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T.W.LEGG With s Fail Line of Repairs for BUGGIES, PHAETUNS, &c. Wheels, Tops, Springs, Cart Springs! Grand River « Cart Shafts, Neck Yokes, Poles, &e., always on hand. Will baild or furnish new work Cheap as the Cheapest. T handle the finest j PH-ETON AND SURRY every ( - brought to Bates county. Cushions $1 00, Shafts $3 50. Come and see me. Satisfaction guar- auteed. Charges reasonable. South east corner square. Iron Block. When you desire to make a farm Joan call on Duvall & Percival, Butler, Mb, Money ready as soon as papers are executed, privilege given to pay west stde square, all or part loan atany time. Your principal and interest will be made payable at Butler, . 134 BUTTER WEEALY TIMES LOCAL iTEMS The spring elections will svon be on tap. Pete Denning of Virginia, renews for avother ye Sheriff Hartsock took Sig Wet- zel to the penitentiary last: week. ur. Democrats don’t forget to attend your township convention Saturday B. C. White of Virginia, is a new subscriber to the Booming Times Remember domocrats to attend | your township conventions Satur- day. The ronds now are just about as bad as they can be, so the farmers say. R. M. Campbell, living in the east part of the city is seriously sick with pneumonia Mrs. Hornberger visited ber daughter, Mrs. Lee Spicer, at Archie the last of the week. It iw said by those who Lave made a close examination, that the peach crop is killed. Dell Welton is closing up with his tax collecting for Mt. Pleasant township A.C. Bruce, of Burrows the other day and had his paper re- newed for 1893. Charlie Hale, of Joplin, arrived in town Sunday evening on a visit to lus father and friends. The implement men of the city are receiving large invoices of farm machinery for the spring trade. Gents call ‘at Mrs. Peter Lane's and take a look at that nice line of tailor made clothing just received. If you want to buy or sella farm or make any kind of exchange, call on or write to Muze & Crarpy. Preston Argenbright of Altona neighborhood, called the ether day and renewed for the boomlng Times. Hon. James Cowgill, of Caldwell county, has announced his candidacy for railrond commissioner of the slate, From the way the campaign bas been conducted so far we look for lots of dirt the last of this week and next. Street Commissiener Pollock did good work last week in moving the mud from the street on the public square. Carl Meek, foreman of the Record office, we understand is dangerously sick, His sickness is due to a rising in his head. Ladies you will find the handsom- est line of dress goods to select from in the city at Mrs. Peter Lane's them. Catarrh is not a local but a con- .stitutional disease, aud requires a constitutional remedy like Hood's > Sarsaparilla. called | No two samples alike, call and see Number of delegates each town- ship is entitled to in convention. to be held in Butler March 19, 1892. Mingo, 3 Elkbart 3 Spruce 6 East Boone 5 Deep Water 5 West Boone 4 Hudson 5 West Point 3 Rockville 4 Homer 2 Prairie 3 Walnut S Pleasant Gap 6 Howard 7 Summit 3 Shawnee 3 4 Deer Creek 5 | Mound 2 Mt. Pleasant 16 Lone Oak 3 Osage 24 | New Home 8 Charlotte 4 Don't when you ce: bay from tramp agent-, get just the thing in | the rug line you want at Mrs Peter |TLane's. Call and see them Judge J. L. Porter will at on Saturday, March, viz., breod a public stock sule his farm near Johnstown, | 12, ’92, horses, co mares, young sand heifers. 15 2 he state of New York, were not favora | bie to the democrats, and they were not favorable to the nomination of | Mr. Hill for president. The recent town elections in Judge John H. Sullens, president |of the bank at Foster, spent Friday in the city on business The judge |is looking well, and says his bank is prospering. Squire L W. Beck of 1 be, our old time friexd and one of the [best democrats in Bates county, | gave the Torres a pleasant call Fri | day. ; Mrs. CG “Bronaugh, who has | been visiting her brother, J. R. Da | vis, for the past week, left for her j home at Calhoun, Henry county, | Saturday. Mrs. Peter Lane now has the line dress city, handsomest of spring the and cheaper than the cheapest goods in is selling Ladies }eall and see her stock before buying. Dr. Walls of this eity, and Dr. Calloway of Nevada, will start for St. Louis on the 15th of March to | take a post graduate’s course in med- Dr. Walls will be absent sev jal weeks. icine. mashed by falling slate in mine No. from Squire L. W. Beck, who was in | the city the other day. D. L. Frazee, one of the Stalwart democrats of Lone Oak township and a personal and solid friend of the booming Trives was in to see us the year. Prayer meeting next Wednesday night at the Ohio Street M. E. Church the last one before conference a full attendence of the members is de- sired as some matters of interest will be presented. It is gen ly conceded by the about the matter that Capt. J. D Allen will receive the support of the patty in this township. The mud- slinging indulged in against him by the ex-boss and his unprincipled supe