The Butler Weekly Times Newspaper, August 18, 1898, Page 5

) , ieee t r That ‘‘Cost Price’ sale is booming right along [ —moving lots of suits. We are doing exact- ly what we advertise, offering every summer nt suit at exactly eastern cost and the people show their appreciation by buying freely. Better not wait too long else what you want ive may be sold. Good wearing, good loking cassimere suits—Men’s—as low as $3.25—the y a same as others are selling at $5.00 Boy’s. J an’t,” | dol- rill, Toot a eX. omes } thee rilla, f the j sting § from 2 the root, § a best ‘om t Butle ts oo y Big Success Jj long pant suits as low as $1.50. Big sale on pantaloons—the life cut out of every pair. Those Child’s and Misses $1.00 shoes at 50c are going fast. Better buy a pair for school wear this fall. All Ladies and Misses oxfords at big reductions—Men’s and Boys colored shoes at special prices. eut to $1.00. $2.50 bicycle shoes oO 45c; $1.00 negligee 75c negligee shirts cut $1.50 shirts cut to $1.15. cut to Td5c; Waxrep --I am prepared to take Mrs. W. D Brarr 40 2t. Judge John H. Sullens was in the | city Monday on business and grect- ing his many friends. boarders, students preferred. BUTLER WEEKLY ——— LOCAL ITEMS —$—$———————————————— : | Trves telephone number 37. A splendid rain fll day morning. here yester- Misses Frances Oatron, Sallie and Agnes Arnold left for Omaha Mon- thanks to the day noon to visit the Exposition. The Tres returns Record for favors. Mrs. G. B. Hickman, is yisiting her son Everett, in Douglas county. She will be absent a couple of weeks. | W. C. Burris, station agent at The Trurs gives a full report 0 | Rich Hill was circulating among bis the republican county convention | | friends in Butler Sunday. He still held in this city Saturday. The government has decided to bring home the bodies of American soldiers burried in Cuba. | holds office in a box car. i | d Quite a number from Butler are | The G. A R. encampment Satur in attendance at the senatorial con- | la e z ay. Itis eaid the camp was not vention at El Dorado Spriags Since ihe Free Press tried bard to this year as last break into the repubiicau party that | l6tolsign ought to be down. Wednesday of last week seventy- pulled | seven years ago, Missouri was ad- |mitted into the umion asa state Quite a lerge number of prairie | To day she rank as the fifth state in schooners have passed through town | union. the past week. Some going north | §. Morris and charming little and others south | daughter, Rosine, went to Carthage The democratic platfogm adopted | Tuesday to attend the silver wedding at Springfield convention is up-to-| of Mr. and Mra. A. H Goldsten, of date. Readit. You will find it on | that city. another page of this issue. It was nothing more | walk for Gen. Miles Judge Dalton is able to be at his Rico. The Spaniards office again and attend to business. He has had quitea siege of it and all are glad to see him out. took good | American soldiers. Capt. V. L. Johnson left Sunday | J. B. Adair bas purchased a lot night for Chickamauga. He had not fully recovered from the eff: ct of |on the west, and will build a neat residence. The plans for the house fever, but was very much improved. have been drawn and carpenters are | 80 well attended by the veterans |. thar: a cake | over in Porto} |eare to keep out of the way of the | |adjoining W. F. Duvall’s residence) Two of the candidates on the| McLaughlin for) sheriff, and W. B.S. Gault for pre | republican ticket, siding judge, were nominees of the} ; party and made the race four years} ago. Drilling at Chicamauga has been | reduced from five hours to two hours. aday. With the thermometer at 100 degrees in the shade the boys will certainly not object to the change. This year Missouri will elect long and short term supreme judges, 15 congressmen, 30 circuit judges for) six years each, one half of the atate | senate, the whole house of repre-| sentatives and county officers. Rich Hill and Butler divided hon- |ors in the nominations made by the republican convention Saturday. | Butler took recorder, probate Judge jund prosecuting attorney. Rich Hill, representative, sheriff and pre- siding judge, The ports at Havana have been thrown open and the starving pop- ulace of Cuba will now be enabled to get all the provisions they want. The war being over all will be per mitted to return to work and the island in a short time will be self supporting again. The Second Missouri regiment will be moved this week from Chick amauga to Lexington, Kentucky. That will be a splendid change for our beys for there is no more beau tiful or heathful section in the United States than this center of the blue grass region. Miss Harber, commissioner, the was good reads in the city last week and enlisted most of our bus iness men in the good work. A