The Butler Weekly Times Newspaper, December 30, 1891, Page 5

ts sinensis UTVER WEEKLY TIMES| | LOCAL ITEMS The electric lights burn from sun- | down to daylight. | Sam Levy & Co. are busy invoic- ing this week. W. O. Jackson spent Sunday ial Ft. Scott. | Phillips & Son, dry goods mer-| An unknown vandal “pied” the of- | At Beatrice, Neb., a Union Pacific | chants on North Maiu street, had a/| fice of the Arkansas Echo, a new passenger collided with a switch en.| lot of goods badly damaged by wa-| German paper at Little Rock, Ark. | gine. ter Saturday night, caused by some Qne turning on the water in a vacant | ¢.4eral constitution to forbid state | room inthe second story of the building. | The missing piece of machinery for the incandescent wires has not} yet arrived eud it seems that the | A proposed amendment to the Several persons wee fatally injured. i { Chicago has disc verei au eleet- | or federal aid to any religious sect rie street-car horss so fully charged | is to be laid before congress when | as to light gas jets by the dis-! it shall reassemble. Miss Boral, the beautiful young daughter of Judge Sam Levy, of St. jrailroad company is having a hard}youis, and Miss Carrie Hess, of Mrs. C. B. Lewis left last week | time to discover its whereabouts | Pleasant Hill, are visiting Mrs. Silas for the Indian to Mrs. Hauks. Territory Jaines Brough aarived in the city] Thursday and spent Christians with his family. Geo. L. Longley, 22 years old, is charged with killing two traveling | Jim Hanks and Miss Carrie Walls! were married by Squire Newsom, | companions near Wilbur ou, L. Monday evening. Mrs. Wim. Stone, of Marshalltown | on a visit, 4 this account the eompany have | Levy in this city been greatly delayed in turning on} the light for the stores. The largest paper ever printed in| | Bates county was the last edition of | worth military the Butler booming Times. sisted It con- of sixteen pages, ninety-six! columns, und 4.500 copies were} Bro. Allen is truly ‘in it” | with this edition.—Border Tele | phone. printed. Marriage licenses were granted | Thursday last to W. W. Sherman} jnesa in Adair, India, James DeArmond is home from school at Lexington to spend the holidays. He is attending the Went and has 1 to the oted ¢ been p geaut-major. Dr. Ww F. Scott, formerly of this county is is that Christy inforn now doing a thriving | The doe- tor ordered the Tives to his address Iowa, is visiting at the residence of land Miss Hattie Short of Butler; J J. W. Morris. |N. Martin and Miss Emma S. Comp- The Odd Reilows! of Monteorel (22 of Spruce and Ballard; W. N. have purchased a lot and will erect {Newham and Miss Tamar Eryhart, a substantial two story building. | | de- | | The entire business portion of the town of Pleasant Green stroyed by tire the 25 inst. was Zera Rayburn, one of the stuunch | democrats of Homer township, gave | us a pleasant call Monday. | Miss Maggie Lee, of Odessa, Mo. isin the city visiting her sunt Mis.) | Miss Myrtle Catterlin, who has} been attending school at Marshal), Mo, is home to spend the holidays. | Mrs. Fannie Crock >stt, teacher in the Kansas City public schools, is in the city visiting her many friends. | Miss Edith Vaughan who has} been attending college at Marshall, | Mo, is home spending the holidays. The charity ball folks aud the} preachers of Sedalia have locked | horns, but the ball goes on the same. The different entertainments at} the churches Christmas eye were well attended and the little folks enjoyed themselves to their hearts’ content. | Rev. Pierce, of the south Metho- dist church, and wife, have been down for the past week with the “grip.” An ins-n) main madea call at the! house of Cornelius Vanderbilt Satur- day night, but was arrested before harm was do’ In the probate Court at Warrens- burg last Tuesday, Geo. W. Strange a prominent farmer fiving south of Holden, was declared incapable of managing his business affairs. The dead body of the man killed by an engine