The Butler Weekly Times Newspaper, June 1, 1893, Page 5

eis esta = em eee WE HAVE in t ALL COLORs, CHILDRENS SHOES. McKIBBEN McKIBBEN’S The nicest line of Ladies Oxfords he city. Tans, Chocolates, Reds, &c. In all the above colors. An elegant line of Mens Shoes. See our $3.00 Mens Tan Shoe. Shoe Department. Ss. BUTTER WEEKLY TIMES LOCAL ITEMS Fresh bolted meal and corn chop at Farmers’ Exchange, Butler. T. P. Baldwin spent Sunday in the city visiting relatives and friends. The shade trees in the city suffer- ed considerably by Friday evening's | storm. Gen Shelby shipped six car loads | of cattle from Merwin to Chicago last week. Boys if you intend to celebrate the 4th in Butler it is high time to go to work. Miss Nettie Morgan, who has been attending college at Fulton, has re- turned home. One-third of the business houses of Urich, Henry county, were swept away by fire last week. C. R. Radford left last week to spend a few weeks rusticating and prospecting in Texas. Seven prisoners are confired in the jail which just about fills the one cage in the old bastile. Mr. Ingels, the newly appointed postmaster at Nevada, took charge of the office Wednesday last. We don’t blame Mr. Drysdale for trying to shift the responsibility of the so called detailed statement. Mrs. Mary McConnell has gone to join her husband at Kansas City and make that city her future home. The plans and specifications for the new M. E. church south have been received by the building com- mittee. Jobn Pharisis making some last- ing and convenient improvements at his home in the southeast part of the city. The teachers of the public schools of this city are now taking vacation, and the Ties wishes them a pleas- ant time. We would like to see the lake and “park grounds opened up for the sea- son. The right person as manager could do well. Rev. A. V. Francis, of Oklahoma, preached at the Ohio street M. E. church Sunday night, in the ab- sence of the pastor. Henry Arnold has severed his connection with the Bennett-Wheel- er Mercantile company and has mov- ed to Lacygne, Kansas. John Ludwick returned from Lit- tle Rock Saturday morning, where he had been asa delegate to the C. P. church general association. Charley Delaney, put on the street eight or ten days ago to work out a fine for gambling, ran off, and was recaptured Friday on Mound branch. Mr. Datton, out hunting with his brother west of town Friday even- +. ing, accidentally shot himeelf in the mc iia palm of the right hand. The wound is a very painful one. e Dr. Boulware, wife and son, John, left Sunday morning for Wichita, Kansas. The doctor returned Mon- day evening. Mrs. Boulware will remain a couple of weeks visiting her sister. Public dumping for city garbage has been established in the alley back of the Truzs office. Unload your feathers, dead chickens, rotten “eggs, &c., no danger of molestation by city officials. | DeWitt McDaniel, of Summit,gave , us a pleasant call Tuesday. | G.D. Arnold dropped in to see us Tuesday. He had been out to Virginia on business. | B.B.Chambers, wife and baby and Miss Ashbaugh, complimented | our sanctum one day last week. | Mrs. R. W. James, who has been visiting at Marshall for the past two | weeks, returned home Sunday night. | Kansas sent over about two hun- | dred natives on a special train Wed- | nesday to see the best show town in | Missouri. | Mr. Hornberger so seriously sick for the past ten weeks with a com- plication of diseases is reported to be on the mend. Jobn T. Gundy, of Eldorado, and Miss Pheby J. Bright of Adrian, were married by Judge Cole Wed- nesday of last week. N. B. Jeter, the jeweler, has mov- ed his stock of goods into the store room on the north side formerly oc- cupied by Harper & Rice. We publish a very interesting(?) communication from County Clerk Drysdale, in which he tries to shirk the responsibility of the so-called financial statement. J.C. Hale took us a spin around the city Saturday behind his pranc- ing bays. One was a three-year-old mare which can pace as fast as an ordinary horse can run. The June term of circuit court will conyene in this eity one week from Monday. The docket will be light, and so far, no cases of very much importance have been filed. Geo. Meyers, who purchased the postoffice book and drug store, has inoved the same to the east side of the square. His new room has been nicely fitted up and he will havea neat store. Washington, D. C., May 29.