The Butler Weekly Times Newspaper, May 20, 1897, Page 5

“Mrs. Ella Misndetiey; bes sar | suit against the city of Clinton, for | $5,000 damages for falling on ade | Mise Maud Wood Badly Hurt by the fective sidewalk. | Accidental Discharge ot a Shot Gun in the Hands of Her Brother. A very sad accident happened at} | the residence of Wm Wood, a prom-| | inent farmer residing near Cornland, Tohigo We ean tara aabacheloriot | apes or seven miles south of this, Jobnson county, was arrested Satur | city Thursday last. For several days day and taken before commissioner | Mr. Wood had been greatly annoy | Jeffries, at Clinton, Mo, ona charge | by the depredations of flocks of of writing an indecent letter to Miss | crows in bis eorn field, and Thurs-| 7; s | Grace Wallis. Hunter it seems bas | day motning seeing them lighting in | a mania for getting into trouble with | 1 f ae | the gentler sex, and last winter he | ‘numbers in his field concluded to served a term in the Jobnson county , take his gun and frighten them! jail for makiog himself too familiar away. Stepping out the back door | | with a young lady. _of the house he broke the gua to ree} It isa mistake when cross road | move the shells which he supposed | pewspapers think they attract re (to be empty. The shell extractor of | spectful notice by abusing s°m? the gua being oat of repair he at- youth who is well and favorably | \tempted to remove them with bis known in the town where he has f lived all bis life, but more deplorable fingere. They refused to come and being alittle vexed he snapped the when veteran editors stoop to copy | such vileness into his columns It | gun together witha quick motion, may be that the youth touched on | | a8 he did so one barrel was discharg some pungent truths that ea ed, the contents taking effect in his tine editors in question. | sister's left arm at the elbow joint The gun was loaded with No. 5 shot, and the young lady was not more than five or six feet distant from the muzzel of the gun. Tho charge of A SERIOUS ACCIDENT. { Atkeson does the city printing for | 14 cents per square and wanted 33} | cents per square from the county. | He doesnt seem to have any idea of | \ pricee. We think the city is paying | dear at 14 cents in his paper. NEW SUMMER DRESS GOODS, NEW CARPETS NEW MATTINGS | Always the lowest prices at McKIBBENS Was a Corker, Seemed like old time prosperity must be returning—io fact this whole month is showing big sales, but it is nothing more than we deserve, for we are selling reliable CLOTHINC, SHOES AND FURNISHINCS For leas profit than ever before. It’s very few sales that we mise and those are not I on account of price. Why not let us show you our clothing? We have some bargains that we believe were never equaled—like those. MENS ALL WOOL BLACK } CHEVIOT SUITS AT $4.00 Or those “Tricot Long” Cassimere suits at $6.25, or thoee all wool and fast color, black worsted suits at $6.00 These suits POLLO LOLOL LLL OL I ODO POLL Drs. Boulware and Lockwood left Monday evening for St. Louis to attend the meeting of the state med- ical association, which met Tuesday They expect to be home again Fri- ae ARRAR AIR RRRPRRRPRPA RRP PREP PPRPSEL GPG { ; { . are way under value. We show day morning. In attending thera (ekobieck othe bones iuithe arm and eS ee ; meetings of the state medical usso terribly lacerated the flesh. ‘ i THE BEST ciation a vast amount of valuable ic-| a4, Wood aid her sister end wife G ses vi N D on A » formation in surgery is gaived and | | had been out in the yard and were on, By) the pbysician that attends is more } 50c OVERALL § ao caaeued for the time lost returning to the house and that EXTR SPECI L ) Ever shown in this county—9 oz. denim Sheriff Mudd,by virtue of a chattle phen ae Cote cccurred hel was = h : es y mortgage held by the Bates County | |not aware of