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The Greatest Revolution Ever Known in the History of Butler SAM LEVY & CO. RETIRING FROM THE CLOTHING BUSINESS. On account of our Mr. SAM’L LEVY embarking in business in New York, he instructed us positively that he will retire from the Clothing Business. We therefore, announce to the Pale hat the Care ch of Wens, Bays and Childrens oie Gents Furnishing Goods, Hats and Caps, Mens Boys Boots and Shoes. And all goods appertaining to Mens ware to be SOLD AT COST, BELOW COST, and at most any price to dispose of the éntire Clothing Department. 1 76 2 50 4 50 3 00 11 00 | Boys heavy stoga boots 1 to 5 worth 1 50 | 5 boys overcoats, age 5 to 7, worth 1 00 | 25 boys cape overcoats, age 5 to 9, worth 1 50 | Mens long ulster overcoats worth 1 25 | Mens light colored melton overcoats worth 2 2 2 $5 00 for $2 00! 100 mens, youths and boys coats and vests for half price. 1000 “ 6 00 | Mens full stock stoga boots worth 15 00 “ 900; “ stoga boots saddle seam “ 20 00 “ 12 00) grian boots worth 3 00 3 50 for 150| “ fine calf boots worth 2 50 3 50 to 3 00 2 00/50 pairs mens best quality calf boots 10 and 11 worth 3 50 to 5 00 * so “ 6 00 to7 50 “ 4 00/ Mens calf tongue boots, morocco leg worth 5 00to7 00 * 200 pairs mens worsted cagsimere pants worth 3.50 to 5 00 “ 2 00; 100 pairs mens fine shoes all styles wortk 3 50 to6 00 Mens double breasted Chinchifla coats and vests worth $7 for $4 50 | Boys red top boots worth 1 25 Men’s suits worth “ “ “ 3 00 for 2 00 “ rs “ S. “ “ “ “ es 2 “ “ “ Boys suits, long pants worth 100 boys knee pants suits “ a 2 00 ; Mens fine worsted overcoats, some of them silk 2 50 linedworth form 15 00 to 20 00 all go at 00 | Mens and boys duck couts blanket lined for $1 00. 50 “ “ “ a - “ “ This is a positive bonafide sale, therefore, we invite everbody to come early, while the stock is complete and reap the benefit. Never in the history of our business career have we advertised goods sold at cost until now. Remember the Clothing department WILL BE POSITIVELY DISPENSED WITH. ALL COODS SOLD IN THIS DEPARTMENT ARE POSITIVELY SPOT CASH. P. S.--WE WILL CONTINUE OUR DRY COODS DEPARTMENT AS HERETOFORE. That Lost Child. All day Sunday the search for the | missing child near Cornland, was | the vast amount of thieving going on | carried on by from two to three Duvall S Percival of this Parties desiring to borrow money | Conductor Laycox informed our FLAMES IN CLINTON. city are saving the farm-\on real estate for long or short time’ reporter this morning that the peo- ers of Bates county thou-|can be accommodated at very low | ple of Nevada were getting tired of sunds of dollars by giving | tates of interest. Loans made so them the benefit of their | borrower can pay any partat any, Farmers of Bates county, remem- i ber that C. F. Pharis the south side merchant buys your butter, poultry and eggs, when others will not. He | pays the people cash. tf Sixty Thousand Dollars Damage Done by fire ina Short Time. Clinton, Mo., Jan. there. Last evening they ran about | hundred people, but without avail. lower rates of interest on|time and stop interest. Money on farm loans. Dr. T. H. East is under arrest at Elreno, Ok., on charge of murder. Congressman Morgan has an. nounced that he will recommend D { C. Kemper for post-master at Deer- field.—Joplin Herald. Norice—I am prepared to handle all the poultry that comes, and pay the cash for it. C. F. Puants. Col. James L. Pace, of Butler, has | been appointed Warden of the pen- itentiary. He is a man ef marked: executive ability and will make a warden second to none the great state ever had.—Clinton Eye. “Bill” Morrison is just as big a man as the men whoare fighting him and just as able a statesman. He is a reformer of reformers when it comes to tariff legislation and the people would like to see him hold | ing a cabinet office —Joplin Herald. Bulk Garden Seed. Do not send away for your garden seeds when you can get L. L. Mays northern grown seeds at R. R. Dea- eon, Sons & Co. 10-1m. Arthur Willis of Butler, Bates county, who has been night clerk at the City hotel for some months past was yesterday appointed to a clerk- ship in Gov. Stone's office.—Jeffer- son City Tribune. hand ready. No delay. Interest pay- , able once a year, |ANK. % | Missourr State | Mr. Davis of Henry county, is pre- paring a bill in the interest of agri- cultural fairs and to encourage the breeding of fine stock. It appropri- | ates $40,000 to be disbursed as pre- | miums by the State Board of Agri-| culture to the exhibitors at the | state fairs. The money is to be di-| ‘vided as follows: For the cattle and | dairy interests, $8,000; for the horse breeding interests, $10,000; hogs. | $6,900; sheep, $4,000; poultry $6,- 000; bees, $2,000; agricultural _ pro- ducts, $4,000. Sedalia claims to) have a state fair association, aud the | bill is doubtless in the interests of | that organization, although no local- | ity is named. Deaths at Adrian. Died, January 13th, 1893, at the | home of his parents, near this city, | James Edgar, youngest son of Mr. | and Mrs. Jeff McCombs, after a! brief illness. Deceased was 14 years | 2 months and 20 days old. | | Died, January 15th, 1893, at his residence in this ci-y, of paralysis, John J Taggart, aged 73 years. i Deceased was born in Virginia and came to Missouri in 1849, locating | in Lafayette county, from there he moved to Johnson county in 1858 where he resided until 1886 when he came to this city which has since been his home.—Adrian Journal. 1 ealll The only Pure Cream of Tartar Powder.