The Butler Weekly Times Newspaper, December 25, 1889, Page 5

% ' t o— ' The New year, blithe and bold, my friend comes up to take his own. And while as a business house, to which the old year has brought only prosperity and success. We regret to lose the Old Friend: still welcome the new comer— and to the public, whose patronaze has been so bountifully and) ¢ra- ciously bestowed in the past, we render our thanks and promose renewed efforts to deserve it in the future Sending to all, A Happy New Year Greeting. A. H Blachert | - Weil, of St. Louis, came up| Friday to spend the holidays in But- fer. Mr. Weil is a welcome visitor to our city. _ The city council at its last meet- ing, fixed the date of election, to Butler a city of the third class, for | Tuesday, January 14th, I890. The Will Mills, son of our fellowtowns- | /™fes will have more to say on this man Jolin Mills, is home to spend | question before the election. the holidays with his parents. Will; The Times believes that the city is now located in Louisville. Ky., / council, like other public officers, and is holding the responsible posi- | should be sustained when they do tion of chief clerk in the auditor's |Tight, when they do wrong or make office of the St. L. & T. railroad. _ mistakes it is out of place ina pub lie journal, published for the whole The Butler Academy took a recess | y people, to commend such acts. two weeks for the holidays. | ENO Te Prof. McMartin, the principal in-| R. S. Hillman, of Rich Hill, was forms us that he now has enrolled placed in jail Saturday to await the 89 students, or thirteen \ f of more than | action of the uext grand jury on the was enrolled during the whole of|charge of burglarizing the K. C., last year. W e are ever glad to note | Ft. Scott & Memphis railroad depot the prosperity of this school and jat Rich Hill, of eighteen coupon trust that under the present manag- | tickets, valued at about $500. When ment the enrollment will reach 189 | arrested Hillman had the tickets on and there 1s nO reason why it should {his person, which is very good evi- not, asit has as able a corps ofidence that the teachers as au¥ school in the state. {have the right man, and it remains Misses Camilla are at howe spendiug the holidays. | Poses te explain the possession of The former is a student of the Les. | the tickets away. jvote on the proposition to make’ railroad company | and Maud Smith | to be seen just how Hillman pro-| | year ago now, we promised the people of Butler and \ icinity changes that must make home BA PYwwy . We have endeavored to do our part to take every one sutistied and thank you one and all. foryourliberal patronage during the /We will continue our Notion Business in the successful channel it has been moving in THE CLOTHIER AND FURNISHER, Palace Hotel Building Maud is private secretary to Dr. Paul Paquin, of Columbia, State Veterinary surgeon, at a salary of $600 per year. This is a splendid ter seminary, at Holden, while Miss | Benj. Robinson, of Rich Hill, con. fined in jail for the past 140 days for assault with intent to kill, Mrs. Mary Cross, was released Monday | ldurine ISS9, But in Boots and Shoes our new departure is of vital interest. Farmers Lane has made a call for wo hundred thousand chickens, ducks und geese, let them to Lane. BUTTER WEEKLY TIMES. | : LOCAL ITEMS —— — Courtney & Johnson, the cattle SOMETHING NEW. | and hog buyers of Bates county,will We cure all rough skinon the tace— \ ship four loads of c f } ship four loads of cattle and hogs smooth shaves, latest style hair cuts ae “4 Bs a os shampoo’s—and Spanish luster cures the | to-morrow. scalp of dandruff. Shop on North Mau | FRED DORN. | Misses Nettie and Susie Steele, = ——= jdaughters of John Steele, students ‘heap money tc loan on farms/at Hardin college, returned home Jas. K. Bruarer. | Saturday to spend the holidays with No chickens genuine unless brand- their parents. ed Lane. } Afire in St. Louis Friday, daim- ere eT aged property to the amount of! | $250,000. The entire fire depart-) Let your eggs come to Lane at 18 cents per dozen. appointment fora young lady and one very hard to fill, but we are in formed that Miss Maud is giving the | very best of satisfaction. He says the charge was trumped up against him and was nothing but spite, as he made po assault and had no intention of