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OUR PLANS FOR 1891 But first a few heartfelt words, of thanks, for all your generous recogni- | tion of, and kindness to us in the past. satisfaction to see ourselves surrounded, supported and encouraged toa degree beyond our most sanguine hopes, by old and tried friends: and to discover that we have made so many NEW ones. As regards the satisfaction of all who have favored us with their sup- port, the results we sincerely hope have been equally gratifying. apparent that you have special confidence in our goods, in our methods, in the freshness of the goods, in the genuineness of quality, and in the act- selves, to at alltimes maintain a stock as perfect as can be imade. We take a littie more space to again thank yon all for your liberal pat ronage, to ask for a continuance of the same, and to wish you all A —— New ee Palace Hotel buil he : - Butler. =i BUTTER WEEKLY TIMES. | LOCAL ITEMS The iceman’s lip hangs low. changed from Mayesburg to Adrian. A. B. Hunter, of Prescott, Kan., | sends us the cash and renews for 1891. G. W. Kiersey, one of our oldest ‘and most punctual subscribers from ; near Altona, was in the other day ; and renewed fer 1891. | Squire. Misses Mamie and Jennie Mc- Cants, who have been spending sev- It has afforded us not a little It is J. Fisher, our North Main street | hide and fur dealer, sold Saturday last to H. Lowenstein & Co., over 500 fur pelts. This is a pretty good! . | days sale of hides. The Timezs returns thanks to J. M. Tucker for copies of the Helena, Montana papers, from the looks of |which a large sized boom fs on tap at that place. The Globe Democrat came out the morning after Christmas with All fivecelumn of criminal items. | handsomely and artistically embroid- | ) | ered. | pnten The Missouri, Kansas & Yexas | trust company with a paid up capi | | tal of $350,000, are making arrange — to build two railroads from Kansas City to ——— One | W. F. Tuttle, representative of | | Pettis county and prominent can li- | | date for speaker of the next general of telling speeches in during the campaign, | Bishop Tuttle of the M. E. church south. Friday evening. Alsoof the death of Mrs. Stoyer, mother of Thomas Stover, who died in Kansas and the remains were brought to this coun- assembly, and who made a number | this county |, ip a son of) business again Monday. Ina Smith. Sarah Ann Wilhite, a colored wo- man 106 years old died at her home in Sedalia, the 27th inst. The water-works were “completed. than Adams, and the test Decker, at Lamar, the 8 inst., proved highly satisfactory. W. R. Thurmond, of Rich Hill, tax valuation of $1,248,768. These | figures furnish a strong argument in| | favor of reciprocity, or at least in! | favor of some policy which shall en- jlarge the market tor pork and flour and other farm products. Our esteemed farmer friend Frank [LaF ollett. from near Ballard, was in the city Monday and favored us with | |# substantial call | hard at work since he moved on his} new farm, besides covering his house jeorn ground. Frank is a regular | (of the best farms in the county we cratic party. Prof., Ryan has spent the greater part of his life in the school room, is an excellent diseip- linarian, a good teacher and would The public schools will resume | Miss Flora Kiff, of Kansas City, is in the city visiting ber friend Miss Frank has been trimming bedge and rebuilding fence | he has broke seventy-five acres of Oklaboma boomer, und as he has one Grand and Petit Jarora. The following is a list of the grand and petit jurors drawn for the Feb- ruary term, 1891, of the Bates Co., circuit court by the county court at ithe November adjourned term 1890, and on the 24th day of December. GRAND JURY. W H Dann, Grand River; Deer. Creek; Shawnee; Chas. Geo. Newberry, Deepwater; J. S. Neal, Mt. Pleasant; | Walnut; O. S. Fred- | q Johu Walkup, | Deepwatea; George Ficklin, Summit; | Chas. Dixon, Mt. Pleasant; George | Jenkins, Charlotte: Johu Hensley sr. | Homer; Harry Lowrance, Walnut; |S. H. Weddle, New Home; Charles | Middleton, Lone Oak; Anton Ham- |mers, Pleasant Gap; John Michael, Hudson; C. C. Clingan, Rockville; C. F. Bartz, Prairie; Ed. Crabb; Osage; D. H. Hill, Howard. John Trimble anes for Jeffer son City Saturday. He will make an ef- for for the office of folder of the sen- ate. John isa good democrat and the Times would be glad to see him successful. Mrs. J. B. Boland, who has been spirit away, and it now has a home in that upper and better world. The little