The Butler Weekly Times Newspaper, February 13, 1896, Page 1

The Butler Weekly yoL. XVIII. BUTLER, MISSOURI, THURSDAY FEBRUARY 13, 1896. (AFITAL, st . nsacts a general banking busi ds committed to our charge. aration in the way of loans to o on real estate at lowest rates, wony time and stop interest. DIRE Booker Powell HH Piggott C R Radford TJ Wright Geo L Smith 1) A DeArmond John Evans Dr J Everingham Edith Everingham C& reeman GB Hickman DB Heath Semuel Levy CH Morrison p88 LColeman BDevis maak Deerwester OTHER |'S’TOCKHOLDERS, issouri State Bank: OF BUTLER, MO. . = . ness, ur customers, Funds always on hand | allowing borrowers to pay part or all CTORS. Frank M Voris HC Wyatt "RG West Wm E Walton Dr W D Hannah Robert McCracken Dr W E Tucker W B Tyler A McCracken E Turner John Pharis Wm W Trigg J K Rosier Wm Walls JW Reisner GP Wyatt L B Starke Dr NL Whipple Clem Slayback Max Welner John H Sallens, RG West Peter Swartzendruber —————— Virginia Items. (Min writing news for the Timus this year, [twill be things we see or hear, And if we get them wrong or mixed, Kind friends forgive us for this is 6") Mrs Cora Allen and sister, Miss Lela , who have been spending two visiting their grandparents, ‘and Mrs Jefferson Park, will leave week for home, Tisdale, Kan. e were 64 at S S at the Woody house last Sabbath. subject of debate at Va last night was, ‘‘Resolved, That signs of the times indicate a down of our Government.” Aff. CH son, D C Wolfe, Dr Mitchell; . 1 8 Harper, Arthur Steel and ir Thornburg. WM Hardinger, agent for tle In- df wrnational stock food, was in Va ad- vertising Tuesday of last week. YE WH Clay, who cropped with C fH Morrison last year, has moved : in with Lewis Porter. Rufus Sellers is going to K C to work in the stock yards. james Walker sold 5 car load of tattle to J G Clayton, Peabody, Kan. last Saturda, Miss Nellie McElroy was quite sick last week, but is better at present. Mrs James Cowgill is on the sick Peer ee Fe Egete ? er wept es é =F ; = + = Pleasant Hill is quite sick with Lae of pneumoni Mies Daisy Park visited her uncle, HH Fiesher, in Butler, last week. Geo Jenkins has put an iron hitching post at his front gate. Thos Wright's child is better. Miss Girty Jud osed her school at Plainview last lay. F JH Cowgill has sold his farm and Frill move to Butler, where he expects towork in a blacksmith shop. Geo Adams, of Charlotte township, moved to one of Mr Catterlin’s % 6 miles east of Butler. ® Rev Reed, of the © Pchureh, d Rev Galbreth, of the M E, are ing a meeting at Mount Carmel. irs K T Judy and daughter, Miss Girty, got their buggy stuck ina mud Friday , and Uncle Peter Crooks q them out. ohn Orourick has trimmed his or- up in fine style. Sarah Vaily, of Nevada, is visiting her sister, Mrs Wm Gardner, north of a4 nia, They had not seen each yf other for 14 years. me young men staid late at the ‘Crook school Sunday night, Feb 2d, ¢ the lamp flue and report says they took all the lead pencils and Wasted the ink. John Jackson bas completed the Rew tool house at the graveyard. _ Geo Ruble has his ice house finish- aon is now waiting for a freeze. d-hand day mare for family use, tnd he will pay a reasonable price. In apple time in passing through Storchard, under what kind of apple do you find the clubs, the poor ‘orthe good? Political timesat whose “Moor are the clubs found, men that 4s men should? = John Wilson was kicked by one of rses Saturday morning. capame Dobbins is still ie, Jefferson Park is in poor health. feet and legs are swelling. ‘ Mrs Ben Vermillion was quite sick t Sabbath. ohn Hussey had a four horse team ng new goods from Butler for merchants last week. ple passing C H Morrison’s place Jately, heard a strange sound, which, LL & BUTLER, quite Fi DUVA FARM