The Butler Weekly Times Newspaper, April 11, 1901, Page 8

Sate ease cnenntsn iti Tree Planting Time. All kinds of fruit trees and shade trees, etc., at The Speer Nur gery, south side city limits Butler, Mo J.S. Pierce represents twelve com- panies and sells insurance that don “bust.” 9 tf PasTuRE—1 » pas ture, plenty of water. Apply to Georce BrounpaGe, Adrian, Mo. ,or 17-tf W. R. Moruison, Butler, Mo. Appleton City went yublican, as usual, last week, and St. Clair county elected a republican county school commissioner. i Frank Lee, a prosperous young farmer of Passaic, favored us with a pleasant call and had his name en- rolled. Said he had been reading his | father’s, Charley Lee’s Times for the | last twenty years, pow he had moved to himself and weuld have to sub- scribe Serofula is a bad thing to inherit or acquire, but thereis this about it— Hood sSarsaparilla completely cure even the worst cases. J. M. Mock, one of Round Prairie’s progressive farmers, a few days ago marketed 41 head of yearling high grade Hereford and Shorthorn calves that averaged 620 pounds each and topped the Kansas City market the day they were sold, bringing $5 per hundred. Thirty dollars a head for calves is certainly avery satisfactory price.—Appleton City Journal. There is no music like that of the ‘old time fiddler.”’ He will fiddle at the Opera house Friday night. In a letter toa Kansas City man who had aspired to be named by Governor Dockery for the St. Louis $15 a day fair commission, the gov- ernor wrote that he had already “practically”? made up his mind as to what men he would select. “‘I re- | gret,”’ the governor wrote, “that | couldn’t find room for you on the list, or, for that matter, forall my friends who applied. It was not an easy task to find nine men out of the 2,000 applications I had before me.” —Kansas City Journal. The Appleton City Journal, with commendable enterprise, has issued an industrial edition. It is hand- somely illustrated, on good book paper, well printed, and is a big ad- vertisement for the town. A little printed slip addressed *‘To the edi- tor,” was attached to the copy we received It read: ‘Come down and take a drink with us.”’ We were just thinking of telegraphing our accept- ance when the following words faced us—‘‘of Sulpho-Lithia.”” It is all off, Charley, you have deceived us bit- terly and we will not soon forgive you. The Nevada Post tells of a young woman who called at the home of EB. V. Martin in that city and secured employment, saying that her hus- band, George Bryant, a druggist by profession, but who had worked in the coal mines at Rich Hill, had de- | serted her. She claimed to have lived in the north part of Bates county before she married Bryant but did not give her maiden name. | Shortly after her arrival at Mr. Mar- tin’s a girl baby was born. As soon as she was able she skipped out, de | serting the baby. Mr.and Mrs. Mar- tin have taken legal steps to adopt the baby. | | Fund for a Goebel Statue. Louisville, Ky., April 7.—Ex-Gov- ernor James B. MeCreary. chairman of the Goebel Monument Fund ciation, announced to-day that 000 had been contributed by the cit- izens of the state. Of this amount | 2,000 was subscribed by women. | The money is on deposit in the Far- mer’s bank at Frankfort. Messrs. Justus and Arthur Goebel. | brothers of the murdered governor, | will add $5,000. The shaft will be | erected in the state cemetery at | Frankfort near the tomb of Daniel Boone. |} says that Home for Children Wanted. Little boy of eight years and girl i both bright doption. The mother deed « serted them and I am unable to keer them together. GeorGe Devap, Butler. Mo See J... Pierce for Fire. Tornado, Plate Glass, Accident or Burglar In- surance. 14-tf Did you ever hear **Whoop ‘em uf Jane,” New Cut road,” or Lizy “Chicken Pie | You will hear them at House Friday night the Opera “In Mizzouri.” R. T. Railey of prominent attorney at law, was a guest at the Midland Tuesday, say the Kansas City Times. Mr. every man, woman and child in Cass county is elated over | the selection by Governor Dockery of Frank Wooldridge for warden of the ry. Mr. Wooldridge, by a counterpart in appear- he man whocreated the part penitenti the wa ance | ofsheriff of Pike county in Gus Thom- as’ play ‘In Mizzouri.”’ Routs Robbers With a Poker. Harrisonville, Mo., April 7.—An at tempt was made night to hold up G. H. Taylor; night operator at the Missouri Pacific depot in this city, by two men. One of the robbers broke the glass window of the ticket ottice with his revolver and demand- ed the money. Instead Taylor threw the poker at him. The fellow at the other window shot at Taylor, miss- ing him but a few inches and putting out the only light in the room. The operator in the dark took refuge un- deradesk until the robbers left. They got nothing. Death of John A. Dillon. The death of John A. Dillon oc- curred at his home ten miles south- east of Butler, on Friday, March 29, of that dread disease, pneumonia. Mr. Dillon was born in Kentucky, Aug. 16, 1826, moved to Ilinois in boyhood, and came to Bates county in 18538. He was married to Mary Beatty Dee. 22, 1853. Mr. Dillon was the father of six children, three of whom survive him, Mrs. Alice Hall of Pleasant Gap, Mr. John Dil- lon, near Butler, and Clark Dillon of the Territory. were with him in his last hours. Mr. Dillon was a true christian, loved and respected by all who knew him. He was laid to rest beside his wife in Smith cemetery. Mr. Dillon’s death has brought sor- row toa large number of relatives and friends. Ss. C. E. Convention. The eighth annual Christian En- deavor Convention of the third dis- trict of Missouri, comprising: seven counties—Ray, Clay, Carroll, Jack son, Cass, Bates and Platte, will be held in Butler, June 7,8 and 9. The Butler people are fully organized | and, with the cheerfulness with which they and their pastors are taking hold of the convention, we will have a very profitable gathering. A strong progamme is being pre- vared and a spiritual feast is await- ing all who will attend. The state officers are planning to be with us as well as many prominent Endeavorers in the state. Freeentertainment will be given all delegates, except from the townsadjoining Butler, which are limited to two delegates from each society. Names of all delegates should be sent to A. C. Gwinn, Butler, chairman entertainment committee. Since our district conventions are fast becoming the most important gatherings in the Endeavor move- ment, and in the past their spiritual tone has been marred by Sabbath desecration, we have determined to et astandard in our district, and ; recommend that all delegates arrive at convention not later than 10 o'clock Saturday night. After that entertainment will not be provided Come and share the good things with us, June 7, 8 and 9. A. J.MceMinvan, President Executive Committee. ~oooSoe SS = AND OFFER FO Mens all W at manufacture 4.00 $3.00 PANTS PANTS SPECIAL. WE HAVE JUST PURCHASED A Sample Line of New line of Men’s and Boy's HATS. New line of Men’s and Boy’s SHIRTS. Mchk IBBENS. Orders taken from any gr R SALE. ool Pants rs prices. $3.00 52.00 FOR FOR ocery. | FOO90009OOOOOHOOOOOIOOOOOOOOOOOL children. To pousible parties will give de- ‘since you was a boy? tailey 1 Harrisonville, a ; ) and enlarged for east side for the you can save dollars. Announcement. THURSDAY, APRIL 11, WE START OUR GREAT REMOVAL SALE. On May Ist we will vacate our present quarters until they are remodeled us. We will be loea uext 60 days and have determined to give the people the benetit of the GREATEST REDUCTION SALE ever attempted by any merchant in southwest Missouri. children’s clothes, hats, shirts, underwear, hosiery, etc , go, every article included, Sales of this kind are generally inaugurated at the close when the stocks are broken and you get odds and ends. tion of fresh, new, spring goods, just arrived, and the latest styles. Take advantage of this slaughter in prices and buy your clothing while Call and be cor JOE MEYER. Reserved seats 10c. Seats on Fiddlers’ contest. cents; balcony sale at McCulloch’s. Spruce Items. | i John Colston visited the city of Spruce Monday. Amos Fisher