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ected fancy “lightly turn to thoughts of new spring headwear.” Do not delay old winter the brightness by appearing 1 A stylish one tr By artistic milliners TO Tax Payers, i Notice is hereby given that suit | will be brought on the taxes of 1891, ‘92,93 and ‘94 at the next term of the circuit court, unless the same is paid at ouce. S. H. Fisuer, Ex officio Collector. an M. Catterlin is very anxious for e good farm lands for this month. s closed at once, money ready. 1.-tf. J. M. Saree, at the Wyatt Lumber Yard on Ohio street, just west of the equare, will pay the best prices for iron, rags, dry bones, rubber, copper, brass, zinc, ete. Bring in what you have at once. 19 2t A course of Hood's Sarsaparilla this spring may be the means of keeping you well and hearty all sum- mer. Ladies no use looking around, just call at Misses Harper & Vancamp’s millinery store and if they can’t please you, you will have to go to Paris. Clarence Catron will be the next collector of this city, and he will make a good and competent one, as he has had experience as a book- keeper. We are requested to state that there will be tree stallion exhibition in Butler Saturday, and all owners of horses are requested to bring in their animals for exhibit. As a Wabash passenger train was pulling into the depot at Macon, Mo., Saturday, the little dauglter of Mr. and Mrs. J. B. Livingston, aged 14 years, fell under the wheels of subout here and the feminine LAT, N.& M. EVANS. - | by Wm. Dalton, Judge of Probate, leaving off that but add to of Easter day n a dainty and immed by the Z Mrs. J. R Jackin ne dacgunee Miss Mabel, went to Kansas City Tuesday. They go from there to Topeka to visit relatives and friends. United in marriage on March 31, Edward C. Wolfe, of Humbolt, Allen Co., Kan., and Miss Lizzie Husted, of Amsterdam. Lieutenant V. L. Johnson went to Nevada Sunday under detail of the Adjutant General as one of the mem. bers of the court martial to try J. S. Casey, of Joplin, 1st Lieutenant. The date for holding the annual en campment was fixed at Aug. 16th to 23rd and Lamar selected as the place. One of the most attractive places of business in the city is the milli Burgarly at Foster. |_ The meichdise store of W. A. | Ephland & Co., at Foster, Mo., was | ‘entered some time during Sunday | jnight by thieves anda large lot of | goods were carried away. A letter | to sheriff Colyer, from Mr. Epbland states that the robbers got about} three dozen ladies kid gloves, five | or six dozen mens work gloves, $50 worth of jewelry,consisting of ladies | breast and belt pins, shirt “waist sets | and buckles, ete ,cuffand collar but | tons, a lot of cutlery, silk ties aud | handkerchiefs,some underwear,bose, | -ATLOOD TIDE CEC ECE CECH Manan ata an atan an aan pee & SS LS While you hear so much complaining of hard times, but | with us BUSINESS IS BOOMING. . ING MORE CLOTHING than ever before, we're \ <4 SELLING BETTER CLOTHING, oF BARGAT We are SELL. | and we're selling j GENTLEMEN We want you to see our New (|Stock of Fine Sboes—particularly those we are selling at two, two fit. ty and three dollars, for they are the best and finest shoes ever sold We have them on Tan | at those prices. all the newest lasts in cither colors or Black. Come and see these shoes. MAX WEINER, nery store of the Misses Evans. The large, well lighted room, beautifully decorated with growing plants and furnisbed with easy chairs, make a perfect haven of rest for weary shop- pers. Here, with the choicest line of millinery, selecting a new hat is made an agreeable task. Mrs. Martha Oldhata, of Virginia, one of the Times best friends and lady readers, called Tuesday and re newed. She had just recovered from a four months spell of typhoid malarial fever, and is yet quite weak from her severe spell of sickness. Mrs. Oldham thinks a_ great deal of the Times and said she ap preciated its weekly visits. The Times is always thankful for the kind words spoken in its behalf by its lady readers and friends. Hon. J. W. Suddeth, a prominent the engine and the head was severed from the body. Frank Bowers, a farmer, returning to his home from Washington, Indi- ana, Saturday was waylaid and killed by a neighbor farmer, Mason Coch- ran. The two had not been on good terms. Europe is learning to eat corn bread. The demand for American corn has been rapidly growing and | the exportation has now reached an average of 400,000 bushels per day. With deep water at Galveston and Sabine Pass that means a great deal to Missouri farmers.