The Butler Weekly Times Newspaper, December 27, 1894, Page 5

) . “Gillett, of Adrian, were presented $18 for $12.50] We find ourselves with too many fine suits on hand. DON’T WANT TO KEEP THEM. They must move and we will make the prices move them.—With this view we selected Sixty of Our Finest $15 and $18 Suits Sacks and Cutaways have and will close them out at the low price of only $12.50. You'll find value in these and a big first choice. Big reduction on MENS AND BOYS FINE OVERCOATS. All childs overcoats at Cost—childs suits at special prices. BU TI, ER WEEKLY TIMES |. Get anegea the Fast Mail, At the | Opera House, Friday night. LOCAL ITEMS | Ed Childs came home from Kan- _. ; 8as City to spend Christmas. The Fast Mail, Friday night. | ©. A. Denton has resigned the | position of clerk for the council. Best show ever in Butler, Fast ; Mail, Friday night. The grand jury room at the court house has been enlarged by the re | moval of a partition. Miss Mary Smith, teaching in Elkhart township, is home to spend This bas been one of the finest , the holidays with her parents. falls for plowing we have had in | Q§Mise Mary Stephens, teaching in many years. | the public sehool at Independence,is Don't miss the Fast Mail at the |home spenking the holidays with Opera House, Friday night. | her par ents. J. B. Pagett of Butler isa new subscriber to the booming Times. Go see the Fast Mail at the Opera | House, Friday night. Miss Apna Berry, of Drexel, is | visiting Mre. G. W. Clardy and Miss Lizzie Harris. | Miss Virgie Broaddus, of Rich | Hill ie spending a few days in the | city visiting relatives. | Claud Clark is home from Jeffer- son City to spend the holidays with his parents and young friends. F. M. Kennedy a good friend to the booming Tiss, living near Vir- ginia, renews. A happy and pros. perous new year to you Mr. Ken- nedy. W. J. McCombs, of Adrian. called Saturday aud renewed for one year, and he took away with him the best wishes of the Trwes for a happy and A prosperous New Year. The Tiwes wishes every man, woman aod child in Bates county a happy and prosperous New Year S C. Osborn and Miss Hattie A. | Mrs. Lula Nestlerode of Virginia is a new subscriber te the booming Times, We begrudge one thing, and that there is not a thousand Nestle- rode’s in this county. with marriage license by the record. | er, Saturday. a | Miss Marion Vaughan, attending | Liberty Female College, came home M. L. Moody, our good farmer | | to spend the holidays. Also Misses friend living near Altona, will accept | | Edith Everingham and Mabel Ben- our thanks for a renewal of his sub-| |nett, attending school at Mecice | scription for 1895. Mo., are home for the holidays. Miss Mary Parkinson left Satur- day evening for Kansas City, to | spend her recess and holidays with her parents. The Tres wishes her The ladies’ aid society of the | a pleasant time and a happy Chriet- Christian church will give a dinner | mus. on New Year's day. Proceeds for | We understand it to be a settled the benefit of the burch. fact that a new bank will be opened At the meeting of the school board | at Merwin, in the near future. Mer- Friday night the schools were given The Jefferson City Tribune reports | R J Starke as being quite sick. His | brother. ex-sepator Jack Starke, of | Cooper county, is with him. (storms in california of Pes jseeing a horse one week holiday. They will resume | business again next Monday. Prof. Starr left Mouday night for . | land plowed this winter and made ‘Galveston, Texas to attend a meeting ‘of the Southern Educational Associa- a good country to back it and a bank ought to pay well at that place- ready for the spring planting. The tion. He expects to be home Sat- | | adage is a good one, “the early bird Dick Wright has secured a posi- tion on the police force of Kansas City. Fravk Oldaker, oue of the most prompt subscribers the Trves has, renews for 1895 Miss Tillie Stephens, teacher in the Hume publie schools, is home to spend the holidays The Mount and Candy company’s building in Kansas City Cracker was destroyed by fire Tuesday night. The loss is estimated to be $50,000 | Judge Lay will teen divorce cases in bis court Clinton next month. for the men, the women, dispose of pine-| at) We feel sorry them, they can get married again. Trains