The Butler Weekly Times Newspaper, August 26, 1891, Page 1

a VOL. XIII. BUTLER, MISSOURI, WEDNE: DAY AUGUST 26, 1891. NO. 40 Missouri State Bank OF BUTLER, MO. CAPITAL, - . . = +. $110,000. Receives Deposits subject to Check, Loans Moncey, Makes Collections and does a General Banking Business. DEPOSITORY FOR COUNTY FUNDS. In the Real Estate Loan Department. Make loans on Real Estate on long or short time at lowest rates without delay. STOCKHOLDERS! Hayes, John Slayback, Ea Hardinger, WN Farmer Smith, @ L Liveryman I GB Furniture dealer Smith, Jenn T Lawyer B Starke,L B Deputy circuit clerk Turner, Mrs M E Capitalist s’t Cashier Tucker, W E Dentist oods & ClothingTyler, W B Farmer ~C H Farmer Voris, Frank M Farmer if Vaughan, J M Capitalist McCracken Wyatt, H © Lumber dealer McCracken Wells, Wiley Teacher 4 West, RG Farmer Wolfe, Pattie Walton, Wm E Cashier Wright J Capitalist Weiner, Max Boots & Shoes Walls, Wm Farmer Allen, Mrs. Levine Boulware, TC, Ph: Burk, Monroe Farmer Ballard, J N Farmer Brown, Lula Bartlett, Edmund Farmer Bryner, Margaret s. Farmer Robt Farmer mer mer JM Stock Dealer John Grocery ohn Farmer C F Grocery Jt reman Timks officePowell, Booker Farmer ‘er, © H Prof Normal Sch Pigott, H H Bank Clerk nit, DA, M Rosier, J M Farmer om ! EK ns, John Farmer Reeder, Oscar Walton aw Farmer Everingham, J Physician Radford, Chas R Farmer Walls, J T Physician Freemam, Caroline and Eliza Reisner, JW Ingurance Whipple. NL Physician Fowler, Isaac Sullens, J L Banker Williams, 8 V Farmer WM. E. WALTON president J. R. JENKINS cashier BOOKER POWELL vice-president DON KINNEY asst. cashier — CORRECT THOUSANDS SAVED TO MIS- Mirsouri Pacific SOURL me Table Arrival and departure of passenger trains at Butler Station. The Schoot Book Commission's Labors NortH Bounp | Bearing Fruit. Passenger, - - 4:51 a.m. Passenger, : - 3:§¢ pe m. _— Passeng a Re 125 p.m. : P 7 pt WahE. co) aN t Reductions in Cost made in i South Bounp Every Particular. Passenger, - - a.m. Vv assenger, - - p.m- Passenger, - - 9:46 p.m. Jefferson City, Mo., Aug. 23.— Local Freight - - 1:37 pm. ——_ HUNDREDS KILLED. | The Missouri school text book com- mission completed its labors late | last night, but refused to give out | the awards made, in order, as stated by the Hon. U.S. Hall of the com- | mission, to givetime for the prepa- | ration of the subjoined report.which (isin the nature of an address to the people of the state and which con- }tains allthe facts and figures per- taining to the award. A general estimate is that the work of the board will save the peo- ple of the state not less than $200,- 000 annually. The reduction in the Martinique’s Disaster Fearful— Over Two Hundred Victims in the Vowns on the Coast. Paris, Aug. 21.—Additional de- tails received here this morning from St. Pierre, capital of the island | cost of text’ books for the schools is of Martinique, which was visited by | Practically 50 per cent. The com- aterrible hurricane Tuesday night | Mission has labored faithfully and ‘i . ; }. | conscientiously and the result of its shows that the facts already publish raid Ss ler senclinng, 36 & dows ed are not only in no way exaggerat- away with a monopoly that has fat- ed, but that they did vot tell the full | tened at the expense of the people story of the disaster. Missouri. The number of dead was original- | The commission has been in ses- ly estimated at sixty with hundreds | sion just three weeks and the entire rae i? spat chen | cost to the cost to the state will not of injured, but the latest dispatches | oy oeeq 21,200. received here announce that 118 peo-| The report of the commission, : P : ple are found to have been killed in | which covers all details fully. is as the coast towns alone, while the to- follows: ; tal loss of life is estimated at over} = THE BOARDS PRELIME 400 at the lowest while the injured To the people of Missouri. | Jefferson City, Mo., Aug., 22, Thetowns in the lave ea eS — of the Mis- souri school text book commission. not been heard of as yet, but there | present to the people of the state of is no doubt that the loss of life im | Missouri the following report as the interior may have been as great showing the results of our labors than in the coast | upon the said commission. Pursuant to the RY WORK. number over 1,000. interior if not greater § requirements of towns, so it is impossible at present to even of the met on the Sth day of July, 1S01Laad number of people who lost their proceeded to advertise for the low- 1 make an estimate lives through the cyeloneic disturb- est and best bids from all relial le ance which brought so much ruin Pubhshing houses in the United : ‘s . States, at which any such houses and desolation to the unfortunate : would furnish any one or more of their standard school books in the public schools for a period