The Butler Weekly Times Newspaper, August 16, 1900, Page 5

Se reduced prices. $15. suits 10. suits 6. suits > = > age png gg now. Remember the STREET FAIR. Weeks Longer In which to buy summer goods at For instanee 12.50 suits at 7.50 suits at ram Hats at Cost. WEGLIGEE SHIRTS Still going fast and cheap. You’ll never regret spend- ing your money with us Artie Morris returned from Mone- gaw the first of the week quite sick ; and is still under the doctor’s care. 1. N. Earsom, a prominent young} farmer of Pleasant Gap township, | complimented us on Saturday. We have interviewed farmers from | every section of the county aad they | all agree that the corn has been j badly damaged by dry weather, but | it willbe a better and larger crop than last year. ~ Miss Laura Henry, who had been visiting her sister, Mrs. Renick, left | for her home in Odessa Monday, ac-| companied by her niece, Mrs. J. R. Morrison and daughter Eleanor, who will make a protracted visit before returning home. at $12.50. 10. 8. 6. 5. Collis P. Huntington, the railroad magnate, president of the Southern Pacific railroad, died at Pine Knot, in the Adirondacks, at midnight, Aug. 14. He was taken suddenly with choking spell, which proved fatal. his camp, at at Mrs. W. W. Graves is informed by letter that her Mrs. John Ludwick, who had gone fora visit to herson Gus, at Florence, Col., had been quite sick. She will proba- bly return home at once, as the cli- mate seems to disagree with her. mother, Uncle Minor T. Johnson passed quietly away at his Merwin Friday, Aug after an east of ; at5:10 p.m. illness of about duration, at the advanced 8 months and win Mirror. home x weeks yea 3. days.—Mer- This section was favored with a splendid rain on Monday morning While the corn was damaged to some extent by the protracted dry spell. the rain in time to do much good, and a large amount corn will be raised in Bates county. Dr. T.C. Boulware is booked to the Institute at Adrian to-day on ‘The Selection of Dr. the number of »0d ideas on how to was of good address Teachers Teachers by School Boards.” Boulware has been a member of Butler school board for a years and h select teacher J.S. Brown, a substantial citizen and staunch democrat of this town- ship, favored us pleasantly and re- THe Times to his brother-in-law, Fred Merryfield at Appleton City. Mr. Brown is one of the vice-presidents of the Mt. Pleas- newed and sent WTLER WEEKLY TIMES LOCAL ITEMS | 25 cents to January Ist. See our campaign re te, December 31. Mrs. Henry Wright of Chicago, is | Visiting her sister, Mrs. Alf Cobb. The merits of White Loaf is a won- | 25 cents to | Judge Graves left for Warsaw | Monday to convene the regular ses sion of the Benton circuit court. Mayor W. F. Duvall and Dr. Zey kit the last of the week to join the Monegaw party. Jim’s€.G. M. M. is selling hun- dreds of ths of White Loaf flour for the great contest. Stewart Atcheson was visiting rel_ atives and friends in Deep Water township last week. Everybody will contest for 100 tbs of White Loaf at Butler Street Fair. Randolph Mackey was down from Liberty fora visit among his young fends the first of the wee Ifyou do not win the flour at the street fair you will do kindness tothe Poor. There will be services at St. Mark’s ehurch next Sunday evening at the Usualhour, Rev. Woodruff officiating. Mrs. Louis Fisher presented her husband with a fine baby boy on Saturday last. They have christen- ed him Harry Lyle Fisher. | son Donald, are visiting relatives in in Butler Monday on business and ; eo 2 3 i ant Bryan and Stevenson club. Miss Ada Gwinn of Sprague is vis- iting her brother, Prof. Gwinn. Charley Johnson, formerly a Butler M 7c VY, ttl boy, but of late years a resident of Mrs. E. C. Vandervoort and little Parsons, Kansas, spent a few hours Ohio. seeing some of his old time friends. Mrs. Carrie Henderson has her pa-| He isa general agent for a large per changed from Stillwater to Perry, | piano house and is a musician of Okla. rare merit. Mrs. Bronaugh, of Windsor, is vis-| Wm. E. Walton writes from Estes iting her brother, J. R. Davis and Park, Col..to have Tue Times for- family. warded te hisaddress. He saysthat his wife is improving, which will be glad news to their many friends in Bates county. He writes that Dan Drummond is at