The Butler Weekly Times Newspaper, February 5, 1890, Page 5

Bier Great Investment! One that will beat IO per cent interest and safer than any Bank. We have a few overcoats, and suits left out of our big fall purchase, that we would like to close out at a sacrifice. Also all Underwear, wool Mitts, Gloves, Caps and in fact, all winter goods, before taking stock. Now is the time to save money on Cloth- ing. Calland be convinced. They must go. A, E, BLACHERT, THE CLOTHIER AND FURNISHER, Palace Hotel Building eae BUT'ER WEEKLY TIMES. | . Geo. Canterbury is on the sick t. George Pharis, of Hudson, gave ;us a pleasant and substantial call Monday. LOCAL ITEMS SOMETHING NEW. We cure all rough skinon the face— smooth shaves, latest style hair cuts shampoo’s—and Spanish luster cures the scalp of dandruff. Shop on North Maiu FRED DORN. Go and hear the Swiss bell ring- ers at the opera house Friday and Saturday evenings. If this pleasant weather continues ! much longer the farmers will be get- Cheap money tc loan on farms J ting restless to plow for oats. as. K. Brucer. ‘ St. Valentine's day will soon be Bensantheor Sea Waasih ae the city Monday. He reports every- thing quiet at the kingdom, and the grippe on the decrease. Iwill pay 18 cents in trade for corn. J.M. McKibbben. | * Col. M. W. Mize is still on the ee sick list we are sorry to say. Little Joe Hart, who was so un- Mrs. Peter Lane spent several fortunate as to break his leg some days visiting relatives in the coun- try last week. house with the aid of crutches. The James family Swiss bell ring- ers will play at the Butler opera house Friday and Saturday evening. The doctors have been on the go morning, noon and night for the past three weeks. _ Mrs. Aiken has been appointed postmistress at Harrisonville and has taken charge of the office. os We are informed that the wheat crop throughout the county is look- ing well and promises a good yield. | The Swiss bell ringers will be at the opera house Friday and Satur- | day evenings. Go and hear them. Notwithstanding the Italian cli mate of California in Ruby valley. that state, there is a snow drift fifty- five feet deep. chureh. ; dry goods merchant of Owensville, day, on a visit to his sister, Mrs. H. P. Nickell, of Homer township. Mrs. J. A. Trimble of Foster, who has has been visiting her parents, Dr. and Mrs. Frizell, in this city, for several weeks, presented her husband with a fine girl one day last week. N. B. Langsford, one of the most substautial and influential farmers in Mt. Pleasant township gave us a pleasant call Monday. i W.B. Tyler, a democrat without guile,and a prosperous farmer, of Spruce township, called while in the city on business Monday. The closing of the Lennox Hill and the Sixth national banks in New York on the 30th has cause a big i sensation in banking circles. negotiating for the vacant cor ner owned by the Dixons. If they secure the ground it is said they will build three or four fine store | buildings. Mrs. W. H. Walton, who has been ' Dr. T.C. Boulware thinks ina visiting her father and mother for, | few more days he will be able to be several weeks at Corder Station, La- | out and attend to his practice. He fayette county, is home again. could have been up before this, but desired not to take any chances of a As a practical joker G. D. Arnold back set. of Summit township, is hard to beat but the boys out there are laying for him and by and by they will get him. O.D. Austin went to Leaven- worth, Kan., Saturday morning to attend the funeral of his cousin, Hon. Geo. Ummerthum, ex-mayor of Leavenworth. W. A. Battaele, traveling agent of the St. Louis Republic, is in the city in the interest of his paper. The Republic is one of the best papers that comes to our city and we hope to see Mr. Battaele get a large list of subscribers. Gov. Francis, acting upon the ad- vice of attorney general Wood, has brough suit against the St. Louis & San Francisco railroad for the re- covery of $300,000 with interest from 1875. What will come of the suit remains for the courts to say. The English syndicates are buy- ing up all the good things in this country. First they bought the breweries, now they want the door and sash factories. Uncle Geo. W. Blankenbaker, one of our substantial Lone Oak fnends, and one uf our oldest and most punctual subscribers called Satur- day and renewed his allegiauce for another year. Doc. Lilly, ex-sheriff of St. Clair county, died at his home last week. He was avery popular man in his county and was twice elected to the ' office of sheriff. r : Ghias dines oF Suminitit ownship, Morehouse in which that gentleman while in the city Saturday evening ve that either Judge Norton er : Sere | Richard Bland can defeat Senator paid the Trrs a substantial call. | vost. We always knew that the Mr. Haines is one of Bates county's | Honorable Albert P. Morehouse was most substantial farmersand a goodja red clover statesman.—Holden friend to the Tres. | Enterprise. Every democrat member of con- gress from this state voted against the measure to reimburse themselves for the Silcott steal, but the three Republicans from St. Louis voted for it. This vote ought to beat them for renomination.