The Butler Weekly Times Newspaper, August 10, 1893, Page 5

7 sicidlandiiia aman aor ae ee ertetenenenanemeree mame s fb Surprised every one, but it is no surprise that we are BKEAKING prices on all our line of starch col- lar and cuff goods; in SHIRTS WE GIVE YOU Choice of all this ¢ N PORK” ss of goods in the house for $1.-O0 33 1-3 PER CENT That’s a pretty big saving, but An ink factory has been started at | Congressmen attending the extra | | Nevada. session will not be paid mileage. | Dan Ayers was on the sick | Saturday. list J. J. Crooks. the young man charg- ed with disposing of a mortgaged | horse had his second trial before} squire Hemstreet last week and was | | exbhonorated by the jury. | Jobn Franciscoand Bruce Ludwick | | went to Monegaw Tuesday. The time for opening the Chero- kee st has been posponed. We learn from parties from Rich | Hill that wany of the striking ers are applying for work. fare tal me work : ' min- | Prof. Martin und wife are seeing | : Sens Some} the sights at the world’s fair. i es re - en back while the leading | f the strike are refused Mrs. Joe Meyer and baby daughter have returned from their visit to | Iinois. i you make just that much if | The total levy last year on 3100) Mrs. H. L. Tucker bas gone to! valuation inside the city limits, was] Waverly to spend a few weeks with | $5 50; this year the total is $2.45, as | \ relatives. lfollows: State, 25; couxty, 40; rail-| | ©. A. Emerson, cashier of the |T0®4> 50; school, 80; city, 50. The | \taxes on the same valuation will be | you buy one of those 300 Men’s fine suits this week. bank at Amsterdam, spent Saturday We close at 7 o'clock except Saturday night. tin the city. jnearly one third less than last year. | 25 per cent off on all Boys & | The coal mines over in Houses | eee Seats —— _ aa ¢ A complete line of) j | have been filled with negroes fr | died al e residence of her daughter | 5 ica Hp DL Te y M KIBBENS. lame ; eRe aa the aa Mrs. A. D. Swisher, on Ohio street, Child rens Clothing=--cash tal ks. othing Dept. | a | Prof Starr and wife have gone BUTHER WEEKLY TIMES! ,, Prot Starr soa LOCAL ITEMS | President Cleveland returned to | Washington Saturday. Lita Our people sought the shade and | palm leaf fans Sunday. The Belton fair commences Aug. , County court convened Monday. 15th | Capt. Tygard spent Saturday in J i P 1 tal Kansas City on business. . M. Patty, w eported quite sick Pr a Pacientog aie The thermometer registered 98 | Sunday at noon. Pretty hot, thank Sunday night. Brief funeral services under the auspices of the Catholic faith were held at the residence at lo’clock Munday, after which the to Iowa Thej Tues congratulates Bre. Smith of Record, over the arrival at! | his house of tine daughter. | Miss Oda Aurand, one of Clintons | most charming young ladies is visi- ting her aunt Mrs. D. W. Snyder. remains were taken for burial. Bates is good enough and the| Trives would not advise a single man in the county to go to the Cherokee | strip fora farm. If you can’t make money and get along in this county we do not see how you are to better OUSE pw Wen Mrs. Cal Robison and two daugh- ters, who have been visiting at Seda- lia for several weeks, has returned home Jacob Scott of Granburg, Texas, Franz Bernhardt is putting down ‘yards. Atthe present low price the water company are putting by- | must either be a very ignorant per- renewed for ’94. . A. tt went to West Plains | So sana an 7 | furnish 100,000 brick for the new Dan Walker is visiting relatives | and friends in Kansas. Henry Martin of Hancock county, Ill., is visiting his sister, Mrs. Ada- One hundred and eighty teachers | line Smith. prolatten ding he aneubube The sheriff went to Rich Hill Sun- A. L. Fox shipped a car load of | day evening to look after the strikers cattle to Kansas City Monday. | movements. Terry Stephens of Kearney, Mo..| A fine little ten-pound daughter renewed for the coming vear. | arrived at the home of Robt. Tricket So far Hicks’ weather predictions | on Friday last. for this month have arrived on time.