The Butler Weekly Times Newspaper, February 3, 1898, Page 5

ng ow to} en y; ont ou n- 18, ut = Ses SF ree | 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 TO LIE Yo the weather and the cond for you know better. do. You know and so do farmers in Butler during January than any month for years. But its the Tru Most people know a good and when those who came and many other things in pretty fair January trade. We have some of these ba Mens a Bors. And tell you we are having a big trade when we say that those who advertisement and many of them bought our goods. actually worth $7.50 sold for - - - $5.00 and those worth $10 and $12 sold for - 7.50 and $15 suits for - - - - - 10.00 and a $5.00 shoe for - - - - - 2.50 and a $3.50 shoe for - - - ~ 2.00 course they bought them—and after all we had a tinue this sale through February. UTFITTERS u know much about as ition of the roads as we we that there were fewer th we tell you, came had read our thing when they see it, saw suits that were the same proportion, of rgains left and shall con- BUTLER WEEKLY TIMES LOCAL ITEMS To Cure a Cold in One Day. | Take Laxative Bromo Quinine Tab- lets. All druggists refund the meney if it fails to cure. 25c. 3-6m Times telephone number 37. | Our good old friend Adaw Brix- ner remembered us with a renewal | this week. Mrs. J.ouis Fisher presznted her | husband with a beautiful little girl | baby the last of the week. | The United States Supreme Court adjourned to February 21 without | deciding any of the important pend- ing cases. | Mr. and Mis. H. C. Clark and Mr. and Mrs. Joe R. Morrison, went to Fi. Smith and Port Arthur the last of the week. J. M. Williams, a prominent farm- erof Round Prairie, favored us | with acsll and ordered the Times to his address. Mrs. M.M_ UGHall, of Lone Oak, favored us with a pleasant call and renewed her subscription, while in | tke city Monday Mre. and Mrs. A. F. Hartman entertained a number of friends at their home Wednesday evening. | A delightful supper was 821 ved. | Our o!'d friend Uncle George Blankenbaker of Lone Oak township | favored u; with a reiewal Saturday, as bas been his custom for many Lost.—Two halters between town aud poor farm. Finder please leave at Womack’s Grocery. N. A. Auld. John W. Duncan, candidate for recorder, mide us a pleasant call Tuesday. Conductor Abel and Fireman Joe | Little have gone to Port Arthur ona prospecting and hunting expeditior. J. W. Spears, a substantial citizen | of Spruce township. accompanied by his pretty little daughter, Miss Mary, complimented us with a call | while in the city yesterday. Prof. U. M. Barkley, of Rich iil, was in the city Sunday and informed us that he expected to be a candi date for Recorder of Bates county. Heis an educated gentleman, a good democrat and would make aa efficient officer. J. M. Frazier, of Santa Barbara, Cal, who has been visiting re!atives in the county, left for home Friday morning. Mr. Frazier formerly re- sided in New Home township, and Mrs. F. is a daugther of Hick Ray, of Spruc2. Rer. E. S. Graybam, of Hanzibal, Mo., who is now working on the Ely Memorial Fund, spent a few |days in our city. Mr. Grayham preached the dedication sermon of the new Calvary church in Rich Hill last Sunday. W. #H. Crawford and daughter, May, went down to the County Seat |Sunday. W.H. returned Monday, but Miss May remained to help her | brothers in the rush of work at the years. Our geod friend Herbert G Wal- | ton, a’prominent farmer of Summit and influential democrat, favored us while in the city Saturday. Z. A. White, of Shawnee town- | County Clerk’s office —Amsterdam Brecze { ©C A. MecCombs, who has been | merchandising at Wagner, Indian | Ter for some time, returned with | his wife and child to this county the sbip, gave us a pleasant call Satur- day. Heisa candidate for circuit clerk and is out getting acquainted | township. He isa worthy gentle | with the dear people. That prominent farmer and splen- | did democrat, S. L. Coleman, of Deep Water, complimented us with acall and favored us substantially, while in the city Monday. W.C Walden, a prominent young | first of the week. He has purchas- ed the old home place in Spruce | man and the Tres takes great pleas | ure in welcoming him back to Bates. Cc. R. Walters, the editor of the | Review, who took to his bed on the | 11th day of the present month, euf fering with that most dangerous disease appendicitis, ir, for the first time, able to leave his bed. carpenter of our city, moved with | physicians think, if all goes well his family to Kansas City Tuesday. | from now on, that he will be able to Heisa splendid workman and we | leave his rcom within the next week hope he will prosper as he deserves. | Review, 28th. ITS NO USE BENNETT-WHEELER MERCANTILE C0., Dealers in HARDWARE, CROCERIES, QUEENSWARE Lamps, Stoves, Tinware, Barbwire, Nails, Build- ers Hardware, Poul- try Netting. Consolidated Woven Wire Farm Ma- chinery, Wagons, Field and Gar- den Fact We Hog Fence, Seeds. In handle most Everything. Our Grocery depart ment 18 strictly up to date and prices lower than the lowest. We haven't time to tell you how some other merchant has been Robbing you, nor how good you have been to us, nor how good we have been to you—that isn’t what you want. What you need is the best goods you can get for the least money, and we are prepared to give them to you. Ifyou don't believe it come in and get our prices. We are just unloading a car each of the cele- brated Nevada and Pleasantop Flour and can make you the following low prices: 50 1b Gold Band Flour, $ 85 50 tb. Full Moon 95 50 th Gold Medal, 105 5 Olb Victor Hard Wheat, 115 60 ib Palmetto High Patent, 125 60 Tb Blakers Golden Crown, 135 100 th Pleasanton bran, 65 100 fb Pleasanton shorte, 70 10 Tb Michigan navy beans, 25 10 ib Oat fiake, 25 12 tb Hominy flake, 25 15 tb Pearl hominy, 25 5 tb Good rice, 25 1 tb Good raisins. 