The Butler Weekly Times Newspaper, December 3, 1896, Page 8

BANK BUTLER; MO. ranmens ! | G. W. ROBINSON, M.D. Special attention to diseases of Cheat, Nose and Throat Can be found at office day or night, Office—in Deacon Block. Rutler, Mo. | For zrext—A_ good barn, one block | from equare. Enquire at this office | Buy wusical instruments and | strings from Skagga,west side square | Buy sewing machine needles of | Skager, west side square 1tf My millinery must be sold before Christmas. Cost cuts no figure. ; Mrs. WHELDON. Haxrpwoop Lumper —Orders ‘eftat | Bevvett Wheeler Mere Co.'s for all | kinds of hardwood lumber wili have | prompt attention. H 1tf Cuances Simmons. | I haye a choice lot of winter ap ples for sale vy the barrel or bushel. Call at my apple house on North Main street, Butler, Mo | 52 4t W. H. Hotroway. Frauk Potter sold a car load of mules to Lindsay and Powell Mon day. Uncle Kit Divers who has been | quite sick for several days is getting | some better. | | Hon. D. A. DeArmond will leave | for Washington the last of the week. His son Edward will accompany | him. | Chas. Fisk has bought an interest ia the grocery store of Fisk Bros. This firm has built up a large trade and is doing well. Claude Clark was up from Jeffer- son City the first of the week visit- ing his parents and many friends in | Butler. Heisnow Mr. Stephens’ | stenographer and will no doubt be | taken care of by the governor. | Geo. Seara, a colored porter in| the St. Cloud hotel, Warrensburg, | came near being mobbed Friday | nigbt for slapping one of the dining | room girls. As it was he was rough | ly handled by indignant citizens. The Bolivar Herald reports the | death of C N. Terrill, a prominent | farmer of Polk county, by suicide. | He went into the hen house at bis} home and shot the top of his head | off with a gun. It was thought his | mind was affected by ill health. i A December sale of cloaks and! eapes is now on at Lane & Adair’s All sizes, the best fits, finest goods, | stylish makes and prices that can not be duplicated in a city or any- where else. Lane & Adair are deter mined to sell these garments. Call and see them. We, the jury in the trial of the Weast case case, desire to extend a! vote of thanks to Sheriff Colyer and his estimable lady for our excellent Thavkegiving dinner and their many | kindnesses while we were in the care of that officer. Very respectfully, } 8. T.. Wartacr, Foreman. Prosecuting attorney Holcomb | thinks the Tres did him a slight in justice in stating last week that Joe White, the horse thief, bad been | sent to jail for petit larceny. Mr. Holcomb eaid the facts were the| prosecuting witness lived in Kansas | and as Small, from whom the horses | were stolen, refused to guarant-e | expenseres the witness could not be | had. The Tiwes wishes to be fair j We Want Your Business. | cases on the docket. + Nene en crorercerenn + OFFICERS « FHEFFEE EE SH HHT te D, N THOMPSON, Pres. E A BENNETT, V, Pres. E, D. KIPP, Cashier. G. W. Newberry ) Aselstante. G. Pratt Wyatt § Capital Stock $50,000.00 Surplus Fund $5,000.00 DIRECTORS. Ss DR. J EVERINGHAM. JNO. E SHUTT. WILCOX. JRO. STE E JAS.M McKIBBEN. Ivan Smith is a new subscriber to the booming Ties. The hens bave raised the tariff on eggs to 20 cents a dozen Tax paying time, the eaddest time of the year, wili soon be here. T. L. Harper brought in 34 head of fat bog for shipment Monday. SThos. J. Smith sold a lot of fat hogs for shipment Tuesday. Miss Ella Timmons, of St. Jiouis, is visiting her cousiv, Mrs. C. B McFarland. Five burglars were caught at Cal- houn, Henry county, the other night while in the act of breaking into a house. The Truzs extends congratulations to Mr. and Mrs. Walker Morgan ever the arrival of a little daughter at their house. Hon. W. O. Jackson, of Butler, | was in the city yesterday, and favor- ed us with a pleasant call. W. O. ; ia one of the leading lawyers of the | county, anda genial gentleman.— | Adrian Journal. The wheat crop, farmers tell us, is looking fine and the acreage planted much larger than last year. It is to be hoped the grain gamblers wili keep the price climbing and not let the price flunk at the time the farmers have wheat to sell again. Deputy Sheriff Dyke McCann is overjoyed over the arrival of a 12 pound boy at his home Friday night. The Tiems congratulates Dyke over the happy event and extends best wishes for the future of the little stranger. The picture of Miss Harriett De Armond appeared in the illustrated portion of Sunday's Post-Dispatch, as one of the prettiest girls in Bates county. There is no disputing the P. D’s wisdom in its choice, but, in justice to Miss DeArmond, the pic | ture does not do ber justice Ove Harris, who has been visit- ing his father and other relatives and friends in the city and county, left Tuesday morning for his b«.ne in Oklaboma He gave us a call be fore he went and said he