The Butler Weekly Times Newspaper, January 28, 1897, Page 5

At Last and overcoats and really necesary for A geasOll. jdea of profit for u ol : Hd of d ° at cost for CASIE or Bond Sor Be if one giving us a go heavy goods. boots and on many ' COOD ARCTICS FOR 60c. Hh Winter gloves, winter underwear, Winter is Rere, Too late however gill here and we are anxious to sell, go much so that we } YONTHS TIME WITHOUT INTEREST to any + That’s rather long time, but this has been an exceptional hard winter on BIN OUR SHOE DEPARTMENT You'll find big reductions on all wool socks, overshirts etc., at closing heavy suits are the first time this for any s. Lots of them will either sell we will give & od bankable note. lines of shoes. WOOHOOOOOHOTOOOOIOOOOOOOOOOGOOOOOOOOOOI ORION Frank Welch is a new subscriber the booming Times. The Times faithful friend and good becriber, E. N. Jones, renews for Miss Daisy Park, one of the Times med lady subscribers at Vir- ia, renews. Atkeson and Long have one chance ‘ito be in the swim ‘They can pin Coxey’s new party. fin N. Hutchinson has his| dress changed from Eldorada | ings to Walker, Mo. The Commercial Hotel at Rich ill came near being destroyed by Sunday at 3 o'clock. Henry Wells and Pierce Hackett, | tended the meeting of the populist e committee at Jefferson City Hut week. A petition numerously signed was wat to Jeflerson City from this place questiny a reduction of railroad | lue from 3 to 2 cents. Acold wave struck the town Sat Uday night and Sunday morning the mercury dropped to zero. The cold wave Saturday night Wruck this region a little too late to Wesee the clothing merchants. The name of ibe present Sheriff Bates county is Mudd, and it is tt out of place to remark that he is Wrietly in it just now.—Appletcn City Journal. | das. Clayburn, colored porter on thesouth bound passenger, had his | Butt leg broken at Pleasant Hill Sat- day morning, while transferring age. | The hay shippers at Richards, | pYernon county, have been having | Rouble getting cars in which to load \ flay. The heavy demands for cars! Aroughout the country has caused | Mahortage. Rafling off different articles is ting to be a frequent occurrence n of law i some of he con Fcr sate—Canopy top surrey, al- most new, a splendid vehicle; fora bargain call on McFartaxp Bros. The public schools at Dudenville, near Golden City, have been closed on account of scarlet fever. The lecture course thus far has been the most pleasant entertain ments ever held in Butler. They should be kept up and no doubt will be. A week has passed without a sin gle hold up at Rich dill. This isa good indication that the poker play ers are staying at home with their families. The Review relief fund has done good work at Rich Hill, as all the needy have been provided for and there are no cases of destitution in the town are provided for. Kx-Senator J. B. Newberry, was isthe city Saturday. He reported Chairman R zelel. and friends were teco mucb for the midd}.—of- | the-roaders at the state meeting «f ‘the populist commitree at J-ff-reon last week. The middl.— f-the-road lerowd lost every point raised. | The body of A P Starling, a | negro coal miner wes found on the (prairie one mite east of Hamilton, | M+. Sundey morving He had been! | drinkiog aniin going bome Saruc | jday nivzht the cold wave caught him! and he froz+ to death | The leerure by Bob Bardett Mon t was up to expectations, urge audience lef: the opera d@ faily used oa satisfied 2 lecture was of tun from jstart to finish aod the audience was | kept to a roar of Inugbter Failu wreck on the Pirtshury > nd Wester }raroad near Clarion, Penusvivanta. | re of the arr brakes eansed a killed and about fifteen passengers | Mr Clark, superintend ent of bridges bad both arms broken badly burt. Prof J H Etter, principal of the Merwin schools, bas aunounced that be will be a candidate for the «office of school commissioner, subj-et to} the action of the democratic conven tion Prof. Etter is a good demo will make a good race for the nomi-ation erat and a good teacher, and C C. Clizer, one of Spruce town ship's colid