The Butler Weekly Times Newspaper, June 23, 1898, Page 5

Coa Chicago Live Stock. CHIcaco, J Reeoly 3, 000% #4.10@5.19; cows and u 600,1.20; " netive and @ ixed, ¥3 309 402%; heavy, Sheep—Recet t steady to HDD St. Louis Live Stock. 1.—Cattle—Re Dee 2 4 Corn— June. . 2 a inally 0c; No City Produ 1.—E; Praltie Fires In Texas Fort Worth, Tex., June rairie fires in Lubbock and adj nties inue. Many fine r been bur eo At has been destroyed, Miles of re in the great Winn »bock county, burned, we ter than had the the later season. Mill Burned J 3t.—A fi Flour Bevotr, Wi one of 9,000, par About 2 ment as @ result of the tre. | Admiral was deeply impressed. | mite cruiser Nicheroy put an end to explosive, and in their off | was en | peror of Brazil, sent Admirsl Salda- ried them is the absence of a conven- see = friends and customers and to the public ge +} subscriptions t » the new Government oper ¢ to perform, free of charge, all services in « inst ic, he remarked to me stand ide the gun on the prceving grounc at Fort Hamilton, where he witaes3 WILL REVOLUTIONIZE NAVAL WARFARE. | be ae ei ita range, accuracy aud destruct re pe " piesa ive power. Withiva it time Don Terrible Cruisel Vesuvius Could Pedro abdicated, w republican form Efface a City in Ten Minutes. of cover:ment was ect up acd Melio bo pun his revo ution Admiral da eal Gana “a> his chief figh « HAS PROVED MER WORTA “ff =) be een ree be Biz len Gover ent fiited troy in New York with Pernfic Destruction Wrouzkt by ter mite gun Her com Guns st Santiago Show.d Her crted by telegraph as Value.—-lnventer fot she ep,reachcd the Brazilian coast land’s Opinion, She steamed into Rio Jaueiro harbor N York, June 17.—The cruiser cleared for ection. There was no Vesuvius evidenily began a new era/ ing to five at Tho mere cews of in naval warferea when sho made | her coming put,Da Gama and all of havoc of the Santiago fortificatio: 8 his men to flight. They sbandoned Monday night with three of her {all their ships. That ended the rev giant shells. Army and navy men | olution. are talking about hsr as if she was The Vesuvius has not one emalt something supernatural. Citizens | dynamite gun bat she has three big generally compare her to Earicssena | ones. ‘heir caliber is 15inchcs 1 Monitor, and admit that she is aj can give youa suggestion of their hundred times more destructive. force. There are three 15 inch De Bordea Wilmot is the repre- dynamite guns at the Pri sidio, near sentative of the Poeumatic Torpedo | San Francisco As a t st of and Constructioa Company, of New | these gune ssnt a projectile cantain- York, which designed and built the ing 200 pounds of nitrogel utin acros3 cruiser Vesuvius and sold her to the |the Golden Gate into one of the United States Goyerament after she | mountains one mile away. The ex had undergone # series of severe | plosion of this shell dug a erster in teste. the solid rock 35 feet deep and 65 “The Veruvius” said Mr. Wilmot, | fect in diameter. Of eourse, it must “has a battery of three pneumatic | not be forgotten that the Ve guns, mounted in the bow, at a is using gun cotton in her projectiles fixed angle of 18 degrees. The Gun cotton is only one-fifth as guns are 55 feet long, 15 iach bore strong as nitrogelatin. and built rigidly into the vessel. “Where a shell strikes from one From all I have read about Monday of the guns of the Vesuyius the night's trial with three shells, I am havocisawful. One of her projectiles, convinced she has not shown half dropped in the midst of a regiment, of her ability. would climinate it from the war. What can she do* She can drop | If any man in the regiment was not 500 poucds of niirogelatine nearly torn to bits he would not be fit two miles away with accuracy. She fighting. Against a ship, the V san repeat this feet 15 times in 10 | yius would be deadly. One of her minutes. That means 3] tons of | big shells dropping on deck would high explosiyes throwa upon the crash through the armor and expiod- enemy's ships or forts, or whatever ing ina vital part would shatter a the object of attack may be If one of these ehel!s exploded The destructive power of such @ in