The Butler Weekly Times Newspaper, March 15, 1900, Page 7

tables and one or two Mens 8 Bors U 1 New Spring Clothing. Bvour spring 1900 line is now on our notwithstanding the fact that everybody is talking advance in 4 prices, we have made no advanee with exceptions. 2 $150,108 12503 Remember we have but one price, is as low as the lowest quoted by our sliding scale, get what you can, competitors. Finest Line of Men’s Footwear in Bates County. MSTFITTERS t Our lines of Suits at are certainly the equal of any we’ ve ever shown. We line of the “HIGH ART” Clothing—more are still showing a famous espec- ially in the higher grades Which for style and fitting qual- for young men. ities are without equal. but that price PiMbs {TEMS JPLER WiLL) LOCAL Times’ Telephone No. 37. 3 i Vote to preserve your county ree- 0 | §f Oat sowing will be the order of the day now. JW. Walters of Wyoming, IIL, is : hew subscriber. | Vote right on next Btop expensive elections. Stetson’s Spring 1900 hats just in t American Clothing House. The merehants are displaying their W spring goods. The buds on the maple trees about own are beginning to swell. P Twelve dozen regular 50¢ overalls or 38e at American Clothing House. Our old friend George Miers favored Swith a pleasant call and renewed. The “Walk-over Shoe—best ever ade at $3.50 at American Clothing plouse. The Osceola & Southern Railway | s been bought by the Frisco rail- dad company. § Mrs. B. F. Richards, who has been dite sick with the grip for the past | Oweeks, is improving. Finest line of latest New York pyckwear just in at American Cloth- BEHouse. For Sare—A second hand Davis ing machine, in splendid condi- a, call at THE Times office. Mrs. EC. Vandervoort, who has b quite sick for the past week. we e glad to note, is much better. Duck shooting on the lakes south town has been good the past week dthe hunters have been having Sport. Nellie, little daughter of Mr. and J.R. Douglass, who has been m@ite sick the past week with pneu- gia, is reported better. * M@eeeorce W. Pharis, one of Hudson nship’s most prominent farmers, s in Butler the first of the week and pred us substantially. Tuesday and | Our gardeners have lettuce nearly ready for the table. This pleasant weather will put the farmers on their mettle to begin planting corn in bad are get- The roads which have been condition for several weeks ting in shape a Mayor and Mrs. Ed Williams are receiving congratulations over the arrival of a boy at their home. Mr. Silvers filed the usual motion for appeal in the McGinnis case and it will be taken to the supreme court. Our rood friend Bob Ewin dropped in to see us and had his subscription truer friend or better man in the county. set ahead. There is no C. Duke, cashier of the bank at Hume, spent Sunday in the city with old friends. Mr. Duke is a and enthusiastic supporter of ing the court house at Butler. strong build- Best line work shirts in the city at American Clothing House. Presiding Elder Cobb, of the M. E. ehurch, south, held quarterly meet- ing in this city Sunday. Elder Cobb isa fine preacher and delivered very able sermons, morning and even- ing. two r Wineland, a prominent re- publican farmer of the north part of the county, called and had his name added to our subscription list. He served his county faithfully on the jury the past term. Hon. Sam B. Cook, chairman of the state central committee, and Col John Knott, ofthe Hannibal Journal, rival candidates for secretary ofstate, were in the city Saturday and plimented Tur Times. com- Mrs. Taylor, wife of Prof. Taylor, superintendent of our public schools, is very low with pneumonia. On last Wednesday she gave birth to a baby boy, and this complication setting in makes her condition critical. It has always been our custom to give toeach candidate who announces a personal notice. These omitted so far on account of the press of election and other matters. After this week we will take upthat feature and endeavor to deal fairly and can- didly with each candidate. have been { Coues “boss” overalls, 75c at Amer- ican Clothing House. | Coulten and Findley, two of the ‘men arrested in Kentucky, as being! implicated in the assassination of | Goebel, are cousins of D. A. Colyer of | | this city. D. Marshall of Springfield, Ml.,} spent several days in the city Mr. | | Marshall owns the extensive MeGin-! |nisranch in the south part of the} |county and said his business here