The Butler Weekly Times Newspaper, January 7, 1897, Page 1

CAPITAL SURPLUS FU RN ee ae RL Na 5,000.00 2,500.00 2,51 ives Deposits, Loans money Isaues Drafts and does a general Banking business. Werolicit the accounts of Farmers, Merchants andthe public generally promising a gfe Depository for all funds committed te sour charge. Weare prepared to extend liberal! accommodation in the way of loans to our cusiomer-. or TC Boulware Geo L Smith H H Piggott Johu Veerwester C & Radford 78 Jenkins TJ Wright ‘Thanking the P ave, we sol Booker Powell Frank M Voris JM Christy RG West Wm E Walton public for their confidence and liberal patronage during the past Ofteen cit a continuance of the same promising honest and conservative man- agement, with strict attention always to the Wants oi our customers, J. RB. JENKINS, Ws. E. WALTON, Cashier. President. EC ASAE 1 NOE EN EE ERAN EI ANS RS RI: Virginia Items. always a welcome visitor at his home. Pearir you ish the Vicgintalnews | Ed Goble has rentea the Dick Craig { “saat vias farm for 97. another year, Pry Prow “4 3 pofor Aaron what he does for you, tell him all ss ania “ pad chy oune moles 7 iy news you hear. gathered at the home of Joe Whin- tH ne Tives gors to friends in other states that nery’s on Thursday eveniug to watch ‘cet up 'till eleven, the old year ont and welcome the tH ro read what happens you and what other folks { HE W One in. Every one seemed hap- ' fo in 1897 py and ail expressed themselves as es :" | havingspenta very pleasant evening. Dick Craig, of Tula, I. Ty. who has | Ps : See onc ‘ B. peen visiting relatives here for sev- ee Liston is quite sick with typhoid c . T y sd fe ' ie aid sere Eoprigond Mrs John Hendrickson and daugh- ‘ rare 2 5 | ter, Miss Rena, of Drexel, who have ' Gee ss been spending the holidays with her The sleet Saturday was the heaviest ‘ ios é . ei 'B for several years; it took down quite parents, Mr aud Mrs W A McElroy, , ranae teult trees returned home Sunday. ae W 1! Pyle and “ee ote Garter: to Miss Daisy Denning’s quilting New j vy y is z Years was a pleasant affair; the nee- ville, who have been visiting her parents, Washington Park and wife and other relatives, returned home Monday. The meeting at church had not closed | Ithas been in progress weeks. CW Wolfe visited his son, James, at Burlington, Kansas, a few days last week. 1996 is enrolled with the years that are past and gone, and with it a number of friendly voicos are hushed indeath in our township: Father and Mother Pilgrim, Father Hensley, § Wiley Comifort, Mrs John McElroy, Miss Florence Griffith, little Cora Feebeck, little ‘Tilda Eswine, four children of Mr Kipp’s, and Mrs John Axton, thirteen in all. New houses built during the year: William Simpson, Elmer Garner, Thomas Wright, © M Drysdale addi- ticn to store room. Houses finished: James Cuzick, W T Cowan. Cellars buiit: Andrew Simpson, C A Wallace. New barns built: Grant Garner, Dave Bean, Washington Park. A large amount of trimming hedge and cleaning up waste tracts of land. Taking everything into considera- tion there was good improvements in the looks of the farms. Several im- provements talked of the coming year. John Will Watkins of Ills., is visit- ing his brothers, Frank and Ben. Aaron got acquainted with him in the fall of 57 in Hamshire county, Mount Carmel Sabbath, about five oF eect te came to Bates county with Jefferson Park in 1857; left here during the war and settled in Illinois. This is his first visit since the war. Miss Mittie Berry, of Adrian, visit- ed her sister’s school at Virginia New Years; Mrs John Campbell, the teacher, treated the scholars to can- dy; the pupils appeared to enjoy the treat Aaron fared with the rest of the “pupils.” After school Miss Berry called at Aaron’s office a few minutes and then left for Adrian. Our merchants were busy invoicing their goods last week. Miss Daisy Park was on the sick list last week with sore throat Steve Cook is not getting along very well at present; he has been sick since September. The corn husking last Thursday and party at night at Sherd Cope’s Was enjoyed by all present. William Voght renews for the Tims for’ Mr Voght is one of Charlotte township’s — prosperous farmers and the booming TsMEs is oF a je DUVALL & PERCIVAL, BUTLER,"MO- FaRmMBoans. a Monev to loan on fa reduced rates me, . Money re * ‘ dies were not as large after the quilt- ing as they were before. Miss Daisy had prepared plenty of good things for them to eat, and all went home | saying they had a good time. Those present were, Misses Alice Crooks, Louie and Ida Cowan, May Bard, Minnie Bean, Icy Jenkins, and Mrs James Crooks. Joe T Whinnery is still confined to the house suffering from a severe at- tack of la grippe. CH Morrison informs us