The Butler Weekly Times Newspaper, May 13, 1897, Page 8

eee erm ee aaa ema Sorenmian eaters ee EE —— ey Childrens all Wool Suits Mens Guage Underwear it Mens and Boys Sweaters 25 Cents. CLOTHING FOR THE LEAST MONEY We ate Offering Big Values in MENS ALL WOOL SUITS AT $5.00, $6.00, $7.00 BOYS ALL WOOL SUITS AT $4.00, $5.00, $6.00 fs (WHAT THE POOPLE WANT) GOOD QUALITY AND WELL MADE : Mens and Boys Work Pants - 2 : Mens Bleached Drill Drawers JOE MEYER, $1.50, $2.00, $2.50 50c 15c - 20¢ at : ae: | THE CLOTHIER. 9P090000-09-0-0 000009900000 000PIOO0O000 | BUTLER WEEKLY TIMES LOCAL ITEMS a Thorough bred white Plymouth Rocks exclusively; eggs 50c per 15. Qlelm. Mrs. E. F. CraBtrex, Butier, Mo. Window glass, roofing and build ing papers, picture frames, carpets, shades, wallpaper, paints, etc., at D. W. Drummonds. 4.tf. Haxpwoop Lumser.—Orders left at Bennett Wheeler Merc. Co.’s for all kinds of hardwood lumber will have prompt attention. 1-tf CHARLES aa To Cure a Cold in One Day Take Laxative Bromo Quinine Tab- lets. All druggists refund the money if it failsto cure. 25c. 51-6m. Hood's Sarsaparilla is known to be an honest medicine, and it actually cures when all others fail. Take it now. Corn is coming up vicely and the acreage planted this season is large. A number of our early farmers are plowing corn Wheat and oats are looking fine, but a good ehower of rain would be an advantage. Eastern capitalists have been in Walker, and the people in that burg are sure now that the Eldorado rail- road will be built from that place to Eldorado. All that is lacking in starting men to‘work grading is the matter of right-of way through the principal streets of Walker and on to the Springs. Hon. F. V. Hamilton, of Adrian, who made the race for congress on the republican ticket against Judge DeArmond, and who has been spend- ing several weeks in Washington, has returned home. We understand Mr. Hamilton’s trip was mainly in the interest of his candidacy for the marshalship of Alaska. The cruiser Brooklin needed re- pairs and the naval inspectors esti- mated the neceesary cost at $8,000. The job was given to the Cramp Bros, naval contractors, who have presented a bill for $120,000. That is the way the treasury is robbed and government contractors grow rich.—Pleasant Hill Local. The Marshall Democrat-News is on the high road to prosperity, not- withstanding the depressed condition of the country and scarcity of filthy lucre. Last week this splendid paper put in a new Babcock cylinder press, Economic folder, gas engine and a new job press. The Democrat- News has been able to add these improvements from the fact that it lives in a live town, filled with ener- getic and wide awake merchants. Blood Humors ‘Whether itching, burning, bleeding, scaly, crusted, pimply, or blotchy, whether simple, scrofulous, or hereditary, from infancy toace, speedily cured by warm baths with CuriccRa Soap, gentle anointings with CvTicvRA (oint- ment), the great skin cure, and mild doses 0f Curicura RESOLVENT, greatest of blood Purifiers and humor cures. QGticura x a hg Porrsa Dave axpCzzu. =e = Bvery Blood Brery Blood Hamer," free. ‘FACE HUMORS E2>s22;; LA Assesors to Meet. The Ties is requested to say that a meeting of the assessors of the different townships will be held at the court house in this city, Satur day, May 29th. Every assessor is urgently requested to ba present. Dr. Bowden was appointed post- master at Johnstown, and C. D. Greer at Spruce last week. M. P. Thompson, of Mayesburg, will accept the thanks of the hoom- ing Trzs for a renewal of his sub- scription. scope, will be at the Opera House three nights commencing tonight. Prices 10c, 20c and 30c. Mrs. W. D. Blair left Wednesday evenioing for Henderson, Kentucky, where she expects to spend a month visiting relatives and friends. Mrs. M. V. Carroll and her two little boys are spending the week with her parents ia Butler On Sat urday she will join her busband at the State capital. Mrs. T. C. Copeland has brought suit against the city, through her attorney, T. W. Silvers, for alleged damage from falliog on a defective sidewalk. The accident happened in the early part of last winter. The Timxs’ good friend, Zera ‘Raybourn, saperintendent of the dining room of the penitentiary at Jefferson City, sends the necessary to renew his subecription. Zera has a good position and it is probable he will bold it for four years more. London, May 8.