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Ee an leehln §=Cimes. VOL. XIV. re ee 6 eS, Missouri State OF BUTLER, MO. CMH&PITAL, - . . = . $110,000. Receives Deposits subject to Check, Loans Money, Makes Collections and does a General Banking Business. DEPOSITORY FOR COUNTY FUNDs. In the Real Estate Loan Department. Make loans on Real Estate on long or short time at lowest rates without delay. STOU Hayes, Johr Slayback, Ea Hardinger, WN Farmer Smith, G'L Liveryma Hickman,G B Furniture dealer Smith, John T Law Heath, D'B B Depa Jenkins, J R Cashier Kinney, Don Ass’t Cashier Tucker Dentist Levy. Sam Dry Goods & ClothingTyler, W B Farmer Morrison. C 1 Farmer Voris. Frank M Farmer Miller, Alf Farmer Vaughan, J M Capitalist n, A Farmer Wyatt, HC Lumber dealer en, Robt Farmer Wells, Wiley Teacher LDERS$ Allen, Mra. Levina Boulware, TC, Physician Burk, Monroe Farmer Ballard, J N Farmer frown, Lula Rartlett, Edmund Farmer Bryner, Margaret Chelf, 1B Farmer Coleman, Sam’l L Caruthers, G@ A Farmer M Christy, J M Physician M Clark, Robert Farmer M V Farmer West, RG Farmer Courtney, J M Stock Dealer John Grocery Wolfe, Pattie Deerwester, John Farmer CF Grocery Walto: Vm E Cashier Davis, J R Foreman Times oficePowell, Booker Farmer Dutcher, C H Prof Normal Sch Pigott, I H Bank Clerk DeArmond,D A, M © Rosier, J M Farmer Kyans, John Farmer Reeder, Oscar zveringham, J Physician has R Farmer Freemam, Caroline and Eliza W Insurance Fowler, Isaac L Banker Wright, TJ Capitalist Weiner, Mix Boots & Shoes Walls, Wm Farmer Walton, GW Farmer Walls, J I Physician Whipple. NL Physician Williams, R V Ferme: E. WALTON president wM. § vice-president cashier asst. cashier J. R. JENKINS DON KINNEY BOOKER POWELL Virginia Items. wanting good fence posts see Char We understand that Judge © W jley Zinn... Friends, T can’t make a! Wolfe 1s talking of having a public | living selling goods below firet cost. | sale in the near future after which ;butIcan live selling above and I he will make a trip to California and to pay less for produce than I there revel among the golden fruits get. trie N. M. NESTLERODE. of that delightful climate until he | recuperates sufficiently to perform | arduous duties of his position.... A tolerable sensation was caused lately by the carelessness or indif- ference of one of our highly respect -rinting Company,who was charg miles porth in order to make some | Mrs. May Scherubeb, was suddenly money collections, expecting to re terminated to day while in the course turn the same night, but not doing | of trial in the adjuster’s court, by 80 caused much anxiety; the second ; night yenuinue alarm prevailed; the | third night the relatives were al-| most frenzied; on the fourth night | the county attorney, stated to the they despaired of ever seeing him | court that he was confident that he agun alive; the fifth night the rela — — Pn +e aga ®! that the prisoner search tor 1e body. Strange to say) . : : the boy was pot well pnt | | This action on the part of the pros and fed with no intentions of return- | ecutor ing to home friends until he receiv- | sistant in the prosecution, Hon. H. ed w plain yes or no from his charm-' D. Hastings, declared that the ai- er.... Charley, the boys alldo shout, ! bormoy'sackion wos a0 Oucraeorcn does your mamma know you're out = = ....Born to the wife of J W Cathy, | a5 pound boy, mother and boy do- | : ing well....Yes, everybody that! parties interested, knew Judge Braden was sorry te | not yet. hear of his death. Mr. Braden was highly respected by all that were | acquainted with him....Freemau Short had the misfortune to lose a good milch cow—broke her neck en- deavoring to jump a ditch....The debate at McFadden’s hall on the | evening of Feb'y 13 on Christianity and Science was the most interest- | ing discussion ever had at Virginia so say.them that heard it....Cole Declined to Prosecute. Sedalia, Mo., Feb. 19.—The case of John Evans, vice-president and the J West G vashier of in ged the prosecuting attorney deelining to further prosecute. be discharged. created a sensation, and as- justice. The result of the trial has caused much excitement among the and the end is Shot by Her Second Mate. Neosho, Mo., Feb. 19-—At Sagi- naw last night Thomas Whalen was shot and killed by Moses Locke, who surrendered to day and is now in jail. Some years ago Emma Cobb, a pretty country girl, married Whalen Hensley says that Billy Duvall is the | iy this place and moved to Denver, best cattle feeder in Bates county Col., where after a life of misery we might add that there are sevaral ' caused by Whateu’s brutality, she _— Seat Pe sees tn was compelled to return to her pa- arm where Bi rould 2 = 3 is ee ? ik the wotd eet ~. WJ Bard will | rents with her only child. Later, have