—Nevada Post. The editor of the Amoret Beacon announces that during this campaign | his paper will be strictly indepen- dent in politics and will take no part in advocating the principles of any party, and that candidaies of the different parties announcing in the | columns of his paper will receive fair and honorable treatment. M. L. Wolfe, of Passaic, left Mon- day morning, accompamed by his | He goes to} family, for Wyoming. the mountain neighborhooi of Mr Britton and will spend his time in | hunting bear, elk and all kinds of wild varmits. The Trves_ wishes hima good time. All arrangements have been per- fected for building an electric street railway for Nevada, and the road is to be ready for operation by June 1. The lir addition to belting the town will be > the lake. Nevada y and the rite an adver- sing little is an ent electric e will be « tisement for th e city. ed express weath state of preservation the o had not detected the contents. attorney of Warrensburg, Mo., was in the city Tuesday on legal busi- ness. Mr. Suddeth’s name has been prominently mentioned in connec- tion with the congressional nomina- tion and when questioned on that point said that he could not afford ; to leave his law practice even if as- | sured of a nomination and election. He said that even if he had an ineli- |nation to run for Congress that he thought this was the wrong time to try to break in, as he did not regard the nomination equivalent to an election this time. Mr. Suddeth is a brainy man and hasa very large law practice. W. A. Highley, one of .drian’s best democrats ard popular citizens, announces@vith us this week asa ; candidate tor sheriff That. he is | popular in the community in which he lives, and isa good citizen we | have only to refer to the fact that |he has held the office of collector and constable of Deer Creek town-! ship for the past six years, and at the present time is the efficient mar shal of the town. Mr. Highley was | born and raised in this every inch a gentleman, and if the | party honors him with the nomina- | tion for sheriff, will conduct the! oftice to the letter of the law, and so/ demean himself as to cause no regret | that he was elected. unty, is | E | Manufact "| Syrup Company only. jband in coal mine. \feed lot, \east side of the equare. several dark suits of clothes and! some shoes and hats and other ar | ticles The robbery was not known until | Monday morning and the thieves tc | | carry off their booty must have had | a wagon with them. Mr. Epbland learned that a spring {wagon with four men in it passed New Home; Sunday night and that a wagon of the same discription was seen to drive into Foster the same evening and he is pretty well satisfied these | were the parties that robbed his store. Sheriff Colyer had cards printed at this office Tuesday giving a dis cription of the articles stolen and! also offering a .iberal reward for the | capture of the thieves. | Asa matter of course the people of the fourth ward will elect honest, | capable Arthur Wemott, alderman. | No better man lives in the ward. The name of Jng. M. Coleman, of | Spruce townsbip, is prominently mentioned as a probable candidate for Judge of the north district, and we have it from a reliable source tbat he will run. Mr. Coleman is an old settler, a prominent farmer of eastern Bates, a substantial citizen and would make a creditable mem ber of the county court. Judge Wood, of Warrensburg, will be in Butler Monday to hold a special term of circuit court to try tbe cases of Jas. J. Dingman vs. M. C Dingman, et al, and Mary Ham- man vs. Central Coal and Coke Co., damages sustained by loss of hus- The Dingman case is for contested will and this will be the third trial in the case. The juries heretofore having failed to agree. Mr. Asher, a farmer living south of town, was in the city Saturday aud hitched his team near Cannon’s back of the stores on the One of his horses took very sick with the colic, ‘and while he was absent getting |some medicine some person or per- School Board Wins. Nevada Post, The Kansas City court of appeals | has handed down an opinion impor- tant not only to the people of Neva- | da but to to every school district in the state. M. D. Garton from the country té Nevada and started his children to the public schools. The school board took the position that that city was not Mr. Garton’s home.but that he had come here to reside temporarily in order that he might have the benefit of | the schools. The children were ex cluded from the schools and Mr. Garton brought suit to compel their | re-admission. The case was decided in the circuit court in favor of the board, and the court of the appeals has sustained that decision. The republican convention which met at Warrensburg on This will cost them this district. The a fierce struggle. There can be no | doubt as to the sentiment of the mass | of the voters of this state, they are) for silve-. | who favor free silver, to the