The Butler Weekly Times Newspaper, May 6, 1897, Page 5

re essere ee Sc Abtnoeneenete | > WOOL | SUITS~$6.25 And we mean every word of it—every fibre wool—and as gcod a suit a tell us they a they ever saw. ing fast. your size is come. 90c; 75e glo ing SEE OUR GREAT 50c OVERALL AND 38ce SHIRTS. “TRICOT LONG” CASSIMERE $10. Many of our customers Don’t blame us if WORK GLOVES. Do you know that we are sav- ing you good money on all working gloves:' $1 gloves for gloves for 48c. All other work- garments in proportion. an academy at Merwin. L.S Rich ardson took 100 shares at $10 each, and donated five acres of ground. Dr. T. C. Boulware left Monday for Chicago, to attend the meeting of the National Aseociation of Rail way Surgeons. The Association met Tuesday and will hold a three days’ seseion. The doctor expects ta re- turn home Friday night The Tres wishes him a pleasant and profitable trip and safe return. Miss Lillie Norton bas contrected with the school board to take the enumeration of school children for this district. Every person between the eges of 6 and 20 years should be enumerated, it makes no difference whether married or not. The larger the enumeration the more money the district draws from the state. s usually sells for | : | | | re the best values Retrenchment under the gold standard has struck the M K. & T. railroad and the company has die- pensed with the services of the bag gagemen. The express messengers will do the work of both. This re form to save expenses throwsa good many men out of employment. Jtis also announced that several freight crews will be taken off. The re trenchment always begins with the frainmen or section hands, never at the heads of departments. Mr. avd Mrs. Chas. Ewin’s little 2-year old daughter was taken sud denly sick Monday. The little one became languid at the breakfast table and in a few minutes was in the throes of aspasm. Dr. Renick was called in and after several hours’ watching and treatment, succeeded in quieting the little one and Tuee- day morning it was much improved, and its speedy recovery was antici- pated. They are go- sold before you ves for 68e; 50c¢ George McNeil, one of East Boone township's most energetic and pros- perous farmers, was in the city Tuesday He came down to sce the county court in regard to building a bridge over Mermon Fork in his township. George is one of the stal wart young democrats of the north part of the county, and at the recent township election was made clerk and assessor. He has filled this of fice once before and his efficiency gave him the nomination and election over his protest for the office. Michael Kelley, a discharged con- ductor and employe of the M. K & T. railroad, and whose name has been put on the black list, has had assistant general manager Andrew A. Allen arrested, who appeared at the Four Courts, St. Louis, and gave bond. Kelley is a member of the An effort is being made to build | Bill Adler, the notorious Kaneas City thug who killed postoffice in spector Jesse McClure a year ago, }bas murdered another man. This} jtime the victim is @ colored man named William Johnson. The quar | \ | | | | rel which led to the murder was over 10 canta. The shooting took place on the streets of Kansas Cit afternoon y Sunday | We have been engaged in the! printing business for near 20 yeurs, | and confess to knowing some of the | tricks cf the trade (which are few) | but we had yet to learn of a publisb- | er with the immaculate gall, after | securing a job of work on a sealed bid, to demand additional pay to in- sure the correct completion of his contract. Mr, Atkinson went before -he town council on Monday night and asked pay for reading the proof of the ordinances he is printing under contract. In other words, Mr- Atkinson wants pay for seeing tbat bis work is correctly done, or for discovering and correcting his own errors. This was presuming on the intelligence of the members, and the only wonder is the Mayor didn't order the Janitor to fire him bodily. The Ties office has bad a very euecessful and satisfactory run of job work for the past month or six weeks. In that time besides print ing thousands of letter beads. bill heads, statements, envelopes, blanks and hand bills, we have printed five briefs and bave 160 pages finished on another, which will be completed as soon as the rest of the copy is furnished The briefs completed and deliyered are: L S. Paddock vs. Mo. Pacific Ry. Co; Frank DeBoth vs Rich Hill Coal Mining Co.; State of Mo. exr-1 E. C. Crow, attorney generel ys. Geo. H. Page. The above briefs were prioted for Graves & Clark, attorneys. We have also just completed a brief for attorney Jackson in the ease of State ex rel Edward C Crow attorney general, relator vs. Geo. H. Page, respond- ent Ths cace is to decide the legal ity of the Rich Hill city election as regards the office of marshal, Mr Page being inarrears for taxes when elected. The uncompleted brief we have on hand is in the case of Mary Hamman vs The Central Coal & Coke Co and will make from 200 to 250 pages. Perry & Crain, Graves & Clark are attorneys for appellant. i W. T. Gaugbey, of Sprague. and Frank O. Sites, of Adrian, were brought before the county court Monday, adjudged insane and sent to the asylum at Nevada. Gaughey is a single man about 30 years of age, and lived with his widowed mother. He became insere about See the low cut ehoes Max Weiner