killlng the lady. Miss Maggie Newton, daughter of | He requested us to express public- Rev. Wm. Newton, formerly pastor \ly for him his thanks to Mr. and Mrs. of the First Presbyterian church of Glavebrook for their kind treatment this city, will be married to the Rev. Stevenson, at the residence of her father at Raymore, Cass county, to- day. The following young ladies of this city, friends of Miss Newton, will attend the wedding: Misses Al- ice and Frankie Ludwick, IdaCrume, Hattie McKibben, Maggie Ewing, of him while a prisoner, and as proof that he had been well treated he said when he entered the jail’ he weighed 210 pounds and when weighed 229. reieased The citizens of Butler were griev- ed to learn of the death of Dr. G. W. Davis, which occurred at his and took the noon train for his home. | TO YOu Ali, Inas much as this department will be con- ducted entirely on coumission, and you pay NO PROFIT on the wholesale price. We will continue to sell our Good quality of goods, and prices will be 25 per cent. lower than ever before. Look for our price list in next weeks Times. we will otter wonder- ful Bargains after we invoice. wishing you wu year of joy, we remain faithfully yours to London. Mr A. D. Vandiver and wife went to Nevada, to spend Xmas. J. M. Holt is in the city and will spend the holidays with his many friends. They have thieves at Hannibal who can get away with a barrel of flour. No eggs genuine unless branded Lane. Mrs. Ben Canterberry is in the | city and will spend the holidays with her parents. Mrs. W. E. Pyle left for Denver, Col., Sunday on a visit to J. M. Tucker. Sultus, the erotic, is not dying in He has returned to New York to grant his wife a divorce. John Stanly and Claude and Har- vey Clark, attencing school at Neo- sho, are home t9 spend the holidays. | Mike Hedrick has been appointed night watch. He is a clever man and ve believe will make a good of- ficer. It is alittle early to sound the | alarm, but Canada’s chief quarran- tine officer expects cholora next sea- son. Miss Belle Davis, who is teaching | at Wyckoff, Kan., is home spending | the holidays with friends. relatives and The postoffice will be closed on Christmas and New Years, except! from me to two o'clock p. m. Na- tional Lolidays. The Butler silver cornet band went te Nevada Saturday to play for | the opening of the St. Louis cloth- ing horse. Miss Anna, daughter of Capt. | Hinnah, attending school at Lex- ington, Mo., is hcme for the holi- da;s. 4 man made his escape from Jef- fewon City the other day by jump- ingfron the fourth story of the Peiitensiary,killing himself. She public schools closed Friday forthe purpose of giving the chil- drm me week's holiday. The Christmas exercises were exception- all: good this year. Ve larn a Waterworks company hai bees organized, with Messrs. | Tygard,McKibben and Hannah, of ou: city as three of the five direc- tos.—Record. The sppointment of Judge Brew- er 18 associate justice of the United States jwpreme court was confirmed by the senate last week. The Judge will be }worn in after the holidays. | ment of the city was called out be-| aN ego ca) ne IRORSEE: fore the flar were subdued. Mrs. Francis Bell, wife of Jas L. Bell, of New Home township, died at her home in westeru Bates coun- ty, after a prolonged illness, last Mrs. Bell was of Mr. Rand, deceased, A public installment of the cfticers | of Bates county post No. 58, G. A.! R. will be held in the court house | | Tuesday night, Jan. 14th. A cordial | | invitation is extended the publie to | attend evening. + daughter oan & nd and was about 36 years ofage. She We will sell holiday goods lower | was a very estimable Christian lady, than any one, this we guarantee. | : and leaves husband | Come and see. Gro. W. Weaver. |". ; | children to mourn her demise. a and three Z The A man had his arm broken and | bereaved have our sinecre sympa- | narrowly escaped death while waik- jthy in their sad uffliction.