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stl AN RAIA Fire in a Fair Ground. Hawilton, Mo. Aug. 29.—This was the second day of the Hamilton fair. About 3 o’clook, fire was discovered in the west end of a row of about seventy-four stalis, mostly used for cattle. Everything was so dry that in a few miuvtes the whole row was destroyed. About fifteen head of death. Mr. tagedale, of Parie, Mo., lost a herd of cattle that took the premium last year at the world’s fair. F. W. Ragsdale, G. Martin of Cameron, T. J. Burris, two Jerseys aud one horse, $1,500. The loss of the stalls to the association is *2,000. The fair will continue two more days cattle were burned to The loss is: $1,000; I. four, $300; cattle, Jackson, Mo., Sept. 7.—Mrs. Mary Ellisworth, 50 years oid, bas been lodged in jail here for the murder of Harry Stiff, a blacksmith at Oriole and a neighbor of Mrs. Eliswortb. Bad feeling had existed on account of certaiu charges against Stiff and counter charges against a grown daughter of Mrs. Ellsworth, Ler son Presley, and a daughter drove to the home of Stiff. Stiffwas called out aud without a word Mrs. Ellsworth began firing at him at close range Stiff ran pursued by the woman, who emptied her revolver into the help- less man. Theson also discharged the contents of his musket into Stiff vhooting him to the ground. Pres- ley Ellsworth has uot yet been caught, Sixth (Mo.) Congressional Campargn. Clinton, Mo. Aug. 30.—Hon. D. A. DeArmond has accepted the cha!- lenge of the Populist Congressional Committee in the Sixth District, and the three candidates for Congress— Lewis, Republican; DeArmond Dem- ocrat, and Francisco, Populist—will stump the district together, making from one to three appointments in each county. The Central Commit tee of each party meet here Septem ber 1 to arrange dates and places for joint debates. Carrollton Democrat —Mr. War ren Minnis sold his apple crop Wednesday to a New York commis sion house for $1,600 the buyer to pick and ship same. Four years ago Mr. Minnis sold his apple crop from the same orchard to the same company for $1,200. The orchard comprises about 16 acres of bearing trees making about $100 per acre for the yield. Attention, Mexican Veterans! The Fifteenth annual meeting of the state association of Mexican Vet- eraus of Missouri will be held at Marshall. Mo., on Sept. 18, 1894 All Mexican veterans, and their friends are most cordially invited. Preparations for the entertainment of veterans has been made. Dr. W. H. Black, of Marshall, and Hon. J. Nick Perrin, of Bellville, Til, will address the association. Missouri has seventeen tatives in the National Congress, is 282 miles long, 340 wide, contains 69,415 square miles or 42,824,000 acres, and is eighth in size. First grant of land, August 11, 1665; first settlement, Ste. Genevieve, 1n 1 under United States authority, 1804, became a territory in 1813, and elect- ed first delegate to Congress: admit- ted to Statehood, August 10, 1821; first 1813. represeL- governor, Benjamin Howard, At Clinton Saturday evening Ea- gineer Lee John of the Blair line went to chastise M. Kerns of Deep water, who had offered insult to his (John’s) wife. Kerns was well load- ed but puta brisk fight. Condue tor Chas. Mott went to the rescue of John when Kerns drew a knife and stabbed him in the back. The wound is not regarded as dangerous. D. Dz. Comstock, brother of the man who located the rich Comstock lode in tlie atate of Nevada claims to have atruck rich ore near Popular Bluffs, which is rich in gold, silver and copper. Itis‘said to compare favorably with the ores of California and Colorado. A Million Friends. 1 Atuiend in need is a triend and not less one million people found just such a triend in Dr. New Discovery tor Consumption Cou and Colds.