The Butler Weekly Times Newspaper, January 14, 1891, Page 5

Sagi EA ES SSE a SS SSS ES SS SSS PU Ss tS SS ATSC, BUTTER WEEKLY TIMES.| LOCAL ITEMS Hon. J. B. Newbury was in the city Monday and Tuesday. John M. Graham, of Johnstown, | gave us a call while in the city Monday. Miss Lucy Batchelor of Deepwater township, is visiting Mes. J len. * Jas. Smith will give you any ad vantage iv advance in price of poul- try. See Jas. Smith, he will buy your poultry, at the very highest market price in cash. the of any consequence in this section, fell Saturday mght * The first suow of winter, Saturday was farmers day in But- ler and the streets were lined with people and teams. Are you going to buy "foot wear, if so take advantage of the great dis- count sale at Max Weiner's. J.L. Parks,, through his agent | Jas. Smith, pays the very highést price for poultry. See his ad. Albert H. Sells and wife, nee Miss Della Welch, of Appleton City, were in the city Sunday visiting friends. Emerson said: ‘Lhe highest com- pact we can make with eash other is ‘let there bo truth between us for- ever.” : Judge Parkinson returned from Jefferson City Saturday, where he went to assist Joe Shelby to secure «foorkeepcr of the house. The Yale museum has just receiv ed a skeleton of a saurian, a prehis- toric monster of which but twocom- plete skeletons are known. Read J. EF. Williams & Co.’s price \ist of groceries in another column. “hey are cutting aud slashing high ) tices. Mrs. J, D. Allert and son, Robt. D, spent last week in Deepwater township visiting the family of J. B. Batchelor. Mayor Pace came in from St Louis Saturday. He reports real estate lively in the city and consid erable building going ov. Charlie Jonhson returned to But. ler Sunday, after enjoying a weeks vacation with the home folks.— Warrensburg Democrat. When a man asks forgiveness for his own sins he is very meek and lowly,,but when he prays for his neighbor he is wore boisterous. Pharmacy in the future will be more iutelligent in this country. There are already forty colleges of pharmacy in the United States. New’'Orleans may be a little slow buf things arrive there iu due course of }ime. The “grip” is doing its worst in the old Crescent City. Miss Laura Moore, who has been spending the winter at Jacksonville, Ills., is in the city on a visit to her mother and sister, Mrs. Joe Meyers. 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. | Jas. Smith has brought suit against the city of Butler in the circuit court for $5,000 damages for inju- ries received in a fall on a defective sidewal. G. W. Mitchell, of Summit town- ship accompanied by his estimable wife and beautiful little daughter, gaveus x pleasant and substantial call Saturday An oyster supper was held at Un- cle Clem Slayback's in Deepwater township, on Monday uight week. About 130 persons were present and all report a splendid time and vote Uncle Clem the prince of hosts. Senator Bradley has been placed on the following important commit- tees: Appropriations, Roads and Highways, Accounts, and Township organization, of which latter com- mittee he is chairman. " Miss Avna Louisa Norris, a pretty and bewitching little iady from} Pleasant Hill, gave a very enjoy- able elocutionary entertainment at the Ohio street M. E. church on 3 Monday evening. D. Al-! Everett Walton has purchased an jinterest in the grocery business of | the firm of E. T. Steele & Co., and |can now be found in the store, on |the north side. Everett is an exce!- \lent gentleman, has abost of friends and is a creditable acquisition to the firra. Frank J. Smith, Joe Underwood ‘and several other members of the | Kansas City gun club, came down on the early train yesterday morniug, and in company with the members of the Butler gun club went out on a rabbit bunt. sas City brought with them several The boys from Kan- Beegle hounds. The bunting party reports having killed six hundred rabbits upwards of Last Sunday while a party of boys were out hunting. or rather prow! ing about in the woods, a difficulty ‘occurred which resulted in the seri lous if net fatal wounding of Ed | West (colored) Bill Robinson | (white.) The miselnef was done | With a 32 calibre pistol. Robinson ‘ fled and has not yet been foun. — | Warrensburg Journal democrat. by The vote on the waterworks, as j we went to press yesterday evening, ; Was progressing quietly. From in | dications a full vete of the city will not be polled,but we feel safe in say ing that the franchise will be grant ed bya vote of three to one. At jleast the vote iu the diff-reat wards jat 4 o'clock justify us in making the j above prediction. } Firm Change. | The large retail establishment of | Benuett, Wheeler | importaut business chauge the first of the new year. The tirm is now an incorporate! institution with a cash capital of $35,000. Tie oftivers of the new firm are E. A. Bennett, | president; C. S. Wheeler, vice presi- dent and J. B. Armstrong, secretary and treasurer. Our young friend | Oscar Hinelein who was connected | | with the old firm for several years! as salesman and assistant book-keep- | er, is also a member of the new firm. | From this time on the business ; name of the new firm will be the | Bennett,-Wheeler Merchantile Com-! pany. This store is one