The Butler Weekly Times Newspaper, January 28, 1891, Page 5

BUTTER WEEKLY TIMES.| LOCAL ITEMS Shirley Childs says a raise of 60 cents has been made on plows. Mes. Harrison, ‘of Holden, is visi- ting her sister, Mrs. M. 8. Cooter. Best 5 cent cigar in town at west | | will be the last term of court held The regular February term ef! circuit court, begins Monday. This court will convene Monday. It takes hold of the reins with the countyvirtually out of debt. Remem- ber this. jin this city for some time with | Judge DeArmond on the beneb. It is stated that Senator Plumb cannot make up his mind whether to eppose or support the force bill. If be does not desire to be in four Dr. T. C. Boulware aud w wife spent | yesterday in Kansas City. The ob- ject of their visit was for the pur- | pose of consulting an occulist in re- The first term of the new county | The county court ought to get Mr. Skinner after. the shade trees in the court yard. Judge Burton, of Nevada, was in the city yesterday attending to some probate busines H_V. Rice. the popular drummer for the Ft. Scott Monitor Printing Co., was in Butler Tuesday. jward to Mrs. Boulware’e eyes, which ‘have been failing her for some time. Johue “Trimble, who is holding clerkship in the state senate. ee Saturday aud Sunday in | with his family. He reports every- thing moving slong nicely a Jeffer- / son. side restaurart. The farmer legislature is getting ' along smoothly and ia doing good work. the city E S. Carrithers left for New York last evening to buy his spring stock of clothing. Heavy snow storms are visiting | the east, but the weather clerk seems }to bein a good humor with our people and swiles benignuly upon us _ Fresh fruits at wast ie restau- rant, I. L. Hobbs _proprietor. Senator Jobu B Newberry was in| the city Saturday shaking hands | and the birds sing as happy as in with friends. | early spring time. Mr. Pete Harney and wife of Fos- | ter, spent Sunday in the city visiting | the family of Mike Curry. R. C. Dickensheets has sold his | aestauraut to J. T. Hobbs, of Per-| rin, Clinton county, this state. The ghost dance in the senate at | Mr. McDaniel says that he is Washington, over the force bill still | doing very little at the elevators at | goes on. ineee ne He also said that the pros- | | pects were that there would be | a large acreage of flax sowed this) | Season, in this county. News is very searce, #0 much 80 that what is culled from our ex | changes and boiled down, has hard, lary, unhealthy appearance and is | not very interesting to the reader or | satisfactory to the publisher. Zera Rayburn, democratic com- mitteeman of Homer township, was in to see us yesterduy. Prof. L. B. Allison who has been sick at Appletou City, we are glad to learn is some better A violent snow storm swept over poles, blockading the streets and doing much damuge to property. The storm is reported to be the severest of the season, so far. The booming Times for ouly oue dollar a year, should in advance be | in every house in Bates * county | Ex Sheriff C. 5. Ewin, in, of Deep- water towusltip, was in the city Fri- day and gave us a pleasant call. C. Vantrees, one’ of the best blacksmiths and mechanics in the firm of Vantrees & Vantrees, aud will go to LosAngelos. California, soon. estimable a gentleman workman leave our city. Take the best paper in Bates coun- ty, the booming Times, it will only cost you one dollar a year in advance. Mr. Skiuner hus been doing some au Sue good work pruning shade trees in our city the past two or three weeks. | Farmers tel] us the wheat crop in the county is looking tine and the prospects are good for a fine yield. | This is good news that we like to heur, and we hope to see the bright- est anticipations of the farmer real- ized this coming season. The grangest legislature ef Kan- sas passed ao ringing resolution against the passage of the force bill. Millionaire Pullman has reduced the wag-s of his 6,000 employes to show that McKinleyism is a bless- ing to American labor. Dick Darden was tried before Squire Newsom the other day onthe charge of stealing a of pair shoes from the store of Filer Sackett. He was convicted and sent to jail. young man’s sensibilities did not seem to be at all shocked at the de- cision of the court, and went back to his old quarters with perfect sereni- ty of mind. H. H. Haverly, a prominent mer chant of Foster, was in the city last week and attended the theater. We acknowledge a pleasant call. N. M. Nestlerode, the merchaut prince of Virginia, and chicken and egg king of western Bates, was in to see us Monday. The Union is getting boastful. It says the union labor party will nom- inate a county school commissioner and down both the old parties. Only a short time ago they were begging republican votes, having got them once they think they can now stand alone and declare war on both the jold parties and down them. Well, we shall see if they still have the halter on the republicans. Frank LaFollette, of Spruce township, was in the city Monday. He said he had about completed all his plowing for spriag and had near one hundred acres