The Butler Weekly Times Newspaper, July 27, 1893, Page 5

4 ee i oe _ get the Schell City postoftice. ~ rains last week and the corn crop at | The Crisis Over Money Will be Easier. We have a few odd coats and vests in summer goods that we can sell you very cheap. STRAW HATS AT HALF PRICE. PANTS We have the nicest line and the best made. We also make pants to order. UNDERWEAR Mens, Youth A full line of We close at 7 o'clock except ALL T5¢ NE IES 50¢ ’ ALL 40c AND 35¢ NECKTIES Bey M’KIBBENS. s and Boys; serviceable goods. Saturday night. BUTTER WEEKLY TIMES LOCAL ITEMS | Mrs. M. C. Steelo, is visiting at | Richards, Vernon county. | The Butler band will play two) days at the Rich Hill fair. J.C. Taylor is the lucky mau to J. J. McKissick has returned from his extended trip to Colorado. Assessor John Deviney has start- ed out on his mission of assessing. The incandescent has been repair- edand the lights were turned on Saturday. ™ Mrs. Dr. Everingham is visiting her daughter, Mrs. S. M. Brown, in Kansas City. Mrs. Judge Cole, and daughters Anna and Lena, are visiting friends | in Spruce township. \ - Wm Stanley left Monday morning for Marion, Kansas and Oklahoma to spend a few weeks. Henry Blakemore, state labor | commissioner, spent Friday and Saturday in the city. Mrs. Will Mills of Foster, is spend ing a few days in the city, the guest of Mrs. Jesse Trimble. | Frank Lloyd, of Kansas City, is spending a few days in this city and | Rich Hill, visiting relatives and) friends. L. L. Mossberger has opened up | the Silver Dollar saloon in the rear | of the Palace hotel, formerly owned | by Geo. Todd. | I. G. McKibben, who has been spending a few days in the city viait- ing his father returned to his home in Kansas City. | Power Bros. are building quite an | addition to their mill, the room will | be used as an elevator and store | ware house for wheat. { We are told that the south and) west parts of the county had good present is almost assured. Harry Stanton, a horse thief, was | captured in Harrisonville last week. | He had stolen a horse from his em-} ployer, a Mr. Stark, of Ray county. | Company B. returned from Neva- | da Sunday evening where they have been in camp the past week. The boys report having a most excellent time. At the state Sunday school con-| vention held at Springfield last week, | Barton county carried off the gold | banner, and St. Louis was given the | silver banner. | - Miss Maggie Abell left Monday | evening for Chicago to spend a_ couple of weeks at the fair. The | Traxs wishes her a pleasant sojourn | and safe return. - Hiram Boyd, who expected to lo-| cate in Texas, was not pleased with | the business outlock and returned to Butler. He Velasco and other points. The wheat of Bates county is not threshing out as big a crop as was | | expected. From the best source of | information the average yield will be about 15 bushels to the acre. ~ The sidewalk boom on the south side of the square only lacks a few feet of extending the entire block. We feel sure Mr. Hartwell and Mrs. Allen will not allow the walk to stop until it reaches the corner. & visited Houston, | Miss Nora Beck, of Adrain, in the city visiting. Isaac Porter and Miss Josephine Moore, of Amsterdam were granted license to marry Monday. Sam Jones drewa big crowd to Eldorado Springs Thursday. Sam is a drawing card no matter where he goes. The young lady that fails to get married this year and attend the world’s fair is out of luck. The court yard looks much better since the trees have been trimmed up and the dead grass raked off. It seems Corbett and Michell are having a time finding a suitable loca- tion to fight. What's the matter with Rich Hill putting in a bid. J. R. Simpson, of Deepwater town- ship, was in the city Monday, and reports two good rains in his section last week and corn looking very promising. Leigh Vernon, the evangelist, tak- en back to Kansas and tried last week for running away with another man’s wife was fined $250 and given six months in the county jail. Geo. Stoker of Clinton was badly hurt at Eldorado Springs the other day while assisting in the celebra tion, by the premature explosion of ‘a rocket which struck him full in the face. The Times’ good friend, Jason | Woodfin of Walnut township was in the city Monday and informed us that his wife was spending the sum- mer with her daughter in Fox Valley Oregon. J.S. Pierce is advertising to sell his entire stock of novelty goods at and below cost to close out. He has a large variety of goods which he will dispose of cheap. Read his ad- vertisement and go and see him if you want goods cheap. The papers say the banks closed jat Kansas City, last week are making ready to open again in a few days. The closing of these banks was a senseless piece of business on the ; Part of the people and hundreds of them now regret their hasty action. The tenth anual reunion of the exe confederate association of