—The St. James Gazette this afternoon publishes a report that two Cretan Christians have started for Constantinople to assassinate the German Ambassador, Baron Saurma Von Jeltsch, and the Austrian Ambassador, Baron Von Catico. The merchants tell us Saturday was one of the best trading days they have had in many weeks. The city was full of people and it appear- ed all came to do’ some shopping. Butler has become famous as a trad ing point on account of the push and energy of her merchants and the low prices at which they cell goods United in marriage by Wm. M Dalton, judge of probate, on May 11th, 1897, Mr. Chas. Ford and Mrs Rosa Basker, both of Pleasanton, Kan.; also Mr. Jas. H. Moreland and Miss Daisy Niswonger, both of near Rich Hill. This couple were mar ried at the Laclede hotel. Also on May 12th, Elijah Dark and Mies Lillie Hughes, both of near Ballard. Uncle John S. Erhart, one of the substantial farmers of Nyhart neigh borhood, paid the Tres his annual visit and renewed his subscription Wednesday. He informed us that measles among the children in his neighborhood was very bad, and | that the infant child of Mart Nyhart | Was not expected to live. 3fr. Nvhart jis also down with them. : | Mrs. Moss Smith, aged about 50 | years, has had them very bad but is | recovering. The entire family of Mr. | Garan, at Nybart, is also down With | jthe measles. In fact, he said almost | | everybody i in the neighborhood who had not previously had them were down. J Edison's latest invention the Vita-| © He said} From a private souree we leara ew Miss Belle Paddock, the beau- tiful daughter of L S. Paddock, will | shortly be married to Chas. M. Neff, | a prominent gentleman of Kansas City. What i3 the matter? Cleveland | and Carlis!e have b2en out of office for over two months and yet gold is escaping to Europe again by the millions. Congress has beeo in ses- | sioa now for almost two months. Statesmen have spouted about Cuba, Turkey, Armenia, England and the | Hottentot, and thus fooled away their opportunity to plug up the hole that lets out the gold They are trying to raise the tariff and make living higher, while revenues are pouring into the U. S treasury in an unexpected measure. We fear Congress is starting off onthe wrong foot.—LeRoy (Kas.) Reporter. Woman Shot Four Men. Little Rock, Ark, May 10 —At Lowell, Ark., T. Bryant and three citizens of Springdale were shot by a Mrs Duerling of Lowell. A Mrs. Benedict had been holding “holiness |B. Ewing met with ashort time ago. | We received a copy of the Cuca- monga, published at Cucamonga, California, giviog an account ofa serious mishap which our friend W. } He had been hauling fruit boxes and the seeat upon which he was; sitting gave way and ho fell under his wag-| on, the hind wheels of which paseed over his head, fracturing both jaw bones in savers! places. He was! taken to a hospital where he received | treatment and is getting well fast | Mr. Ewing is a son of Peter Ewing, of Mingo township,and several years the nomination on the democratic ticket for school commission of this county. His many friends here will be sorry to learn of bis accident and at the same time pleased to know he escaped as well as hs did. Wi hen Nature Needs assistance it may be best to render it promptly, but one shculd remember to use even the most per fect remedies only when needed. The best and most simple and gentle remedy is the Syrup of Fige, manu factured by the California Fig Syrup ago made a very creditable race for| QUITE A SAVING When you can buy the regular $2.50 grade of Ladies Fine Low Shoe at $1.25 or a $2.00 grade at - - A Misses Fine Low Shoe at $1.75 grade at -~ - A Child’s Fine Low Shoe a $1.25 grade for - - THESE ARE RARE BARGAINS, | “ tactician: Rect Come quick if you wish to avail yourself of this opportunity for we libe but a limited quantity left on our bargain counters where prices re Ladies, Misees and Childrens fine low shoes are offered at one balf meetings” there and Mrs. Duerling had deserted her husband to Laas lo ome the holiness band. Citizens deter mined torun Mrs. Benedict cut of the country, and in the attempt four were shot as stated. New Mode of Planting Apple Crop. Take choots of the choicest sorts, insert them in a potato, and plunge them in the ground, leaving but an inch or two of the shoot above the surface. The potato nourishes the shoot whilst it pushes out roots, and the shoot gradually springs up and becomes a beautiful tree, bear- ing the best fruit, without requiring to be grafted —E. London Stand- ard. Horse Thieves Raid Nick Haines’ Pas- ture and Steal Two Good Mares. Uncle Nick Haines, residing two or three miles northwest