at Moberly, this state, | Christmas day, has been identified | as that of Robert Ellis, a well to do farmer who lived near Paris, Mo. By all means the health of the citizens of Butler should be protect- ed, and the council and health offi- cers should see that all nuisances are abated and that without delay. | The aged mother of Chas. W. Mil-| ler died Friday night of heart dis-| ease. The funeral services were cen- ducted at the Ohio street Methodist | church at 11 o'clock by Rev. Blake-| nore. | The Hume Telophone issued a) very creditable holiday paper and | took cecasion to “puff” all its adyer- tisers through a very interesting story of how Billy Barnes slept fifty years. It seems the young folke of this city are going to let the holidays pass without a social gathering of any kind. In Cliuton a grand chari- ty ball was given aud over $100 was raised for the benefit of the poor. — Thos. J. Smith who has been on the sick list for several weeks, does not seem to be on the improve to any great extent, and for the last few has been compelled to remain at his home. Joe Meyers, manager of the clot! ‘ y ics, Sie ing department at Sam'l Co’s., has the thanks of the local of the Tims for a handsome Christmas present in the shape of a pair of gold sleeve buttons. jat Summit Centre 5S of Marvin, Mo. Charlie Middleton, of Lone Oak township, who with wife been spending the past two months in Nebraska, for their health, return ed home Sunday evening. Mrs. M. his has remained in the west and will spend | another month. Both have improved lin health G.B Parker was in the city Sat urday to meet Elder W. W. Warren of EldoratoS in securing the services of Elder War- ren one Sunday a month for the en- congregation has been fortunate suing year. Bro. Allen, of the Butler Times, has been publishing a boom edition. The last copy that reached us con- tained 96 columns of reading matter and advertisements filling pages. sixteen Forty-five hundred copies out. Butler the swim —Lamar were issued and sent will soon be in Democrat. Bates county will certainly go democratic at the next election, for nearly allthe strong F. & L. U townships had a very light crop, while south of the river, where we are reliably democratic, we had a fine crop. That shows which side the Lord ia on.—“Gabe” in R. H Review. A.and J. W. Mosier, and J. D. Lynch, of Meriden, Kansas, gave us a pleasant call Saturday. Mr. Lynch is son in-law of A. Mosier. He will move to this county next spring. He is substantial farmer, a clever busizess man and we take great pleasure in welcoming him to our au county as a permanent citizen. Leet Sackett and wife of Marked Tree, Ark., arrived in the city last weck on a visit to their parents and many friends. Mr. Sackett has been station agent and operator at the | above place for some time, and his v.luable services and business tact has gained for him a promotion,and hereafter he will be located in the dispatcher’s office at Thayer, Mo. Francis Gilbreath of Hudson township was in to see us Monday, and renewed for 1892. Mr. Gil- breath belongs,to the old guard mk ocrats of this county, and at the last primary was before the party asa candidate for a county office and it has been hinted that he would again | offer himself, but this is not true, he| will not be a candidate and wishes} to remain with his family and ke known only as a worker in the har- ness of the grand old democratic party. | Mrs. Gathright arrived in the city Sunday evening last from her home in Canon City, Colorado, and is stopping for a few days with her friend, Miss Maggie Abell. She said! her health had been very poor since | her residence in Colorado, on ac- count of which her mother, Mre. Kennett, aud sisters Mary and Ids, | had concluded to return to Missourt. | Ina few days Mrs. Gathright will | | visit the south part of the state and | p.