—It vou have never used tt great cough medicine one trial vince you 1 that it has wondertul cnrative powers in all diseases of the throat, chest and lung: Each bottle is guaranteed to do all that is claimed or, money will be retunded. Trial bottles free at H. L. Tucker's drugstore. indeed, Resolutions. Ataregular session of the above Lodge holden Monday night the fol- lowing was adopted unanmiously. Resolved, That the thanks of this | Lodge are due and hereby tendered to T. J. Day and Dr.G. W. Ely for their valuable assistance, securing fuuds forthe establishment of the Odd Fellows Home. To J. P. Kd- wards for his magnificent gift for this purpose. To the stockholders of the Sutler Lake and Park Co. To the tzens of Butler and Bates County. To the Odd Fellows of Adrian, Rock- | ville, Rich Hill, Hume, Sprague and Poster. Tothe newspapers of But- ler; to all others who _— assist- ed by council or cash for the above purpose; and last but not least to our Masonic bretheren of Butler for their generous and timely gift. And be it further Resolved, That we .shall always hold the above named in grateful re- membrance, and stand ready at all times to show our appreciation in a more substantial manner than mere words. Resolved, That these resolutions be spread upon the minutes of the Lodge and published in the county papers. J. B. PaGert, Sec’ J. E. WILLIAMS, N N. G. Significant Figures. Washington, D.C, Sept. 6 —The Democratic Congressional commit tee is in receipt of daily reports from different section of the country indicating a bright outlook for Dem ocratic success in November general feeling of confidence and hope throughout the party. ‘Here are some figures which we take to b2 most significant and encoursg- ing,” suid Lawrence Gardner. the secretary, to The Times correspon dent to-day. “Upto this morning there have been 131 nominations of aud a HALL OF BATES LODGE No. 1801.0.0.F. | “TAKE CARE O° YERSELF. The Soliciteus Injunction of the Sierra Swine-Herder. In ‘Mountaineering in the Sierra Nevada” Clarence King relates that he came one night to a camp-fire under a group of pines. A little way from this lay a confused mass of old and half-bald buffalo robes and comfort- er: id outstretched on this wasa fam- ily with their feet to the fire. The fam- fly consisted of mother and father, two small children and a huge girl. “You seem to have a pleasant eamp spot here,” was my salutation The old woman answered sharply: “They's wus, and then again they's better. “Does well for our hogs.” inserted the old man. ‘We've a band of pork that make out to find feed.” “Oh! How many have asked “Nigh three thousand.” you?” turning to the daughter: ‘You, Susan, can't you try for to set up, and not spread so? Hain't you no manrers, say?” At this the massive girl got herself somewhat together, and made room for me, a courtesy which I declined, however. “Prospectin’?” inquired madam. “I say huntin’,” suggested the man. “Maybe he’s a cattle feller,” inter- rupted one of the children. “Goin' somewhere, ain't yer?” was Susan's guess. I gave a brief account of mr-elf, sat- isfying all but the old woman, who ev- idently classified me as not up to her standard. Later she turned and said to killed a coon.” sion must forever lower me in her eyes, and I observed that even Susan and her father were somewhat s gered. After a sojourn of several days age Democratic Congressmen, of this number ninety seven were renomin ations, making 74 per cent of the whole number. This is a pretty good sign that the people are satis fied with their Congressmen and what they have done, and indicztes, I think, a most encouraging degree of harmony and contentment in the party.” A Convict Opens « Safe. Joliet, lll., Sept. 5.—Douglass.the noted fconvict in the penitentiary here, who worked three hours yes- terday trying to open tke safe of the National Loan and Homestend As sociation, went to work at the safe this afternoon, and after two hours’ work the doors were opened. This is the most remarkable safe opening ever undertaken in this city. as it was a double combination lock safe Douglass, who is serving a 20 year sentence in prison here, is oue of the best cracksmen in the countrys, and has never failed to opeu any safe lre has ever tried. He will receive a large sum of money for his work to day. The Weekly Kansas City Star Addresses the farmer as a business man and a citizen. Doesn't tell bim how to farm, but how to sell, and where and when, and keeps a vigil- ant eye upon his rights as a shipper a producer and a tax payer. All the news, too, and plenty of “good read- ing” for the family. Now read in 100 000 farm houses. Fifty two big eight-page newspapers for 25 cents | To any one who sends the Weekly | Henrietta, Tex., Sept. 7.