—Jefferson City Tribune. We were not surprised at seeing time ago, is able to get about the The company comes well recomend- The protracted meeting at the Baptist church still continues with unabated interest and quite a num- ber have been received into the Rob't. FE. Hazalrigg, a prominent Kentucky, arrived in the city Mon- We understand a syndicate is | Pharis & Scn. John Hartman, a prominent dem- ‘ocrat of Rockville, and a candidate | for circuit clerk, is in attendance at court this week. Miss Alice Ludwitk, one of the, teachers in the West school, was un-| lable to take charge of her room) | Monday on account of sickness. i a eS ae i | Hardware, stoves, tinware and| groceries and the celebrated Acorn | cook stoves at Harper & Atkison, | east side square. 11-2t Like Moses, Capt, L. L. Bridges, of Sedalia, was lead up on top the | mountain and allowed totake a peep into the promised land, Mexico. that’s all, and congressman Guen- ther, of Wisconsin, received the ap- pointment as consul. Walter Arnold returned from Kansas City with his handsome bride Friday evening. Mr. and Mrs. J. E. Arnold, parents of the groom gave them a magnificent dinner on Saturday. The Tres ex- tends to them its best wishes fora long, happy and prosperous life. Rev. T. P. Blakemore, of Detroit, Minn., who preached in the First Presbyterian church Sunday, will re- main in the city during the week and preach again next Sabbath morning and evening. His sermons were very interesting and called for the closest attention from his large congregations. Chauncey Depew, the republican leader in New York, says that Cleve- land will be nominated again by the ‘democrats with a rush and hurrah, for president in 1892 and a red hot campaign will follow. Mr. Depew is right, Mr. Cleveland will receive the nomination unanimously and will be elected, also. W. B. Kidd, a stockman of Win- chester, Clark county, Kentucky, was in the city, last week, and pur- chased alot of mules from Harris & Lisle. Mr. Kidd shipped the mules to New Orleans. Mr. K. saw Messrs Harris & Lisle’s advertise- ment in the booming Trvgs and that brought him to Butler. Geo. Johnson and his estimable wife, celebrated the twentieth anni- versary of their mauried life, at their home in Summit township, Wednes- day last. A large number of their friends were present, and the happy couple were made the recipients of many handsome and elegant pres- ents. John A. Gilbreath, the Appleton City lawyer, has recently formed a co-partnership with G. L. Mann, the democratic prosecuting attorney of St. Claircounty. Mr. Gilbreath has forsaken the republican party on the tariff question, and we believe he will stump the country for Gro- yer Cleveland in 1892.—Montrose Democrat. A letter from Jap Pierce received this week by his father, announces that he and Cy Patton arrived at Wilcox, Arizona, all O. K., and that they were enjoying good health and having a good time. Jap said they did not see a hill of corn in their travels after leaving Kansas. There are few Americans at Wilcox, and the population is principally Mexicans, and a large majority of the houses are built of sod. Come to me and buy your coal oil; good oil 150 proof, 15cts per gallon R. M. Waicar. J.S. Keran, better known as the “white Chinaman,’ who has been running a laundry in this city, jump- ed the town the other day leaving numerous bills unsettled, and a num- ber of our merchants would like to know his whereabouts. He is not only adead beat but has proven himself to bea thief. Among his victims in this city whom he defraud- ed is N. B. Jeter, the jeweler, whom he fleeced out of a gold watch and chain valued at fifty dollars; the Am- erican clothing house, a fine suit of clothes; the Laclede hotel a board bill, besides to otn2r varties smaller amounts. Keran is a young man without the least apark of principle | , an interview with ex Governor A. P. | and sooner or later will gei his just jt | deserts—a term in the penitentiary. i jIt isa good thing Butler is rid of | {him and well so, unless he is brought | | back by process of a warrant. | Avorn cook stoves are the best, Harper & Atkison, east side square. — Tf you want extra fine coffee goto’ The Cass County Republican says! AN UNWRITTEN LEAF OF the railroad debt of the county, which the people are preparing to compromise amounts to $880,900. This legacy of fraud is the prints of | a republican county court. St. Clair | and Henry counties are in about the} same condition, and from the same source, a thriving republican county | court. Prof. Starr, who we reported on! the sick list last week, returned to| the school room too soon, and is} new in bed with a relapse, and is quite sick. To make matters worse his wife is also seriously ill in War- rensburg, where she had gone to visit her mother. Miss Browning, a teacher in the west school was also quite sick last week and was not able to attend to her duties. The following named gentlemen Were sworn in as grand jurors for this term of court by Judge DeAr- mond Monday afternoon M_ V. Owen, John Murphy, Jessie Nave, I. N. Raybourn, F. M. Taylor, Al- bert Fry, Samuel! Levy, John Wood- ey, John Walker, Z. Baker. D. D. Peeler, L. H. Bird. Judge Samuel Levy was appointed foreman by the court and after receiving instruction from the court repaired to their reom. A fire in Nevada last Wednesday night destroyed the large stock of funiture of Schultz, Snider & Co., and