The Butler Weekly Times Newspaper, January 1, 1890, Page 4

ON tet <runeprongnccaesoeeceaitammenmnemmentnenenetane i sa STM TE RA i cccismanenepensnieteetenneOPNCR te eine eA ete rai eee PENT ~tioangurnenesnoanieinih semis ainnnsamatetientiaerenmintemstiansinitest(iintatealeeneinnttlnsa ist ebinentns caret nmesesncnenbecnAr Nitti BUTLER WEEKLY TIMES J. D. ALLEN Ep:tor. J.D. Auten & Co., Proprietors, | UPSCRIPTION : TERMS OF {TheWeekLy Times, published every! Wednesda: , will be sent to any ¢daress | ane vear, postage paid, tor $1.25. | BUTLER MISSOURI. WEDNESDAY, JAN. 1,, 159- ere ee eee ee eee CITY OF THE THIRD CLASS. It would be impossible to publish the laws in full governing cities of the third class, but to show the in creased powers of the council, the} additional officers, the power of as- sessments against private property | and for what purposes, etc., we print a few sections for the enlightenment of the voter who will be called upon to vote on the proposition to incor porate as a city of the third class on January 14th: SEC. 1469. Ex The following officers shall be elect ed by the qualified voters of the city, who shall hold their offices for two years, and until their successors are elected and qualified, viz.: A mayor, marshal, recorder, city attorney, treasurer and collector. The record- er and city attorney shall be persons | learned in the law. SEC. 1470. pivision or crTy INTO warps.—The council shall, by ordi- nance, divide the city into not less than four wards, and two council-| men shall be elected from such wards by the qualified yotens) thereof. * * * | SEC. 1495. May pass wuar oRDi nances —The cities coming under the provisions of this article, in their corporate capacities, ave authorized and empowered to enact ordinances for the following purposes, in addi tion to the other powers granted by law: First, to levy and collect taxes for general revenue purpose on all mixed, personal and real property within the limits of said cities, taxa- ble according toe the laws of this state, the value of the property to be assessed by the county ass secoud, to open and improve streets, avenues and alleys and make side walks and build bridges, culverts and sewers within the city; and for the purpose of paying for the same, shall have power to make assess ments in the following manner, to wit: First, for opening, widening and bringing to grade all streets, | avenues and alleys, and for the build ing of bridges, culverts and public, sewers, and for foot-walks across streets, avenues and alleys, the as sessment shall be made on all taxa- ble property within the limits of the city, not exceeding five mills on the dollar for these purposes in any one year; second, for making and repair- ing sidewalks, the assessment shall be made on all lots and pieces of} ground abutting on the improve- ments, according to the front fcot | thereof; third, for paving, macada mizing, curbing aud guttering all streets, avenues and alleys and re pairing the same, and for doing all excavating and grading necessary | for the same, after said streets, ave- | nues and alleys have first been brought to grade, as provided in the first division of this section, re lating to opening, widening and bringing to grade all streets, ave-| nues and alleys, and for all improvee ments of the squares and areas as formed by the crossing of streets, | the assessment shall be made for each block separately, on all lots and pieces of ground on either side of such street or avenue, the distance improved or to be improved, or on the lots or pieces of ground abutting on such alleys, in proportion to the front foot. SEC. 1496. assessments.—The as- sessments made in pursuance of the second and third clauses of the sec- ond subdivision of the preceding section shall be known as special as- sessments for improvements, and shall be levied and collected asa spe- ECTIVE OFFICERS.— each of | ) nually j contested election cases. ADY DEAD. ING STREETS, ETC.— The city council HENRY W. may, by ordinance, include in the | special assessment the cost of bring. The Brilliant Southern Editor’s Career ing to the established grade any End Untimely. strest, avenue, square, alley or part) thereof, proposed to be improved under the provision of section 1498, when in their opinion or judgment Atlanta, Ga., Dec 23.—Heury W. | Grady is dead. Death came at 3:40, : its coming o'clock this ‘had been feared by those who had, is not ina condition to warrant an | z morning. the general revenue fund of the city watched the case closely, but nobody sxpenditure for bringing the san expenditure for bringing had expected it so soon. Mr. Grady was Atlanta's favorite | «2 * to the established grade. SEC. 1502. to gonps.—The | ci : ouncil shall have power to levy an | eitizeun—the center of its publie and | taxes taxable property | within the city, in addition to other | taxes, and in sufficient amount for! the purpose of paying the interest! and coupons as they become due on PAY social affairs. Perhaps no other man | on i i place in the; affections of the community as he! eld. The national attention which | he attracted by his fa at the banquet of the New holds such a peculiar us speech ; | England } all bonds now issued and outstznd-| associa . 