The Butler Weekly Times Newspaper, March 11, 1891, Page 5

’ ‘BUTTER WEEKLY TIMES. —————————————————_— LOCAL ITEMS —_—_—_—_— City Convention. The democrats of the city of But- _ ler will meet at the court house Sat- | urday evening, Mareh 14th at seven » o'clock, for the purpose of nominat- ing five aldermen and for the trans- action of other business that may come before them. E L. Rice, Chairman city committee. Good house and lot for sale. Call Sor Francisco. on Soon be plowing time. B. W. Hale has a tine boy at his _house. Silas Levy and wife are expected home Saturday. Trade is looking up in Butler aw spring approaches. De Foe says: “A state of idleness is the very dregs of life.” This is March, prepare for all kinds of weather. Butler was visited by a hail storm Saturday. Ducks are pleutiful on the bottous, so the hunters say. Sam'l Levy & Co., are receiving their spring stock. Uncle Aaron Hart aud wife spent Sunday at Rich Hill. The recent hail storm has made the roads quite sloppy again. Attorney W. W. Graves spent a couple of days in Kansas City this week. J. M. McKibben’s spring stock of © dry goods is being placed on the i b ¥ ; | H a shelves. G. B. Haggard and Thomas Walls will engage in the barber business | Mr. Crisp has sold his interest in| A heavy sleet in Texas Monday, i the Holden Enterprise and goes to | did great damage to the fruit trees. | ees Meee, Sten ange ot | The city council ought to begin oat Daily ‘Tribune. Zacroomm | to figure en buying hose cart for the Mrs. Fred Evans came down from | city aud have the same here ready | Kausas City Friday, to be with her | for the trial test July 4th. daughter Mrs. Walker Morgan. who : is lying very low with consumption. | Laboring men cau now begin to get | jon their working clothes. In a few Ivan Reeder,son of County Treas | days the water-works company will erer Reeder, returned from Kansas; have work for all wanting employ- City Saturday, where he graduated (from the Spauldiog’s iC sllege with honors. ment. C. B. Lewis is fixing his Glessner | property up in fine shape, and will have when completed one of the neat-" est residences in the city. Charlie! never does avything by halves. Rev. W A. Walker, left yesterday ‘for Clinton on a visit to his wive's Commercial The cases of James Smith against | the city of Butler, for damages snd |Minuie McFarlaud against the Mis- |souri Pacific railroad go to Clinton jon change of venue. Jasper Pierce and wife,after being delayed by wash outs four days, ar- rived at their destination, Los Ange- \los, California, last week. Both were tired out with their long trip, but with that exception well. , people and also to see his wife who ‘has been in that city for the past three weeks visiting ber parents Mr. and Mrs. Wm. Aurand. Mrs. Jobu T. Smith left last week: to join her husband im Montana. In her leaving Butler has lost another | were feeling Ex-Senator Ingalls describes his successor as “oue of those cadaver- ous persons who rise to the surface after the explosion” and it is to be jadded that such persons lose their notoriety as rapidly as they obtain it. of its most estimable ladies, and ‘our citizens regret that she has tak | en her departure, and the best wishes | all go with her. | The meeting at the Caristian | ehu:ch closed Monday night with! ——K“~ 25 accessions, 20 by confession and | No woman who looks after the bestism. A social t | lamp will believe this story: Dur- the church Friday night to cultivate ing @ fire in Buffalo, N. Y¥., a case of ac juaintance. All members and at- lamp chimneys fell from the third | tusdants welcomed tory, aud not a chimney was broken | ——— story, aud uot a chimney was broken} | o City, Neb. March 9. | The heaviest snow of the season fell | | here Saturday and Sunday morning, | |reaching a depth of eighteen iuches | jon the level. Heavy drifts in places |made roads impassable. All trains a Phe! jare wore or less behind time. They are an educated and culti-' will be hela a! | ‘Texas is not only a great farming state, but it has iron for the world. The state geologists says the iron oro fields of the eastern Texas will yield 4 million tons to the square mile. . McFarland Bros, the south side i vated people in the land of Henrick, | harness men have for the past two | Ibsen. At Copenhagen they are te! months h \ : ad furee of men at work | have an international exhibition of ‘making up their spring stock of! books. i | harness, which is at the present | ‘tion met at the court house in But-| County Convention. The democratic county conven-! ler on Saturday afternoon at 2} | o'clock p. m. and in the absence of | chairman L. R. Alien, was called to: | order by Thomas J. Smith. J. FP. Smith, of Osage township, was elected temporary ohairman and Dr. J. W. Choate, of Spruce, secre- tary. On motion the chair appointed the following ccmmittees: Credentials, | JD Allen. 