The Butler Weekly Times Newspaper, May 28, 1896, Page 7

——— = xford and WE THIS WI in all the new style duction. the manufacturer ¢ summer stock at Every pair in this at $1.48. NORTH SIDE OF []. RALOOOOCOCOOOCS LOCAL ITEMS Clean up the town, and especially | be alleys. | The heavy rains, it is said,is dam- | ing the berry crop. Considering exerything trade in| wwo has been quite good. Anew concrete sidewalk is being uppot down at tho east school building. | eo The trees in the court yard ought | nefio be thinned and the lawn trimmed Hy. Cyclones are getting more numer | us and apparently more disastrous | lmery year. Democrats, remember to attend \ingyour township conventions Satur- bi day. One day last week over 1,000 “erates of strwherries were shipped | nq item Carthage. B Pickpockets at the Union depot apisnsas City are getting in their work on travelers. We regret to learn that RB.) Campbell, of Pleasant Gap town- | Sp fbip, is seriously ill. org ~=R. D. Ewin, of Deep Water, spent Sunday in the city visiting the fami- OF ly of his brother, E. S. Ewin. Henry Burkhart has bought the Statesman at Columbia. The Times ee muhes Henry the best of success. The candidates are trimming up athe edges this week and making teady for the convention Monday. Miss Seleter Cowley visited the 4236 PAIRS OF LADIES LOW SHOES MGER WEEKLY TIMES |. OL oo. oo oe ole e + > EEK OFFER y, “is ¢ % sat a Great re- We bought these @oods, as ‘commences to sell winter goods, and wants to dispose of a bie reduction. lot is worth from f $3 to $2.50, but we will sell them G. ELLINGER. Wheat havesting in Kansas begun yesterday. The Rich Hill folks are invited up to the big show the Sth. The brick work on the double building erected by C. B. Lewis has been completed. The democratic convention to nominate a county ticket will be held in this city next Monday. At Fayette Saturday W. L. Harris ended a protracted spree by shoot- | ing himself through the head. Gov. Stone has appointed Gordon Ewing public administrator of Ver- | non county, vice L. N. Kennedy, de- faulter, ‘resigned. The mails on the star route west to Virginia and Amoret, did not come in on Friday nor Saturday, on account of high water. | Rev. Meade C. Williams D. D. of | St. Louis, editor of Mid Continent, will deliver the baccalaureate sermon | at the opera house next Sabbath. The DeArmond democratic club at Eldorado Springs sends the Post- Dispatch $10 as its contribution to the Bland fund. Samuel C. Rollins is president of the club. Admittance to Butler Academ exercises, twenty cents for one night reserved seats, or thirty cents for both nights. Tickets at usual place. General admission 15 cents. The army worm has made its ap- pearance in Pettis county and is mowing down the growing corn and meadows We hope to see Bates escape the ravages of these pests. Mrs. Clay has the music for the 7 fmily of her brother, J. N. Cham- \ baccalaureate services next Sabbath. off bers, at Xema, Kansas, last week. Democratic township conventions ei Saturday and county convention A Monday. Both ought to be well at- aig tended. Miss Nellie Brown, daughter of Judge D. V. Brown, has been elect- tda teacher in the public schools at | ng Gunnison City, Colorado. Seventeen year locusts have made their appearance at St. Joseph and the farmers are alarmed for fear that their crops will be ruined. A stick of dynamite found on the | ‘pital grounds at Jefferson City, E4 the other day caused a great deal cf peg RO8Bip and also quite a scare. The Lone Oak band boys returned fom Jefferson City Sunday, where they had a big time at the State ‘ncert and bridge opening. | There is talk of Ohio street being o-? Macademized to the depot by the at City, The council, we understand, has the matter under advisement. The farmers bave not been able foget in their tields om account of the rains for more than a week, and Moet of the: would be glad to have Mfew days of plewing weather. The Nevada Mail is authority for the statement that Publie Adminis. trator, of Version county, L. N. Ken- i faulter in the Kennedy has sent n to Governor Stone sum of D. B. Ra:. editor of the American Flag, has challenged Dr. Ditzler for Sjoint debate, at Rich Hill, on emer- Men are now conducting meetings Pt Rich Hill. f those reverent gentle-! A union choir wiil delight the audi- {ence with some excellent sacred | songs. vited. Everybody is cordially in- The Pleasant Gap public school | will give an Ice Cream supper at the ' residence of Mr. Alfred King, Pleas ant Gap, Mo, Thursday evening, and pro- Usual price j June 4th, 1896. Music | gramme in connection. ' 10e. In selecting a teacher to take the place of Miss Rosser in the primary department, we believe the board did the right thing in electing Miss Anna Whitsett. She is an experi- | enced teacher and no doubt will give | general satisfaction. Col. J. M. Sharp, of Mound town- ship, informs us of a serious mishap! which befell a Mr. Shackelford last} Thursday evening. As he was cross ing a stream near John Rice's the water washed his horses off their! feet and both were drowned. Mr. S. succeeded in reaching the shore. The Model Clothing Co, does rot | hide its light under a bushel and the half page advertisement in this issue talks business from start to finish. Their stock of goods and préees speak for themselves. Read the adyértisement as it contains facts and tigures you ought to