that place and is getting well. They are 7,500 feet above sea level. Quite a large number of our pec- ple are attending the Rich Hill fair this week. Mrs. J. M. Christy and Miss Stella returned home from Monegaw on Monday. a ss Dr. V. J. Cumpton and Miss Lizzie Nafus were united in marriage at the home of the bride’s mother, in Pleas- ant Gap township on Sunday Aug. | 5, 1900, Rev Claypool officiated. Dr. Cumpton is a rising young physician | and owns a drugstore at Pleasant Gap. The bride is a beautiful and} Mrs. Ed Sparks, of Kansas City, is visiting her parents, Mr. and Mrs. H. B. Robinson. Mrs. R. R. Deacon left Monday for Kansas City to spend a fortnight as the guest of her friend Mrs. W. W. Cook. . W.E. Wells of the Cash Depart- # & e - ship. ment Store, with his family, drove i the contracting parties were present. Only the immediate family of over to Clinton and spent Sunday with friends. Mrs. Cyrus Walker gave a recep- ‘ tion to her lady friends of Butler on John B. Adair, manager of the é Tuesday morning, Aug. 13th, from Butler Cash Department Store, ar- cultured young lady of that town-| Prof. J. F. Moore of Miamicounty. Kan., complimented us on Sz turday. He was visiting his uncle James Strein, and looking after some prop- erty interests in Butler. Our esteemed farmer friend Jack- son Wright, favored us with a re- newal, as has been his custom for many years. He ison :mong Bates bathing ina pool near that town and in diving struck his head and broke his deck. He was paralyzed | but lived until the latter part of last | week when he died. | | | Nevada next Saturday promises to be a big event. Speakers of national reputa- tion will be present, excursions will be run on all the railroads entering tbat town, the Butler Flambeau will be there at night. can. M. L. Price fe The democratie rally at Better goif you vored us with a pleas- ant eall the last of the week and had Tus Tim to Appleton City, where he has engaged | his address at sent in the poultry and egg business. He | and his brother formerly conducted | the store at Ballard, which they re- cently disposed of. J.J. and C. H. Radford of Ballard, | sons of R. Radford of Deep Water, made usa pleasant call on Friday, the former renewing for his paper. They Davis both active, ener- getic young farmers and popular} with their neighbors. They report the corn fast burning up are | | | } | | Wesley Denton is spending the week with his parents Mr. and Mrs C. A. Denton. He is stenc apher and bookkeeper with the American Steel Tank Co., of Kansas City. Wesley was deputy postmaster of] Butler for a while and was very pop- ular with our people. Amsterdam is advertising a pump- kin show The Tempest adds that a horse and chicken show will be held in connec- tion with the pumpkin show. There ought to be some pretty good sized pumpkins this fall and we bave no doubt that enterprising little town will have a big and good show. for Thursday, Sept. One of Frank Oliver's boys. aged about 10, killed a young wolf, nearly grown, a few days since with a stone. The boy, with others, was chasing a rabbit and believed the animal to have run into a hole. When they in- vestigated the wolf came out. The boy fireda stone at the varmint, crushing its skull.—Rich Hill Review, Aug. 13. W.B. Driggs. of Henry county, had a valuable stolen from barn on July 20, last. Last week the police of Kansas City arrested Frank Wiley a former hired hand of Mr. Driggs, trying to dispose of the horse on the market. Sheriff Calla- way went to Kansas city and took Wiley to the Clinton j The Trib- une says that Wiley came from Ohio and was a soldier in Company F. horse ail. Miss Elsie. the 16-year-old daugh- was scalded severely about the face 10 to 12 o’cloek, in honor of her vis- iting friend, Mrs. David Walker, of Wichita, Kansas. The pleasant home was beautifully decorated, the ladies were handsomely gowned, and ; the dainty and delicious refreshments tastefully served. Putnam Fadeless Dye black, will| The Butler Flambeau not rub off, fade or wash out. This|chartered a train to go | dye colors either wool, silk or ata [Saturday night, Aug. 18, the occa- ee beautiful black. 