| 8 soon as she finds a suitable loca- & tion the rest of the family will fol- ' for one year. The members of New Hope Bay - tist church, in New Home township will give a supper on Thursday evening invi A cordial | tation is extended the public. Ina theater } anic in Gatehead, England, Saturday night, ten chil- dren and a we d There was 1 others and me iv cause for the panic conductor or Cead ds tled. One ind whit after Lim aud but it is evident that there is sympathy with Garza in Mexico than opera heuse, is furnishing the city with good troupes. ‘The Rentfrow company, which played Below Zere Satur night, was well attended and the troupe was a good one. ay The Kansas Senatorial tight is be- coming very warm. egations are Numerous del besieging Governor Humphreys, who is said to be mas- ter of the situation. Ingalls has no lieutenant present, but is being spoken of conspicuously. Judge E. A. Henry of Foster, manager of the Walnut Land and Coal Co., spent Monday in the city on business. He said, notwithstand- ing the warm weather, coal shipping from tbat place had been very good this winter. The judge is enjoying good health and is the same reliable democrat he was when a resident of this city. presided for several weeks of the present term of the Vernon circuit court, has merited the good will of the Nevada bar, and they will com- pliment Mr. Lay and Congressman |DeArmond by a banquet this even- | ing digmfied and courteous, impartial Judge Lay is au able lawyer, Jin his rulings and his decisions evi dence deliberation and knowledge jof law. — Socially | most gentleman. The compliment to be paid Judge DeArmond this evening is well de-| *"° |residexce of the bride's parents, Nr. | land Mrs. John Stecle o:, West Pine; served, as he is a jurist of known ability anda gentleman of fine at- tainments.—Nevada Democrat. We understand a man and wife and six children living six or seven miles west of this city, are in desti- tute circumstances. In short itis reported that the family have noth jixg to eat except corn meal,nor nec- essary clothing to protect their per sons. To add to their troubles one of the children is down with typhoid feyer. Its bed esnsists of a buuch of straw ona box, with scant cover- ing. We understand Mrs. Peter Lane and Mrs. W. W Coek, of this city, learning of the unfortunate condition of the family have inter- ested themeelves in tho matter and have been canvassing the city for aid for the family. They ere willing to accept clothing or provisions of any kind, and those wishing to do- nate anything can see these ladies. To say the least, it seems a little strange that a family living in such low her. | a prosperous part of the county and Several good farms in Bates coun- ina neighborhood where plenty ex- ty to exchange for merchandise. lists should be permitted to get in so Mize & Crarpy. | destitute condition as reported. ; A negro barber of Leesburg, Fla, | his followers are willing to ad- mit. Manager W. H. Warnock of the} Judge James H. Lay, who has! the Judge is a} i t ' Ohio are aceusin rank of ser- busi-! to morroWy | of ¢@ charge. facie ae ale eae \ Governor Russell of Massachu-| setts has refused to grant pardon to James Daniap, the Northampton | bunk robber The Foraker and Sherman men in # each other of cor- rupt with | practices in connection the Senatorial fight Clarenee L Audrew County, Missouri, for Wilson is wanted gem ting insurance money from farmers | . | without authority. The bond on winch Jefferson Da- for treason has been stolen from the Richmond (Va ) Court records. Four thousand ine hundred bales itton shipped from Egypt have jarrived in New York, being the first n were crushed to| Satur injured. | rensbi are as anv} |nezeoes are out to protect the jwretch from lynching | There was nothing new in the! situation along the Mexican border, | jch ld bo |presents received by the happy importation of cottou to America. Ata meeting of the school board ynight, Miss Hooper of War usly elected te as uni | fillthe room recently vacated in the | mit: Geo. West school building by the resig tich las taken Miss Ada