—Review. |ing along one of the principal streets | ee jof Kansas City Friday. The missle; The county court cf Cass county | which did the damage was a stone |are perplexed to know what to do | from a blast, a block or move away. | in the matter of a settlement of the i at Wiles Ohiolthonoond ingt bonded indebtedness of the county. | Charles Shelar, teok the the life of The origimal bond debt was $300, | his wife and three children and then 000, but by dilatory measures on jended his own. The weapon used the part of the courts and the peo- Rees, Ae ple, and lapse of years the accumu- iad there throatout ted interest and debt now amounts ee |to the enormous sum of $635,000. Farmers, as the turkey market is The time having arrived for a settle- | glutted it will pay you to hold them} ment and the county court having | until later. Let your other poultry sii ane > come. Peter Lane is the farmer's been mandarmsed by the federal fand: court to levy taxes to pay the same,the \ question in all seriousness is staring when found | a former | | prominent citizen of this vicinity, |large and lucrative practice. He was home in Foster, Sunday, at 10 a. m. Dr. Davis was about 80 years of age and was one of the oldest and most highly respected citizens of this county. He- came to Bates before the war and in the practice of his profession built up a an honored member of the Masonic order and his remains were laid to rest yesterday at 10:30 o'clock, a large number being present from this city. He leaves a wife and three children. The Ties, with a host friends joins in sympathyzing with the bereaved family. Attention Odd Fellows. Bates Lodge No. 180 will install their officers at their lodge room on Jan. 6, 1890, at 7 o'clock p.m. and in connection there will be a supper for Odd Fellows and their families, only. The following committees have been appointed for the occa- sion. Com. on arrangements: A. Shane, W. W. Ross and Lee Culver. Com. on reception: A. H. Culver. J. N. Gipson and J H. Mills. Com. on music: E. S. Carrithers and Rev. Stockton. Com. on cooking: Jno. Vancamp Del Welton is improving, and is} | well enough to get about, and he} | thinks by taking good care of him- | self he will be able to go to work in the farmer in the face, as to what he will do. With corn at 15 and 20 cents per bushel and all other pro- ducts of the farm at equally as low ‘another week or two. For the pres- jent John Deviney is attending to the collection of taxes for him. | an ebb, the Cass county farmer is certainly in a predicament, and should have the sympatiy of his fel- low foliowers of the plow. | Miss Mabel McKibben, the accom- plished daughter of J. M. McKib- ben, who has been attending school | | at Jacksonville, Ill., returned home | Thursday for the purpose of spend- \ing the holidays with parents and friends. She will return to her studies the first of the year. Farmers, let your chickens, ducks and geese, come to Lane. Hold your turkeys. The farmers and their wives and children took possession of Butler Saturday. They came in to lay in their Christmas supplies. They were welcome visitors and we are satisfi- ed the merchants took pleasure in treating them one and all nicely and giving them value for their money. The trade of the former is what makes a rustling, live town, conse- quently we are always glad to wel- come them to the city. Butler isa | Squire D.G. Newsom left Satur- day evening for his old home in North Carolina, partly en business and to see his aged father, who is in failing healt. He will beabsent two | or three weeks. The Tres wishes him a pleasant visit and a safe re- | turn. i and Geo. Patrick. Com. on soliciting funds: S. W. Childs, G. M. Risley and Wm. Keasling. - Door keeper: A. H. Lamb. Orators: W. O. Adkisun and oth- ers. All the members of Bates Lodge and sojourning, visiting and resi dent Odd Fellows of others Lodges and their families are invited to at- tend. By order of Com Four Horses Killed. Acting under instructions from the county court deputy sheriff Joe Shelby went out tothe farm of Mr. Light, in Charlotte township. the latter part of last week and skot the four horses which have been in quar- antire afflicted with the glanders. The gentlemen appointed by the court, J. P. Edwards, Henry Speer and J. W. Smith, appraised the an- imals at $270, and under the laws of the state the state will pay Mr. Light the appraised value of the The Record is about the only re-| part and parcel of Bates county, it |publican paper in this section of} belongs to the farmers, they built country that is holding out for the} it, they support it, ana the strength robber tariff. Even the president|and prosperity of the former is and a republican congress are offer-| identical. No farmer can injure the ing to compromise the matter in fa- town without injuring himself cor- ested in seeing the farmer prosper. | United we stand and when one flour- jishes the other grows. obtain a selection you should come at once and avoid the grand rush Ia- | ter on. Gero. W. Weaver. { | Theettect ot using Hibbard’s Rheu-} : | matic Syrup is unlike all medicines} AM early inspection and selection | containing opiates =) pelans it being | only willinsure you the presents entirely free from them t cures rheu-; + a H matism by purifying}the blood. Sold} desired for the holidays. by all druggists. 