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| BUTLER WEEKLY TIMES | J. BD. ALLEN Enpirtor. J. D. Attex & Co., Ptoprietors. | TERMS OF SUBSCRIPTION: The Weekry Times, published every Wednesday, will be sent to any address ome year, postage paid, for $1.25. | | Mr. Flower was inaugurated gov- | ernor of New York, Jan Ist. —_——. Governor Humphrey, of Kausas, has appointed ex-goyernor Bishop | W. Perkins, Uritcd States senator to succeed Mr. Plumb. The Cherokee council has ratitied the agreement for the sale of the Cherokee strip. Action by congress 18 alone necessary now. The McKinley bill scored 2 New York trade in celebration of the advent of the new yeur. It came too late to countelis: the total of the falures since the republicans hal full con trol before.—St. Louis Republic ure in the woolen be Foraker and Sherma: having a red bot tilt for the Ohio sena ship. The legislature seems to be about evenly divided between two aspirants and both nomination. It’s the tirst time Sherman kas ever had to scramble for the office and it will be very hu- are 4} the claim the | John miliating to be beaten by Foraker. Mr. Perkins, from Kansas the man be a good but he does not seem to be satisfaction, especially with those disappointed fellows who wanted the place themselves; and several of these fellows left the | their scalping knives buckled to their belt and longing for a to lift Gov. Humphrey's scalp. new senator man giving field with! chance The Legislature of New York, elected the first Tuesday after the first Monday in November last, is Democratic The court of last sort has said it, and its there is no appeal. Both parties! have been claiming it. The State Court of Appeals decide two of the contested seats in favor of the Dem- ocrats last This the Democrats a majority re from tiat | Tuesday. gives Judge James Gibson of Kansas City arrived in the city this morning and will reamin at the Laclede ho- tel for several days. Tho distin- guished jurist has entered the race for the democratic nomination governor iu 1892, and toa Chronicle | for reporter he said this morning: “T!} shall make a thorough canvass of the state, and, if possible, visit every | county within her vorders now and the time ot the convention.” —St. Louis Chronicle. oo “The public understands you are Po i dad to the sub-treasury, the two per cent land loan, free silver and prohibition; and that you are in fuvor of national banks, railroad ex- tortions, minimum circulation, gold standard, and monopoly in all its} forms—except possibly, high pro- tective tariff.” between The above is au extract from au article in last week's Union by W. O. Atkeson, and is directed at the edi- tor of the Tiwes. The public is per fectly right in understanding that} we are opposed to the sub treasury} and two per cent land loan schemes, but we are not, neither does the public understand us to be, opposed to the free coinage of silver, por in} favor of the other things he men-! If Mr. Atkeson to discuss issues he should state them fairly and honorably as he knows them to exist and not go off into wild harangues, and make extravae gant assertions which be knows he caunot sustain, as he did at the school houses over the county last eampaign. The only good things your party piatform contains, that ot tariff re-| form and free coinage of silver, was stolen bodily from the democratic party, and all these visionary schemes were added to catch suck- ers. Last year was a good sea-, son forthem to bite, but you can | hardly expect to catch the same old sucker with the same hook and bait. if Mr. Atkeson persists in taking the people's money for services as prosecuting attorney, while he is de- ug his tim» to airing his politi. eal views, his converts will have ¢ be numerous to again force him upcn the public. tions. wishes ; that they will tal, j taxes, etc., is easily | gubernatorial | last declared himself out of the race. | THAT EXPERT INVESTIGATION. County Judges Coanell and Mil- ler have ordered an investigation of the county offices and app: opriated money out of the ccucty treasury to | Pay for same. In an attempt at jus- tification of such a course they in- | dulge in a number of whereases and resolutions that would better grace| a political platform, than county records. When these gentlemen made the |race for county offices they pledged the people that if elected they would | jinvestigate the records. They were them successful, now let keep their BOYD MAY BE SEATED. The United States Supreme Court Said to Have Decidet Nebraska's Case. Washington, D. C., Jan. 1.