The Butler Weekly Times Newspaper, February 15, 1894, Page 5

% «” Attorney Blanton of Vernon coun- ty was attending court Monday in ception. for #10. This sale will last only a short time longer. Better take advantage of it NOW. All overcoats at actual cost. boots, the famous Selz All ore Winter yet The seasons are certainly changing--getting cold weather in the latter part of the winter. This year no ex- Probably you have been trying io get through with out a suit or overcoat. you’re lucky--for now, you can buy any wintersuit inour store no matter what the former price, for only $15. $15, $13.50 and $12.50 suits later. All If so, make, at special prices. Mens arctics, good quality, for 85 cents. BUTTER WEEKLY TIMES — LOCAL ITEMS Sheriff Colyer has taken posses- sion of the jail. Our good friend D. T. Owens, re- news for 1895. Geo. Ashley, renews for the boom- ing Times. Nevada is overrun with tramps, 80 the papers say. | The House sustained Mr. Cleve- land in the Hawaiian dispute. J.B. Leaky, of Mayesburg, isa new subscriber to the booming Times. John Fisher, of Pleasant Gap is a new subscriber to the booming Times Fra-k Oldaker. one of Butler’s best shoe makers, renews his sub scription. Geo. M. Canterbury and Mont Shannon, have gone to Arkansas on business. G. S. Hoss and L. L. Scott, at- torneys of Nevada, were attending court Monday The old jail building which has been an eye sore should be leveled to.the ground. Thos. G. Ellis, of Rich Hil! was | appointed by the court foreman of | the grand jury. the King case. Geo. W. Houk, congressman from | the third Ohio district, dropped “~~ dead in Washington Friday. | | | W. M. Pond of Rich Hill, and! Mrs. Jennie Harper, of Cornland, were licensed to marry Monday. } Levi Meyer, of Lawrence, Kansae, | js assisting in the store while his | brother Joe Meyer, is east buying goods. The schools in Henry township Vernon county have been closed on | account of the measles among the cbildren. Rev. Robb, pastor of the M. E. church south, was called to Sheldon | Saturday to preach the funeral of a) derarted friend. D.N. spending the past week in the south ern part returned home Saturday. Thompson, who has been | of the state and Arkansas Seudder, president of the Adrian bank, was down at the hub Saturday. Joe Meyer left for the east to buy gaods, Sunday evening. He will be absent about ten days. Our yeung friend Claud L. Clark, will read the booming Truxe at Jef ferson City the coming year. J.G. Middelcoff, has purchased lots and will erect a large flouring | mill near the depot in Clinton. The Johnson county democrats have decided to nominate their county ticket May 26th. by primary election. Geo. Chamblin, of Higginsville, Lafayette county, spent Monday in the city visiting his brother-in-law C. J. McDonald. Our staunch farmer friend and punetual subscriber, G. W. Mitche!l, \ of Summit township called Saturday and renewed for 1895. | | Miss Emma Lane of Papinville, | and Miss Lillie Filbrick, of Rich Hill, are visiting Miss Quincy Mitch- ell, of Summit township. The measles among the children are reported to be quite bad in Rich Hill and Nevada. So far they have not made their appearance in Butler. Your attention is called to the ad- vertisement of Deacon Bros. & Co. Their stock of farming machinery has arrived. Call and see the new | reapers. J. L. Shaw, of Mayesburg, and W. |D. Alexander, of Burdette, both members of the grand jury, gave us acall Tuesday. Mr. Shaw renewed | for 1895. The House committee on Fereign affairs stated the correct Hawaiian policy in its resolution—No annex- }ation; no protectorate; no interfer- ence. Loan and Investment association of \ Sedalia spent Monday in the city on business for the association and gave the Trurs a call. Wm. White, of Spruce township, | passed through Butler Tuesday in a -|Indian Territory. He will have a rough road on account of the deep s20w. } A. J. Staley, representing the covered wagon bound for Lenapah| brought 66 rabbits to Butler Tues | | The mayor o: Nevada has issued | an order to the marshal to kill all) dogs found on the streets without a/| muzzle A similar order from the) mayor of Butler would be proper. | A Goodin, chief train dispatcher for the Missouri Pacific railroad at | Nevada, was stricken with paralysis at bis