The Butler Weekly Times Newspaper, September 1, 1898, Page 5

~ ue, | le. be. ty, ple sit 16g ag od z ».@ shall continue to ith - . o,@ medium weight c¢ Ne 1, @ cost for cash. it: iy ot boys’ and children’s. : the boys for school now. al pant suits as low as $1.75. = Cleaning up our shee stock—odds to and ends of men’ feet from 5 to 6 We eye $1 negligee shi and boy’s colored prices. womeedwsb® AGS2BsSSa Bb i a | School Suits ‘Fat Actual Cost. For the next two weeks only we his includes men’s shoes cut to $2.50. Men with small bargains in the lot. 5Oc negligee shirts cut to ‘ts cut to $1.50 negligee shirts cut to 1.15 35¢ work shirts cut to Ladies’ and misses’ oxfords, men’s offer all light and lothing at actual Better fit out Long s $3, $4 and $5 can find especial $ .35 shoes at closing re ee tial e | WTLER WEEKLY TIMES e. x LOCAL ITEMS Trxes telephone number 37. t | All the teachers in the high school at Lamar are men. For sate. Anew Weber wagon. Tnquire at McFarland Bros = =e & S&S The peace commissioners will leave for France, Sept. 15th. ' §. Morrie, of the Model Clothing tore will leave Sunday for the east to lay in bis fall stock of clothing. ee Be ae Tt looked like eld times in Butler 1 Saturday. The streets was crowded rg With people and trading was good. It you are in need of a cook stove, get a Superior, like the Missouri mule, there is no better on earth. Frank Smitu & Son. } The statement is made that over 800 soldiers have died at camp Thomas, since the establishment of the camp. The Missouri Pacific freight depot ‘Nevada was broken open Friday Right and a emall amount of money Was stolen. 4 ~ Miss Nottie Hale, youngest daugh- ft of Recorder J. C Hale, left | Monday for Colorado to make her with a married sister. William Ewio, a prominent young bocrat and farmer of Deep Water oship, was in the city the last of ee week and complimented us. e _ The T had a pleasant call day from its good friends, Mr. pad Mre. J.C. Bracken. who reside 2a good farm four miles west of town. q Buford Lewis and wife have re- Fturned from Kansas City and have Moved onto their farm, in Summit township. Buford starts by enrolling for the Trvrs. The demccrats over in Audresia ‘county have nominated a woman for | County clerk. She takes the place | in right | | ©. L. Rexrode, of Adrian, favored us substantially while in the city | Tuesday. If you want something good try | our 124, 15, 20 or 25 cent coffeee— | they can’t be be beat. | Frank Smirn & Sox. | W. R_ Snodgrass, a prominent | citizen of the east part of the county, adds his name to our subscription | list this week. | D. D. Peeler, of Hudson, was in the city the last of the week and complimented us. He informs us that he has his coal bank opened up and is prepared to supply his customers. The fire which destroyed the Elk horn barn last week it is thought was set off by an electric wire The barn contained 40 or 50 tons of hay, which accounte for the quick dis- truction of the stable and its con- tents. Isn’tit about time a campaign com- mittee wasappointed. There is lots of work in the management of a cam- paign and in order to get the full democratic vote out the party should be thoroughly organized. | J. J. Obler, jr., a promiaent busi | ness man of Adrian who had been sick for several weeks with typhoid about a year. jens, for | highest | goods. market price in cash or Franx Smits & Son Henry W. Williamson, aged S6 ij yesr, @ war v.ceraD, OD his way home for a visit from the soldier's home at Leavenwortb, killed Friday morning by a Missouri passenger trestle in the eastern was engine ona suburbs of Joplin. The Iustitute, which has been in session for the past four weeks at Rich Hill, closed last week. By bal lot it was decided to hold the Insti of her husband on the ticket, WO | tute for next year at Adrian, the had been previously nominated and|term to begin the first Monday in July and to continue four weeks. friend, J. M. Wells, of this township, gave us a pleasant call on Saturday and renewed his subscription. | Miss Aona Whitsitt left Monday | morning for Omaba, where she will | take in the Exposition and visit rel- | atives afew days before resuming |her duties as teacher in our public schools of this city. | When the good news reached the | Missouri troops that they were to |be mustered out of the service, the boys made the hill tops of Chicka with “Home Sweet | 3 |mauga ring | Home.” Ora Moser, a 13 year old boy ac- eidently shot himself through the heart at the home cf Jobn Bright, six miles southeast of Warrensburg, Friday evening. Moser and a boy named Terrell had been squirrel bunting. Anson Kirkby, ia attempting to eatch a horse in a pasture at the home of M. B. Wilson’s near War- reosburg, Friday, was kicked in the head by the snimal and his skull crushed in. The wound it is said will proye fatal. Mrs. Wm. Coffelt, living west of town near the Miami, left Tuesday for Coffeyville, Kansas, to make her home with her daughter, Mrs. Thos. Dudley. She was accompanied by her daughter, Flora. The Times wishes her a pleasant and safe trip. It was reported in the city Tues- day that Fred Wolfe of Pleasant township, a member of Co. B, who has been dangerously sick died in & hospital in St. Louis Monday, where he had been taken from Chickamau- ga. The Tinus