The Butler Weekly Times Newspaper, July 27, 1899, Page 8

A PURE GRAPE CREAM OF TARTAR POWDER paces BAKING POWDER Higtest Honors, World’s Fair Gold Medal. Midwinter fair Apple and Peach 10 Cents, Pear, Cherry, Plum and Apricet 25 cents Strawberries 50 cents a hun- dred, Raspberries and Blackberries $1.50 per hundred at Speer’s Nursery south side city Pie plant for canning purposes 1 cent JOHN SPEER Waytep—In each Bates Co., an active, energetic young man or woman, ambitious to get an can make tuition working among acquaintances. particulars apply to E. A. Lupwia, Butler College. Good Insurance. Low Rates. Frank ALLEN. To Renr—A pleasant furnished room, one block from square. En- quire at this office. I represent six of the largest In- surance Companies in the world. Frank ALLEN. “Necessity knows no law.” a law of Nature that the blood must be kept pure, and Hood’s Sarsapa- rilla does it. Berlin, July 24—During a thun- derstorm yesterday forty persons who were leaning against a railing atthe Oharlottenburg cycle track were struck by lightning. were killed and twenty were severely Pension for a Chinaman. Washington, D.O., July 25.— Ab Yu of Shanghai, Ohina, a laundry- man who enlisted in the navy in 1884, and was formerly attached to Dewey’s flagship Olympia, to-day was granted a pension of $30 a month for lung trouble. distinction of being the firat Chinese pensioner of the government. Companies Pay Fines, Jefferson City, Mo. July 21.— Three insirance companies their fines to day and are now allow- ed to continue business in the state. They are the Niagara Fire Insurance company of New York, the National Fire Insurance company of Hartford Conn., and the Mechanics’ Insurance company of Milwaukee. seventy three ousted companies have now paid their fines of $1,000 each. Storms Rage in Kansas. Galena, Kan., July 21.—The heav- iest rain of this year is being ex- perienced throughout this ection. It commenced Wednesday night, and at different times since then has equaled the bursting of water spouts. A few mines throughout the district are drowned out, and should it con tinue much longer they will be Lightning struck at different places this evening in Galena, but no damage has been ex- perienced except the breaking of greatly affected. A KIND HEARTED SHERIFF. Sheriff Mudd Preves Himself a Friend In Nevada Post, 22. Blanch Snyder, of Kansas City, with her little daughter, re- turned home to-day noon from a visit to her brother, W. D Conkling of this city. After Mrs. Snyder purchased her ticket and had her trunk checked, she put her ticket and check in her pocket book. When she got on the train she discovered that she had lest her pocket book, ticket home: trunk check and some small change, all the money she had with her. Whether some one snatched her purse from her hand as she was get- ting on the train, or whether she dropped it and some one picked it up, she could not tell. She was in deep distress and very anxious to get home. Sheriff Mudd, of Butler, who had never seen the saw how she was worried and kindly loaned her $3, the price of a tieket home. thanked him heartily. took his ad- dress and assured him she would send his money as soon as she got woman before, Special Rates. Pilgrimage Crystic Masons Denver, Colorado, and return Aug 5, 6 and 7, good returning to Aug 3ist, at rate of 320 for round trip. Pittsburg, Pa., and return (on July 31 and August 1. Rate one fare plus $2 for the round trip, limited to re- turn to Aug 81, 1899. Denver, Colo., and return $20 Sept 6, 7 and 8, good returning Sept 30. G. A. R. National Encampment, Philadelphia, Sept. 1, 2and 8. Very low rates. Stop over privileges and deverse granted. Seattle, Wash. and return Oct 14, fare for round trip. Home seekers excursion to points in Missouri, Kansas, Texas, Nebraska and various other points Aug Ist, 15, Sept 5, 19, Oct 3,17. Rate one fare plus $2 for round trip; limit 21 days for return. Woodman of the World meeting, train will leave Butler about 8:30 a m Tuesday, Aug ist, for Fort Scott; special train returning leaves Fort Scott at 11pm. Only 75e for round trip. E. C. VANDERVOORT, Agt. Mrs, S. H- Rich Hill Review, sth. yer Dead. Her age was 64 years. Sarah C. Wyer was born in Piqua, @o., Ohio, Nov. 13, 1836, and was of whom are now living. ° With her husband sbe moved|, from Ohio to Illinois in 1874, thence to Missouri in 1882, and to Kansas |? 