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We are authorized to announce FREEMAN DAVIS, of Mt. Pleasant township, as sn independent candidate for the ofice of Recorder of Bates county. ———————— LOCAL ITEMS. A Card. To encourage our customers to pay cash we will from this date until further notice, present to each our card, good for six months from date thereon, bearing the amount of his purchase and subsequent purchases will be marked in the same manner. Upon the surrender of this card to} us unaltered, if the purchases reach $10 or over, we will present the hoider with a 24x30 framed oil chro- mo. If $25 or over a 24x30 oil painting in heavy gilt frame. If $59 or over a 22x36 fine grade oil paint- ing in extra heavy bronze and gilt frame, or a copy of Webster's Una- bridged dictionary, standard size, bound in leather. It is expressly undersood that no premiums will be given except for cash trade from this date July Ist, 1890. Jewert & Hickman, ‘Butler, Mo. 33-46 Col. Morgan’s Appointments - The following appointments have been made by Col. C. H. Morgan to speak in Bates county this week: Adrian, Wednesday, 9th, 1 p. m. Burdette, cS 8 Virginia, Thursday, 10th, 1 Foster, = cS “ Hume, Friday, llth 1 “ Rich Hill, = Mes Bia’ Butler, Saturday, 12th, 1 “ Reavely, e is 8 « W. W. Graves, candidate for State senator mg col gys Senatorial dis- ie. ot : named places: house, TIuesda night July 8th; Willow Branch school house N. W of West Point July 9th, at night; Burdett, on the 10th at night; at Double Branch school house P Gap towp. on 11 at night; at Rockville on y night; Altona, on 14th at night; at Harmony house Shawnee towp. on the 15th at night bene fchool house, Hudson towp on 16th at night; at Spruce an the 17th at night. The census figures will show that New York remains the Kmpire State of the section of the country east of the Mississippi, while Missouri holds the like honor for the western half of the country. These are expan- sive and glorious commonwealths. _ Notice. I will move my stock of goods August 1st and leave the county. All those who are indebted to me will please come forward and settle at once, otherwise I will give it to the Bates County National Bank for collection. * Aaron Harr. In the next number of Harper's Young People Walter B. Peet will present some concise suggestions for “The Training of a Boys’ Boat Club.” The article will be accom- panied by a full-page illustration of “The Rowing Tank in the Yale Uni- versity Gymnasium,” drawn by Charles Mente. Wild Plum Blossom and Olive Blossom at Tucker's prescription drug store. 32-3 A frisky deacon of a Kansas City church who has recently been deal- ing in mining shares and come out at the little end of the horn, horrifi- ed the audience of his church last Sunday. He is tune starter in con- nection with his other duties and when the minister gave out the hymn: “Death loves a shining mark,” the good deacon raised his head,and while his eyes took ona far away Colorado look,he sang, “Death loves @ Mining Shark.”—Ex. Our Cistern Pump 18 giving the best of satisfac- tion. McBawr & Co. By primary yote the democrats of St. Clair county have putin nomina- tion the following ticket: Represen- tative, M. E. Ferguson; circuit clerk, J. O. Burch; county clerk, F. P. Hos- tetter; recorder, B. N. Cocke; collee- tor, A. S. Stewart; treasurer, Wm. Pence; assessor, A. J. Harris; coun- ty attorney, T. O. Williams; probate judge, Franklin Finch: sheriff, S. T. Scott; presiding judge, Wm. Chap- man; associates, Baker Johnson and Thes. Nevitt. The ticketis said to béa strong one and the democrats 2 to elect it with an increased ladies, died of heart disease at her | tu Eearth will rise Again.” handsome home inthe northwest part of this: city, Thursday evening last. Mrs. Boyd was a delicate lady and had not been in very good health for some time, but was able ishe dropped to the floor in a faint. Ep. Tues: There appeared in un- Sudden Death. Mrs. Boyd, wife of Jno. F. Boyd, | the Union of July 4th an article and one of Butler's most estimable, der the caption of “Truth Crushe The} writer's inspiration seems to have) been an article published in the Tus over the signature of