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Soa AREER RRR TTI ESTES DI: Te NOEL RAST TE f t t E F § ee Da Ree os ana aa Seneca EIRCOM treet DEACON BROS. & CO. Hardware, Groceries and Farm Machinery. TOP BUGGIES and Rock Island "sn. New American * CHAMPION SPRING WAGONS. iding Plows AND IDEAL All Steel CORN PLANTERS, complete with CHECK-ROWER and DRILL. Morgan Spading Hari tivator, Field and Garden Seeds, Barb Wire, Tinware, Irov, Steel, Nails. rows, Sunbeam Spring Trip Cul- Salt, Stoves, , and Wagon Woodenwork. ses Highest Market Price paid for Farm Produce. Deacon Bros. & Co. R. 8. Catron insures growing cops against hail, also writes fire and tornado insurance. 413 tf The Reflex says a gang of grocery peddlers are operating in and about Rockville. They are the class of fellows the farmers ought to set dogs on. W. J. Donoho, who is undergoing treatment’at a hospital in Kansas City | for several weeke, for injuries receiv ed by a falling scaffold, has so far recovered as to be able to return home. Dr. J. R Boyd and wife leave this week for Galveston Texes. The Dr. goes to attend the national conven- tion of railway surgeons. Before returning they expect to takea trip into New Mexico. | W. P. Bowen, brakeman on the} M. K. & T. train was killed at Par-| sons Kansas, Saturday. It is sup-| posed he fell between the cars while endeavoring to get on. His body was horribly mangled. Don’t fail to see the card of D. W Drummond in this issue, something special “just landed.” 17tf Gov. Stone heads the Vernon county delegation to the state Con- vention. Police Judge Wright says not an arrest was made by the marshal during the month of April. This speaks well for the morals of Butler. Burglars attempted to rob the post office at Charleston a few nights ago. The safe was shattered but ; the thieves made a water haul. Robt. Brannock, has purchased the Butler laundry and he does as good work as can be had by sending to Kansas City; our people should patronize this home enterprise. Lee Culver & Co. have opened out !@ grocery store in Shawnee -town- ship, which will be in charge of Dan Gingrich. Efforts are being made to establish a post-office at the store, Tn spite of talk to the contrary A man lying on the track of the Wabash railroad, near Wentzville, Mo, was struck by a passenger en- gine and killed Friday. He was | supposed to be a tailor, but had j ctbing og hig person by which ho | could be identified, i The vicinity of Parsons, Kansas, is greatly worked np over the mys- terious disappearance of Miss Etta Tye, a school teacher. Searching parties are out hunting for her. It is supposed she has committed sui- cide. Now that the fire boys have taken hold of the 4th of July celebration the business men should not shrink from doing their whole duty and | come down handsomely. Money spent in this way is “bread cast upon the waters.” Dow West, Mike Hedrick, Ike Ellis, Henry White, Sheriff Colyer this country must be in a progper ous condition when thousand of men can throw up their jobs, to join Coxev and live off the charity of the people, Sheriff Colyer was called befuie the U. S. grand jury in St. Louis last week as a witness in the Butler post office robbery. Friday he was called to Kansas City on the same business. Miss Hattie Blaine, daughter of the late Jas. G Blaine, was married Monday to Traxton Beale, of Cali- fornia. The presents presented the couplewere numerous and many cf | them very costly. | The Nevada Mail says Henry Al berdeen, charged with forgery, bur- jglary and larceny, plead guilty and | was given a term of thirteen years in the penitentiary. He is a bad man and has served terms in Kansas andJ.D Allen were witnesses be- fore the U. S. grand jury at Kansas City, this and last weeks. The jury was taking evidence as to the cases of Jim Franklin and Bert Davis in regard to the postoflice robbery. The fire company has taken the matter in hand of getting up a grand 4th of July celebration for Butler. A soliciting committee has been appointed and if the company receive the right kind of encourage- | ment you may be assured that the fire boys will give the town a rattler and such a fourth as was never wit- nessed in Butler before. Sheriff Colyer has three United lea lady's Elegin thirty dollar gold! the appearance of having been melt- States prisoners conflned in jail. | wateh to trade for a good, young,jed. They were convicted in the U_ S. court at Kansas City, and sent to this jail. Burn, passing counterfeit money, sentence three months. Lewis Johnson. false swearing to a pension affidavit, three months. Jas. Hally, retailing liquor, thirty days. No other medicine has equalled Hood’s Sarsaparilla in the relief it gives in severe cases of dyspepsia, | sick headache, ete. When fevers and other epidemics tion will take place at Rolla, Mo..| his subject with such ease and earn-| are around, safety lies in fortifying | Friday and Saturday of May 18 and the system with Ayer’s Sarsaparilla. | 19. The secretary of the association a | says the people of Rolla are making extensive preparations to entertain | their visitors becoming the occasion. A person having thin and impure blood, is in the most favorable con dition to “catch” whateyer disease may be floating in the air. Be wise in time. FARMS. If you want to buy a farm or sell or exchange, it will pay you to see 24-tf Office over P.O, Butler, Mo. The prisoners are: Jas. | and this state. Chicago is having another epi- |demic of small pox. The records | show 202 cases at the pest houses, | and the health officers have found ja large number other cases in the | city not reported. | The lightning struck Mr. . Charles | head, ran down the center of his | breast, circled to the right and took ‘in his thigh and ran off at his ankle, ¢ but it is believed he will recover.