had bad a most pleasant visit, and an excellent good time. Smali grain doea well in Oklahoma he said, and that he | bad 70 acres of wheat on his farm which was looking fine Items of our Johnstown aud Deep | Water correspondenta for last weeks paper arrived two late for publication. All communications must be re ceived not later than Tuesday noon to insure publication. The Tixes goes to press Wednesday afternoon and the pressure of other business on that day takes up the time of our printers to the exclusion of setting communications. All correspondents will note the above and govern | themselves accordingly. To the abscence of Judge Lay | Thos. J. Smith,of this city was elect ed special judge Monday to try the Judge Smith is a splendid lawyer and the bar made a wise and judicious selection iu naming him for the place. Es- Pecially so as there is two very im portant cases to be disposed of. One a ' The Lecture Course. { - Lost. | The first of the series of lectures | A bird dog with liver colored epots ‘arranged for by Mr. Beeson was 0n head and hip. blind in one eye. | given at the opera house on the 24 Leave informa joniak post cffice jof last month by A. A. Willite. His) Geo. L. Smith bas a lot full of tine |theme was ‘Sunshine, or Hew tO) mules at his livery barn in this city. | |Evjoy Life.” The heuse was well } Butler is the best horse and mule! and right in ite statements, hence | ‘* that of William Nelson charged the correction. ‘with the murder of Dr. Lockwood, The editors of the county, or at /224 other that of Jobn Young, for least some of them, went on | killing Terrell. a hunting epree in western Bates | Res last Wednesday and had a roval Holiday Candies. good time. W. 0. Atkeson. of this | Until the holiday, we will present aity, wan one of the paueeandicn: | free to every purchaser of a 2 and 3 ; . | pound box of our finest candies for out best in the wind up. He killed a. 31, a set of six handsomely engraved snow bird and crippled two rabbits | full size silver plated teaspoons. It is said the otber boys were good Ouly one set to each customer. We shots also and would have bagged | will refund money if goods are not lots of game, but for the fact that in| °° Secret hier: naw belots 7 holiday rush. Send nar passing through a field they got rye | deta plainly to evra ryt gp in their eyes. 1901 Market Street. St. Louis, Mo. '| Mr. Graves, to whose untiring and filled by our best citizens and the | market in this section of the state. lecture proved to be one of the best) jand most entertaining literary treats | our people bave ever had the pleas | ure of listening to. | The second lecture of the course | |to come off December 10th, will be} ‘given by Hon. John J. Ingalls of | |Kaneas. Subject: “Problems of | ithe Second Century.” It is well! kvown that as a representative in | the United States Senate from Kansae, Mr. Ivgails gained a nation-| al reputation as a stateeman | debater, endin the lecture field he! |has few if any equals | We expect to see the opera house \ packed to its seating cepscity on the} | occasion of this lecture December | \10:h [twill be Mr. Ingali’s first) visit to our city and probably his | llast, avd all will want to bear him. | Tickets on sale and seata reserved | Monday. | At the opexing of the lecture the} audience wil: be treated to a song | by Miss Paxton. and a County Treasurer elect Andy | | Owen, with his family, were ia the | city Wednesday shopping. Mr.| Owen has filed bis bond, a gilt edged | one, which was readily approved. | All that remains for him is to take; charge cf his office, which will be) thefirst of April. D. N. Thompson has just reture-| ed froma three weeks vieitin the east. He spent several days in| Washington City, and while there! jcalled on president Cleveland. He! said he was very favorably impress | ed with Mr. Cleveland, and further that if the east were allowed to write his history he would go down in time as one of America’s greatest statesmen. While absent Mr. Thomp | son visited, Ohio, Pennsylvania and Virginia. In the injunction suits of the Rich | Hill Coal Minivg Co, against Wm. H. Lowder et al., F. M. Martin, Herman Yanke, A. Lourtillott, August Marquett aud Thos. G. Ellis, the injunctions were refused andj the parties given full possession and | allowed to mine coal thereon. These! lands were bought of the Rick Hill Coal Mining @o., after that company had worked the coal out, afterwards | coal was found in paying quan tities | and the company sued for mining | privileges. S. W. Dooley represent- | ed the Co.. Graves & Clark and Jerry Culbertson the defendants Two men, calling themegelves Jno. i Griggs aud H. S. Titsworth, alleging to represent a firm styled the Amer ican Supply Co., of Chicago, were in the south part of the county last week taking orders from the farm ere, requiring 10 per cent of the} purchase in advance Quite a num ber of farmers “bit,” aud becoming satisfied afterwards that they had been “done” came to Butler ov Mon day to enlist thestrong arm ot the law. Prosecuting Holeomb advised them that until the parties failed to perform their part of tbe contract nothing could be done, aad as it was not time for the goods to arrive {no contract bed been violated. They went home sadder, and we hope, wiser. If our farmers would pat ronize the home merchant ther: | would never be cause for thie kind! of complaint. W. W. Graves received a telegram !from the clerk of the Supreme Court jat Jefferson City on Tueaday, con |veying the intelligence that the Epbland caso had been affirmed by | that court. This ends one of the most hotly contested cases ever be fore our courts, and in glorious vic- tory for Mr. Epbland. It will be remembered that John McPeak and W. A. Epbland were ixjured by jumping from a moving train on the Emporia read several yearsago. Mr. Epbland’s arm was broken and he received other injuries. McPeak was badiy injured and isa cripple and physical wreck. Ephland got judgment in the lower court. It was carried to thecourt of appeals and remanded. On the 2nd trial |Epbland got a judgment for $1800. ' This was affirmed by the court of | Appeais and carried to the Supreme ‘court with the above results. The jinterest and principal amounts to/| j about $2,000. The Tres congratu- jlates, Mr Ephlard and bis attorney, | faithful work is due the vietory. ‘fire Monday night inated from a defective flue jof the Nevada District The Rich Hili Review is discuss | | { ing the matter of tbe city buying at that place. No ee we lee doubt it would be a good move a thief entered the back yard cf) the resid > of J M. O'Nell, at Rich Hill, Monday night and stole the femily washing from the line Our substantial farmer friend and valued subscriber, A J. Voris, of | Spruce called yesterday and renew- ed for 97. Mr Vorisis one cf the oldest eubseribers on our books and is one of our most punetusl patrons The medieal eard of Dr. @ W.} | Robinson appears in this issue of the Tres. eon ble day or n His cflice is in the Dea ht. Dr Robinson lately located in our city and comes among recommenda | us with the highest tions as a physician. Mr. and Mrs. \\ given a big fright Tuesday evening for fear had swallowed carbotie acid The child took the bottle from a stand table where the servant girl hac ita moment before while dus and removing the cork 4 mouth of the bottle to bis tunately he did not get the acid in his mouth and aside from his lips being burnt a little, no damage was done. The Times regreia to learn of the destruction of 5 The fire origi The building was a total lose, the insur- ance policies having expired and were not renewed. Most of the con- tents were saved — The building be- longed to the M E church (South), There were about fifty students attending the schocl. Young in Good Spirtia. Geo. Page who had been in But- ler as a witness in those injunction cages, returned Lome Saturday after noon. Mr. Page told a Review re- | porter that he called on Johny Youug, the man who killed Frank Terrel at Shobetown sometime since, while in that city. Mr. Page says Young talked, laughed and joked with him, ard, judging from +is manner of acting, ope not acquainted with the case, would imagine that he was iu jai on the most trivial charge, rath ev than awaiting trial to answer to the charge of murder in the first de gree, ag the prand jury fixed it. Mr. Page says that Young dors not express the least bit of emotion while talking, and certsiniy does not realize the evormity of «he crime for which he is awaiting triat —Rich Hill Review. Laid to Rest. The remains of Mrs Eliza J. Hale, the beloved wife of J.C Halé coun ty recorder, were Jaid to rest in Oak Hill cemetery Thursday evening laet November 26th, at 3:30 o'clock. ‘The funeral services were condu ted from the family residence cn south High street, Rev King Siark,of Rich Hill, an intimate friend of the far con dusting the servi Mis. Hale wai taken rick ti 1 days pievi ous to her death and at times duri her iliness euffered intense } Death was caused from trouble Mr.and Mra Hale were married December S:b, 1867, the union being blessed with four chil dren, one of whom preceded her to the better world The deceused was bor County, Mo, and was age. n iu Platt 1 years of The family have lived in this county for 29 veare. and two years ago Mr Hale being ted ree rder of the county, moved to this city, from Pleasant Gep townshp. - The deceased waaan st excellent jlady and enjoyed the frienship of all with whom che became sequainted and leaves a wide circ'e cf frienda who will deepiv mourn ber death The Tiwes, with other friende, <x tends sincere sy thies t. Mr. nbers of the fam Hale and other me ily. T has been held that con- sumption is hereditary and the fact that on: Ts son of a family had ded with consump- tion was considered