The Butler Weekly Times Newspaper, April 16, 1896, Page 1

BUTLER, MISSOURI, THURSDAY APRIL 16, 1896. uri State Bank ‘tans NO 22 started in business here. Your produce is the to us, ¢ f rs given isso nsacts a general banking business. We solicit the accounts of far- merchants aud the public generally, promising a safe depotitory for ds committed to our charge. sdation in the way of loans to our customers. Funds always on hand on real estate at lowest rates, allowing borrowers to pay part or all ey time and stop interest, 4 DIRECTORS. Booker Powell HOU Piggott C R Radford TJ Wright Geo L Smith OTHER STOCKHOLDERS D A DeArmond Dr W D Hannah John Evans Robert McCracken DrJ Everingham A McCracken Edith Everingham John Pharis C & E Freeman JK Rosier GB Hickman JW Reisner DB Heath L B Starke Semuel Levy Clem Slayback Max Weiner CH Morrison John H Sullens, RG West Peter Swartzendruber J M Christy Frank M Voris JM Christy RG West Wm E Walton ¢. Boulware cher eater! Dr W E Tucker W B Tyler E Turner Wm W Trigg Wm Walls GP Wyatt Dr NL Whipple Y Bryner Brown y Lamber Co Chelf ney rt Clark 43LColeman Pari rweater Virginia Items. {a writing news for the Times this year, yill be things we see or hear, difwe get them wrong or mixed, | building, when completed will add } much to the looks of his barn. | Sixteen neighbor women attended | the quilting at Mrs Isaac Park’s last | Thursday. Mrs Jas Drysdale and H | H Flesher of Butler present; topics b a . ,’ | discussed all the way from the pret- ind friends forgive us for this is | tiest baby to free coinage of silver. ‘W6.") | Geo Ruble is having the Page wire F Biggs was elected director in fence put up around his front vard. Virginia school district for 3) AARON, OM Drysdale to fill the unes- | dterm of red Heckadon, who | ed out of the district this spring lightning struck Wiley Comiford’s last Wednesday, not much dam- pdone. Prank McElroy and sister, Miss lie, visited their sister, Mis Drys- | eat Appleton City, last week. | | New Home Items. The peach crop bids fair for a big one, Mrs Mag Livengood of near Ft Scott, was in our midst last Sunday. Henry Littletield is going to Kan- sas to work in his brother-in-law’s saw mill this summer. Mr Clark, our blacksmith is getting lots of work, and he is a good smith; he is as cheap as any of them, and people needing any smithing done will do well to try Mr Clark. . Mr Shalley is quite sick with the grip. Mr Jones is no better. Conard Popp is hauling oats and corn to Rich Hill. Mrs Baron of Rich Hill, visited at her father’s, John Swarens Sunday. Mrs Bell visited B P Caldwell, Saturday. LW Jones is sowing a lot land in clover this spring. Uncle Joe Littlefield is seeding a portion of his farm in timothy this spring. JQ A Cope is improving very slow- Mother Witherspoon was called to meecanty to see her brother, ho is very sick. Chas Hensley was on the sick list day. Dr Lamb treated him, and icing well at present. feo Gage of Sugar Creek, Kans lled to see Uncle Peter Crooks F y. MrGage was on his way to Miss May Henderson of Mulberry, tsited her sister, Mrs Chas Hensley. James Dark was a pleasant caller Aaron’s office Saturday; he is a | der of the Tims. He said farm- in his neighborhood had com- need in earnest before the rain. DrJ J Mitchell ishaving his house modeled. John Etter issdoing the of his J+ fi lee Moore of Mulberry, was in our} jy; he can walk about the house a wn Saturday. little. Morton Jenkins painted O M Drys-| George Smith, of Butler, was in new store last week. : | this vicinity last week buying horses. Mat Hinson was in Adrian last | pe bought one of Mr Elliot for 330. 6, preek. | Sam Wilson shipped a car load of Buford and Omar Duvall of Butler, teat Virginia last Sabbath to hear tir Uncle, Mr Whistler, play the lin in Sunday school. TW Legg and Aca Culver of But- ie, will be at Virginia next Sabbath litenoon to organize a Bible class. é meeting will be held at the Miristian church. Let everybody ome and take part. Wo populists were talking the er day about the democratic con- | Bates and their endorsing | “Precoinage of silver, one said it wks like the democrats were going (PPbust the populist in two pieces, “Pt free coinage Was the populists fhunder line, now there would be a | imehance to draw from the demo- { “MS any more votes. : ther Judy's oldest child © Piken sick Friday night. Miss Ella Durst, who has been vis- in Kansas for sometime, return- | ome last week. 4rs John Drysdale of Foster, is vis- ung relatives here this week. Has anybody heard what the pro- §bition is doing in the way of get- Mg votes; what kind of taffy will y bait their hooks with to catch Now? Other parties use tariff Mad free coinage both for bait. Will Durst was elected director in ows district Tuesday of last hogs and one of cattle to Kansas City last week. The wet weather is hindering farm work. Some have finished sowing flax. Mell Bell is in very poor health. Quite a number of our people are attending church at Sprague this week. Mrs Caldwell and Lottie Burks vis- ited at Mrs Steele’s Saturdey. The boys who carried the rails out in our field will do well to put them where they found them, as we know who did it. Uncle John Collins is visiting rela- tives in Pettis and Cooper Co. The school meeting was lar: tended and everything was qt t. J n the Q A Cope was elected director i place of Walker Steele whose term expired. Mrs Jones is still confined to her room with a severe cold, was JIM. In Trouble With Uncle Sam. Clinton, Mo, April 9.