1 : a few years ago, when ing; and the mayor and council! shall |“ nS ra ; ea AG : {with uuexpected eloquence, he voie- have power by ordinance to issue} ed the svuthern wish for (ern States i | upon SNAKE STRATEGY. | A Huge Reptile Which Lost Its Head Um | der no Circumstances. i The common black-snake is well | known to most inhabitants of the East- | Whoever sees one usually | or else runs away. But | naturalists are not like other people. | To them, even a black-snake may be a Mr. C. J. May- tions to Seienc capturing “specimen. nard, in his ‘Cont narrates his experience in such a prize. . as usual, saw ye fell upon him, 3 perfectly quiet, hoping thus to escape | observation. | I wanted a black-snake, and here was in front of ; him 1 and I knew Ec m before he could es opposite. Of equally | a agozen ten ‘ks and ct I spread my feet and stooped to stop i f | him, but he passed directly under me, } bonds, payable in one year, to an ; ‘aie him, but he passe: y u 7 ‘ amie lunity of spirit and purpose as and was so agile that he was ten feet j amount not exceeding half the cur- a a Sete hy I eigeaiass patore i ceata epny)| . as gove aut, str zi5 : rent revenue for the fiscal year, and Ij 1 = F mind just where : . is ¢| he upon the frie of tue pcs Ray cnn doe ee also to issue bonds in renewal of 20°" Ul j : Hie expected 1o doubt h . j neighbors who already kuew and es- | ha he was seven | other bonds of the city maturing : 5 ss 2 Le Rear es sar . CELE ili. = Seer for the requisite amount, and which | lg siderable exe | * * the city has no fund to pay. ' We Republics | Farm Mortgages A Suspicious Congressman, | It looks as if the republicans de- fashington, D. C., Dee. Deas g = Washington, D. C jSire to prevent the Representative Moore, of Texas, who is a member of the House committee of the amount of mortgages by the ceusus superintendent. On Mon 2d, of Mis jsouri, offered an amendment toa de- on elections, harbors a dire suspic- - z day Representative Bl ion that there is a republican con- spiracy to unseat the democratic members against whom there are contests. “I am inclined to think that the republicans have gotten up a conspiracy in the matter of these That there oceasional contested $209,000 to for the ture of ibe used by the expe the cen and amounts of United States should be an Tom aimmieds case is only to be expected, but that the law nt letter ad- ut Porter +iu which Mr. Por tion snd de that it should occur renteen times in the South indicates purpose on the part of the republi read. provided for il to my mind al 1 3 = | the rece ery toen read jp aressed tos election contests in the interest of their party cans to getup a series of nt want to Knew About | ascertainment | managed to get into some bushes. ficiency appropriation bill providing | mned about, and readlong. This he swerved from his course when that I stood my yund, and s I did not run, he iu n came toward me | time he saw Here ce led. just as I have seen f rattlesnakes do, and elevating his tail, vibrated it with great dity, | striking the leaves and twigs, thus pro- unlike the the same ducing a buzzing sound not rattles of the rattlesnake. at time drawing back his head ready to strike. As I continued to advanee, he once more changed his manwuvres, and com- menced dodging about among the bushes. I kept him busy at this for perhaps ten minutes. and then, seeing a | good opportunity. [ rushed forward to secure him. Atthishe mounted through the bushes to their tops. and went from them to the lower branches of MH birch, and continuing upward te his way to the i feerin the air, most as quickly 1 done. From this elevated spot a six he looked 4 ne eee an LaEeet . Huet j diez wlhinted that it would be for the purpose of determining who ingu tial to look into the que are its proper members. tion of farm mortgages At fle “Do you think three- is any inten- : i derson then made the point of order tion on the part of the n jority to press these cases untairly “Ithink their seat enough democ lation Was not germain to the ques aoe purpose ts to un- » chair sustained hi s to give a A : ; © se Senator Berry intre clear PRIN i y E ; } ) 1 ee paige pine i ee eda bill amending the census} spublicaus. There are some vei ae ek : ek : , SY fact sid directing the superintendent The chairman of our comnuittee is 2 fair excellent men in the majority. yf fir ‘ ° : as of farina mortgap is bound to raise a li just-minded and good man, and he may make the republican party cull ahalt in their revolutionary pur- poses.” “In what way do you expect the] Have bills majority to attempt measure?” the the membeis|} > of the house between the parties | More half on the deimoe than any unjust jment to the censas 2 en jher indicated in Seu: “We apprehe y 5 or 1 We apprehend ae will : ither | The Aosta Gall considered before (777, and the republicans will have io meet it. It have some cases adopting rules, or else adopt such rules that democrats will be regard-| ed as present, whether they vote or! not, in order to insure the presence ofa quorum. This would be done by official notice being taken by the Speaker of the presence of members of the House.” 