have done more to make him solid with all fair minded men than anything else—Rich Hill Re view. J. W. Green, one of Deepwater township's best citizens, left with his family Monday for North Yaka- ma City, Washington, where they expect to visit their son a short time. Mr. Green has sold his farm and ex- nia, and will engage in raising chick- ens. The Times wishes him abund- ant success. John L. Sullivan wants to fight to Frank P. Slavin, Charles Mitch- ell and James Corbett. He offers to fight either of the above bullies for $25,000 and an outside bet of $10,000. He names New Orleans as the place to fight: Time, August or September. E. H. Grahill, of Springtield, O. J. Hill and E. S. Wheeler, of Kan- sas City, have decided to start a stave and hoop factory at Osceola. The plant will cost ten thousand dollars and will giye employment to thirty or forty men. The ground and five hundred dollars were given the company by the citizens, as a donation. Wanted to exchange $12,000 stock of nice, clean hardware,running and doing a good business in good county seat town in Ohio. Mize & Crappy. Thos. McCoy had his foot badly} 14, one day last week, so we learn} other day and renewed for another! Democrats with whom we have talked | pects to locate in Dakota or Califor-| again, and he has issued a challenge} | W. A. Downey, of Virginia, has! |had his name enrolled on the boom- ' ling Tres subscription bcok. Saturday was one of those disa- greeable days calculated to keep the farmers out of town, and give the clerks a rest. W. T. Kemper, collector of Pra‘« rie township, was before the county court Monday making settlement as collector of his township. J.M. McKibben, returned from the east Siturday, where he has been the past week buying his spring stock of goods G. W. B! vaker Oue of the es best and substantial friends of Lone Oak towns Was to see us and renewed for another year. The new Vanderbilt resi ‘e is to cost $2,000,009. This 1 mense amou.t of work money ey edlina resi ce will furnish an for laborers. Carpets, carpets, by sample or in bolt at Mrs Peter Lanes. She ean please yon in styly and Be- eall price. fore buying your ing carpet and see her nice ine Thos. J. Swith, who is sojourning Hot) Spri for his health writes that he is gaining even faster than he This be news to his friends in expected will many editor is ttle The very sensitive. Butter If the boss does not fit him why did be f x- appropriate ii? No personel allusion ; Was made to him by the Review. — 'R. H. Review. County court met Mouday with Judges Reese, Fix and Miller pres- ent. The greater portions of the! | courts term this week will be taken | up in settling with the collectors of | | the township. E. C. Ogburn, ot Spruce town- | ship, was in the city Monday and | |favored us. Mr. Ogburn is one of | the best auctioneers in the county, and has his time pretty well taken | up at that business. | W. H. Warnock has accepted a | position in the office of the adjutant | | general at Jefferson City. The po- sition he holds is a lueretive one and his many friends in this city will be glad to learn of his good fortune. R. G. West, ex recorder, , the city slonday and gave the Times! acall. He said he was getting along | pretty well considering the bad} weather, and last week was in took advan-| j tage of the few good days and put jin twelve acres of wheat Sedalia is making x desperate ef- fort for the state universty and she puts up as lively as she talks, when"! he time rolls round for bida Seda-| a will be “in it” largely. However | Clinton is the proper place for the Hloeation and we hope she will get it. | ; No Bro. Aus you are mistaken,the | democrats of Bates county are all jright. The Jittle individual ripple: jon at present, hke a lover's quarrel | will all be adjusted in a few days, !and in the great struggle coming ou} principle, liberty and equal | lrights the great democratic party of | Bates county will be in line shoulder to shoulder for jof all. | for the common good Capt. J. D. Allen, the brilliant young editor of the Butler Tnixs, is the eboice of the democracy of Cass | county as the delegate to the nation-| The peo- ple of Cass county believe in reward- | ing the faithful and deserving. A newspaper man, of the proper kind, jean never be repaid by favors of honor from his party, for bis uetir-} ing work in its behulf—and Jake Al- jlen happens to be one of the proper | kind.