The Butler Weekly Times Newspaper, November 19, 1896, Page 5

Se RSF RTT John Adair of the firm of Lane &| The Tvs office is a candidate tor Adair, left Monday for the east to all kinds of job work Our prices buy goods. He is preparing to have | are the lowest. some nice Christmas goods. | POOCOOOOOOIPOOOOOQIOOOOOOORG 4 | The new governor of Kansas The Harrisonville foot ball team | promises to give the staie a clean | which was to have played the Acad | and economical administration and emy team atthe lake park in this | no doubt be will do it i city Friday failed to put in their ap- | pearauce. The Academy boys stood , ready to do them up again. | mESKOR ‘High Art” Clothing 3 5 L€ WE SHOW THE BEST Table Linens YOU EVER SAW AT THE PRICES. W.N Ely aod wife left yesterday for Eldorado Springs to spend a few months They yo for the ben OORIOX | A H Mathews, a brakeman on the efit of Mr. Ely'sbealth The Times There's all kinds of clothing good, Sk | Minden road, met with a painful ac hopes to ses Lim return in the best cident at Bronaugh, Vernon county. of health |the other day In making a coupling | bis arm was caught between the draw heads and the bone was crushed on bad and indifferent. Some people seem to think that the quality of the cloth is the only requisite in clothing yalue, forgetting the fact that fully balf the value is in the making—that the same cloth when properly made and fitted will wear much longer than when poorly made. These people never I notice whether the linings be of wool or cotton—silk thread has no charms for them—they are entirely § oblivious to the fact that the “insides” Bofa garment has everything to do with it holding its shape. A low price seems to be their only demand. The Bryan democrats in Bates ecunty Can enjoy their turkey this! year. They did not get Bryan, but | they have the sweet consolation of , knowing they did their whole duty | | toward making him president. | 8; o DODO NOOO e The hous:-breaking sneak thieves of St Louis are puzzling the police. They are getting s0 numerous and bold aud their depredations so fre quent, the police board has taken the matter in hand to puta stop to the robberies. aN xD) s Half Bleached 25c, 35c, 40c, 50c, 65c and 75c. Bleached 50c, 60c, 75c, 90c, $1.00 and $1.25. Colored 25c, 35c, 37c, 40c and 50c. McKIBBENS. Oar Store will be Closed all Day Thanksgiving. aN. We understand the wages of the| section men on the L. & S. bave been scaled down to a doilar a day | Before the election they were paid | $1.10 per day. Come on with your! confidence and prosperity. Rich Hill lads meet with accidents Edgar Heylum, the little son of Dr. and Mrs. Heylum, fell froma deliv ecy.wagon and broke aud arm. Harry the youngest son of W. B Williams while at play with other boys fell and breke his arm. | \ Mrs. Mary Shreve Ransom, one | of Lexington, Ky., milhonaire ladies | ; made several bets on the election :and won four theusand dollars The terms of the bets were that the | morey was to go to charity, and sie | is pow amazed by the mass of cor- | respondents she 1s receiving from | the deserving poor. Many of the | letters received tell tragical stories of misery and want Thos. W. Newman, a real estate man of Kansas City has brought a damage suit against Mrs. Hattie B Jones, alleging that Mrs. Jones called him a liar, thief dnd robber For wounded feelings and damaged reputation the real estate man wants $18,000. DPOB AAO DON OOO Everything must be sold Pretty j millinery at almost give away prices Mas. WaeEvpon. The protracted meeting at the M. E. church, south, is still iu progress, and will continue through the week. Parties shipping quail had better : J. A Trimble, the west side drug | Services begin at 7 o'clock. Persons be on the look out. We understand Cy Moore, colored, was shot and To these, our “High Art” clothing may seem high. We believe and our killed by ex deputy sheriff Moore at Dalton, Mo, Saturday. The dead man. resided at Topeka, Kansas, and was on a visit to friends when killed the secret anti quail society has em ployed a private detective, and one of these bright, sunshiny days tbe quail shipper will be rustlisg for bondsmen or putting up that $100 gist. has purchased a very fine! attending court and all others who grapbophone, which is teth a novel- | 5 ty and a source of entertainment to | a his eustomers o desire are respectfully invited to ttend. To the Lecture Associations and £& customers say that its by long odds B the best fitting—best wearing cloth- Bing that’s sold in Butler-and the i cheapest, quality considered. We | eannot reeommed it too highly. Some careless boys set fire to the grass and underbrush in the timber | ou the farm of R. N. Allen, in New | Home township, last Sunday, which | did considerable damage to the tim- ber, burned up several hundred | yarde ag higm = oie = ae beat lecture we have ever had, at to save the dwelling house. 