—No Ammonia; No Alum. Used in Millions of Homes—4o Years the Standard, | rose Democrat. Bakineé Powder } “Ee ] CSS Saas | this city. ,Sharp lookout for these worthless | a dozen suspicious characters out of that city. He also expressed it as his | opinion that several of them came to Our people should keep a fellows —R. H. Review. Senator Bradley introduced a bill in the senate to increase the state liceuse on dramsbops from $50 to $100 per year. This bill embodies a recommendation to be found in Gov. | Francis’ message. There are over 5300 dramshops, and the increase proposed will swell the state’s reve- nue some $297,000 per year. Ac- cording to the opinion of many / members of the legilature, that is about the only law effecting the cost of dramshop license that will be en acted this winter. The graud jury of Johnson county in its report to the cireuit court last week, took occasion after investiga- tion, to denounce in scathing terms the condition of the poor house and farm, which they termed a disgrace to civilization. The jail they claim- ed was almost as bad and the court house remained as it had for years, a glaring notice to the immigrant that their people lacked proper pub- | dic pride and @n evidence of warring factions and discordant citizenship. With the exception ofa court house, Bates county is in very little better condition than the report sent out | from Johnson county. Gov. Stone on last Monday sent jin the appointment of Col. J. L. -DSPRICE’S © Pace. of Butler, Mo., for warden of the penitentiary, which was imme- diately confirmed by the senate. As our county candidate, Mr. VY. J. Botton, was defeated, we know no other gentle:uan we would rather see receive the ap vt than Col Pace and Co} ulated upon his wis jon Mr. Pace is a thorough democ and an indefatig: was a worthy rece, | About a dozen dynamite cartridges were thrown iuto the river, with the hope that if the child was in there and fastened ip some maaner, that it would be the means of bringing it to the top of the water. }wascut and about fifty men used | large hooks in dragging the river. | Up to 6 o’clock last night the where- abouts of the missing child were as mucha mystery as two or three | hours after its disappearance, about {noon Wednesday, Jan. 11. The peo | ple comprisiag the searching party, made up a purse of $100 yesterday vevening, and offered it as a reward for the recovery of the child dead or | alive. Our reporter learned the follow- jing further particulars concerning | the disappearance of the child: | father. Mr. Jos. Eastman. was chop- | ping wood about 200 yards from | the house. and in an opposite direc- | tion from the river, and during the ‘day the little fellow made two or |three visits to his father What | seems the more probable, now that \the river has been dragged without | auccess, is that the little one on his \last trip, went wandering off into | | the woods and, becoming weary, sat ;down and went to sleep and then | froze to death, and we understand a |search will be made through the | wood for the remains. It is a very | sad affair and the grief stricken pa- _rents and relatives have the sympa- thy of the entire community.—Rich | Hill Review.—Jan'y 23. Rev. Sylvanus Lane Of the Cincinnati M. E conference. makes a good point when Le “We have used Hood's Sarsay in our family fully equal to «!] f tive. that is how the and nota m msyteries to Hood's pills cure liver ills. The ice | Its | 23.—At 5:30 | o'clock this morning Churchill’ | \livery stable was destroved by fire. | Only four horses were saved, about | | twenty being burned. Tke wind was from the north and ithe fire spread to the buisness | j houses on the north side of the square—Hale Montgomery's drug | store, Haysler Bros’. saddlery and | harness store Violett’s shoe store | vaud Cook & Sou’s dry goods store, all burning. Cook & Son's loss is | ' about $20,000; Haysler Bross.’ $10,- 000; Montgomery's loss on stock i $5,000 and on building $4,000. Vio | lett saved his stock of shoes with | smali damage, but the house cost ! ' $4,000. Drs Jones, Johnson, Dug- | ‘less, Nichols, Klurtz and Neil, den- | tist, lost all their office fixtures and | \libraries Churchill’s loss on stock is $6,000 and on barn $2,000. Some. other buildings were scorched and | damaged by water. } The total loss is about $60,000, | | with about $50,000 insurance, all jtold. This is the most disastrous | fire ever in this city. Virginia Items. his farm on easy terms. There is. some inquiry for good farms.... | | Asad affair; hundreds of people) | were searching on the river Sunday | for that lost child. The fields. bot- | | toms and river were carefully search- | ‘ed, but no trace of the child discov- | ered. It is believed by some that | it had been stolen. The Malony boys have bur oak posts for sale... In the near future there will bea box supper at the Nestlerode school | house. date will be given later on... | Ed Dudtey is slowly improving .... * Grandma Jenkins is very s Nes | humor of the skin, scalp, and blood, ‘BABY RUNNING SORE Worst Sight Ever Seen. Legs, Hands, Arms, Body One Solid, Deep, Running Sore. Began Using Cuticura. In Two Week» Great Improvement Followed by a Complete Cure. My child began to be sore when two months old, a on his face and head. It rapidly spread over all his body. Every one who saw tim sid he was the worst sight they ever aw - le ft EZ had to be wound in linen cloths ever £0 many times a day, and then he would stick fast to his clothes. I could not dress him alone for months. His Kittle legs, bands, and arme were just one solid deep runni sore: he wae sore all over, but the deepest ones were on his arts, legs, and face. His face and eara had great deep cracks in the fiesh, and were swollen so that he did not look likeachild. Hiswere the worst sores I have ever seen of the kind. We an using the CuTicusa Remegptés, and in two rks we could see a great improvement, and now he is completely cured. His skin is smooth and white, and he seems entirely well. We are ea thankful. Portrait inclosed. I would like to teil everyone who hae a suffering baby about Curicuna. Mre. FRED BARRETT, Winfield, Ingham County, Mich. 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