—The president late this evening appointed Col. G. M. Sternberg to be surgeon general of the United States army to succeed General Sutherland, re- tired to day. Capt. H. P. Nickell says the farm- ers in his section have not finished planting corn but all will get through this week if the weather continues pleasant. Wheat, oats and grass are looking fine. Miss Minnie McFarland took her departure Monday morning for Col- { orado Springs, to spend the summer visiting her sister, Mrs. Huyser. Tho ‘Tiues wishes her a safe trip and a pleasant time. Chas. Kindevatter won the first prize at the annual Kansas City road race Tuesday evening, running ten miles in 30 minutes and 21 seconds. W. P. Graeper of St. Louis won second prize in 30 minutes and 30 seconds. Miss Stella Burch of Pleasant Gap township, left Monday after- noon for Kansas City to visit friends. She will go from there to St. Joe and spend the greater part of the summer visiting in North Missouri. The Trwes wishes her a pleasant time. An exchange heads an article, | “The Pig in the Future.” We don't read it, we know what it is already. A pig will” subscribe for a paper without paying for it, and when he develops into a hog he will chuck it back into the postoffice and tell the postmaster he “don’t want it no _— The Sedalia Bazoo says it is now rumored that Col. Jones, late editor of the St. Louis Republic, may get (Coe of the Kansas City Times. Bates county, with a democratic} jadministration, with $20,000 in her | treasury and no bonded debt, isa | good place to move to.—Rich Hill | Review. C. B. Lewis has been appointed |superintendent of thoroughbred |horses by the Rich Hill Fair Asso- {eiation. Charley is a horseman and |the association could not have made | |a better selection. The Record has reached its 27th | mile post and is putting on airs as jgaily as a three yearold _ filley. a good local paper and they are very | clever gentlemen. | The cornerstone laying of the | Geo. R. Smith college for colored people took place at Sedalia yester- day. Many distinguished men were present and took part in the pro- ceeding. The building is estimated to cost $40,000. The Standard oil company have placed two iron tanks near the depot 32 feet long by 104 feet in diameter in which to store their oil shipped to this place. The wooden barrels will be done away with and hereafter oil will be delivered to merchants by a tauk wagon. Charley Hale, of Carterville,a for- mer typo of this office speut Sunday and Monday in this city. He said he had an offer of a situation in a job office at Arkansas City, Kans., and he left for that place Tuesday to go to work. Charley isa good printer and the Tives wishes him good luck. Eye, Ear & Throat Specialist Kansas City Eye & Ear Infirmary— Dr. Percy Wood, ore of the sur- geons of this institution will visit Butler the 1, 2, 3, 4, 5,6 and 7th of each month, beginning June 1st. He will be there to wait upon and relieve those suffering from diseases of the eye, ear, throat or catarrh. This is an opportunity, come at once. County court will meet next Mon- day. Representatives of several firms have been in the city examin- ing the plans and specifications adopted by the court for the new jail, with a view to being ready to hand in their bids. The new jail building built onthe plans on file will present a handsome appearance and be a credit to the county. A. H. Culver, county secretary of the Sunday schools, spent Sunday and Monday in the north part of the county looking after the interests of the schools and encouraging super- intendents. Mr. Culver is taking great interest in this work and is determined that Bates shall bring up her work among the counties of the state at the national convention. He should have the hearty co. oper- ation of the Sunday school workers in the county. Miles S. Horn and Miss Lula Ed wards, youngest daughter of Mr. and Mrs. J. P. Edwards, will be united in marriage Tuesday next. The ceremony will take place at the home of the bride. Miss Lula is a handsome aud accomplished young lady and the Tiwes in advance, ex- tends congratulations and _ best wishes. The young couple will take up their residence on Ohio street in a neat home receatly purchased by Mr. Horn. Ex Recorder R. G. West and wife returned from a month's prospecting tour of Texas, on Friday. Mr. West was in to see us Saturday and said that the trip did his wife a great deal of good. That she did not take a dose of medicine while gone, and says she feels better than for years before. Gent is well pleased with the country and the people and be- lieves it is the place to inyest capi- tal. They visited Houston, Galves- ton, Corpus Christi, San Antonio, Ft. Worth and other places of less note. Get atthe Facts Regarding Hood's Sarsaparilla, ask the people who take this medicine, or read the testimonials often pub- lished in this paper. They will cer- tainly convince you that Hood's Sar- saparilla possesses unequalled merit, and that HOOD’S CURES. Hood's Pills cure constipation by restoring the peristaltic action of the alimentary canal. They are the family cathartic. | Messrs. Smith & Rhodes are making | i | The big show and the merry-go- jround have come and gone, but the | Kickapoo Indian show is still with jus,and Dr. Bill, the gentlemanly manager, is pleasing our people with la splendid concert each evening | visit in Kansas City, Western Kan., | , ‘ | and before returning kome wil! spend | & a ja week or two at the World's Fair ln Gees GES eA pleasant | #Pread the contagion. Consequently trip. Thos. H. Frame, | | | | known newspaper men in the state, | died suddenly in Sedalia