The Butler Weekly Times Newspaper, April 6, 1899, Page 1

CANCER ON THE INCREASE. Physician Produces Figures to Shew Its Growth. New York, March 31 —Dr. Ros Park Buffalo makes the a jog declaration that if for the of 10 years the present relative in 1909 this from cou maintained, deaths than ih rate 19 be more in will from cancer gmption. éomdi is ata emallpox and ned e bear out to the Bares are piven tion that the fhe incre is, is the mihis gain, acute inf ciious diseases, such s2a6@ i3 Bfead ily mulady a witboat reference gtbe bubonic plague, which bave} own pecu'itr methods of pro g epidemic disturbances. Io England and Wales, where the careful statistics ara kept, the or says that the cancer death bas risen from Lin every 5 646 tion in 1840 to 1 in every of population in 1896—that ie, 0 years the proportion has in- d nearly five times “In this country the increase is te alerming, and the figures in York State are equally eignifi- 4. For instance, in 1887 there were in this stats 2,363 deaths from ancer, and 11,609 from consump fon, In 1898 there were 4,456 deaths from cancer and 12,552 from sousumption. Therefore, Dr. Park ds, if this rate of invrease is main- jained for 10 years, cancer will lead Bull other diseases in respect to mor- tality. Remarkable Rescue. Mre. Michael Curtain, Plaintield, il, makes the statement that sne ught cold, which settled on her lange; she was treated for a menth her family pbys:cian, but grew worse. He told her that she wasa peless victim of consumption and no medicine could cure her. iggist suzgested Dr. King’s New ery for consumption; she bought a bottle and to her delizni found herself tenefited from firs: She continued its use and after taking six bottles, found her- tef sound and well: now does her dwn housework, and is as well as theever was. Free trial bottles of this Great Discovery at H lL Tacker’s Drug Store. Large bottles Se and $1. _ : Who Is To Blame. Kidney trouble has t that it is not uncommon for a c bbe born afflicted with weak kidneys: Tithe child urinates too often, it the inescaids the flesh, or if, when the @hild reaches an age when it should be #etocontrol the passage, and it is yet Micted with bed-wetting, depend upon Bthe cause ot the difficulty is kidney ble, and the first step should be to- ds the treatment of these important ns This unpleasant trouble is due Adiseased condition ot the kidneys dbladder and not toa habit as most ple suppose P the adult has rheumatism; pain or pullache in the back; if the water pass- Mtitegular intervals or has a bad ifttstaius the linen or vessel the } “olor of rust; it come so preva and some t ause Treatment ot Sse may be de without dange Rotso with kid A isa er’s Swamp-Root, the great Y, liver 1 bladder remedy fey. cures the most distressing Its mild and extraordinary effect i. Sold by druggists in ar bottles. You may Asample bottle and pamphlet tell- Sthabout it sent tree by mai. Ad- Dr.Kitmer & Co., Binghamton, + When writing mention that you fenerous otter in the BUTTER RLY Times. DUVALL typhod | ot is made in a paper! Soied in ths Medical News, aud | Murderers broke i | men BUTLER Three Hanged Por One Crime, Birmingham, Ala, March Richard Hale and Thomas Johns two white men, Sam Ri colored, were hanged at Troy day for the brute) imurde “s and to Mrs Tra Meyers, an aged woman, an i daughter in-law, Mrs E. Me whom they killed and attempted io buro at Josie in December |x both widow The women, ducted a farm aud store aut . quite wealthy, keeping larze suas of |? 5 Ss < 17 lt cash in their house tinres Ab ight and brai yvomen with an «x James Cook, the ay eer mids who came to the res was also knocked senssiess | with ao ax. The three left d-ad in the house, which was rob bsd of $5,000 and eet on fire. Ccok recovered in to save himeelf and get the corpses of the women from the burning house. Conviction followed the confession of Rivers, who :aid the white bodies were for time men | hired him to do the watching while they committed ths murder, arson and robbery A file and saws found in the cell of the white me: last night end they had evideatly planned to escape. The governor refused to intervene or commute the sentences. were Miss Sarab McAllister has demon strated beyond all doubt her right to hold downa man’s job She is station agent at Ewing on the Port Arthur route, avd the other night when burglars got into the depet she gathered up a revolver, ran over to that building and forced them to evacuate at the point of the pistol. Five ineffectual shots were fired at their retreating forms, but the cash hox of the