The Butler Weekly Times Newspaper, December 24, 1890, Page 5

ieindieiteeness — | ‘Salt Something Osea HOLIDAY Fi Ol Overcoats, Suits, Hats. Caps, Gloves, Underwear, Shirts, Collars & Neckwear the latest novelties, n chiefs sleeve buttons, the celebrated Belknap Johnson & Powell. silk umbrellas to s¢ Cuffs, in all iufilers, silk handker- a handsome line of lect from. * All the above articles goto make up a handsome Xmas gift, you will find them in endless variety at Palace Hotel building - A, E, Blachert BUT'ER WEEKLY TIMES. | LOCAL ITEMS Read the water works ordinance in this issue. M. L mbree, of Ballard, favored us Monday. V. B. Vandyke, assessor of this township, is quite sick. See our gents nobby silk scarfs fer 25c. Sam Levy & Co. Miss Barnhill, of Nevada, is visit- ing the Misses Lansdowne this week. Giovanni Succi, the Italian, has tinished his forty-five days fast. He beats Tanner's record five days. See our fine white silk mufflers for 50c. Sam Levy & Co. Squire L. W. Beck, of Shobe, was in to see us Monday. He eame up to buy Christmas tricks for the tree at College school house. See our styles of gents black silk handkerchiefs for 50c. Sam Levy & Co. G. G. Henry, a substantial farmer of Pleasant Gap, gave us a pleasant call the lust of the week. Our esteemed friend, Wim. 8. Mudd, one of the best men in Bates county, dropped in to see us the last of the week. The Times sanctum was compli- mented with a call from J. C. Hale aud cousin, I. D. Hale, of Rockyford, Col., on Friday. Elmer Feely und wife of near Ro sier, spent Thursday and Friday in the city visiting B. B. Chambers and wife. That Superior Todd stove at McBrive & Co. W. D. Mudd aud wife of Burdett, spent the latter part of last week in the city, the guests of Mr. and Mrs. B. B. Chambers. The latest fad in mutters—black silk, see them at Sam Levy & Co.'s Alfred Evans, book keeper for a wholesale furniture house in Kansas City, came down to be present at the wedding of his sister, Miss Liz- zie. County court met in session at the sheriff's office Monday. This will be the last meeting of the old court, as Judges Sullens and Cloud go out. ‘ See our line of gents bordered | linen handkerchiefs for 25c. Sam Levy & Co. Saturday was a great day for trad- ing in Butler. The lined with people and the stores did streets were a land office business in Christmas | goods.’ The new natioval bauk of Childs et al, that was to have been started at Rich Hill failed to materialize,on account of the stock $50,000 not be- ing all taken. See our stylish white and colored silk mufflers for 75c. Sam Lavy & Co. Butler. Missouri. —| ee our fine worsted mufflers for S. | 50c. Sam Levy & Co. | Subscribe for the booming Times | for 1891, it will only cost you $1.00. | Paul Walton left Tuesday morn- ‘ing for Kentucky on a six weeks’ visit. Thos. AL Berryhill, of this town- ship, gave us # pleasant aud sub- stantial call Friday. Soon now the merchants will be taking invoice and figuring up their profit and loss. Miss Ruby Pyle is home from Lindenwood college, St. Charles, to spend the holidays. One dollar will pay for the boom- | ing Truxs for 1891, it is the best in- vestment you can make. Potter Bros. lost another fine horse Menday from the effect of fast driving. The Times congratulates W. O. Jackson over that fine boy which ar- rived at his house the other day. Miss Blanche Beegle. of Warrens- burg, arriyed in the city Saturday onavisitto friends. She is the guest of Mrs. T. W. Childs. Miss Laura Wood has secured rooms over the Farmer's Bank for her dressmakingdepartment. Dr D. D. Wood of Sweet Springs, was in the city yesterday to attend the Childs Duvall nuptial, and made us a pleasant call. Always take your butter and eggs to Pharis & Son and get the high- est market price in cash or trade. | D. A. Colyer will leave in a few ‘days for Kentucky on a business trip and to visit relatives. J. M. Vaughn and son Courtney are spending this week visiting relatives and friends in Lexington, Mo. The Record is still harping on high tariff. It says steel rails drop ped in 1880 from 13} to 84 cents. Well, the farmers cant eat steel rails. but they have to pay the same old | price for plows. G. D. Arnold and wife left Mon- day for Seymour, Ind., to atcend the golden wedding of Mr. and Mrs. Travis Carter, grandparents of Mrs. Arnold. They will be absent about | a week Mrs. Lew Dixen is lying at her home south of the city limits dan- gerously ill, her disease being tumor of the stomach. Judge Boxley was j called to her residence a few days | ago to draw up her will. Rev. W. A. Walker, is now oceu- pying a pulpit in Rich Hill and Fos- | ter, dividing his time between the /two towns. Rev. Walker is one of ' the best preachers in this section of | the state and we congratulate the churches of the above towns on se- curing his eervices. Those Jewel Base heaters for soft coal, are the finest stove in the mar- McBariwg & Co. ket; sold by | sor, of near Shobe, was in the city | Monday and favored us with a sub- | stantial call. est and most punctual subseribers | and a better fellow don't live. t | Are you going to buy footwear, | if so take advantage of the great dis- count sale at Max Weiner's. LIGHTNING ROD MEN. i They Visit’ Rates County Their Work and set in Ed. S. Campbell is now assistant cashier of the Marine Savings Bank ae of Port Townsend, Washington. Ed Barnuw, the great showman, once is an excellent young gentleman and said of all people ou earth the Amer- we are glad to record his promotion. ican people are the easiest humbug ed. Atruer saying was never said and there is not a day that passes gress will not stop to take much of ' but what we see the newspapers are a holiday recess this year. For all ;7ecording the fact that the ursus \the good they are duing the country | pecting are being victimized by the | they might as well not have quit cuy tongaed sharper passing - i} foi es through the country with this or nt part of Sun- that invention. Stranger still about lif Ed. Bev- these rs they never seein to Naw York” take the ignorant or unsuspecting : ew 1OFS: ‘but drive boldly up to the better was killed by the cars at Lamarlast jand more intelligent class upon week, he was the livliest corpse he | whom they practice their deception. The telegraph reports say con- E. S. Carrithers spe day in Nev: | Hes ins. better kuown as lever saw. The Times is glad to know | ;that “York” is still on terra firma | ‘and takes pleasure in correcting the | > him last | nice looking fellows drove up to the residence of Judge F. M. Steele. in " Pleasant Gap township, and be four line orovituary we gav For instance, ou Friday last two} iw eek. i | The ladies of Rich Hill gave adi:-| | es | ner and supper the other day in aid of | the Confederate well patronized, the proceeds of which reached $200. Will the la dies of Butler stand back and see} | the ladies of Rich Hill out do them lin this way, we hardly think they | will. But then if eur ladies refuse |to take hold of course credit must be given where credit is due. | - home, which was Mr. C.D. Fisk and Miss Lizzie Evans, were uvited in marriage at | the residence of the bride's father, sought him to have lightning rods . . ng placed on his residence and barn, and to more fully make him appre- ciate the needs of such protec | tion a rod was placed against the, barn. a magnetic battery attached andthe Judge was asked to take jhold of the wires and feel the effect. Now the Judge is on of the most hos pitable and accomodating men in Bates county and not wishing to of- fend his visitors on this occasion he | promptly laid hold of the wires. Of | course the wire had_ the desired ef- fect and in a second or two the Judge was in such a happy frame of {mind that he really did not know the next day when the other three gentlemen came along and placed rods on his house and barn that he Mr. Henry Evans, in this city, at |3:30 o'clock Monday evening, Rev \J. W. Stockton officiating. The wedding was a quiet affair, ouly a | few of the immediate friends and rel atives being present. At the con clusion of the ceremony the happy couple took the train tor their future home, Spokane Falls, Washiugton. The Times extends best wishes. The following young gentlemen had signed a contract to pay the former gentlemen $190. So when confronted with the contract he! promptly demurred and explained to! the said parties that the contract | made was for only $6, and that he had signed no such contract. But they insisted and when about to compromise the debt for $150 the Judge's good wife, a lady of more than ordinary intelligence, appear- Baral! Dar ——— + Now iS Your Time 10 Per Cent. Below Cost, Bor the Next 15 Days. The PETER LANE Stock of Goods On the West Sideot the Square. THE LARGEST £ OF DRY GOODS In the City To Be Sold at the Above Reduction, Bargain hunters now is your time. Come early and secure your prizes to be disposed of. First come first served. and ladies attending school in dif-|0nthe scene and emphatically put ferent parts of the state are home|an end to further proceeding by in- to spend the holidays: Capt. Harvey | forming the thieves that she would and Claud Clark. Arthur Willis,|not submit to the robbery. The John Stanley and Miss Alice Hayes, | matter was finally settled by the pay of Scarrett college, Neosho; Jas. De-| ment of $20. Armond, Wentworth Academy, Lex-| Steve Hart, another good farmer ington; Raymond Childs, Vance Ad-| 8nd responsible man in the same ams and Miss Belle McClements,| township, was dealt with in a like State University, Columbia; Misses | manner, and we understand, paid for Our esteemed friend Henry Til- He is one of our old- Lelia and Lulu Edwards and Nellie Hurley, of Liberty Female college. Max Weiner, the great Boot & Shoe merchant, issues an order this week, declaring a grand clearance sale of boots and shoes. He has re- duced the prices and intends to move the goods. Max is one of But- ler’s oldest business men, the pee- ple of Bates county know him well, and when he declares a clearance sale the people know he means busi- ness and that priees will be cut and slashed to make the goods go. So if you want cheap boots and shoes now is your time to buy. The ex-Confederate Home has been located at Higginsville, Mo. The farm selected is one of the finest in Lafayette county and was obtain- edon the most reasonable terms. By arrangement the farm is to be divided up into 20 and 40 acre tracts and on each will be built