LOANS. peel as tley Wolfe wants to buy a sec- | Want office or men that perform their | on investigation, turned out to bea fellow with his head ina barrel sa “Grandpa, Grandpap, Grandpap Cattle and hog buyers are thick in this neck of the woods. The Christian church has received a letter from Rev Miller, of Alma, Neb, stating that during a 4-weeks’ meeting at Republic, Neb, he had baptized 138 people, and 60 of them in 30 minutes; 165 were added to the church, and he organized a church with 120 members. He is now holding a meeting at Stanford, Neb, and will come here to preach as soon as it is closed. AARON, Corniand Items. John Irvin was visiting at Saturday and Sunday. W H Caswell, of Rich Hill, was in our village Friday, and reports the grade from this place to Shobe is almost impassable. This road should be fixed at the expense of Bates Co. Mrs Louisa Stephenson, of Lane, Kansas, is visiting her mother, who has been quite sick for some time. W I Cooper was on the sick list last week. L L Garner and Geo Lawrence have returned from their trip to Hickory county and report a pleas- ant trip. Who said the democrats j left Cornland? Cornland cratic by a large majority. Miss Fraty Irvin was on the sick list last week, but she is better now. Rev Tommie Blue has purchased the property belonging to H E Down- ing, and hereafter will live in the ity of corn and wine. Villis Floyd was called to Arthur Thursday to see his daughter, Mrs} Andy Ray, who is quite sick. Miss Nettie Lutes of Arthur, Mo., was the guest of Mrs Thos Floyd last week. The Cornland school will close March 14, with a dinner for the chil- dren and an exhibition at night. Grandma Spiee is visiting her son, Philip. John Spice and daughter, Miss Maggie, were the guests of Mrs Em- ma Morgan last week. Wonder when Chas Irvin became Mr Warren’s son-in-law, and which one of the daughters is the bride? W M Smith, mayor of Nyhart, was in our city on business last week; he ‘and W M Dibble went to Butler Sat- urday. . Mrs Jas Morgan was on the sick list last week. Prof Frank MeCoy and Scott Hav- erfield visited the Cornland school Friday eve. We see Cornland items in five of the leading papers of Bates county. Miss Anna Dibble of Butler, was | the guest of her Uncle, W M Dibble Sunday. HH Maggart and wife returned home Saturday after an extensive visit with relatives and friends at Appleton City. : Rev Henry Allen preached at this place Sunday. CYCLONE. home had all is demo- jo’clovk and cied sbortly afterward. ; Cummings is x brother-in law of R. SULCIDE OF A GAMBLER. Cummings, Failing to Hang Himself, Takes Poison. | | Fort Scott, Kan, Feb. 9.—Hew-/ lard M. Cuumings, a gambler, of! $110,000. Ciiato», Mo., and widely known in! | Missouri, Kanses aud Texas, com r We solicit the accounts of far-| mitted suiede in his room at the|% merchants and the public generally, promising a safe depository for! We are prepared to extend liberal ac- | Huntington hotel! ia this city this He | first attempte! to hang himselt by| suspending a tron rope from the) bedstead, but failed. He was dis- covered by the ciambermaid at 6} evening b,; takiog morphine. E. Larimer, a tailor, of Clinton, Mo, for whom he left a letter. son of Judge J. R. Cummings, de partment commander of the G. A R. of Oklahoma Territory, and the pro- bate judge of Kingfisher county. the most daring gamblers of the three States, having operated in all the large cities. He recently came gambler and then went to Houston, Tex , where he operated until a few days ago. He returned here last Friday and has been complaining of sickness. He went to his room be- fore noon and was found by the chambermaid at supper time. He left a letter giving directions as to the disposition of his body. He ask- ed to be buried here, and