of the larg- est retail establishments in* Southe west Missouri, and they now occupy & Co, made an MORE BLOOD. Charles Shaffer Shot Dead im His Tracks and his Brother John Ser:- ously Wound-d. His tent is his castle and he de- fends it with telling effect. Charles Shaffer drops dead in his tracks with a bullet in his brain, while his broth- er Jobn is dangerously, if not fatal- ly wounded So agaiu the soil of Bates county is stained with gore, and the home of two brothers is draped in mourning This occurrence took place near Foster, Mo., Thursday last and was brougkt ou by the Shaffer brothers, who ure represented to have been, tough characters, going to the home ofuman named Siders, who was living in a teut in that section with his family, and raising a row. The Shaffers claimed that Siders had stolen a pair of gloves from them and they were going to take him out of his tent. The evidence was to the effect, that when the two Shaffers arrived at the teut, instead of act- Siders, they began to curse and abuse him, and even went so far as to shoot with a revolver, twice or three times ing gentlemanly toward into his home, one bullet striking a horse collar lying on the ground a foot or so from Siders’ children. Not satisfied they ma:ched up to the door of the teut and being confronted by Mrs Siders, one of the boys flourished wife and with this ,only the elements j where the Indiaus A Good Thing for Missoari. Our Labor Commissioner, Mr. Lee Meriwether, whose energy and enterprise have developed that de. partment into something of infinite ly more impertance and value than it ever was before,has projected a new line of work, in which he should cer- tainly bave all the aid he may re- quire to put it through The new work which the commis- sioner will, if empowered by the leg islature, undertake. and of which he is now getting up a sample, is the procuring by actual cauvass of the resources and general conditions of soul, timber. supply, ete, of each county of the state; the prices water of land character of crops grown, methods of culture and everything f interest to else o a land seeker or would-be purchaser of a farm OF the value of such a work we de not think he can’ speak too highly Missouri is in mauy respects, pos sessed of better good farmers thau any other state jin the Union, and yet, while au im mense humber of immigrauts seek the lands in colder and less desirable regions. makes his home where uot are hostile, but are @ lions of acres of our rich lands, in a pleasant aud healthful clie mate, remam unoccupie L menace, ini There is | bat one way to account for this; the! lands of Missouri are neglected, be cause they are not sufficiently adver- tised to ths world. If we desire to opportunities to, a coustant | els ALE SWEET, Te whom it may concern. I have | fed oil meal for years to my horses The Action of the Old Railroad Board and cow, and occasionally to my Mav Be Revoked. ‘hogs. I think itis the richest and ‘ (cheapest feed a person can use for stock if fed with care. Rev. W. F. Baxgr. Sold by R. W. James, 2tf Butler, Mo., P. O. Bx 226. Jefferson City. Mo. Jan. 9 —The strained relations which have existed in the board of railroad and ware! house commissioners since the action | of the retiring chairman, Downing, | Children Cry for and Commissioner Hennessey in ap | Pitcher’s Castoria. pointing the chief grain inspector and the clerical force in the Kansas) Children Cry for ; City and St. Louis offices, was fur-| Pitcher’s Castoria. ther augmented to-day by the refus- Children Cry for al of W. C. Hail of Randolph county Pitcher’s Castoria. to accept the clerkship in the St. Louis office tendered him by the, —— board at its meeting iu St. Louis Janury Ist. He isa brother of U.| S. Hall, president of the Farmers’ | state alliance, and his letter of de-| H.L. TUCKER, | (Successor to J. G Walker) DRUGGIST. | clination ineans that the alliance and) the member-elect, Mr Hickman, are) seriously displeased | The uew beard is to reorganize Monday, when the matter will be taken up. President Hall of the jallance said tonight: “The old board appoiuted J. M. O'Shea chief grain inspector over the protest of / 40,000 members of my order and a Dealer in | | Drugs and Medicines | Prescriptions Carefully Compound- ed. Anight Clerk can always be had by pulling the Knobin front. | number of prominent grain men of St. Louis. My brother was appoint: jed to a $1,500 elerkship in the St. Louis office, although he bad made} |) | ne formal application for such a place It wasanattempt to put us under ob- jligation, but to day my brother sent D, C. MIZE, his pistol in her face, and while he | create a market for our surplus acres, and abusing her, | to increase the value of our farms, Siders, her hnsband, came to her res_jadd in a general way build up aud cue with revolver in hand and fired | promote the best interests of the a builet through the brain of Charles, | State, we should encourage every ef- killing him iustautly, he then turned | fort to publish abroad what we have his weapon on John and put a bu |to offer to home-seekers. let in his body just above the hip| As no othe: means can be used to joint, seriously if not fatally wound. | do this in a way to so certainly com- ing him. mand