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4 | _ A PURE GRAPE CREAM OF TARTAR POWDER PRICES BAKING POWDER Awarded Higtest Honors, World’s Fair Gold Medal. Midwinter fair I represent six of the largest In- surance Companies in the world. 19-tf Frank ALLEN. For Sare Cuear—Two jersey milk cows and two jersey heifers. P. J. Jewett, North High St. 21-1m Butler, Me. Special Rates. St. Louis aad return $4. Special train to St. Louis May 12th, good re- turning on regulor trains at lsth and morning of 14th exclusive of No. 77 and on special train night of 14th, leaving St Louis about nine o’elock, £. C. VANDERVOORT, Agent, To Cure a Coldin One Day. Take Laxative Bromo Quinine Tablets. All druggists refund money if it failsto cure. 25c. The genuine has L. B. Q. on each tablet. 52-6m By the accidental discharge ofa stick of dynamite, while preparing a shot, Frank Simmons, a miner at Joplin, had beth eyes blown out, his face and hand lacerated and his skull cracked. He was not expected to recover. Mrs. 8. B. Cantrell left last Satur- day for Altone, Bates county, wnere she will remain a week visiting friends and relatives. On her return, she will boa acccmpanied by ‘her mother who will spend the summer in El Dorado.—E! Dorado Sun 4th A. B. Owen, Bates county’s popu- lar treasurer, was down from the county seat this morning, ond among other matters attended to, deposited with the F. & M. Bank $458,000 of the county's finances. Mr. Owen is one of the most affable of- ficials the county ever had, and his friends are found in all parts of the county.—Rich Hill Review. We were cemplimeuted with a call from A. S. McClearey, one of the managers of the Dr. E. O. Smith Private Sanitarium Cc., of Kansas City, Me. Dr. T. B. Hughes, ene of the physicians of this institu tion, is new atthe La Clede Hotel for the purpose of treating piles, fistula and other private diseases This Institution is very highly rec ommended by some of our ewn citizens who claim a permanent cure. This week and next we will pay 6 cents eash for hens. Carpenter & Shafer. TOO MANY Bedsteads. We have too many wood bed- steads, new and 2nd_ hand. We | a big! will sell them at @Qnd hand Gasoline | bargain. stoves in good repair| iby ) ei for sale CH EA P, We have an expert gasoline stove repairer. old new. Send in your! stove and have it made Heating stoves stored for the summer. A full line of bran new up to date Furniture and Stoves Culver & Campbell's jout last Sund the electric street car line being | built in that city will bein operation by August, and in time fer the G. A. R. reunion to be held at Lake park, that city in that month. The Democrat is authority for the statement that Dr. Emmett S. Bal- lard, son of Senator J. N. Ballard, will shortly locate in Butler for the | practice of his profession He isa graduate of the Bellevue, N. Y., med ical school and has had two years’ experience in the hospital at that place An observant Swede went intoa lawyer's office saying: ‘You see I buy me a piese of land and I tenk I shall have a mortgage on it.” The lawyer teld him he did not wanta mortgage; what he wanted wasa The papers down at Neyada ae A Jeke— With a Meral. Sheriff Mudd perpetrated an inno- Citizens with business interests on the north east corner of the square. He measured off distances and began te drive down stakes in that cerner of the court yard. When interro- gated he gravely informed them that ke was obeying am order of the courty court to move the coal heuse and objectienable buildings, whieh had been an eyesore to the seutheast corner peeple for over 30 years, to that lecality. That the eourt thought they were goed things and eught to be passed around. Then began a wild scramble, some headed remon strance petitions while others sought lawyers to take legal steps to enjoin the Sheriff from carrying out the deed. “No I tank I want me a