—J. W. Witt, secretary of the Thirteenth Congressional district convention, now in session here, and superinten Jcontinue his v | type of the Ame mat, so he rapturously eminent good sense wardnes among them, I took leave of the fam ily. The father and Susan accom- panied me for a distance into the for- est to inspect the hogs. As we were parting the old man said with evident embarrassment: “You'll take care o° won't you I tried to convince him that I would. A slight pause. “You'll take care o° you?” I was about to reply that he might rely on it, when he added: “Thet—thet—thet man Susan has half the hogs!” Then, turning away, he spurred his pony, calling out: ‘Take good care o° yerself!” yerself, now, yerself, won't what gets A COLOR-BLIND DIPLOMAT. Bat His iusion Did Not Extend to the Young Lady's Mother. Society of the highly proper sort is laughing in its voluminous sleeve an adventure which befell a handsome nobleman attached to one of the for- eign legations. The young man, it ap- pears, is not averse to admiring femi- nine beauty, and itis said that when he visits the theater he takes a seat in the front row and fixes his eyes on the fair portion of the audfence, Washington Post. It is only natural that a man with such splendidly soulful eyes and Ine uriant mustache as the baron’s should inspire reciprocal csteem in many of the weaker sex. and isacquainted with many damsels to whom he has never received a formal i tion. The other day he espied an exceed- ingly pretty brunette whom he immedi- ately wanted to meet the worst way ane on W aS ns says the in in that coque stti a similar desire on he The attache tle idiosyn than it takes to tell with her. Her ment even more pronor is up to sies and sonal ten ) Star five yearly subscribers togetber | lunche: however, with $1:25 the paper will be sent one | even nim w home wit mt ene gn ae she said he might call and her = ee mot and in case the latter was fa- Avenged His Sister's Wrongs. | vorably impressed with him he of her in pursuance remarks, dent of public schools at Decatur,was shot downon a street of Decatur \lastenight by S. Simmons, a young business man of Sherman, who charged that Witt had boasted of intimacy with ter, Mollie, who had been an art teacher in the Northwest Texas Baptist lege at Decatur Simmon’s © sis col- | In Carroll county Tuesday Horse | thief Hurley Goin shot and killed Constable William Hall. Goin bad. turned over to Hall. While prepar ing some papers Hall laid his pistol en the desk: Goin picked it up and | shot him in the neck killing him instantly. He then attempted to kill | Hall's farther but was prevented. | He then ran and was shot in the }hand. Later he was captured. | Ballard’s Snow Liniment. 4 Mrs. Hamilton, Cambridge, Ii 2 had rheumatism s e my hand to Saawe Liniment has pletely cured me. Itake pleasure in informing mv neighbors and triends what it has done! |torme. Chas. Handley, clerk tor Lay & Lyman, Kewanee. Snow Linimeut cured him of rheuma- tism Why nottryit® It will surely do you good. = It cures all inflamation, wounds, sores, cuts, sprains, etc. Sold Ballard’s iby H. L. Tucker. \ | and rv been arrested at Chillicothe and | t | was sitting in his office. llls., advises us| very next nig He was so appearance an hour before ous to re 1 ined a dozen tied one of Then he that neckties before the the dence and a br’ red the bell uiry if Miss So-an vungster rep sin the parlor. The pec this remark didn’t seem to st t foreigner, who had been tripped up so | many times by American he entered. His ideal and a portly 3 were in the apartment. “My mother, Mr. girl, but the caller had fled. idioms. and yw woman —" began the He Feared Exaggeration. I heard an amusing story from a New York journalist the ott Z | SayS a writer in Gen his youth he had been combi and staff of a paper that provi for one of the wildestand most | Settlements in the Rockies. | looking pe: was shown “Sir, l havé called to see you with re- | gard toa disturbence that took piace | atone of the bars last night. Ihada row witha man last night, he riledme, and I got excited and shot him, and = | regret to say that