several smokes for his sagacity | seeing in a Denver paper an account and prognostications in the recent | of the death of Thomas Whalen she contest for presiding judge. = accepted the attentions of Moses us W J how youknew?. . . Saturday | Locke and married him. Feb'y 27th will be the last opportu- | Se ee SUIT TD Lae nity ‘the taxpayers of Charlotte town- | Whalen, ho was not dead, heard ship will have this year te pay their of the marriage and traced the cou taxes at Virginia... .Mrs H Feeback | ple to Saginaw, where they is very sick with the fever. . ..Wm | tled. He then proposed to Lo Ward of Kansas is vising the eed | to let him alone for $300. Locke is | (I, of his fatherin law... ng 1 os | poor, and off E C Bean and Henry Craig has | apa 3 started for Oregon....Mrs Oldham | $100. Whalen refused, and contin- is under the Drs care with la grippe ; ued to annoy the family. ....Charley Cameron has moved to Yesterday afternoon Whalen ap- Amoret to work with the railroad | proached Locke's house. The latter a ae | ordered him away, but Whalen 1e- worker, ...A while back the ery was A rain and now it is mud....Atoret | fused to go and made a move to has a new printing press the paper's | draw revolver when Locke seized name is the Amoret Euterprise.... | a shot gun and shot him dead, the The Virginia school will close March | charge even driving silver dollars in lst. Thursday the school will give a | Whaien's pocket into his body. red to compromise dinner and have a spelling school at night... Mrs Frank Nash is very sick,...Granny Addis, a lady of 96 years of age fell while walking across | the reom striking a eradle cutting ® | when Baby was sic great gash in her face. For an old | when she was a Ch person she is getting along nicely. | wnon she becam: Miss, she ching to Castoria Dr Mitchell was called and dressed | when she had Childrea, she gave them Castorig the eut.... Hon. J. D. Allen, editor | of this great. paper, was out to see | me oue day last week....About 60 yous followed Richard Br his grave....Qn account of : weather the leap year party at Chas | leg i Hensley’s was postponed a week or | of the removal of the uniyersit ten days....Chaley Wolf lost a box | pie matter may finally be tested to- of cigars on Hall. Yes CH Morri- | rison you can smoke....Any one | { we gave her C, she cried for Ca rding to good authority the bad ‘ day. Mr. Laugon, | | could not make out a case, and asked | ature stands $1 to 40 in favor BURNED AT THE STAKE. Horrible to a Negro Rayisiier at Lex- | arkana Panis! it Meted out The torch Applied to His Funeral Pare by the Victim ef tis Lust. Ark. | j Texarkana, 29 —When jit wis understo:t this morning at] j8 e. W220 coum 1 fue assault up joa Mrs. Jewell sous ten days {hid been captuie t by bs pursuers 4| jm les from this e:ty, it is easy to im- jagine the sceues that trauspired ;on our streets, Threats of \d sscription were indulye revolvers flashed in the ! every ands jexcited people as freely us if i bor jder war was eminent Texas and | Arkinsas joined handsin what to be the deali 2 senti- r outor publ ment that the fate at the stake. | was decided jshould meet L Wise counsel came to the rescue, as is always the case in such matters, | but it a About 11:30} fan se ed naught | hid be 1 pursuit came in on the |siate line with the prisone id he} j Was at once taken tothe livery stable | formerly owned by Capt. 'now sheriff of Miller county jfurt was at ouce made by the city to get officers Coy into their pos session, but the determined men capture took that this was not effected, and with a heavy guard in the little room that contain- ed the prisoner and some fifty well who had made the jevery precuution to see armed meu ou the outside, detiance was given the civil authorities | At 2p. m.a report was circulated that Sheriff Blythe had telegraphed i the matter, word for it Texarkana the governor regar had his jthat he would start for | aud in answer with two companies of state muitia to check any fieudish a character as that on the tapig. No sooner had this rey ort | gained credence than those in charge demonstration of so action of the governor, ordered that he be immediately taken to the cor- there cremated. It was the question | of but a moment till Ed Coy a negro. of light complexion, spare build, ing a little above the average intel- ligenee of his race, was ushered forth, followed by 5000 people, and finally halted at the point above |stared. Here speeches were made } the rubbish of the late fire, with a view to allaying the excitement and preventing the populace from carry- | ing out their threat. But wild with excitement and followed by nearly 5,000 people, the perpetrator of the fiendish act for which he had receiv- ed public