was the first in Meriden and has resics riages of the many place here edhere siuce her birth, she is well liked by all who know her and will be sadly missed by herimany friends. The groom has a resident of this city for several vears, his father and brother were of the firm of A. & been J. W. Mosier, prominent merchants of this place, who now reside in But ler, Mo., the future home of the bride aud groom. * * * The marzied couple ac- companied by Mr. and Mrs. J. W Mosier, will leave on the midnight train this cvening, Thursday, for their future hom» «at Butler. We join with their many friends in wish- ing them a long life fu!l of happiness and joy—Meriden (Kan.) Tribune A &ILW moved to this county about one year ago and purchased a section of very fine improved land township aud also the Bassett farm northwest of Butler. On this farm they have built a very fire house and a large commodious barn. They are additions that any county could newly in Shawnee well feel proud of, and in the name | of our people we extend to thema hearty welcome. To the young gen tleman and his hands me bride we extend covgr: and best wishes for their happiness and gen lations tu \ & | prosperity. Wednesday evening last at 7 o'clock, Rev. S. M. Brown, of Kan- sas City, united in riage Mr. G. Pratt Wyatt and Miss Nettie Steele. | The ceremony was performed at the | ma street. The wedding wan quiet, | only the relativ s of the contracting parties being preset. The bride graduated at Hardin coliege, Mexi-| co, last year, including vocal and in- strumental music, and is one of But ler’s most charming and accomplish- ed young ladies. The groom isa partuer with his futher, H.C. Wyatt, | inthe limber business and asa business has few equals in| this section of the state. Before | getting married Mr. Wyatt built an elegant residence on Pine street,and i furnished it handsom-ly from cellar | to garres. It is a two story frame | with a basement. heated by furuaces | and coutains all th- modern im-| provements. Among man the many | couple at the conclusion of the cere-| mony was a check to the groom from | Mr. John Steele for one thousand | dollars and a warranty deed for the} | lot on which he Lad built bis house. The young couple start in this world with the brightest prospects and best wishes of their numerous friends MAKE A LINE TO J. M. McKIBBEN’S AND SEE HIS ELEGANT STOCK OF Dry Goods, BOOTS AND SHOES, » E¥ats, Caps, Hosiery, -AND THE—— NICEST LINE OF DRESS GOODS ‘vis was released pending his trial | TO BE FOUND IN THE CITY )PALACE HOTEL BUILDING, - - Bute c, MissOURE. | Se meee, Bae erro cnet. =—"nse | Jurors , KICKED OUT BY THE PARSON. Mosier, father and son, | very | The following vames were drawn as graud and petit jurors for the | February term of the circuit court: | GRAND i JURORS Estes Smith, Mingo; E. B. Oster jhout, Hudson; W. H. Culdweil,Sum- Huff, Shawnee: W. F. | Maddy, Mound; John Wright, Mt. , nition of Miss Ju: | Pleasant; W. A. Harvey, Lone Oak; = |J. QA. Cope, New Home; Wim. D. Wedding Betts | Auderson, Elkhart: Jonathan Todd, The rriage of Miss Ada Daw-| East Boone; M. W. Ellir. Walnut; 'son, and Mr. V Mosier, took! W. B. S. Gault, Howard place at 7:39 Just evening, at the eee ack. iresidene> of Dr. & Mrs. Dawson. It | Sey Douginse; Geos Mudwicks| was one of the most prominent mar- Geo. Moore, C. W. Wilder, O. War- | ford, J Rogers, A. C. Graham, John O. W. A. Carico, Moulton, W. F. Hass, A. M. Fritz, D. J. Whetstone, S. T. Brown,Clay- ton Vandeventer, Pierce Hackett, \J. W. Porter. The following young folks attend- days: Miss Nellie Hurley, of the Central Female College, Lexington, Missou- ri. Miss Lula and Lelia Edwards and Columbia, Mo. Miss Maggie Walton, Baptist Ve- male College, Lexington, Mo. versity, Columbia, Mo. Miss Edith Mo Buford Duyvyail, State Columbia, Mo. Vaughn, University, worth Military Academy, Lexington, Mo. Elbert Spaulding’s Commercia! College, Kansas City. Miss Alice Hayes, Scarrtt Cel- lege, Neosho, Mo