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0 ee —— VOL. XXII. “DEACON BROS. & CO. GROCERIES Our stock in this line is very com- Qur solid packed Corn, Peas and Sardines, Salmon, etc., which we are gelling at a ve ry low price and all nice FAMOUS BOSTON COFFEE at from 15 to 40 Cents per Pound. FLOUR, Also Power Bros., home flour. FEED. Corn, Bran, Shorts, Chop Feed, Baled Hay ete. Plant Seed Co.’s line of fresh Bulk Seeds. They grow. ONION SETS. We sell pure strain Red Top or Button Sets, Red Bottom Sets, Yellow Bottom Sets, White Silver Skin Sets, Dried Fruits, Seward’s Fine Candies, Bananas, Oranges, Lemons, and Vegetables. We pay the highest market price for Poultry, Eggs, But- ter, Etc., in exchange or cash. lete, especially in canned goods. | fresh stock. We carry a full line “ ever shown MONARCH | eanned goods, Murdocks’ fruits, } IN BUTLER. jenz’ pickles d preserves. | amare or one eer | Have you seen our store CHASE & SANBORN’S lately? We now have 50 Fort Seott full patent $1.05 | Fort Scott Zephyr 155 | Fort Scott Standard .85 | | DEACON BRCS. & CO. THEY ARE HERE, | The largest and most complete line of imported and domestic | Tomators, Canned Beets, reaches, Queensware, | Apricots, Cherries, String Beans, } Sehod Beans, Asparagus, Plums, Classware, and Lamps. feet front, more floor space than any store in the coun- ty, and we can these Save you lines. money on We sell Deering Binders, Rakes, | Twines, Corn Harvesters, oil. | Reapers, Mowers, | | walking, and Moline riding, tongueless cultivators, harrows disc harrows, plows, etc. DEACON BROS. & CO. | Detroit House Paint, DEACON BROS. & CO. DEACON BROS. & CO. BUTLER, MISSOURI, THURSDAY, MARCH, 2, 1900, ~~ wee ek See. GS UE BUGGIES, BUCCIES, BUCCIES. ALL NEW 1900 STYLES. Why buy old out-of-date Buggies when you can buy the latest thing out for the same or less money. 3 CAR LOADS 3 finished Top Buggies, Road wagons, Surries, Carriages, Runabouts, Phaetons, Spring Wagons, etc., made by Studebaker, P. & O Izzard, World Buggy Co, ete. Don’t fail to see this elegant stock before purchasing. Read This List, Majestic Steel Ranges, We Universal Cook Stoves, YA Al New Bent Wood Churn, 2 qt delft rice boiler $95 2 qt grey granite rice boiler 33 Detroit Buggy Paint, Beantiful delft A good 1-ine ai good l-inch paint brush, phic long black stock for 4 cents. white inside. We carry a full line of brushes ware, nails, barb wire, iron, pot 23 cents. steel and wagon woodwork. we haveeverything used in the kitchen Deacon Bros- & Co. Deacon Bros. & Co. Deacon Bros. & Co. ware, blue and | outside, | pumps, wind mills, granite 3 quart grey | granite coffee | | | } | HARNESS. A magniticent line of } l best We quality single and double est selected stock Heavy 1 BUCCY, Stell Hardware atid Cutlery in Bates WACON co and PLOW | HARNESS * 'teporiet kno, warranted. $ SADDLES, ee ae COLLARS, aula ack —. HALTERS, Lam a. oo BRIDLES, H batiiilen 2 05 Lap Robes and Buggy whips. yy, pose All strictly A 1. ‘ 05 - ua 1) (rood Pe uoseey ws Enough ees rae Riding 6 quart covered pail | ery Plow | & quart covered tin pail 20 High 10 quart covered tin pail Flying 12 quart covered tin pail Dutchman | Good Ho ane Good rake 25 I IOWS.| Good ax handle 10 Best in the world. | i Ask your Best ax handle 25 Neighbors. — | Good heavy clevises, don’t i buy light ones because it dont ‘pay. | Best DEERING GOODS always please. | trees 25 cents, best painted BINDER TWINE painted plow single | wagon neck yokes 50 cents. |All copper, nickel plated tea | kettle, No. 8, for $1.15. 