The Butler Weekly Times Newspaper, January 6, 1898, Page 5

| ss _ QOOS GOSS 9265 S088 SSS SBSSSSO ot. “1g Odds rd nd AND 16. ; Eond 7 nds. a r . a We have piled on our front table 100 _— SUITS only one. two and three of a kind, on r that we propose to sell without profit. They are good, well made, wool suits, there is not a iv 8 thing wrong with them except that they are ng @ broken lots. We have sold the others at a = gain and would rather have cost or with some ey 5 at even less than to carry them: longer. oF We will sell them at the following prices : , $ 7.50 suits for $ 5.00 re 10.00 “« « 7.50 a, KH ’ a F i a4 — ; Pee 0g L500 © 10) 88 On another table we have about 100 pairs of se shoes which for the same reason. We will sell -d $5.00 SHOES FOR $2.50. m id 4.00 0 3:00. : 3.50 ae 72.00. a We have also alot of underwear—broken i lots—that will go in this sale at 25 per cent ni off regular prices. Some of it is all cotton, q . y some wool mixed and some ALL WOOL. t- You know that we sell at what our goods ee 8 are marked, so when we take $2.50 off a suit 6 it is a sure enough cut. In a recent letter k from Mr. Carrithers he says: “DO EXACTLY i AS YOU ADVERTISE” which we always do, d and a look will convince you'that the goods r : . : ° : 9 mentioned in this ad are genuine bargains. ¥ if T * ") % y b* i J > Mexs 8.Bors @ tri > Y im RS W.S. Mudd made usa pleasant call while in the city Monday- BUTLER WEEKLY TIMES| LOCAL ITEMS | Geo L Smith, the liverymap, has | lot full of fine mules which he has | bought to ship. To Cure a Cold in One Day. Take pee Become Quinine Tab-; Frank Potter is buying and ship- lets. All druggists refund the money | ping horses. He is spending this if it fails to cure. 25. 3-6m | week in Cess county. es Truzs telephone number 37. ; The newspapers report that the 7 hag | weather conditions so far have been ao the opera) houss\Jan- very favorable to the wheat crop. 7th, 5 | : | Henry B. Arnold has his paper A. C. Brooke, a worthy and indus- | changed from Lascruces, N. M, to trious citizen, renews. Santa Rosalia Springs, Old Mexico. Mra. Grant Park, through Aaron, favors us with her subscription. | That substantial farmer and excel- \lent citizen J. A. Elgin, of Passaic, Our good friend and substantial | ¥4% in to see us Tuesday and citizen J. R Marshall favors us with | renewed. 4 renewal. | S E Joaesa, one of our most But- | punctual subscribers and a substan- orders | tial citizen of our community, favored | us witb his renewal. Mrs. Adaline Smith, one of ler’s most estimable ladies, the Trves to 99. Our substantial old friend, M. L. | Charles Jobannes of Lamer, and Smith, south of Butler, made usa Miss Meeele st oF Rockville, b i YW T d 2 were marriec ristmas day, 80 fays “gape aaa j the Lamar Republican. Theodore Durrai:t, the California | a murderer, will hang to morrow if the | N. B. Langsford, a wealthy farmer governor does not interfere | near Lee's Summit, formerly one of es our most substantial citizens, cends Miss Kate Roes entertained a few | renewal for the Times. friends at a ‘watch party” Friday | AEE ae BS he ee will hold their annual meeting The Pleasant Hill Gazette, one of | next Monday to elect directors and our best exchanges, sheds its patent | officers for the ensuing year. overcoat with the first of the New Year and comes this week a'l home print. Ground was broken last week in | Sedalia on the Iowa Southern rail- way, which is to form the first con- |necting link between Miami, Saline | county, and the city of Sedalia. Sam Jones will lesture at the Opera House in this city, on January lith 1898. This lecture will be ua der the auspices of the M. E church, | south. Robbers weat through the gen- eral merchandise of J. O Page at Huntdale, Henry county, the other night and carried off quite a lot of goode. Misses Stella Christy and Norma Day took part in the oraterical con test at Rich Hill Friday. Both little ladies are up to date in elocution. At the Christian church Sunday afternoon at 2 o'clock, a roll call of the membership was had and ‘nearly four We are under obligations to that swered present. princes of good fellows John Court- ney. who never fails to speak a good word for the Tires. Misses Leona Dalton and Johnnie Our former worthy citizen F. A. bolidays at home, returned Monday Conard writes us an interesting | to Warrensburg, where both young letter from Western Kansas, to be ladies are attending the Normal found in an other column. school. as. I. Nichols, of the Fulton The Nevada Mail bas discovered c &n immense crow roost ina black Gazette, who went off after the gold jack thicket west of Nassau Junction. | standard, celebrated the New Year Itis said the