The Butler Weekly Times Newspaper, June 13, 1895, Page 5

House Cleaning Time week. Odds and with this view, we with us this and ends must go havo gone over our entire steck of mens, boys and childrens clothing and taken out all suits where there are only one or two of a kind and will sell them at following prices: Child's $2.00 suits for $1.50 Child's $2.50 and $3 suits for 2.00 | Child's $4.00 and $5 suit for 3.00 | S0y's $5 VU suits for Boys 7.50 and $8 suits for Boys 10.00 and 1250 * Mens odds and ends suits in’ pro- portion--you may find exactly what you want in these suits. If se, you save from $1 to $4.50 on your pur- chase. Don’t wait until they are all gone. Children’s washable suits 65c and $1.25. Walter Crabtree has gone to Montrose to assist in the new bank. BUTTER WEEKLY TIMES| Smith & Potter shipped a car LOCAL ITEMS jf load of fine horses to Kansas City. | | Get your pictures framed at D. W. Drcmmonps. Mr. Olney has taken the oath of oftice. Mrs. J. J. McKissick is visiting at Lamar. The forest fires in Pennsylvania are still raging and doing immense | damage. | Mrs F. M. Thompson and two | children, of Lexington, Mo., is vis- | iting her sister, Mrs. Cal Robinson. | W. LL. Kash, one of Johastowns’ | substantial farmers and prominent * tinues to crawl up | merriment. The circulation of the Tmzs con. | citizens, called and renewed for '96. The docket for the June term of | cireuit court of Saline county, con- tains twenty two divorce cases. It | looks like marriage was a failure over in Saline. The fair committee ought to ar- range for a balloon ascension. The Times is kept busy adding new vames to it’s subscription list. | y _ | Sedalia is making extensive ar- its Frask LaFollett and eno rangements for the entertainments children are reported to be quite/ . ‘of the bankers convention whieh sick. meets in that town the 18th, 19th Mrs. W. H. Livingston, of Bur- | and 20 inst. ington, Vermont, is visiting Mrs. H.' yr. Katie Duvall left Monday for » Perciyal. | an extended visit with relatives and Mrs. Ida Baldwin, of Parsons, | friends at Peoria, Ill. She was ac- Kansas, is visiting her sister, Mrs. | companied as far as Kansas City by Van Nix. ) her brother, W. F. The Tives wishes H. ©. Wyatt is putting down a| Miss Katie a pleasant trip. new brick side walk around his prop-| Adrian people come to Butler on erty on Dakotah street. | the 4th, lay your school house cor- The merchants of the city will | per stone on the 5th and we will close their places of business July | send Judge DeArmond up to plant 4th, from 12 to 2 p. m. to take part | the rock and start your edueational in the great celebration. | enterprise on a firm foundation. | That's the way to do business. Jas. Brock, at the lake the other | evening, severed a couple of arteries | in his wrist with a broken bottle and | the wound is quite serious. Miss Anna Whitsitt, with all mankind and the newspapers of this county in particular. In the returned | newspaper line Bates county is well home Saturday from Warrensburg; |represented and the editors are up| where she has been attending the/ to date, kind and generous to each State Normal the past year. j Other. This is an it should be. The lake and park grounds were | We could not ask for more propi- sold again Saturday at public auc | tious weather for the growing crops tion to the highest bidder and was/than we are having. The magnifi- knocked off to Thos. J. Smith for) $2,860. ‘The young folks had a fine time) at the fake Friday evening. An ele gant lunch was served and a couple of heurs were epent in dancing and cent rains we are having is in the way of insuring the prospects is all we can ask of a kind and beneticent Providence. The Sumy an ice crean at th The Mayor of Kansas City and| P his board of aldermen are at outs. | Sur he mayor and tke aldermen of / June 22ad. Everybody is cord Butler are at peace, the former hay-) invited. During the evening the ing stepped down and out. \ band boys will give a grand concert. ‘ will it band boys pper on the lawn of » residence ‘Squire Greene r, abcut 34 miles northeast of nig Center, Saturday n |who has been visiting her sister, Mrs. Walter