mort- gage. I buy metwo pieces of land before and get deed fer dem, and along ‘nother feller came with mort- gage an’ take em. Itank I better have mortgage dis air time.” Married: Miss Myrtle Robinson and Claud Major, at the home of the bride’s parents, Mr. and Mrs. C. B. Robinson, on Mechanic street, Sun- day evening, Rev. P. A. Eubanks officiating. The happy couple left on Tuesday morning for Amourdale, Kansas, where Mr. Major has a lucrative position. Thay are ex cellent and worthy young people, both having been raised in this city, where they have a host of friends who wish them health, hap- piness and prosperity. Schoel Levy Carried. The result of the special election held on Tussday to vote 25 cents on the $100 valuation for school pur- poses, is as follows: Yes 71. Nea st Ward, nd rd 4th Se: ee s. — ie sie 19 Total majority for the levy 112 Thie insures a niae menths school and repudiates the idea that our people are opposed to education. Revival Services. We will begin revival meetings at the M E church, south, next Sun- day. The Rey. A. Noble James, pastor of Arch St. church, Nevada, will preach each afternoon at 2:30 p. m. and evening at 7:45 p. m. We extend a cordial invitation to all christian people te come and enjey the services, and co-operate with us in leading souls to Christ. The Rev. Mr. James is a revivalist of the Apostolic type,and preaches the gos- pel of love. Be sure and hear him. A. B. Davivson, Pastor. Off for the Pen. Sheriff Mudd, accompanied by his deputy O. E. Mudd, left Tuesday night for Jefferson City with the following bateh of prisoners convict edat the February term of circuit court: Toney Levering wil: serve two years for grand larceny. The crime he committed was breaking intoa at Rich Hill and appropriating articles that did not belong to him. Fred Smith stole a horee froma farmer living near Sprague, and he will stop in Jefferson City for two} years Fred Carter goes for breaking into Hoffman's store at Reckville and stealing a quantity of goods. railway caboose = Elkhart Items, The planter and south. Misses Daisy Armentrout and Pearl Scott Sundayed at Mrs Compton’s, | A'S McClure lost a nice heifer one day last wee j Mr Hudd on, Wife and mother-in- | law, Mrs Puiman of Adrian, came} ’ y to see Mrs Nafus, | who is very sick. Mr Hewitt is very sick. Mrs Headileson and daughter, Mrs Farris, visited the former's son, Robt} Headileson, last Sunday. | Mrand Mrs Cowley attended church at Pas last Sunday. | Cha Couchman buggy. Miss Zora Boswell spent Sunday} with home folks, Will Switzer, of Pas: spent ai few days with his brothers last week, | Rev A H Lewis is staying at El Do-| rado Springs for his health, j Bruce Atkinsom finished gathering | corn last week. Fanny Prather, ef Passa visited Miss Lula Couchman ene d last week. | Lewis Swarens, of Butler, passed | through our village last Wednesday. Geo Thompson has hay for sale. ~ S C Graham finished gathe-ing | corn the first of the week. | The Cut Off people have plowed| and harrowed the school house yard | and sowed it down in biue grass. | The Switzer boys horses last week. Next Sunday is Rev Benight’s day ar. Co 5 constant chek of the corn} is heard east, west, north | sports a new were breaking RREEPONDENT. | at St the court's order. All were greatly excited, but get little sympathy from citizens not directly interested, who readily saw ,the point. The Sheriff enjoys a good joke and had lots of fun before the facts leaked out. But the joke has a moral. Later: Seme naughty boys carried out the joke on Tuesday night ly moving the building to the nortk- east corner. Probate Court Proceedings. Court convened in regular session, May term. The following preceed- ings were had: Estate of Mary Herndon, D V Brown, administrator, order approv- ing sale of real estate. Estate of Wm, Alice and Charles Weller, minors, Jacob D Weller, G & C, fieal