the air or in the water within 50 broadside is almost beyond compu- feet of a ship of war it w suld crush tation. It is enough to destroy @ in its side or bottom and sink her, city, to wipe it off the face of If one of these shells exploded in 50 the earth and eliminate every | yards of a modern warsbip it would trace of its existence The nitro- render her useless for fighting tor gelatin is half again »s strong @§ the detonation will throw the bear- dynamite Imagine the effect of ing of three and three fourihs tons of it. The moral effect of a bombard oae avius for * 8 ship. e3 nearly out of her eag line di e the shaft or jam the neatly fitted parts Thus tke ship would ment by the Vesuvius must be tre become a helpicss target mendous. By way ofani lustration Many leading artillerists The dyna- let me teil you one fact. army greatly in favor of the late Brazilian revolution without | mu: ications to the war department firing a shot. Her mere presence hare sdvocated its more extensire ugh—Don Pedro, the Em use The only thing that bss wor- ma da Gama, cf the Brazilian navy. tas well as a fitting means of up here to find cut how the pnet- firing it. matic dynamite gua worked. The Tike season is just at hand for Fruit cans. Webhavesa good sup- ply of both glass and tin. MORAL EFFECT ‘Td rather be with that gua than | Frank Smith & Soa The Farmers Bank i= prepared to" old frie ple night. U.S. WAR BONDS. Virginians say is lame us if we bear ’em say y night of truck Cole Hen horse and set fir but was ext last week light- ley's barn, kill to the barn, shed. Prof Chas Fisk of Butler, came out dnesday night to teac the band boys. He had to remain in the city all night on account of the rain. Wh cut @ has be the order of busir the past w ° Zera Rayburn and wife of Jeffer- son City, are visiting relatives and Sam 3 ie K C grocery man, was in y last week, He hada gun wi n and looked so soldierly thought he was on his way to made Aaron a asant call last Thursday. he band boys pra ed Saturday The mt sounded nice in Aaron’s ear half a mile distant. The boys are there” in good shape. James Keeton of near Vintion, was J W Hall of Butler, isic “vetting in our city Saturday talking free silver. Henry Feebeck has the banner piece of corn. Mrs Chas Gardner was reported as getting weaker Saturday; no hopes of her recovery. Dr Lockwood of Butler, and broth- er-in-law, were in Virginia Sabbath. that the money to S of the ch, the treas- Hensley, left om her ehureh Childrens the S which that belonged Christi ehu M E Day, uld do well to return it and save further trouble and expense. Mrs OW Tuttle and ¢ iren, of Butler, are ting her sister, Mrs Geo Jenkins and brother Geo Ruble. Miss Mattie Cuzick has been on the sick list since she returned from War- g, where she had been attend- » Summit, visited ord Wallace one » has volunteered n » Free Methodist Children’s Day at the Nestlerode school house Sun day at 3oclock was well attended. They had a lendid program and ittle folks did well. Fannie McDonnell of Austin, is visiting our postmistress, Miss Iey Jenkins. She had been postmistress or several years, but final- ly the change in the administration made a change lately in the office there. We did not learn whether ft wasa republican young lady, but expect it was a man. We are ac- quainted with the young ladies that manage the postoffices at Foster and aand the one wae was Austin, and they are all good look- ing. Mrs Carr Dudley, who bas been visi Pryor Creek, 1T. The doctor lived ai Virgifiiaa number of years and doctored horses. We learn that he is} enjoying good health, farming and doctoring horses for the Indians. His! ing with him. Monday lla Williams was very low. No one allowed to see her except her waiters. = Carrie Henderson of Kansas is some time. a RECRUITS BEING EONPPED Derg Wills B ee B A THIRD CALL FOR V Gen. Miles Want . » . thay < Troo he Ktean Px pedith The ¥ i at Tampa, Fla.