1897, coming to Rich Hill last Octo- ber. She has been a member of the Christian church 35 years The funeral took place at the late home of the deceased this afternoon at 3 o’cloek. The service was con- etery. The deceased was the mother of Alf J. and Chas. Wyer, of our city, who were with her at the time of her death. Ww Deepwater Items, T J Alexander and family return- ed home last Saturday from an ex- wheat better in Kangas than here. Mr and Mrs $ L Coleman are on G the sick list. Mra Nellie McCoun left last Wed nesday for Joplin, where she will| proved Indiana Disc and Hoe Drills, visit her friends and relatives for @|and can sell you a good drill from $35 up. week or two. Four members of Mr Wymer’s family have been quite sick with malaria, but are able to be up. S It’s a girl at Ed Harbert’s and boy at Joe Kash’s. Miss Gertie Shelton is visiting|bandle the new Deere high lift, friends in ElDorado. D Mesers John Simpson, Ed Spears, | which are all first-class goods and prices as low as same grade of goods can be bought anywhere. Jas Blizzard, Oliver Jackson, Com Coleman and Willie Shelton took in the festivities at ElDoradeo last week. They report a good time. H Mrs Anna Smith of Blairstown, who has been visiting her sister,Mrs Hattie Bownan, returned home Sat- | ni urday. Miss Pearl Harmon of Warrens- burg, visited Miss Lulu Shelton last week. < The social hop at the residence of | as Andrew Dudney on last Tuesday was largely attended and a good time reported by all. Mrs Dr Bowden is visiting the| Road Plows, Graders, Scrapers doctor’s parents at ElDorado this week. Mrs Wymere’s heart was made|and Scrapers on hand and can make you some very low prices on same, glad last Saturday by the return of her son whom she had not seen for the past year. The army worm is destroying the young corn in this community. & as Mrs Dr Maxey is slowly recover-| considered the best graders made. ing from lung trouble It Ewing Fortner who has been having a cancer treated at Foster, ; avi with J H Cope Sabbath night; saw came home Saturday. Rose. |You money, besides giving you the 3 : ; y best grader on the market. The Elder Miller and son, Will, but did & ._ | not see Jno Quincy Cope. We learned Hume items, city of Butler purchased one this that he still keeps his silver mine Wain McConell, of the firm of Mc-| spring which{is'giving splendid sat-| covered. In Foster we heard that Conell & Sons, was in St Louis last week buying buggies and carriages. Rob Morton, of Mississippi, is h ‘ on his annual visit. Mr Morton owns | Groceries, Flour, Feed, etc. one of the best farms in Howard twp and always spends July and August with us. JH Cox is selling out hi¢stock of general merchandise at cost. He ex- pects to make his home in Texas. furnished and neatest hotels in the southwest. sick. Hume is figuring on the Teachers’ | Of old wheat which makes it much Institute next year. We can accom-| better than where it is mixed with new. We will make you some very modate the teachers of this county, and are entitled to the Institute next year. lo RB White and family are visiting at Warsaw, Mo. Kansas, is visiting C E Horton. Rev McGee will commence a pro- tracted church Tuesday evening. Hear him, fo: he is an excellent speaker. Ice cream at opera house Tuesday | drive right up to our store with your chickens, butter and eggs when you eome to town and you will get the best prices going. night. Mrs J J Greggand daughter Mabel, of Delight, Kan, are here visiting her mother, Mrs David Cox. Rev Clark preached at the Baptist ehurch Sunday night. The failure of the Phoenix Building soliciting a continuance of same, we are Yours tzuly, Bennett-Wheeler Merc. Co., & Loan Association of St Joseph, Mo, let down several of our good citizens. We are sorry, but the people ef this county must learn am important les- son, and that is to manage their own finance. bs 15, 16th, good returning Nov 16; one | Hardware, Groceries, Queens- Fort Scott, Kans. Special excursion Barb Wire, Hog Fencing, Mitchell, Weber and Clinton farm Sarah O., wife of 8. H. Wyer, died | ¥®00# and are making some very at her bome on Third street, near |!ow prices on same, as we bought Sycamore, at 50’clock last evening| before the recent advance and can Monday July 17, of