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————————— Accidentally Ktiled. A deplorable accident, in which sgrendson of William Walker, re- siding about a milo west of Walker Island, lost his life, occurred last Saturday some time during the afternoon. The young man left home with u shotgun and went into the bottoms to bust equirrele. Not returning at the time ho should, STILLS ABDUCTION CASE FISK BROS. FISK BROS. Preliminary Heariag of the Alleged | Johnson County Assailants. ' in Which Proceedings Take Place. Leeton, Mo, Sept 27 —The pre One Thousand Persons Crowd About a Tent) FISK BROS. The Leaders in Low Prices. FARMERS’ BANK, BUTLER, MO. We furnish deposit and check book ‘for pie at his counter. Saturday a ; batch of postoffics huaters calle? os {Mr. Gary and, it is said the pest master Geners| let oat a flood of avd wrath simply astound c her things he told 2 hat Kerens had been 4 | recommending a lot of d— i embez ziers for post « fives. The gent! P : : liminary trial of Wesley Jacksor,| We will siy to our own trade and free of charge with each new ac- Si men were very much aggrieved at search was made, and cn Sunday | James Hull, and Joseph McKeebon | to the people of Bates county that count opened. We solicit the $ s3e to inter- moraing he was found near a log d. soli 7 ¢ dead witha ghastly hole through for the alleged abduction and out | have rage of Susie Stilis, the 16 year old tbat ibe reason vever been trading with uss we have pot been} accounts of ladies. as well as gentle- ard to their : Z ter genera his side. It is supposed that he sat} wite of Andrew Stills, began here | giving prices in the we-kly papers men. Iis much safer to have ‘ down upon the log to await the ap-| to day lis because that we bave been 80 Bee aa pane th 1 | Virginia Items. pearance ot the game he was seek | Fully 1000 persons from four j:usued in bas nes, aud Ae ad euierouad: hour: ing and for some reason jerke1 the gan, muzzle toward him, and the counties crowded around a tent in| which the proceedings took place.| se t.v uo receiving, » cur foad after car load of goods that; ¥ had tiue to give the D. N. THOMPSON, Pres’t. A. E. BENNETT, Vice Pres't. | Kind friends if you wish the Virginia nea another year, Do for Aaron what he does for you, teil him x. th E. D. Kipp, Cashier. . W. NEwbE news you hear. G Ee penanre: hammer caught, dischargiog the|and were only prevented from crush | people prie-s, but we have now em-| } Gi sige ’ = tCa inte r The Torms eoee to friends ln other states thas load into his body, a supposition ing the frail wifvir by barbed wie, pl yed iworxten clerks end we willl $ 2 happens yon and what other for" that is borne out bythe fact that bis | wnich was stretched about i [try is the future to wait on our Birdie Vermillion, who has clothing and body was burned by) g.quira M A. Nelson previded » th | rade more promy ly And we owe MAES LAE a Ree OER AOS RII ED pee eee sreatece at Denver the nearness of the discharze |i, the teut, which was erected ou jan apology ty our customers that ca SS = perdhggieeapewpecagheschin s° « Young Walker had killed several squrrels prior to his dea’h, but hogs had destroyed them b-fore he was fund, leaving but a lot o: squirrel hair seattered around ibe the common and which was made secure by ropes fasseued to scant lings procured from a lumber yard. were ber convenient] Dee’ bhey cou on ‘sli Settlers’ Day, but will suy that our ten clerks done the . and the people that were in Our sore vd could not get Lead Near Sedalia. Sedalia, Mo, Sept 24—G Dutch er, who came to Sedalia from Morris county, Kansas, aud purchased 120 SE ESRD TEAM RECORD BROKEN. jail summer. Jobn and Fred Barton, of Amore, | made hay last week on Mrs A J Part.’ land, on the river south of Virginia. John R. Gentry and Robert J. Lowered the] Steve Cook bas painted his wago™ World’s Mark | in tine style. Hess Jones and Stanley Alien,| waited on, if they will come back | #ctes of Jand west of the Fair aes | Will MeKibben is digging a well body The corpse of the uvfortu who impers ypated the Sheriff aod grounds savers] months ago, bas Philadephia, Pa.. S-pt 22 —The | he is hauling water from the Mian nate boy bad not been disturbed by ~ence, than last year. Ic wili bs opened Oct 28th, by Dr. Willite, who was 80 universaily liked last year He will be fuilowed by the Arion-Cook Company, sweet Shenff Lear is preserving the peace. He brought tix deputies from War rensburg on advice of Squire Nelson. Audy Stills aud wife arrived from again we will tiewt tlLeu the best cents per bushel for potest es, and for chickens we have patd 6 csnts cash and 64 cents iu trade, aud ail merchants taat have vot given these prices have pot paid te market Abernathy, a prominent mine opera tor at Galena Kan, who has been here the past few daystrying to sub tease some land, says the depoei's for his stock. : : : famous pacers, ater aoe ; the brutes.