44-1 yr | early. Gero. W. WrAver. horses. Mr. Shelby says one of the horses kiled was an extra fine ani- mal and was well worth $150 and to all outward a ces had nothi the matter ike. Mr. Shelby saysit was one of the most un- pleasant duties he has ever been j i _| called upon to perform, but in or- scien ie — —— — per der to exterminate the disease it was Already our establishment is Sree: coun yeseae z ourish neessary to exterminate the horses crowded to the utmost and to {#24 grow asthe town man is inter-| afieted. Mr. Light is now without a hoof on bis place, and it will prob- ably be some time before he can re- plenish without danger, as the dis | ease lurks in the grass and barn in | which the diseased animals have | been fed and kept as it will seme time to thoroughiy disinfect Come | his premises so that all danger will | into have passed. take | command ry aterprise Shoe L. A. Weil Lane has made a call for two hun- | dred thousand head of chickens, | ducks and geese; let them come. Hold your turkeys for better mar- | ket. Hibbard’s Kheumatic rheumatism by striking at the seat ot disease and restoring the kidneys and liver toa healthy action. It taken asut- ficient time to thoroughly eradicate such poison it never fails. Soid by all drug gists. 44-I-yr. Syrup cures | Surprise Dinner. Dec. 21, 1889.— To-day has heen gala day at the residence of Uncle Clem Slayback, the occasion being Aunt Martha Slayback’s 49th birtb- day and the neighbor women for several miles around quilted each a quilt block, with her name thereon and kept it a profound secret from Mrs. Slayback, and this morning all were to come and surprise the fami- ly—which they didin good shape. “Happy Jack” and his better half had started to meeting and met the crowd going to their house to quilt the quilt. The son and daugh- ter, Ed and Dora, were equal to the emergency aud entertained the young people by throwing open the doors of the large and elegantly furnished rooms, which were filled to their utmost capacity, being a little less than one hundred pres- ent. Now, here is what the Truzs reporter enjoyed to his heart’s cor- tent, each lady had brought a bas- ket of the very best the land could produce and there were enough left to feed equally as many more. “Hap- py Jack” was in one ef his jolly, jok- ey moods and Aunt Martha appear- ed only 25 or 30 years old and made everyone feel glad they were there. Uncle Clem and Aunt Martha Slayback are favorably known ail over the county, being the first set- tlers of the county. nave lived where they now live for 30 years. Aunt Martha is a daughter of Mar- tin White and was born and raised in two miles of where she now lives. SqtBBLER. | Inits treatment of rheumatism al | all rheumatic troubles Hibbard’s Rheu- ‘ | matic Syrup stands first and foremost | above all others. Read their medica: { | pamphlet and learn ot the great medic j | cinal 2 of the remedies wnich enter i } composition. Sold by all drug- gists. sgt & Bargain Co. 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We guarantee they have no equal in the cure ot Sick headache, Constipation, Dyspepsia, Billiousness and asan ap petizer, they exceed any other prepara: tion. l44-1-yr We To sell a lot of Rocking chairs for Christmas presents, and of course, want To make Money on them. Thes goods were bought solow and our expenses are 50 small that we find it no trouble to sell at a reaconable profit and make Prices Lower. than any competition. We propose . sell our whole stock At Cost that is, at whet it will cost our cus-. tomers, which is about what such - goods cost our competitors. Ifyou want to make sensible presents, see us JEWETT & HICKMAN, / Butler, Mo. O. H. F. S. NANT anes ee Wart fe