The Butler Weekly Times Newspaper, January 7, 1897, Page 5

? But too late to do the elothing trade B much good——it finds us with far too f many ’ therefore all idea doned—pay us the cost on any winter suit or overcoat—boy’s or men’s—and its yours. We mean this and it would be well for you to investigate. IN OUR SHOE DEPARTMENT. We're closing out mens $2.50 FULL STOCK CALF shoes for Mens $3.00 Calf shoes for All $3.50 Stoga boots for All $3.00 Stoga boots for Boys 2.00 Congress or Button shoes for - $1.50 Boys 1.50 Congress or Button shoes for - $1.25 Boys 1.25 Congress shoes for Boys 2.00 high top lace shoes for $1.50—extra good winter shoes. Mens 2nd quality arctics $1. Mens 3rd quality arctics 75c. overcoats and suits on hand. y Don’t care to carry these over and of profit is aban- — oe $1.75 $2.00 $3.00 $2.50 185 Visited his daughter Mrs. C. A. Den. ton. A. L. McBride & Co., and McFar- lund Bros., have completed taking , stock. Renick & Higgine, implement | dealers at Warrensburg, have gone | to the wall. : | Mails were late at this place Mon- | day on account of the bad spell of weather. After three days of rain, sleet and snow, the sun came up bright Tues- day morning. i The second day of the New Year was ushered in with a thunder storm, lightning, rain and sleet. | E. J. Williams will accept the | thanks of the Times for a renewal of | his subscription for ‘98 160 acres of land in Pleasant Gap | township for sale at a bargain. | T-At. W. J. Hutcbinson has withdrawn | from the Clinton Tribune, selling his | interest to his partner, SamS. Stark. Duvatt & Percivat. Williams Bros. are invoicing their stock of goods W. T. Huddleson, of Gem Drug Store, Rich Hill spent Friday in the city. The republican bosses have post- poned prosperity until after March 4th Judge W. G Rose, of Indepen dence, was circulating among his friends in this city Friday. Aubery Ewing. so well known in this city and county, took the oath of office as sheriff of Vernon county, Friday. Catarrh is a conatitutional diseare and requires a constitutional remedy like Hood’s Sarsaparilla, which puri- fies the blood. Old soldiera of Adrian met and passed resolutions endorsing Major Warner for secretary of the interior in McKinley's cabinet. Mr. and Mrs. Adair have gone to Tipton to spend a week or so visiting Mr. Adair’s parents. The Times wishes them a pleasant time and safe return. Kansas was storm swept Saturday and Sunday, the wind drifted the | snow until trains were compelled to stop, and travel for a time was sus pended. Our good friend J. M. Courtney, one of Butler's wealthy and promi nent stockmen renews, and he too has the best wishes of the Truus for a happy and prosperous new year. | Sedalia, as well as Nevada, Kansas | |City and St Louis, is in the arms of [the foot pad. When you go to either |town it is well to leave your pocket | book at home. The Warrensburg Journal-Demo [erat printing office was cousiderably scorched by tice Friday. The tire eaug at the noon hour while the \ force was at dinner. The stock of groceries and imple | | mente formerly the property of Lye ,Calver & Co, was sold at assignes’s jsale, Tuesday. The grocery stock | was bought by Mrs. Lee Culver j County supervision of the public schools is a superfluous cftics It merely means the fixng of a place for some fellow to draw a salary The people have taxes enough to pay. If cur eubstantial farmer friend. ‘There will J M Graham, of Calver, was cailed s ee will be an Coat fruit and jhenes tomorrow he weuld carry = ae at H. = WS ee ; with bim a clear receipt from the ehacol Bae apt oH oe 7 E | booming Times, showing his sub See 3 ie ean Hit b abuts iseription paid to Jan. 1, ISOS January 6, Beoy See OL ene This six ja:t the kind of weather that good prople of the different churches comprising the charity conmittee can do a great deal: f good by looki: ‘ter the needy and | destitute of the city, ifthere be such. The Rich Hill Daily Review, ar rivied on schedule time Tuesday morning Acyersity ouly puts a newspaper mano on his metal, and Bob Walter's is built to stand the most severe tempests that can befall the fraternity. A regular western blizzard struck {town Monday morningand the snow came down the nearest and quickest way The streets wera deserted ‘and only now and then during the day a coat tail on the fly eould be seen darting arcund a corner or entering a store door. Sam’l M. Price and Miss Anna Bradlev, were united in marriage at Ball.rd the 30 inst Rev Barret. of the Methodist church officiated Both the contracting parties reside in the neighborhood in which they were married and are among Bates county's most prominent young peo- ple. E Vandegrift, one of Butler’s prominent barbers, next to postoffice building, isa new subscriber. He, too, starts off with the New Year in the right