that B F Jenkins and Dr Mitchell fed a car load of hogs in Mitchell’s feed lot on his farm near Virginia. They sold them recently to Alex More- wood, of Amsterdam; the average weight was 503 lbs. Total receipts of the sale $509 50, how is that for gold standard times. Jim Moss’s child is on the sick list this week. The United States mail did not go Monday. Miss Sadie Whinnery returned to | verses, | Oh’ how sweet it will be, In that beautiful land So free from ail sorrow and pain, | With songs on our lips | And with harps in our hands, | To weet one another again. (Mus MJ HENSLEY. im died at the home of », Saturday night Dec. Saturday af- notion that he James Pi jhis son, ¢ a3 ith at S o’cloek p.m. tern von he took a to (reorg , Miss Aliee, took him in as soon as he gotthere he rspelland never rallied. in Lincolnshire, Eng- town of Lineoln, Nov. 53 years of age he left ttled in the state of In 1°46 he married Ruth Ann Bates, who died Dee. 9th, just seventeen days before his death. He moved to Tii sin 1849 and to Rates countv in 1869, settled op the is now located. He sold that farm about twelve vears ago and bought a farm joining RF Harper’s on the west. He lived there a number of vears, then bought the HH Flesher farm, which he owned when he died. He had long been a member of the M E church; over twenty years ago they had a large class at Spy Mound school house of which he and _ his wife were active members. Father Pilgrim had a large acquaintance around Virginia and neighborhood of Amoret. Ameng those who were living on the prairie when he settled there and are yet living are Hugh Gaily, Henry Burnham, William Alman, Thomas Williams, Joe Ma- con. Those who have died are John Tucker, Robert Brown, Pleasant Hair, old man Gaity, David Braden, Billy Braden, Andrew Hamilton, Dr Hall, Robert Leach, Ace Whittler, Capt Craig and Mr Hillard. Father Pilgrim was a great lover of compa- ny; he enjoyed himself talking with his friends. His manner of speech was inild and gentle; we do not know ofa personal enemy. The following wae arranged by his grandaughter, Miss Alice Pilgrim: Dear father thou art taken From within our fond embrace, And our eyes close not for weeping Resting on thy still sweet face. Yet our grief is mixed with pleasure, When we think of Jesus’ leve, For we know our missing father Is removed to heaven above. The funeral services were conduet- ed by Rev Wm Coulter, text Heb. 9th chapter, 27th verse, after which his remains were laid to test in the Vir- ginia graveyard. There was a surprise watch meet- Miss | SWEPT BY A CYCLONE. Storm Works Death and Havoc. | | s. His grand) Greatest Bamage is at the Town ct j i j ! | tract of land where the Amoret depot | and telephone wires, but a special Butler Mouday to resume her studies ing at George Ruble’s on last Thurs- again after spending the holidays at | day night. ‘Those present were WJ home with her y arents. Bard and wife, A W Simpson and Mrs Bennett of Holden, who has wife, Dick Wolfe, Miss Maud Hack- been visiting her son, E A Bennett at] ett, Rachel Park, J W Park, Mrs W Mulberry during the holidays, re-|'T Pyle and son, of Carterville, Mo. -| body away er Your note: able stour of n dne We give! ly turned home sonday. Mrs HC Wilson, who has been quite sick, is improving. Uncle John Furgeson will be a reader of the booming TiMKs during the year of ’97. Miss Effie Rice of Foster, visited her sistsr, Mrs Bennett, last week. Ww Cope had a load of rabbits on the Virginia market Monday. In memory of Amanzar Hensley On Dee. 26th, as the day was fast waning, at the hour of six, the exem- plary christian life of Amanzar Hens- ley came to its peaceful end at the advanced age of ears, 6 months and 23 days. He was born in Mont- gomery county, Ky., May 27, 1821. When 18 years old he confessed his faith in Christ, which was character- istic of the man, and entering with all his heart upon his christian ca- reer he never faltered in doing his duty. He was married to Miss Eliza- beth Frame in 1841 by this union there were born eleven ildren, six sons and five daughters. Two daugh- ters preceded him to the spirit land. His wife was the greatest comfort of his life was taken from him by death three years prior to his death. He seemed never to survive his bereave- j ment. He moved from Kentucky to ri Jackson county, Mo., in 1866 and set- tled near Independence at which place he lived till 1895, when he came to Batescounty. He wasunited in marriage the second time, Nov. 1, 1895, to Mrs Millard Cuzick, who sur- vives him. He was a practical Bible student and his tenacity and regular- itv in reading the Bible was remark- | able, not because he felt ita duty or a good practice, but because he en- joyed it; iudeed his entire religious | life was