The Butler Weekly Times Newspaper, July 6, 1899, Page 5

EEKLY TIMES LOCAL ITEMS — ‘Trees telephone number 37. Frank our property with — * 19+f. sea. bas arranged to hold a dreet fair this fall. J. 8. Koontz, of Jefferson City, flo, favored us with a renewal. The Cass county fair will be held Fy Harrisonville, Sept. 22d to 26th. With one or two more rains you ao put old Bates down for a rous- ing big corn crop. Abetter wheat yield than was ex- is given Kansas by the crop report of the state. Mrs. Wm. Gates and daughter, Miss Lulu, are visiting relatives in Iola, Kansas, this week. The Foster Beacon with a master stroke of enterprise came out last week in red, white and blue. Prof. Haliday, of Clinton, Mo, has teen elected to teach the public yhools at Independence, Mo. The official crop report fer [lincis shows a very poor wheat yield, but the average in corn has been increased. The Nevada papers, both demo- cratic and republican, are intimating very strongly that the jury in the Parker case was not all it should have been. Samuel T. Kennedy, formerly an esteemed citizen of Bates county, now of Emporia, Kan., bas his sub- seription set ahead to 1900. Mrs J. E. Lingenfelter, of Kan- ss City, who has been spendin; the Fourth in the city with her sister Mrs. J. R. Davie, returned home yesterday. Oats cutting has begun and the gop over the country, so farmers tell us, is proving much better than at first thought to be. The hitch chain around the court house yard has been stretched and tightened to prevent horses from getting their feet over the chain while fighting flies. The Progress office at Independ- ee, Mo., was closed Saturday on account of debts owed a paper com- pany, the telephone company and the printers. Miss Marguerite Boag of the Searritt Bible and training school, Kansas City, visited her brother Wesley Boag. a few days last week, leaving for her homs near Altona Monday. Ed Holt bas a part cf the Hum. phrey pasture, just south of the city limits, in corn which is looking fine. Ed says one more rain will fix it all tight for a big crop. Miss Pearl Maxwell of Nevada, who bas been visiting her cousin, Mies Lillian Sheppard, in this city, left Friday morning for Lone Jack, Mo, for an extended visit to telatives in Jackson and Johnson counties. _ The Record, too, has an “On The Wing” subscription solicitor, whese Production is about on a par with the other and only genuine. This Seems to be a new feature, with some papers, and very popular— with aforesaid publishers. Mr. and Mrs. G. W. Clardy’s little fon Kit came near having one of his eyes put out Friday evening by the explosion of a cracker, which he held in his hand. The eye was badly burned and for several hours the Barents were in painful suspense tor fear the sight of the eye was de- stroyed. Ifthe merchants around the public Quare would follow the example fet by ths McKibben Mercantile Co., and remove the old wooden awnings from the front of their stores and Substitute canvas, the general ap- Pearance cf the store fronts would be much improved. J.M. Courtney iaforms us that he has been traveling over the ®0untry considerable and has visited Most of the towns in this section of the state, and says that Butler cut- Tanks them all in the amount of building going on this spring, and intrade and apparent prosperity of the merchants. = Mies Lela Conger, of Springfield, | cousin of Mrs. M.S. Hern, is visit- ing the latter. } x The wheat harvest in this county is all over, and from all parts come reports of a fair yield and good quality of grain. The Barton county meadows are fairly good and the corn, while some of it is small, kas a| good color and is growing very fast. A number of the farmers have laid their crops by.—Lamar Democrat. Geo. F. Ruble, @ prominent and | successful farmer of western Bates, favored us pleasantly and substan- tially while in the city Saturday. While differing with us politically | he paid us the very high compliment of saying that in his judgment the Ties was the best newspaper published in the county, and dem- onstrated his faith by renewing. Ralph Talbott, of Plushing, Ohio, who has been spent a few days in town visiting his brother J. E. left for his home Monday. Ralph is an old bachelor. Thirty years ago the brothers separated and this is their firet meeting since that time. The two brothers are aged respectively 65 and 69 years, and either would pass for 50. Our esteemed friend A. A. Miller renews his allegiance to the Ties, as has been his custom for many years. We have no better friend in the county than he and his father, the late “Uncle” Alf Miller, was as faithful and true as the needie to the pole. Mr. Miller is a gentleman of character and standing and com- mands the highest respect of all who know him. The trial of F. A. Parker, the de- faulting ex-treasurer ef Vernon Co:, resulted ina hung jury. The jury stood six for conviction and six for acquittal. Parker, it is elaimed, embezzled $28,000 of the county's money, or more properly stated, lost it in speculation in mining and other werthless stocks) The case was continued until the July term of ceurt. | The postoffice was opened in its new quarters, one door south of the Farmer’s Bank in the room