—Osceola Democrat. d+puty aud cbtainea possestion of}we kuow Lov. Will ray to the spent a great deal of time prospect R = oe ion > Coty | W W Park gave his little boy, Jim a ot = aoe 3 See Mrs. Stills in Benton county under] farmers that for the past thiee|'24 for Jead ore. Yesterday he dis ee ee = kopetticn: thin oo prea Ee The Lecture Course. m.srepresevtations, bave left the) weess we have paid fift-en cente covered a rich deposit at a depth of oe cee the world’s doutle) -athered his corn and put it on tht . . = : : 5 : _} team recor r sie 2: cet. sold for 25 she). ep peop 2 r appreciate good | ma., who aided in spiriting Mre.Sulljand 10 cents per dozen for egys discovered in different parts of the elmovt Drivingitne old settlers’ reanion at Butler entertainment, 80 another course has f ih tees we : ai ni cee eaeae Nieaseh and. Willi club Th? quarters were: :33, 1:041 | Saturday been arrauged, baiter, if any differ out of ths county, is alto missing | most of the ume, and from 60 to 75) city are Unusually ric Ls paitiens \ 1:37, 2.09. Geo Zinn’s little boy, who died of fever, was buried Sept 19th. Mother Cope is visiting her sons Jobn and Charley, at New Home, for a few days. John Sherrick and family will leas Tuesday of this week for a visit wit? i The previous record was 2:091. {beld by Mrs W E D Stokes’ Miss "Rita and Josie P. With the ex | ception of a light breeze the weat ier singere; Bishop J. B Vincent, Prof Knobuoster at en carly hour, in} pmee Don’t be afruid te drive to rival those found at Galena ani+ ae Be ; 167 | ccephen Drysdale in Morgan Co, Mo. John B DeMotte, Fred Emerson | cbarze of Guards Hill Hunter and| our sure witb ar ythivg you have to| Joplin. He is anxious to get a sub- | ay : pees er good ce the trial ES short moved to K C Iasi Brooke, Dr P. $. Henson and the| Moyer Peck. The prosecution is sell. You will get the big est mer-|},ase end wants to bring machinery | “°° ract its-If was also ia good | Werk. Boston Ideal Club—all strictly first- ket price for it represented by N. M Bradley and Everything we and miners here at once. ae eee James Brown and Wim Robinsov | condition, although it is rated twol of Rich Hili, visited Mrs Garner lass class and constituting a choice va aah pee ony store 1s mark din plain Pee ns "seconds slow by eap-rt turfmeo. week ( face ‘ ford to mi Hn S. G Kelly. and the defen-e) gyures ard you will get in exchange Green Tired of Waiting \ - a = Messrs Sturgen and Porter, of lowa, ‘ rlety Byon ONe OSD ee Oo miss by S B. Warren, of Windsor, and|for ycur produca the sem disaa te R. Mardock Shoots E. Letler With-| Were in Virginia last Friday with 1 i these lectures. Lf you have not yet Sea. grants 3 I #4 amount | baci 3 SR Eel Wie 8 3 subscribed for cours3 tickets you can ee meand get full information. The course tickets will be deliver ed soon after the firet of Oct»ber aud will be reserved some ime before A B Logarand J. W. Saddath, of Werrensburg. Court couv aed at 11 o'clock and adjourned till 1, when the defense of goods that you get for cash. Look at the Prices: Washington, D. C, Sept. 25 “Eddie” HR. Green, chairman the republican state committee of Texas, and bitter rival of Dr. John Grant for Texas patronage, will eub of | P Nickels. William Smith, of Butler, and & lady passed through here Sabbath. Eli Jones’ boy is quite sick. Mother Dobbins is quite feeble. Dr Brooks was called to see out Warning, Weston, Mo., Septl —R. Mur ipby, x eattle buyer livng near ths jcity, shot and fatally wounded E. oF 20. the first lecture for the entire course |200U-c2d that they were ready for FLOUR. t fo the Precident on his return HE. Leller, a wealthy