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i | | { \ i ' » light pleasant room to trade in. subscription to the booming Times. \ 8] Hi | uary. merce ae nanan WE BELIEVE ' | | FREE TRADE — Is a good thing if you go to the right place to do your trading. The best place to dot in what is told you. Where a stock times them as cheap as they can are as low and generally lower than others can sell. The customers tinde so freely with us. | McKibben Mercantile Co. PROGRESSIVE MERCHANTS. LOCAL ITEMS Norice—I want, 1000 pounds good butter. C. F. Puaris. A severe winter is pre edic te d This is fine weather to gather | corn. - Christmas day comes on Sunday ae year. Now is a good time to settle your | Hon. W J. Stone will be inaugu- jrated governor the 9th day of Jan- Jas. R Simpson wasin town Mon- | day 2s a witness before our circuit | ecurt. A few days ago we slaughtered | the republicans, to morrow we begin | on the turke Dr. Barr of Montrose spent Mon- | day in the city as a witness before our circuit court. ] Ove Harris, a stalwart democrat | from Mound township was in to see us Saturday. County clerk Drysdale prompt in sending the official vote | of Bates to Jel fferson Ci was The first snow of the winter fell Friday. The day was quite blustery and disagreeable. Saturday wes ar gular circus day , in Butler and the s' alive with country people. eets were ' Miss Etta Denny has accepted a} position in the dry goods depart- meut cf MeKibbens. The county officers eleet are re ceiving their commissions from the secretary of state. The post offices and U.S. Marshals nominated Mr. Harrison but they | fell short on election day J. M. Courtney is making arrange- ments to leave in a few days for the Panhandle, Texas, to buy cattle. The city was awarded judgment of $726.63, in its suit against col- lector Geo. C. Patrick. Saturday. » Cal Fisk and wife of Palonoa, /Washington, returned to Butler Fri- | ‘day to make this their future home. The Homestead strike has at last } been declared off and the men are again seeking their old places. The election is now over and when you open your mouth again let it talk for Butler and Bates coun- ty. Carroll’s Mo. Pacific Sitatroad pet | candidate for supreme judge, W. S. Shirk, failed to get votes enough | and was beaten by about 3,000. | The Missouri electors will meet at ’ Jefferson City Jau. 9th to cast their votes for president and vice pres- ident of the United States. Several republican boys have quit | smoking since the election and some of them have also dispensed with their overcoats and watches. Under its present management the Kansas City Times is one of the best city papers to be had in the west. Platte was the first county to file its returns with the secretary of} state. Barton and Ripley are run ning a race to see which can be last. R. H. Miller, a prominent citizen | of Liberty, Mo., formerly editor of he Tribune of that place spent londay in the city on business. ‘or Sate —A white sewing ma- p, good as new. Enquire at this be had | licences were issued in the city non was made to boom for the great victory. A big ratification meeting was |held at Hume Triday. Huudreds of democrats were present aud | shouted for the grand victory. | great victory. | over there. 41-td. j his is where you can haye confidence is carried which is right up to the Where goods are bought for the cash, so the merchant owns | and where the prices you pay Where the you havea se are mainly reasons why our jfact that it is Mrs. Isaac Conklin, living in the northwest part of the city. who has | been sick for nearly a year, is report- very low. Mr. Cleveland's plurality. in Geor- gia isa fraction over 81.000. This is one of the southern states that ‘Chairman Carroll said the populists ! would carry. of Saline county The cfficial vote shows that Mr. Leonard did not ear in his vote of 7.- ry asingle voting precinct county. Out ofa total 896 Leonard got 482. The Boston Gazette notes the possible to walk or , New York to California without touching foot or wheel i. a drive from ‘state that went republican in the res The children talk about C are beginning to} ristmas. Phe populists will be weaker in the next house than in the present body. So o the big papers say. Jim “Rayburn was | ‘in the city a few days before elect ion hunting a house intending to] move to town. The poor farm will have another proprietor beforelong. In the fit ness of things this is right and can not come too soon. Jno. J. Ingall's chance to again occu py his seat in the United States Sen ate seems to be growing slimmer and slimmer as time rolls on. The day after election of Grover Cleveland