The Butler Weekly Times Newspaper, February 7, 1895, Page 5

VoTerrors Fors, The sale Our Jar seven per cent. more than last January has heen a grand success. B12]5O?’™ sile draws like a porous | buy any $18, S20 or S25 suit in our ho —Why not you? $1250 and $15 suits go at $99 at actual cost. G new tariff law has no terrors for us. come—That - Any Winter Suit F"or ready bave far less winter goods than we ever carried over before and there are three weeks more in which to $12.50 There'll be a crowd of pleased purchase You buy lots of these suits less than we bought them You'll never have such a chance again. 5: $8.50, $10 and $12 suits go at $7.45; $6 and $7.50 suits go at $4.95. Boys and childrens overcoats at your own price. All winter underwear, wool socks, caps, Our clearance vary sales forty- —and still they We al- plaster. use for only ‘s in those weeks overshirts Ke. Odds and ends of our $3, $3.50 and $5 shoes for $2.50 All heavy boots at special prices. L 4 TIMES | Horses ought to be well shod this = | weather. BUTTER With LOCAL ITEMS — | some times we can have too much of Get your pictures framed at D. W. | ® good thing. Drummonps. | Snow may be a good thing but | Mo., while cleaning a small pistol Saturday, accidentally discharged the weapon and the bullet took effect jin the left side of her grandmother, Mrs. Mary Minsker, who was sitting | Miss Mary Gladden, of Holden, | | While examining a shot gun Sat- urday, Fred Leidy, living near Car- thage, lost one of his bands by the accidental discharge of the gun. A band working for N. Green, near Clinton, slipped away fone vight last week taking a good horse with him belonging to Mr | Green. A E Morris, one of the sensible |men of New Home township, bas! j bis name enrolled for the booming | | Tives this week. Nothing like sub i scribing for the best paper published |ia Bates county. hired New Sprin Sbeetings, Crashes, Tab House. The Review says the French and Italian miners in that s+ction }wuch mere frugal than other vation jalities and bur few of them are num jbered awong the destitute They | jare a saving class of people and are) | uot extravagant io their living. ever before are bings M Circuit court convenes next Mon | The Bolivar Free Press,ateributes day There are quite a number of | the low price of borers to the re jimportant cases on the docket, and | peal of the McKinley bill. Thar jaltogether it is bighly probuble)editor bas certainly caught Deus | court will remain in session through | traws disease, paronoia Bat. as he | ‘out the mouth and it may take a/livesat Boliwar and is considered | week in March to wind up the dock- | harmless no thought will be taken et. of such idhotic expressions. In passing McKibbeu’s store Fri i G. B. Parker, of Summit township, | day a wan appropriated a ‘pair of | whoa short time ago sold bis farm to arctic overshoes. The theft was/the Scully agents, has purchased the discovered by Cy Walker, who gavel y Hall place of 160 acres iu the jchuse and placed the thief under | same township. Mr. Parker is our Before E-quire Wright be of our best farmers aud citizens and i pluad guilty ant was sent to jail. the Tiras is glad to learn be will re- | | Another good subject for a rock pile | wain in Bates H j arrest. Maggie Sulziel of Sneffielda! | Mires eee ert zie) oy Bact "| When suffering from throat or | lung troubles, take only such medi | cines as has been proven worthy of | |coufidence. Such a remedy is Ayer’s | Cherry Pectoral; a specific for sud- | den colds, and invaluable | forms of pulmonary complaints. | Sold by druggists Price $1. small town uear Kansas City went viniting Monday evening.leaving her two little children, boy and girl aged 5 aud 3 years in tbe kitchen playing. When she returned she found the house on fire and the bodies of the tw» children burned to a crisp on the kitchen floor. in all| The Sedalia Enterprise Sentinel,) We are requested to state that in the distribution of seeds by the De- partwent of Agriculture a limitd quantity has been set apart for this Congressional district, and that, while the supply lasts, Congress- man DeArmond will be pleased te have seeds sent to such of his con stituents as wish them and so advise | him = It 1s expected that this distri | bution will be closed by the 1st of | March. ja semi weekly populist paper, bas | joined the republican party. There is a lot more of them in this state that ought to get back home The first thing a new populist paper jdoes is to assail the democratic | party, aud as long as they live that is their stock in trade | A.B Carpenter, a rich contractor jof St Louis, attempted to kiss Mrs Sarah M Pierce, a damage suit was the result, and Saturday the jury awarded the lady $2,500. Had Car- | penter kissed her there is vo telling | what the verdict of that jury would jhave been. She bas another suit jagainst Carpenter for $5,000 for defamation of character. A reward of $300 by the citizens of Warrensburg and $200 by the county bas been offered for the Down at Nevada, one day last week, Judge C. G. Burton, congress man elect, and lawyer Irvin Gordon, eugaged in a dispute in Hotel Mitch ell, over the November election and the present condition of the national | fiuances. The more they talked the hotter they got, and finally Judge Burton emphasized his language in | such a manner, that