of tive years On August 3, 1591, ti of the time allowed by tisement for ti f island. The difficulty experienced in form ing a correct estimate as to the num- ber of victims is due to the fact that into the city are the reads leading absolutely impassible. These are Inission conve: tl blocked in some instances for sever. president t of in the al miles by fallen trees and displace ferson an 1 procee te d ed rock and earth. Several days open said bids and books Cony g : ere Ge ea Ene Lonla selected from such bids a Martinique is able to give the home the following list of bool may elapse before the governor of government 2 detailed account of contracted for: the disester. It is known, however, Mc Guttey's Read vised additicn; Nev that houses, crops and trees, ete. book dof Martinique to the ‘ ers, five from one 5 st reader ¢ other have have been demolished be- po to MeGu of recovery. he cot e and sug youd h planters wi very gre at Don't i buy a cook stove in the next year m2 will pay you to buy while we are re- ducing our stock, per cent under any body. 38-3t. Harrer & Arkisoy. iss it if vou are actical: geographies, Butl we are 20 : Barnes’ Brief history of the United , States, Standard edition in cloth;Civ- il Govern Towrsend’s Shorter , Elementa 26 35 cents Course, wit Missouri Butler's » geography. con- Constitu i , pe ed comtment ou Missouri state gov- ernment and institutions; physiclo- < uy. three book series, Good Health contract saying in price of Children and Lesson’s of the Hu (6925 cents. Summary on geogra- inan Body, by OM. Brands, and | phies: Present retail price of geo Steele's Hygenic Physiology; pen-|phies uow most generally used is mansbip, Analytical System, seven jis $2 50, retail price under contract ¢ nand sixteen 7 of - {tract price 96 cents, exch 48 cents, retail price of ¢ ing books 3 retail price , books. | $154, saving on series of geogra- | NeW PRICES FOR TEXT BOOKS. phies 96 cents; number of pages in FARMERS BANK OF BATES COUNTY, Cash Capital. the law creating the commission, we | mentary and Complete, Missouri} cents, exc Edition, bound in cloth: history, } In order to show the result of our | labots we Leien give the prices at | which tue nbove named sebool | books will be furnished to the pupils | of the pubhe schools of Missouri j fur the weat tive years: Charts, wanilla on roller, price $2 | former price $3.50. New Franklin primer and first | reader combined, contract price 12 cents, exchange price (returning old first reader) 7 cents, former retail} jprice of first reader (now iu use| | without primer) 25 cents, new retail | price of the New Franklin first read- er and primer combined 13 1-5 cents jsaving in price 114-5 ceuts, new} | Franklin second reader, contract | |price 18 cents, exchange price 10 ;cents, former retail price of the sec- oud reader now in use 45 cents, new | j retail price 19 4-5 cents, a saving of | 25 1-5 ceuts: third reader contract , price 25 cents, exchange price 15| jcents former retail price of third | reader now in general use 60) cents, retail price under con-) j tract 274 cents, saving on one book | 324 cents; fourth reader, contract} price 36 cents, exchange price 20} |cents, former retail price of fourth | reader now in use 70 cents, saving on book 30 25 cents; fifth reader, contract price 45 cents, exchange price 27 cents former retail price of fifth reader 95 cents, retail price un- der contract 494 cents, saving 454 cents on book; the new Franklin readers will replace the readers now in use in the schools. The former | |retail price of the readers, as per re-| {port on file with the commission, is| | tor the series of readers most gever- jallvused $2.95. Tne retail price of the series of New Franklin read ers for the series adopted is 31 49) 35, making a total saving of S145 25. These readers are substantial- ly bound and printed on the best of! paper, in clear, bold) type, with ex-| cellent illustrations and fine selec tions from the best authors. Any) pupil having an old reader now in| use muy exchange it for the new reader udopted, of the same grade, by paying the above exchange prices. | MecGutfey's Eclectic Spelling book, | jrevised edition, contract price 14} cents, exchange price 7 cents, form- jer retail price 25 cents, retail price under contract 15 2-3 cents, saving by contract 9 3-5 cents. Grammar, Hyde’s Practical Les- son in the use of English, book 1, jcontract price 2U cents, exchange price 10 cents, retail price of corres- | ponding grammers now in use is 60 {cents. The retail price of the new | book under contract 1s 22 cents, sav-| jing on each book 3: cents Hyde's | Practical Lessons in English, book |II, with supplement 35 cents, ex- | change price 17 cents, retail price of | corresponding books now in use 90 cents, retail price of book adopted | 344 cents. saving