home in Nevada Fridey night. The doctors do not think he can re cover. The Tres esteemed friend uncle | Wm Griggs, of Ballard, was in the city the other day aud dropped a} couple of dollars in our till. Uncle Billey is ove of our oldest and most substantial friends. Silas Levy will leaye this week for the East to purchase his stock of spring goods. He proposes to lay in a large stock this season and will put on sale with the blue birds the very latest style in dress goods. The remains of Mrs. Sarah Miller, who died at her howe iv Grand Riv- er townsbip Saturday, were laid to rest in the cemetery at Cresent Hill, Sunday. Mrs. Miller was quite an old Indy and leaves a family of grown children and a large circle of friends to mourn her loss A movement is on foot in Kausas City to run an independent citizens ticket The object is to purify poli tics and get honest in Office is that mongrel tickets, never get the best men Partie’ sometime make mistakes and put out bad men but they usually nominate their best men. men Our observation R. J Starke spent Saturday and Sunday in the city withfriends' He came up from Jefferson City to spend a few days with his family in Spruce township. He is in perfect health and reports affairs at the prison run ning smoothly. Warden Pace and family he says are enjoying good h-alth and the warden is kept busy looking after the affairs of his office. The following named gentlemen were empaneled as grand jurors by Judge Lay, Monday. They received fuli instructions from the court as to their duty and went to work: Jene Shaw, Lon Murphy, T. D. Rafter, John Patton, J. A Patterson, Ed Davis, F. Ooley, Orlando Dillon, John A. Dunn, Thos. G. Ellis, David Alexander, Joe Smith. Thos. G. Ellis, Foreman. John Davis and August Tebo were placed in jail Saturday Both men were arrested at Rich Hill by sheriff Colyer on indictments charging them with being implicated inthe hanging of Wm. Jackson, the negro mobbe at Rich Hill, September 17th on the charge of attemptiag torape the lit- tle daughter of Mr. Davis. One of the prisoners arrested, John Davis, is the fatner of the assaulted child. We frankly admit,as chargedby the Record, that we were too young to participate in the late unpleasantness Mr. Austin was old enough and did take a very active part, and exposed life and limb in the dangerous posi tion of clerk in one of the depart- ments at Washington on a twelve hundred dollars salary,while the oth er boys were at the front doing the fighting for eleven dollars a month Bro. Austin degerves a pension and should have one. Bro. Austin of the Record is try- ing to curry favor with the G. A. R. by persistently misrepresenting our attitude towards the old soldiers. e has forgotten already the lesson taught him when he attempted to eurry favor with the merchants by villifying and misrepresenting a prominent attorney of our city. We have no disposition to enter into a personal controversy with Mr. Aus- tin but we may have something to say which will prove very interest- ing reading if persistently assailed. A genuine Western Kansas snow storm arrived in this city Sunday evening and remains with us, covering the ground to a depth of eight inches or more. In many places the snow drifted to a! depth of four or five feet and travel | en the high ways has been impeded. Trains north and south were delayed ;and no mails arrived in Butler Mon- day until about five o'clock in the afternoon. Sleighing is good and those who have cutters are making} | good use ef them. i The McCormick and Borlard boys| day, the result of one day’s hunt | Remus Douglass’ little daughter is quite sick with pneumonia. Sleighing is good and those who} have cutters are making good use of | them | Mrs Addie Kines, of Mulberry, bas ber address changed to Eldorado Springs. Miss Quincy Mitebell, of Sammit township, gave a social party Fridxy evening iu honor of ber frieud-, Misses Puilbrick avd Lane. anda very enjoyable time was had by the | young ‘folks present. An insane woman entered the | counting room of the Post Dispatch office in St Louis, Saturday aud at tempted to shoot two clerks. She snapped the weapon twice at WE. Wi:ters, who jumped the counter | and took the pistol from ber and bad ber arrested Miss Reno went to her home in Cass county to spend