lawyer Gordon terials, Carp-ts, Fast Black Hosiery His honor, the ground hog, will re main in his den six weeks longer. John R. Hopkins has received his appointment as post master at Ap- pleton City. President Clevelaud bas appointed ex governor Francis, to the position of mint commissioner. Harris & Lisle, the Butler wule buyers have 58 mules on hand and | they are good ones. John Vancamp has taken charge of the Laciede hotel and the Tiwes wishes him abundant success. Senator Camden te oo | Mingo, one of the best men in the | and his family will return to Bates Lord's prayer couldn't pass the sens) county was in the city Tuesday on | county in a short time. There is no} ate without amendment. Silas Levy leaves this week for | court the-East to buy his spring stock of | |_goois. He will be absent twoor Davis at Slater and deputy in the | three weeks. Lee Culver & Co. bought over! in the room. The wound fortunately | 600 rabbits Saturday, and it wasn’t |a very good day for rabbits, either. | Migs Ida Whiteitt, who closeda| @: 9- Thompson. one of the | successful term of school in Elkhart pj toen est ELS friends oe ee township, last week, returned home punetual subscribers, living need | Monday. Adrian, called and renewed for 1896. | Mr. Thompson never allows his sub- | Chas. Mason, who shot and killed | geription to get in arrears, and is as | Jas. Hedrick a short time ago, a8 true in his payments as the needle acquitted by a jury at Huntsville, | 4, the pole. Thanks. Saturday. ; is not a serious one. j AVE cat Menthe ice Se | W. S. Mudd, now residing at Cath- | Willie Ball, aged ten, had his face | E s Washington, sends us a re- filled with shot by an older brother EROS : 2 |newal for his paper. His many \friendsin the north part of this The boys were hunting rabbits. Our old friend Peter Ewing of | county will be glad to learn that he! | bridge business before the county | truer friend or better man than W.| |S Mudd, and the Trves is glad to J. R. Davis, son of postmaster | Welcome his return. The funeral of Mrs. Mary Roberis, | office, has been arrested and taken | wife of Al Raborts who died! Setun The firat regular meeting of the | to Kansas City, charged with being day, took place from the family res new county court convened in tbis | implicated in taking a check froma! Monday and proceeded te registered letter. i city d transact the business before it. Geo. W. Bradley, arrested at Se- | most dalia Saturday, charged with having | morning not a deed or instrument abducted Miss Belle Hays, of Wasb- filed ior record remained on his ington, Iowa, escaped prosecution | desk. This is what we call an up to by marrying the girl. The Tiues is glad to learn from, W4Y to transact public business. the Review that the cases of want in| the vicinity of that place are not 80 nouncement of J. B. Paget for town- numerous, but, what can be. taken | ghip collector. Mr. Paget is a young care of by home charity societies. J. R. Jenkins has returned from | He is weil known among our people, his trip to the sunny south. He re- | Dav porte having had a most pleasant j life in time and: feels greatly benefited. by | He is the few deys.rest from byginess and clese confinement. : es t 5S | idence in the easteru part of town Sunday afternoon, Elder Lotspiech Recorder J. C. Hale is making a ‘of the Christian church officiating. | The deceased has been a great suf- | ferer for the past year with cancer | of the stomach. Mrs. Roberts was | 57 years of age, and left a husband |and nine children, seven girls and two boys. eflicient officer. Tuesday | date officer and it is the proper In this isaue will be found the an-; Our young friend Clarence P. Catron left Tuesday morning for | business man of energy and brains. ‘place. Mr. Catron is a young gea- | having spent the greater part of bis j tleman of brains and energy and will | preform the duties acceptably if short time. ‘pomisated and elected. | very best of success. | that place January 21st. | Cur old time and staunch friend | appehension of the person or per The build ing was a one story frame shell aud bore about the same relation to ja court house as the old brick struc- ture in Butler did a jail. | The association of Waterworks and Light companies which was re jeently organized in Nevada, which |adjourned to meet at Butler Feby. 4th, held their second meeting in \this city Monday. Capt. J Tygard, | presided. There were severa! new pames presented to the association sons who burnt the court house at took personal offense and peaied | away at the Judge's head with hie| walking stick. Friends interferred j WE ARE BEGINNING TO RECEIVE g Lines of Dress Good, Velvets, Braide, Trimming Silks, Dress Silks, Wash Silks, Ginghams, Muslins, e Linens, Curtain Ma- All no tions carried in a strictly up to date Dry Goods NEW asd LOWER PRICES than We handle Superior Dress Lin cKIBBENS. T. A. Wright renews and bas! 8 address chauged from Butler to Vire gina Mrs. M. A. Cass called the other day, renewed and had ber address changed from Louse Oak to Rich Hill, Obsirman T. K Lisle, of the dem ociatic central comunttee for this county, bas issued a call for said comumnttee to weet iu this city Fri- day, Feby. 15th. and it is hoped that |euch member of the committee will | be preseut Read the call notice in another column. The petition of