Arnold, has returned | home. Mrs. John Patton has gone to Eureka, Kansas, to join her husband and make that town their future | home. To purify, vitalize and enrich the blood, and give nerve, bodily and digestive strength, take Hood's Sar- saparilla. Our venerable citizens, Uncle Jack Ryan, who has been visiting his grandchildren bas returned home. He reports having had a jmost excellent time, enjoying his outing very much. Miss Ida Whitsitt, of this city, has been elected to teach in the pub lie schools at Adriay the coming school year. Miss Whitsitt is a most excellent teacher and the | board, in securing male a good selection. | At the firet indication of disorder, the deranged or enfeebled condition of the stomach, liver or bowels, should be promptly rectified by Ayer'’s Cathartic Pills. These Pills do not gripe, are perfectly safe to take, and remove all tendeney to liver and bowel complaints. The dth in Butler promises to be the biggest thing of the kind ever held in the county. The merchants with the exception of two firms have agreed to close their places of bus ness and join the procession in mer- ry making. This fact shows that the people of this town are in earnest and united for a grand time. Come to Butler for fun and we will have it. Cartier Wallace, one of the sub- stantial and large farmers of Char- latter part of last week the remnant of his 1894 wheat crop, 225 bushels, and realized 90 cents per bushel. Mr. Wallace is one of the strong farmers of this county and keeps stuff for sale and always manages to get the top of the market. By repealing the occupation tax the council has done away with all city taxes under police regulation except the saloon tax, and the town has been thrown wide open to pool rooms, merry-go-rounds, street ped- dlers, ete. ete. As taxes will not be collected before March, it is a mystery as to how the city is to be run. As the resignation of Mayor Hickman has not yet been acted on it may be the mayor will yet veto to hold a 4th of July celebration. The west park near the center of the town has been selected as the grounds. We had hoped that the people of Rich Hill would come to Butler this year, and join us in one grand union county 4th of July demonstration Then the Butler people would insist upon returning the compliment by attending the fair at the Hill en masse. This would have been the proper thing to do. Mrs Smith, the noted orator who was billed to talk at the opera house a couple of nights last week on the money question, arrived all right. Her lecture, however, was a flash in the pan, as the good people refused to give hera hearing. The people ef Butler are not stuck on these cackling hens and Mrs. Smith can congratulate herself that she did not fare very different from Mary Ellen T.ease, who lectured here a while back. The best place for the ladies is at home looking after their household duties and the babies. Women know more about clothes im general than men. We have our strongest friends among the gentle sex. They endorse the BUCKSKIN | Mrs. G. Huseher, of Kansas City, | her service, bas, lotte township, brought to town the | the repealing of the occupation tax. | | The Rich Hill folks have decided Attention 1.0.0. F. Memorial services of the order will be held at the Baptist church at 3 o'clock p. m, Sunday. The services will be conducted by Rev. Dr. Murphy, and the members of fraternity are not only invited but earnestly requested to be present. A. L Buck, of Oklahoma. son of our esteemed citizen W. G. Buck, renews his subscription Jadge Jas. H. Lay arrived in the city Sunday evening and ned the June term of court Monday morning. The docket is alight one for this | term and aside from a couple of murder cases there are no cases of general public interest. Attorney S. W. Dooley, of Rich Hill is up attending court. The Co}. said he had te come to Butler now aud then to give the town tone Well the Colonel is a first clase man and a good Jawyer, and Butler folks are always glad to have him pay our city a visit, legally or otherwise. The Young Ladies’ Cooking Club and the Liars’ Club held a joint moonlight picnic and dance at the lake one night last week. The