1n Cry | jeast our patrons so regard it. We weather people should be yery care | can not recommend Dr Willits too ful with fire. lhighly. His lecture is intellectual Mr aud Mrs J A. Trimble enter-| and instruetive; it is bright and filled tained a large number of their | with wit and humor and breathes a friends with a card party on Monday | high tone of morality. We have told evening. It was a jolly party that | him that he shall be a perpetual fea- gathered and the victories and de. / ture of our lecture course as long as feats were hailed with many pleagan- | God spares him to us.—D. 8S. Swit- tries. Delightful refreshments were | zer, President; J. A. Lomax, Secre- served. Mr. O. D. Austin and Mre. | tary; H. L. Mosley, Manager, Weath- RR. Deacon tied, each one scoring | erford, Tex , Dec. 17, 1894 nine games. Mrs. Deacon won the} The Dr will lecture at the opera prize on cutting the cards, a beauti |house in Butler next Tuesday The killing was justifiable as the ne gro attempted to draw his pistol to shoot young Moore to $200 tine for each offense. The express companies are not exempt We give the boys this tip that they may be on their guard. Hon. J W. Suddeth, of Warrens- burg, one of the foremost lawyers in this section of the state. was in at tendauce at court the last of tbe week. Mr Suddeth is a lawyer of fine legal attainments, is successful to a marked degree as a practitioner, and is a courteous, clever gentleman. His name has frequently been men tioned in connection with high political offices, but for the present he is wedded to his profession. other organizations in Texas: We desire hereby to testify to our ex- treme appreciation of Dr. A. A. Wil- lits as aiecturer. He lectured for us last night, December 16th, on the subject “Sunshine” It was the very W. J. Baxter is making arrange ments to start a paper at Foster. Up to date Foster has farnished more newspaper graves than any town of ita size in this section of the state However, it is to be hoped Bro. Baxter’s Beacon will put ona headlight that will weather the storms and hardships and sail into port all right. Se aks hed | Tuesday morning the following persons appeared and were given naturalization papers by Judge Lay: Alphonse Hecq, Pierre Joseph Guil bert, Paul Martin and Sylvanin Ser vias. All were Belgians and live at Rich Hill. The Judge gave them a JPA Th The superb vote of Bates county for Bryan shows the effectiveness of organization. The clubs in the different townships should not dis UTTER WEEKLY TIMES | Buy sewing machine needles of Skaggs, west side square 1-tf few words of advice and asked them to become good and law abiding citizens. The grand jury should iook into the matter of shipping quail from this city. The shipping of these birds is certainly goiug on as the number being brought to town are surely not being consumed by the band. A good and beneficial plan would be to establish club head- quarters in each township, and put the organization iu communication with the national organization,receive literature and hold discussions The club might be turned into a free silver literature society for entertain ment and ivstruction and a pleasant ful glass bell | W. H. Hyder of Sheldon, who was in town Monday, says the supposed | land buyers who operated so exten sively there last week, was a detec | tive from Butler. He was after a| man who kad run away with another man’s wife. He located them at Jerico Springs.—Nevada Mail. There must bea mistake about t f night, and all should hear bim. were granted divorces: Newman vs. Chas. E. Newman; Clara M. Fisher vs. F. F. Fisher; Susan McGinnis ve. James H McGinnie; Mis-Fits. Last week Judge Lay was called o decide if marriage had beena ailure and the following persons Hattie V. 30 days only in which to buy mil-|home trade In fact one of our local | Place to epend an evening twicea) ©) x, nin Butler bas lost a| Elizabeth Nevin ve. John W. Nevin. LOCAL ITEMS ° Good 80 acre farm for sale or ex- nge. J. A. Stivers. 