was | to sell this farm. The land the Marias des Cygne bottom and | while very fine for grass. overflows in! lies in| certain seasons of the vear Judge Booker Powell. oldest and most punctual subscribers | Judge id has one of our| dropped in to renew Powell is an old citize been promi-| for Bates coun nent in politics in many vears. He has jlotted three score and ten 3 his al-] s by} passed and vi THE isix and is hearty Times him h wishes many years of |health to enjoy his large and honest-| ly earned possessions | The republican — city jnominated the followir i | last Friday evening: Mayor | Duvall: mar: . Mike Hedrick;] McB collector, | treasurer, A. L | John Devinney ; city attorney, W. O fe) assessor, Tom Evil- Atkeson: Drysdale; alder- Dorn; 2d Pratt 4th, Henry sizer ; police judge. James man Ist ward, Fred Wyatt; 3d,R.R. White. Deacon the senior class Medit al Col- forcommencement Mareh On the class We are in receipt « cards of the University lege, Kansas City exercises Thursday 22, at Convention Hall roll of 115 evening, members we find the name of R. E. Crabtree, vice president. We congratulate our young friend Roy and Inany years at- on his class standing hope to hear of him before taining a like standing in his profes- sion. G. W. Mitchell, democratic commit- summit, He teeman trom favored us substantially has been serving court Mr Saturday to meet on the jury this term of Mitchell came in on with Major Harvey Salmon in the in- terest of the confederate monument. He wasa during the war and has since been a successful farmer and highly ed citizen. brave confederate soldier respect- H. F. Carson, living east of Butler informs us that a saddle was stolen from his while hite hed to the ht. It head 10wing in pummel, and two layers of leather in rear fastened to- gether with brass tacks. Hewill pay ard for return of horse, rach on the square Sunday as saddle with was a Tey brass of tack a liberal rew saddle or apprehension of thief. It would take a man with a good deal of nerve living in the north part of the county to tackle the w: road to a Rich Hill court at the present writing. Especially is this true when that individual struck the Marias des Cygne river bottom. They tell us the mud is so deep in the gon house 5 bottoms three good horses could Lot pull a cart through i The funeral of Mrs. Frank Freeman, who died at her home two miles north of the city, March 8, took place from the family residence Friday, inter- ment being in Oak Hill cemetery Services eondueted by Elder Seott. The deceased was 66 years of and death was due dis- She was a mostestimable lady were age, to heart ease. and left a devoted children besides many friends to mourn her husband and four relatives and death. The recent rains and melting snows have caused the Marias des Cygnes river to overfiow. The bottoms are covered with and travel be- tween this city and Rich Hill by the water Pure linen collars, 10c at American | Clothing House. Miss Mary White of Harrisonville, spent Saturday and Sunday in the city visiting her friend Miss Emma Cassity and meeting her many friends in this city. Miss White formerly taught in our public schools and was a very popular teacher J. F. Allen and son of Cedar county, Were severely whipped by a mob of citizens few nights ago and given hours to leave the county. It appears that the Allens are not de- sirable citizens in the in which they resided neighborhood T. J. Wilson was in to see last of the week. ng the winter with Mrs. Collier, at Foster. He in ashort time for Kan vored us with He has been spend- s daug his farm near Colby, where his son He fz resides a renewal of his scription. Geo. Kapp, a wealthy German i mer living near Ottawa, Kan.. com mitted suicide Friday. He had been ill for about a week and at times was practically demented. He had been despondent since his wife died four years ago. Kapp was 55 years of age. William Gates, the Deering Harves- ter man, formerly of this city located with his family at Kansas, is in the now lola. the interest of his eounty in Hes usa pleasant call and renewed for his paper. Heand his excellent family have many friends in B pMpATLy ave This is the last issue before the spe- cial election on the court house prop- osition. This is very impc ittoour uve de- people and consequently vy voted much space to its discussion, to the exclusion of other matters. V result in which will be the case trust that