of ground pre- pared for the planter, and as soon as the weather would permit he pro- poses to begin to drop corp. To save paying the penalty you had better be settling your township tax at once. A. O. Welton is the collector. The booming Times has the best equipped job cffice in Bates county and turns out the best and cheapest work. Give us a call. A sun dog was plainly visible in the western sky Suuday evening. The weather prophets say this isa sure sign of a yery cold spell - of weather. The roads are getting in traveling condition again. Thies was plainly demoustrated by the large crowd of farmers in town Saturday and Mon- day. more corn to the acre than any far- mer in the township. Senator Ingalls is at Topeka, and they say he ia the most eociable man New York City Sunday, which com- | | pletely wrecked wires and telegraph | county, has sold his interest in the H The Times regrets to see 80 | The! He’ offers to wager that he will raice) years frem pow where Mr. Ingalls is to-day it.—K. C. Star. The law abiding the United States are opposed to bayo net rule at the ballot box, therefore, they are opposed to the force bill. They are also opposed to creating offices for another hundred wharf The third. in the series of free lectures under the auspices of the Academy; will be given next Friday at 7:30 p. im. in the Christian Church. The mame of the lecturer theme will be announced later in the Dairy. as it depends on a con- tingency. he will oppose citizens of and his rats, under the cloak of United A big corn crop, a big wheat ¢ EOE: States marshals. a big oats crop. a big apple crop, in) i ————— short big crops of all kinds is what! Another + week will witness the we want to see in Bates county the close of January. February has only We can all unite twenty-eight days this year, and the coming suniuer. on the above proposition aud rejoice Fifty first congress expires on the together. 4th of March. Meanwhile not a sin- gle appropriation bill bes been pass- The radical force bill republicans Sal ante it about diame for ‘Tom |o*%* been side tracked all along the i Reedia “business house’ and the line, and Ingalls is in the ditel in senate to get down to work?—K. C. Kansas. Surely the country 18 get- | Star. ting better politieally if net relig- iously. N. M Nestlerode, of Virginia, Mo., | was in the city Monday aud inform- fed us of a wedding which tcok | place at his home on Sunday eve- The Missouri legislature has re- doliar for a World's fatr ue fused to appropriate a state exhibit at the ning, when John W. Cordell and less the force bil is dropped. The | Mrs. Elizabeth Hussey, both of Missouri legislature 1s coumposed of Austiu, Mo, were nae man and fttmers aud the farmers ure oppos- wife. They start in life under very ed force of whatever hind. favorable circumstances, with a fami- ly of 15 ebildren, all at at home, having 8 children. by a former May their tribe increase and the young demo crats multiply, emulating the exam-| | ple of their sire. While other | | ing of the hard times and dulluess in | won. | trade, we are happy to say the mer: | vee ee chants of this city are having a most | Congre 88 is to be petitioned for excellent trade for this season of the jan appropriation of 1 million dollars | year and marching right along. |to relieve the destitution which pre-| There may be something in the fact! vails in Western Nebraska. It is | that the farmers of this county are rep esented that there thirty- in a little better condition than most | two counties in that state in which jof our neighbors and this may have | the farmers were unable to raise a something to do with the good times | sufficient amount of grain last sea |round about here. There is one oth-! son to save seed and keep the er point, and that is the merchants | from the door. of Butler gained a good reputation for selling goods cheap, and that draws trade you know. We have just received a large as sortment of letter paper, bill heads, | statements, envelopes, cards, &e he! marriage aud she 7 Mer chants and others needing the above, the very best brands of paper articles will give the booming Trves | ‘a eall. We defy competition on towns are complain- Call at the | job printing. Times office for are wolf The necessities of | Kausas should open her generous hand and minister to the wants of her afflicted sister.