35-ft. Sewing machine oil, the best at Baggs 2c per pottle. 1tf Wantep—A good milch cow. En- buire at this office. ‘ . Sheriff Mudd will take possession his office January Ist. Keep the ball rolling for Chirst- We want a big time in Butler his year. John Boatright, of Foster, was r Tuesday attending court asa itness. For killings Bates is getting to be ut as bad as Rowan county, entucky The Batimore bankers have devis- ed a plan to help McKinley with the money problem. Mrs. Sarah Dishop, an aged lady, was killed at Nevada by being ttrown from her buggy. beat showing of flowers at the chry- taathemum show. Save some Christmas money on Your Millinery by buying your hat at Mre. Wheldon’s closing cut sale. The Bryan Free Silver club at Schell City will remain intact and go Tight on for 1900. That's right, boys. Judge Sullens gave the Tiuzs a Pleasant call Tuesday. He was over 8a witness before our circuit court of heart failure at Marshall Sunday. Welcome to show them in competi thow. ‘9 2g purpose. ’ Six handsome prizes given for the William Prior, aged 97 years, a ‘J Pioneer farmer of Saline county, died Cranks have beset Mark Hanna, “Band they are loading him down with _ and postal cards, asking for Anybody who bas flowers will be F tion for prizes at the chryeanthemum Thousands of cattle from Texas ‘90d the Indian Territory are being ‘J ebipped to North Missouri for feed- linery regardless of former prices. Mrs. WHELpDoN. Saturday was one of the greatest trading days Butler bas had in the past three months. The town was full of people and all were buying more or lees % Diphtheria is prevailing to an alarming extent at Garden City, Kas. The schools and churches are closed and vhildren are not allowed to ap- pear on the streets. | The Kansas City Times has been successful in its fight against the gamblers of that city. The dens have been closed and the gamblers made to hunt new fields. A new ice plant is being put in at Nevada. The first thing you know Butler will not be dependent on the lake for ice, but will be getting the pure article manufactured at Nevada. The circuit court docket of Vernon county contains 55 divorce cases, two murder trials three train rob- bers and about fiteen eases for burg lary, forgery and other stealing. Out of all this promised spread of good times word comes from Mil waukee that ‘potatoes will be cheap- er. This will be encouraging to the idle workingman who has ne money to buy meat.—Nevada Mail. Mr. Bryan took breakfast in Kan- sas City Monday morning. He was on his way to St. Louie, where he was joined by Gov. Stone, sena- tor Jenes and others for a week's hunt in Taney county. Just as we went to press yester- day evening we learned of the death of Mr. and Mrs Jobn Catterlin’s little daughter, Grace. She had been sick for some time with lung trouble. The Tres extends condolence to the bereaved parents. The Clinton district convention,of the Christian Church has been eall ed to meet in Butler, December 7th and 8th. The district is composed of the counties of Jaekson, Cass, Henry, Bates, Vernon, Barton, Cedar, and St. Clair. The grand jury, we understand, spent a good deal of their time this | week locking into the killing of Dr. Lockwood. The case should be} thoroughly investigated and no effort | should be spared to ferret out the! cold blooded assassin.} The farmers of this county should | Make a determined effort to get out | Webt and when they get out to tay out.) \ ) buyers informs us that he is buying quail and selling to a party en- gaged in shipping them. The fine for each offense is from $100 to $200. The Best Way To Cure Disease is to establish health. Pure rich blood means good health Hood’s Sarsaparilla is the Ove True Blood Purifier. It tones up the whole system, gives appetite and strength and causes weakness, ner vousness and pain to disappear. No other medicine has auch a record of wonderful cures as Hood’s Sarsa- | parilla. Hood,s Pillsare the best after- dinner pill; assist digestion, prevent constipation. 