— | Stoekton Journal. |fresh milch cow. | office. 23 tf. | Bya recent change in the by- \laws, Butler lodge No. 254, A F.& A. M. will hold regular meetings on | the first and third Saturday even \ ings of each month, during the year. | Heretofore the summer | have been held only once a month. | —Record. | South West Missouri Press aasocia C. P. Catron & Co. will buy court cost and loan money in small amounts on good chattel securities. 12 tf. Farmer's of Bates County. Reniember that C. F. Pharis is me at once, as I am determined to now fully prepared to take poultry. LEaD in the real estate business in | eggs and butter in exchange for dry Bates county, A. S. MILLHORN, | goods at the highest price. I pay 'eash also. C. F. Puaris. - Awarded Highest Honors World’s Fair, | Harmon of Jasper county in the & meetings The sixth annual meeting of the The union paper hangers of Chi- cago have gone on a strke. The settlers in Oklahoma are to be congratulated,they have refrained so far from asking congress to assist them. Democrats, attend your township conventions Saturday the 26th and| select good men to attend the county nominating convention to be held in} Butler Monday, May 28th. | Frank Hatton, late editor of the | Washington Post and ex postmaster | | general, died Monday evening. | was stricken with | | work in his office about a week ago. | He} ralysis while at} Carter Wallace, living near Vir- gina brought three pup wolves to tuwn Tuesday. Not being able to dispose of them for pete, he knock ed them in the head and turned the scaips over to the county. Glasgow, Mo, April 29.—An elee tion was held here yesterday for the purpose of voting on a proposition to bond the city to raise money to build a good system of water works. Only tive votes were cast in opposi tion to the proposition. The democrats of Vernon county met in convention Monday and elect ed the following named gentlemen to represent that county in the state convention at Kansas City: W. J. Stone, E. E. Bean, F. Childs, J. W. Underwood, J. M. Norris, W. M. Bunce and E. B. Todd. At Pittsburg, Kansas, Friday, William Depontlier, aged 16 years, defending his mother, who was being brutally assaulted by his druuken step father threw a rock striking his father in the back of the head cruehing his skull, from the effects of which he died ina Just In CREPE MOIRE POLKA DOTTED SWISSES FIGURED DIMITIES IN STRIPES, TWO TONED EFFECTS. CHUSANG PONGEES AND short time The Tives’ good friend ‘Jas. H. Harman called Saturday and renew ed his subscription. Mr. Harman has been reading the Times for a good many years, and he said it was hike Kentucky whisky, it grew better with age. “Keep the booming Times coming,” said Mr Harman, “as I would be lost without its weekly yis't.” at work running a line from Green- field, Dade county to Clinton, Mo. The engmmeer 1s to havea line run and his report ready tu baud in toa meeting of the officials at Clinton May 15th It is said at this me tips it will be decided whether the road will be built, and if the decision is favorable work will be commenc2d at once. The walking delegates are doing their best to induce the miners at Rich Hill to walk out and join the strike. A meeting was held at Mud dy Bridge, Friday evening, attended by about 150 miners and the del egates bad their say. The meeting adjourned without expression aod another meeting was called for the same place Sunday. It is evident the Rich Hill miners are not in a striking mood and it is exceedingly }doubtful that any action looking « walkout will be taken or entertain ed by the miners. We see from the Rockville Reflex that T. J. Carroll, living on the Shu- man farm, while removing some rock on which an old house had been he supposed to be babbit waich had The find was handed to D. Inguire at this| Baldwin, who happened to be pass jing and the metal was taken to | Rockville where investigation show- led it to be 52 pounds of pure silver. After Mr. Baldwin bad left Mr Car oll dug up another lump of silver | A full house greeted Dr. Mitchell | Tuesday night at the M E. church, |to hear his superb lecture “What will Mrs. Grundy say.” The Dr. is jan eloquent speaker aud he handled ful attention from his large and are preciative audience. Mrs Grundy ter in this world but ber influence in walks of life from the pulpit to the ward politician is waneing, and in the sweet by and by the influence of the old lady for evil doing will disappear from this wicked world. In short the Dr.’s lecture was a cap ital treat to those present and there is no doubt the wholesome truthes told will leave a last impression. Judge DeArmond writing from Washington in answer to a letter froma friend iv this city says: “I appreciate very much your kind re‘. j built, he un-arthed something which } which had been buried in a tin car. | estness as to elicit the most respect- | is and has been animportant charac | THIBET CLOTH IN BOTH LIGHT AND DARK COLORS. See the new line which we will take great pleas- A party of rulroad engineers are| UE in showing you. Sam Levy & Co. Feed Stable. Go to J. H. Sisson’s feed stable. | Just as cheap as the feed yard. Mrs. ES. Carrithers returned home Monday evening from a week's visit to the family of Judge Parkin- sou in Kansas City. Farmers living north west of the| city tell us the chinch bugs have made theirappearance in their neigh- | borhood and there is a probability that they will do great damage to crops. Paris, Ky... April master has placed {the judge aud she 30.