—There is @repcrt in circulation that the * supreme court of the United States! jhas decided that Mr. Boyd, who was elected by the demoerats of | Nebraska governor of that state in | the fall of 1590,and was subsequent- jly turned out of office by the ;Supreme court on the ground that he was ineligible because | perfection in his citizenship, is eli- state of an ir | gible and at the time of his election ledees, and not go to spending the - : plecg tnd not go 1 Be lag governor of Nebraska he was a sopl ney it ving other| = z i peoples mo oi he i ; a > ee bona fide citizen of the United murties to do work fe which they } 1 > parties to Go wort r which ates. This w make Boyd gov- There expert These e ove: were elected is no public demand for of the records. an €Xaminstion and dise been in have earched something wrong, a year diligently to over and they e.n dis base an! investigation ond so fearful are they | cover nothing on which to not ) out of which to make pol ical capi eratios.” * * * The great de jmand of the people and the press and that petition of tax-payers, they | ered Cnough to convinee hin something was wrong. The county court bas no authority | under the | money in this manner, and they may themselves be the subjects of invest- igation at the bar of a higher if they persist in wantonly expend- ing the people’s money for political effect. We want it understood that are not opposed to an investiyation of the county records under demy- | eratic administrations; in fact we But #0 convinced are we that everything is all right that we do not bear the burden of ex We should elect men to office who are competent to perform th» duties and not to oth men to do their court an examination. want our people to pense. have hire work The people of Bates county are hardly prepared to employ a man at | $5 to 310 8 day to go on a fools er rant It is no easy matter county like Bates. We know its assessed yaluation then rate of ameunt cf! tax and the delinquencies deducted leaves the taxation. what | levy gives the amount of money Then fines, licenses, back- computed Al ial statement bas be en | ed every detailed ti publ ye: + sh Wilbg amount of movey received and from | | What sourceand how expended. Now what do these parties expect to find? They to unearth 1 hope a political | bomb and they are likely to run onto a boomerang. Judge E. H. Norton of Platte county, who has been frequently mentioned in connection with the nomination, In a card to the Platte City mark the Judge says: “While I am profoundly grateful | for the cumplimentary terms you you have seen fit to use in putting Land.) j}me forward as a candidate for the | Democratic nomination for the office, of Governor, I cannot occupy that | the well known stern inflexibility of | y qrotiee is hereby given that the unceralaned | position for the following reason: I ‘have heretofore said in response to the question ‘whether I would be a candidate for the Democratie nomi- nation for that place,’ propounded to me by two or more of the distin- guished gentlemen who are now pronounced candidates, that not and would not be a candidate for the nomination and would not a tagonize their aspirations by such a candidacy. “Good faith by them, therefore, forbids me from occupying that po- ition which your partiality to me placed me i in. I was tind something |° that | statutes to appropriate | court we well} to defrand a) the | from | the | has at! ernor. partics Lave! It is very difficult to get asupreme j court decision in advance ofits being rendered but the above is on cient authority to warraut the state- jment that the highest court iu the land has decided that Boyd was e gible for the guy entitled to oe office. ruorship aud was that they use the siily subter-| : | 3 ’ Col, Francisco in Warrensburg fuge that “the people demand it and & “ : é We clip the following compliment {the press demands it, and the wishes 71 ois Ss notice eur felLow cilize . of the people and the press are en- Pi Oe Das a e, i titled to a fair and favorable consid iene : EeOBO OTS Jou The case of the Payton, on 1 Democrat. State vs G: change of vewue fic Cass county, came up Tuesday. rate ro flippantly of, originated in 25 a ! Pi ae = fendant was indicted for the ‘the brain of Judge Connell and oth f ; eee te x 2 eof achureh building, Au er leaders of the union labor party a ae i : | “| 18S7, in Cass county idle case Taey tek of “precedent set by ow : Sects } 7 eel th | i f went to argument betore ihe jury wedecessors,” when they know, i A ll take 4 a 4 ( jon Wednesday morning and was ney will he pains to investi |. 