bave been delayed by snow Near Sissions the railroad has had great trouble in raising the blockade and bundreds men with shovels were at work. Mrs. A Heury is making arrange ments to spent the winter with ber two sons, Harry and Carl, in South ern California She expects to get off this week, and goes for the health of ber children. The Times wishes ber a safeand pleasant jour ney. Charley Rowden, living five miles southwest of town, had a bay. horse to slip the bridle while in town, Sat. urday, aud he bas not been able to get any trace of it sinee. Any one of the description will confer a favor by Jetting him know of the fact, or leave the horse with C. B Lewis in Butler. In passing au ordinance prohibit ing the sale of cigarettes in this town, fhe city couucil bave done a commendable act and one that will be appreciated by the father and mother of every boy in this city. Now let them pass another ordinance prohibiting the sale of the black mailing. dirty, vulgar sheet, the Kaneas City Sunday Sun The Clinton Democrat says the costs thus far incurred in prosecut- ing Boove Good for stealing the Showalter cattle will amout to $2, 636.15. This case, you will remem ber, was tried at the recent term of the Bates County Circuit Court, hev ing come to this county from Henry on a change of venue The case goes tothe Supreme court and if a new trial is granted the costs will continue to accumulate. McFarland Bros., harness manu facturers on the south side of the square, have purchased the Badgley store building adjoining their har ness shop. We understand they in tend to remove a portion of the par tition wall in the rear and enlarge their shop rocm, which they need, owing to the crowded condition of their sales room. They bought the building at a genuine bargain. The board of curators of the state University have decided to ask the legislature for some handsome do nations. In addition to the medical building and the gymnasium, the board decided to ask for $40,(00 | with which to erect a new club house and for $25,060 to be expended in building a green heuse and improv ing the horticultural garden. What about an appropriation for the foot ball team. The board certainly over- looked this important item. It wasacircus and auction day combined in Butler, Saturday. Every ‘body and their cousins were here. The stores and streets were crowded with people and everybody was on the go. The hitch rack around the square was packed with vehicles, jand the alleys and feed yards were | overflowing. It was the biggest day Butler haa bad for aseason. Talk abou’ a trading poivt, Butler beats them all. The :eason is the mer- chants are Irberal advertisers and sell goods cheaper than they can be — elsewhere your good resolutions, and the most sensible thing those democrats who have gone off with the populists can win is a nice little village and has) do is to resolve to get back into the To the democrats | who stayed at home November 6th, There-are thousands of acres of | 1994, and failed to vote, resolved to | do so nomore and pledge-y eureelf to beon hand in 1896, and assist to 1e- To those dem- democratic party. deem old Missouri. | Brownington, God bless|' Miss Edith Vaughn, who bas been | spending several weeks at Fulton, visiting heraunt, bas returned home. Mr. Blachard, an old citizen of Mo., dropped dead cn the streets Christ mas day, of heart disease. Charles Moore, 18 years of age, Lib-rty, surcided by shooting himself with asbot gun, Christmas night know no causs for Henry county. residing pear eve The family the ner The charitable people of Kansas , City, thre j mere igh the efforts ef the com tal club have raised nearly $20,- j000 which will be distributed amoung the poor this | dent association Every winter by the provi young farmer in themselves of the opportunity offer 1895. ing the associations of his boyhood office of eminent practitioners. The Times pleasant cull the other day from G. W. Moles, avcompanied by his brotuer A Moles, located in this coun hal a very who recently ty purchasing a farm near Altona Mr. Moles comes from Albana, Ky, isarehable citizen and the Ties welcomes him to our county and hopes'to see him well pleas-d_ with | his new home. Clyde McFarlarnd came down from Kansas City Saturday to spend the holidays with bis