anenjoyment. He kuew the Bible almost from memory and tried in all things to mould his life by its teachings. It is thought by those with whom he was most intimately associated with that he never experi- enced a single doubt of faith respect- ing God his Savior, and the future state and what a strong h>pe it has left, knowing him to be such a ripe christian. He was a follower of Christ over half a century and age ripened his love for Him. All who knew and became associated with him caught the sweet spirit of his life and saw in his peaceful death the assurance of welcome applaudit of the Father he trusted all through, ‘‘welldone thou good and faithful ser- vant.” Thus ended the life of one | singularly pure and good and though ‘this bereavement leaves a dead ' shadow over the sorrowing family, it also leaves a life long benediction of amost devoted christian father, husband and friend. The funeral sermon was preached Dee. 29, at his home in Jaekson county, by his old | pastor, Rev Black, which was la attended by his relativ i bors, after whi await ther St. John 14 A large number that were invited did not come. AARON, “Ballard Items. The revival meeting at Bethel closed Dec 22nd, with 43 conversions and 31 additions. A large number of the converts are grown persons and heads of families. By this meeting the church bas been greatly revived and strengthened. On Christmas eve the Oak Hill and Walnut Grove Sunday Schools gave an entertainment in connection with the Christmas tree. The program was a good one and well rendered. The house was crowded and every- body was in» merry mood. On Christwas day the families of C M Walley and J M Graham prepared aturkey and goose dinner and invited the priwary scholars of Bethel SS to help eat it. Thirty-three of them responded to the call, and enjoyed themselves to the utmost. MARRIED—At Bethel church, Dec 30th, 1896, at 7 pm, Samuel Price to Miss Anna Bradley, Rev W P Barrett officiating. The attendants were Ed Dalton and Miss Lukie Bradley. The groom is a son of Samuel Price, Sr, of California and formerly of Bates Co. |The bride is a daughter of Wm H Bradley, of Spruce township, and i one of our most amiable young ladies. The young couple have the best wishex of their many friends. In compliance with a petition sign- ed by ueariy all the voters in the jsouthwest quarter of Spruce town. \ship, that part of the township has, {by the county court, been put with | the Ballard voting precinct. | OBSERVER. Anstin Items. Mr Marsiail of Archie, is havinga | constable sale this week. | new house. age to the trees. Frank Ritter wants to Leghorn chickens. Harry Patton has gone to Eldora- | do to attend his father’s funeral. | Miss Nellie Patton has gone to Rich | Hill to visit her aunt this week. buy some | John Taylor has gone to Henry | | county to visit his son, James. | Arthie Schobley has gone to Taney | | county to hunt wild turkey | Mrs Gilbert of Kansas City, spen Christmas with her sons | The Gilbert Bros. have rented | their farm here and will move near K C to be near the market. Miss Elia Searl will leave T sday Au ght. Hiram Frantz has complet is} 5 aes his| swept by a terrible wind and rain There was a big sleet fell Saturday | storm last evening, causing the lo<s_ night, which did a good deal of dam-! | i i | i in Parts of Three States. FIVE DEAD AND MANY INJURED | Mooringspoct, La. } Memphis, Venn, Jan. 3—A cy | clone, leaving death and devastation behind, decended upon the little} town of Mooringsport, La, at 3:30 Saurcay afternvcn. | The reports from the 8 ricken | town are very meager, owing to the complete prostration of all telegraph received at Texarkana at miduight says that four p-opie wee killed outright and three are known te have been fatally injured, and 20 more badly hurt. The entire family of a Mr. Goodman, fiye in number, were killed W J Morgare was slightly burt by falling debrie, but other members of the family did not fare so well. Two of bis little child ren were badly crushed and can not recover, while bis mother in law re ceived fatal injuries. Mooringsport is a towa of 800 of 1,000 inbabitants, situated on the Kausas City, Pittsburg and Gulf railroad, twenty five miles west of Texarkana. The town isan old one but its population has been consid erabiy argumented by the advent of the Gulf road a few months ago. The railroad officials dispitched a relief train at 8 o'clock to the scene of the disaster, but at miduight no further detaila have been received from the little town Advices from Southwestern Ark ansag state that a vivlent wind aud electric storm prevailed there yester day afternoon. Wires were blown dowy and in some instances railway trayel fe interrupted. A rt from Benton, Ark., or the Iren Mountain railroad, twenty