10c per package.) sion of the big democratic ratifi | Sold by H. L. Tucker. = a : z = - tion at which time they will give one ofjtheir m ificent pyrotechnic di rived home from Chicago on Tuesday ; morning. Captain J.C. Martin left Bates | county last week with his family in a wagon for Oklahoma, where he ex- pects to locate permanently. club has Yale Coffees are blended by experts 3. P. Thomas and son, Master Artie, were pleasant callers at our Sanctum-on Tuesday. Mr. Thomas isa wealthy and influential citizen of New Home township. Thomas Braselton, a prominent | farmer of Georgetown, Ils., who had been | Spending the last two weeks | Visiting his old schoolmate J. 8S. | Brown, returned home Wednesday. Miss Cora Whitsitt, for the past | Year nurse in the Post-Graduate hos pital of Chicago. is home on a two weeks’ visit to her parents, Mr. and Mrs. J. Y. Whitsitt and her many friends. : | ple Train will leave Butler at 5 | and roasted by the new process w hich } | preserves the strength and fine flavor. | o'clock p. m and return after the dis- | You will save 25 per cent by their} play. Round trip for 75 cents. At the Spot Cash Store. member of Flambeau See club an, use. | | | | ; 1 i - oe = | One pound of Yale Coffee 1s equal | ito a pound and a quarter of ord Vietor Sherman and Charles Mar ry coffee, try some, The Spot Cas! shall were arrested in Belton Tues- Store has it, prices 20e. 25c, 30e, BSc | day and brought to Harrisonville | and 40 cents. that night by c onstable Y. E. Muir. | ‘ {on a charge of burglary and larceny | ‘The republican county convention. | phey were captured in the residence to nominate a county ticket will’ of David Gray in Union township. | meet im Butler next Saturday. The} and also burglarized the house of | Record is authority that Flory.’ George Jaudon and others. They | Jourden and Atkins will be here aud! are thought to be regular house ; make speeches. breakers.—Cass Co. Democrat. to Nevada} for} | and hands by the explosion of a can |of tomatoes. M Elsie had been | ine through with canning some | tomatoes. As she was fastening the with such ceiling. hot fruit being expelled force as to strike the He is a McKinley republican and | glories in his convictions Rev. I » D. Simms closed a very jsuccessful revival at Merwin last week. Nineteen accessions to the; Baptist church were had during his stay. The church at that place passed the following resolutions: “Be it resolved, that we tender Elder his | | ter of J. S. Brown, of this township, j preparing for company and was hur-/| Her} Rustic Dance. Mrs. E. P. Power and Mr. and Mrs. S. F. Warnock entertair number of their f melon social and a large a wWater- nee in a new addition, Butler Re to the the ust ¢ the Mandol large hor tities are shi have grown become wealt highest star William Fraze Emporia road, has at his home on } a complication of diseases. Dr ware reports Mr. Fraze as improved at the 7 wri Walter Crow, a asa jman of Ballaré Master J Arbuckle, the } us son of J.58 Arbuckle, were illersat I Times office Tuesday. Walter renew-| ed for his mother, Mrs. M. J. Crow’s| paper. iliam Whitehead, a substantial nof Miami coun 8, in , Ka DeWitt McDaniel, oft on all « eompany with made us a pleasant He is on a visit to bis dat McDaniel. He is a very clever. well- posted old gentleman Saturday iter, Mrs. is been a cit- izen of Miami county for45 years ks for com- ing among us and his untiringefforts put forth to build up our chureh.” Simms our heart-felt thar | | vet Colored Duck Skirts, county’s most reliable citizens. other ‘ scbeasiede. Jos. Blocher, a thrifty farmer of HOU es sods onde Deer Creek, favored us with a call! Variety od values A tg ous and renewal. Besides his farm he|‘®™ s s thir ; runs a cidermill in Adrianand grinds | ¥*Te lsc 1 - ere a for the public on Tuesday of each; ¥4* = El te 3 ue week during apple season. 