The Butler Weekly Times Newspaper, May 16, 1895, Page 5

Abraham Lincoln Said! “You can fool all the people some of the time. and some of the people all the time but you can’t fool all the people all the time.” Barnum said “that the American people Barnum’s way of thinking, Of course there will always they can buy for $10; but the great maj suit after all. possibly pay $12.50. Here doing business are right an continually increasing (52 Don'tbe one of those who Have you} seen our black at $7.50? price. like to be humbugged.” Some merchants seem to be of $15 SUITS FOR $10 simply because they are asked $15 for a suit and buy it Our experience is that no one likes to be humbugged—that no sensible man wants to be asked $15 for a $10 suit even if he does buy it for $10. A $10 Suit is Marked SIO. in plain figures—and $10 buys it—no more—no leas. buy right and then n@trk our goods as low as any merchant can afford to sell them. The people ‘cant be fooled all the time” and are finding out that our prices and way of Also those all wool gray cassimere; at same but we believe with Lincoln. be the people who will believe ority know that its only a $10 He might he runs no such risks. We d that’s why our business is per cent increase for April) can be “fooled all the time.” clay worsted suits—all Wool { The wheat is heading out fast. O. E. Farichild, engineer at the | pump house, is furnishing the city with as clear and well filtered water as it is possible to obtain. Andy Hackett, the genial editor of the Rich Hill Populist, spent |Monday in Butler and, of course, gave the booming Tres a pleasant call. | Our genial friend J. W. Duncan, | postmaster at Adrain, was in the \eity Tuesday. He reported every- |thing moving along smoothly in his town. Dr. Ed Glessner, of Nebraska, is in the city visiting his sister, Mrs. E. S. Carrithers. The Doctor says the drouth in his state last year was general and the farmers this season jare in desperate straits. Pe | Lowery arrived in Butler | California,on a visit to his daughter, ; Mrs. Shaffer. The Doctor is enjoy jing the best of health and reports | the crops flourishing in his state The Times bas added to it’s sub scription list this week the following new names: Johnson Powers, John H. Hutchinson, J. W. Cullar, Rev. J. Hardin, H. F. Schroder, Jim Hutchinson, Joe F. Armstrong, Al- bert Short and Mrs J. W. Stockton. Henry county has contributed $733 to the exconfederate heme jfund in addition to ths $140 raised at the school election. Also 50 citi- zens have agreed to give $5 per year tothe home. When it comes to contributing to charitable causes there are no flies on the good people of Henry county. J. W. Cullar, formerly a citizen of Butler, is now engaged in business at Eldorado Springs and is the pop ular proprietor of the eas! side bath houses. He is doing a good business and parties visiting the Springs will find his bath houses kept in perfect Monday evening, from his home in | | A LIFE SENTENCE Is The Fate ot George Long. The i Young Man Who Murdered his Father in Lone Oak. Town- ship Several Months Ago. The case of George Long, charged | with murdering his father, and taken | to Clinton on change of venue for! | trial, came up Monday, and by agree | ment of Graves & Clark, attorneys | for defense,and prosecuting attorney Holcomb, a plea of murder in the second degree was accepted. without | trial, and the matter of punishment | was left with the court, who im pos- | eda sentence of life imprisonment | in the penitentiary, as the follow-| ing telegram, received by the Tres | Tuesday from Mr. Holcomb, at Clin- | ton, explains. | Cuintox, Mo, May 14, 1895. | J. D. Atten, Butler, Mo., | George Long sentenced to peni-) tentiary for life | P. H. Hotcoms. } Messrs. Graves & Clark, as attor- | | neys, deserve great credit for saving | |their client from the gallows, as it) ee one of the most diabolical NS | ders ever committed in the county | sets than auaone and sell them at Jand Long had confessed to doing | lower prices. | the deed. The extreme penalty at-! | tached by the court satisties justice, ; a8 his intelligence was of a very low! | order t Corsets 50¢ up Thomson Glove Fitting Shillings Model Form Shillings American Lady Abdominal Thomsons Nursing D. and K. D. Perfect Fitting Chicago Waist ‘Thomsons Q 7 We handle more hosiery and cor- One fare for the round trip to the| — |ex- confederate reunion in Texas. | | This will be a splendid opportunity | | to visit the Lone Star state, whether THING | you desire to attend the reunion or | | not. | John H. Hutchinson, one of Eldo- | rado Springs prominent young busi | business men, being head salesman | in the large furniture establishment, | is a new subscriber to the booming | Times. | T. J. Wilson, of Foster, returned | the first of the week from a trip | through Barton county. He reports that you are getting the lowest of low prices. people in this locality buy at our store. be ¢ BUTEER WEEKLY ‘ LOCAL ITEMS Get your pictures framed at D. W. DroumMonps. Champ Clark, ex congressman will lecture at the opera house May 17 Matt Adams brought in about 200 pounds of fish Saturday and they went like hot cakes. Senator Cockrell left Washington Friday for his home at Warrensburg -to spend the summer. The county financial statement will be published this year in the | Troms and Rich Hill Review. James and Ed Murray, two negro men, were hung at Clayton Saturday for the murder of Ed Fitzwilliams. Having been the best bidder at a public sale Wm. E. Walton is now © owner of the lake and park grounds. Jas W. Brock and Miss Amanda Moon, were married at the Laclede hotel parlors by squire Newsom, Thursday night the 9th. A pair of horns 6 feet and 4 inches from tip to tip, taken from a Texas steer and mounted, have been placed over the Farmers bank. Representative Herd who has \ been on the sick list in Washington ® 2 t pe, for the past few weeks is reported to be getting better. Thirteen business houses burned at Elmo, Mo, a fewnights ago. The fire originated in a livery barn. The loss is estimated at $25.000. If the 4th is to be celebrated in Butler this year it is high time to begin work and let the people know that the eagle will scream. Measles and whooping cough are quite numerous among the children and up to date no serious results IMES| Mrs. W. O. Jackson is visiting her Parents at Mound Valley, Kan. Quite a delegation of Sunday school workers of this city went out to Virginia Sunday. H. Poindexter, one of our faithful and substantial subscribers, called Saturday, renewed and had his ad- dress changed from Altona to Adrain. Champ Clark, the noted orator will lecture at the opera house the 17th. If you would like to hear a distinguised lecturer don’t fail to be on hand. The Democrat says the new elec tric light plant in Harrisonville is giving general satisfaction, and that a large number of the citizens are putting the incondescent in their residences. Senator Cockrell has written a letter to ex-senator McLaurin, Mississippi, on the silver question, as a reply to some of the sentiments expressed by the president in his letter to Gover- nor Stone. If you want letter heads, note heads, cards, envelopes, or anything in the job printing line come to the booming Trves and you will get the best of stock and your work done in the latest style of the art. Mrs. Sol Levy and son Carlisle, of St. Louis, and Miss Minnie Hess, of Pleasant Hill, are guests of Mr. and Mrs. Silas Levy. The Tres wishes the ladies a pleasant visit during their sojourn in our city. E. E. Wells,cashier of the suspend- ed Willow Springs bank, has been arrested and put under Fond of $15, 000 on charge of having received deposits when he knew the bank to be in & failing condition. Wednesday afternoon ot 4 o'clock, Mr. Perry W. Morse and Miss Effie Badgley were married at the resi- dence of Mr. O. Tuttle, on Ohio Culver and New Home arrived last week two late for publication. They | came to hand just as we were ready | to go to press and had to be laid | over. Our correspondents will please | send in their items by Monday’s | mail to insure insertion. We regret | ted not getting the items in time. The public schools will close | Friday for this year. The schools | have been very prosperous the past year and it is to be hoped nothing will occur in the future to mar the high rank to which the schools have been raised by the present corps of teachers. diction ew can say the Butler and need a first-class livery rig at reasonable prices call on Jim Hutch- inson, manager of the best livery barn in the place. He will treat