last week, while visiting his brother-in law, W. L. Anderson | Persons going to the world’s fair are greatly annoyed by having their | pockets picked while asleep on the cars, so we learn from reading the papers. Persons going to the fair are advised to carry drafts instead of money on their person. A rock pile and ball and chain is needed for the Butlerconvicts. It 1s almost useless to fine parties for petty offenses and then leave them to do as they please about working. Put them on a rock pile and then let the officers see that they work We offer for adoption in respecta- ble families a few dependent chil- dren of different ages. Also a num- ber of bright healthy babies Coun- try homes preferred. Apply at the office of the Childrens’ Aid Society, room 510, No. 167 Dearborn street, Chicago, Ill. Henry Thurman living near Wor- land met with quite a loss Tuesday night of last week. His new barn, five head of mules and one horse were burned. The loss is estimated at $1,000 with no insurance. Mr. Thurman is a brother of our county school commissioner. After a year’s work and the ex- penditure of much money, W. M. Leckie has abandoned the search for the two bodies—yet unfound vietims ofthe Troup mine disaster. The Troup company has started its plant and the mines are again in op: eration.—Joplin News. Our own Judge Ballard went to Butler Wednesday on business, so he says, but as a circus was in that town and the judge took his boys along, we expect he went to the cir- cus, not because he really wanted to go, but just to keep the boys out of mischief.—Montrose Signal. Aman named Lee and his wife were arrested Saturday by constable Arnold, also John Yost. It was charged that Mrs. Lee had run away with Yost. All three were arraign- ed before Squire Wright, and after being examined were discharg- ed. The woman declares she will not live with her husband. All par- ties claimed to hail from Vinita Ind. Ter. Boards and overseers of the town- ships ought to take better care of the road implements. The grader belonging to this township, which cost probably $150, stands on the roadside near the Jakey Wright farm where it has taken the weather for the past four months, and is about eaten up with rust. Such careless- ness on the part of officials in inex- cusable. The article by Senator Wolcott, of Colorado, on the ‘Western View of the Silver Question,” published in the last number of Harper's Weekly, bas attracted wide attention as an able contribution to the dis cussion of one of the most impor- tant political issues now before the country. In the next number of the Weekly, published May 31st, the Hon. John De Witt Warner, con- gressman from New York, will pre- sent some of the leading arguments on the other side of the question. E. S. Carrithers, proprietor of the American Clothing House, has prob ably a clearer idea of the benefits and profits derived from advertising than any merchant in this section of the state. He uses the same pru- dence, system and zeal in this branch of his business as in the buying and selling of goods, and it is a noticea- ble fact that push and energy com- | bined with ability, driving his busi- ness, he has built up a trade in this community to be envied. Each week he has something fresh to say. See his ad. editor of the} | Cooper County Democrat, published | This is especially true of Chicago, | at Boonville, and one of the best | for the reason that the advent of the! Miss Alice Lyons left Friday for |it almost impossible to keep out this} quite an extended trip. She will dreadful scourge this summer. Avy} | | THE CHOLERA Almost Sure to Come This Sam-| mer. Many of our best pkysicians think visitor to the World’s Fair from abroad is liable to bring in and} every city and town is adopting the most strenuous sauitary measures. | cholera would be the to the World's Fair. One of the most prolific spreaders | death blow of the contagion is said to be slop shop clothing made in the “Sweat- Shops” of our large cities im which | the povrest and most degraded classes of emigrauts work—crowded together in small rooms where filth and bad ventilation breed disease— s > much so that several states have passed laws prohibiting the manu- facture of clothing in such places. There’s no danger, however, of this kind in our Baltimore “high art” which in the largest and best lighted factory in clothing. is made the world—7 stories high and has 100,000 square feet of floor room. Neither will you tind that degraded disease spreading class of operatives there, but the most skilled workman in America—Tailors who know how to cut and make the very best cloth- ing. The only disease you'll get from them is fi¢s—perfect fits and at about half custom tailors prices. Remembcr we are the only clothiers showing the latest 1893 spring styles. The one priced, close priced, square dealing Mens a Bors OurrityERs The four year old son of Mr. and Mrs. T. J. Neptune, residing in Ne- vada came near ending its life by drinking carbolic acid the other day. Cancers