The Butler Weekly Times Newspaper, December 7, 1893, Page 5

4 = EF ee’ Buy Useful Christmas Presents HERE ISA LIST. Mens Suits Boys Suits with Skates Free Trunks Valises Pulse Warmers Mens Pants Slippers Boys Knee Pants Flannel Shirts Gloves White Shirts Mofilers Laundred and Silk Suspenders Unlaundred Garters Mens 4 Hose Cuff Buttons Scarf Pins Boots and Shoes Umbrellas Collars Cuffs Hats and Caps Boys Long Pants Boys 3 Piece Suits Mackentoshes. McKIBBENS. BUT! ER WEEKI Y TIMES | A big revival meeting is going on Sree *" | at Nevada. | Ed Steel and wife of Richards | Spent Sunday in the city. : | 8. T. Brown of Elk Hart is a new Shia a ow Wa8 | subscriber to the booming Tres. LOCAL ITEMS 35 foe soo Tnizeain:6 | Miss Apna Cole has returned from ae a bs heey ler ea | her mouth’s visit in eastern Bates. pet at D.W. Drummond's. - | The Pleasant Hill Leader turned | 4 up its toes to the daisies last week. | Where an old side walk is taken up good one is pretty sure to gy down. A real old-fashioned Christmas in| Mra. Rowan, of Kansas City, ie Butler depends largely with the! visiting her daughter, Mrs MZ. merchants. | Curry. Mrs. Rude George, residing near; The president and wife took Princeton, Cooper county, attempted | Thankegiving dinner with Postmas- suicide last week. | ter General and Mrs. Bissell. W. M. Crawford, postmaster at, An epidemic of the grip bas struck Amsterdam complimented us while | the country again and a good many in the city Thanksgiving day. | people are complaining in Butler. Miss Tillie Stephens, whois teach | jfigg Auna Argenbright of Altona ing in the public schools at Hume, / and Mise. Mollie Haskins of Neva spent Thanksgiving with her parents. | da are visiting Miss Jennie Walton. _Wm. Warren was accidentally | Harris & Lisle have about 40 killed by his gun bursting while | good mules on hand and are still hunting in Saline county, a few days) buying. I'he market is about on a ago. | stand. Joe Meyer spent Thanksgiving | ‘The snow, the beautiful snow ar- day in Kansas City on business. He | yivyed on schedule tiine Saturday says the city is very dull and trade | night and fell to the depth of about light. {2 inches. The papers say twelve hundred! Majority of the business men of republican postmasters will step | Butler closed their places of busi down and out within the next three ; ness Thanksgiving day from 10 to months. , 2 o'clock. Rev. Hill, of the First Psesby terian church preached an excellent | tomary Thanksgiving proclamation. sermon at the Baptist church, | The day was duly observed just the Thanksgiving. | same by our people. Miss Fannie Woolery went toKan-; Mr. Hollaway is shipping apples sas City Thureday morning to spend ‘to this city from northern California. Thanksgiving with her sister, Mrs.'He has a number of varieties and Joe Shannen | some of them are very fine The mayor failed to issue the cus-/Vernoa county. Owing to the cold weather the water company has been compelled to put the connecting pipe to the lake under ground. The public schools of Sedalia con- tributed six wagon loads of turkeys, provisions and clothing to the poor Thanksgiving day. A couple of cases of scarlet fever | Of all the good things being pass , ed around by the ladies in the past | few weeks, in the shape of teas, the i men folks have not been in it. The charitable institutions of Kan | sas City are making an extra effort to care for the poor this winter and ‘tide them through the cold weather. ‘Tbe merchants who advertise in! {the Tres are all getting rich. Miss Edith Hartshorn, of Foster, lis visiting Mis. Jesse Trimble. A big batch of convicts were tak- | jen Monday from Kansas City to Jef | ferson. } | Dr Arthur Ludwick, of Kansas| City, spent Sunday in the city with! | relatives. | A snow storm prevailed in Iowa) | Saturday and fell 8 or 9 inches on | the’ level. | Archdeacon Gates, of Kansas City | |held services morning and evening | |at St. Marks, church in this city, | | Sunday. | Frank P Anderson, chairman of the democratic central committee | of Vernon county.is an applicant for | a deputysbip under internal revenue collector Withers. The residence of W J. Trueblood, at Rockville, burned Wednesday of last week. The fire originated from a defective flue. A quantitv of the household effects were saved. Lf. Huam Eddy, of Caauau, Coun., died