is selling at half of their value. The public school will close May | et. ! The circus season has opened up and several big circus have taken | the road. An Indiana man has secured a contract to furnish 6,000 horses for the British government Small pox has made its appearance in St Louis, and ssyeral cases haye been taken to the pest house. It is a pleasure to note that there | has not been a shooting scrape at Rich Hill for the past two weeks. Clardy & Bruner, Butler's ener- | getic real estate men, are making | | atrangements to issue their anuual | teal estate bulletin. Don't fail to see those Ladies‘ Misses and Qhildren’s nice low cut | thoes at Max Weiner’s. Prices cut | half in two. Those Greek princes are too par- | ticular of their personal appearance | tomake good generals. On dress parade and at banquets they are up | to date. ‘At half of their value, you can buy aLadies, Mieses and Childrens low cut shoes at Max Weiner’s. Come tnd see them. We learn from J. R. Radford that "Kern Maxey, the 10 year-old son of Dr. Maxey, of Johnstown, broke his | arm at the schoo! house on Tuesday. | He fell from a swing. | \ \ Sixteen business houses were burn- edat Carterville, Ils, Friday. It was only by superhuman effort that F the eatire business portion of the | town was not destroyed. Mason Smith, the old man charged With the murder of his wife in Ver- ~ a is on trial for his life at Nevada. e evidence is circumstantial. The trial of Tobe Lanahsn, the ero who murdered Willie Gaines, 12-year-old colored girl, st Jeffer- n City on Christmas night last. ended Sutvrday in a verdict of guilty. ‘and Lanaban will hang for the crime. Hons. W. W. Graves and Thos. Smith went to Kansas City Mon- day to argue the motion for tempo- rary injunction in the Coleman case before the Court of Appeals. The Peourt reversed its decision in the G. B. Parker, one of the promi nent farmers of Summit townehip, order of ralway conductors, who] two weeks ago. He is a stout, hearty are backing him in the suit, the in-| young man and friends who brought tention being to makea test case and | him to town could assign no reason zee if the black list system cannot|as to the cause of his derangement. | with Mr. Atkeaon for printing the | Times has over 100 designs to eelect Bon county some five or six months | was in the city Tuesday and said he be abolished. had just finished planting 120 acres} @G.G. Henry, one of the promi- of corn. A part of his corn is up|nent farmers and good democrats of and high enough to plow. Pleasant Gap township, called Sat- urday and renewed. At the recent townsbip election Mr. Henry was city ordinances, and they should see elected clerk & assessor. Two years that he does the work correctly ac |®&° he made a splendid race for cording to specifications. His effort | circuit clerk of this county, and eaid to swindle the city by demanding it was quit likely he he would enter additional pay for discovering and |the race again two years hence. He correcting bis own errors will not informed us that farming in his sec be countenanced. tion was farther advanced than up this way, and that Monday he in- tended to begin plowing corn. One vight last week Ida Caton, the 15-year-old daughter of Mrs. Nannie Caton, while returning home, was halted at Engineer strest and the Mo. Pacific crossing in Sedelia by a negro, who forced her to a ravine and repeatediy assaulted her The brute finally released the girl and told her to go home and tell her motber she had been ruined by a negro. The girl dragged herself to the nearest house and gave the fos : eee No particulars | arm. She was seriously injured. The town council has a contract The Trurs office has just received from the Graham Paper Co, St. Louis, two boxes of samples of pro grams for commencement exercises. The samples are all of ths newest aud latest designs and are the hand somest we have ever seen. Tho from. Call and see them. Sheriff Mudd recsived the follow- ing dispatch from Sheriff Living ston, cf Barton county, Tuesday: “Have you got blood houcds that will track mav? If so, wire the price for coming here.” were given. Marion Morton deliberately shot and killed bis father near Satem, Mo, Saturday. The dispute which lead to the killing was over a divi- sion fence between the two farms. The son was 25 years of age and the father 52 H | Sale Positively Closes June ist. The flood at Guthrie, Oklahoma, last week caused the death of over sixty persons. The property damage \is estimated to be over $200,000 | Over 400 homes in West Guthrie were washed completely away. ‘Ihe damages to crops is put at $50.000, and the Santa Fe railroad will lose $30,000. A poll of the flooded dis- LOO trict ehows 82 persons missing, the) | | | 3 THrIs BRE OO sTORE- Millinery at 50c on the $1.00 FOR majcrity of them are colored. } | Wo. E. Walton, who has been ab sent at Hot Springs and a ramble through Texas, returned home Mon | day evening. Mrs. Walton has been ‘at Hot Springs for the past two or ‘three months for her health, and he found her slightly improved ard she | will probably return home in about \ten days On his trip through Texas! 