of Butler, was in the city Tuesday morning to get the aid of the Sheriff in the cap. ture of the thief or thieves who had entered his pasture during the night and stolen a pair of fine mares from him. The animals were large and heavy, and one of them was quite tender footed and lame. Investiga- tion showed that the thief or thieves had a buggy with them, and the mares had been tied to it and lead away. The track of both the buggy and mares was plainly visible on the road, which gave the direction the thieves had taken With this clue and the start of only one night, it appears the thief ought to be caught without much trouble Clardy & Bruner, Butler's ener- getic real estate firm, will again issue their annual real estate paper. The Times bas the contrac: to do the mechanical work The cerder calls for 10,000 copies The firm are now furnishing us with the copy and the paper will ba ready for delivery in three weeks. This firm has been very energetic in the prosecution of their business and through their zeala large namber of prominent farmers from Iowa, Nebraska and Illinois bave been located in Bates, on excellent farms. Tie business men of Butler have stcoi by this firm in a very creditable and sub- stantial way, as is eyidenced by their paper, aud the assistance rendered in this way bas msterially aided the firm in advertising the resources of the county in other states, bringing her advantages prominently before those who coatemplate or have made ap their minds to make a change in their location. The firm has the best wishes of this community for success. ——— Awarded Highest Honors—World’s Fair, Gold Medal, Midwinter Fair. ay _ BAKING A Pure Grape Cream ot Myer Powder. 40 YEARS THE STANDARD. Company: OUR Pe ORT St SHOES £ Or dress shoes for Men, Women and Chil- dren have never been surpassed for style, quality and workman- ship for the price. While our advertising space is not a /arge as some, you will be surprised at the LARGE VALUE we can give you for the money. Wi illiams GASH GROCERY. Have just gotten in 150 SCREEN DOORS, both plain and fancy, and our prices will be the lowest, as we are on everything we sell. We also have several hundred rolls of screen wire, from 18 to 48 inches wide, and our prices are about 5c per yard less than last year. You will throw away some good money if you don’t come to us for your scaeen wire and screen doors. Our large warehouse is full to the top of everything the people may want Barb wire, smooth wire, chicken netting, corn, bran, shorts, hay, etc. Have just gotten in a car load of bran and shorts. We have 10,000 bushels of fine sound corn for sale. Can sell you any amount from one bushel to 1,000 bushels or more. We ere having the largest run on Flour we have ever had since we have been in Butler, why? Because we are selling Washburn, Crosby's Gold Medal Flour at $1.20 and Im- imperiel Flour at $1.15, both High Patent Flour. The Gold Medel is “| the highest patent and the best flour in the world. Another reason why our ssles are so large. the people have found out that all flour branded High Patent, Full Patent, &, sre nothing but low grade flour, and uot what they are branded We sell flour for exactly what it is and the people have learned this, or anything else we sel. We carry in stock now three times the goods of any other house in Butler in our line, and our line comprises nearly everything the people want. We are selling any package cof- fee at 11c; flour 95c, $1.10, $1.15, $1.20 per sack; screen wire from 6c yard up. according to width you want, bulk coffee trcm 8c, 10c, 15, 20 and 25c pound. Our Seilon Mocha and Java coffee,which we are selling “ s«- MAX WEINEE Some Harness Wear, Others Don't. Have you noticed the'difference between hand > * and machime macte. | make hand mm harness, not much display, but good, = SOLID OAK TANNED LEATHER. os Ihave beena longtime at harness keep in the front regarding ideas and styles. S$ Ovw know Rieasess and Saddlery goods have got to be bright there, amongst the thousands of competitors now-a. I make a specialty of Farm Harness, Cowboy Saddles, Single and Double Buggie Icarry a full line of Trunks, Valises, Tents, Wagon Covers, Ce Halters, Fly nets, Lap Robes. it ROBT. L. GRAVE Ft. Scott, Kan., May 9.—Part of the $55,000 improvements, just com- pleted, to the Ft. Scott water works was destroyed yesterday in the twinkling of an eye when a large stone wall 128 feet long, 14 feet high and four feet wide totally col lapsed and déstoyed two of the largest water basins in the state. The wall had been completed but three weeks and since then has been , 1’m not half so expen- {sive as other dealers. In the First District. Macon, Mo., May 7.