5 : ~ final submitted at 6 p.m. the same gate and jee the intelligence to 1 nel Pina _ . anty 1 —_ nd, that the investigation ; WoT. Swit] by We. | Phe arguinent ou the part of the 2 W.T. Sunith ree ords by : > E Walton 9 done nt Mfr. Walton's |oet’ “ot Opened by Bir. Railey of | : . , : » | Cass county, who was followed by | gus ogee cei ire ei } Mr. anciseo of Bates county, for | pla And no investigation was or |), : ae bana ria i ee a [the co fons. and again by Mr. Sud-| 0 Gered uuti tie county cGerk dhseov- ’ > . dath for ice state, then Mr. Wallace of Kinsas City for the defense, and was closed by Jarrett of Cass coun- ty for the state. The state was ably conducted on both sides, as much so, possibly, as any ease which bas been fore the criminal court of Johnson coun:y for many a day. It will be inappropriate to speuk | of the ability displayed by Railey, } Suddath, Wallace and Jarrett, be- jeause the age of their experience }bas put the | ‘ : jthen ona footing which goes with- jout saying it in Johnson county,but j Johnson county people were partic- jularly ygratitied to wituess j the t nou uty boy,S. P. Sim was icared and hear magmiticeat of our old Johnson cou Francisco ana educated here. Studied law here, was ad to itted saundas a of of consequence vould auxious to jayour i} & man his makxup ea host friends row of his ile success. Was one | of the leading attorneys in the de- this fense of When i very intricate turn Wednesday ‘ case, itcame his to addre e jury on ithe house was pac ous and waiting audie: the contest of le; {the Johnson county quond 1 which | boy | ul oratory,iz | was to take a leading part. Railey led the fight in one of his {mest eloquent and ingenious efforts. It was a hard speech | Mr. {sion and to follow but | Francisco for rose with the occa-| three quarters of an hour succeeded in facinating court, | j aud with which, for eloquence and argument, was ju audience a speech, | which either preceeded or followed. It was simply grand in all which pertains to a jury address The complimentary manner in | which Mr. Wallace and other attor- | neys alluded to the efforts of their | younger brother, showed that it was/ | duly appreciated by the bar. As he! jtook his seat at the dinner hour, | that audience would have cheered, the young orator to the echo, but | the judge as to order forbade. | The jury, being were discharged from further con- | sideration of the case at the Opening of court Thursday morning. The jury stood six and six. The news from the Mexican bor- der is that Garza is gaining strength and now has fully 1,500 men, well armed and equipped. He seems to have abundant backing from some Unit ed States troops are rapidly moving | |to the front along the border. mysterious source in Mexico. tried be- reputation of each of | vrenoor, | d with a solicit- @ to wituess! not surpassed by any speech | unable to agree, | | day of February, i = | Opposed to a Third Party | Atlanta, Ga. i state executive committee of the al- liance do not wart the people's par- ty. The developments of to day set- tled that couclusively. The dele- | gates elected to attend the national which meets in St. Louis Feb’y 22, will vote asa unit tthe third party January 1.—The | alliance convention apailes pOvement d of the Russell Sage mat- Thee ter is not yet. When Norcross tried tok he grabbed Laidlaw, » cler held him between the f ‘hto the s: to the ently Laidlaw. Aluiest mage InVoneE dbeve done the same t age should pay for h bh ge Mr. Laidlaw its kind: ever - pro- to the ti nd ac- stoma excellent qualities commend it i and re made it the most populac remedy known. rpg of Figs is for sale in 50¢ 1 $1 bottles by all leading drug- Any reliable druggist who not have it on hand will pro- to it promptly for any one who shes to tr Do not accept any } = a ubstitute. CALIFORNIA FIG SYRUP CO. SAN FRANCISCO, CAL, rd NEW VORK, NY. Trustee's Sale. Whereas PT... Carter a single man by | | his deed of trust dated October 26ui, Isso, and | recorded in the recorder’s office within and for Bates county, Missouri, in book No, #2 page 179 conveyed tothe undersigned trustee the fol- lowing described real estate lying and being | situate in the county of Bates and state of Mis- souri, to-wit: The southeast quarter of janarter of section eleven | northwest quarter of the ter of section three [5 jship forty [t0| of range | containing s0 acres mere or les¢ which convey- | | ance was made in trust to secure the payment | | of one certain note fully described in said deed | oftrust;and whereas, in the payment the southeast 11) and the southwest quar- | all in town. thirty-two (32 default hasbeen made f the annual interest dne on | | aid note,which default according tothe terms | aud conditio said note and deed of trust | renders the whole of the debt due and payable | Now therefore at the request of the legal holder je! said