5 11 Bars ark soap, 25 8 bars Clariette soap, 25 8 bars Lenex soap, 25 2 boxes Greenwich lye, 15 8 tb Dwight soda, in bulk, 25 3 cans good tomatoes 25 3 cans good corn, 25 1 tb full cream cheese, 25 6 cans oil sardines, 25 3 pkg. xxxx coftee. 1 fb broken Java coffee 1 tb Java blend coffee 1 th Mocha and Java coffea 1 tb rifle powder 3 fb blasting powder 4 tb shot 1 box 12 guage loaded shells 06 20 26 25 30 1 box 10-guage loaled shells 35 1 broom not very good 10 1 goed broom 20 Dry salt bacon 43 Rope per ib 07 1 cheap ax handle 10 1 better ax handlo 15 1 Sherwood ax handle 25 Western square washer. 22 5 2 coal hods 25 We are too busy to quote you prices on our entire line but will sell you anything at the lowest living prices. We are just unloading a car of the celebrated Deere farm imple- ments and can show you the nicest line ever shown in Butler. We will bave two cars of Buggies next week and if you want something nica to ride in come and s3e our stock. Remember we pay Cash as well as trade for «ll kinds of country pro- duce, so drive right up to our store with your Chickens, Turkeys, Butter and Eggs when you come to town |and you will get the top price. Thanking you for the liberal trade you have given usa in the past and | soliciting a continuance of sume, we Yours truly, “ BENNETT-WHEELER MERCANTILE 60. H IT | Mrs. Bohm, cf | : Joplin, | favors us with a renewal. | - Our substantial farmer friend W. | F. Eckles, of Perue, remembered us | substantially this week. | Hartman of Montana and Barrett jof Massachusetts attacked R-ed’s |autocratic rule of the House. Dolli- jver of Iowa defended the Speaker. | The deficit in the U. S treasury bas grown nearly $51,000,000 since ' June notwithstanding Mr. Dingley's promise of tariff revenues. Rich Hill Review, 27.—Mr. A. B. Owen, the treasurer of Bates county | was down from Butler yesterday, principally to look after our merch- ant’s tax Mr. Owen made the! Review a pleasant call. | Rev. W. D. Blair received a tele-| gram Friday night, ancouccing the} death of his brother, John R. Blair, | at Pomcena, Cal. Deceased went to| California a little over three years ago for iis health, and bas been an| invalid ever since. | Nevada Post.—Mr. Wise, who has been working for Charlie Felor, is} arradging to start to Klondyke to try his fortune. Mr. Falor has agreed to give him $1,000, itis said, to make the experiment and the dis coveries are to be divided equally. Progressive Crokinole is the latest, by Miss Nellie Austin, toa number of her friends Satureay even- ing. Brown Walton was awarded the first prize and Howard James the booby. Refreshments were serv ed anda jolly good time reported It is a source of Pride to the Sixth | Missouri District that Congressman DeArmond hae taken the leadership in the aggressive policy on the floor of the House and bas electrified the| country with his practical statesman ship and patriotic courage.—Olinton Democrat. Allen Price has leased the Laclede hotel has had it renovated from top to bottom, and has opened outa first class hostelery where he is pre- pared to accomodate the public with first class accomodations Mr. Price is a worthy gentleman and will no doubt receive bis share of the pat ronage Geo. E. McDonald, a robust ar- chitect of Warrensburg, left Kansas City last week for the Klondike gold fields. Four more men from Warrensburg will follow shortly. J.H. Christopher, the owner of Pertle Springs, Harry Clark, Charles Hunt and Harry Nell. Chris topher's son is already in the Klon dike country. . Bates county will have ten dele- requested to be present to prepare | gates in the State convention to ba held at Springtield Aug. 10th, 1898. Qaly four counties outside St. Louis and Kansas City will have more, viz: Buchanan 16, Greene 13, Jasper 14, Saline 11; Boone and Vernon coun- ties will have the same as Bates, 10 each. The convention will be com- posed of 723 delegates. The city of St. Louis is credited with 100. Mrs. John Thomas, aged about 48 She had lived in Bates since 1856. Other deaths in the same township were: Charles Gaugh, proprietor of the store at Peru. and a Mr. Deems. The two latter were buried the same day. Mr. Gaugh leaves a wife and one child. Mr, Deems was quite an! old man. A tramp called at the residence of J. R. Jenkins and stole six dollars belonging to Chas. Fisk, laying in s window. Mudd, who, together with Marshal Hedrick and Constable Dalton, rounded up eight tramps at the depot. Lon Stanley