and substantial citizens while in the city Saturday culled and | renewed. We bave it from pretty | good euthority that Mr Chzer be iu the racs for R-corder at the} Mr. C. is a No 1) good map and no doubt if he con- cludes te run he will make it warm for the fellow that beats him. will next election. The Hume Telephone, criticises Prof. W. M Martin, priacipal of the late Sprague college, pretty severely ov bis couduct in relation to the building of a new college at Hume, for not coming to time according to agreement. The professor was iu Butler a short time pretending to be an elocutionist. But he bas gone and we don’t know where. The home of Lanie Maitre, a French coal miner, near Shobetown, was destroyed by fire Sunday. The family was sitting at supper when the fire burst through a partition, baving caught from a defective flue The house and coatents were a total loss, and the family is left not only without a home but destitute. A stranger reprecenting bimeelf to be a stockbuyer from Jackson county, was victimizing the unsus pecting in and about Richarde, Vernon county the other day. Among others he caught Ed Steele, well known in this city,on a $2 check. Ed, however, caught on after he learned that the fellow had left an overcoat at the hotel for board bill. and overtook him up the railroad track and got $1 50 of his cash back. ‘ We received a copy of the Port land Oregonian of date Jan. 2ist, which contained a notice of the birth ofa fine boy at the home of Dr. J.| T Wall The doctor was so proud of the boy be put great big blue pencil marks around the birth notice | { so we would not fail to see it when! ‘destroyed by | fom dida’t get a cent | briog if sold from a b Thirteen prisoners were landed in the penitentiary last week, all from Vernon County. The Northwestern Sraove Repair company’s factory, at Chreago, was Loss The fire « lgpany when fire Monday $400 000, they atived found all tbe fire plogs froz-o audit fifteen before they could wet water Tom = Borker, of sas tuinutes Jim and sued the erry for $3,000 Phe janes Jim are gettlug opto the plaus of these! fellows who fall through sidewa'ks | lacd then want damages for lascerat | ed dimbs for their three or what entire careass would Jo oM. Courtney informs us that ihis brother, E. R- Courtney, who has | been quite sek at the residence of : z ! i Sunday, ond three railrond men were | his sister, Mrs. George Tueker, in! this city since December 23.4, is tre} provirg slowly He has been suffer ling from poison of the system core) | ‘ tracted at the amelters at Argentine, Kansas Mr. Courtney isa contraetor and came to visit bis brother and sister when taken sick For atime he was in quite a dangerous condition, and his many friends will be glad to learn be is now improving. Chief Robinson cught to test the, fire plugs in this city. In case of fire, whieh is liable to brake out at any minute, he should know that the plugs are ali right and ready for service. We dare say there are plu; s in this city that have not been test- elfor sometime The people pay for protection against fire and they have aright toknow that the ma- ebinery is in order A. R Sharp, hind brakeman ov Conductor Vandiver’s local freig’ t on the Mo. Pacific railroad, met witb a horrible death at Pleasant Hill at 11:20 o’elock Monday morning. At the time of the accident he was mak- ing what railroad men call a flying switch, and fell from the top ofa car while in rapid motion, the crue] wheels passing over bis body, rolling it up ina heap. The unfortunate victim leaves a wife and two chi!