The Butler Weekly Times Newspaper, August 3, 1893, Page 8

—eeeessrgaen eat eee te SITET NEE REO AERP LECH MT LEARNS ARO NG AYER ins Duvall & Percival of this city are saving the farm ers of Bates county thou- sands of dollars by giving them the benefit of their lower rates of interest on farm loans. Miss Harriet Meak, of Blooming- Dr. Lansdown is on the sick list end has been bedfast for the past week. Gus Schrankler, committed suicide in Sedalia Friday. He took the mor- phine route. Jobn Adair, who Las been visiting his parents at ‘Lipton the past week, is home again. L C. Pace, living five miles south of town, says his field of corn will yield 40 bushels to the acre. Ex-attorney general McIntyre will #00n change his residence from Jef-} ferson City to his old home at Mex- ico. A horse belonging to Cole Hensley living near Virginia, was killed by lightning Wednesday night of last week. Rev. Pearce spent Sunday at Al- tona assisting Rev. Davidson ina protracted meeting now in progress at that place. Sheriff Smith of Cleveland county, Arkansas, was held up in Little Rock the other day by robbers and relieved of $1.200, of the state's mon- ey. Deacon Bros. & Co. received a car load of Round Oak stoves Monday. This is the best heating stove manu- factured and over 500 are in use in this county. John Trimble has taken his parture for West Virginia, where he goes on a business trip of a couple of weeks. He will also visit Wash- ington City before returning. de- Mrs. Johuson, of Cooper county, has a handkerchief which she bought 57 years ago at Nashville, Boone eounty, a town which was long ago swept into the Missouri river. She is 93 years old. John Chamberlain, formerly con- nected with the Kansas City press, died at Larnard, Kansas, on the 25, from injuries sustained by jumping froma buggy. He carried $10,000 accident insurance. Every Democrate member of the next congress should have mailed to him at once a copy of the democratic national platform with a reqenst that he give it his careful consideration. | —KEx. The St. Louis papers are roasting | the school directors of that city for discharging lady teachers for mar-} rying. The schools of St. Louis} Death of J.C. McKibben. The funeral of J. C. McKibben, These hard times the sensible |! miner at Rich Hill is sticking to his! bread and butter. who died at his residence on Ohio { five Miss Nellie Harley, who has been Street eae —— visiting at Independence, bas re- o'clock, was held at the First Pres- turned home. Mrs. Edgar Paimer, living in | by our citizens. The services Dresden, Pettis county, was severely |}conducted by the pastor of the bitten by a mad dog Friday. | Stephens of the Obio street M. E | byterian church Sunday morning at | My stock consi |11 o'clock, and was largely attended | were | jin Texas Saturday | visit with it now. Mrs. S. S. Allen i relati Butler. Mrs. J. D. Allen entertained a! number of lady friends on Friday evening, in honor of Mrs S. S. Al- len, of Texas. G. F. Horton and Miss Byrde Fa- lor, of Hume; J. W. VanCamp and Miss Grace Chowning, of Butler were licensed to marry Thursday. Miss Julia Mills, after a two weeks visit to friends and relatives in this city returned to her Lome in Foster, Monday mornipg. Miss Etta Denny has taken the place for a few days of Miss Mamie Ewin, in McKibbens’ store. Miss Ewin is visiting at her home in the country. The Missouri National bank at Kansas City will resume tusiness. The capital stock of the institution is unimpaired, and the bank will open in afew days with plenty of money. The lady members of the Catholic church of this city will give an ice cream and cake supper, im this city next Thursday, Aug 10th. Members and friends of the church are invited to attend. Ben Fee and family, Al Heath, Wilson Beaty, Albert Guyton, Mark Graves, and J. T. Graves. left Mon day to spend a week or two at Mon- egaw springs. The barn of J. H. Allison, hving a few miles from town, was struck by lightning Sunday morning and burn ed to the ground. He lost about $3- 000 worth of grain besides a lot of other things. Agent J. H. Fishback, stationed at Stafford, a small place near Topeka Kansas, while sitting in his office Saturday night was shot in the back of the neck and fatally wounded by a tramp. The Sedalia Bazvo for some reason known only to Big Injiv, is opposed to the free coinage of silyer. We'll wager a package of chewing gum that Congressman Hurd votes the other way. Mr. and Mrs. Morgan of Cornland complimented our sanctum while in the city Tuesday. Mrs. M. had the Times sent to her father, Spencer} Rice, at Redondo Beach, Cal., ee | was formerly a resident of this coun- ty. A historical dinner will be given t friends inj | possible during his sickness ;moved to Pike county, Illinois j with Iving and with having written the