The Butler Weekly Times Newspaper, December 21, 1899, Page 8

ee a ee eh tae ae SSPICY LETTER FROM CALIFORNIA. from which students are prepared for Passaic Items. | college. The dark,damp gloomy weather Along with all the nice things that! of the past few days, accompanied By the Death of an Uncle Frank Eld- can be said about this sec‘ion many] by a moderate degree of warmth is xidge Strikes It Rich and Turns things can be pointed out where I/ something unusual for December, was like the east better than here, and to} brought to a close rather abruptly Farmer. . a person who has a good home, and by a snow stor last week. Tuvare, CaL., Nov. 25. |a business there or trade, that is] We werenotonthe Weltmer-Bishop iveTor TIMEs : making him a comfortable living,|jury, but our section, No. 30, was 4s you were so kind as to publish wmy other letter, perhaps another will 2not be uninteresting. Mf any of my friends wish to know senything of this country I will cheer- fully answer all letters that they write. Years ago my wife had an uncle who started overland for California, 4@ was during the ‘“‘excitement.”’ He Banded here with a clear conscience |! sand nothing more. He was a hard- worker and a money-saver. He died about two years ago, a batchelor, zandarich man. We were rememl- ered and are now here to look after w haf fell to us through the kindness fothers. Iam trying my hand at eranch life at present. Have just fin- tsked planting one quarter section of Zand and will begin this coming week sen another. Wheat is raised here Ferincipally; no timothy or other pgrass, such as is raised in the east, A Hitie alfalfa hay is raised and the Aelance is supplied by cutting wheat wand gats before it is ripe and feeding wivbeut threshing. sak and Redwood are the principal *tambers grown here and both are a *erash wood, not fit for the making esi agricultural implements or wagon week. This stuff all has to come ¥rom the east and is more expensive rere than where you are. Those sgiemt Redwood trees of which meech has been written are about 60 emBesfromus. Tulare lake, which the *tckeel boys can see on the map of *alifornia, isa lake no more, it has ebried up and the bed is a wheat field. Whis is a great country for bicycles, vend there are three or four times as meany used here as there. This isa ssendy, level country, and a wheel scam be used nearly every day in the wear. We are having our rainy season 80. s@xich will continue until about next april. We arealso having lots of ~wery foggy weather, the fog lasting for days at a time and so dense that “& person cannot see 100 feet away- “but it does not seem to effect a per- sen and neither of us, during our - ¢¢g¢ht months stay here have had a « cold that needed attention. Thiswountry afew years ago had a “boom.” Prices of farm land went mp to about $100 per acre. Men wame here and purchased, made a payment, gave a mortgage, built a 40x house. Crops failed and prices rwent down and they lost their places sand now can be seen plenty of empty Houses standing on farmsand the Wend rented. Land now is on a solid appraisment in this section and sells from $30 to $40 per acrefor farm Rand and from $100 to $500 per acre for orchards and vineyards. Ihave been in three or four cities the size of Butler since I came and in each the postoffice building is made wjth no front. Ironcolumns support the upper walls. You step into the estoffice as you would ‘step under =@ varanda, and the letter case is ac- «cessable any time, day or night toa person who has a lock box. They have no snow here or ice and mo one suffers from this. but after being here for three or four years the people seem to suffer from the wind|™me very soon. I wrote you from) by her attorney bet or the | Honolulu, and I expect a letter when | ner petition and agidavit stating among other @hat comes from the ocean dar «chilly morning air quite as much as they didin the east, and while we cwear ordinary fall clothing the old settlers wear their overcoats and afurs. Nothing is sold here by the bushel. We went to the store the other day saad asked a clerk who was about 20 «years old, for a bushel of potatoes -and he did not know how much to szive me. Everything in the grain Line is sold by the pound and is also quoted that way in the market re- port sent out. Tam not without acquaintances in this far western state. J. F. Boyd and family, of your place is just a few miles south of us, while north of here 50 miles lives one of my intimate friends who lived at Clinton when I «id, and north of him a few miles is sanother of my Clinton associates. Our little city has a good