parents. He was down a short time ago and of his earnings invested in 40 acres of Jand east of town. ‘Clvdeis amodel young man and, his health permit ting is destined to be one of the ris ing business men of the s:ate Jim Franklin who is sojourning at Jefferson City for the time being, is a pew subscriber to the booming Tives. They all want the Trves in the Union and bolts and bars,rock walla and Winchesters are no barrier to its cirulation The Times mounts all obstacles and goes on its mission of gladdening the homes of its thousands of readers sure Wagon loads of bundles, buggets, and packages were taken away from Butler Saturday. had a regular cyclone trade all day long the stores were filled to over flowing and it was almost impossible for the clerks to wait on the trade. It was the biggest trading day the town has had in a long time. Then again it was easy to sell goods and }presents as there was no dickering trade was made. The funeral of Albert E. Herthel was conducted from the Ohio street M. E. church, Friday. The deceas weeks with the typhoid fever. Bates | county who possibly can should avail | days. John now resides in Edwards | ville, Ills, and is studying Jaw in the | It goes into every state and territory | The merchants the people asked the price aud the ed had been sick for the past five He SE STERNER | BUYING, BUYING. BUYING. Oar trade bas been so satisfactory that we are kept baying constantly to keep up our many diferent lines So that customers can as usual get the very best variety and) styles from which to select. have been the Ser will give our customer of some extraordinary | NicKl ed by the ten weeks of “Short |eourses for Farmers” at the State | | University. The first ten weeks in 1 Jobn Stanley arrived in town Sat- | : . | urday aud will spend a week visiting | his mother and relatives and enjoy | AOU. W | A public instailation of officers of | this benevolent order will take place jin the court room, January 10tb, to which the public is cordially invited to atteod. On the same evening the order will give a banquet to mem- bere of the orders and invited guests , in the Masonic and I. O. O. F. lodge | rooms. Preparations for a big time | are being made. The supper for the | | banquet will be served from the res- | | taurant of Chas. Endres. Next week | jthe Times will publish the program | for the entertainment. ~The Coucert. Madame Jarley’s wax figures, giv- | en by the young ladies at the opera { house Christmas night, in aid of the | poor, was one of the most pleasing | entertainments witnessed in many a | day. The opera room was filled to | overflowing and everything passed off well. The proceeds, we | understand, amounted to $83. | net Five populist papers in Kansas bave turned their toes to the daisies | since the election. The Peoples Advocate, a populist | peper published at Stockton and edited by Ed Putman, suspended Saturday. Stewart and Raymond, photo-| grapherz, are now jocated in the| West Side Gallery. Call and exam- | ine our work and get our low prices. Uncle Jackey Ryan, one of Butlers wealthiest, most honored and best known citizens celebrated his 80th birthday Wednesday of last week! He is yet hale and hearty and gets} about without inconvenience. That prince of good fellows, Joe Meyer, the peoples clothier, present- | ed the local of the Tiwes with a hand- some Christmas present in the shape of an elegant pair of gloves, which we will wear on frosty morings and state occasions in grateful remem- brance. Joe is the prince of good ' | Next Tuesday vou can again male was in his 33d year anda native ot Boston. Hecameto Butler about six years ago from Kausas. He was a clever man and during hie residence in this city gained the respect and confidence of all with whom he be- came acquainted The funeral of} the deceased was largely attended fellows and the recipient of the present is proud to be numbered among his friends. May his trade double in the New Year, and his shadow never grow less is the best wish of the Times local. Kansas City Times:—Col. Stairs | “lof Dover, Ky.. who has just reached | Mir. and Mrs. Carruthers lave the the meridian of life, and who edits a’ heartfelt sympathy @f this entire Doble: Deter: nasser aioe, Rea who is 78 years old, and who has community in their bereavement