newspaper article which origin- |. The deceased had reached the ad-; it for her home | vanced age of 85 years. He had been ‘ ® month’s|sick for several w 3 with heart trouble and the ills incident to old jage,and while he had every attentiox was nota surprise to bh S lamily. Mr. McKibben was born in Clin- ton county, Ohio, in the year of 1808, in| 1841, and thence to Missouri locating in Butler, in 1868. He was a mem- ber of the Presbyterian church, and lived a quiet inostentatious christia life, respected and held in highest} esteem by the entire community. He died with the consolation of} seeing his children grow to manhood the sons in business, doing well and honored and respected citizens in the community in which they reside. The family consists of Joseph M, Jas. M, and Hattie, of this city. Isaac G., of Kansas City, and Frank McKibben of Rich Hill. Missouri Silver Convention Delegates. Jefferson City, Mo., July 31—! Gov. Stone to-day appointed the following gentlemen as delegates to Silver Convention which meets at Chicago. The appointments are} made irrespective of politics, and) the list is as follows: E. T. Hines, of Howell County; Ed W. Turner and H. J. Pawley, of Clinton Coun- ty; J. E. Lincoln, of Clay; C. F. Cochran and John L. Bittenger, of St. Josepb; Judge James Gibson | and R. T. Van Horn, of Kaneus | City; W. F. Switzler, of Boonville; E. J. Conger, of Linn County; Jobu | W. Knott, Hannibal; Judge Jere Craven, of Springtield; Jasper N. Burks, of Farmington; Henry W.} Ewing, of Jefferson City; ex Gov. David R. Francis and Gen. M. O. Hawkins, of St. Louis. The cre- dentials of these delegates have been forwarded to Chicago, where the delegates will find them with Ger. A. J. Warner, President of the Bimetallic League Gov. Stone will | be unable to attend the meeting. | } | Scores Senator Irby. Columbia, S C, July 27.—Adju | tant general Farley has issued a re- ply to Sezator Johu K_ Irby, follow-| ing up his recent attack on the sena- tor. His language is strong and! caustic. He charges Senator Irby ated the trouble. course of his reply: “I am prepared to prove you at heart «traitor to the! alliance and a traitor to the reform movement, and if I bear anything more from you, John, I'll do it.” The general's closing words were He says in the | thes had rather be an honest statesman or citizen out of a job by the ladies of the M. E. church, north of Deacon Bros., Thursday | Aug. 3. Proceeds to be applied to | the widows and orphans fund of the } ) chureh. should not be made au asylum for the support of worthless husbands. | Mrs. L. Sackett and little daugb- | ter, after a pleasant visit with her | parents and many friend, left Satur day morning for her home at Thayer, Mo. She was accompanied by her brother, Malcom Ross, who will visit | in that city a few weeks. Charley Miller, a colored school | teacher living at Georgetown, was | struck by a train and killed Monday about a mile out of Sedalia. It is} supposed he sat down on the track | in an intoxicated condition and went | to sleep. Clint Huff and Ed Potts, who! have been in Denver for the past year, returned home Saturday. Both | say the half is not told of the dis-| tress in Colorado. In Denver when | they left the streets were blockaded | with men out of work and money, | and they were leaving the city by hundreds on every freight. Rob Deacon made a pleasure trip | to Butler on his bicycle last Thurs- | day, leaving here about 2 o'clock and arriving at his destination, near ly 40 miles ky the route he traveled, | about 6 o'clock, or a hours run.} Bob is becoming an adept on the! wheel and this trip is an evidence of | his staying qaulities.—Harrisonville Democrat. \ General Weaver, the populist can- | didate for president in 1892, is stroll | ing over the country waking | | Hon. L. E. Wolfe; on Thursday Aug. \ | matters | lectures possible | 3 | lectures as possibl | deepand werealimost instantly Lecrvre--Monday August 7th the teachers institute will be addr by Supe. J. M. Greenwood of City; on Wednesday, Aug. aS Sy! of the} 10 by Prof. J. P. state university. All citzens interested in school | should hear as many of these | Blanton We see from the Review that the Rich Hill Coal Co., and the Keith} & Perry Co., agree to take back all their old men who joined the strike | except the Belgians if they apply} this week. Otherwise their places | will be tilled with new men. | | It is said that Vest is at White) Sulphur Springs, Va.. formulating a| bill on the money question in accord | with the democratic platform which | will cover the wholé question. We} hope itis so. Vest has the brains! to do it and do it right, too.—War reusburg Journal-Democrat. | Mrs. Rodney on Time. \ | Chicago, July 31.