sincerely hopes the report will prove to be incorrect. Prof. Starr prepared a catalogue for the public schools of Butler and submitted his manuscript to the Board at its last meeting. It was adopted as prepared, with a few min or changes. The board ordered five hundred copies printed and awarded the contract for printing to Tux Tiaes job office Miss Harber, of Trenton, Mo., the bright young lady who spent a week or more in Butler, in the interests of good roads and for the purpose of organizing a local good roads associ- ation, failed to interest the people of Lamar in her echeme, 80 says the Democrat. Wm. Rese, of Walker, went to Nevada Friday and drew $100, booz edup with $10 and returned to Walker. Instead of going home be spent the night ina boxcar. When he waked up Saturday morning his roll of $90 was gone. Pretty cost- ly drunk. The Missouri Pacific railroad company is putting the lumber on the ground for a new depot at Rich Hill. However the company and the city ia liable ty lock horns over the matter as the proposed sight of the new depot is in the fire limits which prohibits the erection of frame buildings. Geo Smith is chuck full of pluck. Adversities may come upon him, his barns burn, but he comes out of the ashes with grit and energy. He says by Saturdsy night he will have made arrangements for another barn, and if his present plans fail others will be executed by the date above, if he has to put up a barn himeelf. In the meantime he will continue to jbuy horses and mules six days in |the week right along. | | Our subscription list is increased ‘this week by the addition of the | following pew names: J. S. Painter, | p. Fisher, J. T. Merchant, Rudolph E. Eddy, F. Vogt, Buford Lewis. | Renewals, Will Ewia, J. M. Wells, A. J. Wright. r Ayer’s Cherry Pectoral everything for S A. ELLIS, Keene, N. H. ‘Cures Asthma. HALF-SIZE BOTTLES, soc. Our wealthy and influential farmer | | relatives at Ft. Scott, Kansas. G. W. Clardy has gone to Quincey |and Jacksonville, Ill., on real estate ’ business. | Girl wanted, to do general house |work. Apply at McFarland Bro’e. | harness shop at. | AJ. Wright, formerly of Bates | county, Bow of Chicago, remembers us witha renewal. | Butler college will open Sept. 5th and the indications are the school | will be well attended. | Fleetwood Thomas has moved |back to Butler from Kansas City§ | He won't go away any more. : | Boxes of goods for the new store jonthe south side of the ee | have begun to arrive. | | James Prettyman, a substantial citizen of Grand River township, favored us with a renewal on Mon- day. Robt. McDonald, who started to join the army and was taken des- perately sick at St. Louis, before evlisting, has returned home. J. M. Courtney has sold his brick livery barn on North Main street to R. A. Hurt. The bara will be re- modeled and fitted up for a saloon. Miss Ida Whitsett, who has been spending the summer in Denver, has returned home. She will leave for Springfield, Mo., ina couple of weeks to resume her sehool duties having been reelected to teach io the public schools of that city. A negro boy about 15 years of age was brought fo jail by constable Johnson of Rich Hill. The boy was tried and bound over on the charge of having thrown a switch causing the wrecking of a freight train north of Rich Bill Wednesday of last week. The Rich Hill Review announces that through the influesce of Hon. D. A DeArmond, the Hon. Alex. M. Dockery has consented to deliver a speech at the fair grounds one day during the progress of thefair. Mr Dockery has been one of Missouri's leaders in congress for a number of years, isa five orator, and at the present time is recognized to be the candidate for the state couver- leading democratic governor before tion. Our soldier boy, George Currithers of Co. B., who bas had such a seri- ous sick spell with typhoid fever, is home ona thirty day leave. His physical condition shows that he has been a very sick man. George says, now that the war is over the boys are all anxious to return home and that if an expression was taken the entire company, with the exception of two, would vote to be mustered out of the service. A. R Keeser, wife and children, tuok their departure Sunday even- ing for Sandaville, Iowa, to spend a month visiting Mr Keeser’s father and mother and other relatives. It has been twenty years since he has seen any of his home folks and no doubt his visit will bs made most pleasant Mr. Keeser is section fore- man on the Missouri Pacific railroad having the depot, a position he has held since the road was built. Charies Smith Drowned. The drowning o! Charles Smith in the Miami river, near Nyhart Suo- day morning wasa very sad affair. | Young Smith with several other boys }was in the creek bathiog. At the \time of the accident ths boys were | playing in shallow water and young ena es aa —7 Mrs. Matilda Spry, LH. Evilsizer, | Smith venturing a little too far ste | deceased had been engaged in the | z P le ; busi is o os ity for | W. R. Snodgrass, A. C. Nichols, F.