over | $150,000 ir cash. It cannot be said | the death of their little boy, Willie, that all poplists dre poor financiers. | which occurred Friday. The cause We'll wager the happy couplea | of his death was a severe case of | Christmas turkey that that populist | diphtheria. The funeral took place editor gives bis paper away and | Sunday, services being conducted at| ceases to be a calamity howler, and | ! the grave. Their little daughter that he will know the populist party | | was also stricken at the same time/no more Riches, it is said, makes! and has been quite sick for the past | fools of some men and we right,now | week and at times was thought she / bid farewell to this populist editor. | could not recover but we understand : The thanks of the Trwes local is | oe a hopes jtendered the noted dry goods firm | of ite early recovery are entertained. boehene a Adair fore handsome | leucuines present, a beautiful silk | muffler, presented by Mr. Adair. We ean assure the donorg that the gift | Vacemacn = Should be used in attempting to} cure that very disagreeable disease | | costs in cach case. j imprisonment was then suspended :¢< catarrh. As eatarrh ongivates in impurities in the bloo4, local appli cations ‘can do no } ent goud. The common sense ret of treat superior ‘to Hvod's Sareaparilia | ment is to purify the blood, aud for this purpore there is uo preparation urday. | gets the worm.” The earlier the ocrats who have. stocd-firm and im- Hood's + Pills eurs voustipation Get your pictures framed at D. W. | planking the better and surer the Drommonps. j movable resolved to be mere vigilant is highly appreciated and that the | recipient is found to be eatered | among their friends, and pur best | wish ie, that their business in the: New Year will be doubled. They | _ one of the handsomest lines of | dry goods and boots and shoes to | by || pe found i in the city, and you wit | in the future, restoring peristaltic action to. the| fied nothing small about this fire | alimentary caual. but their low prices. Oar price sf bui we s the benent values which we bought under value BBENS. To Rent or Sell. 4 own a 640 acre farm in Green- wood county, Kunsas, (64 miles west of Ft. Scott). Good corn land two houses and plenty of water. Land all fenced and in cultivation. Also 640 acre farm three miles south of Wileey in Morris county. Kansas, (near Council Grove). All \fenced. 300 acres in cultivation, balance in pasture. House, barn, ;&e. Splendid stock farm. Both farms are in good agricultural por- tions of Kansas aud within 3 miles | of railroad depcts and desirably sit- ‘uated. Will sell one or both to good men at reasonable prices on ne or rent for a term of years. Wa. E. Warrtoy, t Butler. Mo. > 2 Carlisie’s Plan Prevails. Washington, D. C., Dee 17.— | Without the dotting of an “i” or | the crossing a “t” the bill for anew | financial system ie to be reported to the House to-day. It is just aa Secretary Carlisle dictated the sec- tions to his stenographer The com- mittee reports in favor of reserving the right to amend as the discussion proceeds. The decision was reached Satur- day by the close vote of 9 to 8. Representatives Johnson, of Ohio, and Ellis, of Kentucky, Democrats, voted with the Republicans against reporting this plan. The report will be made on Monday, debate will begin on Tuesday, and the Commit. tee on Rules will be asked to fix the final vote in the Hoase for next Fri- day at 3 p. m. Kessel Pays His Fine. Dubuque, Ia., Dec. 18.—Another pension fraud conspirator was dis- pesed of this afternoon in a very few minutes. The case of Dr. Kessel of Cresco, indicted with Van Leuven, was called, but did not come te | trial, the defendant pleading guilty to the charges made in the three in- dictments. Judge Shiras sentenced him to eighteen months’ imprison- ment and to pay a fine of $1,000 and The sentence of and the defendant paid the fines and was discharg-d. Saved Her Life. irs. C. J. Wootpnipae, of Wortham, ree saved the life of her child by aod ectoral. use of ‘a Cherry Fe “One of _—. children had Croup. he ana on going to it found | Sees et ee it ceased te suraD startled by the ‘s hare jing. Eta a tint ue hls arming condos fen, I reasoned such Prepared by Dr. J.C. Ayer bCo., Lowell, Mass. Prempttoact, suretecure®