The Butler Weekly Times Newspaper, October 18, 1894, Page 1

VOL. XVI. oe RR: men Missouri State Bank: OF BUTLER, MO. SAPITAL, - Transacts a general banking business. mers, merchants and the public all funds committed to our char; commodation in the way to loan on real estate at lowest rates, allowing borr¢ at eny time and stop interest. IDIREt Booker Powell HH Piggott © R Radford TI Wright Geo L Smith Or. T. C, Boulware JH Dutcher John Deerwester JR Jenkins OTHER |S'TOCKHOLDER:, “= DriW_E Tucker WB Tyler Frank Deerwester ty A DeArmond John Evans Hurley Lumbe Dr J Everingham GA Carathers © & EK Freeman WB Cheif GB Hickman 1M Courtney Ds Heath Robert Cla Semuel Levy CP.& 8 LColeman © H Morrison c JR Davis DrW D Hannah d ¥ Bartlett New Home Items. Mitchell and Hackett spoke in the | New Home hall, Oct. Sth. They are ns good men as Charlotte township | ean afford, Mitchell is running for | coroner and Hackett for Recorder of Deeds = | f. Shackleford’s minstrel in the New Home opera house was immense, Frank Nash, of Virginia, was down | the other day. ie Virgil Jenkins, of ginia, Mo., was | in our Burg, Monday, looking for a | site upon Sle toerect a blacksmith shop. Virgil is a good workman and | deserves a good site like New Home. Misses Lottie Burk and Bodkins i took quite a fright at what was sup- posed to be a white rat. | Mr. Al Byler is in very poor health with dropsy. There is standing a 100 acres of good corn between New Home and Foster. Girard Wilson is hauling lumber from Robb’s mill on the river to build # 20x50 hog house. The Christian and Baptist churches | at Sprague are holding protracted | meetin | Mr. Sain Harvey has returned from Sedalia, where he spent a year. Holeomb and Hackett passed | through our town, Wednesday of last week. I will be here until March tst and want your trade. Give me a trial and | 1 will stop you from going to these little one-horse towns, they can never | do any good so close to New Home. | TI want all kinds of produce at a small profit. I also handle a fair sup- ply of good groceries anda few dry goods. ; The People’s Party will have a pic- | nic here in James Grove, Oct. 19th. Seth Cope mistook Virgil Trow- | bridge for L. W. James. It being so | close to election, Seth is near sighted | and after that he will be stone blind. Clarence Morris lost: his house by | | | fire, Oct. 1th and nothing was saved. The fire caught from a defective flue. Corn gathering has begun. H. Robb is cutting some fine frame | timber and is having a good demand | almost equal to the supply | Ginsl Morris went home from school with a chill, Friday. Mr. John Smith is quite sick with typhoid fever. John Miller changed his fur hat for a good straw hat. Glen Miller and Ben wilson were badly hurt while out riding, Sunday. | ¥. M. NESTLERODE Gray Gables. For the benefit of the many readers | of your interesting paper we will tell | them that this is not the Summer } For fall and wint thing the very best and at the! most reasonable prices. Mens’ Boots (a surprise Mens’ Boots better grade Mens’ Boots, still better And Mens Custom Hand Boys Boots at $1.25 and $1.50 Womens every day wear shoes for solid service. Wo.rans’ Glove Grain Button (worked button holes) Womans’ Glove and oil grain ba Womens’ Best Glove and oil grain button shoes Misses School Shoes. glove and oil grain, buttor, heel and spring heel, Cap or Plain toes, sizes 13 to Childs ef the same, sizes 9 to 12 Childs smaller sizes. 5 to 8, This is a partial list of the many bargains we have and don't shoes until you have seen them. § Yours for best wearing goods at lowest prices. MAS WEINER. | you buy Robert McCracken A McCracken MV Owen | county | affairs and what he helped do in the BUTLER, MISSOURI, THURSDAY OCTOBER 18, 1894. hubbed the spokes, | W T Cowan's nephew from Nebras- | ka inoved Saturda i vacated house and his into the} Ww ‘T Piles who has been stay- ith his fath Washing- ton Park was st t Golden City Mo., by t week. He © 8 — 120,000 6 ete tor nie Work lact Saturday. Mrand Mrs Cart Wallaceare going ito have a sat their home We