The Butler Weekly Times Newspaper, March 1, 1894, Page 5

baal i evening: | renewal of his subscription. - had his name enrolled on the sub- PLOWING TIME We have the larges Don’t buy cheap ma you can buy the “Selz” grain congress of us for only DL This is the same shi for $1.50, and we guarantee every pair Will soon be You'll need plow shoes & here. work — shirts, overalls, ete. t stock in Butler. de plow shoes when 29 ve we sold last year not to rip and to give satisfactory wear. We are sole agents Orr & Co.’s work pants. guaranteed in Butler for Sweet overalls and fA 1894, at the court house at les are in want. Democratic Convention. A mass convention of the demo- cratic voters of the city of Butler is hereby called for Monday. March 7:30 o'clock, for the purpose of nominat on @ ing candidates for mayor, marsbal. | city attorney, police judge,treasurer, ® collector, assessor and councilmen for each of the four wards, to be voted for at the city election on the first Tuesday in April, H. C. Crank, Chairman City Com W. | Guthrie land office, died in Washing }ton City Monday He had yone to | Washington to ecousult with the | officials of the interior d+ partment as to the duties of the office. To accommodate the delegates to the republican leage which met i ‘Springfield last week tke Mayor 1 B permitted the saloon to keep open allnight. In a financial way the Mavor seems to have a keen eye for business Squire Charles Dixon reports that Bjamad dog made it’s appearance at his house just south of town Satur day night and badly fine dog. kilf the failed to lacerated his Mr Dixon attempted to rabid avimal buat his gun work and the dog escaped We understand there is consider able destitution among the poorer classes at Rich Hill and many famil- Owing to the seri ousness of the situation a meeting BA | was held the other evening at the Y. m|M.C A.rooms to devise ways and BUTTER WEEKLY TIMES! | LOCAL ITEMS | Six inches of snow fell in Memphis Saturday. | D. E. McGowan is a new subscri ber to the booming Tres. | | | W H. Crockett is another new | subscriber to the Times. It is said St. Joseph is flooded | with counterfeit silver coin. Wm. Dudley has his address changed from Foster to Virginia. | The measles have broken out | among the children in Lone Oak township. Aten inch snow is reported to have fallen in Tennessee Saturday last. Mrs. Cal Fisk presented her hus- | band with a fine daughter Saturday | Mrs. Judge Bartlett, who has! been seriously sick, is reported to | be improving. Mrs. Wiley Adams who has been | quite sick for several days is report | ed to be better. | Jim Franklin is serving out a jail | sentence of eleven days for carrying concealed weapons. | nik Eldridge, of Clinton, is; spending a few days in town visiting i his father and mother. Sam‘] W. Gutridge will aceept the | When you want to borrow money you want it as cheap as possible; | we can furnish it. Duvatt & PercivaL. Miss Bertie Catron, is visiting friends in California, Mo. John McGee's little 18 months old son died of pheumonia at Nevada Saturday last. Miss Essy Timmons, wife of Fin ley Timmons, died at her home in Shawnee township, Sunday last of consumption. The Lamar Democrat has hoisted the name of Geo. W. B. Garret, of Barton county for the office of rail- road commissioner. Ed Mossberger, a lad of this city, has been placed in jail for thirty days for assaulting Philander Mor- gan with a knife. Our substantial friend and relia ble subscriber G. B. Parker of Sum mit, called Saturday and renewed, for which he has our thanks. Circuit court is liable to hold on ; for more than a week as Judge Lay is setting cases to be heard as far ahead as Friday of next week. The Udell Woodenware and Tyler Desk buildings in St. Louis were destroyed by fire Friday morning. The loss will reach $200,000. Our handsome young friend Elmer Garner, of near Virginia, gave us a ‘pleasant call Monday. He is a staunch friend of the booming Tiues. thanks of the booming Trves for a| Joe Meyer has returned from his trip east, and his new spring goods | are arriving and being opened up. Patrick Eugene Prendergast, mur- | derer of Mayor Harrison of Chicago, has beer sentenced to hang March 26 ee Mount Clemens Michigan offers | $45.000 for the Corbett Jackson | fight, and Lord Lonsdale hopes to have