young ladies furnished an excellent supper. Dancing, boat riding. sing ing, mandolin club and string music, all were combined to up the evenings entertainment. make Our popular clothing merchant, ' Joe Meyer, had a pleasant visit Sat- | urday and Sunday frem his brother Levi Meyer, of Lawrence, Kansas, who was accompanied by his wife and little daughter. Mrs. Meyer will remain in week or for home Monday. The Trae esteemed farmer friend and reliable subseriber, C. W. Sma ding, of Foster cailed and renewed |for 96. He is one of the most punctual paymasters on our books and better men don’t grow in any country. He reported the farmers prosperous in his neck ‘o the woods, and with the exception wheat, crops were looking fine. The “following grand jurymen were selected and sworn Monday to look after business in their line: D. E. Wycoff, W. R. Morrison, Joe T. t of Reavely, F. J. Wiseman, S. Combs, John M. Reeder, E. O. Thompson, Geo. Brundidge, Alf Jackson, C. D. and John Joe T. Reavely was ap- R. Garrison, James Powers, Hornback. pointed foreman. was elected clerk. The Tres bad y pleasant call Monday from it's esteemed friend, Uncle Peter Ewing of Mingo township, who is one of Bates coun- ty’s most honoroed and enterprising W. Morrison a citizens. Heis one of our oldest subscriber and = generally gets about on time once a year. It is always a pleasure to have our sub stantial friends call and none are more welcome than Uncle Peter, the father of 14 children and a prince of good fellows. He was accompan- ied by J. F. Jordan, of Henry county. | A shocking and fatal accident be fell Henry Schwartz of Kansas City | Monday morning. In filling the tank | of his gasoline stove, he spilt a large | quantity of the oil on his clothing, and striking a match to start the stove, in an instant his whole body | was enveloped in flames. In trying | to extingusih the flames he lost con | trol of his reason, and dashed out of | the house and ran wildly down the | street screaming for help. People | ran to his assistance aud tried to | stop him but in vain. Finally he met |a policeman and was stopped. but | the fire had about all burned itself | out and the officer had little difficul- | ty in putting out the remainder of ‘Schwartz's smouldering clothing. | An ambulance wagon was called and the city visiting a} so while her husband left} Odd Fellows will be held at Sunday evening memorial services the Baptist church at 3 o'clock. The ke delivered by Rev. Dr. Murphy. All invited. address will With the bloed full of humors, the heated term is all the more oppressiye. Give the system a thor- ough cleansing with Ayer’s Sarsapa- rilla and a thorough cleansing with | two of Ayers Pills, and you will enjoy Summer as never before in your life. Just try this for once, and youll not repent it. | The Times’ especial friend, J. T.} Smith, of Hume neighborhood, | calledand renewed for “0. As} ‘usual, he was just as jovial and hap- py asa lark, looking and feeling | | well, and enjoying life to its fullest | extent. It a pleasure meet Uncle Joe d his annual visits to| \this office are highly appreciated. | to At home to friends at hotel de 0 for ninety days, Edward ‘ Blevins, better known in Butler and {surrounding country as “New York.” Tins forfeit of hberty of Mr. Ble was the guilt and ac- knowled t thereof of plucking |from the hip pocket of Andy Jones, | Friday evening, his pocket-book band | containing $20. After securing the | | money Edward had the bill changed |to silver and putting it in a sack | went about the streets beasting he {was worth a cool million. Then he iwentto K.C. and had a high old |time. Returning to Butler he was | eonfronted by Mr. Jones, and char- | ged with the theft, te which Edward readily assented. Them he was taken before his honor, Hsquire | Hemstreet, and the next thing Ed- | ward knew he was worth a cool |ninety days in jail. The long and short of the business is, Edward | should have been given ninety days on a rock pile for the theft and |ninety days additional as a publie nuisance. This thing of jailing | petty thieves and feeding them at | the expense of the tax payers is get- | ting tiresome, and right here