solicit the accounts of far- | ext Phur- , believe it is se ‘ jealled a China wedd it will be| generally, promising a safe depositc for! cond dG nes Many asec hand if il be rn gathering is the order of the | 2 iday.! | ‘TORS. | Miss Anna and Guthrie Juda leave | Frauk M Voris | this week for Kansas City to attend | ne Wyatt yschool, W © Kennedy in company with B {Stonus. T Darity and Moran of | Illinois were in our village one day | last week, they want to buy farms} ‘and locate here in this county. | O M Drysdale has received his fall} stock of goods. | Z gs of Mlir son BF Biggs. Re West Wm E Walton Dr NL Whipple Max Weiner a lem Sla | vicinity of thrifty and hospitable citi- | zeus of Bates County. Gray Gables | isa few miles southeast of Butler in PRICES GO AT Lone Oak township. | Saturday night 13th, was the date 5 | | of much interest manifested at the (irange Hall. Rev. May, of Kansas CASH GROCERY. | City, was holding a protracted meet- ing, the grange was to havethad their regular meeting and the democratic campaign committee not knowing of either of these meetings fered the engine se TRAIN ROBBERS. | Bandits Hold Up two Crains and Make a Rich Haul. Sacramento, Cal., 12—-The east bound overland train, due here at o'clock last night, was held up by two men about six miles below this city. The track-walker was first jrobbed and then forced to start to town. The train robbers then cov- and fireman with guns ani com d them to accom pany them to the express car. Mes- senger Pope shot twice at the ban- dits and came near ‘osing his life, from a shot fired in return. engineer and fireman called Page to open the door as the robbers were goiug to shoot them if be did not, and were prepared to blow up the car with dynamite. He complied with their request, in order to save their lives, and the robbers looted the car. Then they cut the er ? arded it and and ward the train, but by the time it bad reached ite destination the steam reversed sent ¢ had run so Jow that the collision caused but little damage. The rob bers made good their escape train arrived here at 12:30 ing be arned more than 300 pounds of coiu were taken. If all silver it would be about $5,000 if all gold it would be about $75,000 I As far as can is believed that one sack weighed | 100 pounds, carried by the engineer, had an appointment published for Ss. | was gold, considering the smallness W. Dooley, of Rich Hill, and Hon. J. W. Choat to present to the people | 4¢ = oe 3 around here some democratic truths, 19 th fine gravulated puget $1 00 principles and logic. However all|20 “ Eight brown sugar 1 00 parties gave way for the Gospel to be/ 92] «© dark brown sugar 1 00 preached, after which the grange an- . : a ‘ nounced they would stand aside for|34 “ big African brown coffee 1 v0 the democratic speakers. 8. W. Dooley | 34 + big African green cofiee 1 00 being equal to the occasion and feeil- eae ing a keen necessity of delivering an 44“ Java blend coffee 1 00 able address, gave to his many hear-| 1] * Java blend coffee 25 ers a deep, pointed and profitable speech. Hou. J. W. Choate followed | with a magnificent speech upon State | 50“ extra fancy flour 70 60 0 * cheap fiour 160 th cheap dour 2 cans Columbia salnmor 1 can Columbia saimou last General Assembly, Dr, Choat’s | was highly appreciated and | the interest of his hearers was mani- fested by calling him back the second oF time. He made many votes and shall} 2 tb new evaporated apricot» 25 be returned to the legislature. J. C. “ | aan . 25 * 4 ew v e 1 bh a“ Hale, Stewart Atehison apd Sam 2 pe wicvenores at ee nee 2 Fisher © present. 