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VOL. XIII. Missouri State Bank OF BUTLER, MO. CAPITAL, $110.000. Reevives Deposits subject to Check, Loans Money, Makes Collections and does a General Banking Business. DEPOSITORY FOR COUNTY FUNDS In the Keal Estate Loan Department. Make loans on Real Estate on long or short ume at lowest rates without delay. STOCKHOLDERS Hardinger, WN Farmer smith Hickman.G B Furniture tealer Sm Heath, DB Stark Allen, Mre Levins — Houlware, TC. yeician Burk, Monroe Farmer Ballard, J N Farmer Brown, Lala Hartlett, Edmund Farmer ryan, Margaret Chelf, HBO Farmer Carathers, G A Farmer christy. J M Physician Clark, Robert Farmer Courtney, J M Stock Dealer hn Farmer GL Liveryman ohn T Lawyer B Deputy circuit clerk Turner, Mra ME Capitalist Tucker. W E Dentist neTyler, WB Farmer Voris, Frank M Farmer chan. JM Capitalist tt, HC Lumber dealer s, Wiley Teacher t, RG Farmer Wolfe, Pattie on, Wm E Cashier cht TJ Capitalist ner, Max Boots & Walls, Wm Farmer Jenkins. J R Cashier Kinney, Don Ase’t Cashier Sam Dry Goods & Cloth Morrison. © H Farmer Miller. Alf Farmer McCracken, A Farmer McCracken, Robt Farr Norton, J A Bank Clerk Owen MV 8. Jon & Res’t Powell, Booker Farmer © H Prof Normal Sch Pigott, HIT lank Clerk * Ded nd, D A Cirenit Jndge Rosier, J M Farmer kyans. John Farmer Reeder. Oscar hveringha: Physician Radford, Chas R Farmer Freemam, Caroline and Eliza Reisner, JW Insurance Griggs, Wm M Farmer Sullens, J L Banker us, RV Parmer president 5 vice-president ie cashier asst. cashier Ww. WALTON BOOKER POWELL JENKINS N KINNEY ER A TE SO See | TO TEST THE MKINLEY LAW. ed Sanday at the N erode school | j house... . 1 have heard of any Lousville Importers Want Whiskey | flax bein Wk Ye -Oseav Hens- Regauged Alter Withdray al. ley’s broken arta is about well. He | is well enough to ,0 tu see the girls ....Chrs McGuire wants to trade for ariding plow. Mr. Me. says he Louisville, Ky., April 5-—The Louisville Publie Warehouse Com-! would rather{ride thanewatiuln pany, large importers, have brought | Bright talks of getting him a new suit against the United States, to | buggy, and he wants it just large test the constitutionality of the Me- j enough to hold two There are , sa | lots of cattle being driven to Kansas Kinley tariff law. The AN Si to graze for the summer. in the United States Circuit CoaEe N. M. Nesrierope. ere late yesterday afternoon, and) 4 Wipe CAN SUE HER HUSBAND will be carried to the United States | Supreme Court. The McKinley bill Be a provides that tariff shall be paid on i Judge Altgeld one hicago Says she car imports upon the withdrawal from | Maintain a Civ the bonded warehouse and that du- | ty shall only be paid upon the weight | Chicago, April 2.—Judge Altgeld of the goods at withdrawal. The’ was presented with a point of law vetitioner» hold that the word | never before raised in this state. weight means gauge and claim they | The question came up on the point ought only to pay tax on the quan | whether a wife can maintain a civil tity of whiskey on hand at witb-! suit for damages against her hus- drawal, instead of the quantity of | band The court, in unmistakable the whiskey in barrels when it is language, decided in favor of the gauged. A protest to the payment Wife. The lawyers read decisions } of the tax was made, the petitioners | from other state courts wherein it claiming that the whiskey should be | was held that a wifecould not main- regauged at withdrawal. The Board | tain a suit for civil damages against of General Appraisers at New York | her husband for his beating her. but held that the tax — - ig = j eat Altgeld sustained the wife's decided against the protest. e | demurrer. suit is one which is won will save) «The idea is monstrous ihat a wan hundreds of thousands of dollars to| can pound his wife to ajelly and yet the importers. It is said that if the! pot be held liable for damages in a suit is won enough money can be | ¢ivil action brought by her,” he said saved to pay for the exportation and | “gnd I cannot listen to any such rea- storage of the whiske soving by any court, no matter how Teams | high.” Damage Suit. Virgina Items. You cau have sugar in your coffee now, 16 lbs granulated and 17 lbs light