The Butler Weekly Times Newspaper, July 13, 1893, Page 5

- i Seeerabiatin ee aitteeted tide ae tacenn teens nematic AT The normal being held in Nevada, has 197 teachers enrolled. BUTLER WEEKLY TIMES| ee ee eee LOCAL ITEMS | Mrs. Will Winsett, of Chicago, is ————O | visiting her mother, Mrs. MeCutchon Dr. E. Pyle, is having another | in Summut. hydrant placed in his yard. T. T. Wemott, of Kansas City, is A. A. Miller was in to see us Sat-|in the city visiting his son Arthur urday and renewed for 1894. |and family. Dr. G. M. Risley and wife, return-| _U. A. McBride, the brilliant young ed home Friday from their pleasure | editor of the Pleasant Hill Gazette, trip. | spent Sunday in the city. A cyclone did considerable dam- | The ministers at Hume are hold age at Lakefield Minnesota, the 6th | ing a protracted meeting in a large inst. W. E. Walton has placed a jug-| gling fountain in his yard. Its quite 8 euriosity. tent in the public square. Mrs. Asa Morgan and two child- ren left last week for a visit to rela- tives and friends in Illinois. \ J. E. Kegerries and Miss Rosa M. | Smith, of Butler, were licensed to | marry Saturday. } Texas fever has brpken out among the cattle in Chautauqua county, | Kansas, and a number have died. At Nevada Monday fifteen prison | Mrs. F. P. Blakemore and three ers were put on the rock pile. Four-! children, took their departure last teen of the number were tramps. week for Conway Springs, Kansas where Rev. B. has accepted a charge. The Rich Hill papers say the 4th July celebration in that city was a Gov. Stone has pardoned Nace Hill, the negro convict who inter- fered and saved the life of Will Tucker. | genuine failure, and the people of Harper & Atkison are having a | Butler who were attracted cencrete walk put in front of their | there, fully agree with them. business house on the south side of | the square. down A. E. Brann, of Perry, Kan., and Miss Frankie Widner, of Rich Hill; Farmers tell us the chinch bug Jno. C. Bailey of Rich Hill, and Miss has made its appearance in this | Lucy Brown of Bartherville, I. T., county, but so far has done no seri- ; Were licensed to wed Friday. ‘ous damage. | The Times says Kansas City is Rev. Archbishop Deacon Gates, of | 2OW in total darkness, and will re Kansas City, was in the city the main so for six months. The lights latter part of last week visiting W. | baving been turned offto give the ¥. Duvall and wile. | city a chance to get out of debt. Z. J. Williams is at Eldorado| Miss Anna Florence left Tuesday Springs for his health, he has been |t® attend the Sunday school con- under the weather sinee his return | Veution being held at Springfield. from the world’s fair. She goes as a delegate from the First Presbyterian church of this city. J. M. Vaughan spent Monday over in Kansas looking after the harvesting of a wheat crop on kis | farm just over the line. Charlie Eldridge, station agent at Hughesville, Lafayette county, who _ | with his wife and baby, is in the city George McCune was drowned in} i | Visiting his parents for a few days, the Marmaton river about five miles | gave the Tiwes a pleasant and sub- northwest of Nevada, Thursday | ‘ | stantial call Monday. evening while hunting frogs. i Mrs. W. W. Graves on Saturday | A crusade has been begun by the prosecuting attorney against the last presented the Hon. Waller | business men of Joplin to enforce Sunday closing. Several merchants handsome son, the very image of pa. Grady had to get a larger hat and is | were arrested last Sunday for keep- all smiles. | ing their places of business open. The fair association that wants A Texas farmer placed poison in the best band im the state had better | be making its contract with the But- ler silver cornet band, C. B. McFar- land, leader. the largeet and finest melons in his patch and they were stolen by three boys. The boys died soon after eat- Mathias Haas, one of our wealthy | leaving the patch. That farmer had German farmer friends living near | better leave Texas on the first train. Adrian, and Mrs. Julia Seeler of Ot- | taway, Ill, were united in marriage | were recently ordered sent to the _ at Kansas City the 5th inst. | Reform School by Judge Stratton Miss Belle Sallee went to Rich} Will be taken Monday. They will Hill yesterday to attend the wed- remain in that institution until they ding of Miss Frankie Widner, which | #re 21 years of age: One of them is took place at the residence of her | now 17 and the other 18 years old. parents, Wednesday evening. | Gen. Shelby was in the city Mon- Mr. T. T. Taylor and wife, of|}day. He said a portion of his Memphis, Tenn., spent Sunday with | wheat crop had been damaged by his sister, Mrs. R. E. Delancy. They | rust. A fine rain fell in that section will visit in Kansas City and Nevada | of the county Saturday and corn was some time before returning home. appearance in the neighborhood and h ex-convict Pe Comer were doing some damage. held in Benton county jail on six different indictments, made his es-/ cape on the fourth while the sheriff and his family were attending a pice nic. The many friends of Miss Lyde Abell of this city will be glad to “Jearn she has secured the position Chas. S. Concklin has the manage- ment of a church festival to be held at Passaic, Thursday, July 20th. The proceeds will be used tobuy a bell for the