fellow was only permitted to remain with its fond parents but ae | How tueKeRr, | (Successor to J. G Walker) a _| DRUGGIST. | Johna- | Dealer in : i erick, New Home: Claude Walton, ici j ual responsibility we bear for their being whatever they are said to be of which took place on Christinas | Pv0mibent ie 2% aoe ee cits Lone Oak; I. N. Mains, Pleasant Drugs and Medicines day in different parts of the country Saturday and favored us with a ae 7 ok te Se Prescriptions Carefully Compound- | We are going to make this store a place where you cau come for what % x i pleasant call. Myr. T. will ask the SEs Sea Fenemore, Leen _ A soe jerk ca Biwase be ever you want within our limits, and find it here to a better advantage’ The opera house opening will nomination for county school com-| Pat Shea. Prairie; CC. McGinnis, | * wits : : | q than anywhere else. That is only one of eur plans, but itis a good one. jcome off the 19th, su we are inform | missioner of the democratic party! Osage a ss We may possibly fail now and then, but when we fail, please let us know jed by W. H. Warnock, manager. A thie spring. He is « highly educated | PETIT JURY | . it. In the Jong run whatever we do here is for the one purpose, viz: To | first-class troupe has been engaged gentleman, a practical teacher and Peter Ewing, Mingo; Robert Mil-| sell goods, and we want you to think of our store as the HANDIEST place | for the oceasion who will entertain would n> doubt m an excellent | ler, Grand River; J. W. Duncan, | whenever a Clothing Store comes into your mind, tnen the most natural | our people for one week. commissioner and raise the standard | Deer Creek, Geo. MeNeil, East | thing in the world will be to think of it when you want anything we sell. as aa Wy line — of the public schools in the county. | Boone; Nathan Groves, West Boone; | We would like for you to consider it the most RELIABLE place, as) p.: that drew the beautiful tidy sold| The report of the labor commis. — parame one ry well as the HANDIEST, for our purpose is to sell proper qualities of | for the benefit of the Catholic church. | Siover of Maine shows that there are H : M en : OE = ae ' goods, to stand by every representation to do a business large enough to |The tidy was made by Mrs. Mike 3,310 abandoned farms in that state, Mosier Ss ea ‘ Cc B Toe ee afford the smallest profits, to be true to our customers and true to our- | Curry, and was of plush goods, | with an area of 254,512 acres. and a! 2 ~E , : eee , SALE! Grand Combination Sale of Horses, i | The baw office will be moved ls ee aes | predict hard times will not knock at visiting her brother, Mike Curry, for TO TAKE PLACE /AT : St. Joseph i is infested with vill from the Democrat office the 31st Auiacmiersnatibute under the dict his door, but the fruits of his labor | some time, was called to her home peddlers. o linst to the rear room of the Farmers rection of the State Board of Agri | will be a well filled granary and fat| at Litchfield, IL, by telegram on P The wal eorks election on the Loa JES £ culture, Levi Chubbuck, secretary, pocket eal ee a iesacencsrtionae smegma se A NS Ss A I Cc 13th. Remember the day. | Jas. Drysdale, of Virginia, the will be held in Clinton, Jan. 10th, Prof. J. C. Ryav. principal of the aiatter: Se fatherwantia oe Tye ee newly elected county clerk. gave us| lo°!: Quite a aumber of prominent | public schools, of Rich Hill, was in % 8 The booming Tres wishes one J y o eare us F P them to spend Christmas. oN . “. . 4 a pleasant call the other day while personages will be present and many the city Friday and gave us a pleas- sinner = and alla happy New Year. in the city and orderod his paper questions of interest to the farmer] .n¢ call. We found the Professor a| Mr. and Mrs. W. O. Jacksov who ‘A vote on hie watec-works PYopo- | changed to Butler. will be discussed. Sn courteous, affable geutleman. He| Were rejoicing over the arrival of sition will be taken January 13th. | a er aon From R. A Ghenoweth, of Ballard. | informed us that he would, in all spe id = a _ — eptem AI Hi 1891 The most of merchants celebrated | , : sa : f b : who was in the city Saturday we | Probability, be a candidate fourteen! tiene oes cece et " ’ veen appointed justice of the peace _| office of county school commissioner | 8tief. The destroying: angel came Christmas day by taking ste stock. for H ; hi He i learn of the death of Dr. J. P. Mc g : ; d or Homer township. e is about Farland’s baby boy, which occurred | 8¥bject to the action of the