The Butler Weekly Times Newspaper, December 30, 1891, Page 2

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tes: WO FIGHTS WITH GARZA. | Captain Bourke Disperses ‘Iwo A imatronly looking woman of 45 She told Mr. Field that ot his Squads. Rio Grande City, Tex., Dec. Captain John G. Bourke with nine- teen cavalrymen met sixty Mexican revolutionists at a place called Ke- tamal, in Starr county, seven miles | from where Catarino Garza crossed into Mexico, near La Grulla, at 12:30 this morning, and also at 11 this) morning, and as a result Corporal | Chatiles S. Edstrom lies dead at Ft. | Ringgold with two bullets in his head and one in his, bodys while. Lieutenant Charles Hayes, also in the fight was knocked from his horse by a bullet glancing across his breast, but which fortunately only > i stunned him. At 6:30 p.m. last night Deputy Marshal M. A. Banad of Hidalgo} Bourke | that a large body ot ,revolutionists county informed Captain were rendezyoused in this county, | below here, and would make a cross- ing at the Grulla ranch the same night and attack Camargo. Captain Bourke at once out with Lieutenant Charles Hayes and nine teen men, half of whom were mount- | ed, to prevent it. Infantry in wagon on the run at 9 the same night reach ed the Grulla, and placed under ar rest Deputy United States Marshal | Thomas Garza, who gave informa tion of the revolutionists’ rendez-| vous and numbers from the Grulla. | Two soldiers were mounted ou each | horse, and marched for the Retamal, a collection of springs within onc nule of that place. | At 12:20 this morning the United States forces dismounted by Cap- tain Bourke’s orders and advanced | carefully on the revolutionists with to muke no the} challenge of “quien viva” by the en- | | moved | | or lers reply to emy’s pickets. No answer being made, they were fired on by two picket posts. Then Captain Bourke gave the order, “Fire kneeling!” fol- lowed by three volleys, which made the revolutionists run. Deputy Thomas Garza escaped dur-| ing the confusion, it very dark aud not knowing the ground Captain Bourke did not pursue, but returned to the river, where he heard the revolutionists had three skiffs ready cross. After staying a short time he took up the line of | iarch again for the Retmal springs, | where the revolutionists were well | posted, and opened fire on them at | killing Corporal Edstrom and wounding Lieutenant Hayes. | Captain Bourke’s flankers being | driven in his handful of Blue Jack | ets atonce advanced. (They were | outnumbered nearly four to one,but | short break and being to once , . | in order Garza’s) men ran, ! Open Handed Cyrus W. Field. Ner Yor Press. It was in Cyrus W. Field's office. entered she was distantly related to Lim She was born in Stockbridge, Mass., and her father was a second cousin her to Mr. Field's father. She him letters tuat established identity beyond doubt “Now, what cau I do for you?” said Mr. Field. “Well, sir,” she said, “my husband is dead and I have a big family. I've | got a mortgage on my little farm in Massachusetts and—and I need a little m mey “Big family, eh—how many chil- dren? “Six,” was the reply. “Well, I like to help person Tlike to help my Now, [ll Til give your lit a whenever I can relatives first of all. teil you what Ill do. tle ones $100 each and you $500. Will that help you?” “O, yes,” said she trembling, as the tears rolled down her cheeks. “All right, then,” said Mr. Field, and he wrote out a check for $1,100 to at the time introducing one of the clerks to go wilh her to the bank to see that she got the money. “IT don't know how to thank you” said the woman. “Never mind that,” said Mr. Field. the Don't spend it foolishly. you get and Landed it her “Go and get money. Whe the mortgage tixed write and tell me how are you getting on. Good day. Strength and Health If you are not feeling strong a: healthy, try Electric Bitters. grippe has left you weak and weary use Electric Bitters. ‘This remedy jacts directly on the liver, stomach and kidneys, geutly aiding those or gans to perform their functions. If you are afflicted with the sickhead- ache you will tind speedy relief by taking Electric Bitters. One trial will convince you that this is the remedy you need. Large bottle only 50 cents at Tucker's drugstore. Another Sort of Terror. Chicago