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re as We have been for many years, and expect to and will give sre he (or more) goods for the same money as any other house in the eare not importers, but buy our goods as cheap as anyoue in the ond intend to keep nothing but STRICTLY FIRST GLASS GOODS ez: T. McBRIDE & CO. Greeting to all Cash Buyers of Hearits, Hardware, Stoves, &e. Jas. H. Harman has sold his} The case ofthe Taylor brothers, | Warrensburg as soon as he disposes | been advanced on the docket of the! of a lot of personal property at auc-|supreme Court and will be heard tion. issue jmurderers will know their fate by| | ; | Mary Ethel, the little five year|APtil lst. | old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. J. F.| Elder C. B. Lotspeich left Tues-) Wilmoth, died Sunday, of membra | day morning for Monroe City, Mo.,| health Saturday. |Lotspeich formerly preached ir ity many years a Monroe City and the deceased was one of the prominent Emmet Comer, for the Chicago, Rock members of Island and Pacific railroad, commit | his church and a particular friend. hour experience of twenty-five years inthe grocery business and ne 2 eal us wit! t we know the best brands of goods, also know what they are|ted suicide at his home at Gallatin,| We understand the farmers in insi ice. ins de ca a a i z x ees : i | the market and at the inside price, and the inside price is what Mo, Sunday. Failure in business |this section are making arrange-’ ay for them. jieate, It is not necessary to advertise prices for other parties to put we ask youto come in with your (SH, CHICKENS, EGGS, BUTTER nything that you have for sale and we will give you as much for tact et will bear, in justice to ourselves as well as you. io two weeks about seventy-five con- 4 | N F (0) F H A R DWA R F versions have resulted, some of them | pinned their faith to the booming | -|being people aged 73, 75 and 76) Ties this week: M. A. Campbell, ee in ev gon will be satisfied. Our coffees are the best in me Guarantee everything we sell to be as Represented fee it to say We will duplicate any our horn but will leave the matter with our customers to determined her we do & legitimate business or not. , Very respectfully yours, A. L. MeBRIDE & Co. North side square, Butler Missouri. WT'ER WEEKLY TIMES LOCAL ITEMS G, Bllinger sells shoes at one third than any store in Butler. 11 2t Hucourage the band boys by at. sding the concert the 13th. Frank Allen, at the Missouri State writes fire insurance. Best of panies represented. 42-tf verything, from a sewing awl to a cook stove. Our line o and a separation between himself | ments to organize an anti-horse thief and wife led to the deed. | association for self protection. An| A great revival of religion under |#88eciation of this kind is a anOse) the preaching of Revs. Romack and excellent tonic against thieves and | McCullough, is going on at Malta; S84 general rule eounties organized | Bend, Saline county. In the past|#™@ given & wide berth by thieves. | The following new subscribers | years. Lester Cumpton, Payton Nafns, J.| : Wm. Paifreisen, a policeman at} Walter Thompson and J. W. Wheat-| splendid farm and will move to|murderers of the Meeks family. has|_ Ao INFL WV __eel See advertisement in this | March 3d, and it is probable oO :-- INVENTION -:- ——DGESN'T CONCERN Y OU (AS MUCH AS A jnous croup. Her death was quite | where was called to preach the | sudden, as she was in her usual! funeral of B. F. Hickman Elder i if your old ones are worn out come to us we sell the things in Pants new and sell them at reasonable prices. A mere trifle buys an OVER- COAT now. fruit were pought in Sanfrancisco, shipped direct to us and are strict- y: inced, we tell the truth ‘so with all our lines.” the City, come and try them and you | Sedalia, shot and mortally wounded Henry Ross, a negro who was| evading arrest, Friday night. The} officer was suspended from the force | pending an investigation. The col ored population of the city is con siderably agitated over the shooting. | Lioyd B. Montgomery, the 18) year old boy, who murdered his father and mother and Daniel Me Keercher, on a farm near Browns- ville, Oregon, November hanged at Albony, Oregon, Friday. | He confessed to the crime after being arrested, and said he shot the three in a fit of anger because his father had slapped his face. Only try them legitimate price quoted. We do not Come in and be convinced. marae : last, was | Cireuit court will eonveme next Monday. County court met Monday to transact county business. Harvey Clark spent Saturday in Webb City, on legal business. A perfeet deluge of water fell at Houston, Texas Saturday. On several streets the water was from 2 to four feet deep, and on half