25c¢ month. The Times’ venerable friend ex- sheriff John Atkison, of this city celebrated his 81 birthday the 12 inst. He is hale and hearty and gets about with the activity and ease of a man of but 60. He eaid he cast his first presidential vote for Martin Van Buren, at that time he lacked a few days of being old erough to vote but in those days the matter of be- | ing at the legal age cut but little figure. His last presidential vote | was cast for Wm_ Bryan, free silver ‘at the ratio of 16 to 1 without wait ing forthe aid or consent of any other nation on earth. The Ties extends to uncle John congratula tions ov his good health and hopes ' to see him live to round out the cen + tury mark. FG COT IV BOTS CLOTEES. BOYS KNEE PANTS SU Wo BOYS BOYS BOYS BOYS at $4.00. None See eur Heavy Merino Uoderwear at 50 cents Per Suit. poooceeeeeeeooqoooqqoooooooocre R2OKOE > aae—~ ) KNEE PANTS SU Worth $5,00 now $4.00 KNEE PANTS SUITS Worth $4,00 now $3.00 LONG PANTS SUITS Worth $10 now $8.00 LONG PANTS SUITS Worth $8.00 now $6.00 BOYS LONG PANTS SUITS Worth $6.00 now $4.00 Take a look at our Melton Overcoats we are selling SOOOSOSE SHC OOGOETI << ITS rth $6.50 now $5.00 ITS better for the price. JOE MEYER, THE CLOTHIER. wife by runaway that we have heard of. J. W. Riesner, who holdg an impor portant government position at Washington, renews hissubscription to the Trwes, and calls our attention toa falee prophecy made June 6th, ‘96, when we predicted the extinc- tion ef the G. O. P. and reminds us that our prophecies for 1900 may end the same way. His son, Fred erick, is holdingan important posi- tion, and has time to attend school. Chas. Fisk and Miss Mabel Jenkins were married at the home of the bride's parents, Mr. and Mrs. J. R. | Jenkins, on Tuesday evening. The wedding was very quiet, only the immediate relatives being present. Miss Jenkins is one of the most beautiful young ladies in the county, is vivacious and accomplished. She and her husband have been devoted to each other from earliest youth and the marriage was no surprise to our people. Tho Ties extendscon gratulations and best wishes to the happy young couple. | Abner Cox, of Silex, Mo . was shot and fatally wounded by his insane wife Saturday. The two were work- ing in an out building when without | warning Mrs Cox suddenly drew a pistol and fired at her husband. The ball struck him in the forehead, frac turing the skull and ranging down- ward near the left eye. As he fell | she shot him again in the side. She | then ran to a neighbors and told ! them that Abner had ehot himeelf. | Returning home she placed the pis- | tol to her side and sent s bullet | through her heart. The husband | may recover. Firet on the programme for a se- | ries of lectures to be held at the opera house in this city, will appear Dr. A A. Willits Thie lecture will | be had on the evening of the 24th. The subject is “Sunenine, or How to! Enjoy Life.” No man in the lecture | field is more popular than Dr. Wil- lits. He is a national figure and cer tainly ought to pack the opera house. | The second lecture will be given by Cc three miles west of tewn, was dan- gerously hurt Monday afternoon within a few rods of his home by being thrown from a lead of hay. Mr. Neel had started to town with the hay and coming out of his barn lot the team was headed down a steep grade to a small bridge which spans a ravine. hill one of the pole straps gave way allowing the wagon to rush on the mules. Neel to lose control of his team and the animals went at full tilt to keep out of the way of the wagon There are about a dozen more ases te be disposed of. Seriously Hurt. E. C..Neel a farmer residing about In descending the The accident caused Mr. As they came to the bridge they missed their bearing and the front wheels struck the railing of the bridge and anded in ths center of the branch a distance cf about 30 feet, the frame and hay following after and landing upside down In the fall the unfor- tunate young man had his left arm broken and a fracture of the pelvis bones. Dr Boulware who was ealled to administer to his wante informs us that his most serious injuries are in- ternal and after giving the patient a thorough examination Tuesday morn- ing be expressed himself as having grave doubt as to the final result. Mr. Neel is a son-in law of Wesley Warnock, and is one of our most in- dustrious young farmers and his many friends will learn of his un- fortunate mishap with the deep regrets. ‘statics inilniinitainesiuanareshanscntlcjsbtiseuatins tin csitsiiniciaisniiainicenreatnisininranon tmnt Awarded Highest Honors—World’s Fair. ‘DR | Senator John J. Ingalls, of Kansas ay 'This lecture will be given on the ab Ay? inight of Dee 10th. Senator Ingalls a) Qey lig too well known to need any intro- . Mikes | duction from the Tres: The third MOST P MADE. will be given by the world 4 pc lecture A pe ed Bob Burdett. George R. g will close the cour