one hundred marriage of Chicago. So Cleveland has started the matrimonial boom agoing. The democrats of western Bates held a big ratification meeting at} Virginia Friday and Atkeson’s can- Under the direction of Miss Lau- ra Duvall, an old folks’ concert will be given at opera house to-morrow night and a pleasant time is antici- pated. Judge Steele, o one of Pleasant Gap township's citizens and democrats was in to see us Saturday. The} Judge is still rejoicing over the Thanksgiving services will be held | at the South Methodist church to- F morrow at 10 o'clock. Rev. Blake-| more will deliver the sermon. All} are invited to attend. Henry Crissman will open a saloon in Hnme shortly. Monday the bar and fixtures used in Sam Wall's saloon at this place were shipped | There will be no more deputy United States marshals at the polls in the future. A democratic congress | | i} One of the results of the election in California is tne adoption of acon- | stitutional amendment providing | for the election of United States sen- | ators by a direct vote of the people. Hon. C. H. Morgan's plurality in his district is 1,700. He carried Vernon, Barton, McDonald and New- jton counties. His opponent, G. A. | Purdy had pluralities in Jasper, | Lawrence and Barry. | Now that he has sufficient time to | consider the matter, what does Mr. | | Powderly think of his attempt to | deliver the knights of labor to the | Carnegie Party. —Sedalia Bazoo. _ Judge ‘J.N. Ballard of Montrose was in town Monday on businese. | The Judge said the democrats in and | around Montrose were preparing for ‘a big ratification meeting Tuesday | night. | Ina statement in the Rich Hill | Tribune Ben Bales admits that he | was paid $200 to draw off of the lrepublican ticket. Well Ben, if it is true that you oaly received $200 you are a much cheaper that we ‘took you to be. A. Hepier. of Colorado Springs, son-in-law of A. B. McFarland, arriv- ed in the city the latter part of last week on a visit of a few days. In | company with N. B. McFarland Mr. | Huyser gave the Trurs a pleasant { | draw. | should get together now and organ jize am aid society to look after the | Thanksgiving day would be a good | bas fallen into line with the United States for tariff reform and democ- 1} | will take especial pleasure in repeal- j elected. | ing this infamous law. | for cent election. The republicans and populists of | ' . | Kansas are having a lively time set tling up the election returns in that | state. Both sides are crying fraud, | anda kilkenny cat time is predict | ed. The democrats will have an even hundred more representatives in the next congress than the republicans and a majority all. of over ninety over Ben Bales says be was paid his campaign expe:.ses,aud $200 to with Did Judge Shirk offer chair | man Carroll the same inducements to put him on the populist | ticket Missouri land will ¢ outinue to ad vance in price. Those wanting good farmers in Bates county had better make their purchases now. The tar- iff taken off the farmer to prosper and land will advance in price accordingly. will begin On paper, the republicans are busily engaged now in stopping the machinery in all the mills and fae- tories in the country and in cutting wages. No use gentlemen, will reduce the tariff a scare crow of this kind will not deter him. Senator Petfer in an interview published in the Philadelphia Ledg er says that the democrats will have March 4, populists will vote Grover and control of the senate after and that the with them on the tariff question— that as a choice between democrats | and republicans they will be found on the side of the democracy. of The good ladies the town | poor and destitute of the city dur Don't when the ing the coming winter. wait | until the last hour poor | widow and her children are crying for bread and shivering with cold. time to form the organization. Hurrah for Bates county! After two years und-r third party rule it racy. Ta-re-ra The eatire democratic county ticket was To the Burien Times 1s} due an unlimited amount Boom-de-ray! of credit | the grand victory —Pieasant | | Hill Gazette Dr. Boulware has one of the finest young orchards on his fatin south of | town to be found in theecounty. He] has about 900 cf different variety of apples, 500 of which are the Ben Davis. The trees are all healthy looking aud in three or four years will be bearing fruit. He ex- pects to set out about ten acres more in the spring. trees Ben Bales claims that he was paid $200 to withdraw from the republi- can ticket. It reports betrue anoth- er gentleman on the ticket did bet- ter by $800 than Mr. Bales. So you see a nomination