| ped into a deep hole. Realizing bis Se a eae M. Kerns, Emavu-l Roberts, Mrs. | precarious condition he called to the | boya to assist bim The sight of We also want to buy your old | Steiner, jr, A. Linderman, A. Schell-/ the drowning boy, however, complet- hene, rayhersenel tn ol L. E. Bartz, A S. Kemper, W. | ly uncerved the boys end in their frightened condition were unable to render any assistance. Young Saith | made a desperate effort for his e and rose to the surface several times but fate was against him and be waa fereed to succumb The deceased was sixteen years of age Lou rt. a station on the Ewporia ra me six or seven miles southwest of this city. The body was recovered about seven o'clock ia the evening. The widowed mother has the sym- | pathies of the entire community in her sad affliction. Mrs and the sou of widow, re south section from the | A aa Pt RI OE ree Suits. POOOOOOOOLN || All Wool at $1.50. Boys’ Long Pant Suits Only a few days left to in the Boys’ knee pants 15c. Boys’ long pants 35c. KIOOCDOODOOCOOOOOOOOS rate of 22,000,000 per day last month. Nearly $60,000,000 worth of war bonds issued have been delivere3. | Pardoned by the Governor. Jefterson City, Mo, Aug. 29.—On laccount of the excessive severity of the sentence Gov. Stephens to-day commuted the three years passed upon N. 8. Dotson at the June term, 1897. of t2e Bates county circuit court, for forgery, to two years in the penitentiary, with benefit of the three fourths rule. The commutation was recommanded by court officers and prominent citi- zens of Bates county sentence of United Colonies Script, 1776. J. F. Ellington, a prominent far- mer of Pleasant Gap township, brought to our office a very unique relic in the form of a two doller colonial currency bill. He found it a short time agv among some private papers belonging to his great grand- the revolutionary war. It i3 about three inches square, printed on heavy parchment, as follows: “This bill entitles the bearer to receive TWO SPANISH MILL ED DOLLARS, or the value thereof in sop or stLver, accord- ing to a resolution passed at Philadelphia, May 9th, 1776 Signed by Wm. Webb.” The sides and back of the bill are worn £0 that the printing can not be deciphered. Mr. Ellington tells some | very interesting reminiscences of his grandfather, who lived to the ripe old age of 96 years. He wasa com panion and friend of Daniel Boone in blazing the way for civilization jin Kentucky, and had a sister stolen from the forts at Blue Lick, by the | Indians, when she was only 11 years |of age She grewup with the In- dians and married a great chief She | was permitted to visit her people 20 | years after her capture and returned | to civilization with two sons These | boys were educated at Mt. Sterling, Ky, and today their deecendants ng io Iowa, promizent and ial people are li influen Ha i Many Troubles. *-Dizzy headaches troubled me so I could hardly I also bad azue and troke out with sores every summer I was very drowsy at times, and was troubled with sour stomach. Sioce taking Hood's Sar- saperilia these troubles have all dis appeared ~ Jane Moulder, Coelleda. Mir uri Hood's Pills are the favorite family cathartic. Easy to take, easy to See 25¢. —u on this side of it, anyhow, if you are not up to date in your dress Why not when we have reduced our stylish clothir low pri the reach zreatest in business suits Jook at tractions week Welkxibbens. We are showing a big line of In knee pant suits we have them as low as $1, Fine All Wool $2.00, $2.50 and $3.00. Better Quality $3.00, $4.00 and $5.00. AT ACTUAL GOST. Joe Meyer, War stamps were issued at the {Oratory” io St [highly recommended | for the work. father, David Ellington, a soldier in } Fred Lefker and wife are visiting | o~ RRR er re canaiatiiea Get Off The Earth. class suits in hig gtosuch a phenominally as to plece them within fall If you want the bargain of the season the at offenng this POPOL COP PPP PP DID ALP we are RAR einen POIOSOOOOOOOOSOOOSOOOOOOOC NE School Clothes. Boys’ School low as $2.00. buy any summer suit house OOIOONIOOOOOOOOOOOOO OK THE CLOTHIER WOOIOSOOHSOOSOSOOSOOSOIOOOOOLN. Butler College Opens Sept. 5. Enter the first day. We will have first class teachers in every depart- In music we have Miss Ran- dolph, of Kansas City, who comes to She isa pupil of King, the famous musician of Kansas City. In elocution we have Miss Dressor, of Illinois She is of the famous “Perry School of ment us highly recommended Louis and comes It will bea great opportunity the young ladies and gentlemen to get firet class instruction in music and elocu tion. Joia not you take regular college work. All persons in Butler or surrounding country who desire to take work in any department of the college meet us atthe Academy building Satur- day, September 3rd, ‘98, to arrange E. A. Lupwie. Artuaces Borron. for us in those whether or Senator Morgan, in an interview at Honolulu, says that the Hawaiian legislature's recent act to incur @ new loan need not fall through. If | it is approved by congress it will be valid. Stove Time IS HERE. We invite your attention to |our large line of new and sec- cook stoves and We 200 of every imaginable kind from a ond hand | heaters. have Bes- smal] monkey stove to a simer steel range at the LOWEST CASH PRICE ever made in this town on similar goods. We have re- ra y very greatly inc reased our stock of furniture and un- dertaking goods and are ready excees Embalming a specialty. CULVER& CAMPBELL, Furniture Dealers and Under- takers. | North Main Street.j 4 } j 4 i rayterset