The Butler Weekly Times Newspaper, March 2, 1899, Page 5

of all kKindsa We want to call especial attention of $7,50, $10 AND $12, MADE by our famous “vitals” and “High Art” people-- goods that are made by tailors and hold their shape. These suits are worth much more than the ordinary make but ou higher. See buying. Men’s unlaundered shirts, 25c, equal to 35c to 40c. ew opring Goods rriving daily. our lines at will fit and r price is no them before any sold at RITLER WEEKLY TIMES| ITEMS LOCAL Tns telephone number 37. Miss Clinton, a charming young jady of Kansas City, is visiting Mre. | 1.R Morrison. G W. Thompson, a prominent farmer of Mound township, is a new subecriber. McFarland Bros. are sheri a men inthe harness shop, Lewis D+ ffon- Prugb is down with measles Panged from Batler Henry Breezs has his paper to Cockrel’, There he moved his family this week. Mrs. J. Mo Walker Togs to her address orders the at Saratoga, PNyowing, waere the y have located. Fratk Eakin, of the Spot Cash Store,has gone to Chicago to pur thase his Spring and summer stock. Mrs. Nina Campbeil has her paper H Rhine, formerly a prominent }farmer of Spruce township, now living at Golden City, sends usa renewal for the Times Claud Walton has his paper changed from Lexington to White Hall, Ky. His many friends in this county will be sorry to learn that he is in bad health John Herreli Adrian Monday. Blair, the man shot by Mrs. son last week at Adrian, as way to recover. Tom Allen the weight pugilistic chawpion, running a saloon in St. Louis, shot and killed Tim Conrfoy in his of business Sunday morning. was down from Simp-j in a fair retired heavy| now The annual report of the Confed- erate Home eat the number making a total of 225 that have been eared for in the institution since it has been established. of inmates to ba 118, F. C Smith calls attention to the) He reported Robt. | place | Higginsville shows! | W. M. Campbell, than whom no better man lives in Missouri, was over from Foster the last of the week and remembered us, as has been his usual custom for the past twenty years. In the circuit jury against the city of Rich Hill, suit for damages, awarded plaintiff $250. McGinnis claimed to have been rup court Friday the ona defective eidewalk. McGinnis jin his petition wanted $10,000 and } got $250 J. B. Roe, of Pettis county, one of the most extensive fruit growers in the State, reports that ho has inves- tigated his peach orchards and finds that very few trees were injured by the recent cold speil. His opinion is that the peach crop of 1899 will be the largest in years It has developed in the Jesse James trial at Kaneas City that Wm. J. Smith, one of the star witnesses for the state, stole flour at Harrison ville,was locked up in jail, gave and jumped his bond, was recaptured iu Kansas, put in jail again and after wards plead guilty to the charge R. L. Braden made us a pleasant visit while in the city Saturday at tending the county convention. He aaid that his son, Robt. L, je, bad been seriously ill for several weeks but was convalescent. This same young man was confined to the house fourteen or fifteen months witha broken limb which defied medical skill, and is not yet strong. Sheriff Mudd bas offered a reward of $10 for the arrest of Grant Good- map, indicted for running a joint io Merwin, and selling liquor without a license. Goodman was to appear at this term of court and stand trial, but jumped his bond and his where- abouts is unknown. As he is a pat- ron of saloons, joints and gambling dens, the sheriff is pretty sure of his capture Our young friend Jesse Taylor came up from Jeffereon City Satur- day night and spent Sunday and Monday visiting his parents, return ing to his duties Monday night. Jesse is holding a clerkship on the force of the chief He says the ax missed him in the whole sale weeding out of clerks last week, but the chips fell uucomfortably close. His landlady, be said, had | only offered him rabbit once. clerk. Miss Cora Whitsitt, daughter of jour fellow towosman J. Y. Whitsitt, | Graduate Hoepita! Training School eight and received her diploma | Tuesday. Miss Cora formerly taught school in this county j accom plished and is an young lady and the | Times extends to her best wishes for | success in her chosen profession Weddel!, of was badly Constable Vernen county, wounded in attempting to erresta min named | Shanks, near Horton