The Butler Weekly Times Newspaper, August 20, 1896, Page 1

OL. XVIII. isso p_ Say = a uri State OF BUTLER, MO. BUTLER, MISSOURI, THURSDAY AUGUST 20, 1896. JO SHELBY’S HALF-BROTHER. Howard ii. Gratz Talks of the Bolting Democrats. Lexington, Ky., Aug. 13.—The venerable Howard H. Gratz, half- $110,000. | prother of the intrepid Confederate committed to our charge. on real estate at lowest rates, sony time and stop interest. Booker Powell D A DeArmond John Evans Dr J Everingham Edith Everingham C&E Freeman GB Hickman DB Heath Semuel Levy CH Morrison Transacts & general banking business. We solicit the accounts of far- merchants and the public generally, promising a safe depository for| General tu St We are prepared to extend liberal ac- z odation in the way of loans to our customers. Funds always on hand | the war, Las the following to say re allowing borrowers to pay part or all! garding tu+ buiting Democrats who DIRECTORS. OTHER STOCKHOLDERS, Dr W D Hannah John H Sullens. Peter Swartzendruber J M Christy General Jo Shelby, and who con- ducted a large business with the Louis just prior to are tryiug to get upa third ticket: Frank M Voris “The zieve wielake these gentle Tist . i . : RG Weat) meu we waking is in leaving their Wm E Walton party und giving aid and comfort te the Republicans—the worst political Se organization that ever ruled and Robert McCracken W BTyler = ‘A McCracken E Tarner ruined a country. They are sinning soeeneris Wawa as the secessionists sinned in 1860, J W Reisner GP Wyatt when they deserted the great Demo- L B Starke Dr NL Whipple cratic party, left i i - Clem Slayback Max Weiner poe: a gress when the Democrats had con- trol of both Houses, and turned the RG West Virginia Items. ) writing news for the Timks this \ ear It wil be things we see and hear, if we get them wrong or mixed lends forgive us for this is '96. 'B Uncle Robert Clark of Butler, vis- i Tied his daughter, Mrs Taylor last Kk. SW Park was at K C last Thursday acar load of hogs. | Elmer Garner’s new house is now dy for the birdie. Chas Simmons of south of Butler, ested for some of our farmers last k. Ed Daniels of Nyhact, was in our last Thursday. ; fohn Foster has coal for sale at the ‘B Garner bank. Teachers meeting at the M. E. Fehurch every ‘Thursday at 4 p. m. /fome of our farmers have been ming their hedge along the road. more to the comfort of our plethis hot weather than free liver. WA McElroy and wife were at Ap- on City Jast week. Mr Mc was a te to the populist congression- convention. Miss Effie Rice of Foster, is visitiog @ M Drysdale and old neighbors afew days. George Robeck is putting up anew e acound his door yard. Jas Drvsdate and wife of Butler, Visited his father, Wm Drysdale, Sav- Miss Ma:tie Brock, of Butler, visit- Fedthe family of H C Wilson Satur- and Sunday. chard Vanwmeter and wife of Fos- were at Virginia last Sabbath to their old pastor, Elder Miller of braska. Wm Kenedy of Passaic, James Mc- is, Miss Revnclds and Mrs Mc- hel, of East Linn, visited Wm Saturday. Mrs McMacael remain with her sisier a few 8, Mrs Drysdale’s brother will } leave for his home in Iowa Monday Rext. “Dick Wolfe is well pleased with Foster. 4 -f Last Thursday Aaron was at camp Ineeting, heard two ‘adies preach; ealled at Jaynes Keaton’s and found ‘himina good mood; He has his house almost finished. He is not as strong a silver nan as some we fiad, but will vote for Bryan. He has Sonn. and thinks he can live another campaign. Milburn Jackson aed wife of Colo- fado, arrived Sunday to visit his . er and nother, Mr and Mrs Al- Jackson; they will remain about 5 weeks. _ SE Jones received a telegram from P his brother in Elk couaty, Kansas, Saturday that he was not expecced “tolive. “He left on the first train. At present G W Sibert says he can- 'man at Ft Sco-t, Kan., Friday. | late. —————— nn SSS oS |country over to the Abolitionists not swallow anything but a McKin? C i ili ley pill; if they should fail to cure be Cae egeny tolcrgsnize) military Le is willing to.go. | The prohibitionis.s sistance—to what? Not an overt are stillin the middle of the road i i and will have few additions. Since si aa om ty Hae eee Ce the St. Louis convention the pops|®ainat the legal and constitutional have quit saying that there is no dif-|rights of the South, ner could one ference between the democrats and hi oe . republicans, It is agood thing some | bave been taken if these recalcitrant get to rest. atriots had not forsake: i i _ WR Sumelser of Schell City, is vis- P ad a —— iting the family of A L Graves. He] ®™ eserted those who had reposed gave usa good talk at the church|cenfidence inthem. A graver case Sunday night. f political iidelitvik Dock Dutton of Ft Scott, Kansag, | Of Political infide ity has never been as oe = ae — Mrs Dutton, | exhibited in this wide world of ours. who Das been sick for some time at her