demo- Sunday morning and bore the little ee 2 G. W. Pitts, orders his paper; the right build to make a good y doy; First Class Stoek | eral months in Kansas City, returned ty on last Saturday. no douot make nerely) worthy and = Sa a | Solicited. If the present water-works propo- eg bassin a sii eksslae guceat sikd efficient commissioner. a Le | sition is voted they will be built | ""t their parents. D. Kippwhe have been spending| Netwithetanding the sleet and bee without a doubt. | The water-werks being built next | summer will furnish work for all idle bands. The season is so remarkable that | a citizen of St. Joseph is cutting a set of teeth at the age of 93. Our old time friend, C. McKenna, | was in tosxee us the other day and rerewed for 1891. John McPeak, the live reul estate man at Foster, advances his name on | our subscription to 1892. G. W. Park, an old resident and substantial citizen of Virginia favor- ed us with a pleasant call Saturday. J. N. Chambers left Wednesday of last week, for Cole county, to spend a week or two with relatives and | Lathrop, Mo., returned home Friday of Dr and Mrs. J. P. McFarland | Classen. The warrant charged Den-| literary societies of Scarret College, | dtends. night to spend several weeks with |of Ballard which occurred at 11 lning with using offensive and inde | Neosho, Mo. We notice with much | her parents. joelock p. m. of the 26th inst. The| cent languags to Mrs. Classen. Pleasure that at the mast head of Mrs. W. N. Walker, of Sheffield, | Se oe little one was two months and 26 | Phe Jangun: ae ved end) dhe Ge pamphlet is pinned as editor- -in- | Mo., is ppaddice the holidays with | If this proposition is voted down days old. Thedoctor desires us to | 5, eee si 1 ‘ q is Mr: os * lchief the uame of our esteemed | her parents, Col. and Mra, W. T. | jit will be many a long day before | 'return their thanks to kind neigh- a onc (young friend and fellow townsman, | Heath. J. A. Wear orders his paper | changed from Johnstown to Butler Mr. Wear has located ona farm sess of town. The editor of the Rockport Mail proposes to print half of his paper | in German and half in English be- | ginning January 1. We understand that the following gentlemen contemplate erecting fine | residences this spring: E. S. Car- rithers, Joe Meyers, A. E. Blachert and Dr. J. R. Boyd. What little tax we will ‘have to pay is nothing compared to the ben- efits and conveniences derived from a good system of water-works which i If we want water works ni now is the | time to get them. If we do not want them, and the result of this vote will tell, let us cease this continual agita- , tion which has been kept up for years. Miss Nettie VanCamp. who has large millinery establishment at janothens is submitted. If the citi- {zens of Butler want water-works | they should embrace this opportu-| | nity | home company, with plenty ‘a 1 | capital to build the water-works, the | | money all stays at home, our work-! | men get the preference. the money body is benefited. been employed as head milliner in 2 | the past two or three months at Hot Springs, Ark., on account of Mr. Kipp’e health, returned home Satui- day. The trip did him much good and bis health is greatly improved over what it was when he visited the spripgs. Recorder West issued the follow- ing marriage licenses Saturday, J. E. Hooper and Miss R. M. Hill, of Butler; Bert Davis and Miss Annie | Shaffer, of Foster; Elmer E. Simp- son and Miss Winnie Lee, of Butler; John Gilbert and Miss Hattie L. {Turner of Maysburg and Justin Hutchinson and Miss Pearly Morrell, of Hume. 4 jlearn of the death of the infant babe | bers and friends, who so willingly jassisted them during the sickness of their babe. We note with pleasure that Mr. M.A. Greenleaf, formerly superin- intendent of the Walnut Land & | Coal Co., has been appointed agent |railway, Jacksonville, Louisville & The Times regrets very much to| | of the Chicago, Peoria & St. Louis! | is circulated in our midst and every-| snow storm the places of pleasure and enjoyment at the different churches prepared by the older folks for the amusement and entertain ment of the children. tended Christmas eve night. Better of the city was not the contribution boxes for their ben. efit were well filled with substantials, the homes of thirteen families re charity sen by Denning, as the plaintiff, are unfit for publica. | | tion. costs. the circuit court. similar offense costs. and fined $20 and | Dr. W. W. Gaily, brother of Mr. was well at- still, at each of above