5 ** new seedless raising 25 Now if you want to hear from Gray Gables we will write you as we Bos-A Lone 1 well bucket Dashboard lantern {1 2 hoop wooden pail 5 Virginia Items | No. 1 tubs 50 | No. 2 tubs 60 No. 3 tubs 70 2 pkgs any kind tk =a Rey. George Murry of Rose county, Ohio, cousin of Marion Famuliner! preached at the M. EF. chureh las Sabbath. Charley Garwood sold his farm last week, two miles east of V inia. Mrs. Alta Park returned Home the first of the week where she had been g her parents at Clinton, Mo. . Joise Dudly is sick in Butler, her mother Mrs A J Park is with her. Spartain Adams is quite siek with the fever. soda 13 doz clothes pins 3 6 bars Water queen soa 5 bars Cashmere soap 6 bars old country soap 2b 10 6 bars silk soap Dry salt meat clear of bone ry salt 3 ¢ “os “d 5 84 Mrs. John Durrett is on the sick {Dry salt meat, Foster back 83 list. és 1 gallon can pie apricots 35 Mrs Rape and daughter who havely yall Sane es 35! been sick for some time are able| gation can pie Pp nes as to be around. 1 gal pure sugar syrup 3 jg & Mr Ira Judd and family are BE pa abd edt | Good wash boads 20¢ to ! Mr Everett Drysdale, wife of Butler|1 th extra fine gunpowder tea woe visiting at Virginia last Sab-} worth 76¢ 50! Ben Durrett had his badly |1 th Moyune Imperial tea | damaged last Sabbath y frOmi|4 << Vanne Fiveon ton the Chr an Chureh to E, a| iis. ae horse kicked three spokes out of the/1 * front wheel, at the same time Win/ 1 Cusic passed on the other side and | Uncolored Japan tea * Sledge tobacco * Star tobacco 1* Crane tobacco Horse shoe tobae gal. galvanized oil can | Wire nails any size from 3's up a ly box axle grease any fiind 05 er wear. Every | 1 tb can Lily of the Valley baking powders 5 '3 cans good sugar corn 25 | And everything else at rock for you) at $1.25 | Bottom prices in the Grocery line. | $1.5 Es = ee Will take corn, oates, hay, chickens, | madeboots at $2.00 and butter in exchange for Groceries | ‘at the highest market prices. Will | pay the higheet market price iu case | for chickens aud eggs,I am prepared | | to handle all that comes to me. I} jbave in stock a nice assortment of | Tinware, and CQueensware | j Which I will sell you cheaper than | ;ean be bought elsewhere. [ could throw out some slurs about some: other merchant, but refrain from do-} i gentleman will talk! ‘about hiscompetitor direct er indi- jrect. Thanking you for past favors; | and hoping to merit a large share of | | your trade I remain yours truly. W. G. WOMACK. | good Glass at $1.00 at $1.25 at $1.50 tton, solid as a rock x $land $1.25 at 75c and $1.00 at 65c and Sic ing 80, as no 1 90} j night, the of the bulk as compared to its weight. Ifso, the sack coutained about 000 When inquiry was made this morn ing at the general offices of the Wells Fargo company in this city, Manager Cooper declined to state how much pluuder the robbers se cured, declaring it was simply a |pauy aud the nees Of the He refused positively to give avy information to the point. {The truth came cut, however, when Pacitic issued a cireu ga reward of $10,000 for jthe arrest of the two robbers and j the recovery of the plunder In this ‘claimed it is that the bandits plun | dered the express car cf over $50, 000 in gold The circular aunounces \that the Southern Pacific company and the pay $2 cous | treasure 500 for the capture of each robber and $5,000 for the recovery | of the me amount f or a proportionate any part of the whole or BANDITS NEAR aton, Oct. VASHINGTON 13.—When the through special from Jacksonville jfor New York on the Richmond, Fredericksburg & Potomac railroad was near Aquai creek, several miles below Quantico, Va. not from Mount ¥ jride from 9:26 o'clock las eer was signaled to er went forward to re, at The stop. I was confronted seven masked men. As soon as the engine stopped by they walked back towards the train | The | FARME RS NO 48 BANK OF BATES COUNTY, ‘Cash Capital. COUNTY DEPOSTORY OFSB OSCAR REEDER t. J, HURLEY - A BENNETT E. D. KIPP . $50,000.00 TES CO.! President zd Vice-President - Cashier Receives Deposits subject to che transacts a general Banking business. Solicited. DIE .S. Kiersey M. G. Wilcox 3.3. Mckee, E. D! Kipp. weapons, xt evry body to e} ears. A number of shots were fired but no ¢ Was hurt, though by this time th as rs had become excited by ud some of the more daring 1 the windows to learn the of the firing The robbers then went to the ex r Ubey found the doors barred by Messenger EE ield and his helper, H Mor and were unable to force an en- by