on the republican ticket was not an empty honor after all, aud two years hence, If republi can nominations are to be auctioned off to the highest bidder, we look for a general scramble among the faith- ful to get on the ticket. The victory gained in Bates coun ty is not due to theenergy or tactics | of one or two men. The credit is} due directly tu the country erats for their demo- campaign. benefits of organization aud insist | jlatest styles ass jmanufacturer se v- splendid efforts | in organizing clubs in the different | | townships i in the ealy part of the} Tke Tres was the first | paper in the county to point oui the| eee PL. H Holcomb says the tar- iff unquestionably did the work ssa the republic: an party. Ed Wade aud Mrs. Hattie cana, were united in imarri Rev. | Pierce Saturday 1S by veuing It is estimated that the deSeit in the naticnal treasury will be in the neighborhuod of $100.000,000. A one armed confederate soldie has been elected to congress from Kansas. at large. He will represent the state! The boasted intluence of the Kz sas City Star seems tokave cut little or no figure in Col. Stone’s vote in | | Kansas City and Jackson county. The offical vote of the state show, | that chairman Carroll's pet candid late, Mo. Pac. railroad attorney |Judge Shirk failed to get votes | enough. “The Globe Democrat thinks that the Massachusetts republicans ought to stop demanding a recount of the ! gubernatorial vote, as at each new count Russells plurality increases An effort is being made through- out the state to secure a pardon for defaulter ex-state treasurer Ed. No- land, who is now serving a two-years sentence in the C. M. Clark, the Ties staunch democratic friend, from East Boone township, dropped in to see us Friday to shake over the grand and glorious victory. penitentiary. Nevada had a disastrous fire Sun- day morning about 4 o'clock. The fire occurred iu the Hilderbrandt brick block on Cherry street, near the Mail office. were completely Two store houses destroyed three others badly damaged loss on buildings amount to about aud The and stocks will 000. Parties desiring to borrow money on real estate for long or short time can be accommodated at very low rates of interest. Loans made so borrower can pay any partat any time and stop interest Money on hand ready. No delay. Luterest pay- able once a year, Missounr Srate Bank The- (Ger yecn 92 —~—Wate hy for the best bargains for our customers. We are “second” Always on the wateh to pooe in meeting the We are never but always have the wants of the people. “behind time” 1 prices Last week we closed out from a ‘val lots of season- able clothing at a bargain—so low indeed that we can give you SISSULYS FOR $135 $1250 SULTS FOR S10 S10 SUTTS FOR $7.50 Ask to se there suit. Tuose $10 Washington beaver overcoats are nearly all gone (se bougit 80 of them) aud rmiher than buy more we have decided to >i) wool Kersey vere —$10 At that price they are a suap—20 per cen? oar already low price. quick if you want «one. and chiltrens overcoats here—and at right prices. Lverybedy says that our $2450 Selz **Smasher™ boots are the best they ever saw for) “Everybody” Hadn't you our saving tO you Ou the money ly right. them? better see The oue piieed money savers. | on the formation of clubs. The clubs were Organized, the democrats were brought close together and the result has been announced. + Mexs Bors OutrivvERs buy $1250 all) vats at Same price | Grab them} Lots of boys | ts usual-\ MULTIPLY Your opportunities when in search of Shoes by looking over our stock. If you an article that won't wear, that soon looks shabby, isn’t ita poor investment! We _ think there’s a better way. We've convine- ved many and hope to convince you. Theres no secret about our way of doing business. Plainiy told, we simply protect you from high prices and inferior goods by selling you reliable Shoes at fair prices. _ MAX WEINER. Headquarters for honest Boots and Shoes. A Fiuchs Wasnand Nov. 20.