public Ribrary, kept up by yearly subscrip- tions, and besides having on hand »several hundred books, the library is supplied with daily and weekly publi- <cations. This makes the reading room of the library a place of enter- atainment for many of the young men who are employed around town dur- ang the day. We have an excellent public school system here as well asa high school | expecting to have an easiertime than where they are. Respectfully, F. M. EvprRipGe. Ladies Can Wear Shoes. One eize amalier after using Al en’s Foot-Ease & powder to shaken into the shoes. It makes tight or new ehoes feel easy; gives in- It’s the Cares lien’s stant relief tv corns and banions test comfort discovery of the age. ewoil-n feet. bileters and callous spots. Foot-Ease is @ certain cure for ingrowing z hing feet = At all druggists and shoe sto’ 25c. Trial package FREE by mail. Allen 8S. Olmstead, LeRoy, N.Y. FROM MANILA. Rich Hill Review Dr. Harry Allen, son of W. H. Al- len of this city, who is with the Hos- pital corps of the Third Vol. Inf., in the Philippine Islands, writes his mother from Manila, under date of Nov. 6, in part as follows. The letter was received yesterday and the Review makes the extracts here quoted, believing they will be of interest to his friends: : We got in the bay at 3:15 this ev- ening, and are at anchor off the city, about a mile and a quarter. We are ordered to land to-morrow at 9 and will then march out to the firing line. One would be surprised to know how close the fighting is to the city (not over 10 miles away.) All last night we passed war ships patrolling the island, and were overhauled and had to “lay to” several times, but got to Coregidor about 1. o'clock. This isa beautiful spot. I should like ever so much to have had a day off before [ went into the field, but I suppose I will ve lots of time be- fore I get away from here. The Bal- timore lays on one side of us and the hospital ship Relief on the other. We passed outside of the bay, the Grant and the Sherman. We see the old hulks of the Spanish warships around the bay. I went to the side at sun- set and looked over. What do suppose I saw? (the only time I have been real home sick). It was a little launch, the St. Louis. We have been out about 30 days and I am sick and tired out. It will be a relief to go ashore. We came losing our regiment, (did lose one man) from ptomaine poisoning. I never saw anything so serious fo: short time. We worked night and day for 48 hours. I had the lightest of the corps, the doctor the worst. Dr. Carney. my friend has a bad arm (vaccinia. ) [don’t know when I will able to write you again, but I hope it shall be soon. You don’t know haw hot it is here. I haven't worn anything all day but my pajamas and have been very warm. When the corps are allsinging it don’t look anything like goinginto battle. We just got word to-day that two English regiments were wiped out by the Boers. It comes like a dash of cold water on some of our English friends. I see an English man-of-war inthe bay. I guess she will put to sea to-night, as she signaled for a pilot about an hour ago. lam going to write some letters for Carney to-night. You must write you ever be 1 we get the mail to-morrow, from you. You must write me every week, for you know wheu I get out in the field we won't have a chance tomail them, I am afraid, but will write as often asl can. but you know,I want to hear from youall the time. What regiment diu you say Capt. Johnson (Mrs. Christy's brother) was with. I have told you everything there is to tell. Iam well and ‘fat, feel all right, and I don’t want you to worry about me. We Will Give You a $4 Watch Ifyou will show our publication to your friends. Wedon’t want ,oa to sell them snything. The watch ts made by a well- known American firm, tn two sizes, children’s eod adults’ nickel —— plated bunting case and fully guaran’ . Send 2 cents for jeulars. Overiana, 34 Park Row, New ork City. Another Province Is Ours. Manila, Dee. 14.