myself and fourteen other members of Dix ie F. & L. U. What truth has been crushed does not appear clearly,but the reader is left toconjecture. Be- ing thusin the dark as to the par- ticular truth crushed we may be al- lowed to supply the omission and | which we now do by submitting the The servant girl, hearing her fall | ae } Seance a St Union! and the cry of the babe, ran to her | ‘phat the F. & L. U. is being prosti- assistance and soon summoned the | tuted in these parts to political ends neighbors. A doctor was sent for | not for the good of the order but to and in a short time she revived and|aid in furthering the political de- ; : -,| signs of certain blatant demagogues -ciaguonitis i a ou: who now have the lead in the order. was ong g3 This is undoubtedly the truth refer- swooned away and died. Her death|yed to by the writers of that article was all the more sad fromthe fact and this fact being so patent to ev- that her husband was absent in Col-|ery fair-minded person both in and orado tr aveling by private convey out of the order that the writer ance for tha health of their daugh- thought it unneccessary to mention ter. Telegrams were sent him noti- this fact. Atthe outset the article says: “Presumably in the interest of fying him of what had happened, but it was not until Monday that office hunters a few of our brothers have so far lost sight of the spirit he was reached. He sent word that he would start for homeimme- as well as the letter of our constitu- tion as to be inveigledinto the con- 3 temptable job of clandestinely circu- dirtely, and he was expected to ar-/Jating a set of resolutions in the in- rive on last night's train. terest of the g.o.p. * * * and The body of Mrs. Boyd was em- giving said resolutions into the “oL. hand of our enemy the Tres.” sp Hickman, pad elENGe ghe trio who wrote the where- taker, and has kept in asperfect a|oceg and the state as could be expected. Mr. Boyd has arrived and the fu- neral will be conducted from the family residence to-day at 3 o'clock. to be up and about and see after her household duties. At the time she was stricken she had her infant babe in her arms and was walking through the hallway to the front door, when above assertions, so far as we are concerned, to be false. We did not circulate the resolutions clandestine- ly, nor did we believe that in sign- ing and publishing the same in the Tres we violated any of the provis- ions of the constitution of the F. & L. U. and in which belief we think We Don’t Propose to Say To those wishing either tin or glass fruit cans that we are out. We will be able to supply one and all, A. L. McBariwe & Co. Squire D. R. Braden, chairman of the democratic county central com- mittee, was in the city Saturday. J. R. Patterson, the north side barber, who has been sick for some time, is, we are glad to say, conva- lescing. - is making a minded member of the order. In the resolutions published by us in the Tres and Democrat we only ex- ercised a right that belongs to every citizen whether he be an Alliance man or not. Our reasons for pub- has alwa: use of the was anything of interest to be said, and this is more than can truthfully A Paris young lady this county. pillow of her love letters. Will she have pleasant dreame, or the night- mare. All but two ofthe members of the Missouri democratic state com- mittee are in favor of the renomina- tion of Cleveland. Professor Fleet, the eminent phi- lologist, succeeds Prof. Dobson as president of The Missouri State Teachers’ Association. own tions? under their thumbs? er in “spirit “or “letter.” The census of Butler was not cor rectly taken so we are informed, as it now transpires that several fami- lies were overlooked. The head of one of the families is doing business on the square. tion may gv. te a signing politicians, a part of whom Kansas City has a girl bootblack who sells flowers by day and dis- gused in the garb of a bootblack shines shoes at night. She supports adrunken, dissolute woman, Mrs. Ida Patterson. ecrats and the remainder desi sentatives of our national congress NERS SF whee ty, save the Lewis Hoffman started Sunday |#mount toin this country? evening on his journey to