men of conservative fine |views. If the Sk of this ee jto elect a have votes enough congressman ou islathoes all no right, right, have to ask or expect a com- but they plete and “un i surrender’ | * of the who hon- estly The fi cial ea by i moved Tuesday | passed resolutions against free silver | contest between the gold standard | and free silver men is growing into a! o The silver plank in the | Warrensburg plattorm is the work | jof emateur politicians, anda bold | |slap at the members of the party! and an iusult;t that : ous saturated the poor animal with | turpentine and setit on fire. The | blaze shot up about 20 feet. and the | brute in its agony ran ioto Mr. Can- | non’ s feed lot where the fire was ex- jtinguished with water. For the | wretch that could do so heartless land brutal an act there is hardly a punishment severe enough, and the {authorities should use every effort to run him down aud see that he is | prosecuted to the full extent and in addition should be made pay for the animal, which died from its treat- ment The farmers visiting this city and their property must have pro- tection by our officers from the | vicious element of this town. Shows may come and go, but none seem to be able to stand the test so well as Mrs. Stowes’s immortal his torical novel, Uncle Tom’s Cabin. The grand parade, the finest ever witnessed. At the Opera House | Wednesday April 15, 1896. | Don't miss seeing ‘Eva's Golden Chariot,” a “glittering gem,” costing over ¥3,090, to be seen in the grand free street parade given by the Salter land Martin mammoth, original big |3 car Uncle Tom's Cabin Co. The Salter aud Martin mammoth, nat big 5 car Uncle Tom’s Cabin Co. uses a carload of special scenery. | The transformation is the finest ever | staged, the painting of which ¢ coat over $500,000. 202 Protect Your Homes | From fire, lightuing, i storms by p “of New Y torna ia > pad Fidelity New York 3 O2° 5 in tk and and week! disibled b For polic ceident, you ba y kind be pee shou! accident of ¢ Fail} policy paid in ease of | it cbeaper this year than heretofore. ~“LEADTHECLOTHING PROCESSION ss And as usual we're leading it ina way that means | DOLLAKS and satisfaction to our patrons. Many have found this out and are taking advantange of it | and if you are not one of them | Its Time you were Getting into Line’ | And in“order to make it more interesting we will give away absolutely free, choice of FINE WATCHES) | VALUED AT -— - $20, - FREE! FREE! FREE!!! @. 11 P. S —When you are in town CALL ON THE MODEL and you will be presented with a fine chromo mateh box and match scratcher free,whether you buy or not. Pasture. We have leased the 200 acre er | known as the Mrs. A. Henry pasture | 24 miles north of town. All persons haviog cattle they want to run with | our herd of Jerseys will report to us| at once and bring to our place on | the 1st day of May | CASH c R oc A Reliable Fire Insurance. | cant 19-2t. Harriman & Arustona. Ian the agent for the Altna, the| He Busisr speaks, through | Hartford and the Home Insurance | ™edium, facts that can not truth Companies three cf the oldest,|be denied by any compel largest and strongest Fire Insurance| that I pay spot cash for ¢ companies. The aggregate capita | | dollar’s worth of goods as and surplus of the three companies | b is nearly fifteen million dollars. 7 | -oeycomexntoltny store am prepared to issue policies on | &Very bill, which enables me to merchandise aud on buildings in| cheaper ane sell cheaper that — and country “8 5 meats and | house that sells goods on 8 ay losses promptly. RAN Mat | With the Ms Bake Back | Fees people of Bates saa eee dee now very well that a merch not do a credit business ‘makivg some bad debts and, | matter of fact, they are compe _to add tc the price of their go | sufficient amount to cover thi which you, who pay your bills, a | to help pay, if you continue to t™ | with them.Now my fellow citiz | you want to save money or | continue to trade somewhe | and pay all the way from 10 # | per cent more for your goods] here to stay and propose to | goods just us low as J possib cot at coat but at very small § So my doors stand wide open cordial invitation is extended @ the people of Butler and Bal THE ONLY EXCLUSIVE | Zirs. J.P. Bell, Ossawatomie, Kan. 'e of the editor of The Graphic, the lead- local paper of Miami county, writez 7 Call r B a Petty’s | - ¢ 72re. Butler, Mo. to come and trade with me more custom I have the eb can sell. I will only menti money t0 long list of articles an ad pricely my « ¢ coffee wh as not better th ean buy int Tang if it does not e to be ommended I will cheerfully ™ ‘Lwas Sree ted with heart oe , Bevere pa ath ne: ae t i { article as it costs 18D a prov One door east of Mo. State | Restores Health