—Congl men Clurk, Bland, Dockery and ton, ex Gov. Stone, David A. Pike and Edgar M. Richmond Macon have agreed to canvass first district. The democratic gressional committee meets in Ha nibal to morrow to fix dates places for the speakers. Efforts in progress to secure Bak sc a popular walk for pedestrians vis-| Altgeld. itiog the plant. It happened that}; ————~———____ no one was on it at the time THOROUGHBRED George Shaffer, who lives on Capt. Bowles’ place in the Missiseippi bot tom west of here, tell us that chinch bugs stopped a freight train on the St. L. K. N. W. last Saturday, says the Palmyra Spectator. He says that millions and billions of the buga had crawled on the rails to escape the high water, completely covering them. When the wheels of the cars mashed the bugs it greased the eat and tha wheels spun round and re- fused to go forward. The engineer! put on his eand, but when the sup ply gave out the train came to a standstill. Two men then took brooms and swept the chinch bugs from the rails and the train was again put in motion. Shaffer says the chinch bugs covered the track for more than a mile.— Nevada Post. POLAND CHINA SWI A few males about ready for se for sale. J. H. ALLISON, 24-6t 3mules southwest of Butler, Fisk Bros IFisk Bros, Fisk Bros Special Sale on Walked Across Country Asleep. | Flou r: Guthrie, Ok., May 9 —A strange } story is reperted here of a sleep- walker up in Red Rock township. Miss Anna Googgin, daughter of Mrs. Martha Googgin, le:t her bed while asleep and with ooly her night clothes on and in her bare feet wan Look at these prices: David B. Kirk’s High Patent F —The Melrose, 50 Ib sack, David B. Kirk's straight g for a short time at 25c¢ a pound, is cota legitimate price but we have our reason for doing it, will have another 1,000 pounds of it in next Friday. Weare making a specialty of Graviteware and Tinware, but stop, we are not handling Racket Store goods. Weare handling the best goods wecan buy, scnething | that will last you, when you buy it. We stand back of anything we sell you, there is no humming or hawing about taking things back, or making things right when you buy of us, we don't make many mis- jtakea, bat we make everything | jnght when we do. There is no use hunting elsewhere for cheap-} (er prices on same quality of gocds. for we make the prices and others| follow. The people of Bates county \all know that we put everything at| {the very lowest possible price, if we | did not, you know that some one | would cut under us on something. | | Don’t forget that we sell flour, true’ jto name. We don’t have low grade| ‘flour branded high patent. | Briog us all your produce, we will | | keep the price every day as high as we possibly can. Yours truly, @WILLIAMS BROS. | disease. sie dered over the country for the bal- ance of the nignt. When her mother discovered her absence she raised an alarm and the neighbors put in the greater part of the night searching for her. She was tracked across several streams and along rough | roads for many miles, and when | found was atill asleep, apparently | | none the worse for her long walk. | The Centurion, 50 Ib sack, Pillsbury and Washburn’s reapolis bard wheat flour. Pillsbury’s best, 50 lb sack for 14 We have the exclusive sale of ns Minneapolis hard wheat flour aa Ae ss Tnherst | you cannot get it at any other ho e are not to blame for. Wecan! 5 : Hf not be held responsible for the dis- | a —_— SIME Cry: thet la pesitions and tendencies which we | bave this flour, or one just 98 spine from our ancestors, nor are | gre misrepresenting it for they. | we responsible for the germs of dis | ss We aleo handle Ps lease which may manifest themselves | not have it. in our blood as a heritage from for | | Bros.’ Royal and Queen, and ag ;mer generations. But we are re- | | spors ble if we allow these germs to | family ee he ee e | develop into serious diseases which have now 50,000 pounds of flour jimpa‘r our usefulness and destroy ' our store and wi! |our happiness. We are responsible | if we transmit to our descendants | |the disease germs which itis pos-| We pay cach for chickens, eg | sible for us to eradicate by the use / ki a ll kinds of Hood's Sareaparilla, the one true | eee ee ne ee : blood purifier. This medicine has | — tl give you, on pound lots, a big reduction. power to make rich, red blood and | establish perfect kealth in place of | 4