a ne at and substantial cottage. For those who are totaliy unable to work a large and convenient building will ve erect ed for their comfort and they will be supported by the association. Those able to work will be put on the 20 and 40 acre tracts and will be allowed to retain what they earn. This charitable enterprise should reeeive the hearty support of every ex Confederate in the state. Reade:s of the Mail will Jearn with great sorrow of the death of little Delia Bridges—the last surviv- ing member of the once famous Bridges twins. Her death occured at Lamar yesterday morning, caus- ed by an attack of pneumonia. She was aged about fourteen years. Her twin sister died two years ago. They were exceedingly bright children— real prodiges—and their entertain- ments never failed to touch the hearts of those who witnessed them. They visited Nevada when little more than babes, and at once secured the love of our people. Since then our little | Delia has appeared at Moore's opera house to the delight of a large audi- ence —Nevada Mail. Pennsylvania Roads Snowed Up. Bellefout, Pa.. Dee. 18.—The snow is twenty feur inches deep on the level here this xfternoon. It is not known wheu a train can be got- ten through on the Bellefout andj} Snowshoe oranch of the Pennsyivan- ia:oad. The Tyrone and Clearfield | branch is also snowed up, no trains having been sent out this morning. The situation is the same on the Lewisburg and Tyrone branch be- tween here and Lewisburg. In many places in the county the pub ed snowing. but the weather is very cold. See our gent’s fine white hemstitched for 50c. Sam Levy & Co. lic roads are impassable. It has ceas- | silk | initial handkerchiefs | boots and shoes at the great di- 3a Next door to Samuel Levy & Co. his experience. One of the rascals gave his name ae A. J. Webb. We get the above facts from Mrs. F M. Steele. who was in the city Monday and gave us a call. The Tives has again and again warned its readers to beware of these oily tongued strangers, but it seems our good advice has, in a great measure, been wasted on the desert air Christmas eve in Butler. What the different churches will do to night. The Ohio street M. E. church will celebrate with a concert and literary entertainment by the scholars and Santa Claus will do the circus act in the latest and most approved style. Itis requested that every person coming will bring no less than three potatoes. A 10 cent admission fee will be charged at the door, which, after deducting expenses will be given to the poor along with the po- tatoes. Nocharge will be made for children. The Christian churck will have a literary evtertainment and nick nacks willbe given to thechildren. 10 cents will be charged outsiders, which will be distributed among the poor. The Baptist church will havea a and entertainment, free for al The First Presbyterian church will have a literary entertainment and distribution of present and con- tribution box for the poor. The M. E. church, south, wigwam, concert and contribution box. No charge for admittance. All kinds of groceries and provisions for the poor will be received. The C. P. church will give a1 ex-| tertainment. | The grandest discount clearing sale of boots and shoes in the histo- | ry of Bates county from now until February 1st at Max Weiner's. Duvall—Childs. } The marriage of Miss Jessie Childs and William F. Duvall, was! solemnized at the residence of the| bride's mother at six o'clock yester- day eveuing, Rev. Theo. J. Brooks, D. D, of Rich Hill, officiating. The bride is the eldest daughter of Mrs. T. W. Childs, is a beautiful, | and accomplished lady and has a host of admirers and friends. The groom is one of our wost prosper-! ous and wealthy business men, pos-/ sessed of rare business ability,and a| |courteous, clever gentleman. The! |happy couple took the 9 o'clock train | for Kansas City, thence to Wichita, Kan., where they will visit relatives | and friends of the groom The Truss | \joins with their many friends in ‘wishing them bon voiage in their! new life. | It will save you money to bay ; count sale at Max Weiner’s. These goods are fresh and of the latest styles in dress goods and notions. sax Remember the place. PETER LANE'S old stand, West Side Square. s@ Poultry and Eggs taken in exchange for goods. ee - H. M. Gee, Agent. Ho! For Christmas, The “World’s Fair” in miniature. SantaClaus Headquarters. Christmas will soon be here and we are ready, with the finest line of Holiday Goods to be Found. We have evrything from a Tin Horn to a Railway Train. TOYS, BOOKS, ALBUMS, PLUSH GOODS, All kinds of Picture Books for the little ones, and anice line of picture Cards. Candies and Confectioneries in endless quantities. Toilet Articles of all kinds Plain and fancy baskets and the largest line of Dolls to be found in Butler. School supplies, pocket knives, pipes, cigars and tobacco. In short we have the largest line of . Holiday Goods in Butler. We have taken especial pains this season to please the young and old in buying our holiday goods and will treat one and and all with the best of bargains. To each person buying $15 worth of goods we will give one of Rand MecNally’s Standard Atlases of the world. saPCall and see us. J. E. McConnell, i {