a@ sure sign that others of that family could not escape it. This is partly true and partly untrue. A man with weak lungs is likely to transmit that weakness to his children. But there is no reason in the world why the weakness should be allowed to develop. Keep the lungs fuil of rich, red. whole- blood, and eakness will disap- + il wherever they ma forces them out of the 2 ae ing pr It makes the appetite good, digestion fect. Sold by a medicine dealers. nd he ean be found there | W. Graves were | their little 3 yearold son; g 2ced the! gue college by} stomach | her gee her pear guar wn DS 3S s TIRELESS 36 aS x PS 4 + oi ~TO-DAY IS Sx ~ oye! ae } | of the city of Butler Morris } e, Kay TNF x6 will receive the came attention past efforts. ¥ su | % a oY @nvese AOS +; 6 a — IN OUR _cecazacaty WO we show a great variety of go 4. se 4 % ® boot, solid, well made for $1 OG 4; Ss LENSE ¢ ¢ cy + 7 been the hit Se a) gy North Side To Cure 2 Cold in One Day Take Laxative Bromo Quinine Tab- lets. All druggists refund the money if it failstocure. 5e. 51-6m. he coldest weather in the recol- t-etion of the oldest inhabitant ever witnessed in Montana, was Friday right Jast. 25 degrees below zero. On the same night the worst vbhzzard ever known visited North Dakota. The snow piled in drifts as lLigh as the houses, ned all trains and traffic of every deseription had to be abandoned. Dispatches from Nebraska report heavy +tormea throughout that state nod it is feared that the loss of sheep and other stoek will be very great. Wires are down al! over the state ond trains are runping without the telegraph e Stricken jn the Pulpit. Beuiouville, Ark. Nov. 30 —Reyvy. M.B Hill, formeriy missionary to Cbiua, was stricken with paralys —. chureh (South) Sundsy worning. Lhe church was crowded with anx- tous bearers and; when the sermon was about haif through the minister reeled and feli backward in the pul pit chair. Exeitement rau high in he congregation. Dr. C. H Cragile, i particular friend, with others, selped the afflicted minister, who ia stili alive, but slowly dying. His ste oom Tennessee has been tele eraphed for. That Cuttig Serap. Chas. O'Neil mics.ouer O _ cur by younz Laskey while the | Bast ebd some weeks ago, is able tu be out. He bad an extraor dimary narrow escape from death. Oue ef the gaehes he received only the jugular vein. on bis vose, and added that he stood Later:—Alva Brooks, who was yesterday, tells us he learned that Laskey was not expected io live ¢ jtil this (Monday) morning. — | Hill Review a2 THE MOOEL CLOTHING Co, works while Moris slumbers now able to quote you tae following prices, feeling that they # IT IS NOT WORTH WHILE] to giye you a great long talk on overcoats, just drop in and gee . & a few of our leaders such as that $5 060 Beaver, $7 50 Chinchilla Ulster, $10.00, Kersey and many others. 2 MENS SUIT DEPARTMENT Melton at $7 50, Clay Worsteds at $6 00 to $8 50 SEE OUR MENS,LADIES, BOYS AND CHILDRENS shoes at prices that cannot be duplicated elsewhere 25, a good heavy oi! grnin shoo lace or congress for $100. OUR CELEBRATED 44 CENT underwear sale continues, Merino, Hygienic, Natural wool, Red Fianuel and Reform cotton at tue above prices has (MODEL CLOTHING CO Square. The mercury registered | while delivering a sermon at the M. | > son of Street Com | «il, who was go severe | cwo Were engaged in a fightin the, incked # hair's breadth of reaching | U'Nel succeeded in blackening | Laskey’s eyes and ekinning bis nose. | A few cays ago O'Neil received a’ note from Laskey in which he stated | that erysipelas had eet in in the sore | jan equai show with O'Neil in dying | veri the Stumptown neighborhood | or Trade, ONE OF THE- works while Agee sleeps; Ages Such being the case we are as our patrons have awarded our 1d Wool Cheviots Suits at $5.00, A good of the eseasone. | Why sufier with Coughs, 0 ; and LaGrippe when Laxative B ; Quinine will cure you in one | Does not produce the rivging in | head hke Sulphate of Quinine. up in tablets convenient for taki | Guaranteed to cure, or money! |funded. Price, 25 Cents. For j by W. H. McClement. 38 Ca | | Big Five ina Smalt Towa. | Milan, Mo., Nov 27.—Green Gi {a small town twelve miles est@ | here, wae visited by a very de |ive fire last night, enteiling a los | over $21,CCO worth of propertymil | | in-uranee uot to exceed $13,000 of | The fire originated 19 the bag re ment of Schuser Bros.’ double be 4 | building, valued at $10,000 en! | destroying it ‘Their stock of | goods and clothing, valued at $I in | 060 was a total loss. Frank Albrig 4 | who occupied one of the rooms, #1 3 | a $1200 stock of groceries, sustsi ? | a total loss x This is the second heavy ioe@ ¢ | fire Green City has bad witbio | past year, both under suspicious | cumstances, and it may be that 6 | incendiary ia working vengeavee | the people of the town (ee ee | “Saved My Lifet L VETERAN ST ro vo STORY. \