- dren who reside in Kaneas City. The deceased was one of the most popular railroad men on the line A Mrs. Snow, a lady well know io Schell City.arrived in Sedalia Friday night penniless and was shipped on to Schell City, where she claimed she had friends She was demented and had been held at Jeffersoa City by the police. The Madison house at Jefferson City held her trunk for a board bill Her delusion was that her daughter had been killed in Ari zona, and that Senator Vest bad agreed to have a bill passed in the United States senate reimbursing her for the death of her daughter She also had a large batch of letters on her person adressed to Governor Stephens all bearing on a re imburs ment to her for the deata of her Cimton, | stepped into a bole in the eidewalk | four times) oe We have added to ourscece \ 7 CORSET DEPARTMENT ———A LINE OF—--—— LOOMERS CUTAWAY AND MADE BUST CORSET whieh have a bigh reputation for fit, comfort aud wear. | | i Ss (18 tb pear! bomoy O 8 th white Scotch cat flakes 25 ' ‘Ltt Winner plug Tobacco 20 GROCERY | 2 Th Battle Ax tobacco 415 - 1 theream Taffy Candy 5 | 8 cans oi! sardines | Know of no better way to repay the 1 larze cans Mustard sardines nw on people of Bates county for the large 6 cans pure sugar coru 25 te le we received last year, thau to 3 cans Cal 3 Tb table peaches 25 » jmake extremely low prices, for the ~ q's. cranberries 15 1 tb pure maple sugar 10 We learned from the ; Nealon Hedictirene 20 pasbryear,) hala wey car eellato. un | 1 bu. large Northern potatoes 30 trade, at actual wholesale prices. We | 19 boxes best parlor matches coming year. ean make our profit off the manu | 4 doz. clothes pins . facturer and jobber, by buyiog as 1 doz large fancy lemons 20 we do, mostly in car lots, where the 3 th Cal evaporated peaches 25 goods are made, and paying cash Fare incu asia = aud getting ail the discounts. The | 8 ‘es Tanex ae 25 reason we can do this is because the | 8 bare silk soap 25 people of Bates county, haye joined | 8 bars Clairette soap 25 together and giyen usa large trade | 10 bars Ark soap 25 1 barrel fine salt, new barrel and in the dry in ware house 1 10 No. 8 copper bottom wash No tirm can sell goods cheap, unless otherwise, we could not do it. they have a big trade, and we will boiler 80 say to the people of Bates county. if | gel tin buckets 10 they will stand by us this year, we| 1 gal “ oe 15 will furnish them the cheapest goods | Large retinned wash pans 10 th-y ever bought, if we save you $25 2 pt cups 05 Western square washers 2 50 Best biue dashboard lanterns 75 Solid copper wash boil’r No8 2 16 1 set pure lead glass tumblers 25 2 lead glass jelly stands 25 to $50 1m your grocery bill during the year, it is the same as giving you that much money at the end of the We intend to sell the goods this year, if good goods, at whole year. Do not buy any barb wire or naile, until you see us, we havea car of each coming and the price is away down. We will make things warm in barb wire and nail line. We have also bought largely, of wire chicken 22 tb granulated sugar $1 00! netting, and stock wire fencing, 50 th straight grade flour $1 10] we also have the largest line of fine 50 tb good family flour 90 | axes in Butler and will save you 25¢c Swall sack meal 10 | on every axe, if you don’t thivk we Large sack meal 20 | will save you money on anythiog in 1 package Lion coffee 15 |the hardware line (which are too sale prices, full weights and good treatment will doit. We treat our customers all alike rich or poor, and the eame price for all. havieg bad a most delightful visit! we opened the paper. Congratula while in New York, among relatives j and old acquantauces. Isaac Yoakum the Johnson coun- ty farmer who deserted his family and eloped with 14-year-old Daisy | Brown a short time ago, was arrest- ed at Falls City, Nebraska, and will be brought back. A couple of safe blowers who have been operating in thesmall towns iv St. Clair county, were captured by the martha! at Deepwater and are now behind the bars in the jail at Osceola. They had a full set of burglars’ tools with them. Martha Lacy an aged negress living at Lexington, Mo., was found frozen to death Sunday morning She had no home and Saturday night | sought shelter from the cold wave in the basement of a dilapidated frame house. The Tres was complimented with a special invitation to attend the _ dedication exercises of the new) Christian chureb, at Merwin which event teok place Sunday last. We are sure the occas On Was 2 baeppy i regret yery muc attend, ‘tions, Doctor, and best wishes for | the youngster. We publish today the cfiicial financial statement of the Mis | souri Bank as made to the Sec ratary of Stateon Jany 21, 1897. This statement shows the Bank bas owing it, loaned to its customers, $102,285.27; cash in safe and in other banks, $29,546.34; due deposi tors, $77, 147.37. Considering the stringent times this is an excellent showing and one the officers should be proud of. We are informed that \these gentlemen have made an extra «ffort to clean up, and that vow their paper. 