5. W. Dooley and — S Board. Order of busiuess and permanent | organization: Jesse Nave, K.G. West: Lon Murphy, 8 V. Rodgers and W.! W. Graves i _ The report of the committee, showed every township represented | except Elkhart. Afterwards the de} egates from Grand River called away, leaving 131 delegates in the convention ' The repor: of committee on per- | manent organization recommended | that temporary organization be made | permanent, adopted Ccmmitice on order of business, recommended a roll of the townships | be called and candidates be placed | in nomination, and after 5th ballot | ay For oud Prairie City Township candidate receiving lowest number | Railroad Bonds of votes to be dropped. . : Pee see . +. | Notice is hereby given that the | was amended to exclude nominating | = t | The report | KIBBEN’S Stock OF DRY GOODS, BOOTS AND SHOES. Stayea Away From Chicago. Chicago, March 9—Vespite the warnings that have been printed by speeches | money will be deposited in the State | the press throughout the country, The following names were placed | Pe UE Bou Be aad _— | — me Fadl Tee ean a aan Ginn OTe 5. A. Burk, W. R. jto pay off old Prairie City township | most every section of the continent Thurman J. A. Ryan and Miss Lyde! eeiiscodl sine! Si) 73 conunue Poirous ante BeSciey Glee Abell . & Oscar REEDER, ticipation of finding something to NVR UUbusinad pas nominated oe County Treasurer. | do, and asa result the situation is e 5th ballot receiving 68 votes. J. K. Foster will open this week a \ On motion the nomination was | dry goods store in the John Stesle | made unanimous and convention ad-| building on the southwest corner of journed. Mr. Foster comes from | Mr. Steele has had finished for his re- | getting absolutely serious. Hundreds if not thousands of men are traveling the streets all through the n ght with the thermometer at zero, or the skies pouring down sleet, and kuowing not where to get ja bite to eat when daylight comes jagain. Unless history fails to repeat itself a carnival of erime, and possi- th the square. The county court adjourned Fri} Kansas C ity. day. Court will ineet again the first | the reom nicely of next month. At this meeting they | eeption will sit as a board of equalization The Oad Fellows’ celebration for | Peffer and Simpson, the new | Here isa pauper who does not | beheve that charity begins at home. | The sister-in-law of a pauper in the, | poor house at Glascow, Scotland, | j has bequeathed £70,000 for church | The proposition to vote Rich Hill | purposes. ; acity of the third class Saturday, ; » was snowed under. at Adrian. > The poor and destitute of the city | ought to be looked after this kind of weather. The last act of Senator Inga! 6 was to appoint his son to a clerkship | in Washington at a salany of $68 day Todothis he had removed H A public drinking fountain on the square this summer will benefit to the farmers. } \bourn, Prof. W. R. Thurman, H. T. | time by far the largest assortment | [-,, ited States senator they havehad on hand at this sea-| ooneressman, son for many years past and sockless are fast losing their : ‘notoriety. Both talk too much out The following gentlemen are of their mouth. ‘Wind is a good among the many who favored the thing te have but brains are neces-! Times pleasantly Saurday: Prof. Ry- | sary qualifications for a statesman an, Thos. Ellis, L. S. Blankenship, | W. S. Mudd, C. M. Clark, Zera Ray | Will the Record please explam to an anxious public the necessity of | increasing the tariff on foreign goods Shobe, Dr. Allen, T. R. Staley andj if the Aimencan manufacturers con April 27th is still marching on brave ly aud the celebration promises to | be a fine affair. Our busivess men ought to begin to take some action toward decorating the square. It would not be a bad idea for the busi ness men to calla meting for this purpose at an early date. Frank Voris, who has been serv ing on the U. S jury in Kansas City Dr. T. GC. Boulware, reports Dr. Patton on the mend and hopes to have him out in a few days. E. S. Carrithers of the American | of the Arlington hotel down to a clothing house is receiving bis spring steck of clothing. Harris & Lisle sold two car loads of fine mules to Sparks Bros., of Kansas City, Monday. Mrs. J. P. Willis, who has been in| the city for several days, returned to Jefferson City Monday. I. L. Reeder, who has been in . Kaneas City the past four months attending business college, is home another clerk who had held the office F. M. Whitaker. for the past three years. Heavy rains in Tennessee, Ala- bama and Mississippi are causing great damage by floods. At Nash- ville, Tennessee five hundred