—Mrs. Lucille} Rodney of Galveston, Tex., who has been tramping from Dallas to Chica- go since Mav 16, arrived at Engle wood, a suburb of Chicago, yester day, and she completed the technical part of the wager by walking into Chicago this morning, registering at Polk street depot. j Mrs. Rodney started from Galves ton May 16 on a wager that she| could walk to Chicago by August 1 | and she wins by a day and wins) | side school building on Aug. Z than a political trickster and trim- }south, in the vacant room one door | | mer, ora deep dyed yillain in the United States senate ~ Horrible Death of Two Horses. City Marshal T. J. Wrig hard Ines Wednesday morning was with a party of friends ona fish- ing trip and when near the old Now- lin will on James river drove his team over an old well that was covered with brush. The horses be gan to flounder and he unhitched twas in x He them from the vehicle, but one after! the other the two animals the bottom of the well about he well was only about three feet in diameter, and the horses and har- ness had to be left there. One of the horses belonged to Marshal Wright and was worth $150; the other was owned by Recorder Y Bray and Springfield was valued at $125 — vress. The rain making methods of Kan- are to be introduced into Bel- um, where the government will at | once assume charge of an expedition for the purpose of enticing moisture | from the clouds in a particularly dry | section of tbe country. The old \nations of the world are depending jupon the United States for their ideas nowadays. Itis from America | that they get the beet exhibitions of | fire-fighting, the latest farming | methods, the best meat, the newest | improvements in mechanism. Now! Kansas tells old Belgium how to! make rain. One of these days Lon-| don will want to know an American | way to make sunshine.—Ex. Teachers Examination. | A general examination for teachers certificate will be held in the West! tai SES Ws i Druggists ‘wed two of them CLOSING OUT SALE Closing out s commences s of NOVELTY GOODS nt once. ichurch, Rev. Hill, assisted by Rev. | books of yanug kinds, blank books, counter books ntionery To cure nervousness your nerves jehurch and music rendered by a se- ses, work boxes, shaving must be fed by pure blood. Hood's eee ene ears ‘ sets nicure sets, albums, dus E : y jlect choir lent solemnity to the oc- | aoe : Sarsapari!la makes pure blood. Take grein | baskets of different kinds, bammoce! croquet s toilet soaps, pla: et knives, ty cane fi jus kinds, Sundries, dolls o: all kinds, toy dishes, child's furniture, doll buggies, and other things too numerous to Everything goes—nothing reserved. | I want to close out this entire stock | in the next sixty days and I will} mieke you prices that will sell the} goods. Come early aud secure what you want while you can get the goods at less than cost at the Nov-| elty Drug Store, near Southwest | corner of the square, Butler, Mo | B PIERCE. | Justice Courts Frank Nanee, a young fined in Justice Wright's court the other day on the charge of assault and batte! August 7th he will) again be arraigned on the charge of | disturbing the peace of John W.| Morgan. i In the same court Joseph aud | Win. Medley and Jas. Roberts, three | town lads aged from 12 to 15 years were given six days in jail for enter | man, Was | | ing the premises of Fleetwood Thomas and Robt. Brannock and destroying their melon patches. These boys bear the reputation of being about as tough as Butler beef- steak, and if they do not reform} their habits the best plac? for them | is the reform school at Boonville. J. J. Crooks of West Point town ship, was tried in Squire Hemstreet’s | court charged with disposing of mortgaged property. The jury could not agree and the case will be beard again. Cattle Thieves Bagged. Vinita, I. T, July 30.—Last eve- ning a United States deputy marshal and a posse ran across a party of cattle thieves they were in search of a few miles west of this city and bag Oue Ralph Hal- lock by name, is dead, the other, Sam Rogers, is on his way to the United at lat Port Smith, seriously wounded. © C Waoten and Willis | Brown, the leaders of the robbers, | were behind the other two and caped. Cattle thieves have been threaten- | ing to take this country but in the | first brush bave sustained a knock |Screams, an] Mack was rescued. He | out. Hallock, betore he died admit- | ted being in the Mound Valley Kan. | bank robbery about three weeks ago | ;and further said they were preparing | to hold up a train and make another | raise | A Wisconsin Farmer Murders His Wite | and ‘Three Children. | Wis July 31.