condemnation was taken i | | | | \city aud college Hill. They marched up Broad street |with the trembling negro. It wasa | determined mob, and a regiment of | militia could not have swerved them jfrom their purpose. Near the Iron | Mountain round house a large stake {had been driven im the ground to jwhich were fastened a number of |wires. To the ; jand the wires were twined around hs body £0 tight!y that escape was out of the Then pine sticks were piled up areund, coal oil the fuel, 2ud the terrible tragedy was ready to be ake Coy was led question. | Was poured upon i | fenacted. The lyucbers believed that justice demanded that the ravisher jmeet his death at the bands of his } Victim. +Where is Mrs. Jewel Lery frem map “gaere, i of ceremonie | Almost as bad! j out Waiting to nee ?" | the oiled pine Iu As | in so aggravated a case, and it! Blythe. | Sunday for An ef- | tewn silver cornet band will play to of the prisoner, to frustrate the, ner of State Line avenue and Third} street, the scene of the late fire, and | | good countenance and a head denot- | | from wagons, telegraph poles and | c aay to the railroad erossing betweea this BUTLER, MISSOURI, WEDNESDAY FEBRUARY 24, 1892. remem negro, Mrs turough the Jewell made her way crowd which w ly el red a ps a word the tore t hand. She looked at Coy, the torch and crowd : ud hesitated. “Apply the ch that came from hundreds of throats. Mrs. Jewell stooped did as she Was commanded, aud then fled with- » was the ery e horrible ven- geance consumate Quickly the lames speard thro less than a sec s:noke yy Was surrounded by fire and | He could hardly be seen, }bat from the « unter of the ro: {pyre ¢ the ost agonizing {shrieks and pleas fo tinor- tal ear ever heard cries were rin sucha seeth | lin this at least, the | than Com-j; In exactly tinued 1} few minutes. n could jing furnace, au mob was more merciful anche Iu seven | { tes nes subsided, and Lere before stogd a strung healthy | \ j man w: e of ashes and « mass | of ro: flesh which bore little re | semblauce to a human form Retributi crowd slow and the | ind quietly dispersed. M Was complete, Jobnstown Items. It rains six days in the week and ncbange....The Johns night....H. P. Cullahan is selling goods way down low. Now is the time to buy...... Unele Jim Spears wis in town to day....We are scrry to hear of death of Who. Chambers, Feb 16th. Air C. was one of our best citizeus, a kind father and huse band. He was a member of the C. ;P. church and one of its active lmembers. it ean be said of him, he j bas gone home to the mansion pre- | pared fur hin above. The bereaved jfamily has the heartfelt sympathy of their many friends...... Miss Josie Shelton has returned home from jechool at Montrose. ..... De. J. W. Choate and wife were in Batler last week.... Wonder where Walt Me Comb was last Sunday Y Cliser wears a broad grin now and jsays this photo will sure go....We ; were sorry to learn of the misunder- , ttanding of the dear Bro. U. Ls in | regard to the rabbit hunt. Behold |how good and pleasant it is to dwell together in unity, but these eld an'- rise and jmal passion of ours will stuite our Bro. and even go so far as to call our dear brother a nice man; it’s too bad, too bad, indeed... | Wonder if Mr. E. found his girl at jlhome....The Gov. is thinking of | going to the world’s fair if he can | get a tie ticket for himself and dog, shotgun, grip, fishing pole and um- | brella and then with a good consti- ; tution and free salvation I think I can make it all O. K. and in good shape....Fred Martin was in town to day. ... We were sorry to hear of the death of Judge Braden = Mr. B. was a grand good man and would have done honor to Bates county... We understand that the school exhi- bition at Elm grove school house |has been postponed,...Hon. W. J. , Stone is coming to tbe front in good shape.... Walt McComb is looking some better at this writing. ...C. C. Cliser has a span of the finest mares in the county, to the Gov.’s notion Sects It will soen be the first of March, and then it will be a general move and change....Barney Lusk was in town to-day....Let the dem- iff reform clubs and be at work.... We are looking for a general demo | cratie victory throughout the United States. We can’t say as to Bates |; county, but will trust to providence for results this fall....J. D. Allen | for delegate tothe national conven tion and it will be all O. K. with the . The tax collector has made us ‘kinder scarce’ but we are out now for the next six months or dur ing the war. Gov. Syorr. Double Branch Items. Most too much rrin to suit the farmers. 