Strako- nitz, Austria, to visit his mother and other relatives. He will be absent about three months. The Tras wishes him a pleasant trip and a safe return. Hearing About our Q. M. Gasoline stoves is only half the tale but using one in your own family creates a world of happiness, McBame & Co. tinue the republican party in power. Thursday afternoon four men started out of town driving a mule team. When going up Ohio street republicanism. ner fired at Joe Smith’s residence. Cuas. N. Cran, ex-Sec., Mrs. Smith was standing in ‘the yard at the time. Further on he fir- ed at Constable Lewis’ residence This time he had tackeled the : place for the constable immediately mounted a horse and gave chase, and, with the assistance of night- L. U. Burdett, Mo., June 7, 1890. A Few More Left. ice cream freezers now, railroad crossing, west of town. They were arraigned before Record- er Newsom and James Smith was fined ten dollars and cost, amount- ing to $16. This he will hare to work out at one dollar a day. The other three, on proof that they tried to prevent the shooting, were dis-} 3. charged and got out of town in A % hurry. opened up on east Pi wanted it. d@ifourth at Johnstown? course. ‘crowd. Speaking and amusements | of all kinds. Everything went off nice. corn to Sol Kahn. ing in Kentucky, has George reports crops son go through town yesterday with goods for Dr. McFarland of Bal-| resolves know the} 4i¢ we will be sustained by every faire lishing 1n the Times was because it oped its columns to the @ public whenever there be said of the F. & L. U. organ of Do these men who wrote the whereases for the Union mean to say thatas F. & L. U. members we have no right to publish over our —* our political convic- s this Alliance doctrine now that its office seeking bosses have it We think not, and yet have no doubt that the office seeking element in the order belieye to the contrary, but it is nowhere in our Constitution, eith- We as- sert again that the designs of the Alliance, as judged by its Constitu- tion, is not to establish a new politi- cal party, but to purify politics, in so far as its influence in that direc- The move in this cognty to establish a third party and whip all Alliance members into sup- porting it was set on foot by de- are disappointed place-hunting dem- ing republicans. With the elections bill just passed by the House of Repre- becoming a law of the land, what will a third party, or in fact any par- republican _ party, that bill a law th bli ra a a law the republican 5 with its ear kc silver, ae tariffand its bitter sectional and class legislation, will be fixed upon this country, to be removed only by bloody revolution. In view of these things we are unable to understand howany democrat canbe “envei- gled” into a third party ticket. Each and every democratic ticket changed and cast for a third party candidate means two votes to con- No, gentleman, we are democrats, and expect to record our votes in the future as in the past—for democra- cy and reform and against republi- canism fraud and oppression, bear- ing no malice toward our brothers who blindly or fanatically lend their votes toa third party auxiliary to and _ other members Dixie F. & If you want to be prepared for the first cold wave buy one of our watchman, Wright, succeeded in McBuwe & Co. capturing the whole outfit at the| Another whiskey shop has been street. What |@ great fish local option has been. The city has been defrauded out of thousands in license during the past few years, yet any man or boy could buy whiskey or beer whenever they The people who voted the law are the ones to see that the law is enforced. Why don’t they ido Have they given up in des- ea cabs Journal-Demo- Jolnstown Items. Wonder if we didn’t celebrate the Why, of} Johnstown had a good! J. M. MCKIBBE ———Dealer in | Dry Goods, Boots, | SHOES, AND NOTIONS. The boys out west are hauling George Wells, who has been visit- ‘ returned. good. We noticed Uncle Mose Green and | WASTE MAKES WANT AND WANT MAKES WoRRy ! eed ONE WAY TO STOP WASTE IS BY Thos. Gault was in town last | week saying: “Boys, what’s the é matter with me? There is no flies E C 0 N 0 i | C a T R A D i N on Gault.” . | e : You