The Butler Weekly Times Newspaper, August 25, 1898, Page 8

The testimonials in behalf of Hood's Sarsaparilla are written by honest le who want you to know what it bas done for them. Curtis McKibben is taking in the Omaha Exposition. Wasten—To buy 500 bushels of peaches. Frayxk Smiru & Sox J. E. Williams, a prominent | merchant of Butler, wasa member | of the Bates county Senatorial d-le-| gation.—E] Dorado Sun. Mrs. H.L Tucker of Butler, Mo, | arrived here Monday morning ao | companied by her father who has! been spending the past week with her’and husband, H. L. Tucker.—| Waverly Time Lucas Cowgill brought to town Monday a load of very fine peaches. He was retailing them out at $1.50 per bushel. The peach crop is not near as good as was anticipated in the spring. If you are in need of a cook stove, get a Superior, like the Missouri mule, there is no better on earth. Frank Suitu & Son. Mr. George Pharis, one of the best known and substantial citizens of Bates county, was in the city Friday to meet his son John, who returned home that day from Oklahoma, suf- fering with a severe attack of fever. —Appleton City Journal. An exchange says children who are taught kindness to animals of which man is one, rarely become criminals, and a famous lawyer de clares that “brains without heart is far more dangerous than heart without brains.” If you want something good try our 124, 15, 20 or 25 cent coffees— they can’t be be beat. Fraxx Santa & Sox. Miss Lelia Starke, of Butler, was visiting Miss Mazie Thomas yester- day, but returned home last night. Mies Stark is a daughter of R. J. Starke, one of Rich Hill’s pioneer citizens, and is a bright and sensible young lady.—Rich Hill Review 19th. We are in receipt of a renewal from our esteemed friend F. O. Jobn, formerly a prosperous and Prominent citizen of Bates county, now living at Petersburg, Ill, where we are glad to say he is prospering. He is an excellent gentleman and is deserving of the full measure of success. If you haye a lot ot old bottles you do not need, tura them into jelly glasses by cutting them off three or four inches from the bot- tom. To cut them off tie a string soaked in turpentine about the bot- tle where you wish to cut it, and set fire to the string. It will break as smooth as if it had been cut with a diamond.—Ex. Mr. Miller and wife of Butler, vis ited their daughter, Mra. Vantrees, the first of the week. * * * Henry White, of Butler, visited bis sop, Chas. White, west of town, this week, and made us a brief call, Mon- | AT COST FOR CASH! REMOVAL SALE OF BOOTS AND SHOES. AT GOST FOR GASH! ON OR ABOUT SEPTEMBER 1ST We will move our stock of Boots and Shoes to the DENNEY BUILDING, doors north of our present location and we have concluded to make the people an offer for the next two weeks, of any in the house at COST and carriage. your size and can fit you. EAST SIDE SQUARE, BUTLER, MO. BOootT OR SHOE This includes Boots and Shoes for Men, Women and Children. We have Everything goes in this sale. DRYSDALE & KEASLING. SSS Jobnson-Vandervoort. Washington Daily Herald, Ang. 17. A quiet home wedding took place at the home of the bride’s parents, Mr. and Mrs. Abner Jobneon, on Columbus avenue, Tuesday evening, August 16th, when their youngest | daughter, Miss Alice, was united in| gpvenppEN FINE MULES pURN.| tered the paint on the plank and made them so hot | bear your hand against the building Severa! glass in the opera house | was broken by the beat. Nearly every window in the rear | of the business block on the west side | of the square was broken out by the | heat and casings scorched. | worst damage, however, was to the | buildings occupied by Gus. Wyard, | the Free Prees andthe post office. The Free Press was pretty badly marriage to Mr. E. C. Vandervoort, of Mo., Rev. W. Y. Voliva officiating. They will be at home to their friends | j | after December 1st at Butler, Mo., Johnson’s Feed Barn and a Large where Mr. Vandervoort is engaged | in business as agent for the Missouri Pacific Rail Road Company. There will be a basket dinner and Sunday Schoo; rally at Virginia next Sunday. Be sure and hear H F. Davis, of | St. Louis, at Virginia next Sunday. The citizens of Rich Hill are preparing an entertainment for the teachers attending the institute. ill be gi t the h f It will be given a e home o | Geo sa Mr.and Mrs B. G. Cook of the South Side.