5 Art L. Gilmore of Deep Water was | in to see us and says the call to or- ganize a democratic club is issued t for Saturday at 2 o'clock p. m., at c : Spruce. All voters opposed to im perialism invited to participate. | Mills is o About six weeks ago E. 0. Mobley, | terprises © these year-old son of George Mobley, of | becom and we ker, Vernon county, Mo., was/ out th whic Crash Skirts, White Duck Skirts, and Covert Skirts eat reduc- ists at low t long at 39c, 59c and 79c. We just opened some bargains in they \ Table Linens and Crashes. We price a wide, extra heavy, all lin- en TABLE LINEN at 58e and _ it is | others at 20c, 25e, 35e, + crashes we show at all linen, heavy, du- ri argains. In Shirtings our stock has the right kinds. We call your attention to our Ske GRADE, it is a great valueand will give satis- faction Our stock of muslins and sheetings is always complete. Weshow a mus- lin at Se a yard, which is a yard wide, smooth and fine and is away under We have all the leading muslin and sell them at its value. brands of R. Davis Radford and J. V. Snod- grass, prominent farmers and influ- ential democrats of Deep Water, and Chas. R. Radford, a capitalist of Butler, paid Tue Timgs a very pleas- ant call the last of the week. the two former renewing their subscription. They report the corn badly dam- aged but agree that the early plant- ing will make pretty good corn. An All Phools contest waged for King Phool of the Karni- val Krew, in street fair parade, the successful fool to be elevated above all the other fools, a decorated float and surrounded by a court of the next biggest fools, as indicated Each vote penny and you can vote as many is being on costs one by the vote. are willing to deposit time } pennies. lls are now open at the and barber drug stores, saloons shops. McCann and the following Sheriff Mudd, Deputy Charley Moore, took batch of prisoners to the peniten- tiary at Jefferson City on John Faulkner, con the bank at -ears: Gus Mills, burglary at Rich Hill. 3 years; Chas. Caster, forgery, George Carlisle, horse thie victed of robbing 2 years: 2 years; George Grover, incest, 5 All of these prisoners years. ulations at the penitentiary. | Ouresteemed young friend H. H face and hands were severely burne Dr. Christ. summoned @ promptly relieved her sufieri was the wounds rs. Thi doctor thinks up without leav similar accident to th: pened Mrs. John Shutt a short time ago. i i The Health Problem 'Is much simpler than is sometimes | supposed. Health depends chiefiy | upon the perfect digestion and pure Miller, ‘‘te iblood, and the problem is solved | very readily by Hood's Sarsar You may keep well by sromptly for any stomoc disorder. Its cures of scrofula, epsia, rheuma- ism and other di ed by the thousands. ood’s Pills. will heal | ¥ is a} ases are number-| The favorite family cathartic is|to buy- | neighbor had bi <were improved under tion. leountry is | selling for 5 ¢ prosperc * said Mr |fromt ar hogsI will ste for Me Tt ame can be said o' ardware, your sug | and coffee and everytl Wherein | perity benefit you and m does h pros Monday: | Amsterdam, sentence, 7 | were convicted at the February term of our cireuit court. but were kept by 3 z the sheriff because of quarantine reg- lid on the last can, it exploded, the | a : | Miller paid us his annual visit for the | back, | purpose of renewing. A republican | ™ red Mr. Miller to | away belo Recently they met} “Well, you| st vote for McKinley under your} | agreement, times are better and the} Hogs are|come to our shoe d the advance} jt your produce with us ng you have Guaranteed Prices, so you are always sure you are get- ting them at the lowest prices from us. We still have some of those corsets left at 48c. If your sizeis amoug them they area big bargain. Have you seen our 48c Summer Corset ? We sell Topsy Fast Black Hosiery You know it is the best. We sell so much of it that we buy it by the case and are able to offer you extra good values. Our at 3 pairs for Se, and 2 pairs for 25c are splendid misses and our ladies at 10c, 15e, 200, 25 are the best for the money in this country. Men’s socks in TOPSY BLACK, }10c, 15e, 25c. Our new Carpets and Curtains are coming in and are prettier than and as usual we guarantee prices. Men’s Furnishing Goods. jever We are keeping a good line in this Our men’s shirts at #1 and splendid values. department. 25c, DOe, T50 are choice styles In men’s white unlaundried shirts we show analllinen bosom. front and cuff bands, double yoke, 50c. This is 1 in inforced gussets at actual value. Vsoveralls at 50c are some- PxtTa 1 you want Good Reliable Shoes department. We ood brands and guaran sell. . |earry onl; Pp Our ladie ) shoe is a beauty. ler ber we take orders from any store. 70 can trade grocer ¢ f « WieKibben’s, | North Side Square. i nN | | i | | i naan tr eel av