note and pursuantto the conditions of | i | said deed of trust I will pro ito sell theabove | described premises at public vendue to the highest bidder for cash, at the east front door | of th t house, in the city of Butler, coun- | ty of Bates and state of Missouri, on | Wednesday, January 27th, 1892. between the hours of nine o’clock in the fore- | Tnoon of that | debt, noon and day, for the pur inte snd costs. clock in the aft ving said M ALL ‘s Sate. Jarvis and A deed of tra Truste Wivereas Winteld & | Jarvis his wife by their | August ayth, Insd, and recorded int | er’s office within and for Bates ¢ Mia- | | souri, in book No. 26 page nve ea” to ‘the | j undersigned trustee the following dese Tibed H | regi estate ving and be situate in the | j county of Bates and state of Missouri, to- wits | Theeast half of the northeast quarter of | Section thirty-six (36) and fifteen (15) acres | Deing ali that part of the northeast quarter | of | nur southeast quarter of section thirty-tive (35) | of and uding the creek. all in TL¥-one (41) of range twenty-nine east halfof the west half of lot | one in the northeast quarter of section one |] | township forty |40] of range twenty-nine | containing in all one hundred and fifteen acres more er less, which conveyance was made in | trust to secure the payment of one certain note | fully described in said d ftrust;and where | been made ia the payment of | the principal of said note and interest thereon, tdueand unpaid. Now therefore, at the request of the legal holder of said nete and | purenantto the conditions of sald deed or | trust, I will proceed to sell the above describ- | | ed premises at public vendue, to the highest | bidder for cash at the east tront door of the | | court house. in the city of Bu arise, cou, | Bates and state of Missouri, | Wednesday, lacey: 27th, 1892, | between the hours of o'clock in the forenoon | and five o’clock in the afternoon of that day, | | for the purposes of satisfying 1 | eat and conte, Notice of F aan Setuleme: fond Discharye. P. Lane. assignee of Geo rts mil at the regular February term of the Bates | time and ng settlemem unt and disp: return to said court uncollected | assets of said trust estate an | Winding up of said trast and said assig the cred ah tlement thereof. at T county probate conrt in Bates « a Missouri, to be hel ler, Mo..o 1392. J. W. ENNIS. Administrator. | ‘The Garland is the Best. IT EXCELLES ALL OTHERS. PERRET ° It is made of the best matenial in the market; it has the heaviest steel jacket; it has ae extra heavy fire pot; it has an ash pan, it has cold air flues‘it has an automat ie damper, it is more hamdsomely ornament- ed than any othr, it has the heaviest nickle it wil than other of the same si t will keep fire longer. it willtake less fuel, it will last longer. trimmings, weigh more any ze. BgGe a 2 It is Guaranteed to give better satisfaction than any other > bandle a full |PEORIA WOOD TEATING STOVES, And the Celebratcd (CHARTER OAK COOK STOVE, With the wonderful wire gauze oven door. heating stove on the m eof -cansatcamemnceen GROCERIES, TINWARE GLASSWARE AND QUEENSWARE Bennell, Wheeler Mercantile Co, soa sZER. MO. ORE TE ET OEY I A ase or ceca J, M. CATTERLIN, a $500 000d! 6 PER CENT MONEY -—TO LOAN nave CREASE OIN-- Real Etistate Call and sce him and take Advantage of his Cheap Rates, Cut this out and bring it along and get his best rates. M. CATTERLIN, - MIZE, Norary Pusuie. G. W. CLARDY! MEAN & CLARDY, De. an Estate, Insurance and Loan Agents Do a general REAL ESTATE and exchange business. Represent a line of the best | FIRE & TORNADO INSURANCE COMPANIES Are correspondents for ene of the BEST LO. Our rates the lowest, terms as to payment. t perty of and pay taxes for n ly attended to.” Our corre ion, and will be largely you desiretoSELL Ox COMPANIES in existance: Will rent, manage pro- ns and remittances prompt- dence extends to almost every state in the un- Tinterest to pat y operty on our LIST if charges are reaso o sale no commission Buyers will find our Office Headquarters for And will take pleasure in showing anythin of Property in Bates Cx now be found4n our new and elegant re AEE ena nee ieee Rooms 6 and 7 OVER FARMERS BANK, BUTLER, MO MIA & CLARDY Jpera House Saloon, SOUTHWEST CORNER SQUARE. WHOLESALE AND RETAIL Whiskies, Wines, Liguors, & Cigars We buy our whiskies direet from Distilleries an: d can mike prices as low by the Gallon as Kansas City JUG and KEG TRADE A SPECIALTY Nothing but the best brands of Whiskies, Wines, Gins handled. in Butler and on Brandeya and Anheuser-Busch celeprated BUDWEISER "BEER tap. Call and see us. Opera House Saloon. | Southwest Corner Square, Butler, Mo.