brown suger for $1....MYs. | wien paby was sick, we gave her Castorts. Luther Judy is on the sick list... . | when she was a Child, she cried for Castoria Mrs. John Hensley is some better, | hat wct oukol dengan gah... 2 | When she became Miss, she clung to Castoria vut not out of danger +A I gy staren, sb: piers Gast Park has just received 2,000 pear! See ee trees from the Pike county nursery ... John Hedger has a fresh milk cow for sale......4 Al Crumley ‘and | A Runaway Boy's Bad News Gap to Joseph Wis, jr... for $15 per Miss Zoe Gantz were married last : aes jacre...... Miss Carrie Rogers hss; week,...Charley Sanders and Billy | Sedalia, Mo., April 8-Frank At- = | kins, aged 13, son of the Rev. kins, rector of the at Denison, Tex.. ra home a week ago arrival here Monday he was appre- hended by the police aud held until Hughes tried their manhood a few days ago....W. 'T. Cowan is feed ing 60 head of mules...... Mr. Joe 4 Cordell, of Foster, was out one day ; iast week, looking for a farm. He says the coal works have shut down .. Jehu Nieukirk of Foster. was Episcopal charch n away from today. Upon his visiting at Carr Dudley's. ..... Miss) is parents could bo hear un. He Sarah Oldham is back clerki for | wes furnished transportation from me ngain....Mrs. Ed Dudley has heme Ai Bacon be aeescaniren gone home for a few days. ...Jobu, : é if MeFadden has 2 fine lot of northern | @@ with the information that his potatues for seed... .Plenty of tlour |) mother bad grieved Lerself to death in town...... Mrs. Emanuel Nestle | over his absence rode ix on the sick list. ...the price of hogs. cattle and corn i? advane ng | Yi _. Tbe roads from the Miami to inia are in good shape, but f; “there to Butler almost ln pass So good people. travel the nd) Litas owned by the Olden roads and bring your prods to y. It coatains 2 : Virginia... -Mr Cy Summers says Lon which there is a poste fice he is well pleased with bis place Station aud an express office Be LUO peach trees g this year. and from Mr. Harry Francis will show lis auc stock from across the waters. I lieve itis the 27th at Batler : i} apple trees.* There Some oats sewed last week Tix > aeres in berries, 300 acres farmers are getting in & hurry, for it is getting late....Geo. Parker is scres in pears and cherries. From building a new house northeast of 50 to 100 acres are planted every Virginia... .Sunday schoo! organiz-! spring . 300 in peaches and twenty Jay) MURMON FACTIONS AT WAR Fightin Zion 7 Near Independence, Mo. ‘Mount g for the Possession Kansas City, Mo., April 1—The two branches of the Mormon church at Mo., known re- spectively as the Hendrickites and Independence, the Reorganized church, are fighting | for the poss: sion Mount Zion four acres in extent, | Smith as the place | where all the elect wiil assemble on Mount Ziou hill ef about and was select- of isa low ‘ed by Joseph | judgment day aud from there be tak- | eu into heaven. The Mormons believe that the | foundations of a magnificent themple jlaid many years ago by the Augel Gabriel are just under the surface of the ground, and the place is pitted | with holes dug by zealous believers who hi ndeavored to d r the walls. Some time, so they believe. the Angel Gabri descend from heaven nd his hosts will and uneover these foundations, and then in a sin- gle vight they will erect the most ld by mortal eves. The Hendr 1 a chureh ou Mount Zion aud tie ti- tle to the property is vested in one of their number ag trustee The Re- organized church is contesting the title }ing was nearly wrecked. All the | windows were broken, the furniture - turned upside down and the a!l- ‘beautiful temple ever beb j tar was overturned. ites claim the destruction was done | by the reformed church. The mem- ; bers of the latter body deny that the chuch was involyed in it, but ! admit members some individual night have taken part in it. What it Costs | Must be carefully considered by the great majority of the people, in buy ing even necessities of life Hood's Sareaparilla commends itself with special force to the great middle classes, because it combines positive | economy with great medicinal power. It is the only medicine of which can truly be said “100 dosea one dollar,” and « bottle