tuesday, stating that anoth- er horse had been stolen, probably by the same gang.—Warrensburg Journal Democrat. 000, which he had to raise to meet a note and save himself from going to jail for fraud. The rest was ob- tained from people who wanted the influence of the paper in political or advertising purposes. The name of the editor and the millionaire are not given. POWDER Absolutely Pure. This powder never varies. A marvelofpurity strength and wholsomeness. More economica than the ordinary kinds, andcannot be sold in competition with the multitude of low test, short weight alum or phosphate powders. Sold | onlyincans. RoyaL BAKING PowDER Co., 106 Wilst..N. Y 8 33-48t Bridge Repairing. By an order made by the County | Court of Bates county, Mo., and to | me directed, for thi air of the ‘abutment on the” soafh side of the iron bridge, on the d Fos- ter road situated Y miles, . southwest of Butler, as the! ‘ Marvel bridge, said bridge across’ the Marias des Cygnes river. I will; proceed to let the contract tfor the above described work, at public ven- due, to the lowest bidder at the east went PURSUED BY CITIZENS. AStrange Man's Attempt at Criminal Assault on Mrs. Campbell. Boonville, Mo., Aug. 15.—A most | dastardly attempt to outrage the} person of Mrs. William Campbell | was made by a masked man at 10 | FOREST FIRES. : ; : ; i | 1 f the court h in th {—Kansas City Star. : ing well—only has a sore foot. Our little brother has a set of new bell resides near Overton, in this | of Missouri, on see ce ice ou Gis POR: R. A. Cheneworth gave us a pleas- | harness. ae See 0s: palatal county, and at the time the assault Monday, August 26th, 1889, - Jeek retribution, their families hop- ; 3 ie eee fires, which have been raging all . : er nah cae ee oie Sot O atClaceeee i Be ea, their misdeeds ant call this week and we are ready| Land buyers are looking at Uncle over Montana for three woeka. have |" made was engaged in picking | Yebween the 7 ae : agra Sood epon toa by oe It to receive such calls from many more. | Eph’s farm this week. Z peaches. the forenoon and 5 o'clock in the Her assailant crept up | : : afternoon of that day; bids subject from behind and caught hold of ene | to the approval by the court. Plans lady,who had been too much occupi-} and specifications on file at my of- ed with her work to notice his com- | fice after Augurst 12th. ing. There was a fierce struggle! Paar rt ae peyton ,. | contrac! sai meen ees aati - iat = ey | under said bridge and the removing on which cattlemen were depending sailant, who vainly tried to accom-| 144 rebuilding of the approach to tokeep this winter thousands of | Plish his purpose, threw her down |jron span. Plans and specifications head of cattle, are on fire, and all| #24 stamped upon her. destroyed hundreds of thousands of dollars north of timber and reached most alarming proportions. A gen- tleman from Nouthern Montana re- ports that ranges in Choteau county which heretofore have escaped and What is the matter with the Fair- | view writing school. Our school directors and teacher met Saturday and signed a contract, so that is closed now. John Lentz and Doc did not go to church Sunday morning as Doc had \q call north. Lore thinks that he too must get a set of single harness. Mail time so we must mail this, and hope it will not betwo weeks be- fore we see it again. Why take three days for it to go from here to Butler? Hum Bue. }vas only a few days ago that a 13- »Tyear-old child named Nellie Scott was enticed away from her home at Butler, Mo. She arrived in the city evening and was taken to the re- -feort at Fifth and Broadway, where | she soon found herself in the snares, « Phereft of ali protection and unable Stete a Mail Pouch. In. the | on file at my office after August 12th. ae se Squire Wild played another game the bi : si meantime her terrific screams for as- | : D. L. Hacoarp. ) i 3 as Wo aout aegumieraia of ball with the boys Saturday. St. Louis, Mo., Aug. 13.