—Kansas City K. S. Carrithers, proprietor of the Star. American Ciothing house of this city, said the other day he was now feeling the effects of the McKinley billin buying his spring stock of clothing and in men’s hosiery, and many other articles the cost price} had been materially raised over what he had been previously paying for! the same articles. For instance, men’s hose that he sold all the sea- son for 25 cents per pair he would} be obliged to ask now for the sae articles 35 cents. Of course this small raise of ten cents on one pair of cotton stockings don't amount to much, but suppose you buy ten pair, then you are out one dollar over aud above what yeu paid the past sea- son for the same article. We are waking preparations to add steam power to our big. Camp- | bell newspaper and job presses. We find that hand power presses are too slow to perform the necessary work required. The subscription list of the booming Tims for the past six mouths bas been increasing very jrapidly and éach week we find the necessity for steam more and more apparent in order to facilitate busi- ness, and believing that the extra outlay of money will be well spent 1t is our intention at an early date if possible, to make this much needed improvement in our office. In order |to assist us in this enterprise our delinquent subscriber friends can More than a year ago Messrs. | materially aid us by calling and set- Thomas & Richards abandoned their | tling up arrearages, which we hope shaft on Center creek, after expend-| they will do at the very earliest op- ing more than s thousand dollars in | portunity. avain search for The shaft thus lay idle until a short time ago | | Davis & Hall took a lease on it and ore. a = 5 The city council meets to morrow | night, and we understand one er, commenced drifting toward the old | more prepositions will be submitted | drift abandoned by Thomas & Co in regard to lighting the town.| They soon found “stuff,” and when | Among others. the gentlemen own-} » of | ‘workmanship and gurrantee satisfac- | the stricken districts ure argent and i intown. Especially is he loving the granger member of the legisla- ture. Rev. Gill. pastor of the M. E.! church south, of this city, will preach | it was found that the discouraged a series of sermons beginning Sun-| | parties had quit within six inches of they had cut through to the old drift li ing the water-works franchise, we understand will enter the contest and submit a pronosition. Capt. Ty- | day, an the “‘Relative’Duties of Life” The young 5 peeps 8 society of the Christian Endeavor of the C. P.| : one of the leading -ministers of our church will meet at the residence of city, and as he has given this subject ; John Ludwick, to-morrow nigh€! noch thought, we surmise those of All are invited to attend. the opportunity of hearing him will A. ©. Welton, collector of this : ring township, says after the 10th day of be well paid. All are invited to be | present. February, he is compelled by law to} add the penalty on all delinquent | tax payers. Silas Levy informs us that he has | purchased a large stock of spring T. T. Wemott, a prominent citizen | in the course of a week or ten days. of Kansas City, formerly of Bates} | He says he proposes to be on time county, who has been visiting his this spring and supply the entire son, Arthur, for several weeks. re-| trade of the city and county. He turned home Saturday evening. ‘also said his order embraced every-! ‘thing in the spring ‘goods line, and the ladies instead of making a long trip can just buy their railroad tick- ets to Butler and they will not only! save car fare but big money in the; price of goods, as he intends they , shall. The legislatures of nearly all the southern and western states are re- fusing to appropriate state aid to the World's fair at Chicago in case the force bill is passed by the sen- , ate. -|a fine body of jack, which is now As Rev. Gill is recognized as being | our people who avail themselves of | goods, which he expects to receive) gard and W. E. Walton went down | making 30 to 40 tons per week. | This incident exemplifies the fact }at Nevada and Carthage for tke pur- that a man should never quit until oe of investigating the electric) he has gone six inches further, even | light plants of these towns and pick | if he is busted.—Webb City Times. ling up what information they can in| —_—___—_- | regard to the lights &e., prepsrato- S. P. Francisco aud Judge Park. | ry to presenting their proposals to inson, of Butler, are among those in | the board of aldermen. attendance at court here this week.) In regard to commencing opera- —J. F. Boyd and R. J. Hurley of tions on the water works plant the! Butler, Mo.. were registered at Ho-| owners inform us that they are per- tel Harrisou Tuesday evening.—W. | fecting arrangements to go to work W. Graves and W. O. Atkeson of} as soon as possible. They have two Butler, and G. R. Sweeney of Rich peints on the Miaui in view, bat as Hill, are all attending court here! yet uo definite action has been ta- this week—Mesers. Graves & Park-|ken. However. i a day or so they |imson of Butler, W. O. Atkeson and expect to be able to aunounce at |S. W. Dooley, of Rich Hill, and Mr. | what place on the | H. L. Perry of Ft. Scott. were in the | will be drawn from, and as soon as | city Monday as counsel in the $25.-' | this matter is settled engineers will | 000 damage suit of Carter vs. Keith | be put to work makiug permanent | & Perry Co oal Compavy.