recently occupied by J. B. Adair, Tuesday morning. The new eflice appears to be cenveniently arranged and the furniture and fixtures are very nice No doubt Dell will bs quite happy in his new quarters and will remain so until after 1900. “Uncle Billy” and “Aunt Jane” Hutchinson, two of the oldest and most highly respected citizens of ElDerado Springs, spent the 4th with their son John Hutchinson. Uncle Billy made us a very pleasant call and talked over old times when he lived in Butler. He elaims to be the oldest printer's ‘deyil” in the state, and bears lightly his three seore and two years. Judge John M. Coleman, one of Bates county's wealthiest and most prosgressive citizens, who owns a magnificent farm near Johnstown, favored us with a pleasant call Sat urday. An oflicer is always expected to do his duty, and when he does he retains the confidence ef the people. The people of Bates county will always hold in the higbest regard those splendid judges, who left Bates county $40,000 to the good, Judges Graves, Coleman and Kemper. Mexico, Mo, will have a street fair this year. These fairs are growing in intercat each year and it will not bs long before almost every town in the state of any pretensions will ba holding them. The street} fair is madea success by the mer- chants offering premiums for differ- ent farm products; horse shows, etc, and decorating the town. The fair usually lasts about three days and during that time the town is crowded | with people from every section of} the county. Butler should have one. | If you toot your little whistle and | lay aside your horn, there's not a) soul will ever know thet such a man | was born. The man who owns his} aeres is the man who plows all dsy,! and he who keeps a bumping is the} man who makes it pay. The mao who edvertises with a sort and sud- den jerk, is the man who blames the} printer because it did not work. The} man who gets the busiress uses | given by a patent medicine company |Meale, occupied by himself, lfalling right under tbe frightened brainy priater’s ink, not a sputter) but an ad that makes you thick; about the middle of the crowd and | and who plans bis advertisements ss} he plans his well bought stoek, has| the future of his business as eolid as a roek.—Ex. “The horses of the show are bet-| ter than the trappings, the trappings are superior to averages shows and the whole outfit is good enough fer anybody.” So says the Daily X-Ray, of Charles City, (Ia) of the Great Wallace Shows. Will be in Butler | on Thursday July 13th. Jebn B. Durand, who bas been | absent in Kamsas City for the past | several months came home Friday. | He is pretty badly usedup A scaf- | fold fell with him breaking his arm, several ribs, and lacerating his head. He is getting along nicely and will! soon be well again —Rockville Re- flex. Mrs. Street who gave away the secret that her brother, Alexander Jester, murdered Gilbert Gates, near | Paris, Mo.,28 years ago, has been ordered to leave Shawnee, Oklahoma, | where Jester is in jailand where te has been living for some time as W. A. Hill. Hill is 80 years of age ard tottering to the grave. Shawnee citizens threaten to turn him out of jail before the Missouri officers get there. Mrs. Frizell of Butler, mother of LN. Frizell, and Miss Lou Frizell of Denver, his sister, were here last week ona short visit. Mrs. Frizell is on her way to Helena, Mont., to) visit a daughter and Miss Lou gill goto San Francisco and other Pa- cific Coast poimts and return via Helena —Belton Herald. County Clerk R J. MeGowan was} arraigned in the Circuit Court here Wednesday afternoon on a charge of not keeping a fee beok, as the law requires. The State proved that the Clerk had kept no euch fee book | aud he was fined $50 for failing to comply with the law in this respeet. Surely Vernon county's business has been handled very carelessly, to say the least —Vernen Co. Republican. J. W. Brown, of Grand River, favored us with a pleasant call on Saturday. He informed us that Martin I. Shafer, shot by Dave Ed- wards, and who has been paralyzed sinae from the wound, was carried te Kansas City last weck, where aa attempt will be mada to locate the bullet with the Xray. He was ear- ried over the roughest road on a cot and the rest of the way to Adrian in @sprng wagon. He was accompa- nied to Kansas City by Drs. Wright and Gilmore. Mr. Brewn is an old and highly esteemed citizen of this county, was a brave confederate soldier, and is a genial, clever gen- tleman. The Tiwes acknewledges substantial favors. The State Bark at Clinton, Mo., © i. Watkins, president, and J. M. Weidemeyer, cashier, has gone into voluntary liquidation. The assign- ment was made to Salmon & Salmon, who will pay a!l depositors in full The State Bank was organized and commeneed business in 1590, witha capital stock of $100,000 Three years ago the capital stock was re- duced to $50,000. Ths back dida good business up to threes years ago. During the past two years the busi- ness of the institution has not been profitable and the officers cecided en the above astion. The closing of the bank caused no flurry or exeite- mest in the town, as sl! parties interested in the bank’s affairs were notified that Salmon & Salmon had