Tribune, “There comes Filkins. around the block.” “What's the matter? Hal a quar- rel with him?” Let's go “Oh, no; we are the very best of friends.” “Owe him money?” “Not a cent.” «Think he wauts to borrow?” “No; he always has money.” “Always bas a bard luck story to tell, perhaps?” “Well, why in the world don’t you want to meet him?” “He has a baby that is always say- thought not until Private Loyd of |'"& bright things.” C troorp, who had third cavalry | : . i} kirmish hne, | been captured on the | had gotten back to his command. | It is not positively known wha damage was done to Garzn’s forces, » were commanded by Enastorgio v Ramon aud Julian Viores. Lieuten-! ant Hayes’ recaptured | and the complete outtit af one of the | revolutionists, consisting of a Win-j chester ritle,120 rounds of cartridges | saddle, bridle and a white band} worn on his hat with “Libreses fron- tierizos” (free frontier) on it-in large | black letters. A the revolutionists’ horses got away | from them, but they were so wild they could not be caught. This gallant and timely attack up-| on them undoubtedly prevented the | sacking of Camargo, as was intend. | ed that night. These from the coast countries, and were a part ef a force of several hundred, | one section being ordered to ren. | dezuous near Los Angeles, near La- redo, to cross above Fort McIntosh; the second to cross at Guerero, to Mier and Camargo, so as to leave} Jatter place unguarded for an attack by the body that Captain Bourke and his men defeated to-day. | Three revolutionists were arrest- ed at the Grullas ranch by Captain Bourke and are now in the guard house here. Great excitement pre- vailed in Camargo last night. horse was dozen or more of | men A Great Surprise {s in store tor all Who use Kemp's Bal- sam for the throat and lungs, the great guaranteed remedy. Would you believe that it is sold on its merits and that any cther druggist is authorized by the pro- prietor of this wondertul remedy to give you a sample bettle It never fails to cure acute or chro AN druggists sell Kemp's Balsar Large bottles 50c and Sr. | set cellent results. —Oscar ear, Baron Wedel Yartisbury, came of the death of his father ‘his own succession to a j did liver, piles and c | did for L feel itiuy auty to say a tew words in regard to Ely’s Cream Balm and I do so eutirely without solici- we used it mec Lhave found i ible T have suff from eatarth of the worst kind ever since I hoped fe wus a little boy and Ion e, but Crean 5 even that. Many of my Lequaintance have used it with ex- Os . 45 mi ms to do Varron Ave., C A Novleman Dies From a Spree. Albert Lea, Minn. Dee. 22.—Os- of Norway, died in a barn here yestev- day. | Wedel. Oscar A few days ago informaticn He was known here as and baronetcy. A remittance of $5,000 accompanied cape | the letter. The new baron at once went on a spree which ended in his death. Miles’ Nerve & Liver Pills. Act ona new the liver, stomach and bowelst the nerves. A new discovery. speedily cure billiousne principle—regi pation. Splen and children. 30 doses for men, women smallest, mildest, sures 2§ cents. 24-1yr Wilkesbarre. Dee. 22—Bernard Ready and Henry Linnen. footmen at the Exeter the Lehigh Valley coal ¢ auy at Pittston. were hoisted up the ft yesterday afternoon in a large bucket for the purpose of removing several huge pieces of ice that had formed ou the One of the side of the shaft mas sive icycles became detached and fell j instantly. sitting. is be! ever knew him to tell ove in all) the years I’ve known hit. throat and lungs i bles, than anv n ; aan * | proprietor has authorized any druggist | the Snoqualmie HAN CEs ac taste, tor | to give you a sample bottle free to con-| had difficulty in hau! ledy. Samples tree at H. L. Tuche | ler‘s Drug Store. DROPPED 818,000 AT POKER. Three Cattlemen Sailer i = Losses in askin’ Game. The story of avskin” poker game at one of the big hotels, in which the victims dropped $15,009 at one told around The game was played less town g. weeks ago, su the tule meu who lost money but gained the expe two from Texas aul ce were all cattlemen, one from A zona There were five people the ind two manipu- a game, three lambs One of who lators the latter was also a stockman operates or rather did operate, from this city when be was actively engaged in the