you right and give the finest turn out to be had in the town B. F. Little, living near Rockville, called Tuesday and renewed Mr. Little bas been a resident of Bates for the past 25 years and is one of Misses and Childs Ope: As You Like It in fast black hosiery Se pair up Topsy Black Hermsdorf Black Regent Black Nonpareil Black Monarch Black St. Joe Black Dixie Black Lawrence Black MehKkI BBENS. June Delineators and patterns are now in To know that your shoes are right in every way—to know that they are the newest styles—that they will wear—and One half the They're buying order. Call and see him when you | the wheat, oats and timothy in a very more than ever this Spring. See our beautiful new stock go down. | bad condition and the corn needing | and you'll know why. Just now we are selling all broken C. H. Rains, who has recently | T!2- | lots of Ladies, Misses and Childrens Low Shoes from 4 to 4 off. moved to Butler from Appleton City McFarland Bros, are giving the Ladies $3.00 low shoes for $1 50 for the purpose of making this city | fronts of their two business houses : es 7 A his home, gave the Tres a pleasant on the south side a coat of fresh Ladies $2.00 and $2.50 low shoes for 1 25 call Saturday and renewed for '95 | paint. The Times office,which is be- Ladies 1.50 and 1.75 “ for 100 Mr. Rains is a most excellent gentle ing benefitted by the change in the ii 0 119 « f 5 manand it is with pleasure the | appearance of the front of the build- Parties U0 Tendo ts 20 ae Trstes welcomes him and his estim | ing, is glad to see the good work be-j Misses 1.00 and 1.25 = for 75 AUG ey Co cen ing done. Misses 75 and 85 * = for 50 Communications from Ballard,| Wen you go .o Eldorado Springs Childs 65 and 75 * s for 40 ra Slippers sy. MAX WEINER Attention Ex-Conferates. Without fear of contra- | Camp Marmaduke, W. C. V. will | meet at thecourt house in Butler, | Saturday, May 18 at 2p.m. All are i invited. By Order of Commander. Dez C. Mize, Adj. | | the pioneer subscribers to the boom |ing Trvrs. He isan old time Vir- | ginia gentleman, and his visit to the | Times office was appreciated. He was | accompanied by eur esteemed friend | P. M. Lane, of Deepwater township, | Both gentlemen say the wheat and Western Kansas was visited by a snow storm, Friday. Highest Market Price Paid in cash for chickens and eggs at W. G. Womack’s, the Cash Grocer, north side, first door east of Mo. State Bank, Butler, Mo. schools, in point of educational fa- cilities, ranks with the best schools in the State. | oats crops are badly injured by the | bugs and in some cases the fields are being plowed up. It would bea nice sight to see — Ga eae the new fire chief and bis excellent | An'Excellent Remedy. company out on dress parade. Ithas| “I have tried Hood’s Pills and been a long time since the boys were have found them an excellent rem- out in uniform, and then a little |edy. They are strengthening, in- drilling might be of advantage, just | stead of being weakening to the to keep the boys from getting rusty | body, and they leave the system in in their maneuvers of throwing wa- | good condition." Mrs) Wm. H. ter and fighting fire. Come out boys | Hilliard, Monett, Mo. and let the people of Butler know | that you still live and belong to! Hood's Pills are especially pre- one of the best companies of fire | pared to be taken with Hood's Sar- fighters in the west. | saparilla. WEARE AT YOU AGAIN. In fact we don’t intend to let up. Why should we,our store is filled with the best made and lowest price mens, boys and childrens clothing in the County. The Parkville Double Quartette, the finest male singers in Missouri, will appear at the Opera House Fri | day the 24th. They will have with them a comic speaker,who has taken many honors and is one of the best in the state. They will give an en- tertainment that is rarely heard out- side of the large cities. Hon W. W. Graves and Capt. H. C. Clark went to Neosho, Mo., Wednesday to appear before the Newton count circuit court in an important lawsuit, taken on change of venue from Jasper County. Mrs. Stamps, who is a resident of St. Clair county and resides near Apple- ton City, while visiting relatives at Webb City and walking along Allen street, the main thoroughfare of the town, fel! through a defectiye walk, sustaining