railway company was saved. Spruce Items, Quite a number attended the elec- tion at Spruce; the democratic ticket was elected. Chas Beard has commenced build- ing a house on his new farm 3 miles north of Pleasant Gap; Van Kretzing- er is doing the work. Uncle Billy Hedrick, one of the oldest men in Deepwater township, attended the election Tuesday. The good people of Spruce donated $6 to John Moore on election day. Born, to the wife of Mr Altzer March 26, a girl; and a boy arrived at the home of Joseph West, also a 10-lb boy at Sam’! Suffal’s. Will Gragg has rented Mrs Kretz- inger’s farm. Mrand Mrs Warrior visited rela- tives in this neighborhood last week Quite a number of relatives and friends of J E Kretzinger gathered at their home March *‘ as a surprise on their daughters Misses Jessie and Clara. All enjoyed themselves. Zack Young has sold his farm east of Spruce to Al MeCracken and will move to Okla, soon. LL Wix arrived from Ok T, where he has ‘been looking at the country and says he likes it fine. JB Akers and Frank Smith and their families arrived at Pawnee City I. T. They were three weeks on the road during the cold weather. Mrs Gragg and son visited in this neighborhood last week. m> Bledsoe, our Spruce blacksmith has moved to Pleasant Gap, where he will work at his trade. Zack Young will have a public sale Wednesday April 5th. He will move to Okla. ES Parmelee will Union church the 3 and Sunday in April. Mr Mistler had on eaps eracked some ti go y k from a horse. He bad it lanced for the 5th time. Ab Young is haying quite a lot of clearing done on his Jand this spring. G Quick is putting a wire fence around his yard. Rev Jenkins of Clinton, at Pleasant Home chureh night and Sunday last. Chas Beard’s child has the measles. On last Sunday Jas Frost’s mule team ran away, broke the bug the red Saturday & tongue and side tracked it. STAR. 3 | vil PERCIVAL, BUTLER, MISSOURI. FARM LOANS. ever offered in the county. We have the cheapest money to loan Call on us. era, her The ‘ jand told ber husband he © | band kicking and striking and thej 3 Bp Rag MISSOU BUB BROVN BANGED. The Kentucky Desperado and Mur- derer Ded Monday. Glasgow, Ky, April 2.—Bob Brown, who murdered his fatber-in- law. Lewis McUelland, last Novem ber, wil be hayged bere to-morrow Ittams> out at the trial ‘hat Brown bad been wronging his 14 year old sistr-in law, Terry Me f uths, and bad kept} nig by threats of veuing of November | his wife to his father itiws to teil Terry to come home | | With ber aud mend the night. | McClelland ab suurise. 1 Oa the rw Ber fering thet all was not | right, refusedto allow the child to | go When irs Brown returned became | furious, and sid that be would go | end sce why Terry would nct come | He took a pistol anda shotgua He |rusbed in andasked why Terry did | jnot come, anccld man McClelland | | ordered him eut. He drew his pistol and, without: word shot McOlelland dead As McClelland fell, he at tempted to shoot agaid, but was prevented by a1 11 year old grand- daughter of McClelland. Le then shot her. A: ke was leaving he met McClelland’s son, Louis, aged 16, and shot bimio the neck. Brown grabbed his pistcl and beat ths boy in oineensik lity He then tcok bis shotgun andshct Mrs. McClelland throvgh a window, nearly killing hor. He took refuge in his barn, and shot thesheriff, and shot several of his posse before he surrendered. He varrowly escaped lynching. Mattox Again a Fugitive- Wichita, Kaa, April 3 —A special to the Eagle frcm Ponca l T., says: Clyde Matrox killed Lincoln Swin ney, a9 Osage ranchmen in the White Heuse Club ssloon duriog a quarrel in which Swioney was the aggressor. Mattox’s case is one of the most cel ebrated in ths southwest. In 1891, when a mere boy, he killed «a negro in Oklahoma City ina quarrel; was tried in the Federal District Court and sentenced to death He escap ed from jail in 1893; was captured and sent to the panitentiary. His mother, Mrs. S W. Hatch, after vainly spenting a fortune in his behalf, appealed to President Cleve- land, who finally commuted his sentence to lifeimprisonment A sec- ond appeal, made in person to Pres ident McKinley, resulted in a pardon last year Bucklen’s Arnica Salve The Best Salve in the world for cuts, bruises, sores, ulcers, salt cheum, fever sores, tetter, chapped | bands, chilblains, corns, and all skin | eruptions, and positively cures piles or no pay required. It is guaran- reed to give perfect satisfaction or money refunded. Price 25 cents p:rbox. For sale by H. L. Tucker She Killed Him st Tabie- Chicago, Iu., April 3.