—The pcst- the hands of an anonymous letter, dated and mailed New York, giving him fair warning not to let Colonel Breckinridge speak here May 7. upon peril of dynamite ex plosion intended to kill the congress- man and all who may be near him j Some give it serious thought, but jothers regard it as a harmless joke. | | | | Says the esteemed Globe Demo- erat: ‘The number of Republican victories this year will be limited only by the number of States “lying north of the Ohio As the number of States north of Obio river, all toid, is e three of which are norm: | would seem that the Globe was already hedge —Kans beginr D to some of its earlier claims , ty Ti sapreme Court. The following cases taken to the court of appeals at Kansas City from this county were disposed of Mon- day. : 3681. E. L. Rice, trustee, ete., appellants, vs. W. M. Arnold. re |spondent, Bates county, affirmed. | 3684 G. A. Caruthers, appellant vs. W L. Williams, respondent, | Bates county; affirmed 3783. John Atkison. appellant, ivs. D. E Wyckoff et al , respondents Bates county; affirmed. | Operator's are apprehending | better now than they have at any | time since the strike of last year / commonplace >a Baking “Powder ure Crear of Tartar Powder.—No Ammonia; No Alum, lillions of Homes—4o Years the Standard erences to myself and your assurance | that the good people of Cass are, Sey = steadfast in my baa tak I feel that | Ce Ne Bese I owe the people of your county; When you are in Pleasant Hill and jencre than I can ever repay. for they | want a first class meal call at Beyer's » have been among the steadiest and Bakery. on First street. near the most unselfish of my supporters,| Pleasant Hill Banking Co’s Bank. while I have had no special claims The oldest and best restaurant in whatever upon them. Ihope I may the city. Polite attention towards be fortunate ‘enough to so represent} patrons and prices reasonable. Also them here that they shall never have | bread of the finest quality made of a any reason to doubt that the kind | brand of flour which has acquired a of democracy that prevails in Cass| national reputation, in quantities to county is that for which I stand as| suit purchasers. Ws, Berzz. i best I can.” —Cass Co. Leader. 23 3m. Proprietor. { side land agent. J THE STRIKE. | ! tich Hill Miners Will Stay. Rich Hill Review | Although the walking delegates | are are here spreading the gospel of | discontent and trying to get the’ minere of this district to join them H in their mad strike, they are meeting | with little encouragement, and the | no | trouble. ng | All the mines are doi was inaugurated, and the miners of Rich Hill tield, embracing southern | Bates and northern Vernon are bet- | ter satisfied with the situation It i is not believed that any of the old} men will go out. Quitea large pro | portion of the miners now at here are married men with work families of their own. They are good and | Sensible citizens, and they are averse to taking the bread and butter out of the mouths of their families to gratify the blatherskites who come from other places with their ex penses paid by the Union to whieh they belong aud thus thrive in idle- ness, while the real worker has nothing to gain but everything to lose. Off to Another Jail. K. C. Times. Judges Nevitt, Copenbaver and Lyons of St. Clair county, who have been confined for several months past in the County jail for contempt of the United States court in refus ing to order the payment of certain railroad bonds, issued some years ago by their eounty.yesterday chang- ed their place of inearceration to the Henry county jail at Clnton. They went quietly down to the train, like ordinary citizens, without any custodian or guard and travel- ed alone out to Clinton in the most manner. This was done by order of Judge Philips.who ‘explained in his action to a Times reporter last night in characteristic style. “Why did I move those gentle- men?” Le said. “Mainly because I wanied to, but I had two other reasons. One was that they might have more comfortable quarters; the other arose from a desire to get rid of you newspaper men. who hare simply bothered the life out of me, | ever since they've been here. There you have my reasons, sir, and I! bet you won't publish them.” If you have a farm to offer cheap see A. S. Millhorn, the rustling west | o4-tf i | lence. Untortunate Joe Mack. K.C. Times. Judge Philips of the United States District court yesterday sentenced Joseph A, Mack, the embezzling American National bank employe, to five years in the penitentiary. He pleaded guilty and was given the minimum sentence. While employed as general book- keeper for the bank Mack embezzled $10,400. When discharged about two years ago he refunded a large part, if not all of the money. He was atrested in September, 1892, gave bond in the sum of $3,000 and fled. He was arrested at Cleveland, O, nearly a year ago and brought back to this city. Logansport, Ind., April 27.—-The one notorious saloon which has been the cause of several sensational in- cidents at Burlington was wiped out of existence last night by mob vio- A crowd of 100 men batter- ed in the front doors, emptied the | liquors into the gutter and burned the furniture in the street. The proprietor, Bert Wille, and his bar- tender, were held, bound and blind- folded while the work was done. Strop, Tex AYER’S HAIR VIGOR OF WAM GOOD,