in the excitement of | the moment I scalped him; 50 I’ve | called on you, sir, to request that you | i will see that no exaggerated report of | | but more ductile and harder. “Talloy your da “No, ma‘am,” i “ you speak of it, I realize that I never have | I realized, too, that this fatal admis- | “Won't you set?” asked madam; then, | | | Algiers Pater Gi THOUGHT HE WAS A WOMAN. Why Cardinal Lavigerie Began to Culti- vate a Flowing Beard. An sons to w When t! Algiers to bishop he faces of all Sas arch- that the ests were covered eae the p At the of the ed his d pleasn isvandl wictually Grlered them to visit the barber at once. There Was great excitement among the long- bearded priests, who disliked to sacri- fice the al ornaments, which were their chief prid But Pater Girard, the popular superior of the seminary in Algiers and the possessor of the most lombard-like beard, calmed them by saying that he would persuade the cardinal to rescind his order. On the | day following the prelate’s arrival in on his first official journey. As they! arrived in a village inhabited exclu- sively by native Africans, the oldest in- habitants. who had long known the superior, came to pay their respects to |} the prince of the church. They looked with surprise on the freshly shaven face of the cardinal, and a lively con- | versation followed, accompanied by gestures illustrative of a tonishment, “What are they 3 dinal Lavigerie, wit! “Ob,” answered I tending to be gre: “they are great chi pay no attention to talk.” “But tell me, as know,” continued the to suppress his inter Well.” « not unders impatience. eee Girard, pre- embarrassed, en! You need their nonsensical I should like to cardinal, u and euri, e the rep nd why a man shaves him self. They think you are a woman, | and a very beautiful one.” | It need hardiy be added that the archbishop of allowed his priests to retain their long beards. In- } deed, a few months later the cardinal himself appeared with a great beard, which soon became known throughout the northern part of Africa. IN RUSSIA, | The Women Inveterate Disseminators of Political Gossip and State Secrets. Those who are best qualified by ex- perience to express an opinion are unanimous in declaring that there is no gayer or more brilliant society in Europe than that at St. Petersburg. It hasa cachet all its own, says the Lady, and if it is less difficult of access to for- eigners than London or Paris society it is so simply because hostesses too im- plicitly rely upon their friends of both sexes not to introduce into theirsalons any but persons of irreproachable char- acter. The Russian lady is so clever that she does not require any details of She guesses at these, and, if supplies other nts them. The one word cial has let drop rised on his lips” y to the mystery; she on] ststol GAY SOCIETY them; in inv —whi —ser the re commur most intir are swor 1 ny friends of both ineredibl so short spa orsel of Peters ambassadors sh na Le Be portant allover St. eig more valuable Those on of 5 us visit sons y be supposed, as much as they | are often bet- as quite and t pick up t to kno med than the empx or's mini f fair leaders | to attrac if affairs 1) ace among the nde monde of The St. Pe hit better than the me ed over by maitresse de idoirs are trans Electric Railroad Mail lamp-y on the car. so dispe’ ith a sy are dw gives g. which | from the bells on the passenger cars, | and so makes tts approach The se has turned it is proposed to extend to suburban d known. | so well that its operations has also been alloyed with aluminum, and the product has lately been placed | on the market in England. This metal ard accompanied him | y {STATI | nature of which is to enforce the lot Batler, county of Bates and WORLD'S CARNIVAL CITY. Her Unrivaled Commence actions estivities season of | th to the be one} Many new, SM, sua from the mornin, detober 2th the vety and splendor and from bh carnival all previous attempt Louis Exposition, the only one of its tates that has “lived year | pring Fesalts, I throw open its doors to the public September Sth, and re tate of activity u he even- ing of October 20th. Band has been re-engagec the season and Will give the usuai number of concerts during