settlement. Estate of Alice and Chas Weller, miuers, C A Emerson, curator; order appointing C A Emerson curator Estate of Jobn Hall, deceased, Mrs M M UGHall, administratrix, Ist anpual settlement. Estate of Andrew J Olds, dec’d, D M Olds, admr’x, final settlement. Estate of C D Cole, dec’d, order refusing letters of administration. Estate of James A Nesbit, dec’d, Florilla Z Nesbit, admr’x, letters granted. eent but very amusiag joke en the | BSOSB6GOB SS ORONO BOS ODEO ISON REMOVAL. we will move to our store auUlsy 1st, building which we are now fitting up on the North Side of the Square At Cost. ——— The following marciage licenses have been issued by Recerder Wil son: May 3—Hiram Nichol to Mies Kannie McCuan, both of Butler. 4th—C. W. Ray, of Charlotte twp., to Miss Charlotte A. Brown, of Pleasant Gap 5—G. E. McClain, ef Worland, to Mies Carrie E. Gritton, of Foster 7—O. J. Major to Miss Myrtle Rebinson, both of Butler. 8—Geo. B. Sproul to Miss Ella McDonald, both of Drexel; Charles Missemer, of St. Joseph, te Miss Katie Smith, of Windsor. 0 Blood! Your heart beats over one hun- dred thousand times each day- One hundred thousand supplies of good or bad blood to your brain. Which is it? If bad, impure blood, then your brain aches. You are troubled with drowsiness yet cannotsleep. You are as tired in the morning ight. You have no nerve po Your food does you but little good. Stimulants, tonics, headache powders, cannot cure you; but OSs a will. It makes the liver, kidneys,” skin and bowels perform their Proper work. It removes all im- purities from the bicod. And it makes the blood rich in its life- giving properties. To Hasten Recovery. You will be more rapidly cured if you will take a laxative dose of Ayer’s pills each night. They arouse the sluggish liver and thus cure biliousness. Write to our Doctors. We have the aes services of some of the most emifent physicians in the United States. Write freely ali the Festiculars in your case. Address, DR. J. C. AYER, Lowell, EVERY SUIT OF CLOTHING in our house, Men’s Youths, Childrens, Black and Fancy. Nota Suit Reserved, but all at exact Cost. We are going to} quit handling clothing. At GoSt, aut our rurnisuine cons, At Gost nats, rur, straw ano crass At Gost. au trunks ano vatises. At Cost. SHIRTS, OVERALLS MACKINTASHES, Such an opportunity has never been offered you to get FIRST-CLASS up to date goodsat actual COST. McKIBBEN MERCANTILE CO, BOBO SE BORIS OEOORX OOOO OOS HOO BOOB BS OS OCHS OSOANOIOOOSON GIGS SSID AOOLIOOOIO CPPPPOPOPOT 00009900000 09 0OOO00 UNDER STATE SUPERVISION, LOANS MONEY BUYS NOTES, RECEIVES DEPOSITS. FARMERS BANK, % No Stamps required on deposits drawn at counter. 3 with Mrs Dr McFarland. Thos Lynch fixed the bridge oftown. Hope he will contiotr good work till allin the distriet Virginia Item @ what we bear the Virgimians say is form the same play that they played at Amorett two weeks ago, at Vir- ginia in the MeFadden hal! Saturday night, Mav 14th. Dear Reader, don’t blame msif we hear om say | What happens yeu. Miss Mattie Dudley was born in| in good repair, and then other Both churches will have childrens} Mason county, Ills, May, 1861. Her | bosses will follow suit, day on the second Sabbath in J _{ father, John W Dudley, moved to| Jim Randall, after several mé Preaching at M B church Sunday at | Pates county in the fall of 1869 aud | of illness, died at his father's, # 11 a. m. and 4 p. m.; at the Christian , POUghta farm four es west of east of Butler, and was boreal church the 3rd Sabbath at 11 a. m,|Batler. He died May, 1877. Miss| Bethel Wednesday. The ‘rela | Mattie was married to Lee Browning in 1834. She died May 2nd, 1899. To | this union two children were born: have the sympathy of many ft Dr Wolfe aud wife, Mre T Hendrickson took a ba and at night. Endeavor and League meet every Sabbath night at 8 p. m. * seca Ww John Hussey