father's, Clark Vermilion. And what were the consequences? ee ee wae a pens City | War and desolation and unnumbered with a load of cattle last week. eee Elder Miller baptized seven con- woe No one) Snotees se justifies verts last Sunday. the action of the secessionists of Warren Ayers saw Mrs Wm Bate-|1860, not even the most unrecon- A good rain ai Virginia Monday. | 8tructed rebel who followed Lee and James Dark was a pleasant caller i at Aaron’s office Friday. He inform- pesuregers lees raeuley ands ed us that Mrs Bashaw living on the folly and a blunder, amounting toa John McConnel! farm, has been sick great crime. for some time, also Miss Mary Shep- «y, ; erd. Grandpa Sharp, who is 91 years nthe conduct of these ‘honest old, is confined to his bed most of |money Democrats,’ history is but the time with a sore leg that he got ling ites? sand : hurt about 40 years ago. Jim Cam- | "ePpeating itself, and they are acting — a : ——- co ie precisely as the secessionists acted uesday for Peitis county. He said |; A he bad just got home from Eldorado in 1860, and although it may not Strings, where he met eons of the|lead to warand sectional atrife, it ‘harlotte boys, among whom_ wer . : Thomas McElroy, Arthur and Her- will lead to the force bill and other man Hill, Herbert Steele, mero _— legislation by which a large section ler. He had a long tal with John . : . Bark, wko moved jrom here a year of the country will be disfranchised. ago; he saw Uncle Thomas —— I was a secessionist in '60, and have and Dr Kimble Hill. He said corn : was good and the finest melions he deplored and lamented my error in ever seen and all the pouticel talk|sackeloth and ashes and. cannot be he heard was for free silver. led i i in. CH Morrison, C W Wolfeand WT). HES Us errr ce The Cowan are working hard to get W W | Wisest men in the Democratic party Park and Frank Jenkins to vote for] in 1860 pleaded with the eecession- Bryan; so far they have made but}. - Z : little headway. Itis hard for them ists with tears in their eyes not to to leave their old party. desert them, and predicted t Steven Cook lost a $5 bill last Fri- lamiti : Pp y OSs day. lamities that would come upon the Erwin Wilson rides in a buggy of|country if its control was turned 3d Dudley's stand tent burned | Ver te the fanatica that were thiret- down Friday night, at the camp|ing for the bieod of slaveholders ee a ean: ot views played and all Southern people. And their the Foster boys at that place | worst fears were more than realized. Friday, and were beaien; they also “And now I beg those Sheers thinking of seceding from the Dem- played the team at Lost Corners last Saturday; Virginia carried the lau- ocratic party in this year of 1896 not rels home. x Prof R A Givens of Linco.n, Neb., ler Weekly Times. Bryan Song. | Sing the smg of freedom, boys, and let its | echoes roar, Calling up the voters of the land from shore to | shore, To vote for Bryan of Nebraska. | cuonrts. Hurrah! Hurrah! We'll wave our banner ‘round; Hurrah! Hurrah! our campaigner has been feund; So, we'll sing the chorus in the country and in twwn— Shouting for Bryan of Nebraska. And when the people called aloud for straight sixteen to one The democrats heard their cry—the battle had just begun; They have won one battle and another will be won 2 By voting for Bryan of Nebraska. Hurrah for William Bryan! for the man with- out a stain; Hurrah again for Sewall from the rugged state of Maine! Hurrah! until the heavens echo back the glad refrain— Vote for Bryan of Nebraska. And when election day is o’er you'll hear the ‘(NO 40 OFFICIAL STATEMENT Of the financial condition ef the FARMERS’ BANK of Butler, Me., at elese of business on Augus E s sines August 10th, 1896, as r Secretary of State. ; ibis RESOU RCES. Loans or discounts. ete } 5 $80,417.08 | Capital stock paid i: Other stecks and bonds .. es 3 Seay bar thos Furniture and fixtures - 8 | meee ai Sse Cash in vault and due from banks Cy | 5 — 336% | Lee i We eertify above is cerreet. D. N. THOMPSON, President. Attest: KE. D. MIPP, Cashier. A BENNETT, JaS M McKIBBEN, JNO E SHUTT, Correct— zr Diresters. Te NEW YORK’S BIG FUNERAL BAY. | Dexter, Mo., Aug. 17—Gordoe |Hammond and Darlingten Deck, Graye Diggers Worked all night to | Well-to-do farmers, living near Ses Fill the Demand. | Dock, this county, got inte a diff- New York, August 17. —Notwith- culty over some trivial matter and standing largely increased forces of grave diggers working by night as well as day, graves could not be supplied to fill the demand at the cemeteries Sunday. There was also a shortage in hearses, and it was necessary to bor row from other cities. There were 460 funeral in New York during the day and over 2U0 in Brooklyn. Un dertakers said the funerals of Sun day would be more numerous than those of any other day of the last week, and that meant more numer ous than in any day in the history of this city. They were right. Friday, Saturday and Sunday saw more burials than any seven days of which cemetery bookkeepers can find arecord. These are startling facts, but these further facts are notable. The number of children among the people shout— The people have won the day—the populists helped us out. They have driven out republicans and put gold bugs to rout, By electing Bryan of Nebraska. {Osceola Glee Club, 1AM NOT A BOLTER. Col. Bill Morrison Comes Out For Bry- anand Sewall. Washington, D. C., Aug. 13.