busi- His confederate was the card the two ure by vo means sir Indeed, it is pretty well ed that they hess smoothest of the suarks, aud Lave played together before to their tinaccial aud that one of them recei t share of the $15,000 Judge Quinian ; lost in arobbing game He in this city a few years ago. does not live here. er he ts needed it) requires < telegram and afew hours to get bim here Details of the recent lacking, but the eume ar gume arc huabs got into it through their xceq: tance with the stockin wl 10 Introduced bisiriend The was only one sitting but the} pace was very het and when the mune ended the agyvregate of the loses f the thre nen was S1S,00 0} The io that they had been swin- | Yea, ! they jeft town without makin; suy noise about it After | they } ud Qouethe winnings were di vided Getween the ian at this end | and the ¢ suum. He is spoken | Of asa wouwriul expert with the} pasteboards and under the closest | scrutiny from experienced players will know just what he is dealing The partner in this last swindling opera-| his partner and his opponent. tion. it is said, recently mude ad- to Vanees another cattleman who played in the swellest game in town Where nobody but gentlemen can take w hand, offering; him an equal! division of the profits if he would get the Chicago expert into the] game in which he played. This proposition was made deri: L top the | expert was seen and conversed with but the the firm three inst to Chicago aud, ariving there, proposition make ad of ‘Thues. to two was de chred —K. ¢ A Sound Liver Make Well Man} tipated er trou- *k Headache, Bad b nd with Jaundi taste in mouth, Foul Breath, Coated tongue, Dyspepsia, Indigestion, Hor dry | sk¢n, Pain in Back and between the | sh Chills, and Fever, Xe. If you have any of these symptoms, vour Liver | otorder F 3 a and your blood is slowly being poisoned, because your liver does not act properly. TIERBINE will cure any disorder of the Liver, Stomach or Bow- | els. It has no equal asa Liver Me Pree tH. Le Tucker's Drug Store. 44-. yr. A Gourniand’s Death Mercer, Mo., Dec. 22.—Sanda night Robert Severns, proprietor of | le, who has been noted | a livery sta as » heaviest eater in this part of| the state, made a wager that he could | eat four cans of salinon in thirty | minutes without crackers, the price of the salinon being the forfeit. He finished the fourti: twenty eight minutes and a h He called fora cigar, litit aud started | out of the door. Just as he got to! the door he dropped dead. The par-| ties who made the wager are under, arrest. etn then A Sensible Man use Kemp's i It is curing more} ses of coughs, colds, asthma, bronchi- . croup and alithroat and lung trou- other medicine. The} Would vince you of the merit ot this great rem } Large bottles soc and $1. Two Deaths Because of a Dog. Huntingdon, Tenn , Dec. 22 —Tom Wyly and Harry Oliver assisting Eu. gene Wyly in killing hogs on the Tennessee river, just below Re ort quarreled to-day over a dog, when Oliver cut Wyly with a large knife used hogs. Wyly! wheeled and struck Oliver with the pole ofa cant hook, crushed one side of his head into a jelly, < him Wyly lived only a few in stabbing upon them,killing Ready and fatally | moments, the knife having penetra- F s y J ig | injuring Linnen. ited the heart. | night the extreme |eolor than that from | other names “THINGS IN GZNERAL. Waits mu ~arein great demand ip the south on account of their docility. Nevapa = De Sp w ried recently Is eastern Ores the coyote keeps up the price of ezgs and c} . and many counties pay a liber his extinction ord is be- Luke, who is to have been when he tirst > of the circuit the unused 1ad been lean lers. or Tuent ‘tor by the name of Mil- ler in ne own in Missouri. Tue | Cal) jail is said to be in up ing at night. of River- sack of apples 1 the neck, ks, who no end of i ry WALL AC killing him i Tar baya bir riously illuminates its nest. ches tire-flies and, without kill with moist clay sticks On a dark a bright bew In chool ut Jamesburg, No S:, ph in the person of a ear-old) boy named Merman Hoffer, who has a heavy mus- }tache, and is so strong that he ean lift | two hundred pounds | A WHOLE bottle of wine was drank, just before an important rz at Kemp- ton » Eng., by Greywell, a horse which theretofore had not displayed mueh