says his throat is she leaves two brothers and an aged | trip te Butler Menday. getting so he feels like eating ag mother. We have been accquainted| The lightning siruck Dr Wal Marion Culberson made s with Mrs Browning since her mar-| barn, killing bis horse and bal curious movements last Sunday! Tiage. She was of a kind and Joving | 75 or 100 bushels of corn acd damm morning in our town; the secret of | disposition to every one she came in ing 100 bush mere Saturday o# the matter is—a big boy at his house. ntact with, always bad a pleasant | but our ‘fire men” worked well ports 3 Mary Cowan e on her fac She and her hus- Quiley Fort left for Pittsburg, le welcome foe ent at eady, where he has the promise of@ the R R shops. Wilson Davidson and Mr @ worked faithful at the fire, Jess erman supplied our t Sunday. leave Wed- © spend a r, Mrs nesday fer Kansas City few weeks with her daug Fred Nestlerode. _J W McFadden and wife went to ‘ial trouble | with his high pateut Saturday, Kansas City Sunday and returned | She was a great help to her husband. | MS Keirsey took a trip to Tuesday. She worked hard. She loved her two Big Creek raneh last week, Miss Ida Cuzick’s healt poor. iren, Miss M e and brother, Johnny Jol and many Mrs Jap Pierce of K City, at- it was her greatest care to look gave Milton a« call last week. tended the funeral of Mrs Lee Brown- @fierher children. It seamed hard It was cows and not calve ing Wednesday of last week. her to leaye her idren when | which John Hays paid $4%. -s Jefferson Park of is needed her care so much, know- Philip Hooyer, of Henry @ zher sister Mrs Washington e many tations they are gave us @ call Saturday eve. aud other relatives. j Subject toin this unfriendly world,| J A Woods can now go to 70m Dave Bean sold his caitle to Cole | 40d also the aged mother who is bor-| soon as his back limbers Up) @® dering on the edge of t Monday ;they averaged 1400. Jenes of But 0 take tk lace shipped three car loads i gi he grave. Rey ed her funer- esday. al from Luk 42, ‘*Nevertheless » drove over to Geo Ruble and son went to K © 20t my will eut Thine bedone,” after Monday with cattle and hygs. which her body was taken to the T D Embree will teach the F Mesdames Hillard, Joe Whinnery, | Howell graye yard and laid in its Out school this com rg fall and BJ Berry and Grandmother Craig /#st resting place. ter, and we will change our @ Cotes oe eens oa. AAROK, some of the boys don't thisk i arty of young folks attende a eM a= = as . d 4 x social in Foster cont Thesday agi Ballard Bre: Mise E Bow “yee bP : atthe home of Miss Allie Clouse. A buekster from Clinton was here | finished other 9 months schoo me They report a very pieasant time.| Monday and bought the produce of | 4s, wi hear, teach the 8 Joe Whinnery ys he will borrow|two of our merchants, The home the coming fall @ his mother’s g s the next time he hucksiers must look out. ‘ s one of our best teacher® starts on such a trip, he thinks they Geo Price bought two calves of M Patrick will ere long eall would enable him to see large trees McCienney. fe ‘ the ladies try to bay® in front of him, and he would not re- turn home with broken single-trees. Joe T Whinnery has been very Poorly the last week suffering with a severe cold bordering on pneumonia. Dee Wheeler has about recovered from his severe sick spell and able to goto work again. chickens and e . The Barker-Ford Poultry @ dissolved for the present, we SP as they are busy farming. We Unele Billy Griggs has sold all his horses but one. There has been quite a demand for work stock. Monroe Tueker, Jr, of Altona, was here loeking up a location fora gen- eral store, or to buy one already here, | house wil! ‘; — = aud wife were over | district. ft 2 rading and to see the doctor. | Dawaon says his wife The Amorett Woodmen will per- Mi-s Mamie Kinney spenta night | and cut his hair. i i i ved —