the contest come off in Exgland. H. Barney, of New York, has been spending several days in the city lecturing on temperance. He is a good talker and was greeted with large audiences. means to give relief to those who were worthy of help. The subscription list of the Trurs is booming, and we are more than pleased with the handsome way in which our subscribers are coming forward and settling, and we appre ciate the words of good cheer each one has fer the success of the paper. It is cheering to the editor because it makes him feel his efforts to give his patrons a first class county paper are being appreciated. D. L Edrington of Spruce town ship, gave usa substantial call Mon day, renewing for his paper. ,He informed us that he has rented his farm in Spruce and it is his inten tion to move to Butler next week Mr. Edrington is one of Bates coun ty’s best citizens and the Tres ex tends to him and his estimable fam ily a hearty welcome to our city. David Laskey, the popular mer chant and postmaster at Stumptown in Lone Oak township, was taken quite sick about ten days ago and Sunday Dr. Boulware was called in consultation with his family physi- cian Dr. Lee. Mr. Laskey was found to be a very sick man but the chance for his recovery are favorable and the doctors hope te bring him through all right. Wm. A. Long, constable of Loan Oak township, was in the city Sun- day, armed with a warrant for the arrest of Ed Haines, a young man of this town. The warrant charges Haines with assaulting Wm. H. ‘Thomas with a pair of knucks, in an altercation at Lone Star school house in Loan Oak township, Saturday night. The boys were attending a debate at the school house when the fight took place. Thomas received several bad cuts about the head. In his suit for 10,000 damages against the city of Rich Hill, for alledged damages received in a fall on a defective sidewalk, Sam’l A. Beal was awarded damages of $1.00 by the jury leaving the city to foot the bill of costs. Mr. Beal was burt several months ago and still limps from the effects of his injuries, The plaintiff was represented by J. F. Smith and the eity by Hales and Templeton of Rich Hilland W. W. Graves. B. F. Laing, whose home is in West Butler, is serving a sentence Vance Johnson had the instep of! Rey. Father Leyden, pastor of St. of 31 days in jail, for grossly insult- his foot cut pretty bad by the heel of a skate while skating on the lake Sunday. John T. Mills of Plattsburg, Mo., scription list of the booming Tives Mary's Catholic church of Aurora, Il, has been arrested on the charge of accomplishing the ruin of Miss Stessia Cummings. Miss Auna Hannah entertained a number of her friends in the parlors this week. J. P. Thomas of Foster, one of the best friends the Tis has in the county, called while in the city the ether day and renewed. of the Palace hotel Friday evening. The merry dance being the chief amusement of the evening. C. P. Catron & Co. will buy court cost and Joan money in small amounts on good chattel securities. 12-tf. ing his mother-in-law, Mrs. F. Spicer Mrs. Laing is a very delicate lady and her mother had come to help fier in the week's washing, when she was accosted and insulted by the brute son-in-law. The family are in destitute circumstances and the city is assisting Mrs. Laing while the husband is warming his feet at the county's expense. The ccunty as well as the city needs a reck pile fer such gentry. D Lindsay, receiver of the! “For this season of the year the! merchants are evjoying w fine trade- | We are authoriz-d to say that G. | W. Clardy will pecmit his name to be- t submitted to the city democratic ! convention for the nomination of Mayor of the city of Butler. Maud Wilson of Rich Hill, a 16 jvear old girl. has been arrested in Omaha, on a charge of passing coun- | This is a scheme of Rich Hill to advertise the town |‘ terfeit money. W. G. Womack, next to Mo State | Bank, is still startling the natives If you do not | believe this read his advertisewent | jand note the prices, they are below | |low water mark. Geo. Hull, of R with using his knife on Mero Aunible | a Itahan, ina street fight at Rich | Hill, sometime ago, stood trial be- | fore our circuit court Monday, and | the jury assessed a fine of $100 | against bim. | Ed Austin of the Record attend \ ed the