oon andevenings. The entire Mis- appeared at the World's splanted here, and tind space in the commodious building 7 pitors, hoth foreign and home, will in displaying their goods, ner features, a full com- ty artiste will which will open ntinue during the Week, promises to afford The **Midway Plaisance’? feature at 1d’s Fair will be reproduced in ful people of the west aud southwest give pets Teal ife = abet i Vienna, *Haxenbachs,”’ 1,”’ ete, will be faithfully portrayed ptincipal thoroughfares as Visitors to the city Will arrive at the Station, the large world, and ther nent Great ind City are offere Raitway and nts on the system For s complete programme, giving each attractions in detail address any agent via the nyor H.C TOW 5 Passenger Axt. St. Louis, Mo Order of Publication OF MISS of Z nit of Bates County, Missouri, | Vacation, September ath, Iss, WF Da- vall & HE Percival, partners. by the name of Duvall & Percival. plaintiffe, vs. James vet Watekin, Jag, M Rate Samuel C E Bureh, Ma Speneer, n Spencer, Fannie Burch, Avey Burcii Now at thisday come the plaintiffs herein by their attorneys, Silvers & Denton, before the undersignedclerk of the circuit ‘court of Bates county, Mo , in vacation. and file their petition alleging among other suings, that de- Tendants, Jasper D Burch, Ma Spencer and John Spencer are not residen oper of Missouri Whereupon itis ordered by the clerk in vacation that said defe tified by publication that plai menced a sult against them in this court by petition, the object and general nature of which is to obtain a decree of the court fer a partition of the interests of plaintiffs and d fendants in the following real estate in Bates county, Mo , to-wit: The north half of the southwest quarter of section No. ten, and the northeast quarter of the southeast’ quarter of section No nine, and seven acres off of the south end of the southeast quarter of the north east quarter of section No. nine. all in town- ship No thirty-nine of range No thirty, in said county and if said land cannot be divided in kind, then to obtain a decree for the anle of the interests of plaintiffs and defendants, in said land, and a division of the proceeds ac- cording to the respective interests of said par- ties, among the plaintiffe and defesdants, which partition and saleis to be made subject to the life estate of Mary Burch in i land, and that uniesethe sald Jasper D Burch, Mary J Spencer and John Spencer be and appear at this court, at the next term thereof, to be be- gun and holden at the court house, inthe city of Butler in said county,on the t2th day of November next, and on or before the third day of said term, ifthe term shall so long con- tinue, and if not, then on or before the last day of said term, answer or plead to the peti- tion in said cause, the same will be taken as confessed, and judgment will be rend -red ac- rdingly And be it further ordered that a hereof be published, according to law, = ler Weekly Tins, . weekly newspape hed in’ Bates county, oo the last insertior fore the first day € it court, J va C. HAYES, Circuit Clerk. A true copy of the record, Witness 1 and the seal of the circuit es county, this 4th day of JOUN C. HAYE Greuit Clerk Order of “Publication. OF MISSOURL? ty of Bates, in the +s county, Missouri, pt4, 1s04,The State of Missouri n and to the use of S er revenue of Bates tate of Migsouri, plaintiff, ve, defendant tion for delinquent taxes Ww at this day comes the plaintiff h » the und 2 pf Bates county in the state of in vacation and files her petition, ner things that the above AS Badgley is a non-resi- Missouri the said clerk in vacation, that n notified by publication that s commenced a suit ageinst him in by petition the object and general lien of the te of Missouri for the delinquent taxes of ear inv2, amounting in the aggregate to sum of $35 together with interest, ‘osts. commission and fees upon the following itracts of lands situated in ouri, to-wit: The southeast quar- east quarter of section twenty- by of the northeast quarter of the quarter of section thirty-two (32) utheast quarter of the northwest quar ast quarter of the southwest y-one and ap nd if not he same wil by the clerk afor in th ine wepape Bates