our efforts will benefits to all, if the proposition carries The. P. missionary society at Salem church in Foster will give a Demorest contest March 20th, with good music. Following are the con- testants: Ada Shelton. Ira Bosle Shelton, Una Hattie verybody invited Iva Swearens, Cordia Franklin, Marth Bell, Dale Steele. E toattend. Admission 10 cents Hook, a candi- 1 Thomas, Our young friend Ed circuit clerk Clair date for delegate to the natione vention. Ed was this county, came of cratic stock, was always active and in support of that party. and his many friends would be glad to see him honored in this matter. Mrs. and probably the oldest woman in Missouri, died in the Pettis county poor house the other day. had been a resident of the county nearly fifty vears. John Puckett, being onesof the pioneers of Missouri, Pettis county should not have al lowed this aged lady and pioneer to have died in the alms house. friend J. M of St. county, is -on- lin born and rais good old demo- energetic in this county Malinda Sweet, aged 102 years She Our old dollar, for many and as has been his custom years. will le = her father Hogan of Adrian, dropped into pay his respects He has passed his MINORS EASY'SHOE — FOR WOMEN~ } Come in and see our easy [Shoes for women, our Shoes for men and for men, women and children. } poripaniiaeg & seccinnmatinaas East Side S re. at P im Fa produces th ‘ashionable year 1Qe. per pi LIGHT FRANCHISE. Company Organized to Put in Electric Light and Ice Plants, Creamery and Canning Factorv. Talk of a Trolley From The city council Monday night ¢ Carpenter & Shafer, Line Depot. at its meeting last a franchise to ked by a company of local capitalists, to ranted who are bac put in for business houses and the city. A schedule was agreed upon for public lighting whenever the coun- a plant for incandescent lights residences in cil decided to use them This company agrees to put in an nt at They have a creamery now in successful operation, They expect to putin boiler power sufficient ice pl once and will add a canning plant to add on theelectric power necessary to run a trolley line from the depot to the square Capital is already secured aud work on all these enterprises will be begun and pushed through to completion as fast as possible. Butler is the prettiest little inland city in the country and will putting on metropolitan airs in dead soon be earnest Sheriff Mudd denise Monday morning with the sent out a force of necessary documents forthe appoint ment of the the county court to conduet the special election for thecourt house and stock- law propositions. It will be a big job for the deputies to visit all the townships make and personal service judges selected by on these judges owing to the bad con- dition of the roads. allotted three score and ten, but is as vigorous and stout as a man twenty years younger. He said that 24th of April would be their Golden Wedding. Tre Times joins with the many friends of this excellent couple many more years of in wishing them happiness and usefulness Frank wife sentenced to be hanged, took poison iu the St. Louis jail last Friday, and Callaway, when discovered was dead Heshot his was brutal. >to death about a ago been in a store in that city Lately he has wagon road is practically impossible If the county seat was at Rich Hill we apprehend the people north and east of that treacherous stream would experience some trouble and inconvenience in attending to public or private calls to the seat of govern- ment. and they would discover that the both time and would become burdensome. now cost in money the democratic city primari:s, held last Thursday, the following ticket was nominated: For mayor, Ed Williams; marshal. Thos. Kelley; Harper: collector, >asurer, WW Se an L. St po- Hemstreet: school Franci assessor, Juen Dag Walden; t city attorney. lice judge, W. F. director. John 5S : alder-j} man Ist ward. Boone Burner: 2d ward. C. Vantrees; 3d ward. Jim Angel; 4th ward. Rudolph Talbott: Goodwin. J. 8S. Pierce, J. T. This is an excellent t Times will mention ez in its next issue. Gailey. et and THE candidate away from what the doctors thought Was consumption amination showed that he did have consumption. It was said that he had been eating soap to reduce his flesh and produce the consumptive look. He procured the poison by soaking matches in water not Major Harvey W. Salmon, of Clin- ton, was in the city Saturday. in