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Boots & Shoes Now is your chance for genuine bargains. Bargains that are Bargains ($3.00 Custom made Tip boots for $2 00) WE ARE OVERSTOCKED AND MUST UNLOAD. Prices made that will make The Toads move quick. ($2.00 and $2.50 Shoes for $1 50. Our entire stock goes No Hunbug in this Bargain Sale. We mean business Th Come early. e stock must be reduced. Such en opportunity for buying at these prices, the best boots and shoes does not come often Max Weiner. Duvall § Percival of this city are saving the farne ers of Bates county thou- sands of dollars by giving them the benefit of their lower rates of interest on farm loans. Dr. A. KEK. LYLE, Butler, Mo. Special attention to Surgery, Ear, Nose and Throat diseases. OFFIcE: Southwest corner Square, over Boston Store. Residence: On South Main st, *40-2m Mrs. Lease it ia said is about to desert the populist party and join the republicans. The old hen wants to be on the winning side, but we dare say the republicans will have little use for her twaddle. Berry Collins and J. Salmon, two young men were found dead in their bed in the St. James hotel,St. Louis, Siturday morning. Collins lived in Washington, and Salmon, in New York. The young men were asphyxi ated by escaping gas from a jet. Chas. F. Bontwell, 2 carpenter, was found dead beside the railroad track a mile south of Cross, Oklaho ma, Sunday. The coroner's jury said he came to his death by hard drink and exposure. He had sepa- rated from his wife a short time be fore his death. The train robbers bave changed their base of action to Illinois. A} train on the Peoria Decatur andi Evansville road was held up at Salt Creek bridge near Lincoln Monday. A brakeman was shot but the rob bers got nothing for their trouble. O. Mitchell, of Hume, who has been spending the summer with his son-in-law, J. N. Asken, at Canon; City, Colo., for the benefit of his wife’s health, has returned, and will | with {from James Bellwood. Eggs are selling at 20 cents per dozen in our stores. Corn has jumped upa nickle, 30 cents now. No other sarsaparilla bas equalled in the releif it gives in se erest cases of dyspepsia, sick headache billious ness etc. A crank is after Gov. McKinley. He is represented tobe a man past|. middle age, with a shaggy beard a. d disheveled hair The Scuth Methodist congrega tion until the completion of their new church will worship in the hall over McKibbens store. The business portion of the town of Portland in. Arkansas was wiped out by fire Tuesday. But two stores were left’ standing. The booming Times office received acar load of paper Saturday, and blocks more off each week than all the papers in Butler combined. The Times leads the van. As members of the bureau of geol- ogy and mines Gov. Stone has ap- pointed W. O L Jewett of the Shel bina Democrat; Dr. J. H. Britts of Dlinton; E. M. Shephard of Spring- field and W. L. Seaman of Rolla. Mrs, Williams, living in the south part of the city, in passing around the cook stove the other day dislo- cated her-thigh. She is quiteanold lady and the injury is a bad one and very painful but at last accounts she was getting along as well as could be expected. Robert Stevenson a prominent farmer of Pettis county is charged stealing thoroughbred hogs When the constable went after Stevenson Sun- day he had skipped. He was a promi nent man in his neighborhood and his neighbors are surprised at his spend the winter visiting at Hume and Pleasanion, Kansas, where his wife will reman with her daughter, | Mrs. Norman. H. M. Jones, formerly landlord of the Commercial hotel at Newberg, ; suicided Saturday afternoon, on a! Missouri Pacific train, near James | town, S. D. He walked to the plat form, shot himself through the head and rolled from the train. He was 40 years of age, and leaves a wife and | two children. D. D. McCann has charge of the Rich Hill Milhng Co. grain business atthedepot as superintendent. Mr. | McCann has been in the grain busi ness at the depot for the past four years and understands the business of buying and handling grain. He has as assistant Walker Cannon, a young gentieman of good business qualfieation. This company pays the | highest price for grain. \ | Judge Philips, at Kansas City last week released Judge Copenhaven from jail on account of the failing condition of his health. The two other judges of St. Clair county, while pleased at the release of Judge Copenhaven, are anxiously waiting | for something to turn up favora-| ble to themselves. Judge Philips says he is unwilling to keep a man in prison at the certain cost of his life. actions. John H. Rockefelder, the stand- ‘ard oil magnate of New York, has _given the Univesity at Chicago $500,- 000. Hecould do more good to | this country if he would give