J. E Bailey and others for change of roud in Osage, Prairie and Love Oak townships was given attention by the court Tuesday afternoon, and after duly considering the matter the petition was denied. While this petition asked for a change of the road, the real question was for a removal of the iron bridge over the Marias des Cygne to ‘another location. This bridge question bas been in dispute for five or six years, and has been a bone of contention with the people n that section of the county. ‘Ihe action of the court we suppose set- tles the matter as to location, and the next thing in order is for the court to put the bridge iu a safe condition for travel, and make the +ouds leading to it paseable Farms for Sule. No 1 178 acres three miles from Appleton City, Mo, large barn and small house on land; good laad; price $27 50 per acre,part cash. Land «in Bates county, in sec. 11, town- ship 39, range 29; 15 acres timber Ne 2. 320 acres in St. Clair county, Mo ; 80*acres in cultivation; 8 miles southeast of Rockville, Mo.; all prime land, 240 acres in prairie grass; nice young orchard, good house, fair stable, price $20 per acre. No. 3. 1580 acres adjoining Tabor- ville. Mo, good barn, house, scales, wind mill feed lots, corn cribs, &c. Price $26 per acre 11-3t Inquire at thie office. and further hestilities were prevent = | UNDER REGULA1ION RULES. x | J. W. Taylor, the gentlemanly deputy circuit clerk, has leased the Butler Opera House and will give it his special attention hereafter. The people of Butler, and especially the theater going portion, can rest as- sured that Mr. Taylor will secure for them the very best entertain- ments on the road, and will keep it up to its present high standard as a} Insane Pat Griffin Hangs Himself at the Asylum. Nevada Mail. Pat Griffin, a county patient from Pettis, suicided systematically at the asylum Saturday night. Griffin bad been in the asylum for ' the past three years. He was about 50 years old and his case was chron- jand duly elected members. The | place of amusement to our people. regular work of tke association for which it met was transacted and the meeting adjourned to meet again at Sedalia, Thursday March 14th,1895. The business men of Warrensburg | have organized a board of trade, He is a young gentleman of charac- iter and force and when he recom mends a play to the public, it will | |be all that it should be. We bespeal for him success in the venture, and | 1c, but he was not regarded as a suicidal patient. Saturday uight he hanged himeelf in regulation etyle. He bad made a cap from the lining of his coatsleeve. {o waking this he bad raveled one of bis eocke, using the yarn as a 128 members signed the roll. This {reminds us that Butler's business | |men once upon a time had a similar) 1 organization in this town. Fitted ;Up a room in fine shape, and for a ‘time the organization fiourished. | | Thea decomposition set in and the | furniture and fixtures were sold at} public auction and that was the last of the Butler board of trade. i Peter Lane, received a telegram | Thursday from Elwood, Indiana, in- |forming him that bis brother Mort, j had been seriously burt and could ‘ not recover. | took the first train for that place and ja card received Monday from Mrs. | Merwin, where he has accepted a/ Lane, by J. B Adair, stated that the ; position in the new bank at that | injured man died before they arrived. No particulars have been received jas to how Mr. Lave met his thie and adjoining townships. | make himself indispensible to the| death. The deceased was the only honest and capable and would | managers of that institution in a very! brother of Mr. Peter Lane -of this|yyung farmer of means We wish “Catty” the! city, and the sudden and unexpected news was a severe blow. Mr. and Mrs. Lane| | trust that the good people of Butler | thread with which he hemmed his will give him liberal patronage. He then made a regular hang- | Margrep—At Toulon, Illinoie, on | ee knot in one corner of bis Feby. Ist, 1895, George C. Well- | *heet, tied the other end to the top and Miss Fannie Ogburn, both of | window guard in his room, slipped Bates county, Mo. Quite a little | the cap over his head and the noose romance is ended with this marriage. | about his neck and swung himeelf The proverbial “love laughs at lock | from the window sill. His feet iack- smiths” phrase was verified in thie | ed a few inches of touching the floor case. The young people were very | when his dead body was discov-red |much attached to each other, but | by an attendant early Sunday morn- jparental objections imtervened, and | ing. His work of self destruction the young lady was sent to her. had been carefully planned and exe ‘uncle's in Illinois, anda strict sur “" sien ORE oe er veillance kept over ber. The gallant , Common Sense George, after vain attempts to com | Should be used in attempting to jmunicate with her, took the train | cure thet very disagreeable disease, |for Toulon, and bearded the lion in | ss As age Originates ip [bis den, with the above result. The | Por etn dora pease SPPh- | happy couple arrived in Butler Tues- | The common @f day night. The bride is the lovely ' ment is daughter of E. C. Ogburn of Spruce | thie purpose there ig no preperation township: the. groom is a thrifty | Up@tier to Hood’s Sersaparilla. It is now | cap.