church, Prof. T. W. Legg, of this city has consented to be present with a choir and enliven of superintendent of special delivery the occassion with some choice music, vocal and instrumental. All of mail for the Topeka, Kansas, si are invited. ost ofce. SHOES ing the melons, two of them before’ The two Schell City boys whojcorner of the Day house, a new looking well. Bugs had made their| county has the farmer had brighter Post Office Notice. Parties expec a] 1g io attend the stitute at Butler this month will ple mail addressed | “care Teachers Institute” to facili- | tate delivery. J.D Aus, P.M | ease have their About three hundred of Butler's | citizen re por very |good time, but lack of shade trees | made the day very sultry. Odlie Glover f Aw- sterdau: has lost ten acres corn | by the ravages of chir and | jthe prospects sre so his father in-! | forms us that he will lose his entire! _ | crop of 30 acres | Our valued Virginia correspond. | jent, N. M. Nesilerode, was too busy | jin the harvest field last week to fur- inish his weekly budget of items. | | We fo: e him in this one instance 1e does not let it again. | John Hart, a lad 12 years of age, | was instantly killed at mine No. 19,} in the northern part of Vernon coun-| ty. the Sth inst. The boy had brought dinner to his father, and| while looking down the shaft the} cage in passing down struck him on| the top of the head. | Kelloggs flying baloon failed to} go up at Kansas City, on the 4th, and atlast accounts the big air ship was laying in the weeds in the expo- sition grounds. A farmer living near Urich, Henry county, was back- ing the enterprise and is out of! pocket something near $1,800 so it} is stated. | Champ Clark, congressman trom | the “bloody Ninth,” has made aj great hit. He orated the 4th to| Tammany in New York, told aj number of vld worked over stories and the New York papers have been full of Clark ever since. The report- ers swallowed all Champ's. miracu- lous stories and published them with beaming head lines. The name of the Osceola Sun has been changed to that of St. Clair Co. Democrat. In changing the name of the paper a change in the; editorial management wasalso made | C. M. Bryson stepped down and out} J. D. Brown and A. L. Harper taking | charge. The politics of the paper is unchanged—democratic The} Times wishes the new proprietors abundant success. Joe Meyer is now back at the old stand and is daily replenisking his} stock of clothing and gents furnish-| ings. His new suits which have just arrived, for style and finish, can | not be excelled in any clothing es-| tablishment in this section. He’ in- vites you to call and see him and he | guarantees to treat you right and| give you the very lowest prices. Don’t fail to call and take a look) through his stock before buying. | The city council were wrestling last week with the question of im-| posing an occupation tax ox our busi- | ness men. A vote, we understand, } was taken and stood four for and! four against the proposition. The council is afraid the finances will fall short and take this method of raising revenue. Such a manner of raising revenue is not equitable, as it does not distribute the burdens. If more revenue has to be raised let it be! done by special levy. | While loading some furniture in} the rear of the opera house furniture store Monday, R. W. Findley’s team | took fright and ran away. At tbe} bureau which had just been loaded in the wagon, was thrown out and) demolished. A little farther down the street the wagon struck a shade | tree and was made a wreck, and a lot of groceries in the wagon was seattered in the street for a block. The team wasa fine one and the damage done ina few minutes will cost their owner several dollars. Never in the history of Bates prospects for all kinds of crops at this time of year than at present. Wheat, oate and flax will ~be an abundant yield and seasonable rains continue the corn crop will be the largest ever known in the county. The farmer is busy and prosperous have cause to rejoice. jing store of Joe Meyer. - DOWN THEY Go, THE MIGHTY We are determined to reduce our ceua'seras stunt’ Piggs Cut {0 the Heart's Core--Profils have Lost Their Charm DOLLAR WORKS WONDERS. stock in order to make room for our mammoth Fall purchases. Re- member this is no fake but a bonafide cut price sale. Every offer we make you is genuine. Mr. Carrithers is now in New York with the ready cash to take advantage of present st manufacturers who need money, and he will buy larger Run Your Eye Over the following list, come to the store and ycu will find articles exactly as CHILDRENS SUITS. 32.00 suits now $1.25 2.50 suits now 2.00 5.00 suits now 4.00 KNEE PANTS. Over 30 dozen 25 cent pants now 19 cents. WORKING SHIRTS Noxall warrauted not to rip worth 75e now 50 A No. 1 working shirt 1c JMexs & Borys QutrityERS ancy IN money matters with this seizon than ever before. advertised. MENS SUITS WORKING PANTS. $18.00 suits now 312 50 A picnic worth 15.00 suits now 15.00 12.50 suits now 8.00 Attending. 