—J. T. Swit- zer, a Bates county farmer, waived |examination before United States Commissioner Jeffreys today, and was remanded to jail for pension per- jury. Mrs. Elizabeth Sandt of But- ler applied for a pension, alleging fW Newcomb of Eaton Rapids, her former husband, Fred Teaman, Mich., agent for the Page wire fence 1 ny, stayed over Sunday at ington Park’s. eendeavor last Sunday night “largely attended. ‘The society “ ee the violin inthe endeav- reafter. tron has had another application the Name of the young lady that i. tibed the kind of a young man hho Wanted. One strange thing st it, the young men that eall for attame are all ot good habits and ustrion army. Switzer and others swore in support of her claim. sion Agent Kennedy found on investigation that Teaman Quiney, Ill., on March 29, 1§ the records show the coroner's ver dict as to the manner of his death. Switzer was at once arrested, and isis putting upa hew sifted by government officers. BUTLER, MISSOURI. HARM LOANS. Money to loan on s at reduced { t sYour Notes are Payable at our Office , and you find them here when due. We give you privilege to ; ¢ k t iy a S00n as papers are signed. We are prepared to extend liberal ac- | had died of disease contracted in the Special Pen-| of Clinton | was killed in a railroad wreck near | and)? the whole rsatter will be thoroughly | have positively decided to: vse out every piece, of decorated | diuberware, we have in our house, | } We want to fill in with something,al | | togetber ditterent from what we have | | been bancling, aud we sell you this | ware by the piece, at actual cost, or |if you will take a 100 piece set, or | 56 piece set, will sell it to you, at| | 20e on the dollar, less than it cost us, we think we can make money, in {the long run, by doing this, as we | jneed the shelf room for new goods | | we have bought. We are so anxious |to get these goods out of our house, | | that we will sell you | We jel 100 piece apple blossom decora- tion for : Ke - 8 94 100 piece golden harvest decora- tio for - +--+ - - 8 94 100 piece Lillian decoration 8 94 100 piece Olive Branch decora tion for - - +e 7:13 | : 1 100 piece steel grey decoration for | The above sets consist of 100 pieces a dozen each of most everthing, of cousre if you don’t want so much, it will cost you less, according to the amount you take. If you can use any dishes,you had better ccme now | and get them, for we are determined to close them out, and we will not haye them very long at these prices, they are all the best porcelain china with under glaze decorations. MINN. FLOUR We have just received the second | car of that tine MINNESOTA flour, | and it is giving the best satifaction of any flour ever sold in this county, if properly made, will make bread as white as snow, flakey and rich _fiue flavor, we will say to those that are not acquainted with hard wheat flour that you must work the dough as soft as you can, please remember this. If there is anyone that is using this flour that have not made a suc cess of it, it is because they have not yet learned just how to make it for there is no bad sacks of this flour, ever sack is alike, but as we have sold, nearly 800 sacks of this flour and everybody is praising it, we sup- pose they know how to make it. We will cay to all tbe people of Bates Co, and say it truthfully tco, that if you are not using our Minne- sota high patent flour,you are losing lots of good bread, only $1.10 per sack. HARDWARE Don't buy any barb wire, smooth wire, wire netting, screen wire, screen doors, single or double-trees, hoes or rakes washing macbines, clothes wringers, patent churns, tin- ware or hardware of any description }until you have seen us, for we will beat any price given you. We have got all these goods, of the very best brands, and they have got to sell. CROCERIES Everybody knows Low we sell groceries, that we keep only the best, land they are always fresh and good. We are making a specialty of coffees jand teas. We carry in stock ten dif- Boat |The | berry from = roods goods. Yours Tr following are the Changes Made in the Assessment of Real and Personal Property in Bates County, Mo, the by County 3oard of Equalization, April 6th, 7th and Sth, 1896. REAL ESTATE LOWERED. S} southwest southwest southeast jsee 18, twp 42 range 32 from 31,000 to { $900. ts 1& 00 to $20.00. Lots 1&2in block S in Muiberry from $110 to $80. Lots38&4ex } ain northeast cor sec 26 twp 40 range 31 froms3660 to $330 10 acres of northwest southeast sec 20 twp 41 range 33 from $700 