their presence The i —with patent extension straps—all seams 4 wae age taken charge of the livery | two ladies were walking close to ‘ a La iy felled—pocket stayed—and equal to any ( barn of the late C B Lewis, end/ gether and Mre. Wood escaped be SELLING OF | j i} sold elsewhere at 65c—and don't forget 4 notices ness yes — jrag tant hurt ovly by a few inches of 14} 4 sale of the contents o' e barn | goice, the shot going between them. iat oe 1} pace, the shot going betwe / i OUR SHOE DEPARTMENT. ‘ cl small igs hap segs eee Mr. Wood accounts for the gun | Mi al- ) management of the barn, while the | ] ] ane Bargains there till you can’t rest. Sheriff holds possession, hs been going off by the cartridge being pull : t . put in the care of Wm. R Morrison, | ed out of the barrel a little and the TWO DAYS j ) who is corducting the businees in a} plunger of the hammer striking the . it ,% | manner thoroughly saticfactory to! oa) when he snapped the gun to- ot. ay the public. He is clever. accomoda- | h ut- » ting, and has executive ability. gether. ee all Bi A messanger was sent to town for | We } ) Our efficient county treasurer, A. | Dr. Boulware in a few minutes after MAY, 2ist and 22nd. i act ) B. Owen, snd family spent Sundsy | the mishap, and he with Dr. McClin- ! \ last at Adrian very pleasantly, the | (Ae The grand success of our last sale was beyond our fondest : 7 i occasion being a family reunion at ‘tock of Corland dressed the wound. ee d milli eae Raia ee 20 ), the home of his mother. Those| A number of shot und several pieces Pes = ion and millinery went like the proyerbial 0% Ee. I present were: Mrs. H be bee of| of bone were removed from the 3 cakes.” A good many went away without getting waited { { M 0 Sedalia, Mo., J. P. Reeder and fami | yound. Dr. Boulware reported the on, which will not occur egain, as we have made extra os Hi xs 8 Povs Quo rens ! Aircel open ig young lady resting comfortably prepsrations for this two dave sale. Cost of no kind is a Kt SE pee ering of the children around the Monday and that hopes were enter considered, the goods ust be sold. We give your ) SOO reeeee POS family altar once more brought back | tained of not only eaving the arm, RE 8” fond recollections so vividly to the | put that the youag lady would not free choice of any hat, no matter what the former price, =. aa not conceal | og the use of it fom etiffaess at for the paltry sum of | = § Judge Lay is holding court at| H.H. Wyse, of Altons,is spending er Joy s the joint. ard od . a few weeks at Eldorado Springs. Mies Ida Whitsett, of this city, = CP Weqeeuxte j v0, & F and for the past two years one cf uite a number cf orchards bav i ‘er- — Brkgqad quae heat. Po chk an oe Saas the cae the Adrian public| been badly injured this epring in g ly & “2 ital of this district to the Grand Lodge | schools, received a telegram Tuesday | | this county by a little worm, which nH : | The Clinton pottery has gove into|7 ©. ©. F., now in session in that from the —— = springield, jetrip the tree of fruit nd leaves | hands of a receiver. city. pha apie wat eat cits. Mr Legere — _ —— Which in most instances Ceesn't represent one third the : “F.E. Philips, of Merwin, a good! Robt. E. Lynn had his name en-|Mies Whitsett is an experienced south of t a 9 eS sie ee FR actual wholesale price. | irmer and eubscriber, renews. rolled for the booming Tums tbis| teacher aud ber work in this county | apron re ats one badly : ; v kc fi bi i ‘iss Caddio Brower, of Werrens-| week. We hope (0 mate tit bs [soron universal satisfaction to the | injured bya little black bug. He! ¢ COME EARLY in Miller county is being eaten | ing Trues thie week. He is an auc-| Walter Hager, aged 20 years, and | Wee a eos CUT RATE MILLINERY STORE, 2d Door: South of P. 0. i & : 3 by chinch bugs. tioneer of merit. See bis csrd in| Charles Martin, a aged 1; gered an: 5 gsaeeaene aaa | cskasbabasee : : d he tw Ef) The Baptists aro holding a pro- Another column. A ee oe tee ono | SAVE A MAN MONEY = a sted meeting at Pleasant Hope,| The ‘Times’ esteemed farmer friend | +. of allen D. Terrill, in the sub-| uaa reacties Mre. J. H. Frizelle and Mrs J. A.