places the poor forgotten and and on Christmas day the lady com- mittees to distribute the same made joice with good things which had been kindiy donated by the hand of Pete Denning. mi Charlotte town- ship, was arraigned before Squire Fred Cobb in this city Saturday on @ warrant sworn out by Mrs. John At the conclusion of the trial | the court fined Denning $25 and The case was appealed to A few years agv Denning was tried at Virginia on a | Capt. Harvey Clark, Clark. The Souvenir contains eight | or ten pages of interesting reading | matter and te subseription price is $1.00 per year. What isthe use . having a side walk at ail unless it is a good one. | While we are on this subject we} ‘might suggest that there is some) Ve received this week The Souve- |nir, a neatly primted and well edited | pamphlet issued monthly by the| son of J.C.) (.5. Coneklin 9. Warnock \ "WEST WARD, PASSAIC, LES NORTH OF BUTLER, MO. Pros 5 | | | We will pay the prices below, in Be for Poultry delivered at A. L. | McBride & Co's store, on | FRIDAY, SATURDAY & MONDAY | of each week. —- = : mighty sickly looking sidewalks! Hens aud Chickens per Ib.. 4c We understand th at the Carthage’ 49,5. JP. Willis. entertained the a i | <a oe ov Ohio street. Thisis the main; oo doz....... "$1.20 canning factory is in the hands of a! 4. dents from the colleges, who are | panies, with office and warehouse at eel as Aaa ie -. | street to the depot. Had the coun-| ee em = eee : cists siolsinae = receiyer and will be advertised for home spending the holidays. with a thecorner of Ashley and First street, in. ie aes eh aa pb re or cilmen walked up and down wm 78 in ee a ni = eae $2.25 - at an early date. sole dinner ou Friday. The Trues cerps St. Louis, where he will receive south ik ca ah is decane eae = oi : appar sa ieesaad PR ucks per doz... pg ‘After Thursday there will be no’ extend thanks fora bountiful supply | freights for shipment. — |fright and jumped over the five foot ae me — os iain a a oo Serena Se ay tl pe 2 more quail hunting until next fall. of excellent cake. The cars are now running into! | embankment. eae , So says the statutes and the statutes must be obeyed. 1 MH. We had a white Christmas but the | pn whiteness only lasted for a short time, and Monday was as sunny and bright as a spring day. for 1891. The grandest discount clearing | | Sale of boots and shoes in the histo- | Rev. S. M. Brown and wife of Kau sas City are in the city spending a | few days visiting Mrs. Brown's pa-' ry of Bates county from now until) jalready erected and more are in| slighted on bis head and, aside from {the shock. was not burt. i rents, Dr. and Mrs. J. Everingham. | February Ist at Max Weiner's. Thos. Gault, of Rich Hill. was in| Amoret, and we suppose in a short | set and both the city Monday and gave us a, time loade of the black diamond will | the hard ground. Mr. Gault is just as j be taken to Kansas City. The coal lon his side and was considerably | good friend to the Tres as he is a/ from these mines jie said to be of | stunned fora while democrat, and while here took ad-/ first-class quality and should find a | oped that he had received quite se- vantage of the occasion and renewed | ready market. Amoret of course will | ridus internal injury. go on a regular boom now and busi- ‘ness in that city will be good.’ | There is a number of nice dwellings | | course of erection. i The buggy was up- Drs. precipitated to necks by falling over Dr. Gaily struck boulders, they might then see the necessity of the argument that the boulder sidewalks of Ohio street badly need their most earnest and immediate attention. Later it devel He is able to j walk about now, but it will be along ‘time before he recovers entirely from the accident. Dr. Gilles; ie Don't for cet that Max Weiner's stock of boots and shoes is the larg- est in Bares eounty. and the entire line goes at a disecomnt from now un- til February Ist. femce to keep from breaking their | ice capped | m.-James Smith. the old poultry buyer of Bates county, will receive the poultry. Notice of Final Settlement. Notice is hereby given to all creditors and otheisinterestedin the estate ef Martin B. Owens, deceased, that we,-Martin V Owens and L. C. Haggard. execators of said estate, intend te make final settlement thereof at the next term of the Bates county probate court. in Bates county state of Missouri. to be held st Batieron the #h day of Febraary. l@l, or as seon thereafter as we can be hes: court. M. V. OWENS. L. C. HAGGARD. fat Executors.