the other day. Shanks was wanted on a charge of | beating his wife and when he learne ed the officer was after hia, attempt | The constable ed to get overtook bim in a field and Shanks | ebot bim ia the head and body with The constable fired two} away. ja shotgun. Peanged from Walla Walla, Wasb., | fact that March 18th, 3rd Saturday, shots and they took effect in Shanks’ bo Archie, Mo. |iw the time for holding the meeting | neck and breast. The wovode of} The Dold Packing House at Wich- | of the ex confederate association for | both men are very serious. fs Kaneas,barned Sunday, and six- # theusand pounds of meat was de- | Atroyed. Gor substantial farmer friend A. | 4. Ethart, of Elkhart, complimented | M while ia tue city the last of the Week, Our highly esteemed republican | dD. Tecter, a prosperous ferm- M of the Ballard neighborhood, tors us with a renews’. Shetess comes to those wt Oo per Tf you take Hooa’s Sarasa- faitnfatly peisistently, M will sureiy be benetited. ee. Ch ds exawine ail admission to the bar. ek a Bsevmittes to eicants for j Prot NE the McFall Of the risin gz edu *, remembers u Stephenson, pr publie ipal schools, and tors of the substantially. 4G. White former sheriff of Ver _ County, died at Colorado Ogs last week. He went to the do last summer for his bealth. jthe regular annual election of officers. Sam Rivers, Geo. Hale aod Ed} Johnson have been sentenced to hang at Trey Alabama, March 3ist. Several months ago the three men killed Mrs. Meyers and her daughter’ to secure $2,000 in gold. W.C Powell, a prominent farmer of Summit, complimested us on Saturday. He is old and prized friend of the Truss, resident’ and excellent citizen. is a son of Judge Booker Powel’, Butler. Mrs E A. Bennett Maitland, Holt county, by the de of ber sister and father and th serious illness of a brother. Her Miss Francis Roberis i very suddenly. The sbock was so great to the father that be within two days, and now a brotber is lying at the point of death Mrs. Bennett's efilictions are great and she has the sympathy of all. Truiy A young man, about 28 years old, jereated a great commotion among | tbe passengers on a Mo. Pacific train | Sunday evening after leaving Kansas City by ewallowing a quantity of morphine. He had bought a ticket) for Harrisonville, and before reach ing that place the drug had taken effect and when takeo from the train atthe depot the “jig” appeared to be up with him. Doctors, however, of stomach pumps bro with aid it again et eeaall saa will make him a go sod wif The Times extends congrs sand best wishes for the in the case of Ed McGinnis) tured and badily injured by falling | who has been attending the Post} |for Nurses at Chicago for the past} two years, graduated in a class of | Artbur, | -| which was made in the T lage and leaves a wife and t! Jobn Q. McDonald, a prominest and wealthy citizen of Johnson coun ty, has been indicted by the grand jary for making false returns to the asseseor Of his property, leaving out} many notes, valuables diamonds and other Elliott Crose, aged 79 years drop- ped dead at bis home in Rich Hill | at 4:20 oclock Monday morning. He was sitting in a chair before the fire when stricken and falling from| the chair died before being reached by members of the family We received a pamphlet descriptive jof Garfield county, Okla, with the| |compliments of M. LL. Embree, who! |is now acitiz-n of Ooyx, that county. | {It is profusely illustrated with | | scenes of the early settlement, and! | |the present substantial improve- ments. | TT. D. Embree, one of the most | promising educators of our county, an excellent gentleman and infiuen tial democrat, made us a pleasant | eall while in the city Saturday at- tending the county conyention. We} hear i: hinted in party coure.ls that he is booked for something good | W.C. Noble attempted to crone | Mound Branch three miles north- east of the city, on Saturday last and his team was drowned. He suc cxeded in saving his wagon loaded with household goods. The branch} was unusually high caused by the} beavy rains Friday and Saturday | | | OR ee eee morning. Procaedings in the circuit court} the past few days have been dry The court room bas been clear of} loafers aud the jury has been called but two or three times to settle the differences between litigants In short, little or no interest bas been| taken in court matters at this term} aside from