—Cass Co. D -moerat. jal democratic convention. | ae eee | | W.H. Hackett. proprietor of a grocery store 1 Kansas City, was | shot three times by toughs who en- tered his place of business Thursday night. They went into the store for the purpose of robbing him and} failing to get into the money draw-} jer which contained over $100 fired} jat him with their pistols and three| dangerous wounds was the result. | Lee McDonald, Heury Jones and A. | | Lowe, three local toughs have | been arrested charged with the crime and were fully identified by Mr. Hackett. | Master Grand jin the road cart to ctnvea | tember, |roundings abowed ] WHO IS IT? Just u few important auswers to tinent queries of inter-} are 2 wearer of or men’s fur- + boots, shoes, largest stock of ae toa Ga? The American Clothing House. Who curies Ari? The American Clothing House. Who are +o} ts in Butler for & boots and shoes—the best that money ean buy? The Am Who sre satistied elz Schwab Ss un Clotinng House. with reasonable i domt charge two price? erican Clothing House. Amerioun Clothing House. Who saves you 25 per cent on Schwab shoes? The American Clothing House. Where are they anyhow? On north side of Square, Butler, | Missouri. Hadn't you beter trade with j them? Yes, of course Democrats turn out and attend | your township conventions Saturday. 1. Fr. Marring Deputy Grand Lodge of Missouri will attend meeting of Bates No. 180 I. O. O. F. Monday March 14 1892, at which time he very much desires 6. @. W. F. to meet the membe: ship. The remains of Mrs. T. F. Time mons, of Kansas City, sister of Mrs. D. Norton, were buriel in Oak Hill Wednesday last. Mrs. Timmous formerly resided in But- cemetery ler, aud was well knowu by many of our older citizens. She leaves a hus- band and three grown children. John Trimble came in from Jeffer- son City Saturday, to spend a few days with his family. It is his opin- ion from close observation that Hon. Dick Dalton, of Pettis county, is go- ing to prove a formidable candidate demoeratie convention as a John says he has a stiong following in every portion of the stute and is making gubernatorial candidate. an active canvass. Amos Avery, tried at Lamar last week for the murder of his compan- ion, J. Miles, was found guilty of murder in the first degree. About the 27th of August, 1891, young Miles in company with his friend Highfiel Jeft their homes in Prairie county, Arkansas. with a horse and ss for a Chicago company, selling family photograph albums and worked way to Lone Oak township this county, where becoming discouraged they concluded to quit the business and Highfiel, secured work on a farm and Miles with his cart, horse and camping outtit started back home. On the road he fell in with Avery and on the night of the 27th of Sep near the town of Liberal, while the two were camped near a e-eek, Avery shot Miles in the head killing him instantly. The position of the body when found and the sur- that Miles must After their have been asleep when shot. the killing Avery took the horse and | eart and disappeared. He was tree edto Baxter Springs, Ark, and from there to Kansas, and on the 2d! day of October was captured at Ga- lena where he had secured work in the mines. When captured he had on the dead man's cont, bat and pants. The horse and cart were also found where he bad sold them and the evideaces of his guilt was so positive the jury were «nly a short time in making their verdict of mu:- der in the first degree. the finest clothing made such us the “Baltimore High} n for uprivht | n for upright | H. B. Duncan of Adrian, favored ‘the Tres substantially the other | day for which he will accept thanks. Franz Bernhardt, north side of | square, eas received the largest as- | eortment of ladies’ and gentlemen's gold and gold filled watches, which ihe will sell you at actual cost, from i | )$l2 up. Come and see my goods aud prices. i | ; Rev. Blakemore, pastor of the {Ohio street M. E. chureh, will deliv- jer his farewell sermon to bis con- pereeston Sunday, preparatory to |taking his departure for couference, which meets at Mo., | Wednesda? the 16th inst Rev. 3 resident of Carthage, lakemore has beer ver and NS our city for the past astor of the M. E. chure as yiven {the best of satisfaction. Asupreach- jer be takes rank with the best in the conference, and the people of this jeity, aside from bis members will {be greatly disappointed if he is not jreturned to Butler district. | Dr. Rankin of Kansas City, arriv- jed in the city Monday, and is assist- ling Rev. Pierce with his meeting jat the South Methodist chureh. His | sermous Monday and Tuesday nights, |for oratory and logical j have | pulpit. reasoning never been excelled in a Butler The Dr. stands at the head jof the list of Methodist preachers lin this conierence, and those of our people, both saint and sinner, who fail to attend the services this week will miss a feast im religious wor- ship that may not come to Butler again in adozen years. tue little church should be crowded to its utmost capacity each evening. Saturday night about 8 o'clock Lydia Thorsell, a Swedish girl aged 19 years, was attacked by a white man on Prospect avenue, Kansas City, and brutally outraged. The girl is a domestic in the family of Patter. sdn Stewart, and when accosted was returning from a visit to friends in the neighborhood where she had spent the afternoon. The girl sta ted that she met the man in the street and he caught herand placing a knife at her throat threatened to kill her if she made any outery. He then dragged her through the mud te a lonely spot and assaulted her. The recent ard frequent lynchings in different parts of the state indicate that the peuple are tired of the slow and uncertian of