| F.C. France, our good farmer J. B. Armstrong and wife are | friend of near Altona, is a new sub spending this week at Monegaw | sciber to the Trates. Springs. | The Sunday school children of the J. F. Luke, of Arthur, and two| M. E. church South, will picnic in small children were bitten by a mad | the grove near the lake to-day. dog Friday. | Mrs. Nora Ryan and two children, | of St. Louis, is in the city visiting her brother, Mike Curry and family. Geo. Patrick came from St. Louis, Monday to spend a few days with his family. | Bates county's apportionment of state school money, is 38,931.78. The county has 10,271 children of school age. Nine out of ten of the democrats of Bates county favor the free coin- age of silver. | Elbert Thompson, Ira McConnell | and Chas. Henry left for Monegaw Springs Monday. Thos. Taylor of Pleasanton Kan- |sas, whohas the contract for the | brick work on the new jail arrived in | : Chaley West, one of Walnut | the city Saturday. township's best fartaers and citizens; Thos. Guult was in the city Mon- spent Monday in the city. | day. He brought his little daughter W. A. Radford and wife of Parie, | UP t° spend aweek with her aunt, Texas, are in the city ona visit to| Mrs. Willis Crabb. Charles Radford and family. | Miss Maggie Abell returned from her trip to the world’s fair Satur- day. She gives a glowing account of the world of wonders that she saw. Ike Mains will leave this week to | join bis wife in the white city and | spend a week or so looking at the! fair. | Mrs. Peter Lane left Sunday for Elwood, Indiana, to spend three or four weeks visiting her parents. The | Trves wishes her a pleasant trip and | safe return. Don’t forget the Sunday school | picnic at Passaic the 17th. Speaking | music, dinner and a general good time. Thos. Gault, assessor of Osage township, spent Monday inthe city on business and gaye the Tmrs a social call. | An Atchison county man one day last week fell on an open knife he | held in his hand and severed an ar- | tery in his leg from which he bled to death in a very short time. Dr. Boulware and Mark Clay, kigl- | ed a mammoth rattle snake near the | Miami bridge on the Rich Hill road Miss Christine Jewell, of Detroit | Thursday. His snakeship had fifteen Michigan, who has been visiting at | rattles and a button. the residence of Mrs. G. A. Henry} left for home Monday. ' Henderson Miller, one of the Tres’ substantia] farmer friends, from near Foster, was in the city Monday on business. J. L. Cloud called Saturday and \ bad his name enrolled on the sub- Before leaving Judge DeArmond | geription books of the boommng left no doubt in the minds of his! Tiyes. Mr. Cloud's wife holds the party in this district as to the posi- | position of city telegraph operator. tion he would take on the finance | z In sliding down a stack of hay question. | near Mount Grove, Mo.. Saturday, A mass convention of the democrat | Homer Russell fell on the broken party, of Polk county, was held at | handle of a pitchfork, which passed Bolivar last week and resolutions | through his body. He died soon demanding the free coinage of silver | after. was passed. } The ladies of the Catholic church A hit bird generally flutters. | will give an ice cream supper in the When you hear a man abusing Com- | vacant store room next to Deacon missioner Lochren, you can feel as- | Bros. & Co., to-night. Don’t fail to sured he is not entitled to the pension | attend. The receipts of the evening he is drawing. The worthy soldier | go for the benefit of the church. does not need to find fault. | “Jesse Trimble and Charles Mad- | dox are having bydrants put in their | money and low price of wheat— a concrete walk in front of his place yourself ina new and unimproved Power Bros. have the contract to territory. Bates is good enough. Stay here. of business on the north side of the square. Dr. R. E. Young, superintendent | J. H. Fletcher, one of St. Clair of the asylum at Nevada, has resign- | county’s substantial farmers, spent The person that insists the demo- jeratic party is responsible for the; present state of affairs—scarcity of Dr. Williams the newly appointed physician to the Missouri peniten-| tiary, is a brother of Harry Williams consul to Vera Cruz. Peter Wrentch is believed to have broken the record on wheat in New- ton county. He raised 164 bushels from four acres, machine measure. Joe Myers, a miner in the Peapers mine near Joplin, was buried Wed- nesday under 100 tons of rock. ‘I'he bottom fell out of a drift upon him. The Harrisonville Democrat says the First National Bank of that city, which closed its doors a week or so ago, is making arrangements to re- open. A masked robber held up the op” erator in the Missouri Pacific office at Independence Sunday night and then relieved the cash drawer of $10.75. Grandpa Abell turned his 79th mile post Monday. Weare glad tosay he is quite well and very active for a man