1.00 suits now 750 A ; Han All wool suifs 5.00 $1.00 pants for T5e NEGLIGEE SHIRTS. French Percale with Laundered collars and Cutts everywhere UNDERWEAR. Fancy Balbriggan All sizes, 75¢ goods $1.75 for $1.25 for 50 cents. Such offerings as | BOEHUEE these should bring en ae worth 25c, two pairs a flood of buyers. | for 30 cents. Frank Redd, of Salesburg, Mo., ; has accepted a position in the cloth- | The Tres | welcomes Mr. Redd to Butler, and congratulates Mr. Meyer on securing | his services. With two such accom- | adating clerks as Fet Wheaton and | Mr. Redd, Joe will have no trouble | in increasing his sales. © Report comes in from a number | of neighborhoods that bugs are damaging the corn since wheat har- vest. J. W. Porch, living east of town, sent a number of the bugs to the Secretary of Agriculture to have them inoculated and will try to ex-| terminate the pests. We understand a number of farmers will try the} same thing. ¥ | One cf our business men informs us that the tramp grocery agent has been in our county the past few days | has succeeded in blistering several | |farmers Barnum said the American } desired to be humbugged and cheat- | ed, and the tramp grocery peddler | we suppose, thinks he has a right to, part of the spoils. ! | are well satisfied with Mr. Rev. A. B. Davidson, who has} been assisting Rev. Pearce in a pro tracted meeting at the M. E. church | ; because her beaux married another | | girl. An electric car line is being built ; from Webb City to Joplin. | pete ton cod ae | Is what Hood's Sarsaparilla vigor- T. W. Legg, the buggy man, for | ously fights, and it is elways victor- pasey wee and ae the | ious in expelling all the foul taints ugey tne. cea and gives the vital fluid the quality Miss Susie L Young, of Belton and quantity of perfect health. It Tex., commited suicide on the 4th | cures scrofula, salt rheum, boils and ; all other troubles caused by impure | blood. R. B. Beck, special agent of the| , Hoods Pills cure all liver ills. 25 Labor Bureau of the State, was in | we. Toe gos reekom the city Monday and complimented | [owell Mass. : us, Mr. Beck was gathering statis- | tics. ‘ | G. V. Argaboright, cashier of the The second volume of Harper &| state bank at Shubert, Nebraska, Brothers “Distaff Series’ of books | and who has been found short in his | written, compiled, designed and | accounts $21,000, having spent that made by women, will soon be issued | sum gambling on board of trade left under the title, The Literature of |for parts unknown Sunday. He Philanthropy. It editor is Francis | jeft a note saying he preferred leav- A. Goodale. | ing his family to going to the peni- In making mention last week of a | tentiary. post office contest at Columbia, | " zee < Mo. the printer, by mistake, made, | Hicks hit iton the 4th. He said the notice read Clinton. There is |!0k out for storms and rain, and | no contest at Clinton, and the citi- | both arrived on schedule time. Be- zens of that town so far as we know ee Sedalia and Warrensburg a Piper, | regular water-spout passed through who they selected by primary. Up|the country and did considerable to date Judge DeArmond has given | damage to crops; wheat shocks were general satistaction in his recom-| washed away and fields of corn al- south, for the past two weeks, left | ee through- most ruined. At Bear Creek east of for his home in Cass county, Satur-| __ : | Warrensburg about 200 feet of rail- day. The meeting has been a great | success and quite a number have united with the church. Sunday | last seven young gentlemen and | ladies were received and enrolled | their names on the church register. | E. S. Carrithers, proprietor of the | American Clothing House, is now in| the east buying his fall stock of! goods. He will visit Chicago, Cin-} cinnati and New York markets | The favorable outlook for crops has | induced him to buy a much larger | stock of fall goods this season than | heretofore and the public can expect something nice inhis line. He buys} for spot cash, which enables him to/| get the best bargains tobe had. During his absence and to make and there will be many a mortgage/ room he has ordered a discount sale | Hood’s Sarsaparilla paid off this fall. The farmer whois ¢¢ pi, P t stock, which his ad-/ now devoting his time to discussing | yertisement fully explains; read it. finances will have cause to “cuss the| Go to his store under Palace hotel; government” but all the rest will|and avail yourself of the splendid bargains. road track was washed away and | required a large force of men to re- | pair the damage, taking them half a | day to get the track in shape for trains to pass over. | The facts respecting the failure of | Charles Foster, late secretary of the | Treasury, now that they are known, | are scandalous in a high degree The | bank controlled by hita has liabilities of more than $296,000, and its assests “ fi foot up only $70,286. The enormous Willie Tillvrook | discrepency was created mainly by Son of | Foster himself, who overdrew his M ayor Til i brook | account to the extent of $136,000. of McKeesport, Pa., had a Scrofula bunch under j That is tomy he took from the bank ene ear which the physican lanced and then it | $186,000 of other people's money pomarancins SES SORTEACL AT ERT by and sunk it in his own speculations | The Cinncinnatti Times-Star a Re- | publican newspaper is not deterred by Foster's political prominence from likening his act to burgiary or sheald profit by thisezample. si forgery, so far as its morality and Pll acc erence pearance | its results are concerned. the sore healed up, he became perfectly well and is now a lively, rebust boy. Other parents