this sum to the poor inthe way of a re- duction on oil. The oil trust makes ;him more money than he knows | what to do with. Yet the republi- cans say give us tariff and combines. We learn from G. D. Arnold of Summit township, who was iu the city yesterday, of the death of J. H. Hall's little four year old daughter by diphtheria. The child was taken sick Saturday and died Tuesday evening. The family in their afflic- tion bave the sympathy of the com- munity. An older daughter afflicted with the same disease is recovering. J. A. and W.S. Sells, with three teams put up at the Eik Horn stable | Tuesday night. They are returning |to their home in Andergon county Kansas with a monument and re mains of their father J. M. Solis. The family formerly resided in this county and the father was buried in the cemetery near Pleasant Gap 8 years ago. The young men came after the remains that they might be p'aced beside the wife and mother who died April last and was buried jat their home in Kansas. T. W. Legg, the Senge man, oe buggy repairs and everything in the buggy line. 5 25-tf Ed Childs is on the sick list Judge Page,of Dayton, Cass coun- ty. spent Tuesday in the city. Noss Jollity at the opera house Saturday night. All go. Strangers in the city attending court will be welcowe at the Toes office. Judge Henry aud son Arthur of Foster, were in town Tuesday on business. Mrs. Dr. Christy, who has been quite sick the past week is reported to be some better, which her friends | will be glad to to learn. The Noss Jollity company will appear at the opera house Saturday night This will be the first visit of this splendid troup to Butler, and as the company is first class they should be treated to a good house. In the United States District Court St. Louis Monday Joseph G Webb and Thomas M. Baker plead- ed guilty to forging the name of Mary Bailey to a pension check for 346, and each was sentenced to one year’s imprisonment in the Jefferson City Penitentiary and of $500. aa to pay a fine Judge Johu D. Parkinson, of But- ler, the distinguished jurist, was in attendance on circuit court, this week. He will be remembered by our older citizens as one of the men of iron nerve and exalted patriotism who were the redeemers of Missouri in the dark days fullowing the war. The days when Lucas, of malodorous memory—thoughts of whom creates nausea —exploited our = circuit judg+! In those days Parkinson be- came candidate for judge in his cir- cuit, and he and Judge Hawkins were selected who were uot carpet- daggers. Those days have passed away to be gone forever, but we will never forget the brave and patriotic men like Judge Parkinson who wrought our redeeming —Lib- erty Advance. as HeSaved a Life. Mexico, Mo., Nov. 18 —Word was received here today that W. V. Rob- erts, a barber of Rush Hiil a small town nive miles from here, bad fall en heir to a fortune in Las Vegas, N. M., left hire by one John Bennett, whom Robe:ts:saved from ing in the Sangamon river, twenty years ago. ¢The administrator of Bennett's estate has notified Roberts that property uggregating $600,000 and several thousand dollars in cash awaited him there. Bennett was a wealthy man when rescued by Rob- erts, and he offered the latter half of bis wealth at the time of the rescue, but Roberts refused to take a cent. Roberts jokivgly told him that if he had vo heir at the time of his death and drown- he could leave hin bis property, Bennett replied that be would de and has kept bis word. MOTHERS ! MOTHERS ii To know that a single applica- tion of the Cuticura Remedies will afford instant relief, permit rest and sleep, and point to a speedy and economical cure of torturing, disfiguring, itching, burning and scaly humors, and not to use them without a moment’s delay is to fail in your duty. Cures made in chiidhood are speedy, economical and permanent. ~ Sold throughout the world., akg Dave axn Cuem. Conp., sole proprietors. Boston. a“ Aboutthe Blood, Stin, sesdpand Hair,” ‘mailed falling bair and ei Sete cents yreveana oan! = ticura Soap. = If tired, aching, nervecs mecth- ers knew the comfort, strength, and Vitality in Cuticura Plasters, they ‘would never be without them. In > every way the purest, sweetest and best of plasters. — | | | | | + | BUT THE SUPP iby Mrs. E. S. Carrithers, IT NEVER We hardly RAINS. BUT IT POURS WHEN WE ADVERTISED THOSE SPECIAL OFFERS IN Jackets & Wraps expected to dispose of so many, LY 1S INEXHAUSTABLE Fire at Adrian. Thursday morning of last week the business part of our sister town of Adrian, located about ten miles north of this city, was damaged to the amount of $20,000 by fire. fire started about 1 o'clock at night and originated either in Fair's bar- | ber shop or Houston & Harrison's butcher shop. The losses are: H.