also the Nevada Mail printing office. The damage by fire and wa- ter is estimated to be in the neigh- borhood of $10,000. The Mail of- fice was so badly damaged that the daily was, fur the present, suspeded but will beissued again us soon as the necessary repairs can be made. The Tres extends its sympathies to Messrs Speed & Mitchell. It looks to us that after twenty- five years of freedomand free schools the question as to whst shall we do with the negro race is out of order. If in all these years of absolute free- dom and education, the negro has made no advancements and is not capable of self government about the best thing to do with him is to dis- franchise him and take him out of politics. It is evident that it is not the good of the negro that the re- publicans care, it is vote and further than that they have no use for him. Prof. J. M. White, principal of the public schools of Carthage, and candidate for State superinte:.dent of public schools, spent Thursday in the city making acquaintances and presenting his claims. Prof. White was educated at Kirkville, Mo., and Ann Arbor, Mich. At the latter place he was aschool mate of J. S. and S. P. Francisco, of this city. Heisa young man, but has hada large experience inthe school room, and we have no doubt but that he would fill the high office to which he aspires with credit. Mr. W. thinks his chances to secure the nomina- tion good and that he will carry the southwest solid. Frank Tutt, who is in the employ of the Mo. Pacific railroad service, was in the city Sunday and informed us that the safe belonging to the Western Coal & Mining Co. which is kept in the Emporia depot at Foster, was blown open Thurs- day night last. The outside door of the safe was totally demolished, but the thieyes were unable to break open the inside door. Even had they been successful and gotten in- to the safe they would have made a water haul, as there was nothing of value kept in it except some books and papers. Mr. Tutt was of the opinion that the work was done by amateurs. Mrs. Nellie McGhee, wife of John McGhee, of Nevada, who has been lying dangerously sick at the resi- cence of her father, John Pharis in this city, died Sunday morning at half past;8 o'clock. The funeral took place at 11 o'clock Monday from the residence of her father and were conducted by Elder Browning, of the Christian church. Mrs. McGhee was about 23 years ofage and leaves a husband and two small children, | boys, one 4 years and the other 1 | old, to moura her loss. She was | a most estimable lady and the Tres; extends its sympathies to the hus-) band and bereaved psrents 2 atives. per gallon. whole party, with possibly the ex- [sell 150 proof coal oil at 25 cts! R. M. Waicsr. | i TORY. Major J. N, Bradley Teiis the Roman- tie Story of the Cause Which Led Up to the Mountain Meadow Massacre. Major J. N. Bradley, while in the city Monday, made usa pleasant call and in conversation gave us the fol- owing very interesting details of the cause which led up to the fam- ous Mountain Meadow massacre, when a large train of citizens from the state of Arkansas were butcher- ed near Salt Lake city, Utah, bya band of Mormons, disguised as In- dians. The following story, as told by the Major, is an unwritten page of history of this terrible massacre and, coming from the high authority it does, none will doubt its accuracy. Major Bradley said: “In the spring of 1857 in company with J. B. Sei- vers I made a trip to the Indian na tion to buy cattle. One night while stopping at the Creek agency I visit- eda Masonic lodge. It seems that Iwas not the only visitor present, but that a stranger was there before me. He was from California and gave the name of McKee, but I am satisfied that this was only an alias. He told the following very interest- ing and pathetic story and asked the assistance of the members of the lodge. He was married to a highly connected lady in New Orleans and moved to California, when, in time, there came to bless their home two pretty little children, a boy anda girl, the pride and joy of the loving parents. A shadow soon fell over this household in the form of a Moe mon Elder, named Pratt, who infatu- ated his wife and induced her to elope with him. She, however, re turned shortly afterwards and he forgave and took her back to his heart. Some time afterwards she wanted to visit her parents in New Orleans and the indulgent husband sent her there with the two little children. In course of time the husband received a letter stating that his wife had fled with the Mor mon Elder and had taken her two children with her. Mr. McKee said that he had traced them, and that his wife and children were then with a Mormon train, camped a short dis- tance from the agency; and asked assistance to secure his children. The next morning, Major Bradley said, I joined a company of volun teers to go with Mr. McKee. He found the children with the trian disguised us boys, but were readily recognized by the father. refused to have anything to do with his wife, but took the little children. | Kan Pratt was not with the train, but was on ahead, fearing trouble of this kind. A party of Masons, headed by Mckee pushed on after Pratt and arrested him north of the Arkansas river, the train when caught being south of the river. The Elder was