the confidence of all who read After the tragedy, Siders went to|it, we trust that the legislature will Foster, told what had happened and| make such au appropriation as will gave hiniself up to the officers. His | enable the commissioner to do this preliminary trial was held at Foster | werk. Saturday, and he was held guiltiess} A general report, containing full by the court, ou the grounds that| information concerning all the points his home, although humble, was his |in which a land buyer will be inter- castle and ke was justifiable in| ested, cannot fail to be of great in- defending it. j terest to every one who desires to |farm, and such work when compiled by a state official and under the authority of the General stool cursing Fy Fatally Shot Himself. Saturday morning about 11 o'clock one of the largest and finest store | Jesse Bartlett, son of W. F. Bartlett, houses to be found in. auy country | young man 18 or 20 years of age, town in the state. This firm fur mishes employment to some eight! or ten men, and carry the following lines ef goods: Groceries, hardware, stoves, tinware, queensware, bug- gies and agricultural implements. They also have a large tin shop in connectien with the store. Mr. Ben- nett, the president of the corpora- tion has charge of the business and | gives it his personal supervision,and the success of the former establish- ment is directly to his business sa- gacity, pluck and enterprise. The Tiwzs bespeaks for the new firm coatinued prosperity. i Burned to Death in his Home. Morgan City, La., Jan., 8.—The | Lawrence homestead, situated on} the outskirts of this city. Walliam | T. Carrington, ex collector of this port oceupied the house, aud had been seen there at a late hour last night. In searching the ruins to-| day his remains were found near the fireplace in the parlor. It is| surmised that on endeavoring to es-| cape from the burning building he was evereome by the emoke and per-| ished. An investigation is going on} todetermine whether he had been foully dealt with and the house fired to cover up the crime, but it is the| general supposition that the affair | was accidental. He was a uative of | Virginia and a member of one of the oldest families in that state. He served of the staff of Geu. Magraud- er in the late war. Quay’s New Force Bill. Washington, D. C., Janu. 12—Mr. Quay to day introduced in the sen- ate « substitute to the federal elec- tion bill. The principal point of difference is in the last section of the bill, which is as follows: “When it shall appear to the sat isfaction of the president of the United States that in any locality the provisions of this law cannot other- wise be executed it shall be his duty and he is hereby empowered to sus-| | pend there the writ of habeas corpus and to employ the armed forces of | the United States, naval and milita ry, for its enforcement and for the | protection of the officers whose du- | ties are herein. provided for.” } ' } j living with his parents near Bell's mill, some seven miles southwest of this city, shot himself with a shot- gun. The charge of shot entered the abdomen about two inches be low and one inch to the left of the navel. Dr. Rice, of this city was summoned to investigate the wound. An incision into the stomach was made but he was unable to discover that any of the intestines were cut by the shot, the doctor, however, considers the wound very dangerous and expresses little or no hope for his patient. The accident was caused by young Bartlétt taking hold of the muzzle of the gun and attempting to hasti- ly take it from the hands of his brother to shoot a rabbit which he saw inthe yard. When the gun was discharged the muzzle was only a foet or so from his stomach. The shot passed clear through his body and lodged under the skin in his back. Sinee the above was put in type we learn from parties living in the} neighborhood that the young man had died. The eligibility of Col. Annie Bax-| ter to the office ef county clerk con- | tinues to be the prevailing topic for | conversation over in Jasper county. the question has two sides and has; frequently been discussed in courts of law. On the one hand it is argu- ed that Col. Baxter had held the of- fice of deputy clerk aud she is there-| fore eligible to the office of clerk since the deputy must possess all the quatifications of the clerk. On the other hand it is argued’ that Col. Baxter is a married woman aud that married women are incapacitated from binding themselves at law. Hence her sureties will’not be bound and that she is incapable of giving bond. When she was appointed deputy clerk she was a single wo- man and neither was she compelled to give bond. This raises a new and | wheel trust entered contract with the spoke factory te! protect it against any liability for) Assembly, will, of course, impress readers with its reliability. We know of no single investment of state fuuds that will be likely to make a better retura. As this is _a subject of special interest to farmer we hope that our present General Assembly will give favorable consideration to this enterprise.—Journal of Agricul- ture. The Force Bill's Prospects. Washington, D. C., Jan., 12.