Thursday aged 80 years. He was known as the “tighting parson ” He was captured at Bull Run aud was tne first inmate of Libby prison. Henry Wilbite aud Mrs. Amanda Lemmon ot Adnan aud Chas. Board vt Bailard aud Miss Gertrude Ray- buru, of Appleton City were licensed tomarry Friday. Alex. Lamb was taken suddenly sick Saturday apd lay in an uncon- scious coudition fur several hours. He was taken with something re- sembling the grippe: Mrs. J. W. Chambers and family of Sedalia, after a week's visit with ner father, Geo. W. Cowley, lett yes- terday for Denison, Texas, where they expect tu reside in the future. Gen William Lilly congressman at large from the state of Pennsyl vauiu, died Friday. Death was caused trom congestion of lunge. He wus on the streets the day be fore his death. The Howell and Howard livery barns at Nevada were destroyed by tire Saturday morning. Nine horses aud a number of vehicles were burn- ed. The fire was caused by an explo- sion of cual ol lamp. The Globe Democrat was mistak en when it saida few weeks ago, that the democrats would put a tux on sugar. LTustead the raw sug ar is put ou the free hist and refined sugar it cut down one half. The Mail says a large number of horses are dyiug near Harwood in At first 1t was thought the deaths were caused trom worm dust on the corn, but it 1s now said by many that this is not the cause. Thos. H. Edwards of Jasper coun- ty, the man who assaulted assistant cashier G. M. Houston, in the rear room of the First National Bank at Hurrivonville, a short time ago, has been taken to the Nevada asylum for treatment. The thumpers are making great preparations for the coming Corbett and Mitchell fight to come off in Florida next month. M. B. Curtis the actor was in St. Louis last week Street commissioner Pollock is do-| aud was offering to bet $75,000 on at Belton, Cass county, has created | ing good work tearing up the dilap ripple of excitement among the citi-! idated -sidewalks in the different zens of that burg. |parts of the town. Keep up the Positive economy, peculiar merit | good work. and wonderful medicinal power are Davis, Crawford and Ward. the all combined in Hood’s Sarsaparilla. | three men that robbed the Hume Try it. Hood’s cures. | postoffice some time ago were taken Nothing pleases the children oT cin pa Saturday from much as a visit from Santa Claus, | and they all look for the old man | “Pinky Blitz,” a fraudlent Christmas. They should not be dis- | Kansas City voter was sentenced to appointed. \ two years imprisonment in the peni- A number of young ladies of the eae p< ape — of the U. city gave a search party Thankegiv | ~ ae ing night, and the boys had quite @| ‘The steel cages for the new jail chase before they located the girls | arrived Thursday and will be placed at the elegant home of Mr. and Mrs. lin position without delay. In a H. E. Percival. | short time jailor Steel will be occu- A mad dog created quite a scare | pying his pew quarters. in Rich Hill Saturday. The dog be J. Scudder, president of the Ad- longed toa farmer and was killed jrian bank. John Duncan, the pop- by its owner. The canine, however, lular postmaster of the same town hit several dogs in the Hill before | and attorney A. J. Smith, spent Sat- being dispatched. | urday in the city attending court. Corbett at odds of $100 to $75. The January Harper Magazine will contain an important il.ustrated ar- ticle on recent discoveries in Egypt aud Chaldea which go far towards settling the origin of civilization. The author is Mr. W. St. Chad Boseawen, lecturer on antiquities in University college Oxford. An exchange puts a pointed query to William McKinley and his pro- tection advocates as follows: How much is American labor benefitted by the tariff when an American seamstress gets 7 cents for making a shirt, anda dirty almond eyed, heathen Chinee gets 10 cents for washing it. Look out for the new and ele- gant stock of wall papers and shades |, now on the way for D. W. Drum- mond’s uew store. 