direction, and now that he has joined the great family of the booming Timms. he is certain of suc cess in his business There must be a loose way Of| notifying him of the dangerous ill- doing things at Springfield jal A] ness of bis daughter, Alhe, who is few days ago Guo. Edwards, under seutence of fiye years in the peni tentiary and confined in jail, traded clothes with a tramp who had been ordered discharged and walked out as a “hobo” and made his escape. Uncle Jackey Ryan will accept the thanks ef the booming Trams for a renewal of his subscription for 98 Uncle Jackey is one of the Trgs’ oldest and best subscribers, and is also one of Butler's most substantial citizens. He has our best wishes for a happy New Year. D D. McCann is a new subscriber to the booming Tres. By the way, Dike is a caudidate for constable of this township and the boys will find him in the race. He ie all right, and if he secures the nomination and is elected, he will make the township a good and efficient officer Rich Hill Review 31.—Mr. Joa. M Graves left for Butler on the afternoon’s Pacific train, so as to be on hand to take the oath of office as Sheriff Mudd’s deputy, to-morrow. Joe’s friends all hope he won't have anyone to kill during his coming term All! believe he will makea good and efficient officer. Geo. H. Wallace, sentenced to fiye years in the penitentiary for burglary at Schell City, and who was convicted at Nevada, last week died in jail. Death was caused frem consumption. Just before death the doctors waiting on him perform- \ed an operation aud drew a gallon of pus from his side. Tbe sheriff's office has been moved to the room formerly used by the grand jury. The office now will be found on the second fluor in the northeast corner of the court house. It is a much nicer location and per- haps will not prove so convenient to loafers, who are a nuisance in an oftice where business is transacted. There is a movement on foot to baye a law passed prohibiting any officer of the state or county from appointing a relative to office. The ; The Osage river was reported to | be ou @ Tegular rampage Sunday and arise Of tweoty five feet was report ed. Allthe bottoms along the river! were overti wed audit was appre | } bended that much damage wouid be ihe result. | | The curfew bell rings at Rich | Hit The cficers are baving no} trouble, as the small boy bies him | self home at the first invitation of | the beil Ouly one obj-ctiou, the | bell should get the boys at 7 instead | of 8 o'clock. Miss Gertrude Silvers, holding | a positioniu the Lamar public school | aud who with bec friend Miss Eari | Dye, bas been spending the holidays | with bere parents. Mr and Mrs. ‘I | W Silvers, in this city, has returned | to Lamar Caas. Powell, an Oklahoma des | perado and “pal” of Buli Doolin, was arrested Tuesday at the home of his | mother at Eldorado Springs, after | exchanging several shots with the! officers who made the arrest He | was taken back to Oklahoma Richard Cornelius, cashier of the National Farmers and Planters bank, | Baltimore, Maryland, committed suicide Monday. A shortage in Lis account with the bank of $60,000 eaused him to commit the act. He had been connected with the bank forty two years. Ex Sheriff D. A. Colyer received word Tuesday from Boston, Mass. attending the musical conservatory in that city. He also received word from Kentucky that hie sister in law, Mrs. Jackson, was lying at the point of death. J A Elgin, one of the substantial farmers residing near Passaic cailed Tuesday and renewed Mr. Elgin feeds cattle ona small scale and each year has a bunch ready for the mark et. Monday he delivered a car load to P. K. Williams at Passaic, and realized 4 cents. The cattle were good ones and averaged in weight 1,350 pounds. Deputy sheriff, Joe Graves, made his firet arrest at Rich Hill Friday night. .The offender was Henry Hill and the charge against him was carrying concealed weapons. Hill is the eame fellow that was arrested in Butler Christmas day for beirg drunk and disorderly. He was brought to jail and when searched a razor was found on his person. Harry Kemp, one of Clinton's most prominent citizens, architect and builder, and prominent in the Masonic order of that town, took a teaspoonful of aconite and was a dead man in 10 minutes He had been taking the drug to allay pain caused by neuralgia and it is not thought he intended to take his life Five drops of the drug is a large dose. | Wright Hamilton and Joe Ducot were placed in the Boonville jail a few days ago, charged with the mur der of James Wedges, a negro man employed by John Mackler, in La miue township. The negro was shot ;down while plowing, the load of shot striking him in the back of the head ashe turned his team at the end of a furrow. The crime was committed three years ago. i The Rich