—When ee ee ee sistance had brought neighbors to ; Bridge Com. of Bates Co., Mo. 4 out trying to suppress the flames. In two days the flames traveled over a section sixty miles wide and 100 miles in length. In Deer Lodge county the town of Georgetown is surrounded by fire and a strong wind is blowing. The mill of the Metallic Mining Company, near that town, is in great danger, as the fire is traveling toward it with - great rapidity. Couriers who have arrived Walt and Jim were out in the new hack Saturday in fine style. Glad to know Rec, Will, Afton and Sam are regular attendants at the Walnut Sunday school. No doubt Mr. Shelton gives them at- tendance cards. T. M. Broaddus, the prospective jeandidate, gave us a call Saturday evening. R. A. Alexander brought us some the fast mail over the Pennsylvania road arrived here yesterday morn- ing the through pouch containing registered mail from Albany, N. Y., was missing. It was learned last night that the pouch had been pick- up at Terre Haute, Ind. cut open and rifled of its contents. It is be- lieved to have contained about $10,- 000. The theory is that the thieves entered the car while the mail clerks | /saddenly hid themselves for a time. "The girl was taken back to Butler.— KC. News. Zola Morris, one of the keepers of @ the den, is the daughter, we under- stand, of a respectable miner at Rich Hill, and formerly worked at the , 4 Palace hotel in this city. - @ As to the item in the News in re- | gardtothe 13-year-old girl, whose | 3. Mhome is reported to be in Butler, ‘ ler A t 6th 1889. the scene of the conflict, at the sight | piecarnirn. of whom the unknown ruffian fled. | In the immediate confusion no sys- | tematic pursuit was made, but after | the rescuers had recoved their scat- | tered senses a strong party started | off after him. At last accounts they \ were close to his heels and if caught | he will undoubtedly be lynched. | Mrs. Campbell is badly bruised and | Tae e, Xs Saisayania } the Times has made dilligent search @ Person as Nellie Scott ever having | @ defo given. “ ‘wad inquiry and can find no such lived in the the city. Therefore, we take it for granted that the News is | a jSither mistaken in the home of the | ‘Gil or else a fictitious name has | fine peaches. Miss. Emma Eldridge and May Buck took dinner in our village Sun- day. Mrs. Judge Cole is spending the lay in our village to-day. Rev. Lampton preached a fine ' sermon Thursday night. We met Mr. and Mrs. Frank | Jastice Field was arrested in San | Greer, of Shawnee Sunday. Francisco Friday on a warrant sworn | pout by Mrs. Terry, wife of the mur- | dman. Judge Field sued out | Dick threshed to-day for Embree | abundance of good rich milk and but- | and to-morrow he goes to Antioch. | ter. : ¢ i Ballard is up to the times, we tothe truthof this statement, are Wnt of habeas corpus immediately have some one to put our heads in | jnvited to call and test the matter oS was released on a bond of $5,- | shape for Sundays as well as other | for 3 | villages. peculiarity of Hood's Sarsepa | _ la is that while it purifies the blood Miss Ida Billings has returned | ubs, who, in imitation of the mother, | from avisit to Appleton City rela- | milked the calf, while the mother | Amparts new vigor to every fune- tives. of the body. Judge Cole, F. M. Fort and Mr. j Independence Progress. { | Were eating supper. A phenomenon of a calf may inter- est a few of our dairymen and butter making classes. There is a heifer calf in our town, formerly owned by | Chas. Snow, Esq., one and a half years old, that has been giving milk | ever since it was six months old; and is now the property of Dr. Horn, jand supplies his family with an | All who are at all skeptical as themselves. The calf was brought to milk by two little cher-} | milked the cow.—Sni Mills items in | at Phillipsburg from Georgetown at midnight reported that the utmost | consternation prevailed there, and a large force was organized to go to the rescue. eight miles and is spreading rapidly. Ranges in that section have been almost destroyed, the fire extending nearly from Miles City to Glendive. | A letter received to-day from For- ; sythe says that Henry Casey, J. P. Harrison, and two cow boys recent- ly from Texas, who were out fight- | In the Yellowstone coun- | try the pineries fire covers an area of | have found it. injured and the nervous shock con- | sequent upon the sudden assault \ has left her ina very critical condi- | tion. Eureka. The motto of California means, I. 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