general debility. | save you some money. come in and get a Peter Schuttler,as married Oct. 16, 1851. To this| they will run easier and last much union thirteen children were born, six | longer than any other make of wag in 1883, then back to Missouri in Buggies, Buggies. year than any firmin Bates county. The reason that we have been selling so many kuggies is that we have a ducted by Elder H. I. Bryant, pastor | better buggy and are selling them of the Christian ehurch and inter-| cheaper than our competitors. We ment was made in Green Lawn Oem-|gold as many buggies the first six months of this year as we did the entire year of ’98. buggies made for the price. We also handle a cheaper line of buggies and can sell you a good buggy with tended visit in Kansas. He reports | quarter leather top from $50 up. Hay Press Co, which is by far the best hay prees made. It will do better work and last twice as long We always carry a full line of bale ties. price. We are agents for the Austin do net fail to see us, as we ean save isfaction. stock of groceries in town, and can make you very lew prices on same. In flour we handle the Minneapolis Hume now has one of the best| Gold Medal, leo the Pleasanton and Power Bros., which are all first-class Miss Della Maxwell has been quite| goods. Our flour was all made out In small quanties we gell it from 65¢ Mrs Jno Hill and children, of Iola, | per 50 ib sack up. meeting at the Christian] market price im cash as well as trade Virginia Items. We write what we hear the Virginians say true; Dear Reader, don’t blame us if we hear ’em sa) What happens you. BENNETT-WHEELER MERC. CO. Dealers in cleared $13. Monday night of last week. list a few days last week. along his corn, which promises a big ware, Farm Implements, yield if the weather continues to be favorable. Wagons, Buggies, visited her sister, Mrs Will Vogt, last week, Haying is over and now the oais and flax are being stacked, and ere long the sound of the dusty thresher will be heard. Mrs Everett Drysdale, Mrs H H Flesher and daughter, Leona, Mrs J Drysdale, Mrs Mackey and daugh- ter, Gladys, of Butler; Mrs Joe Whin- ery and Mrs G W Park, of Virginia, Road Wagons, Wind Mills, Pumps, Ete. We handle the Peter Schuttler, sister, Mrs J J Mitchell, who is very sick, If you want the best wagon made sick list last week. Corn plowing is still going on. Miss Jennie Kennett, of Rich Hill, visited Miss Mary Cowan last week. Miss Lizzie Noland, of Butler, took in the supper at the Croek school house last week and visited her pa- rents, Mr and Mrs T B Noland. Mrs C A Jackson spent a few days with relatives at Fair Haven, Mo. Miss Maud Ford, of Kansas City, is spending a week with Miss Mary Hensley. B F Jenkins, postmaster at Vir- ginia, will be ready Aug 4th to make out your pension papers in good shape; give him a call. The assistant P Misalwaysthere to write them out. Rev Tresener, the blind minister, preached at the M Echurch Sunday at ll am, and at night made a short talk on temperance. He is visiting his brother-in-law, Mr Harris, near Amoret. T M Harris, of ElDorado, and his uncle, Rev T, were the guests of Geo Ruble Sabbath. Miss Mattie Cuzick visited the In- stitute at Adrian last Thursday. She thinks they are having a good one. Dr Lamb says Mr Metz’ little girl was better the first of the week. Mother Drysdale has been quite sick for several days. James G Walker and C A Wallace have each purchased a new piano. Sabbath afternoon anumber of the young folks went te the John Brown farm. The young people haye been kept close at work this season, end after Sunday School they concluded ns. Of course they cost more than ther wagons. But the difference in rice is money well invested We have sold more buggies this We handle the Racine buggies ith steel corners which are the best rain Drills. We handle the Hoosier and Im- ulky and Gang Plows. In Sulky and Gang plows we eere Ranger and Bradley X-Rays si | The supper at the Crooks school| house Tuesday night of last week | boy arrived at Lyman Hensley’s| Walton Morrison was on the sick| Mr McCan, who is farming Dr J J] Mitchell’s place, is mowing the weeds SMITH’S iA We want your Eggs. Mrs Thompson, north of Passaic, | spent Friday with Mrs O M Drysdale. | Mrs J T Hensley left Thursday of | last week for Peoria, Ill., to see her| | Power