of his age, takes an active in- terest in the political affairs going on, and isan uncompromising free silver advocate. The Osceola Democrat is fighting the bond compromise question. This may be best for the tax payers of St Clair county and it may not. It is our opinion the example set by the people of Cass county is the surest way to relief. The Tives’ stalwart democratic friend, W. E Wells, spent Monday in the city shaking hands with his many friends. Mr. Wells is one of the live, energetic business men of Foster, anda more accommodating gentleman is not to be found in the county. Proi. N. E. Stephenson called Sat- urday and renewed for his paper. He said he would leave the last of the month for Lawson, Mo., to take charge of his school. He taught this same school last winter and gave such good satisfaction that he was again elected at a salary of $50 per month. Alman Daniels living a few miles south of town ldst five hundred or more bushels of wheat and two ricks of flax by fire Friday. They were threshing and the fire originated from the traction engine. Mr. Daniels is a good farmer, a good citizen and the sympathy of the community is with him in his loss. Joseph A. Howell, murderer of Mrs. Minnie Hall and her four child- ren, near Brookfield, Linn county, Mo., on the night of Jan 19, 1889, was hung at Trenton, Friday. The murdered lady was a cousin of How- jell’s, and after killing the family he (carried hay from the barn and set the dwelling on fire to hide his crime. FOR RENT: My farm of 220 aeres in Shawneetownship. Can be found at McFarland’s harness shop for drants in yards there is no excuse sonage or takes the man he addresses the next 10 days. | for not having plenty of pure water. | to be a fool. T. T. Wemorr. Hon. Harry Osborne of Neosho representative of Newton county, a democrat and thorough going busi- ness man spent a few days in the city visiting old friends. Mr. Osborne formerly lived and married in this city and the Tras is glad to know he has prospered politically and financially. Walter E. Shaw, murderer of his mother and aunt, paid the penalty of his crime ut the end of the rope at Houston Texas, Friday. He was a hardened criminal and after mak- ing a minute's talk on the seaffold, stepped on the trap door and re- marked to the sheriff. “I am at your service.” He was dead in 7 minutes. The railroads are making deep cuts to save expenses and thousands of hands are being laid off. The Southern Pacific has discharge 1,000 men on their system. The Atlantic also made a wholesale discharge of its employees last week. It is claim- ed the roads are doing a small busi- ness and it was absolutely neccessary to cut expenses. The democratic party for the first time in over one-third of a century took undisputed control of the na- tional government Monday. The democrats have president, vice pres- ident and both branches of congress. Now redeem the pledges end give us better times. Something the whole country has been praying for and demanding tor a long time. The Tres regrets to learn of the death of W. J. Crow, one of Spruce township's best and most substantial citizens. His death occurred Friday morning and was due to strangulat- ed hernia. Mr. Crow was between fifty and sixty years old, had resided in the county a number of years. He was adeacon in Fairview church, and an upright christian gentleman, honored and respected by the entire community in which he lived. Mrs. Mary C. Jones, wife of E. N. | Jones, aged 49 years, died in this city Saturday morning of dropsy and other complications. The funeral services took place at the family res- idence Sunday at 3 o'clock, conduct- ed by Rev. Blair, after which the remains were laid to rest in Oak Hill cemetery. Mrs. Jones had been sick for the past three months. She leaves a husband and seven children two boys and five girls. Mrs. Jones was a most estimable lady, and the bereaved family have the sincere sympathies of the community in their affliction. Don't You Know That to have perfect health you must have pure blood, and the’best way to have pure blood is to take Hood's Sarsaparilia, the best blood purifier and strength builder. It ex Pels all taint of scrofula, salt rheum and all other humors, and at ‘the same time builds up the whole sys- tem and gives nerve and strength. Hood s Pills may be had by mail for 25¢ of C. I. Hood & Co., Lowell, ed his position. The resignation was promptly accepted at the meet- ing of the board Friday, and Dr. Gordon was elected to fill the va- cancy. Senator Cockrell says he will vote to please his constituents in the financial struggle. He thinks a few disinterested patriots will sacrifice | themselves to oblige somebody at a, distance, but that number will not be great. The ordinary congress- man is gifted with sufficient acumen to hold his job.