committee has been appointed to make arrangements for holding a convention, which will probably be called for some time in September. William Moore was jailed Satur day on the charge of having disposed of mortgaged property. At his trial before Squire Hemstreet he plead guilty and was fined $50. William was exceedingly lucky to get off so cheap, as the law makes it a serious offense to dispose of property held by chattel mortgage There will bea basket meeting Sanday Schoo! Rally at the Chris- tian Church at Virginia the 4th Sun- day‘ Aug 28. H. F. Davis of St. Louis, the Sunday School man of Missouri, will be present and ad- drees the people on Sunday School work. All neighboring Sunday Schools are invited to attend. Come and bring well-filled baskets The Paola, (Kans.) Spirit speaks in the highest terms of our fellow townsman John O'Rourke, who has just opened outa feed yard in Pa ola. A large barn was built in the yard and among the convenienees it contained for the public was a ladies toilet room which has been fitted up with taste and every convenience a lady could wish. | William Miller, insane, was taken in charge by the sheriff Saturday and connfied in jail to await o trial for insanity. Judge D. V. Brown was appointed to take charge of his estate. Miller lives near Oak Hill cemetery and wrs sfilieted in a like manner several years ago when be was sent to the asylum where he re mained until discharged as cured. | He is a batchelor and about 50 years jof age. He will be taken to the aey a one day this week. It affords the Times pleasure to state that Col. Elijah Hanes has re- government to carry the mail frem ithe post office to the depot. The |Col. has held this position for the service bas never been had. The past eight years and a more efficient | The republicans have nominated a first rate ticket We are in receipt of a very inter- | esting letter from Prof. Geo. J. Gra of Ennis, Texas, which we |publieh in another column. He is an excellent teacher. j bam, The veterinary surgeons of Kan- |} sas are Unable to explain the strange disease which has broken out among {the horses in central Kansas and | which is epreading rapidly. A strange disease is raging among the cattle Wayne ccunty, this state. The cattle go blind by slow | degrees, remaining perfectly blind | for about two weeks, and then slowly |} their sight again Being in | | regain that the animal does not recover. | Joe T. Smith, one of the oldest, | most highly respected and prosper | ous farmers of Walnut township, did not forget to call while in the city the last of the week. He has been a constant reader of the Times since our control and says that like wine, it improves with age. G. W. Ison, of Pleasanton, Kan- sas, gave the Tiuzs a pleasant and aubetantial call Tuesday. Mr. Ison formerly resided in this county and was overto pay his mother a visit three miles east of town. He re- ports crops good about Pleasanton and said he threshed 700 bushel of wheat from his crop of 40 acres The G A. R. camp at Nevada elected the following officers to serve the ensuing year: Commander, D. Gilson, of Appleton City; F. M. Wyatt, Butler, senior vice: D. C. Graves, ElDorado Springs, officer of the day; J. H. Lloyd, Milo, quarter master; A. R. Patterson, Nevade, adjutant: B J Parker, Nevada, officer of the guard. Department Com mander A. G Peterson, of St. Louis, delivered the principal address The republican and populists tried hard to get together Saturday combication ticket. and join in « Twice the two committees conferred Then the populists conferred witb each other again and the agreement was called off. Then the republicans became disgusted and told the pops to go to the devil disagreement arose over the mat ter as to which faction should name the representative. The following new vames are add ed this week: John Flemming, Pat. Powers, C. C. Duke, William Agnew, S. H. Stalleup, W. C. Thurman, M S. Miller, H. C. Vansant, Elihu Hib- ler, 8S. L. Main, J. B. Thompson, Clarence Johnson, W. G. Palmer, F. M. Burric, Dr. E. E. White, Dr. J. C. Diggs, E. 8S. Williams, C A Pergheder, Boyd Keitb, H H. Have- ly,J. I, Lockhart, John Bowman, Renewals; J. T. Smith, J. S. Fraak- lin, R.D. Radford, Jas. T. Acker- man, R K Goodwin, Geo. J. Grab m, S. L. Starr. The fellowing gentlemen from Bates county attended the state con ventions at Springfield last week: Hon. D. A. DeArmond, Hon. W. W. Graves, W. O. Jackson, S. F. War- nock, R D. Ewin, B E. White, Zib Williams, C. J. McDonsld, E. C. Ed ringtos, W. R. Morrison, M.S Hoon, A. W. Thurman, J.F. Her nell, Dr. W. H. Allen, S. W. Dooley and son James, W. H. Louder, John W. Jamison, Taze LaFollett and J. D. Allen. Hos bertecn, 8. W. Dooley, Jr., Ewin, J. F. Herrell, W. O. Jackson, Jerry Cul | Robert the state convention. Mr. Jackeon | lis the same “Billy O, one