county phe rt hereanto aac iH isthe 4th day of JOHN CHAYES, ‘ Clerk Ww. W Winn, a deed of trust dated nd recorded in the recorder’s off i for Bates county, Missouri ,zin book Pe veyed to the undersign: tee, the following described real estate g and being sita 4 state of Missouri, to-wit The southwest quarter of the southwest quer | ix (6) in township forty (4 nine (2 Ifof section thirty-one (31 one (41) of ran i man | August dis twenty-nine in said de been made in the payment of now pai e and unpaid. Now there- fore, at e request of the te+gal hol er of ssid note and pursuant to the con- ditions of eaid deed of trust, 1 wlll proceed to sellthe above described premises at vendue, tothe highest bidder areca east front door of the court hou souri, on Friday, September 21, 1594, between the hours of nine o’clock in the fore- | noon and five o’clock in the afternoon of that isalmést as light as pure aluminum, | day, for the purposes of setiatying said debt, Tt éan | | this finds its way into your newspaper.” | be worked like mild steel. ——— and costs. - ALLEN, | ouis offers a continuous list of | Bruises,Sores, Ulcers, SaltRheum Fever Fall! Sores, Tetter,Chapped Hands, ave been added to! Sousa’s Grand Concert) perform on | many pleasant‘ sur-/ cpernat Royal Highness, the Mighty Veiled | retinue, will enter the gates of | . and pa- | net per- | ements | lron Mountain | Septem ber | Corn i hold FullSway until Octo- | tively cures Piles, or no pay required. I | | Wherenpon it} ness of $10,000 a month, Bates | on thirty-three (35) all in town- | 690 to { wand that §! x0 to 35,000 in Bucklen’s Arnica Salve, The Best Salve inthe world for Cuts Chiblains and all Skin Eruptions, and posi- is guaranteed to give pertect satisfaction or money refunded. Price 25 cts perboxt For sale by H. L. ker, druggist. THE Bates County Ban BUTLER, Successor to Eates Co. National Bank. Established in 1870. MO. | Paid up capital $125,000 A general banking business trans- acted. FE. J. TYGARD, - - - President. WON. J.B. NEWBERRY, Vice-Pres, J. C. CLARK - = Cashier T. J. Suit. A.W. Tuvewax SMITH THURMAN. LAWYERS, Ontlice over Bates Countv Natn’] Bank. Butler, Missouri. AM A. SMITH, | LAWYER. Olice over Pettus’ grocery, southwest corner of square, Butler, Mo. Careful attention given to criminal, divorcee and © vollec cases. (Gey tS & CLARK, ATTORNEYS AT LAW. Office over the Bank North side square. Missouri State Silvers & Denton ATTORNEYS AND COUNSELORS AT LAW, BUTLER, MO. Office over the Farmers Bank. C. BOULWARE, Physician and Surgeon. Office north side square, Butler, Mo. Diseasesof women and chile en a specialty. DR. J. M, CHRISTY, HOMOEOPATHIC PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON, Office, tront room over McKibbens store. Al! callanswered at office day or night. Specialattention given to temale dis eases. WANTED TO Exchange for Farm: $15,000 stock of Inmber and hard- ware, situated in good Hlinois town, doing good buisness, want good farm. 16,000 stock of gents furnishing goods in good Mlinois town of $0,- 000. Want good farm. $12,000 general stock, residence and store building 36,000. Largest and best store west of Salina-Railroad center. Want good farm. $35,0000 stock 316,000 is in groceries and provisions, ballance dry goods, shoes, and ¢ lothing, doing good busi- ho competi- tion. Want $25,000; in good improv- ed farms or rental property and $x,- 000 to $10,000 cash, $18,000 general stock, doing a large business. farm and three lars cash. 000 general stock. Want farm in eastern Kansas at | Noinflation. | pee stock of hardware and § stone building and will put in§from good notes, due well situated, Want good or four thousand dol- good its value. September 1, 1894. Want good farm. j $4,000 general stock want good jfarm and 21,000 cash. Will assume sinall encumberance, “andy eed ta) {for good farm ein the county of Bates | and the west one- aie or | in} Trustee. | = 6, W. GLARDY, 500 hardw are for good farm. $5,000 genera! stock and 24,000 | dwelling in good north Missouri town ¥} $8,600 dry sods, want vod) farm jand 335,000. Will assume $35,000, $6,090 stock dry goods, want good | farm. Address, LUTLER MISSOURI. 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