Missouri will be held at the confederate home at Higginsville Mo., Wednesday and Thursday August 23d and 24th. The railroads have made a rate of one and one third fare for the round trip. Rev. Hill, pastor of the First Presbyterian church of this, city will take a vacation for a month. He will put in his time visiting relatives | and will probably take a peep at the worlds fair. He has earned a few weeks rest and the Trxes wishes him a pleasant time. G. D. Arnold of Summit township was in Saturday. He said the tramp grocery peddler had been in his neighborhood and succeeded in sell- ing split beans and corn starch toa few farmers. He tackled Gid but he | was too busy stacking wheat to in- i vestigate the very great bargains the peddler had to offer. | La Grand Larow a bachelor farm- er of Barton county,40 years old and | the biggest whiskered man in the | world was on exhibition at Eldorado | Springs last week. He is six feet tall and his beardis seven and one half feet long. Hehas not shaved for 16 years and it requires two days to plat and dress his beard which he puts in a silk sack when traveling. ei te Seeds New wheat is being brought fal town. | New hay is selling at $4.50 and $5 | a ton. Dr. Christy 1s reported on the sick | list. A good rainis needed badly in) this section. Capt. H. P. Nickell spent a few | hours in town Monday. | Will Mills, of Foster, spent Mon-} day and Tuesday in the city. Judge E. A. Henry, of Foster,was jin the city Tuesday on business. Mrs. Henry Meek, of Kansas City, jisinthe city visiting Mrs. John | Pharis. Saturday was the tirst day in the | past two or three weeks the town jhas made any pretense of doing any business. Miss Fannie Booth. of Preston, Ky., who has been visiting at the |residence of H P. Nichell, near Vir- ginia, has returned home. The school teachers began to ar- rive Monday to attend the institute which opened in the west building Monday morning. 8. L. Coleman, our good friend from Johnstown was in Monday and renewed for 94. He said rain was badly needed in his section Mrs. G. B. Hickman will leave Friday for Des Moines, Iowa, to at tend a re union and the aniversary of the golden wedding of ker sister. J. J. McKissick is putting a hyd- rant in front of his store building on the south side. Heis also put- ting down a concrete walk in front of his building. Misses Myrtle end Stella Harman entertained a number of their young friends Friday evening the 21st at their home in Summit township All report a pleasant time. Mrs. E. N. Jones, is quite serious- ly sick with dropsy. Her condition was such last week that the attend- ing physician was compelled to tap her and six gallons of water was ex- tracted from her body. Judge DeArmond will leave the first of the week for Washington City. The Judge is in good trim and his constituency will hear from him during the meeting of congress on the issues brought before that body for consideration and adjust- ment. The school board met Friday night and among the business transactions was an order to open the schools the 4th of September. The east school will undergo repairs and the contract for supplying the shools with 3,000 bushels of coal will be let the first of the month. Occasionally in the last two weeks by close observation, you might have seen a farmer in town, but it was on'y fora moment as he had come for repairs for his binder or mower. The farmer is putting in his best licks this year and the golden har- vest he is now reaping betokens better times for one and all. Mrs. Ogear Ward, on her way to visit her father, Chas Lisle, Bethle- hem township, Henry Co., last week was thrown from the cart in which she was riding by a young horse, and besides other injuries, had her skull fractured. She was discover, ed laying in the road about one hour after the accident in an unconscious condition. Rev. F. W. Pilz, pastor of the German Lutheran church at Prairie City gave us a pleasant call Saturday and subscribed for the Truzs. Rev. Pilz is a hightly educated gentle- manand took charge of the above church two years ago. The fourth Sunday in the month morn- ing he preaches at Passaic and at the residence of Mr. Schrader north of town and in theafternoon in But- ler. After Breakfast To purify, vitalize and enrich the blood, and give nerve, bodily and di- gestive strength, take Hood's Sar- saparilla. Cotinue the medicine af- ter every meal fora month or two and you will feel “like a new man.” The merit of Hood's Sarsaparilla is proven by its thousands of wonder- fulcures. Why don’t you try it. Hood's Pills cure constipation. They are the best after-dinner fam- ily pill. to us, hence our goods ond though they are Po <— anxiety to A GOLDEN OPPORTUNITY! Its a time when we'd rather have the room than the desirrble to you they are not get rid of them. golden opportunity of your hfe—you ean buy clothing from us for less money than any place on earth. Prices the Lowest