—An avalanche on the east side of Lake Whatcom this morning swept the house of Warren Burgess and wife into the lake. They were sleeping and when they woke up they were 500 feet from shore. Burgess had his leg crushed but managed to res with her to ‘the shore where they lay without | clothing in a terrific storm for seven hours. Four years ago Harrison carried Illinois by 22,000. This year the state gives Cleveland a plurality of 27,000. Fairhaven, Vasu, The Butler bind attended the big ratification meeting at Nevada Fri- day This band which is consider ed the fincst band in this section of the state, has been in demand this, ange : campaisn. | cue his wife and swim “I was deaf for a year, caused by eatarrh in the head, but was perfect ly cured by Hood's Sarsaparilla.” ee H. Hicks, Rochester, N. ¥., | Notice—I am prepared to handle eal vall the poultry that comes, and pay The case or the State of Missouri | | the cash for it. C. F. Puanis. against Robt. Johnson, charged with 2150 to & killing S. T. Keen, was called yester- day The indictment found is manslaughter in the second | degree. The killing took place in Spruce township March 11, 1891. —_———— Johnson and Keen had been to But-|, Farmers of Bates county, — 1 ieee then i. ber that C. F. Pharis the south side er anc’ were on their way Homeand | merchant buys your butter, poultry For Sale— From 150 to 500 tons of good hay at $2.00 a ton, with pas- ture shelter and water privilege for feeding the same. For further infor- mation call on J. W. Tucker, Butler or M. L. Wolfe, of Passaic, Mo. afternoon. riding along became inyolved in a/| and eggs, when “others will not. He dispute over a trivial matter and | pays the people eash. tf finally dismounted to settle the mat-| — ter in a fist fight. Witnesses of the | affair say he knocked him down and chocked him. Keen was taken home | and the matter was given very little thought. Keen was taken suddenly ‘ill about supper time the next eve | niog when physicians were summor- | ed Medical aid failed however and —AT— in a short time ne died. The autop | sy showed that the lick he received in the tight had broken a vein in his head aud the blood had settled on the brain which caused his death | T. W. Silvers add WO. Atkeson | CASH GROCERY. are prosecuting and S. P. Francisco The case was given to | is defending. the jury yesterday evening and the | ANOTHER CRASH IN PRICES verdict had not been reached when | Soba the Tues went to press. | | 22 tb dark brown sugar $1 00 Col J. L. Pace for Warden, é < i Pleasant Mill Gazette | 20 th light brown sugar 1 00 We see by the K. C. Times and a| 19 th granulated sugar 1 00 number of our valuable exchanges f \4 ri 1 » that Col. J L. Pace, of Butler, is | eee cones eee highly endorsed as a suitable man | 1 package coffee 25 to be made warden of the peniten | 100 th fancy patent flour 2 00 tiary. As his name has been pre- sented we tuke the liberty to say a} 100 ib half patent flour 10 few words in his behalf, as probably | 100 tb low grade flour 1 50 no one in this section is better ac | 5 gal 175 test vil 50 quainted with Colonel Pace than the | i aviter: 5 gal best gasoline 60 A more worthy, competent ; and suitable mau for state warden |cannot be found within the confines of this or any other state than that noble aud cuithful Jas. L. Pace. If he wauts the office Gov. elect Stone could not consist | leddalwathinne: ently refuse toappvint him. To Col. ; Pace is due a majority of the credit jofthe uomination and election of Mr. Stone. Therefore, the democ- of the state, as well as Col. | Stone, are indebted to Mr. Pace for | his valuable and efficient services. | Those who know the Colonel will | | testify that through all his life he/| Bring on your cans and get them filled while I am offering this bar- a oCaE AGI: | gain; take produce in exchange the |same as cash. It will pay you to Thanking you for past favors, I remain yours truly, Ww. G. WOMACK. | Cash Grocery, North Main Street, Two Doors South Post Office. | rac. y | has ever been found working for his— jfaieuds and the democratic party. | Again, we say he certainly deserves | some recoguitieu at the hand of his party as appreciation of his lifelong | ‘service aud good work. We believe jhe will be appointed warden. $58.00 You can buy a first-class ORCAN At C. SPRAGUE & CO. for $58 06 fully warranted for5 years | the latest styles and latest Sapuecomeniere ot $58.00 | ee } { C. SPRAGUE & CO- Butler, Mo. ‘The Plain Trnuth Is good euough for Hood’s Sarsa- | parila—tbere is no need of embel- lishment or seusatiopaliem. Simply . | what Hood’s Sarsapariila does, that | jtelis the story of its merit. If you | bate never realized its benefits of a convince you it is} bei gle bottle will 3 medicine goed te iby Hood's Pills for their easy, yet | efficient action. Sold by all drug gists. Price 25 cents. The tighest praise bas been won; IT LEADS: | Others Must be Content to Follow. Issued Every Day Inthe Year. | Per Annum. = Three months ..... | One month : re be i y { A GREAT MET: THK OE IT) “irax'wewsPaven” | Seven days.1% eee 709 Columns a week, for Only $83 coa Year. 75¢ a Month. Mailed to any address in the Unit = ited Stated, Me About TWO Cents a Adress THE REPUBLIC, ST. boat Peas, uO. DAILY ST LOUIS REPUBLIC. # x. ile ages icone i al sila iti Rekelon Ce oer