Hill Review's relief |fund for the poor of that city con |tinues to grow. It was a happy thought in the Review to take up the cause of humanity in that city. and the effort put forth by Bro. ltsa Gold Wind indeed which blows time it is you who wind. nobody good, This vet the eood of this Our entire stoek of OVERCOATS is being sold without one cent of protit and now is the very time vou need them Come before too late. go in this sale. All overcoats Mckibbens. E.I Wilhams and Z. H Bowles, farmers fiving 4and 5 miles suuth- west of Butler, report tho loss by theft of barness on the night of Dec. 31,1896 Wilhams describes his as 1 wet 12 inch double barness, in use about 2 years, breech+en almost new, 23 foot 14 inch lines, 3 collars, metal | This is the second time} within a few montbs Mr. Williams | hame tug. has been robbed. Notice to the Pablic, There will be an installation of | officers of the Bates County Post | No 58 G. A. R beld at the Court House Jan. 12th, and in connection a bean supper will be given at C B. Lewie’ new building on Ohio street. The public are invited to attend the installation and supper By order Haury Serer, Commander. T. C. Coperann Adjutant SIX OF A KIND JAILED. Had a Kit of Burglar Tools and Sheets of Postage Stamps. A batch of six bard looking cus- tomers were arrested and jailed Sunday The outfit were arrested at the depot, where they were loiter ing about. One of the number had a lot of tine tuols with him, such as are usedina machine shop. They also had a large number of postage stamps in sheets, which they tried to pass at the depot restaurant for something to eat. The fellow own ing the tuols claimed to be a ma- chinist. The prisoners who were arrested by the city marshal, were first lock ed in the calaboose and as no stamps were found on them at the jail when searched, it is supposed they con signed them to the flames at the cooler. It is highly probable the arrest is an important one and that the of- ficers have the same gang that blew the safe and robbed the postofiice at Collins, St. Clair county, last week Prosecuting attorney Clark had them arrested and will hold them pending a thorough investigation. Destroyed by Fire, Early Sunday morning the entire plant of the Rich Hull Review, the oldest and best paper in that city, was destroyed by tire. The Review office was ina 1 story frame building | aud before the fire department reach ed it the house was too far gone to save avy of the material. The fire originated in the pressroom. The Review was the property of C. R. | Walters. The loss is estimated at $7,000, with insurance on material 33,300. Mr. Walters announces that the paper will be continued right along, arrangemects having been made to that effect, and as soon as possible a new plant will be put in. The Trves with other friends regrets very much to learn of the disaster which has befallen Mr. Walters, tut is glad to know that the Review. W.O Jackson went to Jeff-rson | City, yesterday to attend a meeting ;of the Democratic State Central Committee. New features are being continually added to Fraok Leshe’s Popular Monthly, and the publishers say that the coming year will show an even more marked improvement in its |character than was shown during the past year. A Close Call For Mrs. Keadrick . Thursday last, in the abs:ence of | her busbaud whe had gone to Kan- } eas City on busivess, Mra, O. H. | Kendrick residing three miles north | of town, had a very narrow escape ‘from being killed by a mad cow. | The lady went to the lot to care for | 8 young calf whea the cow became ;epraged and made a desperate and vicious aseault on her. As the cow came at her with mouth open tongue out and bawling Mra. Kendrick pre- pared to make the best fight she | coutd and in the struggle she got hold of the cow's tongue and held on with a death grip. The cow was finally subdued and the lady made her escape In the struggle which ensued Mrs. Kendrick was quite severly bruised about the body by being trampled upon by the enraged animal and her escape from being gored to death is attributed to the fact that the cow had been dehorned. SETTLEMENT DOCKET. COURT FEBRUARY PROBATE TERY, 1897. isT DAY, FEB. 8, 1897. Estates. Lucinda E Dale, Denver Dale Executor. George E Pitchford, B B Utley G&C. Isaac C Nafus et al, A L NafusG &C. John W White, N M WhiteG &C. William H Betz, Wm Betz G &C. 2p Day. Jas A Brashears,F J Tygard and J C Clark,Exs, Grover Donovan, F J Tygard Curator. Clyde Willis, F J Tygard Curator. Ray McCalloch et al, F J Tygard Curator. { Mary Donovan, F J Tygard Executor. 3D Day. W T Weller et al, Jacob D WellerG & C. | Lester L Chastine et al, E N Chastine G & C, James L Beattie et al, WS Mudd G & C. Jasper Pierce, Jessie Pierce G & C. Cora E Nafus et al, John Gench Curator. 