| L. Fair, loss on building and daw- | age to stock $2,500; Chas. Haas damage to household effects, $100; Geo. Pulliain $1,000,insurance $700; | Huston & Harrison $1,000,insurance $550; Will Fair $200, no insurance; Virgin Bros. $500, insurance $350; W. A: Hoye, $800, insurance $200; P.S Haven $1,590, insurance $700; A. J. Hoover $800, insurances $400; P. F. Wood $2,500, no insuranee; A J. Satterlee $500. In all there were six buildings burned Adrian has no fire protection and | the fire starting where it did the cit izens of that town can congratulate | i themseives on getting off so well. The Ck ten at her ele gant home on Thursday evening of last week, was one of the fashiona ysantbemnum viven ble and pleasant entertainments of | the season, and a royal time was bad by those present. The supper com prised the delicacies of the season. and the evening was speut in amuse ments of different kinds aud social | conversation. Those present were: Mesdames Harriman, Armstrong. McKibben, Deacon, Mains, S. F. Warnock, Day, Clark, Boyd, DeAr mond, Percival, Duval], McBride, | The | The Jefferson City Typographical Union has withdrawn from the State ! | Federation of Labor, because of | | the latter's endorsement of Altgeld’s | pardon of the Chicago anarchist, and passed ringing resolutions, one of which says “this union has cor | dial American detestation of anarchy | and anarchists.” Tacoma, Wash.,Nov. 11.—A mask- jed man entered the Nevada saloon |last evening at 11 o'clock, walked | through to the gambling room and | pulling a gun on Chris Johnson. the | enly dealer present, ordered him to | hold up his hands. The dealer com |plied. The robber began scoop- jing gold aud silver into a sack. | | Johnson shouted, but before help ‘arrived the robber had secured $1, | 100 in coin and fled. | | When Baby was sick, we gave her Castoria. | | When she was a Cuild, she cried for Castoria, | When she became Miss, she clung to Castoria | When she had Children, she gave them Castoria [acteniates Auxious to Retire Nevada Mo., Nov. 14—Al Smock, | | postmaster at Richards, thie county | ; and astaunch republican, who re- | signed some two months ago to give | way toa democrat appointee, none | A Murderer’s Horrible Fate. Pine Bluffs, Ark., Nov. 14.—Tre- mendous excitement reigns at Varner | 8 8tation on the Iron Mountain road twenty miles south of here, over the lynching, shooting and burning ear- ly this morning, of a negro named | Nelson, whoa week ago murdered \ another negro. A mob con- sisting mostly of colored people broke down the jail, hung Nelson to & convenient tree, riddled his body with bullets and then set fire to it: This morning fragments of it were still found dangling from the limb. It had been raining hard all night and the moisture saved a part of the | body which was an almost unrecog \ nizable mass of roasted flesh. | A Child Enjoys The pleasant flavor, gentle action soothing effects of Syrup of Figs | when in need of a laxative, and if the father or mcther be costive or bil ious, the most gratifying results fol- | low its use; so that it is the best | family medicine known and every family should have a bottle hand. R. S. Catron insures growing | cops against hail, also writes fire and tornado insurance. 413 tf Executor’s Notice. Notice is hereby given that ietters ot administraticn on the estate of Geo W | Natus deceased, were granted to the undersigned on the 15 day of Noyember | having been appointed as yet, receiv- | 1893, by the probate court of Bates coun- led a bond last night to fill out which | | indicates that he can atill hold office- | | Mr. Smock declines to doo desiring |that some democrat be appointed. | There are several applicants for the ty, Missouri. All persons having claims against said estate are required to exhib- it them tor allowance within one year after the date of said lette1s, or they may be precluded from any benefit of said estate; and if said claims be not erhibit ed within two years from the date ot this publication,they shall be forever barred. Kipp, Walton, Tygard, Co»vk, Smith. { | place but for some reason noappoint-; Thi 15 day of Nov. 1893. Blsir, Vaughn, Herbert Warnock, Schaffer, Burrus, Misses Abell and Hannah. Our exchanges are the relating scheme of the young ladies of a church in an Iowa town to raise. money. The young ladies, so it is told, allowed the young men to hold | their hands a certain length of time | for 50 cents. A proposition to sell a kiss for 75 cents and a hug for $1.50 also meets with favor. luxuries are frequently pelos in this country.—Pleasant Hill Ga- zette. Falkersou, Hart; ' i | ment has been made. i 2 (eae JOHN GENCH. Executer. — OSPRICE’S- Bakins Powder. ‘The only Pure Cream of Tartar Powder.—No Ammonis; Ni Alum, | Used in Millions of Homes—4o Years the Standard a3