—William | a farmer living nine | south of Antigo, murdered his | ee uker, nd three children about ten oclock Saturd night and then | made au take his own life Nouemuker inade unsu ssful attempt to] At the inquest | He lhe raid of starving. | His ents were in Quebec, where | h had come the from | Germany aud wanted money, and he! had none to kill his fam ne night He had intended | y Friday night but! nged his plan until Saturday | After the family was asleep | he went out and got an ax and re-| turned to do the deed. He said he} killed his wife first, 4 went into | the next room and killed Joseph. 6 years and Willie 4 years old. Re | turning to the room where his wife} he picked up his baby and killed He went to the barn, climbed ber. to the roof and jumped to the ff of the stye, sustaining injuries to tk spine and paralyzing his lower ey tremities Our Academy, hke almost all others, has had its ups and dov Within the past year its entire i debtedness has been paid off. and itis now preparing to take a fresh start, to attain a plane higher than which it bas occupied. The | aim of its friends is to inject new} vigor into its management; and the} hearty co operation of our citizens and others’ who favor a liberal edu | eation is confidently looked for that success may be achieved. Shall this expectation be disappointed? Butler and Bates county. rally tothe | support of this home school. and by i | | i speeches, for which he is paid $25/easily. She has been accompanied|and 18. All persons intending to building it up benefit the entire; per day and expenses. He has in vaded Missouri and spoke at Boon- \ ville Monday. These are hard times and the General must look out for Betsy and babies no matter the} humility in an ex-candidate for Halliday who represents the loser of | the wager. | Mrs Rodney is 23 years old,pretty president stumping country towns in mid-summer at $25 per day and expenses. m— - - | all the way by her husand and W. W. | teach will please be present. Respectfully Jno. P. THU Com. and engaging, and the amount that; It is not cften democrats and repub- | marked increase in the rava she wins by her successful walk is| lican affiliate in a convention serenely | cholera in parts of the empire where | community. St. Pete ficial + harg, July 31.—The of s just e k o S $5,000, said to be one fourth of the | but this was the case Tuesday when ‘the disease is epidemic. Increase in| amount the syndicate backing her/|the national silver convention con- | Podolia,Orel and Moscow being most has won. vened in Chicago. i noticeable. mention. | EC | vigcrously, | bers of the family Let } 21 H. L. TUCKER, Prescription Druggist. | A full Line of Everything Kept in a First-class Drug Store. Your Patronage Solicited, Corn Will be a Fallure. oT Yopeka, Kar ly 27.—Reports from western as indicate that! the expected heavy corn crop there will bea failure. A week of hot dry weather without any rainfall bas in maby alities bhghted the pros- The stalk has grown up large and strong, but the does not form. The crop will be valuable only as feed for stock To what ex tent this condition prevails can not be definitely ascertained, but it is probable that but little corn will be harvested in the western third of the state. A great deal of corn planted there in wheat fields that had proven failures. ear Condemned Choctaws Caddo, I. T., July 27.—J. D. Me Ciure, one of Governor Jones’ light horsemen, came in on the noon train to day from Judge Hudson and says that the nine cond-iuned Choctaws | would positively be shot August 4, | aud that the United States had de cided not to interfere with the sen tence. be serious trouble at Wilburton on the day of execution, as tke other Choctaw faction says positively that they shall not be shot and the Jones party is equally determined that , they shall be executed. McClure is the officer whom Willis Jones was in charge of when Albert Jackson re- ! leased him. To Pieces. St. Joseph, Mo., July 27.—James Mack, # box car tourist, had a terri- ble struggle for his life in a moving train on the Hannibal road early this | morning. Mack is a molder by | trade, and left Chicago a short time | ago and came here hunting work. | Failing to tiud employment, and his | money running low, he boarded a | Hacked Was | He seems to think there will | No Verdict Rendered. Harrisonville, Mo., July 27.