—“I shull vote for Bryan aud Sewall,” said William R. Morrison, Chairman of the Interstate Commerce Commis- sion. “There need be no doubt en that poiat. There never was from the first. I’m net much of a bolier by nature. I voted for Cleveland in| o¢ any year been so small us last 1892. Icould not think of doing| week, neither has the hottest week less by the present ticket. The men|of any year seen s0 few burials of are Democrats; the platform they aged people. The average age of stand ow ie the work of a Democrat- the persons interred in three princi : . : : pal cemeteries was 47 years. There ic convention, regular in couneil; no ; were nearly twice as many men as good Democrat can rightfully de- i women buried. cline to support either. Ishall give} Of the 1,810 persons who died in both ticket and platform my sup- this city last week, nearly 500 died port.” Thursday night, Friday and Satur day. Because of the difficulty of securing caskets, hearses and carri- ages, or even undertakers’ service beyond the simplest and most neces ssry, nearly all the funerals for that period were delayed until Sunday. There were thirty-six hearses bor- rowed from adjoining towns in New Jersey, and twelve from Philadel- : hia Several New York undertakers St. Louis, Aug. 14.—General Jo ar rush was over, loaned hearses O. Shelby of Kansas City, who has|to Brooklyn friends. Other hearses JO SHELBY TALKS POLITICS. For Lehman for Governer.—Vest’s Prospects Commented On—The Gold Movement. been talked of for the gubernatorial| were added to Brooklyn’s supply} from Long Island towns, as there was nearly one-fourth of the week's 879 dead in that city still unburied. nomination of the geld standard Democrats, atrived here to-day. “I am not s candidate for governor,”|The cost of funerals advanced 20) said he, “I am 67 yeare old—too old | per cent on Friday. for that sort of thing. I don’t be- lieve that J. McD. Trimble of Kan-|for that the forces ef nearly 300 at sas City would accept it, because Calvary had been increased by over he has been so active in the movement people would say he went into it for the sole purpose of dead had never in the hottest week | FISK BROS. So many graves had been called! Hammond cut Deck with a large knife six times, almost disembowei- ing him Two of the knife thrusts are pronounced fatal. Hammoné made hie escape and is still at large. Guthrie, Okla, Aug. 17.—At « populist meeting at Ocala Porter Davis and W. H. Dennis got into an argument over the financial question and Davis drew a revolver and Den- nis a knife and they went at eack other. Davis was fatally cut about the head and neck and Dennis badly pounded with a revolver. FISK BROS. FISK BROS. Qa By cut in groceries our trade hes increased so within the last four months that we are ablenow to sel groceries cheaper than we have ever sold them before, and if the people of Bates county will drop in to our store and see the immense trade we have, and the wagon load after wag- on load of goods we send out, cam readily see why we can sell goods so cheap—look at eur prices: securing the nomination. As for me, is doing the singing at the Elder Mil- ler meeting at the Christian church. He knows how to get the singers to work, Jt will pay any one to go aad hear him. 2 Miss Kate Lewis of Alma, Mo., is visiting Misses Lizzie and Emma Graves. 4 Alarge crowd at camp meeting Sunday night, six at the altar. The marriage of Ernest Judy and Miss May McClaren will take place DrS K Williams of Wilfield, Kan., will read the booming TrMEs the rest of the year. 2 Miss Effie Rice of Foster, will read the T1MEs for a year. Olive Stanfield is hauling corn toA U Simpson at 20cts per bushel. W W Park had our city all in an excited condition Monday morning for awhile. His son, Glen, had been out in the pasture, and reported two horses gone, and without further search reported to his neighbors, and the towns the above. Of corse the people around Virginia are sympathetic aad were moved, but a careful look over the pasture disclos- ed ihe horses quietly grazing. AARON. | at Warrensbarg Tuesday. pee bee ns } Under Gold Standard, Manistee, Mich., Aug. 17.—The Polish workmen at Peters’ East Lake Mill are on a strike against re duction of 10 per cent in wages. More that 500 men are out. The cut reduced the common laborer’s DUVALL & PERCI BUTLER, MO- FaRmMmMroans. 