Johnston. Sheriff Kelly of Kingtisher, Okla., | visited relatives in this section last week. Mrs. Mattie Newberry accompanied | by Misses Daisy Stanley and Ella} Hedrick, of Butler, visited friends | near Montrose last week. Fremont Henton will erect a new law office and barber shop in the | near future. Rose, did Amos F. tell you? The Spruce girls were on a strike last Tuesday and blockaded the post | oftice door ‘till people had to make | quite an effort to get in. i Art Gilmore and sister went to Ap- | pleton City on business Thursday. | John B. Newberr; spending this week in Butler. B. McClanahan has a fine lot of early Ohio seed potateesfor sale. I. M. Kretzinger has quite a quan- | tity of seed oats for sale. Boys, if you want to get your wed- ding knot tied call on W. Atchison | for the next four years, he is able to | tie it. Mrs. Susie Kretzinger issick at this writing. Matthew Evans, our new road boss was in Stringtown last Friday warn- ing out bands on the road. | Frank kKretzinger, Mr. Johnson and Henry Oliver will start to Taborville with a bunch of hogs next Friday. The party at James Frost’s last Wednesday night was a success. William Wigger took the contract spent Sunday in to make the fills at the new bridge over.the Newberry branch. Claude Stephenson visited High Lonesome last Friday evening. The M. W. A.’s will give an enter- | tainment at the GapSaturday night. | Miss Gertrude Rick visited George Keen last Friday evening. Turner Radford will leave soon for Oklahoma where he will reside for some time. | James Cargile has been sick for a couple of weeks with lagrippe. Ed Dickerson has been feeding cat- tle at the Stephenson feed lots the | the past two weeks. Miss Jessie Lutzenhizer will leave jnext Monday for Kingfisher, Okla.. where she will visit relatives for some time. FRONTz. | State Warden Relieves Minds. | Jefferson City, Mo., April 5.—There | has been much speculation here as to what and how many changes will be jmade in the penitentiary force, es- | pecially since the announcement has been made that the positions within ithe gift of Warden Wooldridge will be more equally distributed over the | state. jent have no representation among the large force of ployes and as |far as possible. it is understood. the le toconform to Some of the counties at pres- } changes will be mz | this rule joutas Wooldric ent, in whi he says made up his mind as to ,and that those ected for places will I next week. Those DR not i tices, he says, nderstand tk eis unable to appoint them because of the great number ef applicants and the very few offices at his disposal. | Saturday night | gathered. Virginia Items. ye heard it and jotted it down, hat happens in and out of town. Ralph Mock of Appleton City visit- ed the families of A. L. Porter and J. W. Brown last week. Chas. Graham of Amsterdam, at- tended Easter exercises at the Chris- | tain church Sabbath night. Mrs. Seelinger, president of the county W.C. T. U. will speak at the M. E. ehurch Friday April 12th, at 2 p.m. and Mrs. R. B. Hall of Car- thage, will speak at night. Come and hear the talented ladies talk on | the subject of liquor drinking. Peter Jundy was elected school director. Four democrats were pres- ent and 13 votes were cast for Prof Maxey, the democratic commissioner Evidhntly some republicans did some scratching. Miss Maud Wright ofnear Passaic, and her uncle Thomas McCann spent Sunday with Robert McCann and | family. The egg gathering at das. Cuzick’s was well attended. 