—The ease in the cireuit court of J. W. Robinson vs. G. S. Barker, which has been occupying the court for the last eight days, resulted in a hung jury. Robinson brought suit against Brown for $3,000 damages for the | betrayal of his daughter, Miss Ger- trude Robinson, under the promise of marriage. Besides the civil suit, Barker was indicted by the grand jury for the same offense. On ac- count of the prominence of the par- ties a great deal of interest was man- ifested and at times it seemed as if ; it would result in bloodshed, pistols being drawn twice during the pro- gress of the trial. Prof. Baker was for six years the county commissioner and for two years principal of the public schools at Belton, Mo, where Miss Robin- son lives. The prosecuting witness, Miss Robinson, stood very high in | social circles, is a beautiful, intelli- | gent young woman, aud a favorite with all who knew her The jury stood eight for plaintiff and four for defendant. Both civil and criminal cases were con tinued , until the September term To Cleanse the System , Effectually yet gently, when costive or billious, or when the blood is im- ; pure or sluggish, to permanently cure habitual constipation, to awak- en the kidneys and liver to a healthy activity,without irritating or weaken- ing them, to dispel headaches, colds or fevers use Syrup of Fige. Mrs. Daun McConnell in alighting from her buggy at the store of Fisk Bros. store Monday evening, was taken suddenly and seriously sick with a complaint incident to a lady of her age. She was carried to the Hannibal freight east bound. Short-| residence of Mr. Burrus and later ly after he stepped into the car two | boys and a tramp climbed in. After the train was in motion the tramp, heard Mack rattling some silver in | his pocket and attacked him with a! knife A desperate fight in the dark | ensued. The tramp used his knife and when the train ple the two boys aroused the inhab itants nud trainwen with their was literally, chopped There were sixteen ug his body, bat he is yet ye, though | in a very critica! condition. to the house of named J burning to death two of bis children and perphaps fatally burning himself and wafe | Nevada Mo., Jniy 31 —Five mem- | of Newton Plunk- ett were taken suddenly ill after par- | aking of supper Sunday, although medical aid was summoned all members of the family are not out of danger. it is believed the food was | poisoned by an enemy of the family. SCRATCHED 3 YEARS Suffered, Scratched and Bled. Doc- tors No Relief. Cured by Two Sets Cuticura Remedies. ty > Tha ve rec- ded your remedies to = they are No.1. Our druggist is doing a nice business in Cuticura EB LES, since my cure. J have given of using my name as proof T enclose my portrait. A. F. iM, Phy F b, Wis. SALT RHEUM CURED My wife has been troubled with the salt rheum for fo During this time doctors of Ww is, and the most eminent of give relief. I tought the and she used only one box cake of CcTicvRa Soap.and RA RESOLVENT, and tate St., Chicago, Hl. WORKS WONDERS There is no doubt that the Ccriccra REME- n and blond remedies combined. y relieve and speedily cure every scaip, and blood, with loss ¥ to age. from pimples to t physicians fail. at the Price, Crticrra, > > Resotvent, $1. Porter Dace asp Cuem. Conp , Sole Proprietors, Boston. &e “ How to Cure Skin Diseases,” mailed tree. PLES, biackheade, red, rough, chapped, aad PIM oily skin cured by CuriccRa Se | stop; ed at the little station of Hem } | a farmer | H. Langevin, Saturday, | | PL H. Holeomb, persons, and they all | perforin more wonderful cures than | was removed to her Lome in the country. When Baby was sick, we gave her Castorla. When she was a Child, she cried for Castoria, When she became Miss, she clung to Castoria When she had Children, she gave them Castorig Butler “Academy. The 20th year of this Institution, the 5th under the present principal will open September 5th. The Fall term will continue 16 weeks. The N. D, July 31.— Lightning | number of teachers, the courses of | study and the rates of tuition will be | the same as heretofore. For cata- | logue or further information apply to 1, President of McC. MARTIN, Principal. Board or to B7-tf | ceeeeeeeeepeeeeneneee INTERES? REDUCD. The Missouri State Bank has a large amount of money to be loaned | on Real Estate and is making loans , at very low rates and allowing por- rowers to pay all or part at any time and stop interest. Parties wanting to borrow are in- vited to call at Bank and get terms. $25,000 in Premiums Offered by Liggett & Myers To- , bacco Co. of St. Louis, Mo. The one | guessing nearest the number of peo- ple who will attend at World’s Fair gets $5,000 the second $1,000, ete. Ten Star tobacco tags entitle you to a guess. Ask your dealer for partic- ,ulars or send for circular. 4 20-13t. R. 8. Catron insures growing cops against hail, also writes fire and tornado insurance. 413 tf T. W. Legg, the buggy man, for buggy repairs and everything in the | buggy line. 5 25-tf A number of choice farms for sale very cheap. A. S. Mittuors the land agt. Butler Mo. 15-Hm NEW DRUG STORE GW. MIERS & C0. —DEALEES [x— DRUGS, PATENT MEDICINES. Blank Blooks, Stationery. Toilet | Articles, Perfumery, Cigars, Tobacco |&c. Prescriptions carefully filled. HOW MY BACK ACHES! = Your patronage solicited. Back Ache, Kidney Pains, and eek | 3 Gw - ness, Soreness, Lateness, Straine and | _W. MIERS & CO. Geticare Ant-Pain Finstes, 7 ™* | East Side Square. i t ' : lgnntetialaseaya ne ragtanbebmiNAcec 9 E een en