persons directly interest | ed. The criminal docket bas not yet! been reached An attractive and given at the Wednesday evening last elegant party Ross Hotel on} Dancing was the principal amusement with eards and crokinole “on the side.” An attractive feature was the punch bowl corner, decorat«d colors and presided over by Master Dick Frank. Supper was served at one o'clock, coyers laid for sixty guests in the drawing rooms | Tt was tastefully served and very appetizing. Music was furnished by the noted harpist Sig G C Loonaceo, of Joplin. Credit is due} Messrs John Stanley, Walker Can non, Joe Graves and Gen. H.C Clark r its inception and succees was in national being State ex rel J. W. Mathers, et al, vs. S Dunty court) | | was an action instituted by scme tax | payers of Adrian to have the salc on | license of J L. Saulsman annulled. | muel West etal, (¢ | Upon the record of the county court, [sce 2d copy of which was fied] | with pleadings, the circuit court | found that the co court acted | witk li reaso ‘is now | the noon train M ad |bere f for many years, Dr. J. W. Morris, for 25 years a | Prom{nent business man of this city, is spending a few days in the city on bu ess and shakio g bands with The doctor but said he bis 5 ous friends n Chicago, to Batler if successful in making the deal which here may return he was looking after The remains of MC Maxey, who The messies have struck Butler and a numer of cases are reported Bryan Rowan died st the home of his sister, J. M. Mrs Curry, at 1:30 Wednesday aftert of pneu- After services according to be custom of the Catt ch ‘ of 2 the deceased was a mem ber, held at the lence, his re nied to Kansas Per died in Kansas City Saturday, brought to this ¢ were burial on The body Oak Hill cemetery and the funeral serv ices were conducted at the Death was caused from neuralgia of the heart. The deceased was born in Bath Co.. Ky. in 1842. He was a car penter and contractor and was known in Butler, ba was conveyed from the train t grave well ng resided up to the time | of taking his departure with his fam |ily for Kansas City about two years ago. He was a member of the Chris tian church, a good citizen, a kind jand affectionate husband and father | He leaves a wife and seven children, | the youngest old. being but a few weeks | peace brother yar Frank Curry, where intern place in Mt. St. Mary's cemetery under direction of Fath sx anlon. The deceased was born Ireland July 4th, 1855, and came to this country with bis parents, who locat- elat Scranton, Pa The family afterward settled in Waterloo, Iowa. After he became of sge he engaged in railroad centracting He had just returned from Mexico, where he had finished the extension of the Texas Southern He was sick only a short tims. His home was in Kan- He leaves an eyed mother and Only sister, Mrs. Curry, May Kansas City Star, sas to mourn soul rest in their loss. bis I piieiaias acini Special Bargains in Hosiery. x Boots, Pos. tion for th that t the recor« s3 aod 1 failed to; 13 of 2urt was signed by | j state that the pe }@ majority of the ssessed taxpay- ing citizens and g lians of s0rs” jwithin the said city asd within the block where the drara eb |kept. The license was vacated and was annwled The | appealed to the Kansas City Court! of Appeale. Tbomas J. Smith ap- | peared for the relatora and Francis | jco & Clark for the county court »p Wa granting the} the license order case was ap | Capt. Freeman Davis, for twenty | $50000000000000008 | years or more a resident of this city, | died at his home Thureday night last! |from the effects of a stroke of pa | jralysis. The funeral services took | place from the family residence con iducted by the Maronic frate 5 Rev. Jewell of the First Presbyt ehurch officiating way. Captain Da eousiderable ar 8 er Javs asa n of tt . n The deceased was 57 y time. OOOO bk 3 us EAST SIDE SVUARE, % Mens, Boys —) Boys N snirt A Waists ¢ White ( s. 5 . POARIDSARAOARIDOAAISOA DOIG AODONE Shoes, WITH THE PRICES CUT, AT > DRYSDALE & KEASLING’S, hoc epairing, we have a workman who will do voi ‘Newest, Soring Styles, UITS ARRIVING DAILY AT One Case of Misses and Boys Ribbed Black HOSIERY, at 10c pair, three pair for 25c, worth 15c a pair. MecHiBBENSs. REREAD IFSP REOPFPPIPRRRERP PEPFAR ERRA LPR DARD PPD PDPD AD DP AND Rubbers, work neatly and rea- - - BUTLER, MO. and Childrens Of MEYER,» Sy ~e — Sempre as, atresia tokroen: wy od