1-tf A Dr. Mak, lecturing on pbre- nology, was badly treated by a gang of men and boys at Holden one No worthy poor person in the city should be allowed to suffer this win- ter for the necessaries of life, and the good ladies of the churches | should see to it that all are looked after and cared for. The insurance compauies are pull- ing out of Schell City. The town has no fire protection and the disas- trous fires of late in that town has caused the companies to lose money and they are not willing to take | He has recieved a great many comp-| nies caused by the dreadful runnin, The Thanksgiving dinner given by| i : His the ladies of the South Methodist rent enablers on ee aaa church, and oyster supper at night | burned in the streets, and the doc- jnetted about forty-eight dollars. | tor and his assistant were stoned by | They nave a splendid dinner and) the crowd. A number of the parties jthere were no complaints from any-/ who assaulted him have been arrest- =— ed and will be criminally prosecuted. | Postmaster Duncan at Adrain was “Life Is Mi in the city Saturday and gave us a Se ee pleasant call. John says he bas the} To many people who have the taint finest office fixtures in the county. | of scrofula in their blood. The ago NO DULL TIMES HERE, We sold more goods for cash this November than we ever sold in any one month before— vember, and yet some people say there is no money in the Why this business boom in the midst of pan- There can be bought our goods in New York at the very height panic at PANIC PRICES and are in turn giving them to you at such prices that compel you to buy. Many of you have emptied the hoarding of years, down to the very last dime in the toe of the “traditional stocking’ into our money drawer, but in exchange you have gone away clothed in a happy smile and the best suit and over- coat ever sold for the money. That’s whyOUR business is country. icky times/ booming. $15 for $10. We've just marked down an- other lot of those geuuine Cali- fornia Cassimere suits from $15 to $10—a clear saving to you of $5. Boots and Shoes. Child’s $1 grain shoes Misses’ $1.25 * Men’s $3 satin oil shoes $1.75 Best $2.50 calf shoes. Best boys’ $1.50 veal calf shoes Selz “Smasher” stoga boots $2.50. Selz Assesser calf boots $2.50 Remember our shoes are World's Fair winners. Just closed out alot of Mens Wool Cassimere suits that are big values at $7 50. Our spe- cial price for December will be only $6. These are better than those wool Kerseys we've been selling you at same price. Boys Don't forget those Elegant Bicycles we are giving away but one € $8 for $5.50. We bought 30 of those Melton overcoats we sell at $5.50 aud ordered four times since. Thats no wonder however be-ause we can show where 3 otuer tirms have sold them at $8 Useful Christmas Gifts will be appreciated these “hard time” Examine our — stock. Men's 25 c.silkneckwear 19c. Men’s 50 ¢. “ 38e. Initial all silk Hakf. 50c. All silk Handkerchiefs 25c. | Mufflers, all grades, big values . 50e T5e. to $2. 50 seal plush caps cut to $1 50 25ec. fancy all linen handkerchief 3 for 50e. Cuff buttons, collar buttons Watch chaing &e. $5. for $4. One lot of Men's regular $5. ul- ster overcoats will go during this sale at only $4. Boys $4 overcoats for $3. Mexs a Bors OurritvERs 250 more than last No- Ve »xplanation of th e $4 for $2.50. We've just vougnut a lot of men’s overcoats, regular $4 values. We ciored out the lot so as to se! $250. The ii Saturd sy —_— them for only be here by Mens Furnishings Wool soeks worth 20c 2 prs. for 25c. Woo! socks worth 25¢ 3 prs. for 50c $1.25 knit oversbirts for $1 $1 “ “ 750 3 prs. best Rockford sox for 25 Boys’ 25c. sxunet caps only 9e Best 2 inen’s underwear. Best 25e boys’ underwear. $2.50 for $1.50, Balavce of our Childs Cape Overcoats at $2 and $2.50 will be closed out at $1.50. $1.50 Cape overcoats for $1 Boys’ waists, half price. $1 “mothers friend” waist 50¢ “ 50c. 25e No need making them at that price. j Rev. William Stevens left Monda: | D. B. Greenweod favored us this y for Nevada to assist in a protracted meeting in that city fora few days | G. B. Payne and Miss Emma Crowther, of Sprague, and Geo. D. Teeter and Miss Mary E. Crow, of | Ballard, were granted license to marry Monday. Lane & Adair are making & drive on cloaks this week, and determined to close out the remainder of their stock at and below cost. If you in- tend to buy a cloak now is your time, as you will not have another oportunity this winter to get a gar ment at your own price. Call early and get the pick. For prices read their advertisement. Five dollars in cash was contribut- ed to the charity fund by the schol- ars in Miss Woolery’s room at the