The Butler Weekly Times Newspaper, July 27, 1893, Page 2

HERE ts THE MONEY TROUBLE. Tie Sherman Law of Which Atl Men are Talking. Following are those sections of the Sherman law which are supposed to Le causing our financial agony: The etary of the tre: hereby directed to purchase, time to time, silver bullion to the aggregate amount of 4,500,000 ounces or so much thereof as may offered in each month, at the :market price thereof, not exceeding 31 for 371.25 grains of pure silver bullion | treasury notes cf to be prepared by the secretary of and of less than $1 nor more than $1,000, as he may the treasury, in such form such denominations, not prescribe, and a sum to carry into} effect the provisions of this act is hereby appropriated out of any mon ey in the treasury not otherwise ay- propriated. Sec. 2. issued in accordance with the pr visions of this act shall redeem- able on demand, in coin, at the treas- ury of the United States or at the office of any assistant treasury of the United States and when so redeemed may be reissued, but no greater or less amount of such notes shall be outstanding at any time than the cost of the silver and the standard silver dollars coined there from, then held in the treasury pur- chased by such notes; and such treas i ury notes shall be a legal tender in ‘ payment of all debts, public and private, except where otherwise ey pressly stipulated in the contract, and shall be receivable for customs, taxes and all public dues, and when so received may be re-issued; and such notes when held by any nation- al banking‘association, may be count- edasa part of its lawful reserve. That upon demand of the holder of any of the treasury notes herein pro- vided for, the secretary of the treas- ury shall, under such regulations as he may prescribe, redeem such notes in gold or silver coin, at his discre- tion it being the established policy ef the United States to maintain the two metals on a parity with each other upon the present legal ratio, as may be provided by law. Sec. 3. That the secretary of the treasury shall each month coin 2,- 000,000 ounces of the silver bullion purchased under the provisions of | this act into standard silver dollars until the Ist day of July, 1891, and after that time he shall coin of the silver bullion purchased the provis- lons of this act as much as may be necessary to provide for the redemp- tion of the treasury notes herein provided for, and any niorage arising from shall be accounted for the treasury. be bulion, gain or seig- such coinage and paid into Locating Land Offices. Guthrie, Ok. July Land Inspector A. P. 20.—Special Swineford, from the General Land Office at 3 Washington, accompanied by a corps of surveyo: arte this morn- ing for the Cherokee Strip to locate the county seats of the nine counties that will come in with that country | and to locate the land offices It will be very carefully gone over. No mistakes will be made in selecting the county seat sites, as has former- ly been the case, but the fiuest lo-| cation in the county will be selected | for the county seat. Governor Swineford is assisted by Judge | Lowe of the local land office, and Mr. Hoffman from the governor's of- fice, and it is the intention to get the work completed by August 1 to be used in the issuance of the presi- dent's proclamation. The prospects | indicate that the opening will surpass the original Oklahma opening by far and it is estimated that there will} not be a single claim left unfiled at} the close of the first day. It is even said five times as many people will awake the run as there are claims. The Columbia Herald cannot un- derstand why one Boone county jury sentenced a man to the penitentiary for two years who had either deliber- ately murdered a man or killed him accidentally,and the same day anoth- er jury sentatramp to the peniten- tiary for five years for stealing $4.50 froma drunkenman. The Herald ‘should remember that there are our currency should be | what should be our That the treasury notes! A Letter From Senator Cockrell The following is taken from ico Ledger: Some time a ler of St. Lou to United States Senator Francis M. Cockrell, iu which he cited that whe n ion was first ers did not ask aby other nation when they made gold and silver the currency ot the country. In letier Mr. yder further stated that the Unit States should not allow E or any other nation to dictat ict his us Mr. Snyder cor y Stat jing that congr laws for the laborers aud farmers and let \the capitalists shift for the them- iselves In his reply to letter | Mr. Suyder has received the follow- ling from Senator Cockrell: | “Washington, D. C, 10-= | | My Dear Snyder: Many, many sin- should m: VW {cere thanks for your valued favor of |the 8th inst. You are right | that the bankers and |think they have everything their jown way. It is time that you those like you, the bone and and sure and sinew of the country, should rise to proper effort to break the intluence and domination of the plutocrats. All oyer your city the laboring toil ing [class should hold meetings in open air, where they cau be held without cost, and express your views Ishall do all I to maintain the honest, constitution- a and wishes. Cu silver friend. With my best wishes, your F. M. Cockreny.” Mind Reader Se Hillsboro, Ill, mour. 20.