farmer of Bie ees ee eae CE eieem, Tet | Thee Saat elie OMA AE So Platte county, Missouri, on the| Mrs Jefferson Park and daughter, Melrcse, high patent, per sack, $1 35 an ultimatum. He will demand that! Sti >i +tai Lyda, will leave soon for a visit tb Manager. | Aady Stille He gave ia detail the Castano, simaighe pat, SSB at least there. of the streets of Weston last night hie daughter, Mrs Dr Rising, in Cow Soret oes story of abduction, outrage aad rob | White Star, faucy pat, “ 10 : : Reeth vslete. IP th | The attack was meade without|ley Co, Kansas. They expect to bp Au Unparalled Offer. bery told heretofore in these dis-| Rich Hil bigh patent. 1.35 eee ces 0b SD State. | warning. Five shots were fired by | 8006 some time. com If j °} ight President declines to g.ve him this : © M Drysdale went to K C Tuesday you are not a regular reader of| pitches. He was subjected on the| Jersey Oreaw, straight pat. “ 1.20 | Murdock, three bullets taking effect] to buv goods. the St Louis Post-Dispatch, send your name and address un a postal card aud it will be sent to you SEV- EN DAYS FREE OF CHARGE. Here 1s an opporcuuity to familiar ize yourself with the bast evening and lurgest and most uuique Suoday paper printed any where. You'll see the great Sunday Post- Dispatch witb its 60,000 words of special telegraph, a magazine of from 12 to 16 pages, as good, if not beter than any 35 cent monthly, an eight-page “comic weekly” in colors, gorgeously illustrated, and best ot all, the Woman's World The Womuu’s World is a new feature, a part of the defense to a vigorous Cross examination, but the essential points of his evidence were unsba- ken. He was kept on the witness stand for over two hours Mrs. Stills’ testimovy followed Her treatment by defendants’ law yers brought out a great many in dignant protests from farmers in the audience Her story was to the ef fect that she bad b-en outraged by Hall, Jackson and McK-ehon, and her testimony relative to the imper sonation of officers by Jones and mill charges you. wil use no other. Michigan band picked navy We always have from one to ten thousand pounds of Power Bros. Royal and Quen, and can give you any amount at the same price the We have just received another cir toad of David B. Kirk’s Ensign flour. We have sold this flour for nearly two years and among all the differ evt car loads of this fluur that we bave sold, we have never had one bad sack, and if you have never tried one cack of Ensign, the next sack of flour you buy try Ensign avd you much considerrtion, his friends say that Green will go back t> Texas and at the meeting of the etate com- mittee, called for Oct. 12, will re- sign as. chairman and drop politics for good. It is claimed in support of this threatened act on the part of the young chairman that he has asked has spent his own money freely for nothiog for himself, and that he} McKinley and Mark Hanna. Thus ! Chillicothe, Mo. Sept. 27—The far, he has been unable to get any | substantial recognition, and it is | the cutting of post office pie in the | Mr Tipton, who rented Luther | Judy’s house, three-fourths of a milo west of Virginia, has his blacksmith shop ready to receive work. He dowr wood work also. Miss Sadie Whinnery will leayi Tharsday for Tulsa, I yy, where shp will teach school this winter, Rev Galbreth preached at the M & eburch at 4 p m Sabbath. last Thursday 25 women met ad Mrs Geo Thompson's, among them her sister, Mrs John Biggs, of Hume, and two other ladies, whose namey we did not learn, and they got two quilts through, The same day therp was a rag tacking at Mra John O’Rourke’s. There were a good many ladies present aud a good time is re ported. in the back and lunge. The shooting was the result of jealousy. Murdcc’, telieving that Le'ler had paid undue atiention to his wife Murdock is in the custody of a | deputy marsha), though not contin | ed. Leller, it is believed, can not | live Take on a Fresh Verdure. Evergreen scandals growing out of é x 5 : : i = aoe ne s Two wore weddings talked of in four page. balf tone eupplem nt of | Allen avd bow they andioed cher £0. beaus, 8 Ibs. for 2Q5e | saie that he has determined to bring coca Congressional distric 5 took the near tutare Obe young sen die special interest to Women. return was essentially