West school building Wednesday of last week. The money was turned over to the ladies aid society of the different churches, Thanksgiving day and will be used fer the benefit of the needy of the town. All praise is due the children of this room for their handsome donation. The most destructive fire that has visited Lexington, Mo, in many years occurred Thursday evening. The large livery barn of Green & Kelley was destroyed with 21 head of horses, and all of their carriages, buggier, surreys, feed, etc. Frank Nichelson’s implement house was also destroyed. Dave Russel’s black smith and carriage shop was also consumed The losses were very heavy witb small insurance. In haulig iron for the new jail Ora Jennings met with qnitea mis & | fortune Thanksgiving evening while ! | week. J. Connie Morris is a new subserib | er to the Timzs. Mrs. Jeunie Gordon is a new sub- — Mr. Van Alen has declined tke Italian mission. Judge Given, and Robert Railey, of Harrisonville, were attending court Monday. scriber to the booming Times. The pauper families in Fort Scott 5 5 : ee - Friday 21 applied The diphtheria has subsided in| hay ena ure : | Summit township and we have heard | —" city authorities for food and | of no new cases. | i Sam’l Thurber, the oldest engin- | eer on the M. K. & T. railroad, has | been sent to the asylum at Osawato- | ;mie Kansas. | The writ of habeas corpus, to re- | release the St. Clair county Judges ‘from federal authority was denied , by the supreme court. | The republicans are greatly dis- | turbed over the income tax. Most | people around Butler are worried | | because they have no incomes. | Circuit Clerk, John C. Hayes, and | wife were taken quite sick Sunday with something hike the grip and | Mr. Hayes was unable to be at court | Monday. | i } The election of officers at Odd | Fellows hall Monday night, resulted | as follows: Walter Arnold, N. G.,| Like All Other Blood Diseases, Are Ed Williams, V.G., RL. Graves, sec., and Jesse Trimble, treasurer. If, as the Globe-Democrat asserts, the cut made by the Wilson tariff | bill in refined sugar docs not go! deep enough, and that whole duty} ought, to be abolished, and not! merely half of it, why won't the/| | same rule apply to all other neces- | | saries, such as wool, agricultual im- | Plements, binding twine, etc. | Cured by Hood’s Sarsaparilia. | “I have been a sufferer for several years with | hives, and have tried ev. E coala hear ef, from friends, or ordered by physicians, but nothing cured. In fact, I Seemed to be Cetting Worse Finally I read about hives being cured by Hood's Sars) and decided medicine. Ps ata a bottle ay, ow almost cured, and now, being on the second bot- Hood’s 2 | Mrs, W. W. Cook took the train | crossing the railroad t#ack in front! Saturday for Decatur, Ils, in an-| of the Farmer's Exchange at the de | swer to a telegram notifying her of | Sarsaparilla further risks. ! liments on the way he has fitted upjsores and other manifestations of . N. Harrell of Kansas City, was | #8 offce. this disease are beyond description. killed in Harrisonville one day last week. He had just arrived in town | and way sitting in the caboose of his train on the Blair line when the engine of another section crashed into it. He was 45 years old and leaves a wife and six children. The remains of Conductor Diron, who died so suddenly in this cit; Wednesday morning of last week, were taken to St. Louis for inter- ment. He had insurance on his life There is no other remedy equal to Hood's Sarsaparilla for serofula, salt rheum and every form of blood disease. It is reasonably sure to benefit all who give. ita fuir trial amounting to seven thousand five hundred dollars. Hood's Pills cure all liver ills. dot; As the wagon started down the incline the iron with which it was loaded, slid forward onto the horses, breaking the legs of one and badly injuring —— The Tues izes Wi! , Jennings in his oa which he can ill afford. the serious illness of her mother, but arrived too late to see her be- fore her death. Mra Sims was well ‘known in this city, having visited here a number of times. Mrs. Cook has the symatby of all in her sad be- Teavement. | Cures Ree eee cmead at eke eee mere wa} ten good medicine. hd E ” Mas SA. Montow. Deut's’towas Heood’s Pilis cure all Liver Is, Biicw 059, Jaundice, Indigestion. Sick Headache, *