the lines the street cars could not run. Some portions of the city was com- pletely isolated, and the M. K. & T. Miss Ida Major, a beautiful young lady ot Lexington, is visiting Mrs. J. R. Morrison. W. A-Ewing who shot and killed Charles McLemare at Calhoun, Ky. Geo. W. Tucker is in Kansas City ing a¢ a juror in the federal Don’t fail to attend the band cen- atthe opera house the night of is being pursued by bloodhounds. Mrs. W. J. Donohoe, daughter of H. Hutchinson, returned to her home in Clintun Wednesday, after a week’s visit in Butler. railroad track near the city was washed away for quite a distance. The Christian church will begin a series of meetings ia the near future. Teck and Birdsall, who are among 18th. Aman was mysteriously arrested Cleveland, O, at the instance and tice Shiras’ son, it is said. Geo. Smith went to Hume to ship ar load of mules whieh he had bt in Kansas. Ed Austio, of Jefferson City Cour- , spent Sunday in the city with is parents and friends. Mre A. L. McBride went to Kan- City Saturday to attend the lof her aunt, Mrs. Weir- kle. Mr. M. J. Curry has returned Kansas City, where she was led by the serious illness of her mother. Rev. 8. P. Cayton will preach at ic on the third Sunday of this | ‘Pronth, the 16th, at 3 o'clock, instead the second Sunday. Tom Ellis, of Rich Hill, was in the ity Monday contracting coal. He dhisson are working up a good trade in our city. The papers are urging late con ations for county and state nom ons. August and Steptember the favorite months Batler has one of the best bands Pathe state. Encourage the band ‘Py atending their concert at the house the 13th. According to the ground hog sign, qBvinter is ovex Hild to sce his shadow in these py htts the second. The next annual meeting of the bankers association will be ld at Pertle Springs, Warrenos bug, May 22nd and 23d. The ice men over in Kansas haye tien up in despair of gathering a Bp from the lakes and rivers and We making ready to ship from the Richard J. Slumpff, a well known WMWeling man was shot and instantly Billed by W. J. Keller, in St. Joseph inday night. The killing grew out S quarrel between the two men. Dr. Lee, the leading physician at Umptown,. we wnderstand ion board for this county. He undoubtedly Butler Encampment No. 76 I. O. O. F. will‘have work in three de. grees and a banquet tonight. All members urged to be present. the most noted evangelists of this church, will hold the meeting. The meeting will probably be held in Harkin’s hall. These revivalists are on the Moody and Sankey order, one of them being a noted singer.— Rich Hill Review. It pays to raise turkeys, says the Walker Herald. Charley Riggs was in town Thursday and informed us that he marketed 18 turkeys in Ne- vada, Tuesday, that weighed 316 pounds. The turkeys were hatched last June and averaged over 17 pounds each. The 18 brought him $27.90. The big seven-story building of Chas. H. Hazeltine and the adjoin- ing five story structure of the Bap tist Publication soziety and the| American Baptist Historical society, on Chestnut street, Cincinnati were} Mrs. C. Anderson & Son, big mer- chants at Clinton, assigned to Sal- mon & Salmon last week. Claims against the firm aggregated $14,- 944 83. The coroner was called to Adrian Wednesday morning to hold an in- quest over the body of a tramp kill- ed by the cars in that town Tuesday night. D. H. Goodyear, aged 28, son of D. F. Goodyear, ex-mayor of Mem phis, Tenn., committed suicide in St. Louis Tuesday night. He was | driyen to the deed by hunger. The street commissioner is work- ing a gang of hobos on the streets. | That’s right, nab every mothers son destroyed by fire Sunday: | The lo ley. Oldaker, W. F. Hemstreet, Booker Powell, J. M. Pulliam, A. M. Fritze, J. C. Harrison, Elder W. W. Guynn. When the tariff bill passed by the | house during the holidays was taken up Tuesday by the senate finance committee, an amendment by Senator Vest to strike out all after the enacting clause and substi- tute for it the free coinage of silver, was adopted bya vote of 7 to 6. The substitute kills the bill. b. S. Pauley, acting cashier of the Standard Oil Company, was held up on the streets of Kansas City, Tues day forenoon at 11 o'clock by a foct pad and robbed of $548.75, which he was taking to a bank for deposit. The robber was followed by a man who saw the hold up and finally cap- tured by the police and the money found in the cellar of a building where he had hid it. The thief gave the name of John Searay. Don’t forget the band concert to come off at the opera house on the night of the 13th. The band boys want to raise some funds to better equip the band and our people should patronize the coucert liberal- ly. In short, the band should be encouraged by an overflow house. A portion of the proceeds will be given to the charity committee, and this of itself ought to perstiade all who can toattend. The wrecking company who for the past eight months have been at work trying to secure the cargo from the steamer Twilight, which lies in the Missouri river opposite Napo- leon. Mo, have given up in disgust and moved the machinery. Nothing of any value was taken out. Several cases of London gin, many sacks of worthless clocks, constitute the pay received by the company. The 400 barrels of whisky supposed to that strikes the town and put him}. 