2s a whole, is better and cleaner than ever before kaoown in the history of the Bank. This insti tution was established in 18890 by | Wm. E. Walton aud his reputation | as a succegsful financier gave it a ‘standing from the start, which ite lexcellent management has since) | maintained. He is still its president, | and bis name in bavking circles is a uarantee of the stability = . R. Jenkins of the; - condition since its organization over | eight years ago, all of which was very much appreciated by the stock holders. The success of this institu tion ehows yery clearly what conser vative, intelligent business methods may accomplish in strictly commer cial banking. when supported by unlimited capital and the absolute! day from her home in Montana to confidence of the public in general | visit ber mother aud other relatives The directors re elected are: Jas M.jund friends. She reporte Harry's McKibben, Judge Clark Wix, E. A-| health as much improved. Bennett, J Everingham, Jno. Steele, M.G Wilcox, J. J. McKee, H M.| The Shadows of a Great City will Gailey, D. N. Thompson, Jobo E.|be at the Opera House on Friday Shutt and E D. Kipp, a mors sub | night Jan’y 29th. This show is very stantial and coneervative set of men/|, hiv recommended. Some of our Beau De arcecu le to seiece icon ‘citizens have witnessed it im Mrs. J. H. Frizell, who bas been visiting io Illinois and Indiana for day. She visited Mrs. Morris in Chicago for several days. Mrs Harry Pigott came in Mon- Catarrh in the Head dations. Is a dangerous disease. It may lead directly to consumption. Catarrbis| A mob of about twenty men rode caused by impure blood, thejicto Osceola Saturday, with the true way to cure it is by purifying avowed intention of hanging tae the blood. Hoods Sarsaparilla cures | catarr because it removes the cause 2 by purifying the bl two burglars and safe blowers cou- The sberif got cir coming and prepared ot Sced in jail there. of ut several weeke, returned home Mon | | Kansas City and add their commen | daughter. She was well dressed 1 package Arbuckles coffee 15 | gumerous to mention) just come in i ¥ 1 package XXXX coffee 15 | aud price them. NUS [AG ARGS us Lares aL 12 tb fisest H. P. navy beass 25 | We are not cutting ou } doz articles, the stockholders of the Farmers’ ied 25 sg k . - A 10 Tb dried green peas to make people think we are selling Bank at their regular annual meeting | ¢ +, faucy Rio coffee 1 00 | goods cheap. as some are doing, but reelected the same directors and Lib pure Java Blend coffee 20 | we are knocking ovrices silly, on officers for the ensuing year. A 1 th Crown Blend coffee o5 (everything we haudle. Thanking |statemest of the condition of the| | b pee icen Inga ébfin oF | you for past favors. bauk was read, showing the bank in|... |e We are truly yours, r i |8 tb Dwights soda 25 | the stropgest and most prosperous | , fe Gina Starch 25 | WILLIAMS BROS. nn ss EE! OO ‘Dr. M. E. Bryan, DENTIST | Office southwest corner of square over i T. L, Pettys grocery store, Gag- to Succeed Carlisle. | Chicago, IIL, Jao. 22 —Lyman J. 1 Gage, president of the First Nation- al bank of Chicago, bas been asked informally by Presidentelect Mc- | Kinley to aceept the portfolio of | Secretary of the Treasury. Mr. Gage | eaid to day that he is now debating | with himeelf if his personal obliga- | tions are paramount to the demands | of public duty. Confesses he Stole Cattle. Clinton, Mo., Jan. 22 —The tria! ‘of Julius Ritschel, a well connected | young man of Montrose, for grand larceny was suddenly terminated this afternoon by the defendant pleading guilty aud throwing Lim- se'f on the mercy of the court While ran r shop last '