of the} best old boys of Butler and a rattlicg good lawyer. While in the! and eack time effected an agreement The discord and | Z. A. White} and Taze Lafolette, of Butler, Mo.,| ceived the appointment frem the/arriyed here this morning on their | way 'o Springfield, Mo., to attend) Tiwzs bas received many favors at| city be made usa plessact call and his hands for which we have beem gpent about an hour in a social chat Our good friend R D. Radford, a prominent citizen cf Deep Water township, favored us substantially while in the city the last of the week. Five or six horsss were poisoned for farmers near Nevada one night last week. Everything indicated that the horses bad been peisoned with strychnine. Dan Deuffenbaugh the suc- cessful bidder for the erection of the new $7,260 school buildieg at Rock- ville. The building pleted by Nev. 15. was isto be com- |} preparing their bids. The holdup of the Burlington ar St Joseph last week was hed by boys living in St The boys all belonged to respectable families. All have been captured and will be prosecuted. train r We hear that A. E. Perkins wil! move to Butler in the near future Mr. Perkins is a genial whole souled gentleman and we congratulate Butler in securing such a citizen, | yet we regret togivehim up.—Fos. je Beacon. very thankful. “FOR WORMS and pla er bowel to whicl dren are lia no medi AYER’S PILLS” Mrs, A. CASEY, Pigott, Ark. i | We are always pleased to see him — Pleasanton Herald. Elder R. E Howell, 5 Christian church. at 5 Joheson county, was tried in War- and found rens guilty of mek ing a falee affidavit to prove of loss from the burning of his residence ia Warrensburg in June last, and sent enced to pay @ fine of €50@. The; prosecution proved that Howell had |emplyed Charles Pinson to burn | the property, promising to pay him | $50 therefore. A charge of arson is | pencing against Howell. | sligionae ew ee. aera — Men's Black Cheviot Suits, French Faced : When it comes to T, we have T that is T and at prices that defy competition Try:it and if you are a T drinker you will be certain to | come to our house again. Frask Suita & Son. Help is wanted when the nerves appetite fails. Hood's Sareaparilia gives help by become wesk and making the blood mch and pure | After pence is established the real Think of the war plays and the topical war songe Those gentlemen and our good friende, J. E and J. V. Snodgrass, complimented this office the last of the week. horrors of war will be felt excellent T. D. Embree, one of Bates cours ty’s most prominent teaehers, has his paper changed from Ballard to Onyx, Okla, for a short time. Sam L. Starr, a prominent farmer of Pleasant Gap, and judicial com- mitteeman from this county, com- plimented us while in the city Saturday. He leaves this week for an extended trip through Oklaboma Our old and highly esteemed friend J.S8 Franklin, who bas been with us fora long term of years, renewed his sllegianee while in the city the last of the week. He isa large farmer and an influential citi- zen of bis townsbip | Moved From Camp Thomas, Chickamauga, Tenn, Aug. 15.— The first Vermont infantry, camped here, was to-day ordered to Fort Etben Allen, Vt, and received its marching orders at noon. The reg iment will probably leave here to morrow. The reason given Yor the jcbange is the sickness prevailing. The orders came as a great surprise, jand they were entirely unexpected Your friends may smile But that Means dan Ind tir tir ed feeling It icates impoveri blood, er. This And | number m: WMielkibbens. FRAPPR AAR AR AAR AARARAAAARA AR OXFORDS. 506. 756, « $05. mut you iv be an g@ them SORE ERE EE we RA b> | | properly cared for it ig arare case ccliaiieiliiiendaieiaiiieiaiemieeeniamiaciaae: All Men's, Boy's and Children’s light Weight Suits and Odd Pants AT ACTUAL COST. Must be Sold to make Room for Fall Goods. Joe Meyer. F : : : : : The Clothier. PARGAINS. We offer the following this week for spot cash. | Good bed steads, 20 styles $1.00 New Chairs, 6 for 2.75 Old chairs, 6 for 1.50 6-foot extensoin table 3.50 First class cotton top 50 mattress New stoneware per gal. .05 Wash boiler copper bottom .65 35 Tea kettle, copper bottom Great drive on all tinware. i\CULVER& CAMPBELL, | Furniture Dealers and Under= takers. North Main Street. HONEST ADVERTISING brings honest customers. The kind that we are catering forand the con- tinuance of this honest advertising builds up a good trade—that is a trade composed of people who cone tinue to trace at cur etore mainly because they know that it pays them and partly because they have gotten used to the store Good will has never been other than by honesty and by conducting thet lines acceptable to the exe and ente Ww 1 rather g ) back ¢] & cy yur metboi ef Business. H. ‘ TUGKER, Prescription Druggist, North Side Square. BUTLER, MO.