—Gen. Tirona, commanding the Filipinos in the | province of Cagayan, surrendered the jentire province at Apari Dec. 11 to Capt. MeCalla of the United States jeruiser Newark. Capt. McCalla ap- !pointed him civil governor of the province, subject to the approval of Gen Otis. Capt. McCalla has communicated with Maj. Batchelder’s battallion of the Twenty-fourth infantry, which is now 90 miles south of Apari and has been enjoying a pleasant march. |my observation, so far, is that they ' will gain nothing by coming out here| Harris, We are very proud to have near] i represented by Ned O'Day and T. L. so much learning in our midst. Mrs. Mary A Harlow of Butler, was out looking over the scenes around her late home. Uncle Wm. Walls is having a mod- ern house erected on his farm. The noted local Stringtown feud, which gave promise of bloodshed a short time ago, has, we learn, been peaceably settled. Ed Feback of Elkhart township, had quite a scare recently, in what he first took to be an agement between the Boers and the English, out in his corn field one Sunday even- ing, but upon investigation turned out to be some swell hunters from town. Boys be careful in your Sun- day shooting, for besides frightening people out of their boots, you might eng: hurt something. cattle ever sent to punty, the finest lot of market from this ast’ week. They weighed 1,425. Argenbright Bros., near Altona fed them. Mr. Wilcox shipped them to Chicago where he expects to get T cents per pound. Miss Aq teaching school at Prairie Rose, is acquitting herself most creditably. This is her first The district board should be commended for employing home teachers. A letter from Mr. Kennedy, who re- cently removed to Texas, says he and family are efijoying good health and are well pleased with their new home. Harry Kennedy was here from Maysburg a few days last week. Byron Lockard, who has been to Kansas City to havea tumor oper- ated on has returned and reports a successful operation. Weare a little surprised at the move to force the payment of our taxes earlier thanusual. Can't some one explain. E. C. E. ANY Ui a Crews, who is school. a rupty, and standing. if it Is nots perfect Mt retail at three times our price,youcan return it and w will return your money. Bee WRITE FOR FREE TRUSS CATALOGUE Sieh fe "xe $2.7. UCK & Co. CHICAG: Aduiiutstrator’s Nutice Netice is hereby given, admioistration on estate of CD dec d. were granted to the undersi Ee is9, by the Coart of Bates County, Missouri All persens having claims aguinst~aid estate are required to exhibit them for allowance to the administrator within one year after the date of Cole, ed op robate day of Nev said letters, or they may be precluded trom aaron at the very low price of $1.50 ‘or one year. both wust be ordered and paid for at the same time. any benefit of said estate; and if such claims be not exkibite! within two years from the date of this publication, they shall be forever barred. This zd day of December, 1899. A H. BELL, 4-4 Administrator. Order of Publication. STATE OF MISSOURI, County of Bates. 88 Ip the Circuit Court of Bates ceunty, Missouri November term, 1899, The state of Missouri at the retation and to the use ef A. B. Uwen ex-officie collector ef the revenue of Bates county, in the ai tiff, ve James U Romine a ows heirs ot Xichard Robertson, deceased, detendants. Civil action for delinquent taxes. New at this day ce: plaintif® herein @ the cireait court of Missouri, and files S Bates ceunty, state things that Richard |. decease!, own- ed an interestim the real estate hereinaiter described, snd that the said Richard Keberteou’s heirs are unkrown. and cannet be found and cannot be served with the usual rocess. Whereupon it is erdered by the court that said defendant be notifi cation t against darit isto ferthe delinquent taxes ef the years 135 and 1896, smounti: the tothe sum e 4.81 together — wit commiesion and fees, upen the folle described tracta of lard situated in county, Missouri, to-wit: Tairty-six (36) seres. being the west part of the wert haifef lot Give |5; in the northeast quarter of section six (6) townebip thirty- nime (89) of range thirty-one at). and ‘t umiess the seid usksown fend - ante be and appear at the mext term of a court, to be begua snd hoidenm in the sity o . Bat ty, Missouri, om the frst iy second Mesday in Feby mext, 1900, and om or before the third da; aia potitie: estate solu to satisfy the same And it is further ordered by the court be ———— im the & wee Bewspaper printed Pablished Bates fon cy Mis eoari, for four weeks successively. imeertion to be at least Sfteem days before the a day of the next term of said court A true cepyfrem the record {seat} nese my hand as clerk sforesaid with the seal of said court hereunte sMx- ed. Dene at office in Butierom this the tnd aay of December, ie. J.P THURMAN, 5-48 Cireait Clerk That’s Great, BENGSCH & MABBOTT’S CREAM. jects of current interest. that letters of |always interesting to every member of the family. Eureka Harness Oi! is the best ve of new leather nee esi pee age ele ens and protecta. Use on your best harness, your old har- Bess, and your carriage top. anc ibey will not only look better but wear longer. 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