taken charge of the bank’s asssts and would pay all deposita in full. We see from the Review that quite an exciting scene took place at the corner of Park avenue and Sixth street, Rich Hill, Saturday night. About 300 people had gathered at | that point to listen to a concert when runaway horses attacheli tos spring wagon dashed isto the erowd aud created consternation for a few minutes In the melee two vehieles were smashed and the occupants) thrown out. The buggy of Owen) aed wife} and babs, was struck and the three} were thrown to the grouad, the baby) horses feet and it was remarkable | bow all eseaped without s scratch. | The buggy was demolished The} buggy of Henry Porter, occupied | by himself and wife was a'so com. | pletely wrecked and was considered | marvelous that they escaped injury. | The runaway horses were stopped at | | in the panic of the people it waS/ oq many friends are left to cherish | wonderful that a score were not! her memory end sacredly guard and) i — 25e. seriously injured. Mise Kate Stockard, of Nevads, a talented singer of unusual ability, will sing at the M. E. eburch, Seuthb, Sunday morning and evening. Sheriff Mudd has captured Nate Silvey, one of the harness thieves who broke jail here several months ago. The capture was made at Guthrie, Okla, and the sheriff left Tuesday night to briag the pris- oner baek By the accidental! discharge of a 38 Smith & Wesson revolver about 12 o'clock Monday night, Jerd Ken- nedy, son of Charles Kennedy, was painfully wousded in the leg. The ball entered just below the hip joint and ploughed through fortunately miesing the flesh: At the bone. the time of the accident young Ken- | were WOOCGSOOOSOHOOOOSOSOOOSE nedy and Elmer Eyman together and the pistol was discharg- ed in a scufile over the possession of | the weapon. The boys were so badly frightened neither could tell just | bow the accident happened. | Miss Gertrude Crowell, the pretty | little daughter of Frank H. Crowell, | entertained her little friends from 4| to 7 on Fridsy afternoon. The oe casion was in honor of the opening| of her beautiful and costly “play house, which ia complete in all its | apartmente,a miniature home, in the | possession of which she is the envy | of all the little boysand girls. Mrs. Crowell spread a delightful feast for the company, which Miss Ger trude presided cver with grace and | dignity. Various games were indulg- | ed in on the spacious lawn and eaeh | of the children were given a suvenir of the occasion. Marshal Kelly arrested Fred Ritchie in Hurt’s saloon Tuesday evening and relieved him of a pair of brass knucks. A few minutes} previous to the errest Ritchie struck | &@ young man named Herrell in the} heads with the knucks, making a bad wound. Oflicer Kelley's attention was attracted to the saloon by| the breaking of a glase which | someone had threwn. Entering he| caught Ritehie in the act of passing the knucks toafriend. He grabbed his hand and took them away from | him, placed him under arrest and took him to jail. The young man | Ritchie struck, we understand, was | not of a strong mind Last week we made mention that| young Winters, who earried tke mail from Butler to Lone Oak, had been azrested for rifling the mails. The last of March, George Baker, Post-| master at Peru, registered a letter to Butler. The yellow receipt card} was received here but no register. Postmaster Welton immediately re ported the matter to the inspector ia charge and awaited developments. He discovered that youog Winters had bought a pony and a new saddle} from McFarland Bres., paying cash. When questioned be said he had re- ceived the money from his father in j Illineis. Mr. Weltoa kept him under surveillance and when Inspect- or Eaterman showed up he had smooth sailing, and it was not long} before Winters confessed his crims and said that the mail pouch was | left open and the regtater fell ou‘ He was takea before Commissionsr Wight, st Nevada, when he admitted 2 ERROR nner | government agents. ! inte — = WE HAVE NEW » ] ; McKIBBEN MERC. CO Re PAR RAP RRR RA AA RA AAA APR AR RRA APA AS REMOVED to our new quarters on the North Side of the Square. WASH ALL CLOTHING (nm ea = nr te Sei, GOODS Just received AT COST. PARAAPBD DP RAPRAAIAD nna DHOES-=FIRE GRACKERS FREE, out sold, one package of of 1 and 90 years of age packages, ete Itis next to impossible fora boy to celebrate the 4th without fire crackers, and we have decided to help them Ona July ith we will give with every pair of shoes Fire Crackers Free. This offer only applies to boys and girls betweenthe age Make our store your head quar- ters, we have pleaty of room for you to store your baekete, ‘ _ DRYSDALE & KEASLING. When your home merebant pre sents yeu with bis bill, don't allow the bajr on your spinal column to rise like poreupine quills and look as if you had been insulted. The chances are that he trusted you for a ehirt for yeur back and groceries to keep your family. Speak kindly to him for you must remember that you like te bave others pay you cheerfully. A man whose temper rises to ninety-nine degrees in the shade when asked to ssttlea just ac- count and feels that his dignity has been trampled upon, is a good man not to trust —Ex Town