4th of Jul ocrats of Bates county organize tar-! Let’s not grumble for we | Very well attended. Quite a lengthy ; will be wishing for rain about the | address 3 FARMERS BANK Cash Capital. _ $50,000.00 D N. THOMPSON ident J. K. ROSIER Vice-President E. A BENNETT id Vice-President E. D: Kipp Cashier Dr. J, RVERINGHAM Secretary T. W. SILVERS Attorney DIRECTORS. k raiser Yar Company. Farmer. ser i & Company and 2ud Vice-President Real Estate r , Farmer and Stockraiser Farmer and Stock Raiser xe Works.’’ erand stockraiser er sokraisers al banking busi WHY RENT LAND ts, and transacts a If you have a small amount of ready Cash. come in and buy a farm. Easy payments, low interest All the way from 40 to 320 Acres, GEO. M. CANTERBURY. Office in rear of Farmers’ Bank, Butler, Missouri. lon will be pleased to learn that she | has entirely recovered from a severe | attack of la grippe....Messrs. Gent West and Isaac Mains visited at the home of Nathan Godfrey a few days ago....Wonder how long Orlando Dillon is going to keep batch...... Quite a number of vieitors from near Willow Branch, attended Miss, Nance’s school. ...Mr. Cyrus Requa aud Earl Steele are making quite an improvement on their farms in the way of cutting down old trees... We notice quite an improyement on Dovble Branch cemetery since the people gave ita thorough cleaning ....The death of Mr. Braden cast a gloom ever this neighborhood. An other good man called home....Mr. Allison will spend the summer with his son in Texas...... Mrs. Bruce Steele end Miss Markie Simpson at tended chureh at Bower school ~—— house last Sunday... .On account of sickness Rey. Miller did not fill his appointment last Sunday ...Poul- try houses and quiltings are the or der of the day....Some talk ofa wedding in high life near Willow Branch....Miss Vance will teacu , the spring term of school, which commence after a week's vacation... Mrs. Allison is talking of visiting | ; her daughter, Mrs. Shocky, of west-' {)\|[], ern Kansas......The Ist of March ~ will soon be here, then the rustlers will have to rustle... Mrs F. M Steele was visiting her brother C. B. Raybourn, near Pleasant Gap last week...... Wonder how the yor pecseenns : 2 ladies came out with their leap year , icra Paes Beh SE party?.... Wonder where the gold i Eas from?....Several of Mr. CIRCULATION OVER 100,000 COPIES Godfrey's relatives of Nevada, spent DAILY | Saturday and Sunday with him.... ae | Rey. Miller is expected in this veigh borhood and will preach at Double Branch Saturday night and Sund Quite an accident at the mill of H: Bros., but no serious damage...Mr. | r 2 | Burge, son-in-law of Judge rk Tue Press ts 1 Nationa: Newsrarrn Wis, has bought the Isaac Fowler , The Keely Cure Blamed. New York, Feb. 19.--Now that the New York legislature has got after the bichloride of gold cure, there seciue to be trouble abead for Keely from another source. Au evening paper says it is re ported t the friends of Walter L. Ear former patient of the ine stitue, who died insane after under- going the treatment and being dis- charged “cured” of intemperate habits, are going te make things lively for the Keely people. They claim that Earl's death was directly caused by the bichloride of gol? treatment and are making arrange- ments to bring action for $100,000 damayes against Dr. Keely ard as sociates THE PRESS (NEW YORK) FOR 1892. Has a Larger Daily Circulation than any other Republican Newspaper in America SENAY. WEEKLY. The Aggressive Republican Journa! of the Metropolis. \ NEWSPAPER FOR THE MASSES ug in the organ of no faction; pulle BO Wires; N&s BO Bn. Mvsities to avenge The most Remarkable Newspaper Success in New York. ap News, vulgar sensations and trash | : : ho place in the columns of The Press j farm and will make that his future | The Frese has the brightest Editorial page m -,; | in New York, ? Phome: ..2- Miss Clara Requa wiil It Sparkles with pointe. The Press, Sunday editionis a splend: 2 se her school at Orchard grove on twenty page paper, coverin € rs close her schoo dg BE x pase pape ering every curren: next Friday. .... Like tohear from! 4,, p, i es, Weekly edition containe all the gs ofthe Daily and Sunday editions. For those who cannot afford the Daily or are prevented by ce from early roceiving it The Weekly is a splendid substitute, ear As an Advertising Medium {Tom and Jerry once more....The open meeting of the Union was not Mr. McG! from 1 this nei Dr 3 | more rest} iid se ago....We} ad to tle | iid of of Ct | iW exercis last Fri- ve EES | gee ice Dil-} sa Nathan Godfre quite ies Al Not quite so much] i we will have Su The Press bas no eaperior in New York. THE PREs; ach of all. The best and chem- est Newepaper in America Wonder how loug it will be before’ ay schcol again. Littie Jessie. Chiidren Cry for Pitcher’s Castoria. | Children Cry for Pitcner’s Castoria. i Children Cryfor i: Pitcher’s Castoria. | only, one year months 1 \ i } i