people! have been driven from their homes into the streets. The water is still raising and two feet more will ren- der at least 11,000 homes uuinhabit- able. The railroads have been bad- ly damaged by wash outs Street commissioner, Geo. Pollock \is cutting the bigh grade in front level with the street. The improve ment will not only add to the con- | veniece of the general public but is beneficial to the appearance of the hotel. H. T. Shobe and L. S. Blankenship two substautial democrats of Reav ley, New Home township, were iu the city Saturday and gave us a pleasant call. Mr. Shobe has been placed on the democratic ticket for constable of his township. He is a good man and ought to be elected | | Mrs. E. A. Beatty entertained the | following Rich Hill ladies with a} fashionable opera party on last} Wednesday evening, the occasion of | the “Cold Day Co”: Mesdames Lee | Beall, H. M. Booth, C A. Clark, | Dr. W. H. Allen. In the afternoon Mrs. Geo. Miers entertained the | than heretofore? is home again. After being discharg ed from the jury he took a little trip over to Ft. Leavenworth, and had the pleasure of meeting a number of war comrades. He reports his trip a very pleasant one. and will sell their goods cheaper! If it is not for the purpose of protecting the home man- ufacturer what is the necessity of an increased tax’? There is no change iv the Iinois| senatorial contest. But it is claimed by the knowing ones that the con- test will be ended this week with either the election of Palmer or Streeter. If Streeter is elected it will simply be a republican senator as he claims he will affiliate with that party, and favors the passage of the foree bill, is for the McKinley high tariff and against free coinage of silver. We should like to hear from the democratic papers regarding the men who are traveling over Bates county selling merchandise to the farmers. How would a protective tariff against such fellows suit the business men of Butler.—Record. For full particulars we refer the Recordto County Clerk Drysdale, and Prosecuting Attorney Atkeson. Their address is Butler, Mo. According to advices from Wash- A sharper representing himself as again. Uncle John Vancamp has opened | out his restaurant again and can now be found in the John Pyle brick. Gall and see him. by a good majority. The state senate as passed a bill to put the express companies of the state under the control of the rail- road and warehouse commissioners. It is a good bill and ought to be- come a law. If there isa set of rob- | bers existing in this state it is the |express companies. Oscar Reeder, treasurer, says he will be ready to turn his office and books over to his successor the first of next month. D A. and H. H. Colyer have sold nize of their eighteen Kentucky jacks shipped to this city a few days ago. They are certainly a fine herd of animals and these gentlemen de- serve the best wishes of the farmers | and stock men in their endeavor to| stock this section of country with a fine breed of stock. Power Bros. are talking of im- proving their mill property this summer by the erection of a new brick building. Capt. Mason Henry, father of Mrs. Dr. O. F. Renick, died at his home near Odessa, au the 6th. Dr. and Mrs. Renic‘ attended the funeral. Mr. Thurman, the man nominated for school commissioner by the dem- ocratic convention Saturday, lives and teaches school in Bates county, Seven car loads of water works mains arrived at the depot Monday. The piping will be unloaded at the depot and remain there until the ditches are made ready to receive it. The first work done by the company will be to put in the filters at the river. This work they propose to commence as soon as the weather will permit. Aman should not be above his business. Some are not. A man of 30 years arrested at Wiiliatasport Pa., for larceny, gave his occupa- tion as a dude. The republican party believes in Frank Lloyd, a fermer typo of this city, but now of the Kansas City a salesman for a Chicago grocery house has been doing up the farm jers of Saline and Boene counties. ue eee ee He canvasses the county and sells J. T. Shaunon has settled his loss | direct to the farmer. Of course his es with the insurance companies and | game is a swindle aud he succeeds as soonasthe weather will permit jin taking in the unsuspecting. His will begin the erection of his new | goods are rot, his prices are no mill. This is gratifying news andj cheaper than the home merchants farmers will be glad to learn that and his scales are doctored im hie the Diamond mills are to be rebuilt own interests. If these thieves) without delay. The new mill will be should happen to strike Bates coun built on the latest improved plans! ty, our farmers should be on their and the mill and machinery will be! guard, and give them the grand far superior to the old one | bounce. Iidies at an elegant luncheon aud on | Thursday evening Mrs. J. D. Allen eutertained them at tea. In payment in full for its support | Frank McGrath, president of the in boosting some union labor men ; Kansas farmers’ alliance, has a big into office last fall that party now jecheme on foot whereby he hopes to | gives the republicans the nomina- | UBite the farmer's alliances of Kan- | sas, Missouri, Nebraska and Iowa, tion for county school commissioner, | * ‘ a into ahuge live stock and grain by placivg on its ticket a man who | ? 