mileg south of Little Rock, says tha: a tornddo struck that place and 20 houses were demolished. There wa- no 'o-s of life mentioned in the dis patch. All communication with Hot has been cut off. vameron, a small lumber ste tion, ten miles north of Texarkana. on the;Cotton Belt road, the storm raged furiously, doing considerable dam: Oae man is reported kill ed at this place. Every effort hua- been made by the telegraph com panies to establish communicatio: with Lewisville, McNeill, Magnolia, Pine Bluff and the larger towns lo cated im the southwestern part o the State, but no reports have bee: received from that section up to thie hour. Iron Mountain railway officials re port a heavy storm on the Souther: division of that line. and the S Louis “Cannen Ball” express is d:- layed several bours. Little Rock was visited by the storm, but no damage of consequence occured there. Shrevesport, La, Jan. 3 —At 4:20 yesterday afternoon Captain M. L Scoville received the following dis patch from Blanchards Station, iv tbe norther portion of this parish: “A eyclone struck Mooringsport, La, at 3:45 p m and destroyea every house in town but Mr Neil's residence. Quite.a number of dead and wounded. Please get severa! doctors and what assistance you wish, and be ready at 6 p.m Iwill bayea special train, consisting of engine and coach, read to start at that time. “J AW Evi, Trainmaster. Cincinnati, O, Jan 3—A special from Little Rock, Ark., says: Southern Arkansas Northern Tex as and Northwestern Louisiana were of a number of lives, and the de struction of much property. Tele graphic communication is prostrated to such an extent that details cannot be had tonight,but enough ia kuown | | to warrant the statement that not; less than ten and probably a greater number of lives were lost. It is reported that 25 houses were blown down at B-ntov, and a num er of people injured Benton ir ut twenty five miles south of Little Rock, but the wires to that point jare also prostrated, end up to the esday | present hour no definite information | rela-| concerning the cyclone there bas. box supper at old | been received here. Blockade General in the past. Sincerly Yours, =. D, BIFP, Cashier. Wre wrish one and alla happy and prosperous Now Year, thanizing the customers of the Farm. er’s Bank for their ex- cellent patroaage during ment iu the fury of the storm that bas raged in this section for sixty uours. The snow had ceased falling but the wind still blows a gale, and the temperature is very low. Reports from the state indicat» ouly a partial blockade. Traine on the Union Pacitic, Burlington, Elk born and Rock Island roads west are moving slowly, but within one or two hours of schedule time. On the north and south roads there is much trouble. The Omaha line ir completely tied up, the drifte in the northern part of the state being such that the road could not be opened while the storm raged Branch lines suffered greatly, nearly all being blocked. So far there bas been no Joss of life reported. Io this city business has only been slightly interrupted. Blizzard in South Dakota. Yankton, S. D.. Jen. 4.—The bliz- zard which began Saturday night raged with unabated fury to night. Only one railroad is reported to have moved a train in South Dakota. and oo Fu i Mortgage Sale. } _. Whereas George A Morris and Susanna Mor- is, his wife, did on the 20th day of September { ute and deliver to Bates eounty,in th: } state of Missouri, their school fund mortgage | Which said school fund mortgage was on the | 16th day of October, 1890, duly recorded in book 20 at page 502 of the school fand mortgage records of Bates county, conveying to ter county the following described real estate to-~ wit: The east half of the northeast quarter of section ni sen (19) township thirty-nine (89) of range thirty-two (32), Bates county, Missouri, which conveyance was made to secure the pay- ment of a certain school fund bond therein de- scribed, and whereas said principal and inter: est is now past due and unpaid. Now therefore in parsuanc anorder of the county court. made at the November adjourned term, 1806, of said court, I will proceed to sell the above de scribed real estate at public vendue, to the highest bidder for cash at the east front door of the court house in the city of Butler, county of Bates and state of Missouri, on Wedvesday, Febuary 3, 1897, between the hours of nine o’clock in the fore- noon and five o'clock in the afternoon of that day, for the purposes of satisfying said debt, interest and costs. b. B-4t E. C. D, Sheriff of Bates County, Mo. Trustee's Sale. | Whereas John E Reavis and Sarelda A Reavis, his wife,by their deed of trust dated November l2th, 1884, and recorded in the recorder’s o@cer within and for Bates county