the same as 2 pouads of good green coffee, 25c the matter toa head. Jr he is not|on fresh verdure here this afternocn | digzing a well and the other is sowing The great Sunday Post-Dispatch heretofore published 2 poucds good roasted ¢ ffee, 25] to be rewarded with places for his | by the filing in the Circuit court of whee a » gicaiva Witginin et will oe rye me ese See ome testimony of ee namnber not : a cpa es gee 24¢| friends, he will retire from the game. | a suit for libel by Frei H. Hoppe, mena ie the Cry 8 ee ; or dreamed of. You'll open your pound of best African Java bel fae Senate : Clifton Jackson left Saturday for Reyes when you sce it. It was 5U/other witresses was practically the] coffee, Qe |ex-Mayor of Chillicothe, and mem een Colon © me pages Jast Sunday. Send your name and addres at once and get it free for a week the West. same as published at the time of the bduct Brae 5 112 quart heavy galvanized 1 pound Mocha and Java coffee, 25¢ 1 pound of Java Blend coffee, 2 Did You Ever Oe i] Try Electric Bitters as a remedy for your troubles? Ifrot, get a bottle | Pyacy, a well known traveling man Denver, Colo. Amos Lockridge says there isa ne dishwasber at his honse. All part: doing well. | | ber of the Republican Congression- lal committee. against Frank L . ot > . rr = %, a f tr . iss Circulation Department, Post-Dis |. oa ane: SeIeGy ae iron bucket, tae best made, 20¢ | bow aud get relief. This medicive | 144 tice president of the State Lea Repent oes uae oe patch, St. Louis, Mo jourued court until 8 o'clock tomor |} heavy gulvavized iron coal hod, 20c has been found to be peculiarly | £ Republi ‘ ” | ried last weak: a i no ae row morning. A great deal of inter- | 1 42 quart covered slop pai’, 35c | adapted to the relief and cure of all | 80° © epublican clubs and pres’- Alton Park has opened a coal bank The Post Dispatch wants an agent | est is manifested by the citizens of | cedar bucket, 35¢| Female Compleinte, exerting a won | dent of the local League club, where | on his mother’s farm and has coal for in every city, town and Hamlet, | this section, and the evidence today|1 Western Washing Machine, derful direct influence in giving jin the plaintiff asks for 0,000 | Sate. AARON, where it now has vone It is the|bas vot changed the geceral senti-| ;ound or square, $2 50 | strength and tone to the organs If | damages. biggest and best paper printed in| ment of the people. The attorneys |] Ringer, any style, 1.50 | you bave loss of appetite, — i The elleged libel prowa ont of the | It is the representative paper of the Mississipp: Valley. Ir offers special inducem nts to agents for the defense are taking every and evidently feel that their cise is des 6 bars Grand Pa’s Wonder soap, 6 boxes Mustard Sardines, 1 quart bottle Biueing, scrap of t-stimony of the State .{tion, h+adache, fainting spel sleepless, ;are pervous, Je | melancholy or troubled with dizzv exci able, | publication in a local paper by | | Treey that Hoppe, asa member of 4 i If you vrs looking for a chance to} perate The crowd will be fully as} 59 pounds pure country Jard spells, Electric Bitters is the medi ithe Congressional committee for e make menay easy write the Post |large tomorrow per pound OTe {cine youneed Health and strength |Tivingston was custodian of tbe) # : Dispatch, St. Louis, Mo. rane : Seat P ae cs oe rusranteed by its use Fiftv Sa € oi oe “ ” ure country sorghum in apy are guarantee yy its € va tavds wacsdfor 4 4 THEY WILL ‘‘TELL ON” GARY. emount, fresh and tiue. cents and $l, at H. L. Tucker's = ane 5 ane ee 5 ause, anc applie 7 os Pure cider vinegar prr gal 202} drug store io a = at he spplied the cash, 1 heavy galvar ized iron tub 65e} 3s mos or most of it, to his own use, leay oily, mothy s thin, and fallin Soap, the most The Snubbed Missourians Will Appeal to the President. Washington, D. C, Sept. 24 — [he row between: Postmaster Gen- eral Gary aud ths applicunts for} port offices from Mssvuri will be brought to the attention of the President as soon as he returns. Col. Leb Morse, of Exvelsior Springs: Esdtor Henry Muller, of l heavy galvanized iron five gal oil can 1 set heavy glass goblets | 1 get cf good knives and forks 1 gord butcher kvife finest made 1 set good table spoons guar anteed pure silver Nails, any size two pounds 1 gal good sugar syrap Stands On the Platform. New York, Sept. 25 —Wm. G | Bryan. writes a letter to the e litor jof the World, giving Mr Brym ‘s 50c| position an the Greater New York 05e | campaign. Mel < “oC | democratic Mr. Bryan wants the party 3 | McLaughlin, who has jast returned | and that be, Hoppe, is now concern oe! from asperial errand to sce Wm. J | ed in ths to reaffirm tbe | section of Wes: Tennessee is in the | ‘ing the go. p atthe mercy of W. | J. Bryan and bis fellow “anarchists 2 of posteffi:es. LENA RATED IE er Known Afflicts Wes Tenne Jackson, Tenn. Ww Sept. 25.