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enero if i ial KATE SHELLY’S FEAT OF TWENTY YEARS AGO Last Night Was Annive Its er SHE SAVED TWO HUNDRED LIVES. |" ur ong Stop a Com- i a ing g sa the} PF w i save] 1 nnivers. built out |} will never most t ly and ofany u ‘ “e hy and roaring wind and y beating rain The Chicago & Northwestern rail- thought had she—to save way system rewarded the brave girl with a medi life pass and by] 0b, brave Kate Shell Though hard thy daily po pn be, maggie ney pee oye the Mothers with happy pride now name their Des Moines neart Boone (one Of} daughters after thee; the finest brid in the world) the] And every child that bears thy tale shares in a : thy noble strai Kate Shelley brid And dares that verilous pass with thee to save Tt was the night of July 6, 1881, r ed for her | tS | bs Te vratetful | | rdaring bravery. | | us wir ied vas her ming train i throughout the | | everywhere as one | | world rack whi she t became the s in poetry W hool tain th ich the ravely sped, tning made through a still BUYING WHEAT FOR HOGS Kansas Farmers Hard Pressed by the Failure of the Corn Crop. Kansas they ar at and 40 cents can make at ire co No Premiums! | present marl It’s all in the quality. |} A member of t to-day tl ! Ss were jnotifving hin mn were lruining t wl t by their contracts Ne rmer aul his “at to market to sell at 45 cents land buy corn for his stock at 48 feents. He would lose three cents in | j money by the transaction, 10 pounds in weight and have the labor of haul Jing to town and back for nothi Accorgingly, the farmer is prepari to feed his wheat to his ste PLATFORM. 10.—The platform pre-| Sold everywhere Mate onty by THE DEMOCRATIC Columbus, July portant planks in the sented to the committee are No franchise, € to Oo im City Council Enjoined <tension be Chillicothe, Mo., Juiv 11 on the petition of or renewal | | thereof ever granted by any! Sate Shellev performer or per- i . , we LoS Melee UE) There is no longer an excuse for) “ity or village without first submit-| anager of tl pie's ilous act. Heavy rains had swollen] anyor to endure the torture | ting the same to a vote ofthe people. | pyoctrie Compar Sailor the Des Moines river until it was out} inflicted by piles when Tab- The acceptance of free passes or few Gasacd fae ‘DOEAES eninucton its banks. During the whole of the | ler Buckey Pile Ointment other favors from railrondsby PUbIC | catesining ti pi one f Chilli f ishwater cleve: gj will cure them, a remedy so moder- A x j Testraining the city councu Of Uhh period of the highwater eleven out 0 : le <r”! officers or employes shall be made| ; ; brid i the Des Moines | #te in price and so effective. Price : plo} i ade! cothe from proces pee tha twenty-one bridges in the Des Moines | = conts in bottles. Tubes 75 cents, |adequate ground for vacating the Bale of $2,000 of clactric eee y between Boone and Moidgona | for gale by H. L. Tucker. offices held by them wated April 30) for are ok on the main line of the Northwestern The abolition of the so-called pro-| 5 ; E nd si ee ca » mid Hay Hay These Days. = spi ; putting in a4 munteipal hghting had been washed away. On the night i ay techive Kystens and the substinuoen plant July 6, 1s the hig ri > ae a ‘ a 5 ages ae ss te . of fuly 6, 1881, tt high wind added i Bosserman was in town Sun-{in its place of the traditional demo-| phe ponds h 1 by the to the terror . the situation and day Mr. Bosserman is a ranchman |cratie policy of a tariff for revenue Mississippi Valle t Compa of ga Ae ig force to giant of the bottoms. Inwetseasons these | so leviedas not to burden one indus- Loui te Shelley we then sixteen ébut > om: : aa sacha relley is then sixteen! people are classed “river rats.” This|try for the benefit of another iW Roolor th ti years old. Her father was a section] |. are pe : eS fection ¢ 3 year, so Dr. Allen says, they are The enactment and rigorous en-| was iNegal in man t ring foreman on the Northwestern. When OE Oe ees y ‘oo 3 merely dry branch people. But Bos-|forcement of measures which shall] jy mone other things intimi- darkness set in and the ftierceness of a ES: Marae i ? ‘ Z serman doesn’t care. He has just} prevent all monopolies and combi- dation and coercio part of the the storm increased Kate Shelley and |), apyested about 400 tons of bott ae Sa eer ate eae : 2 ssa par i v abor sof bottom /nations in restraint of trade and] advocates of municipal ownership me alarmed asto the y of Mr. Shelley. The intrepid young girl argued long and ously with her mother for permission to set out through the arch for her father. objected, at its height there was a the hissing of vping gether with the rumbling of weight droppit The the her mother be sale strenu- t raging wind tos The mother ke but whiletheargument was erash and it steam, tos a heavy distance. a great and daughter rushed to and therein plain mother vindow view h out from Boone on account of the bowels, storm, had crashed througha trestle . en in tact, a perfect guardian of the aul was buried inthe bayou beneath. | health