two or three acres of | witha big edition and by bring trees is black with the birds every | his paper back into the democratic €. party. hundred persons an-| Shutt, who have been spending the, 1 k as her ad- ossutb, Kan, | dress ¢ lo without the Ties name of T. K. Lisle, for years of the democratic county is promiuvently m ion with s Abbie, davghter of M. L week for a protracted visit to relatives and friends in | Ligonier, Ind.. where the Times will |follow ber atic friend, rous citizen | Our good old jand worthy anc of Adrian, J. N. Bricker remembered us on New Year with a renewal, as has been his custom since our con |nection with the paper in 1584 The year 1897 business failure in this city other hand the indications are that the busioess men, while none have closed without a become rich, have prospered fairly well considering the drouth and hard times Our good friend DeWitt McDan iel dropped in to see us Tuesday and paid his fifteenth dollar on sub- scription. He has one of the best farms in Summit, well stocked aud is prosperous, all through his own industry and good management. As eacort to the funeral cf Rev Dr. Jones, held in Sedalia Sunday, the following tamed gentlemen were named and represented the Masonic Order of this city. E D. Kipp, R. G. Hartwell, O. D Austin, W. G. Shaffer, J. W. Hall and W.W. Ross. Mr and Mrs. Ed Snyder enter- tained a number of their lady and gentlemen friends at their home on west Pine street Friday evening, ia honor of Mrs Snyder's sister, Miss Lopp, of Neodosha, Kansas. Re- freshments were served and the evening was evjoyed by all present. A genuine case of scarlet fever exists at Nevada. The patient is Steila Wiggins the little ten year old daughter of ex county assessor S. L. Higgins. The houss of Mr. Higgins was forthwith quaraatised by the health officer, and every means taken to prevent the spread of the disease. The windows in ths dome of the court house is being boxed up. This was occasioned from the fact that the windows have been a great buisance owing to leakage, allowing the water to go through into the two lodge rooms, Masonic and Odd into the court Fellows, and also room. We understand Thos. Kelly, our present and efficient nightwatchman, will be a candidate for city Marshal, at the coming spring election. Our citizens are acquainted with Mr Kelly as a police officer and select- ing him for the important position would be no experiment. The city has had enough of experiments. The Tiwes is glad to note that at the Epworth League elocutionary contest held at Rich Hill Friday night, Mies Stella Christy, the charming and accomplished little daughter of Dr. and Mrs. J. M Christy, carried off the handsome gold medal. There were nine con- testants, the winner being the youngest The machinery at the well on the premises of Dr. Boulware has been put to work and the drill is slowly making its way downward. The drill was started in a hard limestone rock and progress is slow. The sound of either a strong flow of gas or water is very distimct, and they hope to strike the “what vot” in a | short time. | A negro woman,a United States | prisoner, at the jail. took desperately and suddenly sick Friday night. The woman was in great agony all night }and part of the time Fo severe was her suffering it took the combined | |A physician was called and spent ;the entire night with her adminis- | tering to her wants and doing all he| | could to relieve ber. | Thieves were operating | Hill Saturday right, says the Re- \view. The residence of W. K | Royce, on Park Avenue, was entered |The only thing taken was a gold jwatch and chain. An unsuccessful attempt was made to enter the clothing and jewelry etore of Beasley |Bros. W. C. Brown was confident | thieves tried to enter his premises. | An attempt was also made to enter | the residence of Tas. Wise. in Rich | Best Ever Produced. “I had a stomach and bowel trouble and no medicine I tried ever did me any good urtil I began 'taking Hoods Sarsaparilla. I did not have apy appetite, but since taking Hood's Serzaparilla I am well and hearty. I believe it to be tbe best blood purifier ev ed.” Mrs W. R. Bir, Plains. Mi i Hoed’s Pil | headache, billiousness jils. Price 15 cents, Oa the | and all liver That 1 and ver erable old Mu! ; remembers us substantially, as - Be. 1, m prosperous and ; enterprising citizen of the Jobns- 2 town neig od, called while in : the city and renewed his § subscription. ) 5 c ‘ PIECE OF UNDERWEAE . Ves. g erable business before a ee 8 it will probably ba erabe weer 9° 9 SR ¥i DRESS GOODS ) Q The trial of Fred Webber, x x * RIX |the men who held up and Vee ARsnuy sake Lana Le. Willian Wilbite on the streets of Nevada 1e time ago, resulted in, § Yo clear them out we have marked a verdict giving the prisoner five) ? : : : years in the penitentiacy ; them at such prices that it will be a rare ‘ Mrs. G W. Mitchell, of Summit, 2 for vou to buy what vou will ;° }townsbip, left on tbe noon train, : / . 