Killers, says the Denison | Texas) Herald, are classified into eight separate bunches as followe: First, those who go out of town to do their trading; second, those whe are opposed to improvement; third, those who prefer a quist town to} ove of push snd business; fourth, those who imagine they own the town; fifth, those who deride public spirited men; sixth, those who op- pose every movement that does not originate with them; seventh, those who oppose every movement that does not appear to benefit them: eighth, these who seek to injure the credit or reputations of individuals. The Philadelphia Times suggests that millions of dollars would be saved the government and thousands |to deserving applicants for persions were the whole business, from start to finish, transacted only through “The pension his guilt. If young Winters bad} not been in such a hurry to spend} the money it would havs been a very | hard matter to have eouvicted him | as the mail pouch was securely locked | when it arrived st Butler postoffee The funeral of Mrs Shane, wife} of Andrew Shane, who died Friday | morning at 4 e@ clock, took place) from the family residence, corner! North Main and Mill etreets, Sun- day at 3o’clock p. m., Rev P. A. Eubanks, pastor of the Baptist church ofliciating The deceased | had been cick for two! weeks with complication of disewses, and while sbe received the best of wed.cs! attention and nurs the ubevall mere than very ing. gil efforts to stey crue! hand of death proved Mr. asd Mrs. Shane were amor Butler's firs: settlers and she held in highest esteem by the entire was community She bad been a mem- ber of the Baptist church from ebild bood and leaves a faith{ol christian record as a monument cf her charse- ter and worth as@ citizen A bus- band and daughter, an aged father and mother, besides other relatives protect her last resting place. | frien te. sharks,” it eontends, “have manipu- lated nearly every pension bill that bas ever been passed, and have iasvexted and sustained, largely by false testimeny, ard often by delib erate perjury, psvsion claime which have cost the nation hundreds of millions to this dete. The whole pension ettersey business should be brek-n up.” Card of Thanks. We wish to express our heartfelt thanks to our friends and neighbors, who so kiedly assisted us during the sicksess and death af our beloved husband and father My dear your kindsess and sympathy will never be forgotten. Mns Joszraisz Porter axp Famicy. ‘Daly Feed Man and Steed Feed your nerves, also, if you would bave them strong. Lhe blood is the feeder and sustainer ef the whole nervous system Men and women who are nervous are #0 be- cause their nerves are starved. When they make their blood rich and pure with Hood’s Sarsaparilla their ner- vousnees disappears beeause the nerves ere properly fed Hoed's Sarsaparilla never disappoists. Hood's Pills cure constipation. | Shafer Taken to Kaneas City - Martin I. Shafer, who was ehot by D. OC. Edwards, Jr, May 17th, was taken to Kansas City Wednesday for trentment. The Xrays will be ueed te locate the ball, and an operation will follew. He was hauled from bome to thie city in a spring wagon and stoed the trip well. He main- tains his grit, of which be has much more than the average man. Were it not for his pluck he could not long endure his sfSiction. His heroic battle for life has won for him the admiration of e!!.—Adrian ' Journal. A 56-Year-Old Bank Liquidates, Lexington, Mo, July 1.—The La- fayette eounty bank of this place has jast paid its depositors in full with. ort closing its doors and will go out of the banking business. It was establiched in 1543 as a private banking house and went successfully through allthe panics. It has been mainly in the hai of two families since the beginming. Its liquidation was @ surprise to the community in general and the only trouble was to firdthe depositcrs and make them draw their money. Two in One Day- Rich Hill Review, Rev. Claypoe! united in marriege yesterday the following couples: He L. Martin and Miss R. C. Rains, both of Pleaeant Gap, thia county. The ceremony was performed at the Double Branch church after tke usual church services yesterday. Also A. M. Earsom, of Pleasant Gap, and Miss Sallie E Moler, of Lone Oak, st the bome of the bride, at 6 oclock last evening. The contrecting popular and upright young people, and the Kseview with their many other friends extend the customsry congratulations. perties are all Biand-DeArmond. Greenfield Advocate, 9%. Doubtless the place of the much mournced Richard Parks Biand will never be exactly filled in Missouri politics, As the who places the hopes, sine ambi tiens of the plain people above self and selfish ambition, whose states- macship is of the old fasbioned brand, as contradistinguisted from the present day Haana braad, Con- greseman DeArmond of this district is more like bim thaa any cther man in publie life. great commoner TREES, Appie and Peach 10 Centr, Pear, Cherry, Plum and Apricet 25 eeuts Strawberries / ce hup- dred, Raspberries and Blackberries $1.50 per hundred at Speer’s Nursery south side city limite, Butler Mo. Pie pliant for canning purposes 1 cent per pound. 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