Price 50 cents For sale by Nothing could now detain Kate Shel-}] H Pucker ; lev. Taking a lantern she made her 4 RS a way up the steep bluff to the track The Missouri Derby. ani found that two of the four of the engine crew were drowned. ‘tiss Shelley hastened to the rescue | the of the other two men (Ed Wood, the { be enc aeer, and Adam Ager, the brake- m.: ) and after doir her Ifstarted on her perilous jour-]| manent feature of the state fair, will] n , four miles west of be held this year on Wednesday, | Boy vie the on-coming pas-|September 11, and for the initial] St or She made her way by|race of 1% miles a handsome cash adevious paths across the bayou | it been hung up. There} int the trestle andengine had | wi » dirge field to start and the} id climbing by means of un- at last reached main track on the other side Once on the track the fi ed toward Moingona derbeush and we the girl! help brave for the bridge it was necessary oss a trestle a half a mile long o the raging Des Moines river swollen out of its banks and tmity racing | toward the Mississippi. The | surged and boomed not more | t twenty feet below her: the wind t ‘ s course, and to add}, e und ditticulty her lan ight went out and she was fore-| ‘ -erawl and creep over the trestle | ) of the way on her hands and } krees, in utter darkness,except when 1 vivid lightning flashes showed! . her the way. at the lastir \rrived other side, after a Imost she an hour. top speed the t she reached re at to station, justin time to stop the westbound passenger, which she h «i come to warn, and save the 200 ng to eonductor ainting at o t nr y ton, 0 600 tons price Bates, having This kind ayo sold ton. SeASOL Herbine of their home a helper engine sent] gives buoy: The a special whatshe could | wee and expects to Hay and Messrs. is hay tor clears y to ache, r vbreds fea i September 9-13. ing ars in » who live yal ore a bottom lands fhay 8 from $1 It may be worth $15 before the -nds.—Rich Hill Review Missonri Derby. tended tos ture on >to many acc | ises which heal rapidly |t 1's Snow I reap hay which is now quoted at $10 per fro t even a this y sosserman, are the complexion, mind, eolates the stomach and stimulates the the in Missouri, of the M State fair races at Sedalia during the Amer 150 ¢ 50 to otting, ach day grating ir ar r, Philbrick, McGinnis and others strictly in or 1¢ liver, which mulate the breeding of Th | ng five hundred | a some irms are idental ¢ nent Oil Found Near Amoret m 400 better old Par- in ) years 3 per } cures and is, in- is wil! issouri © per- commerce. Asa means to that end eontract The Peoy s company’s all trust products should be placed with the city for street lighting ex- on the free list. pires July 2 ase will not Phe maintenance of the Monroe | come up for a fin intil Sep- doctrine as heretofore interpreted | tember and asserted by the national gov-| ment A Gentile Hint. amendment United States of the A constitutional re-} In our style « climate, with its sudden changes of temperaiure, rain, wind and sunshine intermin- gied in a single day, it wouder quiring the election of the d vote often senators by is no people 2 : 7 ne that our children, friends and reia- No question of the right of labor | tives are so frequently taken from us to combine for the assertion of its}|by neglected cold-, haif the deaths ; = . sulting direc from this eauase. rights and tt stection of its inter- | Sus chon ofits inter-} 4 bottle of Boschee’s German Syrup ests. ie for immediate kept about your how The powers granted the federal] ase will prevent serious sickues-, a oven: feet y it =e large doctors bill, and perbaps g iment to be used to conquer or} qgeath, by the use of three or four hold in subjection the people of other}|doses. For curing consumption, eountries bemorrages, pheumonia, severe Th 1 oe cougbs, croup, or any ase of the he democratic party is never! throat or lungs, its suecess is simply favored and now opposes any exten-| Wonderful, a our dru st will tell + oy ‘3 oe you. Getas bottie free from sion of the na 1al boundaries not} 4 1 - OTH. L. Tucker. ilar 5 cts. meant ¥ speedily to all inhab-|G@et Green’s Prize imanac. to carr. r with ed by lits itants qual our- unfit te ese : ire tion, race or character to be forme il ee ne a ened into self-covern ritory and Memphis, Tenr For then incorporated into the union of /Some weeks past A acivil istates in accordance with e historic | engineer in onstruction policy of the rey they should be] Works of the I ral railroad permitted to work out their own des-|i0 Mississippi locomotive engir How Are Your Kidne desperately in | its is ap-| For ‘Dr. Hobbs’ Sparagus Pills telegraph operat Ble free. Add. Sterling Rex } Last pees me 1 the Heat Makes Bricks Jump. | presence of t > woman and Kansas City, Mo., July 6.—The| Was shot i i I »y | Nols sea is playing a queer prank with| Nolan, who 5 s here Whi rom Chicag Cures Cancer, Bicova Pois t} ses of he he pavements } Sores, Ulcers sts Nothing to and bulged or vok Trv ke jeadiy most Blood poison or the worst and blood diseases on earth, est to cure when Botan cancer are deep-seated yet the ea-i- > Blood Baim July 9.