Bros, Mrs Clarence Coulter was on the | flour Wednesday. The agent for Hope George MeAnich wagon a day for was in K C on business. Mr Showalter James Barker and family, Shelton and family and others spend a few days at Monegaw soon. Mont Hurt of Cove Creek was on | We don’t know just how soon we our streets a few evenings since, W D Howard drove his calves from | ist. I hope you and your family are the pasture north to his home, as he | all well, and that you are getting has plenty of grass since cutting hay. | plenty of work todo, Remember me Geo Price talks of shipping two|toallthe boys who carpenter; tell loads of cattle this week. His hogs} them that I have not forgotten them brought $4.30 in the city. F M Patrick and son-in-law (hopes | are getting along, hope they are get- to be) look as though they had been | ting work at good prices. I would badly looked after while in the city. | be glad to get @ letter from you any Jesse Price can pick up that feot |time. Ed and Clyde and their sister took dinner Friday at to haye a good time. The party con- sisted of the following, Misses Grace Seffier, Icy Jenkins, Myrtle Norris, Sadie Whinery and Leda Wallace; Messrs John Cumiford, Walter Wal- lace, Chas Cowan, John and June Coulter, of Drexel. The show wagon was here Monday with the 9-year-old fat girl. Aaron did not happen to bein town or he woald haue gone to sge her. J W McFadden, John Hussey and AJ Pilgrim were on the sick list Monday. W T Cowan shipped hogs toK C Monday, and Cole Hensley shipped hogs and cattle Tuesday. Young Aaron and wite spent Sab- bath and Monday with relatives and friends at Foster and New Home. We ate dinner at Dr Roads’in Foster Sabbath. We had never met the Dr before, but have been acquainted with Mrs Roads for a number of years, and were sorry that the Dr was called away and only had time to shake hands with us. We stopped ay Presses. We handle the celebrated light- ing hay Press made by the K.C. any other press on the market. We have a full line of Road Plows we bought before the advance in Western Road Graders, which are your read district needs a grader Mrs C K Elliot was worse, and they are making arrangements to move to Topeka soon. The crop is not looking so well on the south side of the river as on the north. Mr Oldham’s boy, who cut himself on a draw shave, is getting along very well. We have the largest and best painted. Julius Heckadon and wife visited relatives at New Home last week. AARON. Ballard Breezes- Rev S Finis King’s team ran away and completely demolished his new buggy. George Price shipped hogs frem Adrian last week. His son Marvin and F M Patrick accompanied them to K. C. Spearman went out one evening last week and threshed a job on Soap Creek and returned home before night. Postmaster Noble and children droye to Butler one day last week. Berkabile and Jerry will clerk for Jesse Spearman this season. w prices in 500 ib to 1,000 fb lots. Remember we pay the highest r all kinds of country produce. So Thanking you for past trade and j sey put up bay. Ned Cole had a ing Bates ceunty in the his thresher. We noticed a number of drummers | has the Calfornia fever give him here last week. The prospect of a/ this circular; it’s a true, every word bountiful crop has started them. Buck Hendrickson talks Bryan and free silyer to a finish. Guess we will hear from Showal- ter ‘‘on the wing” soon. John Henry, among his party) he had better down his pen and retire from the | rado Springs. Sam Ford brought mdse for Hendrickson. Milt Teeter is having a stable built | county are visiting relative in this on his property in the south part of | 2¢ighborhood. » JULY 17, 1899. | :—Dear Sir, I promised I would write you when I got here and | home. are Maybe it) 5 wilitakeaturn upward some day. LEADERS OF LOW PRICES. | T N Board brought out a lot of | The apricots were large and fine, te | as rthest bring them to pp SMITH & SON. jhere trying to sell our merchants | and large and are now ripe. Ed has | those fellows who tried to down him. | free from worms. I think there was Ray Bros of Butler, our brothers-| 40 or 50 bushels of plums on Ed's in-law, returned from Urich Wednes- | ranch. Your five acres sold to a new day, where they visited their broth- | man this year for $1,000. The fruit er Price and holds a positionat Thos Fisk,and