and with merchandise the Brsv, its not Now is the With strange that we clothe the majority of men and boys in and about Butler. We have won a reputation for doing a straightforward, legitimate business and when you see one of our advertisements you know it is no fake. lowing are*a few of our bargains. See the price in our window. MENS SUITS. Suits worth $18 for $12.50. Suits worth $15 for $10.00 Suits worth $12.50 for $8.00 Suits worth $10 for $7.50 All wool suits for a WORKING PANTS. Pants worth $1.00 for 75c Pants worth $1.25 for $100 il XS Work or the foundation of the jail is progressing nicely. One member of the court favored adding another room to the jailer’s department, but | it was finally decided to stick to the | plans and specifications as adopted | and there could be no complaint from growlers. So there will be no deviation from the original plans and the jail will be completed for $8,098. The sudden and enexpected death of Miss Lutie Francisco, which oc- curred at the residence of Judge De- Armond Friday night the 21st inst. at 1 o'clock, was a severe shock to! the young lady’s many friends and | relatiyes in this city. She had been | suffering from nervous prostration ; since the terrible death of her father, Andrew Francisco, by a mine explo- | sion near Waverly, Mo., about a year | ago, and came to this city in quest! of health and to visit her grand-; mother, Mrs. Francisco, and other relatives and friends. During her visit in Butler she appeared bright | and cheerful. and Monday night at- | tended the musicale at the residence | of Mrs. W. E. Walton. In fact, her | illness was not considered at all dar- gerous until the eyening before her} death. She had every attention pos- | sible but sank rapidly until the end | came. The deceased was 19 years) of age, was abandsome and cultured young lady and loved by all who! knew her. Her mother arrived Sat- urday and Sunday took the remains | of her daughter back to Waverly for | burial. | i yl awww ut Pa “if ANE KNEE PANT SUITS. Suits worth $1.25 for 75c Suits worth $2.00 for $1.25 Suits worth $2.50 for $2.00 | Suits worth 5.00 for $4.00 | LONG PANT SUITS. Suits worth $2.50 for $1.50 Suits worth $3.50 for $2.25 Suits worth $5.00 for $4.00 i | Pf | TL PN A ho & Fs The reduction in rai’road fare has increased the attendance at the | World’s fair. The roads ought to drop another notch and the tidal wave would start. The panic in Kansas City has sub- sided and the money drawn is being | returned to the banks by the thous- | ands of dollare. There was no need | of the panic in the first placa and) the business men in allowing it to get beyond control acted very un- wise and thereby greatly damaged their town. They see it now but it will take several months to get things in as good shape as they were before the panic. Tired, Weak, Nervous Mcdonald Bors OutriTvERS Fol- WORKING SHIRTS. Shirt worth 75e for 50c Shirt worth 35ce for 9c KNEE PANTS. Pants worth 75c for 50c Pants worth 35c for 19c. NEGLIGEE SHIRTS. Shirts worth $2.00 for $1.50 Shirts worth $1.75 for $1.25 Shirts worth $1.50 for $1,00 é ar The ruins of a prehistoric city has just been discovered by a party cf prospectors while searcLiag for the Pegleg mine in Colorado desert. The wind had laid bare the walls and stone buildings. Mayor Stevens of Sedalia, issued a proclamation Saturday requesting the business men to close up for a couple of hoars and attend the bicyle tournament. This is a joke that Jefferson City will appreciate. Last Saturday Allen E. Jones of Texarkana Tex., murdered his wife and three children with an ax and then hung himself. The head and face of the wife and children were terribly mutilated. It is supposed his mind was unbalanced owing to ill health. Mrs. C. T. Burris, of Slater, Mo., haa sued B. J. Ballew, of that place, for $5,000 on the ground that he at- tempted to hug her in the absence of her husband. What would have b2en the damages if the old man had been present and Ballew had succeeded in giving her a good huge j ging. | The people by refusing to attend the world’s fair on the Sabbath did what the courts failed to do, closed | the gates for that day. Now sup- | pose they turn their batteries loore on the Sunday railroad riding ard the open beer gardens in the eities. Teach the desecrator of the Sabbath day, that the stars and stripes float over a Christian nation where there Thad rheumatism so severely that I was sbliged to use a cane. I wes tired of life and was a burden to those about me. I often suf- ‘ered from dizziness, worried much, and was bubject to nervous spells. Hood's Sarsaparilia made me feel like a different person. lowe Hood’s*=*Cures present good health to Hood’s Sarsaps- fia” Mus. Mary C. Cerpermas, La Fon- wine, Kansas. Be sure to get Hood’s. | “Heed’s Pills cure all Liver Ills, Bitious | is faith in God and a reverence for ees, Jaundice, Lndigestion, Sick Headache. His commandments.