3 for Whitesboro, need for this jecounty, Texac, to spend three weeks visiting her aunt, Mrs. Vaughn, and json Ludlow. The Ties wishes ber | Tuesday 5 g 2 ja pleasant trip and safe return. é $ ? § Grayson Prof. T. J. Tayler, of Chicago, hes arrived and taken charge of his de- partment in the Butler Academy, as successor to Prof. Wallace. Prof. | | Tayler is a highly educated teacher | anda strict disciplinarian, baving| F jformerly been a professor in Mies Mary Bard, the accomplished | | Cie Sitilecy Acadeues. daughter of W. J. Bard, near Vir Mie . | ginia, entertained a large number of Fred Webber, in jail at Nevadal|her young lady and gentlemen awaiting travsportation to the peoi-| friends at the home of her parents tentiary On a five years’ sentence for) Friday eveniog. Quite a number of highway robbery, attempted suicide | friends from this city attended. Friday night. He tock a quantity . jof blue ointment, which he had got- ten hold of in some way. the | A thief stole fifty pounds of nice |sausage from Mrs Mattie Manahan, | of Nevada, this week. Sbe bad just B.G. Logan and tbree youog|/received the sausage asa Christmas substantial citizens, farmers of | present from ber brother, Wm Farr | Spruce township, werein the city | of Albuquerque, New Mexico The Monday, and Tuesday took the train | thief in Nevada is no respecter of for Kingtisher, Oklahoma, where | persons and he takes anything that they will spend ten days looking at|is not railed down or red bot. the country. : The two story residence of A. H. Of the meetings held in St. Clair} Lamb, on West Pine street, together county last week to consider a prop-| with most of the household goods osition of settlement of the bond|was destroyed by fire Saturday indebtedness of the county, but one | morning about five o'clock. It is not jmeeting, that at Appleton City,/known bow the fire originated, but took favorable action in the matter | we understand the circumstances At this meeting a resolution was/| point to the work of an incendiary. passed favoriog a compromise on|This is the third house to be de- certain conditions. At other meet ings resolutions were passed urging 3 past few months continued resistance tou payment The following marriage licenses oo 5 —__—— ~| wera iesued last week by the Record er: Fred Hochderffer and Miss Mary M. Shauntz, Culver; P. G. Snuffer and Molesea Shelton. 009 OP00O90000S PODODODODOOS AT THE CLOSE OF 1897. We desire to thank our many customers for their generous patronage during the past year and during the new year we shall strive to mer- it a continuation of your patron- age and good will. We believe Honesty is the Best Policy and we will carry out that principle by giving good honest values in Boots and Shoes. When you need anything in Boots and Shoes call and see us on the East side of the square. H Drvsdale & Keasling. _ Aan NNT John F. Scrinsber and Latisha C. Foster, Rockville; C F. Jackeon and Virginia L Broaddus. Rich Hill; Archibald C. Peterson and Maude M. Curtis, Rich Hill. Total number iesued in 1897, 277. J. G. Cantrell, of Shawnee town- ship, was in to see us and renewed bis paper to'99. He is democratic position be has held for aterm of years, and few democratic conven- tions have been beld in Butler in the past twenty years without his pres- ence as a delegate. Heis a native A couple cf well dressed young|of this county for 3U years. men were made vo beat a basty retreat from E:Dorado Spriugs tbe other day. They bad a buggy and spac of horses whica they tried to Gispose of at a big bargaio. The questions put to the young men, however, scared them and leaving the team at the hitch rack, took to the wocds. They had not been gone long when the marshal received a 'eard from D B Rich, Holden, offer ing a reward for their capture. The officers took their trail and thought jthey would bave little trouble in| man, and we wish him well. their eapture. | | Noah Wilkerson, son of Albert Qur gocd fermer fri Oliser| Wilkerson, a farmer living two miles Freeman, residing about one mile|gouth of Windsor, Henry county, | west of town, met with a very pain-| committed suicide the other day in iful accident so we learn from Dr. | an up stairs room at his father’s res | Boulware, who was called and dress-| jderca with a pistol. He had been led his injuries. The mishap occur-| ip bed health for several yesra and a candidate for county Recorder. T OC. Robinson has his paper cbanged from Sprague to Sunbury, Ohio, where be goes as a dutiful son balance of their lives. While Tom during bis long residenc? in Bates, there are few better citizens or neighbors. We have found him pucctual and straight in all business relations and an honorable upright The stockholders of the Adrian| efforts of several men to bold her.