The Butler Weekly Times Newspaper, May 28, 1896, Page 1

Se OL. XVIII. OF BUTLER, MO. AL, - s . . . nsacts a general banking business. js committed to our charge. modation in the way of loans to our customers, guy time and stop interest, DIRECTO Booker Powell H H Piggott © R Radford TJ Wright Geo L Smith OTHER S’TOCKHOLDERS, 7 D A DeArmond Dr W D Hannah Bryner Robert McCracken Jo Brown A McCracken its. g.C. Boulware LD her as Deerwester pdenkine RG ad Wm E Walton Dr W E Tueker W B Tyler E Turner Lamber Co Edith Everingham John Pharis Wm W Trigg pCnelf C & E Freeman JK Rosier Wm Walls e peony G B Hickman JW Reisner GP Wyatt DB Heath L B Starke Dr NL Whipple rag cea Semuel Levy Clem Slayback Max Weiner cH Morrison Join H Suliens. Peter Swartzendruber KG West J M Christy Boer rwester $110,000. We solicit the accounts of far- merchants and the public generally, promising a safe depository for We are prepared to extend liberal a Funds always on har on real estate at lowest rates, allowing borrowers to pay part oral } DUVALL & PERCIVAL BUTLER,JMISSOORI. LFARM OANS. Money to loan on farms at reduced rates of interest. Your Notes are Payable at our Office and you find them here when due. We give you privilege to pay at any time. oon aepapers are signed. 33-tf Butler’s Religious Statistics, ‘The Sabbath School Union of this and still rising. Meteateds dis atinual canvass the first time he has ventured out | card read. | considered brutal or vicious. His Biuative to the religious condition of aise his illness; he is improving) «Weare gone to Ozark, will be ; father is liked and respected by all : Se slowly. : . : ' Me Geicn inst Sabteths the soore Flax and oats look well consider-| back Monday or pene May 26 | Wag eam nin ethene nase a i ‘ .q | ing the wet weather. There is but 2 39 Be ee y some minor scrape while living here lary presented a report compiled Aitioswhest town in this vicinity, 1896.” (Signed) E. SAWYER. | 5 om the canvassers. It contains any interesting and valuable data nd it was thought advisable that areitizens be in possesson of the portant statistics,and a committee appointed te prepare a synopsis the report forthe Butler press and the city papers were respectfully quested, by unanimous vote, to publish the same, for the benetit of readers use. The canvassers found, but it looks fine. Judge Sullens owns ¢ land on the Island. put in afew years ago this time. on his farm in the bottom and behalf of the in last year, ; 7 living there, had to move his Mi8members as against 1381 this -. I see : : : A most excellent showing, family to the prairie. He has his hogs in the barn loft. Jim and Shalley Frank Morris vi Wilson Sunday. Mrs Morris went to day on business. rear, then we consider the great addition hich has been made to our popula- tion during the past year. Last year there were 1112 persons in the city vho said they did not belong to any thureh and had nochurch preference ithatever. ne year there are only WB of that cl Evidently the activ- ted John and Butler and can’t get home. 1t Miyof the christian forces have been | ; es 2 hing ge of good results. Tt is some- = | oe Siuithy und “Tainily. visited in | Zens. of ine county are greatly ex- He is on the right Brbad? | Hovis! at| _ Seth Sone makes gaily ure tothe for the detention and ene of | river nov aX py Ne has Hsh- = Ben erssted that ae h in his sal- Sent e ane BPS J the murderer. A. Young, a former ust year there were 457 | 2 Sere e Nhodid not beiong to any church, | = 3 resident of North Central, Kan , and | Beco a piorerence. 4) Freak of a Cyclone. a loafer, is missing. He was in the e found who sressed | “ : = e : tpreference, although they had not| Topeka, Kan., May 22.—The cy-| Company of young Sawyer, late Se eth bt iS aatee ibd ory | clone which passed over Wabaunsee Wednesday evening. as DB € sed | Yeattend Sunday school, this year Money ready{as J. Q. Cope was in Butler Thursday dsiderable ile had a levee which kept the water off the land heretofore, but it gave way under the pressure Judge built a new house last fall, he puta stone foundation under it high enough to be above any water that had ever come, but this time the water was up onthe floor. Jim Simp- MecKethen and Geo. Thurs- J. B Shalley is north of the river, Charley Furgeson and family vis- a ene | WHOLE FAMILY FOULLY SLAIN. | Father, Mother and Son Beaten to Death. ; Ava, Mo., May 23—The whole | Sawyer family, consisting of father j mother aud roWn up 60n, were