—Oil r contraet- [is used you have blood poison, at ot Mo rs have been ne make im- Eis ee pains. pim : “ ‘ ee . 1ediate repairs. he d eure ne|Ples, mucous patches, falling hair, r ers of Joplin, Mo.. who} pa sel pe 50 Naa ae - iohiag skin, Rsentiie old rheawa » were drilling for oilforthe Bates ee é wane tism or offensive form of catarrh, ity Oil and Mineral company of ee oy acne, Oey omneer, eat oe Shall : ling, bleeding, festering sores, sweli- Che drill passed through ings, lumps, persistent wart or sore, feet of oi] sand which will {take Botanic Blood Balm “B B.B lay. valecd jit will eure even the worst case after tay. y jeverything else fails Botanic Biood | Balm (B. B. B,) drainsthe poison out ljof the system and the lood, then every sore heals, ma the blood pure and rich, and ing up the broken down bod B. thor- oughly tested for old at j drug stores, 31 pe bott A jtrial treatment senr writing Blood Balm C« De- | seribe troabie and cal ad- -|viee given until cured Botauie Blood Balm does not cont ineral | poisons or mer c Inany ad- | Vertised remedie do), but is eompos- M.C. WETMORE TOBACCO CO., St. Louis, Mo. Herbine, it will purify | strengthen and invigorate the sys- Price 50 cents, For sale by H Trave Marks ucker Desians SEPSIS : CopynicuTs &o. ed of Pr re bot. anici edients. Over! sof by taking 32-Im No Premiumg! It sells on its merit, The largest independent Factory in America, THE MISSOURI STATE BANK, of Butler, Missouri. Surplus and Undivided Profit admirably equipped for tl all b ull times an Abundance of ¢ Notes on the most liberal terms 700.00. of that Capital $55,000.00 We anches are 1e transaction of have at: ash so business we ¢ OUR Loan Money and Buy DEPOSITORS are provided with check books free of charge and every courtesy in our power is ¢ OUR FIRE PROOF VAULT depository for their private This bank is organized under State xtended them ed to our customers as a safe ipers free of rent of Missouri and is Examiners, banking laws examined sank forty-seven thirty-nine of them live in Bates county, is managed ge of the public. We want you for frequently by has Kholders, illy and solicits the patrot stk ear a customer. Wa. E. Watton Cashier. R. JENKINS, President — DIRECTORS .— John Deerwester, arles R. Radford, Wm. K. Walton, T. C. Boulware, T. J. Wright, JR Jenkins, Booker Powell, Frank M. Vorts, © H_ Dateher. INTERESTi RATES. unconstitutional LOW The Third Amendment having been declared by our Supreme Court the WALTON TRUST COMPANY, will now loau money on Real Estate in Bates, Vernon and Barton counties. Missouri, at lower rates of interest than ever before offered. We have a large amount of idle money in Bank at Butler ready for loans. There will be no delay on our part. If you want a loan be sure to come and get our rates, terms, ete, We have a complete and reliable abstract of title to each sere of land and town lot in Bates connty showing every transfer or 1cumbrance from the time land was bought of the United States down to this date. FRANK ALLEN, Sacretary, WM. E. WALTON, President. OL EN BET OE RSE PT AOE LD OL RS A TT He Gave the Right Idea. Colored Soldier Shot and Killed. i July 6.—A negro sok dier was shot and killed Mem- phis train near here last night. Sev- eral coaches of colored soldiers were | bound from the P hilippines to their A clergyman, writing to “The, lamar, Mo that at “> a village relates in Review Psd pastor a German undertak- Homiletie on time he was where t erwho was always anxious to please. | Because of his zeal in this direction h« sin Alabama. No white person and his habit of so often getting W445 present A crap game was in things backward he was the butt of Progress and soon after shooting a good many jokes and furnished # dead man was found ny a hearty laugh A colored man we a soldier's orm and giving the name of 8 near here this revolver with askec in a nea wer of his i him to ¢ florist arrested He had a telephone tt was to senda floral desigu rep “Gates Ajar He hurried to the twoempty chambers. He says he phone, and, calling up the florist, Was on the train wher the soldier was said he wished a floral design. The killed. The body of the dead soldier florist asked t kind. He was | ¥4s put ir at Springfield puzzled, but not dé after | and sent or Alabama wide open 50 YCARS* EXPERIENCE 3usiness men who lack nap and vigor they once} blood. otion Bp morrow night possib: 4. ‘ of the cern crop may be taken through Munn w Co. Fe On the uy ar plac tice, without esos in be "Scientific American. A hands “eer Ustrated weekly ry year: { at newedeniere MUNN & Co,2°re-=s-e. New York ranch Office, 25 F St. Was! prairies the crop is bey« creditors, ond Jannete aimis- nd to make ext term of | aettlemen the Bates Connty Probat county, state of Misso commencing on the ] 48 thereo court » So bold os Role yof Aaguat, 1a. W H ALLEN, A iministrator. uenuine stamped C.C. C. Never sold | Beware of the dealer who tries to seil “something just as good.” 3