the interest of theconfederate monument to be erected at Springfield. He met with a number of ex-confederates from different sections of the eounty and perfected an organization where- by the work of collecting money for that purpose will be pushed in this county. D.C. Mize was selected as | manager. and all reports should be made directly to him. This is a very laudable enterprise and only a small amount is expected from each one. It the confederate cemetery at Spring- field to cost not less than ten thons- and dollars, which will be a pride to every ex-confederate in the state. the murderer, His crime Postmortem ex- eommitteemen, Frank Jeter. Henry j 15 prep« ysed to erect a monument in Tim. venue in At Nevada on the 2d, Judge monds granted a change of the case of Sue L. Logan Weltmer& Kelley, and the Judgesent the case to Henry county. It is a damage suit for $50.000 damages. al- Against leged to have been sustained while being treated a healing t defendants’ institute The asked that the case be sent Judge W. W Judge Timmonds declined to that portion of the application of magnetic petition outside Graves’ circuit also, but grant year wasting} Dr. 5 Towandi s Lulu Parker. of But lo. S. Gross of andM were married in EI Feby 20th, by Rev. E E. Cowperth- wait. In spite of the efforts to keep the facts from the public boys serenaded them Tuesday night. The bride and groom are 1 and honor- ably known in thiscommunity. They will begin housekeeping in Towanda this week.—EIDorado Republican raised and educated in our midst and has many friends who will well. Just as well talk about moving all the churches and schoolsin the north part of the county to Rich Hill, asthe} Itcan't bedone.and the} county seat. longer Bates county is without a eourt house to transact and a safe place for the records. the more it will cost the people leon and Cass counties have had cost- ! ly experience in this matter, and the papers of those counties, speaking from experience. say the people of Bates will regret if they vote down the present liberal proposition. i The bride is a daughter of G.B Parker, is a beautiful young lady, | wish her} GUT PRICE SHOES °° For SaLe—Twenty-five good work and brood mares; also two stallions, Percheron Canadian, weight 1,600 pounds: one Denmark saddle weight 1.150. Call of or A. J. Ernarr, Elkhart, Mo one stallion address, When Shakespeare employed this phrase he ref Tres ad. of , ! able bodies days Strength of Twenty Men course to If he had u have n who arm neso by taking Phis medicine 1 these known tha not healt! Hood's Sarsap maak t th vo may beco nd pure nd per ity and thor x cathartic—Hood’sa North side squere OLD LOW P 1 know w do similar goods, which wholesalers, aud | We at re now w rd vances bought, FoR cash, all , were going up away and now we our store at OUR OLD LOW PRICES This means money in your pocket ised it our cus stendily Our I vss lias f intend x money lo business at small ex rent to pay, buy every and are therefore able ods low. Comeinand muslin, it is We pense thir to price you g take a look at our 5+ worth 7c the way the market is. ned misses Topsy 10e, or 3 \ shows anything acnse of double hose knee, at pair for 2 like it f at our dress goods at tind the new things, skirting plaids 2 id SOc. Special China silk at aL Embroideries and laces, all in charming vi y And inecarpets and mattings for spring weshow the el est lowest prices guaranteed. Velvets, ingrains, ete. A beautiful showing of lace eur Irish point, Brussels wham and m mu will know they are cheap when you see them We are still selling clothing at cost Several hundred all wool suits at $5 to $7.50 Our men’s overall at 50c is an extra So is our 50c¢ work shirt Come in and see us you will be pleased overs. et stock, tains in Swiss net, Nott pair up novelties, wood one North Side McKIBBENS, 4 of Square ae Trou o tind what you want in a Suit among the many Styles we are showing this Spring. Young Men's Nobby Suite, Dou- ble-breasted vests Only $5.00. Men's Stylish Suits, Fi Tail- Fine PPPPPOSSES ES FOPSOPPOSS OD OOOO POPOV) CPOPDIODIIOD POP PITTI We are showing the largest line of PANTS | | i i | business *.] Jobn-| the matter dearly) Ever displayed in Butler JOE MEYER, THE t forget us or CLOTHIER Don’ 4 Fir Black ! ' (lay Worsted Su At $8.00. vs’ Nobby Knee Pants Suits, Sizes S to 16 At $2.00. Young Men's Finest (Quality Serge Suits For $10.00, z ri oe z sevossvned é...