| Butler Academy Commencement. ot Deepwater township. erg rae puso rae = — urbs of the town and quarreled, but business with him. Trimble gave an elegant and elako- : Baccalaureate services will be held the BH Charlie Middleton, of Lone Oak |‘ , ha Reps pageant panetnal | "et quieted. Hager left, threaten- | We do this by close $l rate reception at their beautiful aay house Sabbath morning blic nship, was in the city Saturday ing to whip Martin. Some time | 0-cos 4 ee home on South Delaware, Tuesday ! ay 23. sercises of the graduating the P> if ae aigk. subscriber on its books than Mr. after Martin started home and was | many ready sellers 3 : : class will be held in the opera house ee ePorted bis wife mee Adams. He always keeps us in| ct'on the road by Hager, whore- $ Sec that wear Se all | teernaernt tale many OY friends, | Tuesday evening, May 25th The Mrs. C. B. Lewis has been ap-| debt to him a year ahead. newed the quarrel, when Martin pirnandh faking! new custom: in honor of Mrs. H. H. Pigott, of | commencement exercises this year mat pointed administratrix of the estate) G+ tia Martin, who has been serv |drew a pistol and shot him four | $ ers for us every week. We s0- Helena, Mont. The rooms were! is a new deperture from the old time lebt her Ja‘e husband, Chas. B. Lewis Seotaiall sentence for lewdness, was|times Tho wounded man stagger | licit the patronage of the reader decorated artistically ga em of} worn program. The orations and . a _\released from jail Friday and cele-|ed back to the Terrill residence and | various kinds and hues, and elegant | essays will be accompanied by phy- ‘a egal estes peg ta heated the ok by getting on a| died in the arms of one of the Terrill | Drysdale & Keasling. refreshments were served. Sixteen sical i a military drill Vi, »d home Tueeday of last | hilarious drunk. There is only one | girls to whom he had beea engaged. | ladies assisted the hostess in receiv- | by Co. B. M. } . Guards, vocal and and pesnen way to rid this city of bad charac- ing acd entertaining. A most de-| instrumental music, fresh and enter- eh heed and that is to keep arresting| ~ 900-090000000 lightful time is reported and theee | tsining. The annual Alumni banquet nt J. A. Robinson, one of our sub-| snd fineing them. nn Teka ladies are voted hostess par exce/-| will take place on Wednesday after- rect 4 ntial farmers residing near Butler siccaiusiegial acme t lence — _ = enous! — of said ks for renewiog his sub- he first Saturday and Sunday io students on the evening of the same rom eee . June the Quakers will hold a district Fi Judge Sam'l Levy, who for the | | day. on ption. quarterly meeting at Edgewood, ia x past three or four years hes been en- te Al While burning brush in Texas | Wegt Boone townsbip. A. H. Culver, z geged in the cae | The Work of a Fire Bug. a anty the other day, Edna, the 18} ofthis city, by invitation, will deliver —— nay nbs 4, ne Some infamous scoundrel set fire ne old daughter of Jas Walker, | an address in forenoon of the second GOOD QUALITY AND WELL MADE arrived in this city to the barn of Bud Gardner, a and Ws burned to death by ber clothes | gay on “International Sunday School Trucs is glad to etate,he contemplates | red the BM bhing fice. s 2 ” CLOTHING FOR THE LE AST MONEY returning to this city to recide Al | | perous farmer residing seven ane oF zg jystem. though in business in New York, be} | north of this city, Saturday night, rms @ Atkeson's bid for 3h onnt the| Dick Houston returned from Gs- has not lost rea yy Tae = = city. | and ths structure was entirely con- 0 yy statement was cents per | jena, Kansas, Saturday minus the baving retain iz interests in} bs are Tho Truss proporition Was | gingers on one of his hands. The e ae U erin l d es in the ‘mercantile establishment of | a ee = was ——— ae 25 cents per square. Where | gccident was caused by the explo- Sam'l Levy & Co. So returning to | © until well under way and too late } Atkeson’s kick come in? sion of a dynamite cap, which he Butler be will nave engage ectively | to saye seven head of horses, a a was explorin, Dick had curiosity So Aen DA eT Dn in business. o man in the county! wagon, buggy, lot of barness and aq OY pete a oie ening, | to see Fiat the cap was made of MENS ALL WOOL SUITS AT $5.00, $6.00, $7.00 $81 nes more friends than Judge Levy grain which was in the barn. Mr. Ae eercement, nv . i Seog pegs e a) gt Mat Van Hall's drug store on sale a ere oa ae en BOYS ALL WOOL SUITS AT $4.00, $5.00, $6.00 —— pesryes yi city will SS ea | | Gardner is eure the fire is the work Ge Bp etorday morning, reserved seats 25) Tosult. The Tnuxs 1s sorry to learn Childrens all ee: Suits at $1.50, $2.00, $2.50 $£lone of ite most enterprising and | of an incendiary, as he found tracks — fats, general admission 15 cente. of bis misfortune. = | honorable and high minded citizens. | leading from the burned building my ENo dre music at the Academy| fiat 3$ Mens and Boys Work Panis - 2 = oUc | By appoin'ment of Gov. Moorebouse | which established the fact. As there &, Ale cent Sucslny woe] Congressman D. A. DeArmond 1s Mens Guage Underwoas é = Bien a | Judge Levy served the people of the | ,., only $200 insurance on the barn 2 {home from Washington. He says aa jeounty one term as a member of the | | the loss will be several hundred dol- ig or guehing essays OF tiresome congress meets twice a week and ad- Mens Bleached Drill Drawers - A - 256 county court of this county, and he Th iab t ld not be * ions, but everything from start No legislation is transacted | aleo served the people of this city as lars. e punishment cou'd no! : Ge MEW Gnich will be entertaining. Two [100 et ne ease « member of the city council, and in too severe fora man possessed of ate feds hestras, a Mandolin and he could see no reaso’ y Mens and Boys ‘both of these important offices be guch brutal instincts and malice a » two orchestras, ing in Washington and loafing about | acquitted himself with Lonor and to | thet be could thus willfaily torture 3 fab and the = 8 — the streets. Congress will do noth Sweaters tbe perfest satisfaction of the com-| 5° alimsls aod destroy property. ; b together with lively vocal music | ing until after the paseage or rejec- munity. The Tums takes pleasure, a wo, fll add to the fascination of the posh cf the tariff bill, and when it Esc a TS Cents. THE YER, apr ete him and bis estimable | It is to be hoped the villian will be g, is visiting Miss Luna Dalton. udge W. W. Wood has appointed heriff Mudd recsiver «f the Ding- n estate. |The wheat fields and growing the Trues family. G. C. Wills, one of the substan tial and level headed men of Adrian, had his name enrolled for the boom- will become a permanent member of | patrons of the different schools she | bas taught. It is to be regretted that so excellent a teacher is to leave | said the bug was mcre severe on the plum then other treee, and his fine prospects for a good crop of this our county. A fatal quarrel took place between | ls and bright short essays and lations of the seven graduates. gets ready to trangact business he will returr. | fruit a short time ago, has been | blighted as his trees sre now about bare of leaves and fruit. 3... ain i Gb gy, THIS IS YOUR LAST OPPORTUNITY “E STORE CLOSES JUNE 1st. Pheneccesserseoneercrnsetseesener eas | wil back to our midet. | caught and given his just dues. i \