taken down to Arkansas and before a judge at Van Buren, who declared that he had no jurisdiction in the matter, that no crime had been com mitted in the state, and the prisoner was diseharged. Unknown to the masons, McKee followed the mor mon Elder and the minute he cross- ei the state line into the Indian Tarritory, he shot him dead. When the newsof the killing of Elder Pratt reached Salt Lake City, the wcrmons were greatly excited and believed that Pratt was murdered by citizens of Arkansas on account of prejudice against the mormons. At this time there was a train of Ar kansas people crossing the plains and stopped to camp at Mountain Meadow. These people had not even heard of Pratt's death, but the Mormons, disguising themselves as Indians, surrounded them and after several days siege, massacred the ception of a few children, too young to tell the story. Thus was the killing of Pratt terribly avenged. The name of Col. Pace has been mentioned in connection with the of- fice of mayor. Col. Pace would make an excellent mayor, but he informs us that he is not a candidate for the office. We don't propose to be led, but to lead ali others in our line with the sale of Acorn stoves to back us. Harper & Atkison, east side square. 9G WINE OF CARDUI, 2 Tonic for Women. HIs-/ McKee The Butler newsboys seem to be getting into bad repute with the city daily papers and some of them have taken the wings of the morn- ing and fewn to parts unknown,leav- ing the papers they represented in the soup. We have the best low priced cook | atoves made, it is made in Evansville, too. Harper & Atkison, 11 2t East side square. We have information that encour- ages us to believe that with the prop- er effort on the part of the citizens of Butler they can secure the pre= jected line from Ossawatomie, Kan- sas, east. Weare assured that the road will be built the coming season. A call be made soon for a meeting at geome point on the line. McElree’s WINE OF CARDU! for female diseases A small stock of hardware for sale cheap or will trade for horses or any good property of any kind. Must be sold at some price. Call im- mediately. R. M. Wright Southeast cor. square, lst door east of the Farmers Bank. Next week by the courtesy of our efficient county clerk, T. L. Harper, the Times will publish a report of the stewartship of the township as- sessors, showing a complete ab- stract of the number and value of live stock in each township, money, notes and bonds and all other person- al property, also numbers of acres of land, its value, and average assess- ed valuation per acre. It is a valu- able piece of information to our farmers and we feel sure will be pe- rused with interest. The best cook stove on earth can be had at Harper & Atkison,east aide square. Acorn is way in the lead of all others. 11-2 Spreaaing Out. Peter Lane, the poultry king of Bates county, has discovered that his increasing trade, in the poultry business, has demanded athis hands more room and better, quicker and © easier facilities for handling poul- try. Soin order to accommodate his trade he has purchased of the Childs estatea half acre of ground adjoining the railroad track at the depot and his half a dozen men at work fencing in the same and ar- ranging it especially for confiniug poultry. He also eontemplates ex- tending the switch of the Emporia on his land a sufficient length to hold two carsso that he will not be under the necessity of paying track rent should his palace cars remain on the track more than a day. He is also having built in the east a trans- portation wagon for handling poul- try. Mr. Lane says this wagon will be something new and novel in this section. His poultry trade is not confined wholly to Bates county, as he has entered the territory of Ver- non, Cass, Henry and St. Clair coun- ties and is ransacking the entire western and southern portions of 8a8. Do you have dyspeptic troubles? Take Hood’s Sarsaparilla, which has relieved thousands and will cure you. Sold by druggists. Waxwrep.—A number one saddle horse. Any one having such an an- imal can get a good price for it by calling on C. B. Lewis, the liveryman in Butler. He would also buy a few good horses for the livery business. McELREE’S WINE OF CASDUI for Weak Nerves "A Card. On last Friday I called at the of- fice of Dr. Boulware to pay my ac- count. The doctor made;a reduc- tion of $53.50 on the bill, for which he has my heartfelt thanks and grat- itude. I appreciate his kindness more than words can tell. Dr. Boulware is a kind hearted man, and knows how to sympathize with the widows and orphans. May he ever be rewarded. Mes. Wit. Farm for Sale. Samuel W. Gutridge’s farm of 160 acres, situated 24 miles west of Johnstown, can be bought very cheap and on easy terms. Those wishing to purchase stock farn will do weil to on Rev. McComb, who lives just north of the farm. 5-8t Money to Loan. On good security. We have mon ey to loan at 6 per cent interest and 5 per cent commission for five years. No other charges. Borrower can pay all or part at any interest pay- ing time. This makes your loan cost about 7 per cent. Jas. K. Bavorzr. Jacks for Sale. I will sell my 2fine Kentucky jacks. These jecks are fall 15 hands high; color, black; mealy nose; heavy bone, and are sure foal getters. 50-t£ 5 miles north of Butler.