The Butler Weekly Times Newspaper, December 3, 1896, Page 5

HOLIDAY GIFS. Christmas will { soon be here and with « full line ! that’s 4 3 L we are prepared for it of useful presents—the kind | We furnishing house and have the new- most appreciated. are a men’s | est styles in egch line. We wish to call especial attention to our line of Holiday neckwear at 25c, 5Uc 75c and $1 Embroidered neckwear,one in a box, at 75c and the strongest line of 50c goods ever shown in Butler, contains all the newest colorings. Embroidered silk suspenders, in single boxes at 50c, 75c, $1 and $1.50. Silk initial handkerchiefs—silk muf- flers-tine kid shirts-—Stetsons gloves— Manhattan hats—“High = Art” clothing---latest. styles shoes---silk vests, etc. g $ A nice line of smoking jackets. —_— Secure your seats early for the lecture at the opera house December 10th, or you may miss the opportu- nity of your life to hear Senator Ingalls. Bish Childs, who now holds a po- sition in a railroad land office came in Thanksgiving to spend a few days with his mother and friends. MUTEER WEEKLY TIMES | ~ LOCAL ITEMS Good 80 acre farm for sale or ex- change. J. A. Sitvers. 35 tf. Sewing machine oil, the best at Skaggs 5c per pottle. 1-tf This is fine weathec for feeding attle and hogs. J. R. Marshall, one of our sub- tantial citizens, renews for '97 Two stores in Montevallo, Vernon county, were raided by buglars Monday night and a considerable quantity of merchandise was carried off. Miss Lou Frizoll, teacher in the public schools of Denver, come home to spend Thanksgiving with her mother and to meet her many friends. She returned Sunday. Charles Middleton, of Lone Oak township, left Monday for Jeffereon county, Nebraska, to spend a month visiting. Tbe Tixes wishes him a pleasant time and safe return. In {certain localities in Vernon county cholera is slaying the hogs. The children are beginning to talk bout Santa Claus and kis annual Visit. Judge Lay left for Warrensburg Monday to try aome special cases fer Judge Wood. Shephard & Co., the largest dry goods firm in Warrensburg, made an tssignment. The trial of Eugene E. Council, charged with stealing a horse from Joe Graves was begun yesterday. The trial of John Young for the turder of Frank Terrell, at Shobe- town, is set for heariug Friday. J. M. Vaughan left Monday for Lexington, Mo., to spend a day orso looking after some business matters. It is announced that a 10 per cent reduction in wages will take piace in the George Fowler, Sons & Co, | packing house at Kansas City the first of the year. Jim Franklin, who returned te Butler election day and was arrested on an indictment charging him with being implicated in the post office burglary, is asking for a trial at this term. The case of William Nelson, who ttands charged with the murder of Dr. Loskwood, has been set for trial to-day. Ex eenator John J. Ingalls at the opera house Thursday night, De- cember 10th. Tickets of admission Ube, 250, 35c and 50 ceuts. Arthur Bonner, for several years Connected with a wholesale liquor house of St. Joseph. has been taken to the penitentiary for two years for burglary. We understand the members of | the First Presbyterian church of this city contemplate building a new church edifice in the near future. Thirteen prisoners in the Wyen- dotte county jail made their escape Monday night. All were desperate criminals, being murderers and high- way robbers. Their escape was ef- fected by sawing steel bars. Workmen while digging a water main on one of the principal streets of Ft. Scott the other day unearth eda skeleton. The skull of the re mains indicated that the person had met a violent death. The Trwes office is the place to get your job work done. business |men. Have just received a lot of The home of Sam Henderson col- | ! 4 : éred, at Conway, Arkansas, burned | did line of stationery. You will save day night and five of his children | money by coming to the Timers. {wo of them grown, sleeping in the) . were burned to death. : | Appleton City, have become per- Clyde McFarland came down from! manent residents of Butler. g@ “with his parents. is himself in good health and} . ome to our city: ag in weight. t 3 j j years, and a pioneer citizen of Pettis Century.” county, suicided at his home 7 miles. west of Sedalia by shooting himself ever 2 $10 hog. consumed three court at Fayette, ar | Governor Stephens and wife are | The opera house will ‘be juan’ | x og <9 Springs for Mr. Stephen’s | Thuraday night December 10th All a All will want to hear Senator Ingalls! ah Chryst, aged about G60! lecture, “Problems of our Second Hezeki The Nevada Mail says active work brough the head. Til health for| Vl be begun on the electric street everal years ig the excuse viven. bes line in that city in 30 days pro- _ a jvided certain changes in the fran Noah Kingsbury and Joho Zm ! chise is granted. mer of Howard county went to jaw | 5 : | Sedalia has a sick man on her Last week the ease | = : hands who has forgotten his name, q dayea of the civemt} a2 lak sa Wohis aonaas d was decided in where he lived and all his connec- \favor of Kingsbury The costs tion His mind as to past events is | amounted to about $700. a perfect blank | Tne damage suit for $2,000 _ Mrs Laura Kelley, wife of acon | brought by Miss MeDain agamst the viet, committed suicide at Louisiana, | city of Nevada, resuited in vor of Mo, the other day It is said her | ibe city ‘The young lady was hurt | husband was to be re leased in a few! Sept. 24 by temg thrown from a days and she didn’t want to meet | wagon und dislocating her shoulder ‘ bim | shile eressing the tracks cf the) john Winner and Lon Tieceey. ie street railway. suspects charged with the murder of | Mre. Winner, and two cbildren near | of John Simmons, a wealthy farmer | Richmond, Mo . some time ago,have | living near Lee's Summit, committed | D&&? tuken to Lexingtor, Mo. for) snicide by shooting herrelf in the | safe keeping and to save them frem| temple at her home. She was 20 | being lynched. years of age. The excuse given for | committing the actis that ehe was sick aud tired of life Miss May B Simmons, daughter | Cuas Rice was arrested at Sedalia by request, of Springfield officers. | | He is said to be wanted at Lamar ‘for embezzlement. When arrested The smooth lightning rod man | u we 5 bas been getting in bis work on the | at Sedalia, Rice's mustache had dis peared aud his hair dyed black farmers near Knobnoster, Johnson | 8? i i plack | county. The bill of $7 50 they con | He was identified by gold filling ia tracted with at first grew to $125 | his teeth. when the collector came along. Of; Tanigiss Silvas thas amaniwhovem course there wasa denial acd dis- | bezzled $100,000 from the Rainwater pute and finally the farmers compro-| fat house of St Louis, has been mised by paying $75 to get out of | pardoned out of the penitentiary by the hole | Gov. Stone. The pardon was grant jof Asa Morgan, pressman at the | Tries, is lying at the point of death. OUR BUYER MR. JAS. M’KIBBEN Has just returned from the market and our store is now full of new crisp ic inviting, goods--for useful en - HOLIDAY-:-GIFTS © : Our prices are always the lowest <i S McKIBBENS. = = asf L® i aa a . ” . { 3 , “Granny” Combs, mother in law | Nice Persevt A Beautiful Etching, 15x18 inches, ‘of the late Eugene Field. Suitable \ present. The profit from the sale of these pictures will be devoted to | building the Field Monument at Co- lumbia, Mo. Will be sent, post paid, A Card. JT wish to extend to the many The three suspect train robbers, Harry Vaughn, W. B. Morris and William Rogers, who held up the train et Nassau, a station near Ne | vada, some time ago, are on trial at | two of Rich Hill's most prominent In the hold up| merchants, had an altercation the other day and Mr Loeb was quite | severely punished in the encounter. The trouble grew out of painting Nevada this week. conduetor Trickett, who resides in thia city and who had charge of the train, was shot in the face. A man named Pease, met witha bad accident at Sheldon, Mo, Satur | day. He was loading some house- hold goods when the team took fright and ran awey. He was thrown onto to the double trees and then to the ground, the wheels passing over him broke both of bis legs twice be tween the knees and ankles. The home of Hon. Chas. J. Walk er, at Wentzeville, burned early Sat urday mornieg Mr. Walker was absent from home, and Mrs. Walker awakened just in time to go to an upstairs room and drag out their five small children. The roof was just about falling in when the children were gotten out. Mrs Walker es caped in her night dress and bare footed. William Spears, one of the boys charged with burglarizing the Lon don Clothing Co.s store at Rich Hill, was put on trial Tuesday. The two boys who did this stealing are pleading the baby act, and te escape the penitentiary are claiming to be under 16 years of age. The general appearance put their ages at 20 to 21. One of the boys has but one hand. They are evidently a brace of tough characters.t j ed on petition of St. Louis business } men, anda letter from Major Rain | water asking his release signs on a partnership wall of a store building. | | charged with shooting the man it that place were custody. i shot. busband a magnificent was held at the residence of Capt T. J Tygard, and if there was avy market did not afford it. grand royal feast. of honor. each child attending school contri buted to the charity box for Thanks giving. wagon loads of provisions were dis tributed. hearts this school made happy. Simon Loeb and Charley Beasley, The Rich Hill boys arrested and jailed at Oswego, Kansas, last week charge of the M K. & T. depot at disebarged from It was established beyond doubt that the boys had not arrived in the town at the time the man was The Merry Wives club gave their supper Thankegiving evening. The banquet thing lacking in the eatable line the Ii wasa Judge Jas. H. Lay and wife were present as guests By ‘request of the principals and teachers of the Sedalia public schools The Sentinel says from Prospect school house alone five Just think how mapy W. W. Howard, a prominent Jobn- friends who so kindly leat me their aid and sympatby in the hour of trouble of myself and children my | most sincere thanks I shall ever! cherish the many kind expressions of sympathy and assistance tender ed ard received. * J.C. Hare. | “A Bad Accident. Carl, the 14 year old son of Robt Williamg, living six miles north of | Butler, met with quite a bad acci dent Friday while ont bunting, so_ we are informed by Dr. Boalware, | who is iooking after the injured boy. | The young man with his little broth- er was hunting rabbits with a target | rifle, and in reloading the gun it | was discharged. The bullet went! through the mght foot breaking the hone of the middle toe near the joint. The boys were about three quarters | of a mile from home when the acci | dent happened.’ The wound is a| very painful one and with good luck | it will be some time before Carl will | be able to get about without the aid of crutches. a The Verdict, Not Guitly- The jury, after being out forty eight houre, returned a verdict of not guilty in the case of Richard Weast and Lillie Weast indicted for assault with intent to kili Dr. Victor Cumpton. The doctor had been summoned to assist in the arrest of the above parties by constable Set tles, of Pleasant Gap township, who had followed the Weasts to Spruce | township, having a warrent for their } arrest for theft. In attempting to | waiting. | useful presents received. on receipt of fifty cents. Address, J. West Goodwin, Secretary, Sedalia, Missouri. 3-1m Martied- GROSSHART—STALEY: At the resi- dence of the bride’s mother near Maysburg; Nov. 25, 96, Mr Frank L Grosshart and Miss Clara A Staley, the Rev G W Webb, of Garden City, officiating. After the ceremony the guests retired to the dining room where a we!l prepared table was There were inany nice and ‘The even- ing was spent in social conversation and music. Ata late hour the guests departed wishing the young couple a long, happy and prosperous life. * “The Midland Magazine, (Richly Hlustrated.) Sub- Liberal Up to date Western stories scription $1.00 a year. terms to agents. Address, Tue Miptapn Macazine, 2819 Olive Street, St Louis. Sample copies for a 2 cent stamp. Deacon Bros, & Co. Heavy and Shelf Hardware, Cutlery and Guns Tinware and Stoves, Field and Garden Seeds, Buggies, Wagons, and Farm Machinery, wagon, wood-work, Iron, Steel, Nails, Salt, Barb Wire, Buggy Paints, Machine 2Oll. Groceries and Farm Products son county farmer, left November 6 for the betterment of his health. He first drew a large sum of money which he had on deposit in a Holden bank. It now turns out that How ard’s niece, a Miss Beard, also of Johnson county, joined him at Kan- The people of Springtield are dis- cussing the propriety of following Nevada in the adoption of the cur-| few. In matters of reform the city | council of Butler follow, they rarely | ever lead. The curfew bell ought; make the arrest both of the Weasts were shot by conetable Setties Dr. Cumpton received his wound in the back and when shot was some dis- | tance from the place of attack, and | retreating. The court held the| warrant in the hands of the consta nice new face type and have a splen- | Mr. and Mre. Gus Van Metre, of On be- | 3 Kansas City to spend the Thanks: | half of our citizens the Tiwes ex- He re-|tends to them a most cordial wel- to ring in this city at 7 o'clock. The little fellows should be at home get ting ready for bed at that hour in- sterd of being on the streets smok ing cigarettes, swearing and learning all kinds of wickedness. gether. There is mystery about th |ment. Howard left a wife aad fiv he owns 1,800 acres of land.—Ex. MENS C — | } ' i j Who See aur all woal red Underwear at 90 cents Per Suit. I } — Join the many People 3X 9900 8SCOOOCSOOO8SO A DEEP CUT IN LOTHES. | =~ Mens Suits worth $ 4.00 our Price $ 2.50 | Mens Suits worth 5.00 our Price 3.00 | Mens Suits worth 6.00 our Price 4.50 Mens Suits worth 7.00 our Price 5.00 Mens Suits worth 8.50 our Price 6.50 | Mens Suits worth 10.00 our Price 7.50 Mens Suits worth 12.50 our Price 10.00 | Mens Suits worth 15.00 our Price 12.50 buy from us JOE MEYER, THE CLOTHIER. sas City and the two went South to- \affair and some say it is an elope- children in Johnson county, where ble to be void, and that the officer | bad no right to make the attack. | The case of shooting Dr. Cumpton hinged on the point of law, as to| whether the Weasts believed their | lives in danger when the shot was) fired that hit the doctor. Prosecut ing attorney Holcomb was assisted by W. W. Graves. Smith & Thur | man appeared for the defense. There are two more cases against the Weasts. This case was ably prosecuned and the arguments of Messrs. Hol comb and Graves were strong and | forcible. Mr. Thurman made au! able and eloquent speech, but the | effort of Mr Smith deserves special | mention. It wes an exceptionally e strong argument, reflects with logic and bright witicisms at the expense of the prosecuting witnesses, which bid fair to disturb tbe usual serenity of the court and provoked mirth of the audience MOST P ERFE CARVING SETS Consisting of Knife Fork and Steel in Stag handles we are selling at from 81 to $8.50 per set. READ THIS Don't send your money away from home for those Coblers outfits adver- tised at from $2.50 to $300 when you can buy them of us, same thing at $1.50. We also have the stand alone with 3 reversible lasts for 50ets. | arney New York Club Skates in gents and ladies. Largest assortment of axes and cross cut saws. Biggest line of loaded shelis. Round Oak Stoves. | STARLING AIR TIGHT HEATERS. ‘Deacon Bros & Co. | Low Price Harlware end Grocery House.