—Nevada Mail. Roy Waller, 14 years of age, son | of T. W. Waller, while currying one | of his fathers horses, Friday morn- | ing was kicked by the animal and had his arm broke above the elhow. | Dr. Boulware was called, set the arm | and made the little fellow as comfor- table as possible. Although the break is a bad one it is hoped Roy will get along all right. The congress which is about to assemble will be larger in point of | numbers than any of its predeces- sors. The fifty second Congress bad 420 members, while the fifty- third willhave 444. This increase of 24 members was made entirely in the House. In the Senate the mem- bers will number eighty-eight, as in the last congress, but the house, 332 members in the congress. which expired last March, will have 356 in the extra session which met last Monday. The Adrian Journal says the citi- zens of that town were agreeably surprised to wake up Friday morn- ing and find that the post office had been moved during the night to its new quarters on the south side of the street, and new combination lock | boxes and furniture bad taken the | The Jour- | place of the old fixtures. nal compliments the new postmaster, John Duncan, on the convenience of the new arrangement and the ef- ficient reanner in which he is man-! aging the office. The funeral of Mrs. M. S. Meyers, | who died Sunday at the residence of her daughter, Mrs. J. C. Clark, took | place Monday at 4 o'clock and was largely attended. The deceased was | seventy six years of age, and had) been an inyalid for the past ten months, and ier death was not un- expected. She was born in Chris- tian county Kentucky in the year 1816, and come to Missouri a good | many years ago first making her home with a daughter in Cooper} Her family, living, consists | of four daughters, Mrs. J. C. Clark, | Mrs. H. M. Cannon, Mrs. E. Crab-, tree, of this dity and Mrs. T. B.| Mrs. Meyers | was a member of the Christian | church,j and was a most estimable | lady,and enjoyed the highest esteem | county. Clark, of Otterville. of a large circle of friends. The fun-' eral services were conducted by Rev. L. W. Pearce of the Methodist church south, and the remains were laid to rest in Oak Hill ceme- tery- 7 gf Be | Friday in the city and called on the | Times and renewed bis subscription | for 1894: He said Butler has made many substantial improvements since he was here six years ago. He re- ported the crops over in St. Clair jas very good, especially the pros- pect for corn. Speaking of the bond ‘compromise of his county, Mr. Fletcher was of the opinion that the | proposition to settle the debt at 50c would not carry. As for himself he | was opposed to any compromise and | weuld vote against it Jas. A. DeArmond, eldest son of | congressman DeArmon}, was taken suddenly and dangerously ill Friday night about 12 o’clock. Dr. Boul- ware, the family physician, was call- {ed and when he arrived found the | young man in a very precarious con- dition,having onespasm a‘ter anoth. ‘er in quiek succession. His stomach | was weak and refused to retain the }medicine and for several hours it was feared the seriousness of his | sickness would bafile the skill of the physician. The doctor, however, remained with him during the re- mainder of the night and finally succeeded in quieting his patient. The cause of bis sickness is attribut- jed principally to nicotine poison from excessive smoking. Early | Saturday morning Judge DeArmond was notified by telegraph of the condition of his son and advised to j return home, but a little later in the | day the young man showed signs of improvement and the Judge was again advised to await further no- | tice before starting for home. Since ;Saturday James has been gradually improving and Dr. Boulware has hopes of his recovery. He cer- tainly had a very narrow escape and it is hoped he will get along all right. | Dr. Mules Medical Co., Etkhart, Ind. Daaz Sims: For 20 years I was troubled with heart disease. Would reeeety: have falling and smothering st night. Hai to sit upor of bed to breathe. pain in my last I became Hy i ai a fe] i” j H | f HE etl ail 4 if | | 5 | 4 ne if a $ 3 B : ; § I i