should have seen Dr. Choate ; and Co. fishing Monday. Dr. says) nditheres Seabee a . “boys, I must have some fish for the | nd there is no surer place to do this than at the store of the fourth.” i : of The little two-year-old son of Bowu Kash was buried at Johns-} town last week. ‘ x a a The song of the binder is hear a } from sun up till sun-down. | Butler, : 5 Missouri, George Calahan is running his : new binder for all it’s worth. George says it’s a daisy. Monroe Ramsy, proprietor of the Johnstown flouring mills, has or- dereda new engine. Monroe ruus a full set of hands. The ice cream supper at Mrs. Drake's was well attended, and a good time reported. Some of the boys from town went out to get the fresh air of the country. Walt and Shirne says: “Please give us ice cream a little sooner. Twelve o'clock is just a little late, just a lit- sick Sunday night, but we think he meant his “prospective ma.” We heard of Alva Deerwester the evening of the 4th. Rev. Emmons, of Montrose, will preach at Bethel the first Sunday at] day, July 1st, a surpyse dinnery e a. = and - ES ae given by friends and relatives. As we haven't fully recovered from } the 4th, we can not send many | fo ee a oe breezes this time. Let us hear from other correspondents. Rex. :yes Constipation. { Tin Wedding. In honor of the 10th annive of the marriage of James McDay and wife of Round Prairie, on were gone from home and upon turning, to their great surp | found that friends had taken | Session. Mr. McDavitt and met them in their usual salutatory Frightful Want. manner. At 12 o'clock them Advices from London, July 6, 1390. | ceremony was performed, 0. 5 Advices have reached Cairo that Housley officiating; and immedi ‘ the famine which has for some time | 9)} were invited out to partake past prevailed in the Soudan is in-! bountiful repast which awaited creasing rapidly. Thousands of | in the dining room which had be natives are without food of any $QS~ BLACK-DRAUGHT te. We hear Parson Kinney has found him a woman in Kansas. The boys say “quit Parson, if you think there is no hereafter. County Clerk Harper and Jim Crabtree, of Butler, were shaking hands with the dear people last week. Mr. Harper is for the same office. He has made a good officer; z a repared by the guests, and sui yi eae prnered aes - kind andthe reported number of : riya pide Pips: treat of | be yery careful how they advance in deaths from starvation is appalling. | season. After dinner the crowds With the reports of this dreadful state of affairs come horrible stories of cannibalism, which is also said to be on the increase. It was reported not long ago that the dead were be- ing eaten by the famished survivors but the present advises represent matters as even worse. It is now asserted that large numbers of men women and children are deliberately put to death that they may serve as food for their frenzied compan- ions. Relief has been extended to these unhappy people as far as pos- sible, but not sufficiently to allay the terrible suffering in the interior settlements, which are beyond reach. ee” WINE OF CARDUI, a Tonle for Women. Pensions four Army Nurses. The house committee on invalid pensions has agreed to report favor- ably a bill pensioning army nurses. It provides that all women employed by the surgical department of the United States army as nurses or oth- erwise officially recognized as such during the late war,and who render- ed services in hospitals, in camp or on the batilefield for a period of six months or more and who were hon- orably discharged, and who from the results of such service or the in- firmities of advancing age, are un- able to earn their own livelihood, shall receive a pension of $12 per month. Mad dogs are very bad entertained by Mr. McDavitt @ wife in very hospitable mani All stayed until a late hour ia © afternoon, then went to their sew places of abode, feeling that | day had not been spent in vais all had a very pleasant time. | Mr. and Mrs. McDavitt were’ recipiets of many ornamental useful presents in the line of & ware. May they ever find @ stream of life iri the future as ple ant, calm and serene as in the pad is the wish of a friend. L Call for sample bottle Wild Plas Blossom, free, at Tucker's @ store. 