14 foot Oak Leaf one man saw \for $1.55. Hammers, § hatchets, axes, braces, bits, chisels, handsaws |post mauls, spades, shovels jand garden tools at very low \ | prices. Meat Chopper, household size, $1.50} Deacon Bros. & Co. DEACON BROS. & CO. DUVALL & BUTLER, FARM LOANS. We have ee: ee ever offered in the county. en ar ae PERCIVAL, MISSOURI. the cheapest money to loan Call on us. | Lost Corner Items. Spring time has come and we have returned to our corner again. There has been so much changing around in this neighborhood that we hardly know where we are. Sam Stayton has come home with his blushing bride. J.M. Mayes is visiting in ElDo- rado. We had quite a fire in this neigh- borhood last Tuesday evening. Car- rie Simpson’s house burned to the ground. Walter Hendrickson finished his summer's work at Riley Gilbert's in two days. Wm. Moon, whose wife died recently in Kansas City, spent a few days with his sister, Mrs. Coleman, near Aaron. Mr. and Mrs. John Spearman and Mrs. Martha Brooks, who is visiting them from Topeka, Kans.. visited W. J. Spearman’s Saturday. Jesse Moon of Cass county. and Miss Tula Spearman visited in Henry county Saturday. The Cove Creek Baptist Sunday School elected new officers Sunday. They are J. M. Mayes superintendent, W. E. Shelton assistant, Miss Mattie White secretary, Miss Tula Spear- man assistant. There will be preach- ing the 4th Saturday and Sunday by Rey. Clark of Spruce. There was a large crowd attended Jim Craigmiles’ sale Saturday. Jim was called to his mother’s bedside in Urich before the sale was closed. We have not learned how she is, as he has not returned. Mr. Hayes, has moved on the farm he purchased from Mrs. Polly Starks. Mr. Silvers of Henry county, has located on the I. L. Mayes farm which he bought. He and Mr. Ham- ilton have gone to Henry county on business. Neila Scranton drives a fine black team of horses. Walter Staley spent a few hours in the burg one night last week. Walter and William Spearman, who have been sick for a week, are mepored better. Miss Dale spent a few days at B. F. White's last week. time these fine daysin the way of old plows S.C. Stayton Aaron Sunday. Our mill is doing a good business. It runs every Friday with Alva Dud- hey as engineer. There was a party at Mr. Wacker- man’s Saturday night, also one at Mr. Ewings’. Mr. Sims was in our burg day Mrs. Sheppard has moved old home again. She visited here Sunday and wife visited at Satur- to her east of | this week. Readers of the Times please let us Stringtown has changed its motto. Know what your neighbors do | It has een Sobre ae town, Walker Because we only write | Street, Jreer s hotel, and nothing to What we think is true. bees — Fe Sree sacle? Bee | 8 Se rer’s ‘The people of this vicinity are busy | nae to ae eer a ee te ene Liles iat | Preachingat Pleasant Homechureh day. Sn eee ee | the Ist, 3rd and 5th Sundays of the ae month. Isaac Dickerson leaves for Oregon| Mr. Walker and wife, former resi- rsday, where he will lz . pars 3 iy petataec kDa re he will labor for the | gents of Bates, now of Henry county, Miss Carrie Greer is reported very en capa oat ss _ piers week t re ‘ Rey. Clark is poy comfortably set- : ees tled in his new home Miss Josephine Thompson has been | Cigude Stephenson, a prosperous ee ae eee eae nal | young farmer of Henry count y. vi sare - as SO!d | ed relatives the latter part of last Spruce Items. his farm there and will move back to | week. E eget ae “= ereees 7 Anyone wishing a receipt for roast- Mr. Henton of Spruce, is said to be | ing chickens call on William Ewing the leading market for wagon sheets | FRONTZ this spring. | é John B. Newberry has been trim-j Virginia Items. Our blacksmith is having a busy | ming up his vine yard the past week. I. M. Kretzinger has been repairing his rented farm this week. Misses Frankie and Jessie Ludwick had a furniture sale this week, near Spruce Lester Mistler is said to banjo picker of this section. Miss Edna Lawson is the leading organist of string town. Dad Mitchler says he wants Rich the best We heard it and jotted it down, What happens in and out of town Do not be surprised should hear of awedding by the time this paper reaches you. The race horse saddle got badly torn at Virginia, it needs fixing before it ean be used with safety. J.W. McFadden was quite sick a | couple of days last week with cholera Hill to get