—Cha army Canteens - ‘ RAMAUGA u = i 2 ‘cite at none ar work 1 ce, € Ideal Mewcr runs 8) others 1 ‘ | herse lighter than any other no troops t ‘ DEERING BINDER TWINE to the pound countered Tampa can be i in 5 Wasuincrox, June runs 50 feet more ASHINGTON, expeditions to Sant than —— —— cr —— —— by Ow 1 thelr t actual test. This is a fact which le Bi : : we can prove to you We have er ae about the time all tt While noth " I hy 5,000 POUNDS this p is a matt artment j ‘ ¥ of members of t xf congres t too mar men tl an too few and as few natk n \ in actual stock, which we can sell ae say tags nee Reegianh gy fone ; at! ng her brother, Dr Nieukirk at) ng her relatives here and willfor|y oq Price Hardware AAROS, | you for 1 cent less than we can sell] training than those who resy Lt you Deering twine, if you want it.| the frst and sie nd calls before the The Vorto Kican pedition. Wasuinoton, June Maj. Gen Does not make a pound of twine, Miles intends t there shall be no ; . = ay in having the trooy t the neither dces They buy it ces of embarkation for the Porto out as cheap as they can and are apt n expedition. Orders have been to get inferior twine. Look at the a to rig. Gen. he C van, cor neuer b . ing the troops at Mobile, to immedt- tag on the balls, you will see that} artery procced with hisentire comimand they say “made for ”} to Miami, Fla, and to hold himself tn the Deering tags say made by Wm. readiness for duty with the Porto Rti- can army. Orders have also been Is- Deering & Co., Chicago. Wm. Deer ing & Co, are the only binder man- ufacturers who make this statement. sued to Maj. Gen. Brooke, command- ing the troops at Chickamauga park, to have his regiments ready to move Lenmige to Fernandina upon the shortest no- Weare getting in our second car of} tice. Deering binders, mowers, and hay The Recent Kiot at Tamps Sige Atitanta, Ga, June 2 Twenty- rakes. This is no fake; we can prove} seven of the o soldiers who were it by the way bills at the depot, and wounded in the recent Tampa riot have arrived at Mcl’herson Darracks what's more, nearly all the Iset car for hospitaltreatment These soldiers is cold and we have more on the} make startling assertions in ing way. Our drayman said our first} that 40 of yrs race lost life al m ‘ evening and that over 100 were seri- car of Deering goods was the big-| ousiy wounded The press reports gest he ever saw on the track. Wel] published the killing at four wish to call attention to the Chaplains Against Army Canteens new Don't CuickaMAuGA NaTionaL Pann, Ga, June 21.—The chaplains of the Deering all steel hay rake. volun- think of buying till you see it, and| teer army now in cam here > de- cided to unite ag can- to buy any other mower than the 105, They do not announce openly New Deering Ideal is like biting off your nose to spite your face. We are pleased with our increased grocery trade which is due to honest weight and good meaeure. t of their combi- known that that such is the ob nation, but it is gene the meeting of 22 0 was for that purpose BASEBALL GAMES. 8 inch monkey wrench 20¢ 10-inch = - 25e 12 inch ==) = 30¢ Good oil can be Better - Te Zero machine oil ae | Sareised 3 % ter wostisg Eldorado engine oil 2be | Shiesso. Eos boule Deering harvester oil Capitol cylinder oil Boston coach oil, pr qt L PC A Milas P aI O 21 36 Best harness oil, pr gal c am “s ‘é e ts tf De et au 2 &% U. S. axle grease, in bulk, p: ib Kansas City -20 25 Sections for all machines with rivets to put them on | Heavy octagon, solid machine punches, each Cold chisels Liquors Prohibited in Camp Alger. 1 une 2L.—At Camp Al- was issued ntroduction Here- tted to ger posit 10e 16c, 15¢, 2Ce | Just received a full line of Portere bay carriers, forks, track, pulleys, etc. We are headquarters on screen wire, |freczers, grain cradles, scythes and | snathe, grind stones, ete amp. tofore o have such Two de one from and the souri, the well bere other Hardeman to Be Colonel Jerrens > 21. —Gor. Stephens announced that he had Letcher Hardeman, of th cavalry for colonel of the new Sixth regiment of Missouri volunteers to be organized under the second call for troops. Gov. Stephens stated on the that the story that he is with commissions from officers Missouri volunteer regimen Sagrant tot | See our line of fine buggies, road wagone, etc. DEACON BROS. & CO. } 2othe & Grocery House 5 oldingy