—Rich Hill Review 20. The president has appointed Fitz hugh Lee, jr., a second lieutenant in the regular army. The appoint ment came as a surprise to Gen. Lee, who bad not suggested it. At pres- ent young Lee is a lieutenant of en- gineers in the volunteer army and is upon his father’s staff. The city cemetery has passed through a wonderful change in the | past few weeks. The grass has been cut, the undergrowth and most of and painted white and the grounds A BIG FIRE. |The Elkhorn Livery Barn Goes Up in Flames. ED TO DEATA. Amountot Baled Hay, Oats Corn Ete. Also Burned, | Only by Heroic Efforts of the Fire Depart- ment Was the Fine Block of Brick Busi- ness Houses on the West Side of the Square Saved. The clang of the big fire bell about | 8 o'clock Tuesday evening brought | dameged by the pieing of type and out almost the entire Population of | flooding with water. It will take Butler, to witness the burning of the | two or three weeks hard work be- | Elkhorn livery barn occupied by | fore the office is righted. One form | locked up was carried to the court | It was the biggest and tiercest fire | house yard and there pied by an in- | witnessed in this city for several | quisitive person. No insurance. The post office was completely matter all being | carried to the court yard and mixed lots of hard | work ahead for the clerks in getting | tance of 100 feet. It was built of|the mail matter straigtened out Postmaster Welton was in St. Louis at the time. | the faithful mail carrier braved the | fire and heat, | mail and delivered it to the train on years. The barn had just been filled with | gutted, the mail hay, some 19 or 20 tone, and once | under way the heat was intense and | the flames shot heavenward to a dis- pine lumber and with sheds covered | @ half block of ground. Tbe barn was located near the southwest cerner of the equare and | four blocks from the fire depart- the shrubbery removed, the trees | ment. trimmed up, hitching posts put up| The fire appeared to originate in hay mow about the center of the bear the appearance of being well | stable and by the time the fire boys kept. The cemetery committee de- serves much praise for their excel- lent work. When it comes to T, we have T that is T and at prices that def competition. Try it and if you are a T drinker you will be certain to come to our house again. Frask Satu & Son. A Kentucky Battle, Pineville, Ky. Aug. 22.—QOn Fri- }day Braken Williams and Jobn Head, with two young women of bad repute, went to a peach orchard day. * * * Mrs. Day and daught-|on a mountain farm near the head of er, Nérms, came up from Butler Popular Creek. Later Marshall Saturday and spent several days with her sister, Mra. C. A. Emerson. —Amsterdem Breeze. j Yea, verily, girls are few of days Malone and Isaac Lunsford ap- | proached them and demanded that the women leave the company of the first young men and go with them The women had not time to an- and full of mischief, and whoever is swer before their companions enter- deceived thereby is not wise. When | the fair one cheweth gum hastily | Colt’s revolvers and stampeth her pretty foot with | much vigor, then beware. She ed a strenuous protest, and backed it up by placing in evidence two 45 Malone the challeng Lunsford accepted » pulled their revolvers cometh forth in the evening with a| 82d opened fire. After the firing low neck and short sleeves, but in the morning she lieth in the bed | bad ceased and the smoke had clear- ed away, it was found that Williams, Head and Lunsford were dead and while her mother hustleth. She| Malone was dangerously wounded. eateth all winter of the young man’s oysters, ; eth with glee of sleigh rides; but when the gentle springtime cometh, she winketh the| other eye and goeth with a new| be au Ex i CUTICURA REMEDIES or Skin-Tortured Babies. ce hade ox. She suffered 869 So. 13t St., Brooklyn. red roughness on my boy's Soap, he is entirely cured. 1913 Wilder St., Phila., Pa. asked th | Cuba Sixth Missouri Wi te Cuba With Gen- eral Lee. H Fla., Camp Cuba The Sixth Missouri will go to Cuba with Gen- eral Lee’s Seventh Army Corps as a part of the army of oceupation. Li j Tois point was officialy and definite. ly determined late this afternoon close on the heels of a ditable review of the Second b, of which the Sixth iga Brigadier General Barkiey is headquarters Colone! Colonel Clark, Majoc 1 Major Dickinson, and ing General Lee's instructions ifit was the desire of the cra It is generally believed that Wil- Sig Fem ded win cor | liam J. Bryan’s regiment, the Third dakep ase ee etu= | Nebraska, will vote to not go. The | movement to Cuba wil! start net lat- SRBAT RE SEES fer than October. cumbed in the lot, and three were jeyes destroyed, and the ot ck Missouri regiment to go to ) SRS zs They answered in the affirma- | 5€ Merciful to put them out of