2. the amount of ascertained.—N, ial Democrat. Mob Members Sued. | Eldorado, Kan., Dee. 27.—Mrs. Margaret Edwards, who in company with her husband, Alonzo Edwards, was maltreated by a mob last sum- mer on suspicion of having murder- ed and concealed the remains of lit- tle Sadie Bloomer, has brought suit against D. B. Tilton, the leader of the mob, and forty-five of his follow- ers for $25,000 for injuries received at their hands. Mrs. Edwards and her husband were brutally beaten by Tilton and | party and both were hung up bythe neck several times until life was nearly extinct in an effort to make them reveal the place where they | were thought to have hidden the re jmains of the child. The child was Gov. Larabee, of Iowa, has par- afterward found on the doorstep of doned one Trogdon of that state for | # 2eighboring house totally uninjur- murdering a man during the war |ed and the folly of mob law was who shouted for Jeff Davis. Trog- | gain exemplified. don was tried and sent to the| The defendants in the suit are penitentiary for life. The pardon was | "early all prosperous farmers and granted on theground that Trogdon | Stock raisers and the sum asked by who was a soldier, was goaded to| the plaintiff can easily be recovered fury by the victim's shouting for|from them. Davis. The queer part of the affair is that Trogdon’s patriotism went so far as to not only kill but rob his victim, who was a good citizen, of “Eloquent and Fearless’? Vest. A little protectionist intrigue is on foot in Missouri to oust the Hon. George G. Vest from his seat in the senate because of his able advocacy of tariff reform. The defeat of Mr. | Vest would be a loss not only to the Democrat party but to the whole country. It is probable that he has aroused the hostility of the dressed beef combination as well as of the} tariff beneficiaries of Missouri; but that is all the greater reason why the people should support their elo- quent and fearless champion.-—-Phila- delphia Record. Emin Pasha Much Worse. Zanzibar, Dec. 27.—Emin Pasha has had a relapse. There is a sec- ithat an ameudiment containing legis. | i | to nscertain the number and amount | ever 1 took him into my hands he str 7 his question} gled to escape, maki: discussion future. | coils round providing for au amend-| time je : i ect in the man-; or Berry's bill. | j force the ques- } as their people are demaning that} 1 Inortgages be | pushed a suff down upon me in triumph. But his ex- { ultation was short-lived, for a vigorous {shake of the tree brought him down, = 8 & ry x o & g S h elf upon himand him. succeeded in captu Even the la nent he did not jlose his head. but by unexpected ; Movement managed to ten his teeth in one of quite decy tches. IT kept him nearly two months. but he proved to be the fi reptile of this kind that Lever possessed. When- my fingers, inflicting some reest of much ine | genuity to this end. would yarm or Sometimes he softly wind his without hav sion by J umdue pressure. would suddenly contract the muscles of the body. and at the same k the head backward, endeavor- ing to withdraw it from my handas I held him by the neck. Not having succeeded in this, he would as unexpectedly loosen body. and | falling with his whole weight. give sev- eral violent contortions as soon as the Tall wa ecked by my hold, thus try- ing to < himself free. 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By so doing and giving them the best goods ata reasonable price.T hope ant expect t9 continue to merit cofidence and an will sson fade out and we enter public. for their past patronage. | increase in trade the coming new year Yours Truly, J. M- McK IBBEN To Close out Busines. Aaron Ha Will offer his entire stock of goods, commencing November Ist, 18 st ———=arT cosT=— For the purpose of quitting merchandiseing. Ihave been almost twenty-two years continuonsly doing buiness in Butler, and ten years before coming here, making thirty-two years in mercantile business. Iam tired of it. Besides my health is getting such, that I have to quit. I offer my entire Stock of Goods at cost HOR CASH...- only. and they have got to be soldby Jauuary Ist, 1890. What goods I have then ou sau 4 will trade for Stock Catue. Horses, Mules, Sheep, ete., at seventy + “rts on the dollar. I mean what I and all those who are indebted to me must settle by the first of January and save costs. I ani thankful to the people of Bates Co. for their patr: yuuage and past favors and more to those who stood by me from the begining to the ending of my term of business ay,