3 Johnstown rejoices over Judge Gantt’s nomination. Winelton mule and cart of Stump- town is on the road. Look out, 8. Y chisley Bowdin comes to town often. What is the attraction? We learn the Oak Hill 8. 8. is go- 7 ive a megs the 26th of July. ill has had several picnics and always had a good time. Dal Drake says every letter he gets he thinks it isacall by the ple for him to run for office. ut, lo! it is only moonshine. If you ever chance to pass through the city take the cable forthe Gor- don House; meals at all hours. Walt McCown is spending the fourth with his parents at Joplin. Jim McCool met with a serious accident. While driving, his team became frightened, throwing him from the binder on his head and shoulder and bruising him consider- ably. With proper care he will re- cover soon. Goods are arriving daily from the east at Stapleton’s. We will quote Johnstown’s mar- ket in our next. We noticed Mr. Brison, editor of the Montrose Democrat, at Johns- town the fourth. Glad to see you, Mr. Editor. Farmers in this section are cut- ting flax, and meadow. Flax is gen- erally good meadow light. Look out, Bro, Union, I am afraid you are about toMlose your grip. Mrs. Wm. Martin, who has been visiting in Illinois, has returned, ac- companied by her niece. Mrs. M. Reports crops very indifferent in The Great Benefit Which people in a run down sah of health derive from Hood’s Sait parilla conclusively proves that fi medicine makes the weak strong.’ does not act like a stimulant, ing fictitious — ood’s Sarsaparilla builds up i perfectly natural way all the ened parts, purifies the blood, assists to healthy action those is portant organs, the kidneys and In er. Mules Wanted. We will pay the highest marl price for mules, 14 to 16 hands hig 4 to 7 years old, sound and in go flesh, John Atkison’s DON’T FORGET IT! That J. R. Pattersons, Barber Sbd Tllinois. North Side Square, is the - Did you see Doe Hurhbert and Bob 1 go fora nice hair cut, we 4 Beaty shaking goods in their stand? shampoo. and seeme. Everly Don’t be uneasy, Bro. Turner, thing firstclass. — ars page eee fF gl) 8 PaaS teen lown this fall. The ing wi 2 on the other side of the sane . FOR < Geo. Sxorr. ; __ Over Dr Everingham’s store rooms —THE BEST— ; Lemonade and Milk Shake the finest Candies. for cent cigar in town, for theb selection ¢ of Albums, Plush Toys and Stationery, Call on, J. E. McCONNE! Novelty Store, East side Squar® ~ West Side Breezes from the Northeast. Butler, Mo. Wonder how everybody feels over the 4th? Lighter in pocket-books, we presume. Oats and flax cutting is the order of the day. Yes? Yes?! Go with the crowd, but don’t stop at barbers of only a few weeks’ ex- rience, but k ight i : Farmers coe pornnine to wish aa going to FRED DORN. ied ‘or rain. e fields seem very only expert barber i 3 and hard, notwithstanding this, td — oe corn is growing nicely. Mrs. John Embree left last Mon- day for Iowa, on a visit to relatives. Mrs. E.’s sister, Mrs. McCormack, hascharge of Mr. Embree during HALT, HALT Mrs. E. absence. ———Before you bu: fi the a Fook Derweia tonne ee A OEE BE yey ¥ sick list the t wee! ‘ We won why Florence and ao © Et y —and examine their immense stock of — Ladies, Gents and Childrens Sh We have the cheapest and best and guarantee our custom made It matters not what othere say; the more they talk the more Don’t be deceived, but go to the Racket store, where you will g money's worth. Examine our stock of Ewbroidery : . i = : goods, er owe ee pest dere Ladies Misses and Child’s embroidered dress pat enaitite © Heie x teaches “of alice ull line of all grades of hose and half hose, silk gloves and mité# 'Bates county may be proud. He/ Very best, and many other articles. Call an examine our stock. Charlie McCombs went to Butler to celebrate. We thought thot Char- lie, at any rate, would have celebrat- ed in his own city. We understand that Miss Ida Billings will attend the musical in- a at Appleton, beginning July Tth. Frank Deerwester leaves Monday } | will teach in Montrose the coming | are closing out our hats—call and examine them. [winter EH. B. High « Cad Pete Hermann says bis “ma’; was ,