their tive. The Sixth accordingly was re- | did no good. After usingone | Ported to General Lee asa part of | of CoricvB (ointment) and | his army of occupation. arrived the whole structure was a seething mass of flames and it was quickly observed by the fire depart- ment that nothing could be done for the barn and therefore all efforts | were turned to save the brick busi« | ness block, the double brick build- ing recently put up by the late C. B. Lewis, fronting on Ohio street, and the residence of Mrs. C. B_ Lewis which adjoined the bara on the north Only an alley separated the busi ness houses from the two burning barns. The windows in the rear of the store buildings, wooden awnings cecal and out houses waich lined the alley behind the stores ca t fire, and then the people held their breath in fear of the eutire block being con- sumed The ticemen seeing the condition of things left the barns to their fate and concentrated their efforts on the store houses. Lines of hose were run through the buildings and, notwithstaning the intense heat, the firemen braved alland saved the west side of the Square from the fate of the two barns. It was noble work by the tiremen, and all jue them for the excellent manner in which th situa- tion was managed NOTES It was enawful sight to witness the burning to death of the impris- oned mules and hear their pitiful appeals. In all there were twenty head of mules los Sevent suc- gotten out but will One bad its her two were so badly injured that it would misery. The animals lost belonged to Mr. {Smith. Hebkad been buying them tosbip and their loss was total, as ; they were not insured. The horses in the barn were cut loose and made their eseape. On the contents of the baro Mr. | Smith carried an insurance to the | amount of $2,200. He estimated bis | we write what we hear the Virginians say ie | loss above insurance at $2,000. The LaClede hotel, you could not | Coleman Smith’s book and news | Stand in the post office building was | damaged by removal. The cornice of the Bates | Bank, caught fire, but a couple of | buckets of water in time quenched Burning brands of fire fell for blocks distance causing great anxi- | ety for the Baptist and South Meth- odist churches, and residence prep | erty north of the public equare. At the time of the fire there was very little wind stirring and to this fact aud the good work of the fire men thousands of dollars wag saved, Fireman Shoots Brakeman. ticemap, and Harry Bar- ber, a brakeman, bott of the Kansas City, Pi railroad became involved in a rel last night ia the Pittsbur Gulf eating house and Bro little above the hip. lay him up for s meds his escape. Attempted Suicide The Kansas City Times of Satur- day morning saye: In a fit of jealousy, Minci Fifth and Delaware drank a half ounce of arsenic Thurs- day night in an attempt t this mortal coil- proached her smiled on another. ped her face, and, cried and then tried to end by taking arsenic. to police headquarters, where Drs. Longan and Brown to Kansas City about th ago from Butler, Mo, where, it said she was once a leader in society. She is 15 years old and remarkably Bring your cash and take your choice. j Virginia Items. true j Dear Reader, don’t blame usifwe bear ‘eu say across tbe! What bappeas you. street opposite the barnes, came near; Mrs Cole Hensley and daughter, It is a three story frame | Mrs Carrie Nickells, returned home | building, and the intense heat blis- | Friday from a visit to Vernon Co. The Christian S S is making ar- rangements to havea good time at | the basket dinner next Sabbath, Aug |} 28. Elder Davis will be here Satur- day night. James Cuzick’s health was poor last week. J W Quaintance and wife, of Bucy- ras, Ohio, who have been visiting | the family of G. W, Park for several | days, left for K C Friday afternoon. | He says he likes Bates county very j)much, and if he was younger would like to live here. Henry Gardner was at K C Friday and Saturday. Mr Thralls, of Butler, was in oar | city last Thursday hunting beeyes. ja few days last week with their sister, | Mrs John Hendriekson, at Drexel. C C Park left last Thursday for Crawford Co, O, to visit his parents. visit relatives a few days. The boom- ing TimEs will be a welcome guest at his home every week. | and he is ready for a cold winter. | Rev Hulett preached here Sabbath | night. | Miss Griffith, of Appleton City, is | visiting the family of A L Porter, | Misses Icy Jenkins, Ida Cowan, | Sadie Whinery, Gertie Mauger and | Leadie Wallace; Messrs Joe Whin- | ery, Laurence Wallace, Chas Cowan attended church at Amoret Sabbath night. T