Judge) | Ryland’s recommendation of a public | |whipping post for minor offences | would come in mighty good play. } Serious Accident, | Mr. Mitchell Warford, aged about 63 years, and one of Bates coun- ty’s eldest and most respected citizens, living near Ballard, in go- ing overa stile at his home Satur- day evening about 6 o'clock, lost his | balance and fell to the ground a |distance of about fonr feet, and |lighting on a rock, bad the misfor- jtune to break the bone in the left thigh about six inches below the hip joint. Dr. Warford, of the; McKIBBENS, Wre Offer UNUSUALLY Large Line VESTS AT 5, 10, 15, 20, 25, 35, 40, 50c. The Best Values ao YOu WILL HEAR oF THIS YEAR, e CORSLTS) @ | j= A Splendid Summer Corset at 50c. SUMMER STYLE CHICAGO WAIST Other kinds 50c, 75¢, $1, 1.25, 1.50 $1.75 and $2.00. STANDARD QUALITIES in Choice Styles AT THE VERY Lowest Prices. -McKIBBENS. | JULY PATTERNS NOW IN. $1 2 neighborhood,was called in and after | Mies Sue Jones, daughter of E. N. examining the patient and consider- | Jones, who has been attending the ing his age and the seriousness of | St. Louis school for the blind, re- the break, decided to call in assist-| turned home Saturday, a graduate ance and ® couple of messengers | of that institution, being one of a were dispatched to town for Dr. T.| class of five. Miss Sue has been C. Boulware, who arrived at 1 o'clock | blind for the past seven years and at night. The old gentleman was | lost her eyesight from a severe spell found to be suffering great pain and | of brain fever and spinal meningitus. considerable uneasiness was felt for | She is 24 years of age, a bright and him, but when the physicians had ate | intelligent young lady and her mis- tended to his warts he was made easy and it was hoped that he would get along all right. Yet with everythirg favorable to his recovery it will be some time be- fore he will be able to get about again ‘A Humorous Fact About Hood's Sarsaparilla—it expels bad humor and creates good humor. A battle for blood is what Hood's Sarsaparilla vigorously fights, and it is always victorious in expelling foul taints and giving the vital fluid the quality and quantity of perfect health. It cures scrofula, salt rheum, boils and other blood diseases. Hood's Pills act easily, yet prompt- | fortune is certainly a lamentable ene. | The following is taken from the St. | Louis Chronicle: Susie Jones of | Butler Mo., and Walter M. Comstock | ef Tipton, Mo., both blind, applied | fer a marriage license Friday. They ‘have been attending the Missouri | School for the blind at Nineteen and | Morgan. Miss Jones has attend the | school for seven years and Comstock four. They carried on their love ‘making so quietly that it was not | known at the school until Friday. The term of school is over, and the couple decided to marry before leav- }1ng for home. Comstock however, was under age, and the license was |refused by Assistant Marriage Li- (cense Clerk John Dietering. The The Times is glad it is at peace | MENS HEAVY RIBBED BREECHES because they know they | he was taken to the police station. are the best; because the buttons | Patches of the skin peeled off and stay on and the seams don't rip. | his left eye was burned out. He Then they tike to see a man’s clothes | was removed to the German hospital fit. Our pants wear well, fit well | from the station and died in great | and look neat. | agony at 12 o'clock. | GPEC IAL Low Prices — I n— | ‘Mens Boys and Childrens Suits, jcouple were accompanied by an ly and efficiently on the bowels and | elderly lady who guided their steps. liver. 25c. , Comstoek is a broom maker. JUST ASK YOURSELF. What good excuse you have for buy- ing second and third rate shoes when you can get from usthe <I =. very best and _ latest designs in BLack ODD PANTS, ‘Shirts, Underwear, Straw Hats HOSIERY, NECKWEAR, We Can Please Everybody in | Style and Prices. JOE MEYER, THE CLOTGAIER. ' i TOP SOX 4 PAIR FOR 25. | | i WE DO AND RUSSET The largest FOOT sHOE business be- sepia cause we deserve it. We deserve it for the reason that our qualities are the best and Our Prices the Least Look a: our $2.09 fine shoes, all the rew stlyes.