the court house. We are just like him—only different. Ha! ha! how is that, Dad! morbus. Will Cope bas returned from Kan- | 8as City. Willie Ruble of Baldwin (Kan.) B. Callahan has changed the mot-| to on his new farm wagon, it is as, University, spent Saturday and Sun- follows: I—will not loan this wagon. | day with his parents and relatives. Mrs. Lane of Spruce, purchased a} John Allen and wife of Pleasanton, load of coal from the Kretzinger mine | Kan., came to attend the funeral of last Thursday. | Mrs. John Hensley. Mrs. Allen was Frank Kretzinger and Mrs. Susiejtaken sick with pneumonia and is Kretzinger entertained quite a num-| still at her father, Cole Hensley’s. ber of their friends with some fine} The W.C. T.U. met at the M. E music last Thursday night. |church Thursday of last week. Miss Pet Stephenson is said to be} W. W. Park was able to go and see smoothest skater of Deepwater. his father and mother Sabbath Henry Oliver did nottakesmallpox} John Harper made a flying trip to after being exposed. | Paola, Kan.,and Kansas City last Alisha Anderson has been quite| week. Mr. 8. C. Stayton made a business trip to Clinton Tuesday and returned Wednesday. W. E. Shelton visited in our village Saturday and Sunday. Dr. Miller of Montrose, was in our burg Sunday evening. See those whang leather shoes at Stayton’s. They are the best. | | Peca. | j t sick the past week, but is improving} slowiy. | to build a wagon shed isses Minnie, Maude, Dora andi Steve Cook of Paola, Kan., was on ie Beard came to Dr. Colson to! our streets one day last week. ted last week. | Geo. Jenkins, ir, of Kansas City, s Jessie Kretzinger is the owner | visited his parents Mr. and Mrs. B | of a coin of the 3-cent specie made in | Jenkins a few days last week. | 1867. Mark Young and lL. M. Kretzinger! Commerce at K. €. to be cashier in a are making a number of stock trades | hotel in Colorado. Will Vogt has been hauling lumber | He re- | signed his position with the Bank of | We Have Money To Loan Upon accepted security and real estate mortgages. Borrowers should investigate the unusual advantages offered. Low rates of interest and most favorable terms and conditions. Come in and talk over you prop- osition with us. Famers W. J. Park of Elkhart township, | ealled at Aaron Thuraday of last week; he says business ison the boom in his neighborhood. The Christian and devil's dailies are much talked of by our people Miss Ada Shelton of Foster, has been employed to teach the Bethel summer school. Harper Bateman says it’s a boy. 11th mind that the surest way to make a living is to raise corn and feed hogs Post oftiee positions sometimes do not last long. The time of year to t ready to farm has come, and with it there will be several weddings; better have them all published at one time Will Durst run a pitchfork through his foot last week, but by the aid of i jan assistant he was able to be out in Miss Annie Menzie of Neb., is the, his buggy Sabbath guest of her uncle 8. E. Jones. | Miss Elida Witherspoon and Mrs. * Unele Peter Crook has been on the! Rev. Veer held a meeting at the Crook sick list for several days; confined to his bed part of the time. Several of our farmers plowing Monday Baily Becket is the boss carpenter Will McClure who was married last week, will live in Virginia this sum- mer. Prof. commenced Price's school will close Sat- re was some excitement in our city Monday when a very peculiar looking man came in from th riding in an open buggy beautiful ba olt On | ger. leat . last week. Walter Wallace has . school house Sabbath night. AaRon, He Fooled the Surgeons All doctors told Renick Hamilton, of West Jefferson, Ohio, after suffer- ing 18 months from Kectal Fistula he would die unless a costly operation was performed; but he cured himself with Bucklen’s Arnica Salve, the best n the. world Surest Pile cure on jearth 25¢c a box, at H. L. Tucker's drugstore. Fort Scott, Kan., M broke into the Scott & Memp. s railroas TST