5 never belonged to the union labor | trust. The object of the trust will be! party, never belonged to tive alliance | t° Coutrol the live stock and grain | and has no sympathy with that par- ‘belonging to farmers’ alliance, and ty or order, but who is a lifelong | throw the same on the market at | republican and believes in its teach- | Such Sages = the Teaes ers MAY: Bec ings and precepts. |fit. By doing this it is claimed that | the alliance can virtually contro! the | markets and obtain just such prices} as desired. Looking the whole mat | i The republican-union labor con | vention to nominate a township tick- | et will be held at the court house} operation for this year's flax crop. |The gentleman with whom they are | iugton the last official act of Mr. In- galls was to displace F. J. Haig,who had been for three years clerk of the ; committee on the District of Colum-| bia, and appoint in his place his son Raiph Ingalls, at a salary of $6 per day. The fact that as smali 2 man as ex-Speaker Keifer of Ohio was guilty of a similar offense some years ago should have deterred Mr. In- galls from committing so unfortu nate a blunder, even if his sense of propnety was not sufficient to re- strain him.—K. C. Star. J. P. Edwards informs us that } negotiation are now being made with | a gentleman iu Indiania, to build a flax factory in or near this city this spring and have the same ready for negotiating propose to furnish all | the machiuery necessary if the citi- | zens will furnish five acres of ground ! and a corrogated iron building 30x | 40 feet. This au enterprise long | needed in this county and we hope | to see the plant secured. Mr. Ed-} wards says the ground is ready and | all that is necessary now is for the | | his son-in-law, B. mail service is spending a few days in the city visiting friends. He is the same jovial, genial Frank. R. G. West, ex-recorder of this county, while in the city Saturda: gave us a pleasant eall. He has >. joined the grangers again and has a fine farm in New Home township. a protective tariff. The union labor cre believes in tariff reform. The junion labor platform declares for {free coinage of silver. The republi-| ‘cans believe in a gold standard and ‘want to demonetize silver and yet ;two parties so unlike in all their principles join hands in one commen |Somes when it comes to getting the {spoils of a few county offices. Saturday. In the towns the union! labor party is taken under the wing | of the republicans, in the county the, republican party is under the guic- | ing care of the union labor party. By 1892 the twins will be so badly, mixed it will be hard for Aus. to tell | which one of the boys he is or to} what party he belongs. | } | . | ter over it looks very much like pres- \lightuing might strik him. ‘citizens to put up the building. ident McGrath entertaining Progress. strong hopes that the trust would It is verv important in this age of need a manager at a big salary and vast material progress that a reme- was guls have great love and friendship. the eye, easily taken, acceptable to for the farmer, especially when the | ture und effects. Possessing these farmer gives them a fat place and qualities, Syrup of Figs is the one fills their pockets with the mightyj perfect laxative and most gentle dollar. diuretic known. 16 4t { | | ij The mo- dy be pleasing to fhe taste and to | the stomach and healthy in its na-! ‘ bly bread riots to boot will be the out come of this conditien of affairs. Meanwhile, the fact cannot be too strongly emphasized that men with- out employment are better off al- most anywhere thau im Chicago. “The Bwod is the Life," Runs the old saying, and everything that ever makes part of any organ of the body must reach its therein throvgh the blovd. Therefore, if. the blood is purified and kept in good conditiou by the use of Hood's Sarsaparrilla, it necessarity follows that the benefit of the medicine is imparted to every orgun of the body. Can anything be simpler than the method by which this excellent med- icine gives good health to all who will try it fairly and patiently? 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