Mis-ouri, tn book No. 86 page 516 conveyed to re- gler as trustee, the following describea reat eatate lying and being sitnate in the county of Bates and state of Missonrt, to-wit: The northeast qnarter of the senthwest quarterofgeetion twenty seven (27) lownehi forty-one (41) range thirty-two (38), Jet eed convevance waa made in trust to secure the parment of one certain note fuliy deseribed n said deed of trast; and whereas defanit han beer made in the payment of the prinelpal an:i interest of said nove now past due and unpaid ; and whereas it is provided in sala trust dee this waa the local on the Chicago, Milwaukee aud St. Paul between Yankton and Sioux City. All other train’ were abandoned last night. The storm is the worst that has ever been known for drifting snow, but ‘a not so blinding or cold as the great storm cf 1888, when more than 100 people were frvz-n to death No aasualties of this natura have yet been reported, although a great deal of stock is known to have perished. The Stete Lezislature, which was to, convene at Pi+rre to-morrow,and the banquet to G vercor Lee, which was to have followed, will of neces- sity be postponed, as about eighty of the 126 members are snowbound, and some of them will not nct reach | the capita! for several days. New Home Items. Uncie Ben Caldwell’s daughters, of | + Clinton, are visiting him. Dr Herbert Rhodes was in one day last week look to hang out his shingle. Itsa mistake, William Collins not married. J Q Cope is on the sick list. 3S Kobb was up from Metz Saturday. mrs Lockhart. of Nevada, is visit- ing here and‘ Foster. Jobn Miller was north last Friday on the wolf hunt. Jim Koontz is farnishing Ben with rabbits now. Shear Cope i | | Foster | king for a place is of Butler! Unele ! likely to be a neigh- that in the absence from the e! or refaral to actthe then scting sheriff of tes county shall execute the trust and wherese J B Bra- gler the trustee named therein, is absent from the state. Now,therefore. at the requeat ofthe legal holder of said note and pareuant to the conditions of said deed of trast, I will pro- ceed to sell the above described premises at | public vendue to the highest bidder for | at the east front door of the court hous: the city of Butler, county of Bates and or M uri, on Tuesday February 2, 1897, bet ween the hours of nine o’clock in the fore- | noon and five o’clock in the afternoon of thar ' day for the purposes of eatiafying said debi, interest and enste E. ©. MUDP, \ Sheriff of Bates County, Mo. Acting Trustee. Trustee's Sale. | , Whereas Enoch Bewlev and Martha A Bew- \ley his wife, by their deed of trust dated Angust 30, 1295 and recorded In the recorder’s office within and for Bates county, Missourt, in book No age 247 conveyed to the an- dersigned trastee the following described real | estave Iving and being situate in the county o? | Bates and state of Missouri, to-wit | The northwest quarter of the sonthenet quarter of section thirty-six (36) in townehip torty two 42) of range thirty (30), containing forty (40) acres more or less. whieh con | veyarce was made in trust to secure the yas ment of two certain notes fuliy described in gait deed of trust:and wheress,defauit ha b ec made in the payment of one of eaid notes, whiel said note was given for 850 and was due and pavableon Angust 39 1596 ard the same is now | past due and unpaid Now therefore at the re- quest of the 1 id notes and euant to the i deed of tras | will pr ises at pablic vendne to the highest bid ‘er forcaeh atthe east front door of the court house inthe city of Butler, county of Batee and state of Missoari, on Monday, Februsry 1, 1897. between the bourse of nine o’elock in the fore nor | Give o'clock in the afternoon of that day the purposes of eatiefying tote or $i with interest and costs This sale wilt | he mad~ subject to the payment of the remain- rt i ing note for $550 fully deeeribed in ssid deed or to New Home people in the | of trast j ‘ i B-4t Trastee. spring. = Dr Sharp of Sprague thinks of moving his drug store to Foster. Trvster’s Sale. { { | JIM. \ | | | } Absolutely Pure. br: i M Conover, by his deed of trast j, and recorded in the record ) and for Bates county, Missour: 5 page 404 conveyed to the under- the following described real es- ng sitaate in the county of “Missouri, to- fi) of the north-ast quarter and of lot three (3) of the nerthwent Jes ot ¢ (30 of range thirty-one (24, containing one bundre or leas, which conveyance to secure the paymentof three y deseribed in said deed of , default has been made iz cofsaid notes which said note 4 doe and payable Janca ame is now past duc ant herefore, at the request of ther aid note and pa nt to the -ed of trust, I will proceed escribed pr: s at pohlie caah #F * the