dis- covered int j of this place,tc The | day, foully murdered. vals murder the y by the Lay broth- Vie tor g man had stab right bicast, wad Weuouds ta bis | both jaws broken | and tuce beats iuto a jelly and sev- jeral large yashes in "the head. He | had evidently the | barn and dragged to the house. Blood was found on the harness and horse blankets in the baru and traces jWhere the villian had wiped the , blood trom Lis hands on the logs of = | the barn. Lafayette Sawyer, the father, had | y been murdered at nose broken Mrs. Sawyer had the top of her head mashed into a jelly and her left hand broken, evidently in trying to ward off the murderous blows. The three bodies were piled under the bed in a corner of the house, and covered over with bed clothing and carpets. The room was a small log house with two doors and one window. The doors were both locked and the blinds drawn down and the floor is covered with blood and shows signs of a ter rible struggle. On the window a This was probably ial by the murderer to guard. The cbject of the murder conjecture. The family came here | last November from Linn county, Iowa, poor, peaceble, hard! working people; had not a known | enemy. The visible wealth consisted of a good team of horses anda wag- were The team, money are missing and perhaps rob- bery is the cause. The murder must have been com- mitted Wednesday night. in money. The citi- - home oue mile east | * 4 f hery was complete, and for | of the) throat and | his ekull crushed and the bridge of | put people off their | on, household goods and about $80} wagon and |- County late Wednesday xfternoon Baker killed the old iady with a hatchet and then we all went for the young fellow. We called him for a and dragged him into the house, where we hid all of them under the ame| & | bed and carpet. We then loaded} up the bloody clothing of the three | in a trunk, which we took to Spring field in a wagon” This trunk ‘wagon after its sale open by officers at Spri: | wired the result to Mar When Perry returned to Stee ‘field, as told in his confession, he| | stopped at the Arlington. He bold-| |ly went about the town Saturday, | not knowing the bodies had been} found. Yesterday morning he took | a mail hack from Mansfield to Ava.) | as one drawn by some weird charm, ‘ to the seene of the crime. the hack a mile bef ; and started in the ' Sawyer home. Perry was brought from Mansfield | to Ava at midnight last night His confession was made upon the prom- | ise of protection. Seventy-five citi- | Zens are now guarding the jail, but a lynching is likely to occur. PERRY CAME FROM A GOOD FAMILY. Bellville, Kan., May 25.—Ei W. Perry was born and raised in this | county, and his parents, David Perry and wife, live in this city. Ed was a quiet boy while living in Bellville and showed no particular traits of character different from other boys. He was addicted somewhat to read ing trashy novels, on was found re reac lirection but was never but it did aot result seriously Farmers Quarrel aud Shoot. Carrollton, Mo. May 22.- -Bos- as well as the perpetrator, isa mere! worth, this county, was the scene of | another murder this morning. Frank | this morning. Doty wenty over to Kimball's house, where the quarrel | was renewed, taking a revolver with him. The dispute ended by Kimball | emptying both barrels of a shotgun in Doty’s body, killing him instant- |ly. Kimball claims self-defense,and ! immediately gave himself up to the | officers. The dead man’s father is j almost crazed with grief. A short time ago he got ina financial strait ; and turned his farm of 300 acres to his son. Now his son is dead and | the farm, all that the old man pos- sessed, goes to his wife and child- ren. Doty and Frank Kimball, both farm- \ ert, had a dispute over some corn | BUTLER, MISSOURI, THURSDAY MAY 28, 18965: NO 28 O00 OO22:555: 069069" -/5--06800 iNEW GOODS +I AND = LANE d a nies Va é Ke sPENAan ~ = Y ie Xs We have just received our second shipment of nice new summer goods KC NY se and as the season advances and the * styles change we find it necessary to 4 se lower the price ofa great many goods, bought early in order to close them out before fall goods arrive. N WE ARE ZLWAYS UP WITH & THE STYLES AND DOWN WITH OURPRICES TO — — TIMES yy eee = g 31 inch Dimity aii be DO Wer dios ete ona eS 10 sk 32 inch Organdies worth 20¢ now.............. 16h SS 27 inch Agra linens worth je now.......... 124 = 27 inch Dotted Swiss worth 25¢ now............ 20 32 inch Percals for Ladies waist............ 