in the Neck Terrible Choking Sensation of Locust Valley, Long Island. ——— “Four years ago, while living in Trinidad, Colorado, a small lump appeared on my neck, which gradually swelled and developed into an imtensely painful livid sere with a centre filled with granulations like shot. Another sore appeared an inch or two distant, and I had to give up and return to my parents in Brooklyn. Physicians pronounced them cancers and Performed An Operation for their removal. I suffered a great deal before the operation, and far worse since. One of the cancers, the smaller one, healed over bat was as sore as ever, while the other did not heal and was worse. The physicians told me I would have to submit to another operation, but § said | would Die First A simular lump a year ago came on the rightside of my neck. For many montas I could swallow only liquid or very soft food. and sometimes found great difficulty in epeaking aloud. At the suggestion of a friend, I began taking Hood’s Sarsaparilla, and the only thing I regret is that I did not take It years ago, and thus have pre. vented terrible suffering. for had I taken the medicine, I sincerely believe I should not have needed any operation at all. These sores are now, after taking two bottles, Completely Cone and, I am satisfied, permanently healed up. The lump on the right side of my neck has nearly all dried up, and no longer causes me Hood’s =: Cures any inconvenience. I can eat anything once more, and can use my voice as well as ever.” ‘Mas. Jauzs Bakes, Locust Valley, Long Island Hood’s Pills cure Nausea, Sick Headache, Indigestion, Biliousness. Sold by all druggists. Honoring the Dead. The memorial services held at the opera house Sunday at 11 o'clock was largely attended by our people. | In fact the large hall was packed to its utmost The stage was tasteful- ly and elaborately decorated with flowers and evergreens. The choir, composed of the best singers in the city opened the services with choice and delightful music. The exer- cises were conducted by Rev. A. V. Francis, of Oklahoma, former pastor of the Obio street M. E. church of this city. He talked for more than an hour and preached one of the most appreciative and entertaining sermous heard on any similar occa- sion in this city. Tuesday, decoration day, the G. A R. post of this city turned out in full foree and marched to the ceme- tery where, after appropriate cere- monies, the departed comrades were respectfully remembered by adorn- iug their with beautiful flowers. In the afternoon services were again held in the opera house, Rev. A.V. Francis being the orator of the day, and for the occasion the post could not have made a happier selection. The discourse was one of the ablest that has been deliyered in our city in many a day, and was highly enjoyed by the old soldiers and citizens present. The speaker was careful to say nothing that would injure the feelings of those who differ for opinions sake during the war. In short his address was a master piece of oratory that will long be remembered by those who had the pleasure of being present. During the services the business houses closed their doors for a couple of hours. graves Sunday School Conyention. On the fifth and sixth days of June at Rich Hill will be held one of the best if not the very best Sunday School convention ever held in Bates county. Best from the fact that 1st, We have the best programme. 2nd. A.E. Wagner, State Vice- President will be present and take a prominent part in the exercises. Mr. Wagner is ascholar, a brilliant attor- ney, an orator, an earnest consecrat- ed Sunday school worker who knows exactly how to run a convention to get the most out of it. 3rd. The attendance promises to be larger than any similar meeting held in this county. 4th. There never has been a time in the history of the county when 80 much interest was manifested along Sunday school lines. 5th. The people of Rich Hill have opened their hearts and homes to all Sunday school workers and say come and partake of our hospitality. Now, in conclusion, let me urge of you, come and get some enthusi- asm and information we all need so much. A. H. Curves, County Secretary. The M. K. & T. railroad is making arrangements to construct a tele- phone line from St. Louis to Parson Kansas, at an early day. Children Cry for Pitcher’s Castoria. Children Cry for Pitcher’s Castoria. : Children Cry for Pitcher’s Castoria. HOME FIRST. It is the ambition of every citizen to point with pride to the material interest of his own town and county, and patronize them as long as he can do as well as to purchase the products of some other town or county. We claim that in the matter of FLOUR, that the product of our own mills cas sor be excettep and 1s sot. That we fully Wangast the Roy- al, Queen of Butler, or xxxx, to be the equal of any flour sold in the town at the same price. And remem- ber, too, that it is sold on trial; no good bread, no pay. Come in and let us tell you more about it. Yours, respectfully, Lizz Curves & Co.