2 Ae | z is estimated at two million dollars. | Ub elds ECoG OC The loss is the largest the city has | The police picked up four more|had in many years by fire. | tramps Sunday night and Monday morning they were put to work on | streets heaving mud. That's right, officers, keep up the good work and nab every one that taps the town. Anderson Anthony, 17 years of | age, and the 15 year old daughter of | Geo Perkins, eloped from Colum- bia, Mo., last week and were married in the Indian Territory. The couple From the Review we see that Rich Hill is to furnish us with a rich, rare and racy breach of romise suit. The young gent responsible for the suit is said to belong to the upper tena of the Hill. farmers of Boone county, and the affair has created a sensation among the friends of the young couple. Elder W. W. Guyn gave the Tives a pleasent and substastial call Monday. He has moved his resi J. C. Harrison, one of the pioneer subscribers of the booming Times, and one of the most prominent and most substantial farmers of the \ are the sop and daughter of wealthy, ™08t earnestly invited. meeting the plans for the year’s work will be discussed and the prop- osition to present ourccunty as of the world Boston convention will be This will ke the most dence from Dana to Amsterdam ve ee after. found would have been a bonanza. A me:ting officer, Sunday the model S. S. at the presented. many years, 80 please be present. county living near Adrian called|Elder Guyn is one of the very best | Monday and renewed. Mr. Harrison will to Papinville about the first of | you get value received for your! ch. Dr. Lee is a member of tie | money. | very first issue and the paper bas no! | better friend and patron. He bas our! ‘best wishes for future prosperity. | bly and permauently located A large number of democrats Warrensburg, have pet Pemberton, to bee: for recorder of county. Miss tather was elected to the office at the last McBride & Co, the oldest hard-} ioned 3 ware and grocery house in the city jare talking solid facts this week. | This firm has been doing business in Butler for the past 25 years and. have established a reputation for honest and square dealing, and they | earry only the best quality of goode: and when you buy from this tirm a candidate deeds of Pemberton's | election, but died in a week or so af- ter the election, and she new holds the office by virture of appointment by the governor. There is a good deal of sentiment and little common Read their advertisement and call and see them. | for office. i pleased to know he is now eomforta | address on some phase of our S.S | work. and hear him. No admission fee. “Tbe Common People,” As Abrab do not cars to argue about therr ail meuts What they want is a medi best : eine, and th ands voluntarily say Hood's Pilis are the best after dinner pills, assist digestion, cure headaehe. sense in urging young ladies to run, The Tues office does job work i [chenper than any office in town. Renewals: A. M. Burk, FE. ———_—_—_—_—_—_—_—_— offered | peanuts and spices and hundreds of Professor McAfee is one of | friends the Tnws hes in the western | Missouri's moet brillant men, come; Hichest Honors—Werld’s Fair, | has been taking the Tmmxs from the| part of the county and we are! cine that will cure them The simple Johnson Nonest i McKIBBENS. | — | Harness and Saddlery- | McFarland Bros. bave done a suce cessful business of twenty-two years in the same stand they"now occupy. | We need no introduction or recom. | mendation to the older citizens of | Bates county, but there are many | new comers in the county whom we | would like to get acquainted with’ Call and see our stock, 100 sets of If you only want $1.00 worth of goods it will pay you to goto McFarland Bros. every day occurrence, where a kind friend or customer recommends us to some new resident of the county, and we assure you that we appreciate such favors in the highest degree. 