know. W. P. Sevier, residing about five es east of Butler, was in the city. sports that the fields ere infest- ed with large mice with long hind legs and short front ones and that they eat the ex 2 kangaroo. .They rn that had been planted and have done so much damage that ,a great deal has had to be replanted. —Clinton Tribune. | Thirty cents will secure you a re-| Little Misses Stella Christy and | jeerved seat for both nights at the | Frankie Lisle had quite an experi- ; Academy commencement exercises. {ence at the lake Sunday afternoon. | Get tickets at the usual place after|In passing through the gate leading Wednesday morning. to the race track, the hind wheel of Mra. Judge McGaughey bad a the buggy came in contact with the | good horse killed by lighning Friday post,partially upsetting the vebicle | morning about 6 o'clock. The ani- Miss Frankie was thrown out and | mal was tied in a stall when struck. | the hind wheel passed her. 'Two mules in adjoining stalls were|1#¢ borse was stopped by Stella | not injured. and made to back and the | } ; again passed over her. Assistance A donation of $1,600 was tele-| thon arrived and the little gir | graphed the cyclone sufferers at) helped out of their predicament. pbsemer ex by St. Louis last week. | Frankie was slightly bruised about In times of great distress you caD/ the face and body, but not seriously j always count on old St. Louis com- hak! xi = ing to the front with open hands jand generous pocket books. Mrs. C. B. Robinson returned Saturday from Sedalia, where she j has been at the bedside of her sister Mrs. F. M. Thompson, who has been quite sick. She was accompanied home by Master Earl and Miss Nina Thompson, who will visit a few days in the city. Sheriff Colyer bas William Reed, confined in jail awaiting the meeting of the county court, when he will be tried for sanity. A year ago this same Reed while working on a farm north of town attempted to steal another man’s wife, and the affair ended up ina shooting scrape with nobody hurt. | | over wheel iS Were “Cash or tickets?” said the editor | of the populist paper at Nevada,when | the advertising agent of Sells Bros., | circus stepped into the office and| asked for rates for two columns of| advertising space and a column of | local ads. “Either way.” said the/ showman. “Well” said the editor, | “$4 in cash or 12 tickets.” “Tickets | goes,” said the agent, and he gave the editor the three columns of ad-| vertising and a draft for 12 tickets. | To a Trves reporter the show-| man said he had been in the busi-| ness for 18 years, and this case was his first in swapping tickets with a newspaper man for advertising | space, and when he said cash or tick-| ets it almost knocked him off his| HANDSOME SUMMER DRESS GOODS FOR EVERYBODY AT POPULAR PRICES | One Man Drowned. Beltor, Mo., May 21—A storm which blew chimneys down and Governor Stone last week made ae { four speeches in Kentucky, at the following pointe: Shelbyville, Frankfort, Lexington and Richmond He was given an ovation at each place that should have satisfied the vanity of the governor. At his old home in Richmond it is said the audience of three thousand people shook hands with him after his speech. Lewis Voght was given a prelim-| inary examination before Squire D. | G, Newsom at the court house Tues- day. The charge against Vogt was! handing in to a fellow prisoner in| the jail two case knives anda couple | of small three cornered files. The tiles were bought at Deacon Bros. & Co., store, and the knives at the store of Lee Culver. After the tes- timony was taken and it was proven that Vogt had bought knives and files Saturday, Judge Francisco, the prisoners attorney, waived further proeeedings and Vogt was bound over in the sum of $200, which he will give. Vogt, with four other young men from Pleasant Gap, were in jail servipg out a short sen- tence for stealing chickens. His time for this offense was up Sunday last. His wife came to see him Saturday, and the sheriff not being Six boys ranging in age from 12|8ble to accommodate her with a bed- to 16 years, have got themselves into | T°0™, permitted Vogt to go out in serious trouble at Sheldon, Mo.|town with her to hunt a lodging Friday night they broke the seal on place for herself and babe, and it acar of the Mo. Pacific train and| 88 while out on this errand that he stole three dozen bottles of beer. | Secured the kniyes and files, which Saturday morning they went to the|be smuggled into the jail and pre- car again and took another dozen sented to his fellow convicts. Vogt bottles which they intended to take|i8 9 young man; haaa wife and child. with them fishing that day. The He is represented to be a hard bat theft had been discovered and the|im the neighborhood in which he boys were arrested by the marshal. | lives. Unless the governor interferes, the two condemned negroes in the Kansas City jail, Harris and Pollard, will be executed the 29th. So says the supreme court in quash- ing the habeas corpus proceedings instituted by Judge Dobson of the Kansas City circuit court. A des- perate effort has been made to save the necks of these murderers and this is the third time they have been sentenced to hang. The program for the Academy Ninety Per Cent. commencement exercises is not wear isome and people will not be tired beyond endurance. Come early so that exercises may begin at 8 o'clock and you will be