endt f speed. It won the race, badly beating several crack run- | ners. VALUABLE LINES. CENT coins a sums of twenty-five cents Tue number of presidential electors on the new basis will be 454 Tue York city is very large hundred gallons ter in New ve ng one 1 day for each person. THE pital in the United States is Santa Pe, which was the seat of government in New Mexico as far back as 1649. Eni Terry founded the of clocks in and the centennial is to be eelebrated in less than eighteen consumption of ww: a oldest | months in Terryville, Conn. MeLons were first called canteloupes from being cultivated at Canteluppi, a village near Rome, where they had been introduced from Armenia by mis- sionaries. AT the meeting of the American Po- mologieal society in Washington it con- ceded that the fruit exhibited from the north was much brighter in the middle and southern state FOR YOUR HEALTH’S SAKE. Try snuffing powdered borax up the | Complete Abstracts of all Real Estate in Bates County, nostrils for arrhal cold. Try walking with your hands behind you if you find yourself becoming bent forward. Try tak ] mato catsup if you wen palatable. 41 in to- make it t to Try a cloth, wrung out from cold wa- ter, put about the : sore throat. ¢ Try an extra pair of stockings out- side of your shoes when traveling in eold w hi Trras ate of sod troubles; giv I neath in emely Monthly freely. a newspaper ov at, cold roar ¢ as protector — Health UNKNOWN PEOPLE. in Concord, 1, makes a living by raising English sparrows and selling their heads for the bounty A MAN Aw Arizona farmer has a tame rattle- snake to guard his premises instead of a dog. The report does not say whet! ke sleepsin the farmer's boots. :y City pawnbroker thinks he will become rich soon enough without availing himself of the full profi ss: he therefore c patrons only half the legal WESTERN WASHINGTON loz an immense log, recently floated down which five oxen his in log thirty feet eighty-nine inches in largest end. two length diameter THE SOUTH SEA ISLANDS. It is stil] possible to purchase land in New Zealand at 10s. the acre. or to rent an acre at 6d per annum Tue natives of the Friendly islands spend most of their time in water. They are great swimmers ivers, Styce Lord Onslow has been governor general of New Zealand he has had a son born, to whom he has given, among the Ma of name *Bnia.” OF mixed slands on! lawaiian married women. al tender only in | 1 manufacture | s of | vers tell of | g. It wasa fir | and | at the WAN \ oT SSS for Infants and Children. *Castoria is 90 well adapted to chikiren that I recommend it as superior to any prescription known to me.” H. A. Ancerr, M.D., 111 So, Oxford St, Brooklyn, N. ¥. Castoria cures Colic, Constipation, Sour Stomach, Diarrhosa, Eructation, Kills Worms, gives sleep, and promotes di estion, Wit out in Jurious medication, Tus Cextacr Company, 77 Murray Street, N. ¥. A. O Welton Stapie:Fancy Groceres, ) ns Fe of all Kinds. wo yy QUEENSWARE AND GLASSWARE CICARS ANC TOBACCO, Always pay the highest market price for County Produces East Side Square. Butler, Mo- NEW FIRM? NEW GOODS? Having purchased the stock of goods known as the Grange store consisting of GROCEREIS & DRY GOODS, { desire to say to my many friends that I have re- plenished the stock and fitted up the store room in shape and I would be glad to have all my old friends call and see me. PORDUCE OF ALL KINDS WANTED. IT will guarantee my prices on goods to be as low as any store in the city. Call and see me. Tr. te. PETTyYs. Farm Loans An unlimited supply of MONEY to LOAN oz real estate. Loans drawn five years and made payable any time. Also plenty of 8 per cent home money. Farms for sale in all parts of Bates county. Low Prices, Easy Terms. If you want to buy or sell it will be to your Interest to see me. Missouri. GEO. M. CANTERBURRY. Of ce in rear of Farmers’ Bank, Butler, Missouri. Uy MO ONTOTL JU MUOs Te pooll 8 MOD» $F LUOAZ SHOT PULTE | 1) SsoagT puvpauypoyy top prnog [TddvVs AO ‘STB OF 00°! avouord of " 1p SHOUABT UOTU AY o]Qnod “Cayunoo siyy Ut opBUT saat: pu se[4s [[U Jo soTppUg ) sozuE_ jo uoUT ssouANTT “SOU ANWR Q = << a i Se OTILO: seouny BAG ons “GSR OF OTS wo Fiske See EI £2 5-« ~ sae 2@2s58 Em¢ la tlldtnit ul = a Pant 23% Hatha wew*

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