|red in a rather singular manner and bad visited California bealch resorte, Mr Freeman could hardly account! Colorado aud various other places for how it occurred. He was in the i without success. Despondent at timber with bis wagon and in some | e¢yer becowing well, be brooded over ; way caught his rigbt hand between | hig condition until be decided to ithe wheel anda tree. Fortunately | end bis troubles. no bones were broken but the flesh \ from the wri:t to the tips of the fin- | gers was lacerated and masbed al- Our old friend Jobo M. Allison and estimabl> wife. of Stockton,Cali- jmosttoa pulp. The bruised flesh jfornia, are visiting relatives and ‘was drawn together and it took friends in the county. They were about twenty-five stitches to mend 2 Butler Tuesday eccompanied by \the wound. Mis J. W. Allison of Summit, and | the Tiwes. Mr. A p of Cal:foracia 2 Naval variety, ches circumfer nbling an ora nted comphu | The Trwes iearns from J. B Hayes, who wesin the city Tu of the death of Mrs. O. C. Rogers, icf Snawnee township, which occur esday, jred Sunday. The funerai was beld appearance, which Monday avd the remains were laid y in that climate 2inches circumferer to rest in the Cloud cemetery. Death was due to ‘ y shcrt trme ago she the w k eral corsa land valuable home. and next winter McKibbens,. | stroyed by fire in west Butler in the | Foster: N. J. | Groves and Anna M. Blake, Drexel; | committeeman of his toanship whieh ; of Georgia, but has been a resident | He) informs us that be will probavly be, to take care of his aged parents the | Robinson has had his ups and downs | Native Lumber. It would be to the interest of any one desiring native lumber to call on M. L. Smith, 7 miles south of Butler, Mo. Trade or cash. 8-lm The Lamar Democrat, in com menting upon the retirement of Judge Lay, saye: “And the demo- cratic papers in the counties above mentioned have been suggesting tbat W. W. Graves, of Butler, is a probable candidate for the judgeship to succeed Judge Lay. Should Mr Graves become a candidate, and receive the nomination, he will surely be elected; and The Democrat has no hesitancy in saying that he will makes a model judge, as he is a model man and a good lawyer.”— The Sun, EiDorado Springs. Something to Know. It may be worth something to know that the very best medicine for restoring the tired out nervous system to a healtby vigor is Electric Bitters This medicise is purely vegetable, acts by giving tone to the nerve centres in the stomach, gently stimulates the Liver and Kidneys, jand aids these organs in throwing off impurities in the blocd. Elec- tric Bittersimproves the appetite, | aids digestion, and is pronounced | by those who have tried itas the | very best blood purifier and nerve |tonic. Try it Sold for 50c or $1 | per bottle at H. L. Tucker's Drug | Store: | Jerrxuson City, Dec. 30, 1897. | A. B. Owes, Esy, Burien, Mo. } | Cotiector or THE RevEnve. 5 Dear Sin:—Your favor, enclosing draft for $1,500, received. This to- gether with the remittanees received from the other county collectore, will enable us to pay our anoual interest and to redeem $400,000 more of our bonds. This makes $500,000 in bonds we have retired this year, and reduces our bonded indebtedness to $4,500,000. We eonsider this a magnificest financial showing for our state—one of which every Missourian should feel proud; | and we desire to expres3 to you our sincere thanks for the promptness and liberality with which you re- sponded to our call. Yours truly. F. L. Pitts, State Treas’r. A Dread Disease Appears. The genuine scarlet fever hes made its appearance in the family of Mr. M. H. Sinclair, who resides on a farm near the Bates aod Vernon line five miles southeast of Rich Hill, #0 Dr. Delamater told a Review report- ertodsy. Said he: “Yes eir, the case is sure ons of ecarlet fever—and the worst I ever treated. No there is no ecarletina about it. The pa tient is a g ri, #ix yeare old When I first called cn the child her face was swollen almost beyond resemb lance toa face. The face has since peeled off, as has also the mouth on the inside, the nostrils and the ears The wight isa frightful one. Three other children of the family are af- flicted with the disease, but, with careful treatment, all recover Size Price. ry may opulé Ayer’s Cherry Pectoral —