Thompson, | | When Baby was sick, we gave her Castoria. | When she was a Child, she cried for Castoria, | When she became Miss, she clung to Castoria i When she had Children, she gave them Castorg T. V. Rogers, R. F. Harper, | Walter McPherson, Wm. Witt, J. J. | Lee, Sam'] Stupleton, J. A. Hedges, | Allen Wright, J. D.! iug college in different parts of the’ state are home to spend the holi-° Roberta Catron, Christain College, | Miss Bell McClements, State Uni- | Marshall, | Serg’t. Maj. Jas. DeArmond, Went- | | A Strangerin Clinton, Mo., Gets More Entertiaument thin he Sought Clinton, Mo. Dee. 23 —Rey. Tay- lor Bernard is the hero of the hour. A stranger entered his residence this afternoon, and, upon being ask- ed the nature of his } that he errand stated was hunting « house of en- tertainment. He was informed that he was at the wrong house, but the stranger said he the house. The stranger proceeded to make himselfat home and inqaired for had come to take the woman of the place, whereupon the reverend gentleman ordered him out of the but he tarried. Then the preacher closed the door and procceded to administer to bim such a drubbing as such a man de- serves. After giviug the intruder a good drubbing he kicked him out of the yard aud house, across the street. | The fellow found that tie preacher was too iuuch for him and said: “Partner, if you will not say apy- thing about this I won't.” Having been annoyed before, and ‘no particular effort being made by the municipal authorities to protect his family Mr. Bernard took the inatter in his hands, and proceded , to mete out justice to at least one ;scoundrel. The pugilistic parson is pastor of the Cumberland Presby- jterian church, and no minister in southwest Missouri stands high- er. A humorous fact about Hood's | Sarsaparilla—it expels bad humor ;from the blood and creates a good humor. Be sure and get Hood's. A Kansas Letter. Mounp Vatrsy, Kax., Dec. 12,91. En. Trres:—Haviug been a cor- respondent of your valuable paper I thought a few lines imight find space in your columns. As will be seen Tam in the state of Kansas. We have a nice little town of 800 inhabitants. The surrounding country is as nico as can be found ‘in avy state. The city of Mound , Valley has two railroads, the M. K. ,& T. and a through line of the Fris- | plying with my wishes. (co from St Louis to San Francisco, 'Cal., it is also well suppled with handsome churches of a!l denomina- tions, there is also a fine school in A Letter From Judge Levy. Sr. Lovis, Mo., Dec. 24, 1891. | the city, a building of five rooms. Ep. Times. It was my intention But as we only started to write a to leav~ for Butler on or about the 10th inst in order to be with the people of Butler and Bates county for the holidays, but Iam very sor- roy to inform you that sickness in my dear family prevented my com- For which Iam very sorry, as this is the first time in 16 long but pleasant years I was not with the people of Bates county, and therefore wish to ex- tend tothem one and all my best wishes for a merry Xmas aud a hap- py and prosperous uew year. Sami Levy. Remarkable Facts. ifeait disease is usually supposed to be Incurabie, bu hen properly treated alarge proportion of the cases can be cared. fhus Mrs. k.limira Hatch, ot Elk. rt, Ind., and Mr Mary L. Baker ot Ovid, Mich., were cured after suffering 20 vears. 5. C. Linburger, druggist at San Jose, Ill., says that Dr. Miles New rt Cure, which cured the tormer, hothed wonders tor his wite.”’” Levi Logon ot Buchanan, Mich., who had heart di-ease tor thirty, vcars says two bottles made him teel like a new man. Dr. Miles’ New Heart Cure is sold by H.L. Tucker. Book ot wondertul tes- timenials tree. i ‘few lines we will close wishing the many readers of the Times a merry Xmas and happy New Year. Arruvr Sreeve. 20,000 stock of dry geods and | general merchandise to exchange for | good Bates eounty land. Mize & Crarpy. Common Soap Rots Clothes and Chaps Hands. IVORY SOAP QOES NOT, }