Al- | in good condition. phonso will hold a place in the new Yes, I like this country very well, department store. our village in the interest of the Re- | country gets back to its usual condi- dates are also very fine and just get- wasting ripe, the plums are extra fine been selling them for a week past will come ; and will be for two weeks yet. The ip with | trees are loaded, and all the fruit is Lonnie Ray | on it looks fine and the trees all look | but I cannot advise any one to come the chicken | here, because they might not see it while he/asIdo, There isnot much carpen- ter work outside of Redlands and canvassing in| Riverside, and won’t be until this tion, as the last two years have been A M/| extremely dry, but they are certain will | to get a change some time, and it will rain, then times will be better, | will get home, but think about Sept. at all, and think often of how they Cora are spending a month at Santa Ed Wendleton and Jim Crabtree | Monico. 1 will spend a week up in our village | the mountains soon. Yours truly, J. F. Boyp, Fred Williams has the buggy that | P. 8S.—M. C, Boyd is plodding takes my eye,and he got it at Deacon ; away on his little square. His rose Bros, & Co, the buggy menof Butler. | garden is beautiful. There is no little experience | ranch I find that is as fine as this 20 with a young horse and his buggy. acres including M. C. Boyd’s, and Jesse Spearman has been canvass-| Ed’s 15 acres. Ed has worked hard interest of | to get it where it is, and now wants tosellit. If you find anyone who of it. | Happy Hii items. Let me say This is nice weather for the farmer just here, if he cannot do better than | and he is taking advantage of it. get upa better feeling Lum Pitchford and family spent lay | Wednesday and Thursday at ElDo- Sam’l Hammond sold his New- J A Warford and wife will receive | foundland dog to the preprietor of our thanks. They know what a hun- | the Arcade saloon, gry doctor’s family like—chicken. | Mise Bertha Murphy has gone to load of | Rich Hill to work for Mrs Wilson, Mr Powell and family of Perry Mr Bronson, Mr Griffin and Miss C M Decker weighed up the Hoop- | Mary Butler were elected to attend er cattle Monday. Noble and Richardson took a hunt / Hume, August 8th and 9th. one evening last week. Adance at Perry Ray’s round mound Wednesday night. the Sunday school convention at Miss Ethel Drake of Johnstown, is near the | Visiting her sister Mrs Chas Lusk. Lige Butler, who has been in Kan- Murt Anderson has a good team for | #a8 City, is visiting home folks this | week. An ice cream supper Friday night| GF Longand daughter Mrs Pow- at John Nigly’s. | Par. | ell, were in Rich Hill Friday. The ice cream supper at Jim Pitch- ford’s was well attended. Mrs Sawyer of Nevada, i« visiting her daughter Mrs T W Griffin. The dance at Mr Goodwin's wase® T W MeVadden is having his store| I have not forgotten it, as I am re- grand success, minded of you about every day as I | pass the little 5 acres you so faith-| fully improved on our way to town. Well, we are all as well here as can j be, in fact, much more than we were before coming. We all seem to like it, but it is not like living at If one wanted a change they can get it by coming here; afellew who don't like Missouri Mrs Lee is visiting her daughter | Mrs Pike. Miss Mary Pontius of Pleasant | Gap, visited friends in this neighbor- hood last week. | The ice cream supper given by Miss Mary Butler Thursday evening was not very well attended on ac- count of the rain. Dais and wants about the reverse can get it here. It don’t rain here, nothing grows that «A Gentle Wind you don’t water. j very hotevery day, bat there is a 4 9 good breeze blowing, and the nights of Western Birth pretty good); ty ti The fruit crop is good this year and prices are good. Hemet is a nice looking little city, grow. The track looks fine and is the only green spot between here | GR Cole, W D Kiersey & Co. are and Riverside, but nothing selling over on big creek helping Sam Kier-| even in this green place, sun shines Tells no sweeter story to humanity than the announcement that the th-giver 4 and health-bringer, Hood's Sarsaparilla, but don’t | eis of the birth of an era of good health. | 2 is the one reliable specific for the care of all blood, stomach and liver troublese 4. Never Disappoints