Saturday aid | Sunday, aid on account of the sever: | storm she did not return until Tues | day. She reports the suow storm | very severe in Cass county, aud 1: | many places the roads were almost | impassible from drifts. Charlie Johnson, of Warrensburg, | and Miss Jessie Evaus, of this city, were united in marriage at the home of the bride in this city, Wednesdiy of the last week. The affair wax kept so quiet buta very few knew the intentions of the contracting parties and the wedding was quite a surprise. Mr. aud Mrs. Johnson left on the evening train for thei home in Warrensburg The Ties extends best wishes. Miss Mary Parkinson, teacher in our public schools, had quite an ex perience in returning home from a visit to her parents in Kaneas City She left the city Sunday eveniny and before getting two miles from the limits the train ran into a snow drift and stuck fast and those aboard were compelled to remain in the car all night. Monday morning the train was taken back to Kansas City and on acccunt of the cable cars not being able to run was forced to re main at the dopot all day. Mrs. Jane Fisher, of Fayette Mo who has been spending the past week with her nephew, R. G. West in New Home township, returned home Tuesday. Mrs Fisher ie 70 years of age, but hale and hearty. She has raised a family of five children of her own and eight orphans Sh took Mr. West when a babe of 7 dayr eld, his mother having died, and kept him until he was 5 years old She came to Bates County in 1837 with Mr. Wegt’s father and remained here until 1847 when she went tu Fayette Mr. West is very muchat- tached to her and her visit to him was one of the happiest and most pleasant events of his life. The long contested case of Vernon county against ex-recorder A. J. King brought to Bates county on change of venue, was disposed of by Judge Lay Monday the finding’ of the comt being in favor of the defendant. In this case action was brought agaivat ex-recorder King by the couaty for money retained in excess of lawful fees. The matter was referred toa referee, Mr. Casy, an attorney of Clinton Mo., who investigated the case finding for the county in the sum of $1,200. Mr. King demurred from the finding of the referee and suit was brought against htm to re- cover the amount which resulted in the court setting aside the report of the referee and the rendering of judgment in favor of the deferdant King. Peculiar to Itself. So eminently successful has Hood's Winter is on and yet Our Prices On SUITS and OVERCOATS are lower than ever defore. The Opportunty Of the season is RIGHT NCW, before THIS SALE 1s ever. CLOTHING DEPT. McKIBBENS:- Our esteemed friend Gidion Hov | ey, of Lanbam, Texas, renews for | j 895, for whic! sks. ‘ Cat nen Poe a C. P. Catron & Co. will buy court Col. Dan Kennedy, editor of the ! cost and loan movey in swallamounts Springfield, Mo, Leader, has been lon good chattel securities. 12 tf. appointed consul at Malta. It is a} good fat take and the Totes congrat- | ulates Col. Kenredy- Big line of work Shirts and pants Van Burer Va. i eis on the sick ust with typhoa\ te ver. A Laughing Evens. The commy engazement of “A | Pur of Kids” at Tne Opera House | Friday February, 16. promises to be Bacteria do not oceur in the blocd | hs laughing event of the season. or in the tissues of a healthy living | Everyone will be interested to see | body, either of man or the lower | vow the “old countryman” maaipa- ' = » 7 animals.” So says the celebrated | '#te8 Seah eae fly _ and bow ve runs that mite in 24% on ne Dr. Koch. Other doctors says thar | revolving treadmill, Having done it the best medicine to render the for eight successive years there is every reason to believe he has the fine points of fun “pat,” so to speak. | Chere isa restaurant scene in the Will Keel, assistant editor and|“Kids” which is one ccntinuous business manager of the Afton News, | ‘tug of funny, burlesque, comical Indian Territory, and a former But-| pantomime ‘tricks and sleight of Fe Ta Us gence AE geebecth uand action. The old “jay” of course y» : a runs the restaurant, and the way he Ricketts, of Kansas City, the 4tb does it must be seen to be appreci- inst. The Trves wishes friend Will | ated and his fair bride clear sailir Fa through life and that their path may be strewn