47H Day. JJ Clark, E W and F J Clark Admrs. Lonna W Reeder et al, J M White Curator, Mary Standish, Jolin Standish Admr. John F Hine, FM CoxG & C. Josie Price, George Price Curator. 5rm Day. Laurine Grosshart, J C Lane Curator. Robt Hanter, T J Hendrickson Guardian | James D Adams, Martha A Adams Admrx. | Wm Grobe et al, Mary A Grobe G & C. | Charles G Stoli etal, John Yoss G & C. Joseph Haines et al, Joseph Schmedding Carator @TH Day. . oseph McCormack et al, WL Kash Carator. hannon Odell et al, Sane) Stapleton G & C. | 8J Brooks, A E Brooks Admr. | Adolph Kaufman, Martin Kaufman G & C. | Henry Cobb, Priscilla Cobb Admrx. i TTH DAY. | LS Keirsey et al, Geo W Keirsey G & C. | Fred K Medley, J KR Jenkins G &C. | David McGaughey, L B Allison Admr. | Fred Bollweg et al, Jacob Finklang G &C._ > ~~ | Walter C Shields, ES Jones Curator. “TH DAY. _ ZR. Radford, of Jasper, county iu spending a few days in the city, The trial of John Blair and Alvah Guest of his brother C. R. Radford. Jodie Haggard, attending the normal conservatory of music, War rensburg, is visiting relatives and friende. G. E. Fox made the right kind of &resolve for the new year, he called tnd enrolled his name for the boom- ing Tiues. H. Rhine, one of our most sub- stantial farmers of Ballard neighbor- hood,renews He has our best wishes for the new year. Our new resolve is to continue to Sive the best paper in the county for $1.8 year. Come in and sub- Seribe for 1897. Mr. Carnegie has ordered a re duction of 20 to 30 percent in wages iMhic mills. How's that for pros- Perity and confidence. The mule market is reported to be improving. Henry Bradley, Cornland, a valued friend of the Times, renewe. W. A. Duvall.Johnstown, is a new tabecriber to the booming Times. | The weather clerk was very kind | tothe children during the holidays. CO. W. Baldwia, of Quincy, Ils., | Blair, his son, has been begun at Nevada. The Blairs, it will be re membered murdered Henry Antho ny on the streets of Nevada June 1. Tho big frame ice house belonging to Robert Jones, at Nevada, buroed Monday morning. Three horses and a wagon and harness were also | consumed in the flames. The origin | of the fire is attributed to sponta | neous combustion. | The Holden Record,to be in fash- | ion with the eastern national banker, | | has suspended. Liabilities, none; | asseta, none; depositors (subscribers) ! few in number and may be paid in | full. The Rich Hill Review reports the Marias des Cygne end Osage rivers on arampage Sunday and Monday | The Osoge was threatening the low | | lands at Osceola and other points \ below that town. movement is a bad one. should have the same right to ap point bis own relative as the relative of some other fellow, provided he is competent to fill the position. George Bryant, the man who at- tempted to murder his wife and her father. W. B. Reno, by shooting each of them twice on the streets of Ft. Scott, a couple of weeks ago, | was found dead and decomposing in ‘a coal drift a mile southwest of the jeity. It isthe supposition be ran to ‘the drift and killed himself. |; Dr. G. W. Robinson, who recently i loeated in this city, has made anoth- |er change and has opened an office ‘at Culver The doctor made many |friends while here who will wish ‘him well in his new location. He ia {a good physician and the citizens of /the neighborhood in which he has {opened an office will find him a gen tleman and worthy their confid ir 'and patronage. | Bae An officer Bob to run the wolf from the door of the poor widow and the destitute is the noblest act of his life, and \that the Rayiew relief fund grows i daily testifies that the charitable are | with him in the good cause. Robert you certainly deservea granite mon ument to mark your last resting} place, and a crown in that great and | jeternal eity whose streets are paved | | with gold. You Can Be Well i | When your blood is pure, rich and ‘nourishing for nerves and muscles | |The blood is the vital flaid, and) | when it is poor, thin and impure you; | must either suffer from some dis |tressing disease or you will easil; i fall a victim to sudden changes, es-, {posure or overwork. Keep y blood pure with Hood's Sarsapar and be well. dinner Pp headache. iu both daily and weekly, will be on ite | , a. Pearly Deweese, CH Raines G & C. feet again in a short time in @ bran | Henry Johanningmeyer, Martin Rapp (i & C. | Claud N Ciark, Joha Brown G & C. | 40 Yeass the Standar new dress and looking cleaner and neater than ever. Awarded Highest Honors—Worid’s Fair. Walter Bernhart, W H Marty GAC. | STH Day. | Rachel Rickett, MJ Ferguson G & C. | Levy Owen et al. Madison Owen Curator. | Samuel Cass, Mary A Cass Admrx. | WH Wayland, NS Whipple & H A Wariand | _ Executors. Frank A Lamb. J C Clark Curator. i 10TH Dax. ; Richard P Harper, HH Wyse Ga. rine Kriger Adn “ nas Strode G&C LL Starr Executs