deal- ing with criminals However, this as it may be, mob law should be dis couraged iu any form and under all circumstances. If the law is too lax in its power to deal speedy justice, process then the legislature and the courts are at fault and the code should be so changed as to meet the demands of justice witout unnecessary delay. To show the delay of the law we Missouri. A man was tried couvicted and sent to His YY appealed the ease to the su- cite a case in north the penitentiary for two years. law e court and in six mouths afcer pre the man had been released from cus- tody, the court passed upon the ob- jections and reversed the decision and remanded the case for new trial. Ata special meeting of the City Couucil Saturday night the bers of the electric light company made a proposition to the to give the lights another test men- council The pauy to select one, and the test to be public. The proposition was ac- cepted and as soon as arrangements can be made a publie and final four- teen hour test will be This proposition coming from the com- pany is as fair asthe people could ask und they should, aud certainly will be satistied with the results. So far the electric light company have dealt fairly with the town and seem to be perfectly willing to live up to their agreement first made with the city and now that they are wil- j ling to make a thorough test of their | plant before fiually accepted by the | council is evidence that they have perfect faith in their machinery to |comply with the ordinauce. made. | A Child Killed. | Another child killed by the use of opiates given in the form of Soothing ‘syrup Why mothers give their children such deadly peisou is sur }visiug when they can relieve the child of its peculiar treubles by usin & Dr. Acker’s Baby Soother. It con- tains vo opium or morphine. Sold by H. L. Tucker, druggist. Several good farms in Bates coun | ty to exchange for merchandise. | Mize & Crazpy. Therefore | city to select an expert and the com-! o ihe Soap = ae rae & Cl Ar we ins Most is Lenox. Springer Getting Better. Washiugton, March 7-—Congress- man Springer passed a good vight, leeping well and taking some nour- There bas eurrence of ishment. been no re- his condi- comsiderably bet- coma and tion is prono: | ter this moro | | Dr. W. J. Lausdown, has given a syndicate of Kansas City gentlemen, represented by C.S. Wheeler, and P. D. Emery,a ten day option on his Arlington Hotel property. If the trade is made, of which there seems to be but little doubt now, it is the | purpose of the gentlemen making the purchase to remove the old ho- tel and place in its stead handsome store rooms. William Winsett, of Shawnee |township, was in Monday and said he had just completed the sale of an 80 acre strip of land off of his fath- ers’s farm to M. M. Grear of Ral- lard, the purchase price being $2,- 000. He said his father still had left 240 acres of this land which he wished to dispose of. This is one of the finest farms in Bates county and Mr. Winsett will not be long In selling ite Aun article on woman’s work at the Columbian Exposition, by Mrs. A. B. H. Wakeman, will be one of the attractive features of the forthcom- ing number of Harper's Bazar, pub- lished March 12th. It will be ac compatied by portraits of several of the lady managers of the exposi- tion. The fiction of the number includes a bright story of Isa Cabell Carrington, entitled “The Buried Silver.” Rev. Dr. Kuhne, who has had charge of Butler circuit, composed of Virginia, Mt. Carmal, Willow Brauch and Summit churebs, com- pleted his year’s work Sunday, and will take leave of his charges to at tend conference at Carthage, the 16th inst. Rev. Kubne is a splen- did preacher, a man of learning, and we feel sure the good people among whom he has labored the past conference year will be loth to give him up and will hope for his return. During the year Rev. Dr. Kubne has delivered several lectures in this city of a literary nature that were highly appreciated by our citi- zens, and his stay amovg us will long be remembered by the hun- dreds of substantial friends be has made, and wherever his lot may be cast the best wishes of all follow him. Stamped out name and Iden Med- —blood-poisons of eve nature, by Dr. Pierce’s ical Discovery. It’s a medicine that starts from the beginning. It rouses every or- gan into healthy action, purifies and enriches the blood, and through it cleanses and renews the whole sys- tem. All Blood, Skin, and Scal Diseases, from 2 common bdilotc! or eruption to the worst Scrofula, are cured by it. For Tetter, Salt- rheum, Eczema, Erysipelas, Boils, Carbuncles, Sore Eyes, Goitre or Thick Neck, and Enlarged Glands, Tumors, and Swellings, it’s an une- qualed remedy. | Don’t think it’s like the sarsapa- rillas. They claim te be good for | the blood in March, April, and May. | “Golden Medical Discovery” wi equally well at all seasons. And it | not only claims to do good—it | guarantees it. If it doesn’t benefit | Or cure, in every case, you have | your money back. ; You pay only for the good you get. | 1