11-2 McFartanp Bros. A pine box containing the decom- | | harness. | { near Chatanooga, Tenn. United in marriage on Jan. 29, ’96 by Wm. M. Dalton, judge of probate Mr. Samuel A. Berry and Miss Me- lissa A. Madding, both of Bates Co. Lane & Adair are selling their en- tire stock of mens and boys boots at cost, and now is the time to get bargains in footwear. They are also offering inducements to buyers in the dry goods line which the ladies will appreciate. Reed their adver- tisement. Our fellow townsman, J. M. Vaughan, spent last week in Lexing- ton, and while there he and his brother Bates purchased 800 acres of land just across the river in Ray county. They also bought the stock, farming implements and crops raised on the place last year. place is in a high state of cultivation and last season produced 99 bushels of corn to the acre. This farm is called second Missouri river bottom and the soil is fifteen to twenty feet thick and richer than the valley of be| the Nile. in the hole of the boat was a “fake.” {It was the whisky the company was | The boat sunk twenty-five or thirty years ago, and. the whisky, if R. H. Miller, of Liberty Mo, spent a couple of days in Butler last week closing the sale of his farm a couple \of miles north of the city, and being | one of the oldest newspaper men in will be held in the/the state, of course he gave the} Baptist church in Butler on Friday Feb. 14th at 1 p. m, to which every | township superintendent and other worker is At this Mr. the booming Tries a pleasant call. Miller said Butler ia one of Sehool | nicest towns he has ever visited in the state, but that there is one thing sadly needed to complete the beauty and stability of and that is the macadamizing of Obio street the depot. The Times fully agrees with him on the proposition, and if the city council will investigate Awarded } ‘DR CREAM : BAKING POWDER MOST PERFECT MADE. nmonia, Alum or any ot | 40 YEARS THE STANDARD. posed remains of a child was found | The! the city | from the square to/ the street at the present time they | .| will concur and make an effort to | ehete ie bought property, jbuilk sa, night Dr. McAfee will deliver an| have something done. new house and in future will reside. | A pure Grape Cream of Tartar Powder. Free + adulterant, It is announced that Spain,backed by Europe, would resent an interfer- ence with Cuban affairs by the United States. London, February 38.—The United Press learns that Hon. Thomas F. Bayard, United States ambassador here, has authorized Pres. Cleveland to announce his resignation in the event of a vote adverse to him by the house or representatives resolu- It ia an | tion censuring him for his utterances in his speeches in Edinburgh end | else where in Great Britain. The associate press dispatches deny the truth of the above. Women can’t vote, can’t sit on juries and can’t put down riot, but they can and do buy over eight tenths of all the articles purchased for the household and used by the household. The women in the town and in the country are the first and closest readers of their local paper. Do the town merchants see the point and will they profit by it? Sweetly fell asleep in Jesus on Sun- day, Feb. 2nd, 1596, Ethel Mary, daughter of Mr. and Mra. J. F. Wil- moth, after a short illness, aged four yearsand five months. Ethel wasa bright, vivacious, winning child, loved by all who knew her; and Oh, how sadly she will be missed in her home and by the fire side. God’s finger touched her and she slept. Withered flowers shall bloom again, Bright thro’ love’s triumphrnt reign. Funeral services were conducted by Elder Lotspeich, at the residence in the north part of the city, Monday evening at two o’clock, and _ the re- mains were laid torest inthe Oak Hill cemetery. = ** FRESH BULK GARDEN SEEDS | Do youraise a garden? Nothing pays yeu better, and nothing is ef more important than to buy seeds that are Fresh and True to Name Haring had fifteen years Peep experi- ence in market gardening and having tried a | great many varieties of vegetables, I can vise you as to what will do best in thisclimate. | [have a large assortment of |: Reliable Bulk Garden Seeds -: | which Ican sell you about ene half the price | you would have to pay for packet seeds. It Will pay you to see me before buying. J. B. PACET. East Side Square, with R. L. Graves. 13-2m WAIT FOR U8. | Will be with you next week with a complete and fresh line of Groceries, Queesware AND TINWARE. Fresh and new, everything will be in the store as they have just been bought in the market. | Yeu can put it down that we will sell cheaper than all competitors as we paid the cash for our goods and will do our own work. We intend to open Saturday, Feb. (ith, in the store room under the Demco- on the north side crat printing office of the square. PRODUCE WANTED for which we will pay the highest market price. Come in and sce us. FISK BROS. Next week we will give you prices. } Pern nett aeenareneranmnneer prance nerf rene