40 present, $5.03 worth of egg were Aaron could not get a partner so had to miss a good time Miss Icy Jenkins spent last week in Kansas City with relatives. .N. Judy hauled new goods for ‘Fadden and Drysdale a couple o s last week. John Hussey left Sunday home near Harrisonville. for his Sund: hool at the Crook sehool house every Sunday at 3 p.m. Roby Denning 1s whooping | cough. Lawsuit between Corlett and L. L Judy over the ownership of a mule. The jury gave the mule to Corlett Boxley and Silvers of Butler were the attorneys. Mrs. Charles Solee. who has been visiting her brothers G. W. and Isaac Park for some time, left Mon- day for north Mo., where she will visit a brother and sister before re- turning to her home in Ohio. Vergil Jenkins is fencing in quite a large hog pasture. T. A. Wright. the new looks ten years younger. C. W. Wolfe and son J. J. shipped cattle to Kansas City Monday. The Easter servic at both churches were good constable, always do their part There was a good attendance Robert MeCann is p g up a new fence on the west li Dr. J. J. Mitchell’s farm. Will Hi ick list George ing up his hedge fenc W. T. Cowan and Hensley are the boss ho r Morton Jenkins is rejoicing over the arrival of a new cook The f. pastor will preact at 11 . Se The feet of up to Monday. Pierce I dly hurt last week. 1 and ha started tot when it got away fre and ran back home. He nm in the lot and tried to cat« kicked him dow beat him ove fork ere Mr He is co Mat H ar- ket top prices prices before overbid in « 21-tf Yours for business. tle folks | CARPENTER & SHarER M’F’c Co. | ted in the J. C. Clark building on the Wew ant to move as few goods as_ possible All men’s, boy’s and of give you a selee- each season We ivinced we are doing what we advertise, THE CLOTHIER. — ee Job Couldn’t Have Stood It lihe’d had Itching Piles, terribly annoying; but Bu ei ica Salve will cure the worst piles on earth. It has cured sands. For Injuries, pains or eruptions it’s the best salve world. Only 25¢ at H. L, drug store. Cure guaranteed. > | Emperor Lives in Dread. Berlin, April 4.—The members of Emperor William’s body-guard, be- sides a speci corps of bicyclists, | who relieve each other, are now arm jed with lances when accompanying his majesty on horseback. This evening the Vossische Zeitung demands to know what justifies the Kaiser in showing such a fear of the people. It compares his precautions , with those taken by the Czar | A FD For Terms callon L. R. Allen, Mo., Farmers Exchange, Butler, | Farmers Mills, Rich Hill, Mo. | 19-tf S. C. LeMAR, Prope, ELAMO Will stand the present season of at my barn, 8 wiles due east of Be ler and 3-4 miles south of aud Butler road and 84 miles Foster Items. Miss Lillian Bell visit nold’s in Sprague Sunday Rev. Roe, of Butler, preached at the Christian church Sunday, morn- ing andevening. There was a attendance at bothservices. We sorry to hear he will not be with us again until May We learn Amos Bright has been sick is still very low Al Metzler returned this week from Kansas City Several young people went out to Mrs. Moore’s to a social Saturday night and quite an enjoyable time wa ported Miss Edith Hartshorn left for Kan- Spruce. sas City Tuesday, where she intends Description and Pedigree: to work at the dress-makingtrade. | is coal black, mealy nose and is | Chas. Mathers whorecently bought | rise of 15 hanas high and he | out J. D. Hart, is going to move his | 1200 pounds, was sired by the stock of goods to Pleasanton. We | pubored Jack direct trom Gil eore s ver cl fin r pike ie ee HES eal Leonard. The dam of Elamo we = oe ; ‘Irom @ | also out of an imported jack earbuncle on his neck. Black Knight dam, owned L. Staker says trade is Felger. Clarksburg, Mo. A sia | for this time of year. stallfon will be kept at same The ladies of the Methodist church | Terms—88 to insure a colt to | met Wednesday and had a general | @Bd suck, the money is dae | clean up they also put down a new | C0lt is foaled. The colt will carpet. : good for the season, After sem We understand there has been a Dns pects saieret Sate IGerr 4 7 “| trading or about to remove change in the Swarens Mercantile | feits insurance and money | Co., Joe Bowman and Prof. Borron | paid. I have six of this jack's have bought an interest and may | coming yearlings and one spring@ now be seen bebind the counters A couple of young fellows started lat Mr. Ar- Saturday and who | very good it will pay anyone to see* breeding elsewhere. His last to the social’ Saturday night and | Colts are bays and browns. broke their bugev. SS. | the first crop of bis colts iam | Mi Dal aes, i Mi Tuk county. 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