on each book 514 | cents, retail price of grammer series jim general use $1.50, retail price of ‘books adopted is 603 cents, saving ‘on the series 894 cents. GREAT SAVING IN MANY WaYs. Arithmetic—Ray’s new primary jarithmetic, coutract priee 12 cents, jexchange price 6 cents, former re-| tail price of book now in use} 25 cents, retail price under contract a saving of 114-5 cents Ray's New Elementar, ct price 28 cen > price 14 cents, retail price of same book now in use befere con | tracting 55 cents, retail price under its, ing 2£1-5] book; Ray's New Prac- | contract y rice 40 price 20 cents, re 1e book before con- price un er zr 31 cents on arith ice of the bow in use be 5,retail price of | SS cents, sav-| L series of book seint > does not 44 ot ce abge price price BROW 1D U jder cont: r | tind to be in general use in the school | date at which jsupplhed with the books adopted | 22 cents, re-} of corresponding books, 5 se 75 cents, retail price un-} had no ap petite, but took Hood's ract 48 2-5 cents, saving on} Sarsaparilla. series of geographies most gen- erally used 196, number of pages in | Butler's geography 291, advantage | in number of pages in Butler's se- | ries over the one most generally in! use 95. Butler's series is securely | bound in cloth, while the one in| most geveral use is bound in paper. | Butler's series contains sixteen pages | devoted to the geography and his. | jtory of Missouri, while the one in| general use has but six pages devot- | ed to Missouri. History—Barne’s Brief history, contract price 80 cents, exchange price 40 cents. Former retail price | of the same book $1 25; retail price under contract S8 cents, saving 37 cents on each book. This book we | of the state. \ Civil government—Townsend’s Shorter course, contract price 58) exchange 29 cents. Former price | at retail on same book, now in gen- eral use in our public schools, 85 cents; retail price under contract 63 | 45 cents, saving 311-5 cents. This book contracted for is a great im- provement over the old edition in that it contains a copy of the consti- tion of Missouri and sixteen pages devoted to a discussion of the state government of Missouri EXCHANGE ON EXCELLENT TERMS. Physiology—Brand’s Good Health for children, contract price 18 cents exchange price 9 cents; Brand's Les- sous on the Human Body, contract price 35 cents, exchange price 18 cents; Steele’s Hygienic Physiology contract pric e SO cents, exchange price 40 cents; former retail price of last book, $1.25; retail price under contract, SS cents, saving 37 cents on each book. The commission have seen fit to change from a difficult two book series in physiology to an easier, more attractive and better graded three book series, to the end that this important brauch may be more fully studied in our public schools. But while we have secured an addi tional book by this change we hav lessened the price of the series as follows: Former retail price of the two book series, $1.85, retail price under contract for the three book series, $1.47 3-5; saving on series, 37 2-5 cents. Copybooks—Analytical System of Penmanship, Elementary edition, contraet 41-3 cents a beok. Ana- lytica’, advanced,5 5-12 cents a book. Former retail price 10 cents a book. The retail price of all these books will be printed or stamped by the publisher on the first page of the cover. The exchange of books in the hands of the Missouri text book dealer for the new books contracted for is as follows: Readers, even ex- change book for book of correspond- ing grade; spellers, arithmetics, grammars, histories, civil govern- menis and physiologies, exchange at wholesale prices book for book of cor- responing grade for all books on the shelves of dealers now in use in the public schools of Missouri and in merchantable condition; copybooks publishers will take up stock on haud at cost, paying therefor in books at contract price. For information concerning the local dealers can be Jealer: should write to the publish- | ers,while school officers and patrons | should write to their respec local | dealers The books adopted may be intro- | uced any time after the contract i entered into and must be exclusively used after September 1, 18) We have ¢ mined the cone guments and have selected and cou tracted for the above nar with but one obj JeSt luterests of t d books view—the he people of Mis- ect in souri. > SSE ‘Ecannot get enough to eat, s one lady who formerly j Arbogast says for me to say | 1 r....Mr. George Bright is ¥ iting his father....Willey Cu | sfiss Sar or. J. EVERINGHAM. r. W. SILVERS . $50,000.00 President President 2d Vice-President Cashier Secretary Attorney DIRECTORS. tage Clark: Wix, Farmer anid stock raiser. Hurley of R. . Hurley Lumber Company. .K. Roaler, Vice-President + nd Far er. M_S. Kiersey, Farmer and Stock raiser. E A. Bennett, of Bennett, Wheeler & Company and 2nd Vice-President. E. Emery, Real Estate Investor. M. G. Wilcox, E.M. Gaily rmer and Stockraiser armer and Stock Raiser. T. W. Legg, ‘* Butler Carriage Works.’’ DN ohn Steele, ‘ELD. Thompson, President, farmer and stockraiser . Farmer and stockraiser. McKee, Farmer and Kipp, Cashier. ockraiser. Receives Deposits enbject to check, loans money, issues drafts, and transacts @ general banking business. Your patronage respectfully solicited. Virginia Items. Born to the wife of Joe Schwamb a fine giri babe, a 9 pounder, so re- ported by Dr Mitchell....Abe Park of this place started for Southeast Mo., among the rocks and hills... Emanuel Nestlerode hada row of hay ricks and lightning struck one of them and burnt it tothe ground, by the help of neighbors the balance of the hay was saved...Mrs. N. is very sick at present....Mr. Wm Lueas the fireman to Hensley’s threshing engine was brought home sick the other night....I want to rent 40 or 50 acres of farm land with a house on it for next year. IT would like possession at once...... Craig's coal bank sells enough of their splendid coal to justify them to put agood mule under the ground to haul the ears of coal to dump. The veiu is plenty high enough fora mule to pass under... .Marian Ken- nedy has returned from K C where he has been doctoring his eye. Mr K has lost his sight in right eye.... John Hensley had his house moved to the very spot and in good shape by Dick Hackett.... Father O Rear says he doesn't like to be disturbed at the dead hour of midnight by people standing in the middle of the | road in front of his house calling for doctor like an Indian. Gentlemen why not go to the doctor's door and kvock as civilization demands... . Mr. Elmer Garner and Miss Burton took a fine buggy ride Sunday.... Miss Whipple of Pleasant Gap will teach our school this year... .Uncle sreal says he wound a little yarn and killed the spook or witches that has been haunting Davie’s house ...An artist sent us word he woukd be with us 10 days, the first of Sept .-Aunt Betty Dudley is sick at Cerr Dudley’s....Mr. Everett Drysdale was out and Sundayed among lh: kin....Miss Dema Nieukirk of Fos- | ter is visiting at Carr Dudley’s.... Lewis Porter is south of Amoret threshing....Wm Porter says for me to tell the public he will soon start for Arkansas... .The dog show at Butler last Saturday was fine.... I see by an Ills, paper where they are having bad hail and wind storm doing great damage to corn in streaks 3 mile wid oe) Ede dy says he has a chance to. sell his big stock farm. R Tisa tine old man and he wants to take a rest.. has got him a fine sophie. Garner says his hogs are dy ce Flax promises / 1 short like pie crust this y took in lay oh hay. or sale che 1 see th will have Di the We Dr. Hair Ic tul | Missourians at Yellowstone Park. Henry Co. Demecrat, j Livixastox, Mowrana, } Ava. 157g, 1891. Eprrors Democrat: Geo. F. Warth , of Clinton, arrived here last Monday and remained until Thursday morn ing when he took the Park train to | Visit that noted spot where the earth jis just receiving the finishing touches | Tuesday evening he and I took a jtrip up the Yellowstone, about five | miles, near the residence of George | Allen, (formerly of Henry county, ) for the purpose of catching trout. | The weather was fine for the sport 'and in an hour and a half we took ; out about thirty fine trout, beside | several white fish. Mr. Warth made |s phenomenal pilgrim record, as ho | bad eight nice trout and three white | fish when we quit fishing, besides he claims he resumed fishing shortly after bed time, and landed trout all night. He seemed to regret he {eould not exhibit his trophies to | Frank Ware, who he thought, would | greatly appreciate them. His allu- | sion to Mr. Ware made me recall the expression of Mr. Hayes, concerning Unele Sardis Burchard,” on the oc- sion of his nomination. Miss Alice Warth was here with | her father, but is now at Geo. Al- len’s, awaiting his return from the i the Park. * I hope Judge Gantt will conclude , to swing around this way on his re- jturn trip. We had two waim days | this week, but it is cooler to day. i | Montana is having a prosperous | year and her agricultural interests ! are booming. I moved here from Butler, Bates | county, Mo., for the health of a por- | tion of my family, and I.think the results so far justify my hopes of permanent benefit. When you go to land call and see me Yours, Jous T. Sontx. "BAD ECZEMA ON BABY. | Head one Solid Sore. Itchin Awful, Had to tie His Hands the Crable Cured by Cuticura. { mo) | tried three doctors but they did ne We then used your three ( | and after using them eleven v also ail ¢ most placks on Of fema’ new. elegant. an i to pain, infammation,and we uticura Anti-Pain Plaster, be eonednaesoceeanns