2d Door South Postojjice It will save you money. A grand rush Saturday and we are preparing for another, a jot of newly trimmed hats this week at prices never before quoted for DAINTY SUMMER MILLINERY. Come and see the surprises we have in store for you. | Mr. Walton visited the much adver-) | {ised town of Port Arthur, took in} | the sights there and bought a couple | of lcts. Hesaid the railroad com | | pany who own the land are making | t effort to boom the new city. | Don't let Zthis opportanity pass. oe /a& grea | land if deep water is sgcured Port) | Arthur will kecome one of the chief | cities of Texas. | 0940000000000900000000 000000000009 i SALE CLOSES JUNE ist. i Except on one occasion about ten days ago, he picked up a shot gua im the bousa and fired a charge of shot through the head board of the bed, narrowly missing a young lady who was behind it, has he shown any signs of being vicious. He ap- peared very docile in the court room and the only trouble he put bis at tendants to was in following bim about, as be was very restless and wanted to be on the go continually. Frank Sites is the 17-year-old son of A J. Sites, residing near Adrian. His mind bas been unbalanced for some time, and he had become very violent and dangerous. His desire being to kill and burn property. This case was a sad one and the parents deserve the sympathy of the community. Mesers. Carpenter & Shaffer poultry dealers of this city are preparing to do business on a larger scale in the future Their business in the |pest year has outgrown their old quarters and the firm to answer the demande of their growirg trade bave been compelled to eveci a pew com modious, and modern building on their lot just acroes the street in the rear of Bennett-Whe:ler Merc. es- tablishment. Monday groucd was broke for the foundation of the new | stucture which will be built of brick 25x80 feet. two stories high, with basement room. The estab] shment when completed will bave water. electric lights and all other improv ements necessary to carry on the immense business which the firm do. The poultry business is getting to be a very prominent industry of this section of the «tite, and by feir deal ing and attention to business the firm of Carpent-r & Sheffer bave the trade in this county. is glad of the firms prosperity ard | hopes to see their trede enlarged by i their better facilities to acer modate | the public i “Not Exactly. Right ~ | Thousands of pen le are this coudi }tien. They are and yet they lere by no mes A sirgie bot tle of Hoot’ S ta would do them a world of good. It on lis the tme ack indigestion, biliousness. flock themselves un | Hood's Pills cure neusea, | headache, g All druggists. 25¢- ‘the middle-of the road call lestablished almost a nonofo'y to} The Trwes | s that erowd but we herdly thought ! Carroll, of the populist state central Come to us for CARPETS, MATILINGS, LACE CURTAINS, WINDOW SHADES. We haye saved money for others, we will save you money McKIBBENS. 30000 000OOOO0OOOOOOIOOE High Grade Low Shoes AT HALF OF THEIR VALUE. We have on our bargain counter a fine assortment of Ladies, Misses and Childrens low shoes, on which we have cut the price half in two. COME AND SEE THESE BARGAINS Ladies Fine Low Shoe a $2.50 grade for $1.25 Misses Fine Low Shoe a $1.75 grade for = 75» Child's Fine Low Shoe a $1.25 grade for .50 MAX WEINER. aaa eaiiaiaa | TO BUY FROM US ose | D. ~ MEANS MONEY SAVE We Are. Headquarters For Mens, Boys and Childrens Clothes -- OUR MOTTO -:- Small Profits, Quick Returns. Nothing Misrepresented. Try Us. JOE MEYER, THE CLOTHIER. jj LARGE STOCK OF STRAW HATS BOYS HICORY HATS Five Cents. | : | ibe Gadmus Gordon, the defaulting! Robert Jones has gone to Rich express agent, at Leeton, Mo, bas’ Hill, where he bas accepted a clerk- been brought back from California | ship ia the grocery store of Weath- and lodged in jail at Warrensburg. |ers & Hedrick. He is an upright, He claims he staked the money $1,-| honorable young nan and will make 000 <n the Corb-tt-Fitzsimmon’s|the frm a good and competent prize fight and lost it on Corbett. | salesman. $OSSOSOTOSOO | Chsirmin Rozelle and secretary, Dr. Joho T. Berry, of Carthage, Mo., aged 87 years and one of the oldest practiciog physicians in the city, died Friday He was saveral years a member of the bosrd of ex- aminers of pensions, and Monday before bis death received notice of his removal from office under the new administration. committee, have a poor opivion of fer a national convention to meet at Nash- ville, Tenuessee, July 4th. The Leader, the state organ of the popu list party. bas this to say of the call: “Tbe widdle of the road populists have at 'ast brcken ont is apparent real earnest and defying «!l, bave eda very wordy “call” for a Na-) at Neshviile, Tenn, | The Baptist church et Eldorado Springs with a membership of 250 has split wide open. The bone of issu tin costention was raised over the re ) meeting 4h Lets see, that ia the time|employment of Rev. Barker. He ad jl-ce to sbich Coxey adjourned | was re employed by ballot, only a himself and son in-law to, last Janu-| very small majority voting for bim, 2th, in St Lovis. We koew 3 Th: mico ity made s9 much troube that C. y was planning to capture that Rev. Barker resigned and with sevepty of the members withdrew from the church and are holding gervites in the court louse. Those self out of the people’s party and | who remained with the old church why shouldn't shangbai chickens | will call a new minister at on der old shanghei’s Brethern in the church should dwell ' together in unity- i they would be bagged eo easily. It's naturel however. C read Lim | wig?”