bad reported to the authorities that a tramp had offered for sale at bis second hand store a number of new pants, and that he had purchased one pair. When the tramps were searched one was found with six pairs of new pants wrapped up in an old over- coat, and another tramp had ona new pair under his old ones. Two of the tramps were held and the other six were given hours to leave the town The tramp nuisance is one which our authorities should} deal with promptly and effectively. | They should be run out of town or} put to work. Best Ever Produced. “I had a stomach end bowel trouble and no medicine I tried ever Mr. Fisk notified Sheriff : eae ee ~ er . =~ wee CLOTHING REMNANTS, what you want, and quoted. Come and se are offering the pnblie At i aac aah weer We have put aside all odds and ends ld suits and such odd pieces of underwear and overcoats, that we propose to sell cheap. You may find your size among them and be just PRPPLAPR PAPA APD PPAR hindaainaind at prices never before *e the good things we NMecli«cibbens. PPPPAPPROD — 30 | 5 Bates All Mens, Boys and All Wool Red Underwear 50e per Suit. PDODDOOQOOOIOOOQPOOO OOK ‘Yeechers, Attention, There will be a meeting of the Bates County Educational Commit- tee in Butler Saturday, Feb'y 19th. The committeemen from the differ- ent towoships in the county are for the examination of country school graduates and transact such business as may come before the committee. Antucr Boron, School Commissioner of Bates Co. Tragedy at Piateburg. Platsburg, Mo., Jan. 31.—At 10 o’clock this morning a shooting af- fray took placa at Grayson, this | (Clinton) county, which will likely 15| years, a most estimable lady of Lene | result in the death of Charles Row- 95|Oak township was buried Friday. land, a well known young farmer of that community. James Grimes, a well to do farmer of that vicinity, did the shooting. He says the deed was the result of too friendly rela- tions between Rowland and Grim wife. The quarrel is of long stand- ing and supposed to have been ad justed, when Grimes met Rowland this morniog and began shooting, one bullet striking him shoulder and another in the head. SGROFULA. One of America’s most fa- mous physicians says: “Scrof- ula is external consumption.” Scrofulous children are often beautiful children, but they lack nerve force, strong bones, stout muscles and power to resist disease. For delicate children there is no remedy equal to Scott’s Emulsion of Cod-liver Oil with Hypo- phosphites of Lime and Soda. It fills out the skin by putting i : i — ——— - To Make Room Childrens odd ‘ in the left | did me any good until I begas| z taking Hoods Sarsaparilla. I did|% pr ee ae | eae _— not have avy appetite, but since|*# the cheeks by making ric taking Hoods Sarsapariila I am well % blood. It creates an appetite and hearty. I believe it to be the|% for food and gives the body best blood purifier ever produced.”|® power enough to digest it. Be | Mra W. R Brigmano, West Plains, 2 sure you get SCOTT’S Emul- Missouri |2 a <y 2 soe and $1.00 Hood's Pills cure nausea: sick| 2 : beadache, biliousness and liver ills) | Price 25 cents. & | : OX | For Spring Goods. We are going to inaugurate a Slaughter sale, such as has naver been attempted by any house in County. All Mens, Boys and Childrens odd Suits Mens, Boys and Childrens odd Overcoats At Prices Within reach of everybody wanting Clothes. JOE MEYER, The Clothier. ld Ed. Kelley, who was seriously hurt by falling from a box car ip the Pacific yards here some weeks ago, from which he hes been laid up at his home io Butler, arrived in the city today. Ed is yet somewhat crippled, and has some trouble in getting about.—Review. W. G.WOMACK’S | GREAT CLOSING OUT Slaughter Sale. On account of wanting to change | ray business I bave decided to offer my entire stock of groceries, queens: ware, glassware, tinware, wooden ware and stove fixtures, in fact every thing that I own here in Butler at actual cost, thie is no dodge to catch trade, I mean business, and if you wish to attend the biggest Slaugh- ter Sale that you ever saw in all | your lifetime, now is your opportun- | ity. [am absolutely going to change my business this time if I can pos- | sibly sell out my stock. I want to | close out by April 1st 1f I can, in the | meantime I will keep the staple gro- | ceries in stock so that you can get | what you want when you come at | any time until the shelf goods are | gone, then the staple goods will go | quick, I will also give to the person | buying the largest amount of goods | by the first day of May 1898. 210 in Gold Silver or Greenbacks When you makes purchase in my store call for tickets covering the amount of your purchase, don't for- get your tickets. Now is the time for you to lay in your spring and summer groceries, will take chickens turkeys, geese, Ducks and eggs the same as cach in payment for goods, first come first served, #0 look out or you will lose a golden opportun- ity. My competition may try to make you believe this isa sham sale don't pay avy attention to them but come right to my store and be con Thankicg you for past fa Yours Resp’y, W. G. WOMACK. | | i vinced. favors, lam aioe em anc pte Sn