— This week is expected to settle the fate of the force bill The sena tors expect to vote. on the financial bill Wednesday. The republicans will probably hold a caucus in the meantime to determine what they shall do about the force bill. Sena- tor Hoar anda good many others favor another attempt to take up and force a vote by the cloture rule. There is reason to believe that the republicaus will try to force an extra session. They think the big democratic mujority in the house j will likely do sore foolish things, and they are willing to see an extra session brought about. The demo- crats are not at all alarmed about jthis, but on the contrary rather welcome it. A Fight Between Trusts. Jackson, Tenn, Jan. 12—A suit for $100,000 was entered to day in the circuit court by the National Wheel Association of Michigan against the Jacob Weis Spoke Fac- tory of this city for breach of con- tract. The spoke factory made a con- tract with the Natioval Wheel Com- pany to deliver 100,000 spokes per | month for 13 months beginning No-| vember, 1889. The first delivery was to be made in December. The spoke factory in the meantime con- tracted with the Aimerican Wheel Company, known as the wheel trust, to deliver to it all its output. The into a written violation of contract with the nation- a letter to O'Shea declining the ap- pointment | Commissioner Breathitt said: “My position has been known all along. I was opposed toany action until the reorganization of the board. I did jnot think it right to make the ap- pointments before the new commise sioners came in.” Mr Hickman takes his seat next Monday. He has expressed his opinion of the action taken by the board at St. Louis in unmeasured terms. It now looks as if the new board would make it interesting for O'Shea and rescind the appointment made at St. Louis. UNION SOLDIERS IN OFFICE. To the editor of The Republic. St. Louis, Jan. 12.—Mr. Tarsuey's reply to the attack upon the demo- cratic party of Missouri for its treat ment of Missouri Union men, as published by you to-day, is well Insurance & . Land ACENT. Negotiates Loans on improved farms and will rent and manage prop- erty for non-residents. — Will give all business entrusted to my care, my personal attention. Collections promptly made and remitted. Office north side over Bernhardt’s drug store. LUMBER! H.C. WYATT & SON. Save money by calling on us for prices on LUMBER. LATH, SHINGLES. PAINTS. ——-And all Building Material Our motto 1s—— timed and just. He might have gone further and ‘carried the war into Af- rica.” How nas this republican adminis- tration treated Union men and soldiers who were Missourians in 1860-61. Every application on the part of this element has been ignor- ed. Notaman of them holds any important position in this state or at the capitol. Messrs. Noble. Churchill, Harlow, Reynolds and Smith came to Missouri after the war, and Mr. Wenneker was not in the service at all. So far as favors at the hands of this administration is concerned, the Missouri Union men would have far- ed better had the been on the other HIGH G RADES side. A gentlenan who was asked to recommend an applicant, wittily ex- pressed the situation by saying, “If you have lived here more than 40 days you won't get the position. A Missovr: Repcverican Ex-Fepgran Sorprer. ae LOW pPpRICEs GALL FOR POULTRY A DUEL IMPENDING. Charlerton. S. C., Jan. 7.—Rumors reached here to-day of the imminence ofaduelin Columbia. Yesterday afternoon George Dupree, clerk of the committee on privileges and elections of the South Carolinia leg- islature, called on N. G. Gonzales, late manager of the News and Courier bureau at Columbia,and said tohim tnat J. R. Tillman, son of |Congressman Tillman and nephew lof Gov. Tillman, desired to fight a duel with him. Mr. Gonzales, so the story goes, informed Dupree that the challenge was not in writing and he would not accept it. It is said he assigned other reasons why this was nota challenge under the code duella Mr. Tillman and Mr Dupree left town for the purpose of avoiding arrest and a written chal- We will pay the prices }elow, cash for Poultry deliveradat A. McBride & Co's store, on SATURDAY AND MONDAY of each week. in L. ther title to the throne.—Neosho al association, and the spoke factory declined to deliver the 100,000 spokes per wonth by the original contract The suit is really a contest between the two great wheel associations of the country. It will be a strong le- interesting question of citizenship | which the courts will be called on to! settle. Col. Baxter is the “uncrown. | ed queen” of Jasper county and we, hope she will be able to establish | Times.' ilaw are involved. wii ree wae lenge will be sent to Gon zales. No — ee oe on ib... Se cause is assigned for the desire to Be tet ee aces 3}c | fight but itfis supposed it refers back | Turkeys per Ib....... 0... Te | to writing of Gonzales against the| Pekin Dacks per doz...... $2.25 | Tillman party during the recentcamw-|Common Ducks per doz... $1.50 | paign, which was very bitter. Til-|g |\man comes from what is k fee eee $3.75 is known as ‘fighting stock. and Gonzales is well J. I. Panes ‘known in the state 2s a man who is ' these. w@_James Smith. the old gal fight and some nice questions of | dangerous under circumstances like | buyer of Bates c cunty, will receive | the poultry.