threats were supplied with dynamite aud by its use the deor of the ex press ca persuasion or was shattered and an en | trance was made. Messenger Critch- | field was told that they would blow 40/ see what had caused the signal and | | uncoupled it Well-Fargo company will | non, aud only two hours’ | him up if he did not open the door to the safes. After demuning for a time the messenger obeyed and opened the safes. mouvey that was in the car. Their Ben i ‘ | demand for the way bill, when the matter between the express com-| express messenger declared that one safe was empty a remark thet they made to the fireman, caution ing bim about disconnecting the arir- brake tubes when he uncoupled the engive ou their demand, show that some members of the gang had been railroad hands at some time or oth er. Besides, after the engines were boarded by the robbers avd run by them until near Widewater station, a short distance from the site of the hold up, where they abandoned it and sent it ahead was running wild. Lt ran until a coal chute was reached, where it was wrecked The train was left stand ing untilan engine was brought ou from Quantico. The robbers made off with their booty in the direction of the Poto mac river, where, it is supposed, they had a boat in waiting to take them to the Maryland side. None of the robbers entered the passen ger coaches. Express Messenger Crutchfieid thinks the booty secured was $150, 000 or more. He gave this account of the robber But one robber er tered the ea He was of a Leavy build and dressed like a farmer, al- though he seemed to throughly un The men got every cent of | Lones Money, issues Drafts and Your patrorage respectfully John E Shutt, R. J. Hurley Clark Wix, k A. Bennett. 1.K Rosier, MH. M. Gailey, J. EVERINGHAM. Secretary lerstand the express business. He had a red Laudkerebief over the wer part of face When the train was st ed Topened the door PI fimy car. 42 robber fired aud shot at me. I fired back and cloved the door. He cailed, ‘open the door. Idid not doit. ‘Open that door o¢ Til blow the whole car to preces with dynamite, be called. Thea he threw s stick of dynamite. It struck the door and shattered it and the casing Lhe foree knocked me off my feet I then opened the door. One robber came in and made me opon the safe. He took everything. There was one package which be tuust have thought contained only papere, fer he threw ‘it into the box It contained $6,000 Then he said, ‘Open that other safe.” | That is simply x dead bead safe, 3 suid. *The-—-— it is, be reared bow we the way bill for it. 2 i started to get the bill and he said, ‘Keep your hauds up; show me the | paper, I'll get it’ He looked at the ; bill aud was satisfied that the eec- ond s-fe contained nothing, which was true. he time. The man was very cool He had seven or eight rough express pouches, each con taining packages how ‘much I cant guess. The wan cut small! slit in each pouch and took ev ery package.” money Join Auderson, anegro, running & policy office in Kansas City, was raigued in court Friday and fined 500, the full extent of the law. The Judge said he proposed todo all is his power to stop gambling in the city WG: Shain. Carpenter & Shater Ve wansyour } and will pay y¢ luarket in cas Weteven Ly ultry and Eggs ithe top of the We are the only exclusive Poul and Egg house in Butler, ar Hl not be over. bid. See us on south side square, or on the street. We would pre- ter handling your stoek on Mon- , Tuesdays and Wednesdays are prepared to handle it any ORAL AR AR AAR AER RED ae Marvelous Showing. The U. S. Government, through the Agri- <j YJ cultural Department, has been investigating the baking powders for the purpose of inform- ing the public which was. the purest, most economical and wholesome. The published report shows the Royal Baking Powder to be a pure, healthful preparation, absolutely free from alum or any adulterant, and that it is greatly stronger in leavening power than any other baking powder. Consumers should not let this valuable infor- mation, official and unprejudiced, go unheeded.