—Prof. July poses to be buried alive and after ward resurrect himself was a visitor in Sumner, Ill, a day or two since, and to a reporter said: cago. It is fac simile of the one in which General Grant's remains now rest, and cost 000. I will be bur ied in the coffin six feet deep in the ground. Signa!s will be arranged I Idiers on the out side, who will guard the Directly after I am bari barley will be sown over so if things do not go right communicate with s er ada crop of the grave I will remain buried till the sprout, 09 grow, ripen and are har ted. 4 the take place. Iwill not come back top earth until September. posi- tive I can do it scientific disinterment en T am and the nig to think so, too.” Intormation Wanted of and Mrs. Jolin Smith. mmet Nichos Letters have been received lately at the Post office in this city quiring for information regarding Emmet Nichols who lived in this county about the close of the war. It is supposed that he has moved to ine for tifty years, Information is also wanted of the whereabouts of Mrs. John Smith, whose father, Alfred Queen, left North Carolina about the year 1857 and came to Henry county. heiress to a considerable sum money left ker in North Carolina. Information regarding either of the above left with the postmaster at Clinton will be thankfully receiv- ed by the parties interested —Clin- ton Democrat. She is of Will Penetrate the Coal Fields ot Hen- ry County. Col. R. D. Blair has purchased a diamond core drill, which he will soon put to work on the lands of Goy. John I. Blair near Browning- ton. He expects to find a heavy lower vein of coal, and will put down the drill in a number of places to a depth of at least 300 feet, unless he finds a sufficient vein at a shallower depth. This drill will take in a solid core aninch andan eight in diameter, ten feet long, affording an opportu nity to know exactly what isin the ground and at what depth. Col. Blair also expects to drill on Gov. Blair’s large tract of land near Rich Hill, and later at other points in this county. some things which surpass the un- —Jefferson City Tribune. We learn that on account of this derstanding of man, and one of| prospecting near Brownington, lands these is the verdict of a petit jury.|/in the neighborhood are assuming boom prices.—Clinton Democrat. speculators | al money of this country, gold and} | Seymour, the mind reader who pro-| “My coflin has gone ahead to Chi | can} rms It will | men who are assisting me are begin | Texas. The information is asked | for his brother, Nathan Nichols, of Seneca, Mo., who has not seen him MANY OUT OF EMPLOYMENT. Colorado Has Thousands of Are Unable to Find Work. D ing down of many silver nver, C smelters and th wor | way manufactories in th | because of the fail in the price of silver, has caused a deplorable con- dition of affair It is esti sug the laboring nated that to-day |there are in Denver 10,000 men un- table to secure emp! classes yment and that there are 20,000 in outside towns to where they will become a_ public are muking their way this cit | charge, if conditions do not speedily |ehange. In order to avoid this, all comme! with the astern roads this evening, and the latter will be asked to make a | meet representatives of | | 3 rate jfrom here to the Missouri river for It is |that these men are not pauper: if they | districts they will be able to secure | this class of people 3 c but nn get into the agricultural | men will soon be in demand. | Union last night appropriated $1,000 for the purpose of sending unemployed men to their homes in the east. The rail ways have made a $15 rate for these men to any point between here and Chicago. A conservative The ‘Vypographical estimate .of the men discharged by the railways, mines, business houses and factories |since the silver panic started places |the number at from 12,000 to 15,000. {It is vlso estimated that Colorado, Utah. Montana and New Mexico merchiuts have wholesale houses ry £500,000. lorders on Eastern | for cods to oy 3S A Novel I rthday Reminder. Speaking of girls reminds me of a very pretty novelty in birthday pres- ents which-has come into vogue here Iu that came un ler my notice a young man, quite recently. the case engazed to get married, Te the | before her birthday and Jeft with | ce of his ftinancee Jone of the servants a large paste board box, together with minute in | Structions as to its disposal. When jthe sun peeped into the room of nd the coverlet of her couch strewn with roses of the variety of | which she was the fondest, placed | there while she slept | When the young miss entered her jbath 2 few minutes later for her | mor ing plunge she found the tubj| |wreathed at the top with Ameri | beauty roses, ev | having Ln jstems by the same faithful hands | which decorated her educh while she Pension Frauds. Santa Fe, N. M., July 19.—Agent ) of the pension bureau at Washing- lex nination of the rolls of the terri- | tory for the purpose of weeding out frauds which are alleged to There are 1,600 cases to be disposed of. The whole Territory is filled | with fraud and thousands of dol- ilars have been obtained illegally | from the government. The muster | rolls of the regiments raised here the rebellion were stolen jafter the war and with the records jin a disorderly shape, the opportuni- ity for commission of frauds, has | been great. | during Didn’t Want to be Whipped. | Nevada, Mo., July 19.