meeting of the state league of | republican clubs, held at Springfield, | last Thursday. Ed. says the saloons kept open all night but were aot crowded except by democrats. Come | Eddie, didn’t you kinder give your | self away with cheap groceries. H. Rhine, of Summit township, oue of our most valued subscribers ealled Friday and renewed Mr. R. has been a regular subscriber to the paper for the past fourteen years. He said he took other papers but the Times held first choice with his fam ily and its weekly visits to his home | was a great pleasure to all. The proceedings in circuit court for the past week have been very! tame and little or no interest is being taken except by those directly inter- ested. The court room is even too dull to attract the attention of the usual loungers. Judge Lay, however, is pushing business right along and | will do his best to clean up the docket. B Blackman, valued | subscribers from near Burdette, called Monday and renewed. Mr. B. is feeding a lot of Southwest cattle, and they are getting in fine fix for the market, but at the pres ent prices he is a little uneasy for fear he will not be able to come out even. He reports the farmers in good spirits and making ready for spring work. Dr. Lockwood of Burdett and Miss Ella Butler were united in marriage by Squire Mudd, the 20th inst. The bride is the accomplished daughter of our esteemed friend J. T. Butler, living south of tho city, and the Ties congratulates the doctor on his good fortune in win ning the heart and hand of so estim one of our host of friends will be with this hap py couple for their future wellfare- Jchn Murphy, living in Spruce, in | coming to town Monday with a wa- | gon loaded with hogs came near meeting with a serious accident on out a broken leg He was pretty lame when he reached town but | congratulated himself on escaping | so well. The Spring Medicine. “All run down” from the weaken- ing effects of warm weather, you need a good tonic and blood puri- | er like Hood’s Sarsaparilla. Do not | put off taking it. Numerous little ailmente, if neglected, will soon andaclever, eourteous gentleman. | benger of spring.” break up the system. | Sarsaparilla now, to expel disease and give strength-and appetite. Hood's Pills are the best family | cathartic and liver medicine Harm less, reliable, sure able a lady. The best wishes of aj the road. He was walking beside | Suring Stock Is coming in now and we are prepared to sell you good suits cheaper than ever. SEE THOSE new spring styles iv all wool goods $750 The dispatches report Mr Wilson | improving from his severe attack of | typhoid fever and on the road to re- covery. Warren Raymond and Mrs. Jen-; nie Wheeler, indicted for stealing | lard, meat and flour from the resi- dence of Mr. Dugan, had their trial | Tuesday. Raymond was sentenced | to the penitentiary for two years! and the woman was set free. | Shirley Childs has opened out an| implement store in the new block at the southeast corner of the equare. He has a nice line of implements and the farmers will do the right thing | by investigating his machinery and prices before buying. Mr. Garland, editor of the Butler Union, the people's party paper published in this city, threw up the sponge Friday and stepped down and out and W. O. Atkeson has been | placed in charge of the concern. It is being pretty thoroughly demon. | strated that Butler cannot and will not support four papers, and it has | been well known by the newspaper fraternity of this city for some time that the Union was not holding its own. The farmers who start these | papers will learn by sad experience that hip-hip hurrah, cord-wood and pumpkins are not sufficient encour- agement to drive the machinery of a well regulated print shop, and that to make a success it takes cold cash and hard work, with n good supply of both. By grapevine telegraph we learn three high life weddings will take place in Summit township in the next two weeks. The happy pairs have been keeping the matter a profound secret, and perhaps their friends would have been none the wiser for time being, had it not been for the overzealousness of one of the would- be grooms, who lacked nerve to face the old gent, and asked consent by jletter. The old man promptly re- fused to entertain the proposition and said