4 i toloan on farme at reduced rates of payable at our oflice when due. We gi vilege te pay any time. Money read papers are, signed. as nid AL, | pay to 90 cents a day. ‘All will want a newspaper for the | evmpaign and of course they want \the best. The booming Ties is $1 | a year or 25 cents till January Ist, 1897. Hand in your name. to weahen the hands of their politi- cal brethern and strengtben the ranks of a party still as vindicative as when led by old Thad Stevens or Ben Butler. It is in scrrow and not in anger that I plead. And for what have these latest phase of secessionists become angered? A money question; the lowest motive that should influence men of thought and feeling. Money iaa good thing, but not the summus benus of human life; and what is life? Gorge it as you will with money, if other bless- ings are denied, as they most surely will be ifthe Republican party is again brought into power, and your money is as dust under your feet. I know whereof I speak, and the ob- servation of a long life justifies my prophecy.” Gorman in Line. New York, Aug. 12—At a meet- \ing of the Democratic National Com- mittee Senator Gorman made a little speech in explanation of his position. He said t! at he did not feel disposed te indorse the platform when it was first proposed at Chicago. “But,” he added, ‘when the plat- form was adopted and nominations I have been for Fred Lehman all the time, and believe he is the man.” When asked as tothe growth of the sound money movement in the western part of the state, General Shelby said it was growing stronger every day, and that Kansas City especially would send a big delega- tion to the convention to be held in St. Louis, August 26 “How many voters will the gold ticket poll in the state?” “Probably 60,000,” answered Gen- eral Shelby, and then he continued, “at least enough to give Missouri to/ McKinley.” The general asserted that no mat- ter what the national convention did at Indianapolis, he would vote di- rectly for McKinley. votes, it” at sound money headquarters. were made, I felt that like a good Democrat, I should no longer hesi- tate to give them my indorsement.” Senator Gorman assured the com- mittee that he would assist in the election of Bryan and Sewall to the {best of his ability. the state convention. The leaders the movement expect to have at They will send thirty-four members to In- dianapolis to represent Missouri in the national convention to be held least 500 delegates present. | there September 2. “And what is the Democratic state committee, the Populist state com- mittee, Anarchistic state committee doing?” inquired General Shelby, sarcastically. “Lon V. Stephens will | be defeated for governor by 25,000 and as for Senater Vest, he has been doomed to be slaughtered. | It was bent as if it had been tramp! | All the elements in control at Jeffer- son City were against him. I am/|w surprised that he doesn’t see through New York General Shelby during the day conferred with ex Governor Francis Preparations are being made for 160 diggers, and the entire force | Dry salt bacon, per pound $0 04 had worked night and day. At the Breakfast b: si ca Lutheran cemetery the number of ; DTeSk!ast bacon, 07 diggers had been nearly doubled, , 50 ibs good flour G5 and even then the number of graves | : completed was less than were need- —_— aki glasecs Be ed. In consequence many bodies|1 “ tin cans 36 were placed in receiving vaults |1 “ mason jars Ve All day Father Costello stood ia | 1 a board the tiny chapel at Holy Crosa and | *> 800° wae Acs ib pronounced benediction for the dead. ; 18 {h3 granulated sugar 1 06 The funeral trains approached the! 9 +, Java Blend goffee 5 chapel in double lines, the hearses | massed around the entrance, where |1 tb package coffee any kind 20 bearers waited with their burden |6 tb Dwighte soda 25 —. er relatives until their | 10 bars Fairbank soap 25 ee |1 good broom 15 Mrs, Bryan’s Engagement Riog Found. 3 {hs good tes 2 Pittsburg. Pa, Aug. 13.—The en-|2 tbs broken Java coffee 2 gagement ring belonging to Mre. \3 the rope, any size 25 William J. Bryan, which she lost in| Best No 1 salt, per barre! 1 0 G carriage in Pittsburg, has been) We also have the Pilebury & found by a vehicle cleaner at the; Washburn Minneapolis flour, the stables of the Pittsburg Transfer | finest bard wheat flour in the world company. The ring was plain gold |at ONE DOLLAR per sack. We band, with ruby setting. On the in-! pay cash for chickene, eggs, ducks, side was the following inscription: | turkeys, potatoes, apples or anything “From Will to Mamie. June 4, 1880.” | you have to sell bring it to us and we will treat you right. FISK BROS. | ~ Highest of all in Leavening Power— Latest U.S. Gov't Report e Roy. al Powder | ABSOLUTELY PURE ed upon and was broken. The police | will forward it to Mrs. Bryan in i of