that none of his relatives be notified until after the funeral. He demanded that his money be given to his parents and that he be buried in a pine box in a believe in “giving a $30 man a $300 burial.” Cummings was recently employed as agent for Pete Golden, the Atchi- son, Kan., gambler at Weir City, Pittsburg, Kansas City, Clinton and other places. He was about years old. He directed that there in a dray wagon. Crime of a Despondent Barver. Newton, Smith, a jeweler of this place, was mortally wounded to day and his wile was killed by his son-in-law, Charles Phares, who, with his wife and child came here from Atlantic, Ia, four weeks ago. Phares is a barber and has appeared despondent Iowa, A Hog Soid for 8800. Paulina, Ia. Feb. 10 —Probably the largest price ever paid for a sin | gle hog in the United States—$S00 |_—was brought by “King Medium” | at the recent sale of the famous “Tally Ho” herd of Poland Chinas on J. B. Benson's “Norwood” farm lin Submit township, O'Brien county. | |The balance of the herd, forty in | number, brought a total of $2,800, or an average of $70 a head. PERCIVAL. | MISSOURI. Money to Joan on farms at reduced rates of interest. "Your and you find them here when d Soon’as papers are signed. Notes are Payable at our We give you privilege to pay at any time. Office ue. Money ready as 33-tf. over poor business. At noon to-day Mag Delaney, temp supt 5 00, W H Igou, cleaning vault 3 00 Phares went to Smith’s home, and O Gipson, temp supt daughter 15 00 R Y Bellamy, supt Sam Hale 10 00) when Smith entered the room drew] , A Hill, temp supt 10 90 | W V Reland et al, inquest 29 16) a reyolver and fired, the shot striking GG Teles. temp supt 10 00 | J P Revis, temp supt brother 10 00 Smith near the left ear and coming A F Fetters, temp supt | Guy Goodin, conveying paup 1 00, out at the right eye. Phares then Sarah Woodfin 15 00 |J T Smith, conveying paup 1 50 met Mrs. Smith in the kitchen and Annie Coats, supt son 22 50 W M Crawford, clerk fees 145 05 shot her through the mouth, causing Warren ios Eat 1 50 | W M Crawford, freight, ete 6 80) instant death, after which he fired a W H Igon, teeing vault 3 00) J K Hodger, schoolloan 1,700 00 bullet through his own brain, dying Sandergon and Wilson, paup | N A Wade. printing 30 00 soon afterward. Phares is believed aati 300,0F Renick, inquest on Ed- to have been temporarily ingane. |F C Smith, dep br com 9 00 ward Kelley ; 13 85 | Wreck at Hanotbal, \J H Williams, temp supt 20 00 | W A Kidwell, paup burial we 00 Hannibal, Mo., Feb. 9.—Fifteen | Lucy Gwin, school loan 500 00 | ML Orr. temp supt 15 00 | persons were more or less seriously | Mary Eldredge, supt son 22 50) McKibben Mere Co. mdse Rereate jhurt and one can not recover, as a| Mary A Forquer, school poor farm : ou ee | result of a collision at 12:40 o'clock | loan 1,060 09, Wittness fees. forfeited pe ES jthis afternoon between an east- | C W Porter, temp supt oa zs paid 310 70 bound Wabash stock train anda St.| Jesse Lee 10 09 G W Bacon, supt Chris | Louis, Keokuk and Northwestern / Pearce Hackett, temp Miller ‘ ; 15 00 | passenger train coming south. The} Adema family 29 99) 1 L Turner, supt Waddell mt 00 } collision occurred near a tunnel one | Laura Body, temp supt 5 09 John Kersey, temp supt 15 i | mile north of this city. The stock) L Stott, temp supt 37 59 A L McBride & Co, mdse Co 4 65 j train, which had just emerged from/O F Renick, mdse puap 2 09 W M Dalton, express ee 1 tu ithe tunnel, struck the passenger | G D Barnard & Co, stat 79 45 PA Keei,cleaning court house 5 40 train, crushing in the side of the day | F J Wigeman, stat’y Co 09 | D A Colyer, waiting on court 10 00 coach and throwing it over an em-/|Codogan Waltcher mfg Co Jas Z Graves, services as judge bankment, almost