entertained for twol|in half a dozen bottles of Hood's hours, only. Come early so as to|Sarsaparilla will come back with get the benefit of the entire program | large returns in the health and vigor and not interefere with the excercis-|°f body and strength ee es. This holds good as te the ser-| proog's pilla are easy to buy, easy vices Sabbath day also. Exercises/to take, easy to operate. Cure all at the opera house next Sabbath will |liver ills. 25¢. begin promptly at 11 o'clock. course of Hood’s SarsaparilJa at this season to prevent that run-down and debilitated condition which in vites disease. The money invested Murdered by “a Mayor. According to the views of ex-gov-/| ay ernor Jonh P. St. John, the prohi {°F W. W. Waters of this city Satur- bition party is getting a good ready | day evening killed Harry Martin, a to go out of business. The party |doctor’s drummer, on the street by | according to his view is now divided | cutting bis throat with a yr linto three distinct factions on the | Kuife The killing grew out of the ae | war being waged on the drummers financial issues. One element lead | by the city autuorities j by St. John are determined to fight | costed Waters on the street. and a |for a free silver plank, the eastern | quarrel arose when the Mayor drew Of all the people need to take aj Hot Springs, Ark., May 24 —May- | Martin ac | | twisted many trees out came this ‘afternoon, followed by a flood of ‘rain. Just after the rain, Charles Miller, aged 20 years, was drowned while trying to cross a run a few miles east of this place. His com- | panion, who was with him in a bug- gy. escaped. Home in Butler Cheap. | New house, good location, large ‘lot, bargain. Sell or exchange for | land. No mortgages. Box 336, Butler, | Mo. 27 tf. | When Nature Needs assistance it may be best to {render it promptly, but one should | remember to use even the most per- |fect remedies only when needed. | The best and mostsimple and gentle | remedy is the Syrup of Figs, manu- True. So| factured by the California Fig Syrup So any fiour is LESSEE | FISK BROS ‘ shoes—there are| FISK BROS. flour or coffee it would be easy to! determine, but you don't. When | FISK BRAS you are going to buy a commodity, | e whose value you don't know, st SH test sete sete se 3434540345545 Any shoe is a shoe avy coffee is coftee. flour. But grades differ— You Want the Best. It's so with grades; you want the best. If you} understood shoes as well as you do. z P | Have just received another car of k out 1d established house J Bee ee ie ee Ue | Pillsberry & Washburn Minneapolis to trade with, and trust their exper- | hard wheat flour; the best hard wheat ience and reputation. Doso when flourin the world. We guarantee this flour not only to be equal but the best flour in the market, which we are selling tor $1 per sack. Ev- ery sack guaranteed to give satisfac- tion or money refunded. We are also selling Power Bros. and H. T. Henton’s flour which we will sell as cheap as can be bought in Butler. days Rich buying shoes. Weiner’s shoes have | been worn for years, probably your | father or grandfather wore them. They are reputable goods,they wear, they are cheap. Try them. | Will also sell for a few | MAX WEINER, 222%: Jersey Cream, 50 fb 95 165 1 06 High Patent, 50 1, Barrel Salt, No. 1 grade Dry salt bacon, per fh Scotch oat flake, 12 ff Best northern beans, 4 i Good clean rice, 9 ii) Grandpa Wonder soap 4 bars Old Country soap 6 bars Burbank seed potatoes, per bu |,——— | Dwight soda 6 ff = : iY i . | Concerning the present republican | 4 (ang pest corn t S ~ a to te ty ty tp a on ot ot | wing will demand the gold standard | his knife and cut Martin's throat ‘and the middle class want the gov |from ear to ear. The Mayor was ar- A arrested, and is at the sheriff's lernment to own the railroads and jhouse tonight. Mayor Waters gain- jtelegraph. St. John says when the! eq national notoriety through his | national convention meets there will! connection with the Corbett-Fitz ‘be war to knife simmons fiasco Awarded Highest Honors—Werld’s Fair, ‘DR- While out riding in’ two different | boats in one of the flooded streets of |La Cygne Kansas, Monday night, eight ladies and the members of a mandolin club were thrown over board by a collision, and Misses Georgia Ricketts and Birdie Cassady two yourg women LS years old, were drowned., Mrs. Watkey and her baby were caught by the hair and saved. aud Miss Tilhe Dyer saved herself by clinging toa man who was hanging toa tree. The other women were rescued by boatmen. The water was 5 ft deep where the boat was capsized, but they were drawn into a strong current fifteen jfect deep. leongress Hon. Benton McMillan of |) quart bottle blueing | Tennessee says: “They will adopt no » #, Battle Ax tobacco | tariff legislation: no legislation for Gooq Broom | the collection of the vast debt the | Pacifie railroads owe the govern- ment; none to reform our immigra- tion laws: none to admit the terri- New Nerico wre ne to a The circus is coming. Come to our store on the north side of tke square. Bring grandpa, grandma and all the children as we have a tories of Arizona and large stcr the best 7 enty of room and n town the y with both long since entitled to admission Though ii they have mot to gee favoring the dared pass it at this cor Lat we are tbe s Pilleber ae EARNER SE Ht sestesensenersonpenneensysiremame ssanreenteene eA Are