—Before his two children, ag:d 8 and 4 years, | Joseph B:own was stabbed to death to day by his wife The murder was the cutcome of a family quarrel. | Brown had beaten avd kicked bis wife and threatened to kill her with} a butcher knife that wae lying on the table When Brown made a | move toward the kuife Mrs. Brown | snatched it herself. Brown raised | his foot and kicked her, butin falling she langed forward with the knife, | gtriking him fairly in the stomach. | | Maddened w th fury and pain, the} two battled back azd forth, the hus- | | wife plunging the knife into her/ | husband, until at the fifth blow he |fell backward dead. Brown was} | stabbed five times, once under the! | ebin, twice in the stomach and twice | jin the right tide. All made big, | j gaping wounda, and any one of them | | would have proven fatal. | } Chinese Cannibals, | | Tacomas, Wash., April 2.—Rebels| | bave wen several more battles over | all their eartly po | the imperial troops in North Kiaog | Sue and Norta An Hui Provinces | The City of Poh Cnon, defended by | |imperial troops, is closely besieged. | The war spirit has spread until vil- \lages make nightly raids on other lages for revenge and pillage. |, annibaliem is being practiced in | places Both rebels and soldiers ¢o hesitate to cut up bodies of their time, whose hearts and livere are leagerly purchased acd converted into medieine for the purpose of | promoting courage. Thecity gates at Psu Chou Fu are decorated with | several hundred queves with scalps | attaehed, after the manner of North | American Indians. THURSDAY APRIL 6, 1899 Mrs. | — People dare not sleep at night. nes, oe — OPPO PAEA fA POODOS DOD 5 i ante aaa aaa Sra LOANS MONEY BUYS NOTES, RECEIVES DEPOSITS. FARMERS BANK, ae AO OOOOOHS 69000009000 9000 OOOOESD. « PLO HOO OO PO AO OOO AND NEW PRICES, 4bitad At No Stam deposits « NEW GOOD Having bought Mrs. Peters Lane's interest in the } Skene is at retail f value enables us to offer to the | people goo We expense for doing business is very small, we intend t« west Mo., for LOW PRICES. You will hear no more talk It shall be the for less than they can be bought to-day. have best of good goods but high prices. and the lowest prices in southwest Mo. This is no idle tall and can prove it if you will only take the time and pains It costs you nothing to look. Price our Muslins, Tickings. Table Linens, Sheetings, 1) Pereal and Ginghams, and see if you can duplicate the price } t! and you know what they are wot See how we sell them now. use every day in the year, ‘ of them. have a large assortment i slippers * 1-2 in fine goods that A large line ot Men’s and Boys shoes in broken sizes at 60c on the dollar See if you can get a fit out of the lot, if so, you We have a lar in them. See our 45c Overall, the best in the town. no « mens white shirts 16, 16 1-2 and 17 that we NAZVS must have the Cash. t our J.B-ADAITR: hi« is and ge prices. Call and see ouse in Butler, We are the famous ladies Kid Glove h A Big Hog, thing Old Women Are Starving- Seattle, Washington, April 1— The Times priots a letter from a Washington volunteer @ Maaila which was written under date of February 15, as fellows: “The native women acd in our neighborhood, as well as the old and sick, are absolutely starving to death. Their husbands and fathers have been killed, wounded, driven back to Malolos, their he ground with sione, and they are left with no means of subsistacce They attempt to come into the American line by the thousands, bu have to be turned back The largest hog ever raised was It York. | point ix e The face of the f the inchee recently slaughtered in New The boar t animal was a Jereey Red s ize © two and onehalf years teen weighing slive 1,609 pounde The wousters in National Provisioner bas the follow- ing to say the prodigy: ‘This huge swice measured over nine feet Idren of from tip of ite nose to ead of It two and one-half feet its tai. res in, two and cre-balf or loin 0 @ fee houses burned to t feet in three feet across the hams and six girth. This makes the feet through It split at the shoulder, and to look into the king into the bog is reat | carcaes ia like io The carcass epread tb statue of Por ice of a cavern A town in Mis | hibiting amy citizen bog or chicken pen ective of across the pers like a Titar ified. It also the great hog looks like the bod lof his neighbor's Sav antaiaed” and lisa good law. E |hear much complai about the offer |and chicken p | filth breeds di jbe tolerated. on! | should willingly insist on a }that not only endangers I : j health, but also that of bis ne | bors —Ex.