in the Mississippi! tax book Co treas § 50,20 i mile ge $27.00 : jsiver There were fifteen passengers | David Walker, mdse Co 1 25 W T Kemper, services xs judge in the coach and that none were! Lane & Adair, mdse jail 5 85 : killed is a miracle. |Sam'l Levy & Co, mdse jail 17 75 judge and Frederick Zuest, a farmer living Bennett-Wheeler Mere Uo near Cushing, Oklahoma, was taken mdse poor farm £75 a from his home by a party of masked | Stewart Atcheson, express te eae men Saturday and tied to a tree in} J C Hale, express charges ete 5 30 the woods and unmercifully whipped | P K Hulse reparing stove 1 00 on his bare back After thrashing | J A Hoffman, work on jail 12 75 him he was warned that if he did RJ Hurley, lumber for jail 19 27 not desist in whipping bis wife and | J Y Whitsett, brdg work 29 00 | abusing his family they would hang | C Brannock, wrk at jail 16 00, Q him. | Stewart Atchison, crim cost 14 65! The republican congressional com-|J T Whinery, § doz broom Co 1 80 SEES jmittee for this district is called to| Standard Printing Cy, stat'y 5 90; | meet at Clinton Monday, Feb. 17th. Ke Sprague, mdse poor farm 2 50: OEE: xs EROIOK 4, as He is aj AS Cummings was known as one of |5 here and won $4,800 from the king|} cheap lot, adding that he did not x should be no funeral. no display; | 3 and ordered his body be hauled out iS Feb. 11.—R. T.]3 as 4 4 aXe O LONE 4, > ? ¥ > aw WA. WISE sizes. SS a ’ Nd Ze SYA . . a Big reductions Duck coats, ESE ESIC LISZEBNZ SAS AS BA in doctor bill. ductions on all IES, MISSES AND CHILDRENS SH This we do to get the room for our heavy invoices of spring goods which will be in March the Ist. @WE MUST HAVE THE ROOM verall, shirts and furnishing goods. the best bargains you ever saw in Butler. as we advertise them. Lane & Adair, ZEUS ENNIS Lesesucs CEES RE eS WN in all dress goods, AT COST TO MAKE ROOM FOR OUR SPRING GOODS WE WILL SELL ALL ens and Boys Boots at Gost FROM FEB. Ist TO FEB. 22nd. We have the very best custom made goods to be found in the market and have all It will cost you aery little money to keep your feet dry through the next three months, and perhaps save you three times the amount At the same time will give you big re- ginghams, table linens, crashes, muslins, flannels, cottou flannels, jeans, shirting, cottonades, blankets, pant cassimers, yarns. CLOAKS AND DRESS GOODS, We have an elegant line of dress goods to select from For 22 days you can buy some of Don’t miss it these goods will be sold jast Ser SENS 2S SSRIS PRR SCORES 7 3%: ” 5% SEA SOK ayes LOVEE RMA ESL A 5 7a See Sa wes WOON B CULES A 1H So a5 fos) CHEE Sa OREGIA rest ae SOP axe. 3) Zs OEP RORRE Ww County Court Proceedings. Mary E Hall,supt poor farm $189 | Cyntha Wright, temp supt 94 PS Harper,temp supt mother 15 20 G0 | foreclosed. 00 | Moses Long, school loan ordered J C Hale, quarterly and annual statement approved. E O Neal,bond as collector Spruce township approved. John Withrow, pauper sent to poor farm. Elgert Bros. dram shop license granted. SH Fisher, treasury settlement approved. W M Crawford, quarterly and av- nual statement approved. F M McAlister & Co.. dram shop license granted. Ordered bridge commissioner to report on right of way for bridge in cec. 18, twp 42, range 32 Ordered that the drain be extend- ed and the cost not to exceed $58 80 and the court pay half. Levee district applied for by J A Patterson et al, granted, the follow- ing named are appointed directors: Noat hart, 1 year; J M Hoagland, 2 years: JS Francisco, 3 yeare. Ordere idge east of Rich Hill be repaired, cost of repairs $109 Resignation of L L Hudson justice of peace of Walnut townships cepted, L N Briton appointed to tli vacaucy on of L L Cole ein Mingo townshiy an 1a6- ace initiate basin . Fi 5 i