if the young man wanted his daughter he would have to waltz up in the good old way and ask for her like a man. Perkaps the young his wagon when a dog ran a rabbit | 2" has taken a measurement of the 4 b | between the wheels. saw the rabbit coming and in at- | tempting to kick it as it passed him | his feet went from under him and he fell, the wheels of the wagon passing | Mr. Mere (Oe gent’s foot and don’t care to} venture too near a No. 10 boot. Thos. W. Silvers and Chas. A Denton have formed a partnership | in the practice of law. Mr. Silvers over one of his legs. As the wagon | cast his lot among our people at the was loaded with about 1,800 pounds | beginning of his practice it is a miracle how he escaped with | twenty years ugo and by his ability, | nearly | energy and honorable and courteous | demeanor has built up a practice | second to none in this section of the state. He has been successful toa ;marked degree and well deserves it | , He has the confidence and esteem of | of fine legal attainments, a good! practitioner, an indefatigable worker | high among his associates at the bar | as an honorable conscientious work- | er. Together it makes a strong le | firm and we predict for it it’s full share of business. ich Hill, charged, They and hummers. McKIBBENS A revival meetimg in the Baptist church at Holden closed the other day after a regular seryice of fifty days, with seventy-four additions to the church. Sixty seven by baptism and the remainder by letter. Mr. and Mrs. Wm. G@ Back cele brated their fiftieth wedding anni- versary at their home in this city Sunday last. They were married j near Rising Sun, Inud., February 25, 1844, by Rev. John A. Gurley. To this union were born fifteen chil- dren, three of whom have “passed over the river.” Four are at home aud the rest are married and reside in different states. Mr. Buck served his country four years in the union army, was elected to the Iowa legis- lature as a democrat on his return from the army; he also served a term as county clerk of Lee county. He moved to Butier in 1881. He has lived a quiet life and the Times is glad to say this bride aud groom of fifty years are still hale and hearty, and enjoy the highest respect and esteem of our citizeus. May their days be prolonged and when called to their reward may they be reunit- ed to part no more, in that brighter aud happier world, is che wish of their many friends in this city. The Tics is in receipt of a lengthy communication from Earle D. Sims. a former Butler boy, who is with the United States war ship Charles- ton, now in Brazilian waters at Rio De Janeiro, to protect American commerce in that port during the rebellion in that country. Eule writes that he has seen the “wite eiephant” in his four years’ experi- ence since leaving Butler. He has visited many many countries and seen strange sights. For the past five or six mouths he has been locut- ed at Rio he has heard the almost constant roar of artillery and has been an eye witness to many fierce, bloody battles. His communication consists chiefly of a copy of his diary kept each day, and we will be- giu its publication next week. Shot By a Tramp. Charles Fink, living just east ef Rich Hill, was shot by a tramp Fri- day morning and will probably die. Fink is an old man 60 years of age, uearly blind and lives a hermit life ina cabic, and makes a living by raising and selling garden truck. The tramp appeared at his cabin Thursday night and asked to remain over night, and being refused,return- ed Friday morning and shet the old man. The bullet entered the face | below the right eye and came out at the baek of the neck. The wounded man when found by neighbors was able to give a good description of | the people of this county and dis- i his assailant and a posse started in ‘trict. Mr Denton is a gentleman | Pursuit of the would-be murderer. The “blue-bird is hailed as a hare It is also a re- Take Hood's | He is a good lawyer and stands / minder that a blood-purifier is need- ed to prepare the system for the debilitating weather to come. Lis- ten and you will hear the birds sing- j iB: “Take Ayers Sarsapparilla in March, April and May.” DEACON BROS. « CO. Field and Garden Seeds, Top Buggies, Pumps, &c. Highest Prices Paid for Farm Produce. darvate, Groceries Farm Machinerg,