J Wheeler, Misses Leda Wallace, Nettie Downey, Gertie Mauger, Mary | Cowan attended graduating day at | Rich Hill. | The Misses Clay, of Butler, are vis- | iting the family of Pierce Hackett. Vm Durst made a flying trip to K C, visiting old friends and relatives, John Jackson went to Linn Co, Kan, Monday to close the contract of a farm, 14 miles west of Kossuth. Alfred Jackson expects to move to his farm that he bought there the Ist of September. He owns the farm that Wall Street P O is on. Ciate Wolfe is still at ElDorado. The Dr says the cancer on his nose on C6 ne out. He expects to be ied for Henry T t Sabbath night Butler. AARON, Does Baby Thrive? its food does > same with ] uldren that are delicat ott’s Emulsion seems to | the element lacking in thei food. Do not fail to try it your children do not thrive It is thought the Miss Gilliam SUMmer as in winter. referred to above was formerly Miss| 45% your doctor of this is not true. Minnie Roberts of this city, SCOTT & BOWNE, Chemists, New York of Fisk Bros. & Co, and will for the next thirty days sell g00ds ch than they have ever been Sold iy Butler: and as the People of Butler aod Bates county know the Class of | goods that we have been handling it will well pay you to come to my store and get prices on MALY goods ;that Iam going to sell way dows | cheap. I am selling now three times jthe amount of goods that we sold | this time last year, and will continue jin the future to stand by our farmer trade, and when they bring Produce to my store they seldom have to drive away to find a buyer,and don't forget that I will always Pay cash and the highest cash price fer chiekens, ducks, geese, turkeys, eggs. And when I sav the highest cash price I mean the highest cash price in Bates Co. Will you get this in your noggin, that I want Your chickens and I want your eggs, and if you want cash—cash ig what | Simmons Threshing Co threshed|good corn meal. I have it by the for several of our farmers last week. {car load on hands all the time. Clarence and Fellie McElroy spent | Price and call for this coffee. He will stop in Caldwell Co, Mo, and duce. and how strong it is. It always he Isaac Park's new barnis completed brought twenty-five cents per pound, you can get here one pound for Me, two pounds for 35¢c. is delicate | | Battle Ax tobacco 2 Ibs 550 It is as useful for them inj1 dozen tin cans 30c, wax fret For good goods and low pricet— | don’t forget the place. T. W. FISK. T. W. FISK. T. W. FISK, I have purchased the entire stogk eaper jwant to give you; and we will no | @ give you a check with war stamp on | p it but will give you straight spot cash out of the money drawer. a Battle Ax Tobacco one pound ° 30c, two pounds 55c. b FLOUR, FLOUR, FLOUR, |; I will sell you good old whet) flour almost as cheap as you can buy fy a Weare now selling 500 pounds F a every week of our Java Blend coffee, | ic two pounds for 25c. Remember the Pr . 4 I dozen quart tin cans 3c} We are selling the best Africas 6 Java coffee that the market will pro- Everybody knows what the 4 large grain African Java coffee is GQ eres Dry salt meat per th $ 05 x Country shoulder per th ne, 2 th Battle Ax tobacco 5 12 bars Rex soap % tt 25 worth of chewing gum oF 6 bars Old Country soap SF. 8 bars Clairette soap ST 8 bars Lenox soap tiny 8 bare Olivette soap BF 6 bare Brews double bar soap & tl 10 bars World Beater soap an 10 bars Wool soap SEs 1 box, 4 bars, Buttermilk soap 10 6 bars Grandpa's Wonder soap OB . 8 th soda BE td 6 boxes mustard sardines Be wm 1 barrel of fine salt eR tk Pp 2 Ibs. Battle Ax tobacco 55¢§ ii 1 sack Family flour 5 24 1 sack Straight Patent 164 1 sack High Patent 115 | Queen of Butler and Royal always on hand. el |1 dozen quart tin cans 30¢ Wax free. e 1 | Greenwich lye, two boxes 1 o | One good wash board ie One granite steel coffee pot 35 m 1 granite steel wash pan i p 1 granite steel bucket 6 1 16-ounce can pure baking . powder W 1 25-0z can pure baking powder 15 10 f navy beans 5 gal oil can full of best oil % dash board lantern best quality & coffee mill that will grind coffee galvanized tub # Lippencott ax bod set of knives and forks # set silver table spoons e set er teas spoons 3 good buck saw A Battle Ax tobacco sd dozen quart tin cans 306 I have just received four gO par terns of the latest designs of rated queensware—come in and loos at them; they are something oe¥ and very stylish, and there never be been anything in Butler to compal® with them. You need not go to - Louis or Kansas City to buy yom queensware, because we can gift _{you allthe upto date patterns # this store. D T. W. FISKe