to $506. North and east pt southeast north- east see 24 twp 40 range 82 from $15,- 000 to $1,500. Lot 2 block 5 ex south 11 ft gomery, ist add to city of Butler from S880 to $800. REAL ESTATE RAISED. West ha!f of east half and east half and south { of west half of sec 35 twp 39 range 32 from $5,680 to 37,680. town of {All land in Mingo twp 10 per cent “ “Spruce * “ “ se ‘Deepwater : Ss ** Hudson “a = Prairie °° ai bp sie “Pleasant Gap : cS se Summit Ly i Re ie Graver ** ; oe “ “6 “ Deerereek W Boone ‘‘ Personal Property Lowered. CM Decker Bank Stock Lowered. Bank of Amsterdam from $8,500 to $5,100. Live Stock “ ‘“ “ wered. Spruce twp orses 05 prent Deepwater 05 ee Hudson rent 15 a Rockville hn 05 = Shawnee 05 nf Mt Pleasant 15 Charlotte mules 5 prent 1 15 15 Walnut a Howard prent 05 W Point Spruce Cattle 10 ee Rockville ae ts ig W Boone poh = Homer 30 a Walnut ban] a Howard maa i Personal Property Raised. Rich Hill Water Light & F Co from $10,400 to $15,500. Bank Stock Raised. Farmer Bank of Bates 29,220 to $35,570. Live Stock Raised. Co from Mingo twp horses 05 pr ent 15 Prairie mules Pleasant Gap *‘ Summit G River Deercreek Elkhart East Boone W Boone Homer Shawnee | Mt Pleasant | Lone Oak | Mingo | Deepwater Hudson Cattle ferent kinds of coffee: old Govern- jment Java, Plantation Java, African | Java, Gol Rio, Java blend, Morn ng Glory, Heclar blend, our own special brand | besides any brand of package co ‘at 18c p'k’ge and a large line green coffe all above, we sell at least Se Ib less than any house in Butler, because we buy it for less t . and on account of the large t we sell each day we don't sut a few cents on the Ib. cured Japan tea is a for the money. We have Oi fine thit all grades from cheapest to the very, ranging in prices from 84 50c, 63e and 75e. Our T5e t: you couldn't get you would pay some than ever before; in fact, we have| > de for five; years, and we are also selling goods} int cheaper than at any time since we of Mocha and Java, | | Pleasant Gap | Shawnee | Deercreek | Mound a0) + st Boone ATE OF MISSOURI, + “ County of Bates. w s | Co | goin | ceed I, M. Crawford, do hereby cert be a true and ings of the board of equali ~_ testimony w! [stat] hand and afix Done at e Sth day of AT Summit Items. Farm work has been set back the heavy rain the past week ar einen and yes this meal lident. Tilman mi ‘ Wiliams Bros, of Equalization Changes Made by Said Body | in block 7intown of Mal-! Mont- | CASH ¢ $5 5,0 WE DESIRE YOUR FARMERS’ price, or we will pay you cash N. THOMPSON, Pres i for all you bring us. We thank the oe BEINN Se. 7 OF BUTLER, MO. ‘CASH CROGERY | people of Bates county for the lrage Sa a | trade you are giving us and we prom- : u ; ua $110,000. jise to prote *t you at all times, with OTHER DIRECTORS p-O@ | dag ee , honest clerks, cheap prices and good BANK 00.00 Il i EAL BUSINESS. Hardware, Groceries, Highest prices paid for co too much of the smacking of anarch- istie principles in his make-up. Harvey Clark was in Summit last week, and as his time was limited, could not call on many of the boys. The rain has made the oats and meadows show up nicely. “T'was just the thing needed. the conditions of the weather turned out. Northeast Summit is blooming with correspondents, it seems. Squire, didn’t you say going to cut that hed wearing away and we if it’s never cut. W B Tyler has been trying the re- alities of a severe case of mumps, and is able to be out again. didn’t care so much for the mumps you was ve in i this stage of farming is what hurts. Louis Fisk has 80 acres of land ready for the corn pianter as soon as ithe ground isdry. The bark on that maple is thickening fast. Some say if the Seullys had in- \serted in their writings, weeds to be mowed around the farms, they would ‘have been perfect. would have | been some beneti » looks of the leountry at leas | ried « | ; | GROVE | Mrs TD Ts iter, of Apple \ | Mattie Bowman Monday | Miss Cora Gethengso }was up on the Prairie ting her mother an Pink E j was down iss Dicie about it. Sylvia Wood vist parents S i unda nakir 1a H ‘ few days last week y at Mr. Highest R | everybody to ca] and exauine our stock Not any corn planted yet in the} neighborhood and no time is lost as ig is Will says he | but to think of the loss of time at} ABSOLUTELY PURE ISAAC FOWLER &CO. ——-DEALE 2RS IN—— Stoves and Tinware, untry prolvee. We invite 1 prices. We expect to meet all competition. | ISAAC FOWLER. : night was very well attended. Mrs F D Thayerand daughter, Mrs | Elmer Duncan of Appleton City, vis- | ited her daughter, Mrs Jas N Sharp 1 of Passaic last week. | Chas Nafus was over at | pect to preaching Sunday with” | | New P | best girl. Uneile Billy Gilbreath veda | fine haul of tobacco from his old | friend Jas N Sharp. | The family that ed in the house with Jas Williams moved Fr | The little daughter of John Harri- man is very sick att writing. Nancy HANKS, iday. | | { Trustee's Sale. Whereas Anna Hensle ley, her husband, by tr dated Janu the recorde used for was made i