—Cass Cc. | surveys and the plant pall be locat- | Demoerat. jed and work commenced. ! river the water the road yesterday and will stop off tional clerk be can place the busi- d Children Cry for | Pitcher’s Castoria. Children Cry for Pitcher’s Castoria. Children Cry for - Pitcher’s Castoria. For Ballot Primaries. | Jefferson City, Mo., Jan. 17 —Rep-' resentative Patrick Kausas City today an important measure drawn by Judge R. H. Field one of the circuit jadges of Jackson county It will be introduced by Mr. Patrick at an early date. The bill is entitled “an act provid- ing for and requiring the holding of Tnele Billy oes the old demo-; cratic war horse of Shawnee favored | us while in the city yesterday. Fresh candies at Hobb’s west side restaurant. East an Mo.. Jan. 3, 1891 R. W. James, Butler, Mo. Dear Sir:—In reply to yours of the Ist I will say I have used oil cake fora number of years, aud consider it fine for all kinds of stock. I have not had cholera ameng my hogs siuceI have been using it, before I com- meuced its use I lost hogs more or less ever year, Yours truly, stf Pact Scuinporr. received from primary elections for party uomina tions, party elections of committee | { men and delegates to political con- H. L. TUCKER, | ventions and prescribing the means | (Successor to J. G Walker) and methods thereof, the rights of | DRUGGIST. candidates and nominees at such) elections aud for the punishment of prohibited acts in connection there- | with and incident thereto and regu-| ‘lating such elections.” The bill provides fcr the holding | of primary elections by ballot and prescribes the time for holding them. | Dealer in Drugs and Medicines | | Prescriptions Carefully Compound- | ed. A night Clerk can always be had by pulling the Knob in front. Summit Chips, Mud, muddy, but not the muddi- est we've seen... Taking it altogeth- er so far. we have no reason to com- plain of the winter... .Powell &| Holloway have quit apie corn at 40cts. Have plenty to run them | through....We understand Allen | Wright bought the Wilham Budy farm; price paid, $5,800 There has been cousiderable inquiry by land owners lately for farme.... Literary ‘in progress at Redmun school house and a very interesting time is being had, good paper, speakers and ev- | tainment; Thursday is the time of meeting. ...We advise those \from Summit who expected to at- itend the Opera Tuesday to select a | more suitable time for the next trip. ..J L Shubert was elected super- | intendent of the Chapel Sunday school, January 1st, and the school is progressing nicely....We under- stand the U. L. eee of Summit has their slate made out fur town- ship officers. Democrats come on, break it if you can; in unity is |strength and we have it in our favor .. Hurrah! for the live, progressive town of Butler; we had confidence jenough in her people to believe | water works would uot down, aud sure enough it would not We | farmers all feel happy and will spend au extra quarter when we come to town. You see we can afford to.... | Mr. Webb of Deepwater township, has been losing some cattle with {what he supposes to be black-leg. He lost some beef cattle that he was feeding that weighed 1,200 or 1,300 pounds. We've not heard of any lothers in the neighborhood being afflicted. Eur. D, C. MIZE, Insurance & Land ACENT. a Negotiates ;Louns on improved farms and wil! 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 Beruvhardt’s drug store. LUMBER! H.C. WYATT & SON. Save money by calling on ua for every | prices on LUMBER. LATH, SHINGLES. PAINTS. ——And all Building Material ——Our motto 1s—— HIGH GRADES And [LOW [PRICES GALL FOR POULTRY The report of the register of lands in Missouri shows that during this year ending May 31, 1889, 113,940 acres were disposed of at the differ- ent land offices, aud 175,499 acres were taken up during the year end- ing May 31, 1890. There were sold by the different counties and patent- ed to individuals during the year 1889, 10,438.48 acres of township school land at an average price of $2.15.5 per acre,and during the year 1890. 11,398.02 acres at an average ‘of $1.75 per acre, thus increasing | the school fund of these counties by | the sum of $42,559.623. The regis- jter asserts that in his judgement, | the time has about arrived when the | office can be dispensed with without detrement to the public service, and {he says that with the aid of an addi ness of the office in such shape that lit can be discontinued at the end of | two years. | New York Justice. Albany. N. Y., Jan. 24—In the | United States district court yester- We will pay the prices below, in | day James Faulkner, brother of the | cagh for Poultry delivered at A. L. late General Lester B. Faulkuer,| yeBride & Co's store, on charged with the Dansville bank, SATURDAY AND MONDAY | pleaded guilty to making a false re- of each week. a h troller of | port to the comptroller of currency | Hicea wid Chiba gic Me and was sentencedtotheAlbany pen-j0 ers 5e itenitary for five years at hard la-| j Young Roosters per Ib....... 3he bok | Turkeys per Ib............... qe Baffalo, N. ¥., Jan. 24 —Stephen |Peti2 Ducks per dox...... $2.25 F. Sherman of the late firra of Sher-! }Common Ducks per doz. $1.50 inan Bros. & Co., who was convict-! ;Geese.............-..-44- $3.75 in connection | J. L. Parks ed of grand larceny with a grain transaction, was senten-, ced to five years in Auburn state ' prison. ‘pe James Smith. the old poultry buyer of Bates county, will receive ‘the poultry.