with rofes. nlood perfectly pure and healthy is Ayer's Sarsaprilla. A Sad Case of Insanity- Wm. Pond, who was fn the city this afternoon, while in conversation with a Review reporter, informed us of asad case of insanity It is that of Mr. Ike Chandler, a prominent farmer aged 38 years, who rerides in Cornland. Some weeks ago Mr. Chandler was taken ill and after a hard spell of fever began showing signs of insanity Friday of last week aud has been gradually growing worse until yesterday when he be- C. B. Lewis, accompanied by Mr. Denton, went to the Webb farm nea Hume, Tuesday where Mr. Lewi- cried a sale. In reaching the place overland they experienced many hardships owing to the bad condition of the roads and many times they had to drag their way through the snow drifts for a quarter of a mile which came up to the sides of their horses. came violent. He was an excellent Miss Viola Couchman, one of the | 2&" and has a wife and five children. most accomplished and respected | An order will probably be made by young ladies of Bates county, enter- tained quite a number of her friends on Friday night last, at the country home of her parents, Tr. and Mrs- Couchman, 10 miles northwest of the city. Anexeellent supper was spread by Mrs. Couchman, which was served ina most elegant manner. Among her many friends who were present were Miss Abbie Garrison, of Adrian; Cc. Alexander, of Jefferson ; Mr. and Mrs. Kerr; L. Park and sister, Miss Lydia; Will Christoleer and Miss Maud Reaves. Friends re- port a splendid time. ALE: the court the first of the week to send him to the asylum. It is truly asad case and the afflicted family bas our sympathy.—Rich Hill Re- view. The Mystery of Abel Forefinger, by William Drysdale, a boy's story of a cruise among the West Indies ~ annouuced for publication next week in the Harper's Young People Series. Its heroes are two American | youths who become lost in a Nassua jungle, fall into the hands of Cuban bandite, have a ride om a runaway car down a Mexican mountain, en counter a St. Kitts hurricane, ex- plore Robinson Crusoe’s Island aid have other delightfully thrillirg | adventures on land and see. Brings comfort and improvement and tends to pean enjoyment when rightly used. The many, who live bet- ter than others and enjoy life more, with less expenditure, by more promptly adapting the world’s best products to the is of physical being, will attest the value to health of the pure liquid laxative principles embraced in the remedy, Srp of Figs. IteSxcellence is due to its presenting in the form most acceptable and pleas- ant to the taste, the refreshing and truly beneficial properties of a perfect lax- ative; effectually cleansing the system, dispelliee colds, headaches and fevers an | For A Bloody Butchery. | | Waterloo, Ind. Feb. 11.—Sam | Deeters will be placed on trail at An | | gola to-morrow for the most heinous | murder ever committed in Steuben | Sarsaparilla been that many leading citizens from all over the United States furnish testimonials of cures which seem almost miraculous. Hood's Sarsaparilla is not au acci- dent, but the ripe fruit of industry and study. It possesses merit ~pe- | culiar to itself.” Headache, Indigestion, Billiousness. ; Sold by all druggists. i | in jail. Hood's Pills care Nausea, Sick | county. On August 31 last Deeters | permanently curing constipation. shot aA killed his neighbor, Amos | It has given satisfaction to millions and : hi f the medical Buchtel, and the latter's daughter, ; a ee oan oo te Kid- | Mrs. Laura Lowe. He then wound- | peys Liver and Bowels without weak- ded William Yates and attempted. | ening them and it is perfectly free from to kill his own mother by locking | every objectionable substance. ber in a barn and firing the building. | _ Syrup of Figs is for aa drug- She escaped, and Deeters was placed | &st#1n 50c and $1 bottles, but it is man- Be : ufactured by the California Fig Syrup He lived five wiles from | Co. only, whose name is printed on every Waterloo. but the case was taken te package, also the name, Syrup of Figs, Steuben county on a change of and being well informed, you will not venue. | accept any substitute if Hardware, Groceries Farm Machine Field and Garden Seeds, Top Buggies, Pumps, &c. Highest Prices Paid for Farm Produce.