10 a 36 inch fine French Pereals..................-- 12 SG SEE OUR LADIES $1 SLIPPERS § y 4 O Best indigo blue ealico : Good miirting: 2022) cS ees cies eee es 05 Good dress gingham 5) iuawrence Gi) muslin es. o a 8 ss tee os 05 Yard wide bleached muslin.............. 05 Good toweling crash........ 05 ett posenewe, ANNOUNCEMENT ** | HAVE COME 10 1% The Sabbath schools of the city enrolled last season 1131, while eanvass this year found 1166, the , | was first reported much more destructive than A strip of territory Ava, Mo., May 25.—Ed W Perry. | who was arrested yesterday, charged | ftin hot so great as is desired. Last | 200 feet wide and twelve miles long | with the murder of the Sawyer fam- Brearthe canvassers found 1656 per- | fi b fil: hb sont. d 1d impli d ns not attending Sabbath school, is as bare as a Hoor,note tree, shrub | ily, has confessed and implicate Thile the list reaching 1815 this year. | or vestige of green remaining. \two others in the crime. The mur-| tyear there were residing in the | y Pi rote stants and 32 Catholic 2934 Pr arthere were foun ltants and 47 Catholies. I he wo Wmaking the canvass was well done tidthe Union extended a vote of t eanvassers and secre- untiring efforts. he lists prepared by the secretary towing the above conditions, will farni ed each pastor and super- ittendent and they will find them Yaluable in both pastoral and Sab- | of farmer Jansen, lifted it yards away. and returned, tion almost as it found it. New Home Item Another Farin Property Deoye: i. Moberty, Mo., clone which struc n very me fields look Corn look The cyclone picked up the house} der was committed before dawn, 200 feet} Wednesday morning. Perrys story | | in the air and dropped it down 100| of the crime is as follows: The twister then play-| ed about the pasture tive minutes; money and the team picked up the house | ,and dropped it down on its founda | team for S45 « “We committed the crime for the We went to Sprivgiield, sold the then divided the I was fool enough to come ; mon Mrs. Jansen and daughter will die) beck here to throw off suspicion by schooi work. The following . Were the cunvassers this year: Mrs. from injuries. Four other members | registering at the Arlington hotel pbind-n, i ape of the family who were in the house | ;and putting a bold front. I Me. West, Miss Cora Boyd, Miss all this time escaped with a few), stood guard while the murder was Whitsit fiss Luella Buck, scratches. committed. Jack Baker, who s.) a What oaea. A Just as the teacher at West Union| lives near Ava, and Louis Douglass ene we ee? Miss school house had locked the door Edith Met tc Mes, KO. Wyard, and siarted his tlock to their homes oy 1 ree Colored Wal- the cyclone dropped drown and | Be and Loddie Pisher. scattered the stone buildivg into one th a eek: Scale aOR il Fi eat mass of plaster and “The cy ~ Royal ABSOLUTELY Butler 0 Stay will do all kinds of Upholstering MATTRESS MAKING, DRAPERY WORK ec And wish the — to know that I) i BOX SPRINGS, WINDOW SEATS} AND TUFTED COUCHES PRICES =i THE 43 —AND— WORKMANSHIP GUAR R. 7 — LOWEST tAN | Baking Powder PURE A Specialty. x Good shirting calicoés.............-.--0-+- 05 4 © SEE OUR LADIES NEW STYLE TAN SLIPPERS. | 3K —————— Best A C A ‘tithing. 2g Sigh Bawa ee ae 3015 Good: blue Demme <-. i... 24.5226 10 Good seotwonade 4... a.4.1.,.52 0. cue ewe ce tee, 15 , Goodstablo linens 2...5. o6c5- tines ete 25 y 3K 1 pair of fine lace curtains.... ..... ened alae 1 00 % BS 12 good quilt batts.............2.00-.20e00- 1 00 e v 5 reee R P xx SEE OUR MENS FINE SHOES $1.25 %& Ladies Vest.......... ‘acrttel 15¢ for £0 10 Summer corset.... “ 65¢e for 50 Ladies shirt waist.... 2 Se 0cor 59 = ¥& SHE smivtte 25 26sec . “ 35 for 25 Bs aS Line of ladies 40c black hose.... 25 as Fine line of white goods Sie to.. Beautiful line of lace 24c to.... WE WILL SAVE YOU 20 PER CENT ON SHUES K@0ee: sZ We sell the best Sie overall. Se We sell the best 50e shirt S74 We sell the best 25c undershirt. & ES 7 We sell the best suspender. ae i the best Uc cottouade pant audered shirt. indered “ the best 50e salt sell We seilthe best 5c ecce: 4 It Will Fay You to Inves- tigate This Shoe Busines SAS ayes a rat POE m We inviteall to call and examine our goods and get our prices. You can sell your produce to any groceryman 34 i . . @ SZ in town and they will give you an or- ge S24 a 3 der which w will accept same @ cash for goods 5 2 3 LANE & ADAIR.”