—A well- | dressed lad, aged 16, and giving his iname as Samuel Vail, applied to | Sheriff Serghem last night to be from his home at Camden, Mo., about two weeks ago and had got- ten back this far on his way to Texas The sheriff took him into his family and communicated by telegram with his father, who telegraphed that he would come at once for the lad. The boy ran away because his father had promised him a whipping. A young lady who has been mar- ried a little over a year wrote to her matter-of-fact father, saying: “We have the dearest little cottage in the world, ornamented with the most charming little creepers you ever saw.” The old man read the letter and exclaimed, “twins by thunder.” Men Who | the same condition, one-half of whom | ial bodies in this city will | |emplcyment in harvest fields, where | _ countermanded | Visited the | bight |} bride elect the next morning it} y vestige of thorns | been removed from the | dreamed of the happy days to come. | ) ton are now engaged in a systematic | exist. | |locked up. He said he had run away | 4 More Racket In Kansas. St. Louis Republic have they must towns say the saloon reve and the state offi are inclined to let it go that way. Up jump the populist strength, and {hurl the Kausas verna at the governor and attorney genera’. When the ruggel vigor of the ver nacular is tury ful don in Topeks al 1 head it stirs the top of the trees the Cool- Governor Lewelling is in a | \ < along the Solomon aud sand into Santa Fe blows trains at jidge | peppered pickle. \law the towns If he enforces the will howl, and if he! the W. C. T. t the ladies of The | does nh 1U. wills } money and the ladies want the scalp towns | {of the rum fiend. Prohibition has | eam want one way or the other beaten a dozen big politicians in Kansas and it) : | retribution sent to | ws to be the |seatter the populists Kansas is the greatest educational center for political fledgelings in the country. Send a boy there and he will learn the ins and outs. When the ins can- not teach him the outs can.—Repub- Hic. A Great Silyer Mine to Close. Leadville, Col., July 19.—Orders were received yesterday to take out the pumps from the Mail & Henrietta combination. The shaft is nearly 1,000 feet deep and the pulling of the pumping means the entire aban- donment of one of the largest silver | | producers in the state, with the prospect that the water will rise to | within 300 feet of the surface. This means that every drift aud level will | be flooded and the property allowed | to drown out, thus making it neces- sary to sink x new shaft if work is ever resumed. Seven Boys and Eight: Girls. \ Parkersburg, W. Va., July 18.— Dr. Rupert, of Big Cedar Creek, in Greenbrier, is the father of eight girls and seven boy , and the name of each oue of the clildren begins j with a consonant, L, and ends with a vowel. The following names of the | girls Ledona, Loreva, Lycena, a, Launa, Lydabo, Lomega, | Lemda. The boys are Lavira, Livi- y, Ladura, Leomda, | gua, Lulaso, Lei i jand Leslie. | Female Convicts Escape. Atlanta, Ga, July 19.—Five fe- j malé convicts, two of them sentenced to life imprisonment, for murder, | have within the last three weeks es- | caped from Maddox's camp, where jall convicts are sent. All were track- | jed by dogs to the river where all | traces of them was lost. The rest lof the sixty prisoners are demoral- lized. | London, July 20.--The represen- | tatives of 149,000 miners voted to- | day in favor of the resolution to call out those members of the federation who have been notified of a reduc tion in there wages. Delegates rep- |resenting 101,000 men voted against | the resolution. It is provided that |the miners in question shall give |notice to their masters of the termi- | nation of the contracts on the “making-up”™ day. next i es | Edward Watts of Fulton, bas gone | to the Confederate Home at Hig- | | | | |ginsville. He fought through the war| » | under Colonel Gates, was in thirteen or fourteen battles, was wounded at | | the first battle of Corinth and | Blakely on Mobile b: | at} ay. ; Oklahoma City, July 18.—Ex- |Governor Wm. M. Stone of Iowa, late commissioner jland office, died at his residence in} this city to-day. | | | Strength and Health. | If you are not feeling strong and |healthy try Electric Bitters. If Ln| Grippe has left you weak and weary |use Electric Bitters. This remedy facts directly on the liver, kidneys jand stomach, gently aiding those | organs to perform their functions. If you are Pay with sich head- |ache you will find as ly and per- manent relief by oa Electric | Bitters. One trial will convince you that this is what you need. Large bottles 50 c. at H. L. Tucker's drug store. of the general | ° sith pleasu re se Ui our bliss: orts of cleaning “=” lt neer comes amiss. all a MADE ONLY BY N.iC FAIRBANK & Co. St. Louis. A. 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Proprietor of ert which starta out as follews; Id in ‘88 2,288 sold in ’89 6,268 sold in '90 20,049 sold in'’9t Having purchased the Eix Horn barn d Livery out&t otJ.W Smith, and g added to the same a number ot la: ies, and horses, I can say iat I now have the Seif, : Loss of i ae. wit In southwest Mo.¥ Horsesfand les mae arog, rigor bought and sold, or wee haem ous aeeeon 08, 6 | commission, Stock bearded by the day Matteg | Week Or month, With 16 years exper- with cack Bor. Adérese » ience Mr Lewis teels able to compete Baler’ faew } with any Livery barn in this section. as } Call ard see him <;B_LEWIS & CO \