taken according to di- rections will last a month. Pleasant Gap Items. Miss Minnie Brooks departed for Butler last Friday to attend school during the next term....Mrs. Edith McGuire is no better; her hopes of recovery are small....The weather is so bad that no one seemes to be at work with the exception of Joseph Ellington & Sons; they are very busy stripping tobacce, which they report very fine....Fd Brown of Schell City will raise a crop of tobacco for {T F Ellington thie season... .Mrs. | Laura Varns is on the sick list this iweek....E C Ellington visited the family of Jay Brooks last Saturday ‘and Sunday....J C Hale is feeding 33 head of steers which he says are |doing exceedingly well... .Rebert |Chandler of Cass county sold his farm lying 1 mile north of Pleasant At. Gone to Cass county toattend school | .... John Rowe of Appleton City will begin his schoel at Plessant Gap next Monday..Miss Belle Willison | of Summit Cent the Compton school house Mond J Brooks is adding a new porch - Wanted to buy ja nice farm down in the German set- {tlement. Anyone having such to selladdress E © Elling -The Sunday s« Dat the Orchard Grove r began her school at to bis residence. ton school hous is proving ...Unele Joe i his son EC of quite a sues mules a short time Covstry Kr De Not Saifer any Longer vy. and will re- ud do H not tind L. Ta it as per di our statements « er, druggist. Last night the church build- | The Hendrick- | FARMERS BANK OF BATES COUNTY, Cash Capital. $50,000.00 West Point Items. b. B. Stewart of this vicinity,went to California last fall for We are } is health rased to be able to state th DB a tru ndand good neighbor, and hus many friends who will gladly ;weleome him home....West Point jis moving to the new railroad sta- | tion known as Merwin, and the town, | West Point, will soon bea thing of ithe past... . Richard Tilton. a prom uproving is : D. N, THOMPSON President |inent citizen of Iutan, Mo.. has been | J. K. ROSIER, Vice-President ae ; : E ENNETT, 2d Vice-President. jVasilibgy bis cousin, Mrs W. H. 2D. - CASHIER Crawford, the past week JL Dr. J. RVERINGH AM poe : seiee 4 P. W. SILVERS, . Attorney 'Hays will teach the West Point : DIREC TORS. school. Miss Fannie Grider the Wil- low Branch, Miss Alva Brown the! a " “ms } Judge Clark;Wix, Farmer and stock raiser | Forks. They are all efficient teach- | ies plarley otk. 3 Harley ane Company. s : : 3 ge i JK. Rosier, Vice-President nd Farmer ers, and we bespeak success for} pS itersossaiioer and Stack te lser them. ... Wallace Leris has been on © A. Bennett, of Bennett, Wheeler & Company and 2ud Vice-Vresidents KE. Emery, Real Estate Investor G. Wilcox, Farmer and Siockraiser M. Gaily, Farmer and Stock Raiser T. W. Legg, ** Butler Carr age Works DN. Thompson, President, farmer and stockraiser John Steele, Farmer and stockraiser, J. McKee, Farmer and stockratser. E. D. Kipp, Cashier. | the sick list, we are glad to note the! | fact that he is able to be out now... | |The G.O P. is fast sailing down! jsalt river with the new fledged par | ty kuown as the Farmers’ Alliance, | Union Labor aud the Lord only} knows what else in tow, they cut a! |swath “long. wide and deep” last | |fall, they doubled teams on us,and we were downed, but the most of the | nocialS remained true to their} colors aud stuck to the puncheon, ‘bravely putting their shoulders to| ‘the graud old democratic wagon and ‘rolling her out of the ditch. The democrats of this township never ive upor achuowledge defeat With the exception of two men, the ticket known as the UL. was purely re- Receives Deposits subject to check, general banking business. loans money, issues drafts, and traneacts @ Your patronage respectfully solicited. SHIRLEY CHILDS DEALER IN THE CELEBRATED publican; the two democrats were | Flying Dutchmen Ridin Plows, ee eee en eee Com Planters, Litlle Joker Cultivators, ‘think that all of the demoerats will MOLINE be (to use a homely phrase) like the 'chickens at night, come home to |roost sadder, and we hope, wiser| MeNG. 5.5 Where, oh, where is our jfriend Pierce Hackett? Our opinion PLOWS, uttnirwterer ot in| OULtivators, = Harrows ! midnight revelry on the back fence, loud and pr-ol-onged. The | following is the official vote: , Democrat Union Labor Trustee. W. A. Megredy71 \ Collector. ; W M Crawford 75 J B Cook 52 Clerk & Assessor. , Forest Gryder 60 F Holloway 74 Constable. W F Wheeler 65 a P & members Twp Board. |W M Dalton 73 Jno Summers 62 |W F Sheets 65 W M Graham 54 | A Dixie Lap. And a Fine Line of BUGGIES and SPRING WAGONS Fresh Grass Seeds. Shirley Childs 1 L Stewart, 61, Fatmers and Wark ingmen of Bates Count ALWAYS GET LARCEST price CASH orlrade \J Hedger 65 TAKE YOUR BUTTER and ECCS Pharis= Son where you can Cure for the Gripp. \ 1 Dr. Wickersham received a cable igram from Sir Mortimer Granville. janeminent physician of London, |Eugland, yesterday, containing a |receipt for the cure of grippe. The message 2s follows: “Dr. Mortimer Granville begs Chicago physicians to try five grains of camphor in twenty minims tincture of iodine in a drachm each of glycerine and syr- reser up. Give frequently for influenza] Lowest figures with strong meat juice. pyrene.” ; on Flour and Grooeries, in, large ‘quantities. The No anti-| PHCENIX COAL CO., have éstablished their office in our store. s@-Coal constantly kept on hand tur the farmers. | Jaitbreak and Murder. i UP Springfield, Mo.. April 4.—James i Ri Kendall and H. Hawking, who broke ' < jail at Boliver yesterday, have not Order of Publication. STATE OF MISSOURI, ; County of Betes. '{ fe In the Circuit Court of Bates county. in vace~ tion March Sth, ls. J; E = as vet been captured. They are| tiff, ve. Core ‘Adell Mose, defendant.” se charged with horse stealing. ! Order of Publication. : | Now at this day comes the j attorneys, Francisco Bros eset clerk i Bob Ingersoll wantsto bet $1,Q00 t sliegin Cora A that there is no hell, whereupon the Young lady of the Sedalia Bazoo | of Miss rises to remark the ether fellow would be the wianer if he was the | piss Plaintiff herein by his before the under- of the cireuit court of Bates conr- uri, and file his petition and affday t among other things. that defendan: 11 Moss is not a resident of the state ssuuri. Wherenponit is ordered by th. clerk in vacation that said defendant be not. fled by pnblication that plaintif bas con menced suit against her in this court by petition and affidavit the feneral ne ture and object of which isto obtain ade loser. | eree ofdivorce from the bonds of mary nat | i \ at Wer ae heretofore contracted and «n: an? " 4 | between said plaintifl and defend th H 5 S39 | ground of desert f plainti® by di ant a sHe hildr and her conti bsenee from iv <6 ONE ENJOYS | Children Cry for and her cont ence from hima withort space of more than one year next the institution of thie s1 snl that unless thesaid Cora Adel! Moas and appear at this co: » &t the next te: : e olden at the eo: | Pitcher’s Castoria. Children Cry for 'Pitcher’s Castoria. | Both the method and results when Syrup of Figs is taken; it is pleasant refreshing to the taste, and acts tly yet promptly on the Kidneys, er and Bowels, cleanses the sys- Children Cry for jem effectually, dispels eolds, head. | Pitcher’s Castoria. { oU: | ‘S cor the; its kind ever pro-|Hathaway’s Patent to the taste and ac- @ to the stomach, prompt in on and truly beneficial in its! ets, prepared only from the most Ithy and agreeable substances. its cellent qualities commend it nd have made it the most rremedy known. p of Figs is for sale in 50c bottles by all leading drug- Tin said county on st dey of June next. and on or before the Yofsaidterm, if the term shall #9 jong continue ifnet, then om or before the 1 term—answer or plead ty vires or ’ ement rendered ac And t Gate be publi bh | Weekly Tiue- and published in w kly tewspap Bates County, Mo , y.the es pleasing ion to be day of the HAYES eaiof the Bates county. thie 5 Ino, JOUN © A Settlement All those k ‘ debted to « Wanted. A Man Found in Dead! Any reliable druggist who est, in a good cause, sneceeds. Ts 4 : ee haan call pro- te and farm right—$3-Butler Mo! J. np Sha j pase call for any one who! Stop AND | z a seals : vith R. J. Hu: Do not accept any oy % iber Co., North Main street. e. i jthe ss barber : . J.T. won & Co CALIFORNIA FIG SYRUP CO. json’s ¢ e orth House and lot on Mechanic strect SAN FRANCISCO, CAL. ik for sale. Inquire of Loursvitee. ry. KEW YORK, WY. | | 173 ALBernr Moore