injuries which threatened for a time to prove fatal, and which have left her a cripple for life. She brought suit against Webb City through her attorneys, Graven & Clark, for $20,000. About 6 o'clock Tuesday evening as J. C. McDonald, deputy sheriff, wes putting the prisoners in the cage for the night, a couple of them grabbed him from behind, threw him down, disarmed him, put him in the cage and locked him up, and A Kew Mens suits low Pri with the keys rushed down stairs to | ——— the jailor’s office. Here they had | as S295 some trouble in fitting the right key j to the iron door and before they) Sneak Thief Caught. | A tramp sneak thief plucked a | pair of pants from the front of Lane & Adair’s store Saturday. He step- ped in the stairway leading to Sil- vers & Denton's law office over the | Farmers bank, and as he was tucking his stelen article under his coat, he | was taken prisoner by Tom Roberts | who had witnessed the theft. Mr. | Roberts took him before Mr. Adair, | who threatened him with prosecu- | tion, but the poor devil begged so |hard he elicited the sympathies of | Mrs. Lane, and she interceded for the rascal, and he was let off with |the understanding that he would | pull his freight from Butler without | delay, and he hit the road for the |depet atalively pace A woman's | sympathies are too easily touched in | behalf of such scamps. A six weeks }job on a healthy rock pile would {have been the proper thing. This | firm has been annoyed a great deal | of late by missing articles from the |front of their store It is. quitea | mystery why people will steal from | this firm when they can step inside | the room and get the goods legiti- | mately for almost nothing. Cat Them Down Still Lower ever. I have madea very large reduction on groceries, tinware, glass and queensware, table knives, pocket knives, table and tea spoons, willow and wooden ware, can goods, in fact street, Rev. I. M. Galbraith officiat- Bovs suits low as could make their escape they were | ¢verything in my line except sugar 2.00 In political affairs the money quee- tion seems to be the all absorbing uestion. In the democratic ranks both those who believe in free silver and the gold standard are holding meetings in different sections of the country. i t from the disease has occurred. > ‘The chinch bugs are reported to ' be very bad in certain logalities and im some instances wheat and oat ) © fields have been destroyed by them. Atkeson threatens to write a series of articles ou the “benking business, E as she is and ought to be” in the discovered by a trusty on the out- side who had just brought Mr Col- yer’s horse to the jail. The trusty ran into the house and notified Bob Colyer, who dashed out with « pis- ape 65 Childrens suits low as And finer grade suits proportion- ately aslow. It will pay you well to give us a call. and drove them back to their cage end locked them up. When the prisoners attacked McDonald they tol and intercepted the prisoners. i t future. He ought to tackle a Ma sajenl he knows something about. % - E.H. Thurman his ad- . from Hume to Welds, Kan.. to hich place he recently moved. The Treas wishes him good.health and \prosperity in his new home. \ CS Ewin, one of the Tiuzs par- ticular friends, in Deepwater, renews for 96. He also ordered the paper eent to hia sister. Mrs. J. W. Stock- ton of New Palestine, Mo Mr. Stoekton was formerly pastor of the Baptist church in this city. JOE MEYER, choked him pretty severely and the! akin on his throat was lacerated in, several places by their finger nails, | ; and flour which are advancing every | week but will sell them as low if not | lower than the lowest. It will pay | you to trade with me as I verily be | lieve that you will save from ten to twenty per cent on your purehaser. Womack’s Cash Grocery. | North side square, 1 door east of Mo State Bank, Butler, Mo. Interest Reduced. On Farm Loans of $2,000 and up- other wise he was not hurt. There | wards, the Missouri State Bank will The Clothier oe 0 2 2 ee ew is several deperate criminals in the jail and hed it not been for the time ly arrival of the trusty » general de- livery would have been the result. funish money at seven per cent in- terest. — charge for Com- mission, drawing papers, maki abstracts or recording. 24 tf.