—This| } yaaa Princetou, and B. F. Haney, o! ee Woe axel ee 300 | Chicago platfcrm, to uphold tbe midst of the most remarkuble drou'h | i “4 Thursery Kirksvile, the trio of Missourians Rope any eize per pound ules 1 f toe Nationa! demc- | ever known to the cliest inhab who were insulted and roundly|! goo] lantern = US sho 2 ae ee be tants There bas b no rain ¢ ‘ 1 abused by Gen Gary, propose & Brau and shorts alwass on hand at | cratic party. ard to battle along the tants = here een no rain | ; 4 icra ste what the President will say market price. : : \lires on which the National party ; any potato eS since th? first of 4 abcut the reception they were given- We carry all the latest patterns in| struggled last year. He has never, Msy. There will vo: b2 one fourth! 4 i Mr. Haney carried with bim a letter | Weersware- both the decorated and] 4 .:.6q any other coarse. He wants of a cotton crop made. Late ¢ A the world. Porta Drva 8-4 Boston, U. S. A. ¢ Humors,” mailed free. eM g~** Llow to l’reve: EVERY HUMO! From Pimples to Scrofula cured by Coricexa Remeoins. faction. from tbe President of the United | Pie. ard bave just received States. .ddressed to the Postmaster |‘ me a zs General. He called daring office|i2 Pare white. Come in and bours, when the Postmast:r Gener pee It is cheap and very pretty. erate of the latest patterns made | see | the platform end calls upon ell of them jall democrats to know tbat be favors and the [rish and sweet potat reaffirmation of the Ceicago | are failures see to it that all courses have given oat Tee worst fea ‘that cisteras, weils ani 4 BOSTON al and all otber officials are suppos-, WE BUY who ate loyal to ’ fa led to be at their decks, and at the j Couniry serghum, Irish potatoee. attempts to subme-sge it during this farmers have to drive thei 4 i service of the public Yet the pre |apples. lard. chickens, eggs, ducks, | campaign are not su ecesain'. tea miles for water The situation 5 MEAT MARKET sentation of the letter was the sig | geese, ta:keys, cabbage, corn. hay. ae F 3 is becoming 25s pare 9 | nal “sg i spot Nase and | peaches, pumpkins, sweet potatoes, Velasquez Kulis Himeelt. sreallasdry as a powder horn.| i s | wrath, simply as ding nvr diaten, abaoons re zs : : : a Sp ae : C. W. PROCTOR, Pror'r. Among other things esid by Gary | aS apse ty Renae ace* City cf Mexico, Sept. 24.—Chief Trees in the forests are dyicg. The 4 Successor to J, FE, Hemstreet. | which will bs brought to the atten} When you come to Butler, come |of Police Bduardo Velasquez shot | hay and tarnip cr ay i This shop from now on will be run ticn of the President, was the state | girect to Fisk Bros’ store with any | himself in the left temple this morn- ures. ' in first-class style. au she aoe ment that “Kerens has been recom-! thing you have for sale, and you will | ing at 10 oclock, dying instantly. ‘ 4 but the best meats on hand for sale. i ES . arty = J 5 : : A Give ney call and: Teunrantes satis- mending alot of d—d° embezzlers| get accommodation; and take home|(picf Velasquez confessed a few Postmaster General Gary, is not for post-offices.” with you one sack of Ensign flour. i Their Heads. { | ae sale by wileom a iw man. wholess> +3 . aS 3 nut. Raneas % leadis: licans who are making spplications | Gcsicrs in thiscousty bend ee days ago that he instigated the mur | only losing his temper but also bis der of Arroyo, the man who made | good opinion of the Missouri repub the assault on Pr:sident Diaz. The appointment of Hamilton at! and you will be happy. Kirkavilleis to stand, so is that of ¥ i Alden at Grant City. FISK BROS. Cuas. W. Procror. Southeast corner of the square, first door east of the Grange store.