The Butler Weekly Times Newspaper, August 21, 1902, Page 8

f the sta iwholesome, fit for tl BIG FULL PATENT.’ A GOLDEN ROD « This car made fr Sold by DEACON HARDWARE AND GROCERY HOUSE, Butler, Mo. Por. Ww. B. Starks | i $ Veterinarv Surgeon g and Dentist. seated in Butler an tean be found P feed yard near northeast pary ee Will Coal \lways outat Hunt's bank, 5 miles jue west of Appleton City. 352m. Farm Loans \t very low rates, No deliv. Money ready. Any land owner wanting to " find it to his advantage yet our rates Tar Wanron Tivsr COMPANY, Butler, Mo, Pai arb eheiee ist of fertis Call or write for prices and terms A. 8. MILLHORN, fO-tf Real Estate Ag't, Butler, Mo Will loan on chattel mortgage, G L. Lynch, over Mo. State Bank 35tf. )sosetin his head that he cannot see Loans on Ist and 2nd mortgage on country or town property. God. Lvneh, over Mo. State Bank, 35-tf Our highly esteemed and popular young friend J. FE. and with kind expression of good inate. He isa sterling voung farmerand influential democrat . Which we app Miss Nettie Kennedy, a typo in the Democrat office for several years, has been appointed by Dr. Robinson an attendant at the Nevada Asylum, We congratulate the voung lady and are satisfied she will creditably per- form the duties assigned her : Public School annual examination will be given in the Washington , school Friday, Ang. 19, 1902. This isforall pupils whose standing has not beerentertained as well as those who have been studying for advance J. M, Taytor, Supt. standing. Tue Ties was favored by a very pleasant call from J. V. Snodgrass and D. M. Radford, farmers of eastern Bates, Mr 3. observed his annual custom and had his subscription set ahead. He has a tine lot of timothy hay for which he was seeking a market Upward and onward is the motto of the city council at Mexieo—par: ticularly “upward.” It raised the saloon licenses of that town from $1,200 to $1,600 a year. The increase was really «a compro- mise as between paying for a privi- lege or a shut-down altogether.— Nevada Mail. There isa vague rumorthat the friends of Jndge W. W. Graves will, at the proper time present his name for consideration to the democraey of the state for the governorship. This oftice belongs to this section by right, and the nominee will come} from south of the Missouri river. Judge Graves’ qualifications are cf the higbest order aud should he de- cide to become a candidate he will Le a bard man to beat.—Osceola Deme- erat. C.J. Schooley, residing about two and one-half miles southwest of town, bas sold his farm. to John Shutt, of this city, the price paid, we under- stand, was $37.50 per acre. Mr. Senooley says he will go west fora location, and that bis greatest regret inleaving the county will be his ood neizhbors aud the vun» rous friends, he has made during bis residence in Bates Mr. Schooley is up-to-date farmer, a splendid citizen and neigh- bor, and beings uumbered as one of his friends, THe TIMEs regrets to see him leave the county. _ FLOUR!» vm _old wheat and every sack warranted. ' —thecity acho hasbeen-sifiering wi Hook, of south. | east Bates, remembers us substanti+ | substantial | fi offlife. Pure as the driven snow. | 1 family loaf ou the wedding cake. $110 PER SACK. ND ancy Patent $1.00 per sack. Made by PAGE, of Topeka, BROS. & CO. FRIGHTFUL ACCIDENT Leslie Rucker Has an Arm Crushed by the Cylinder of a Threshing pe Machine, While working at a threshing ma- chine near Altona Wednesday of last week, Leslie Rucker, 21 years of age, oneof the tnvehine crew, by accident, got his arm eaught in the eylinder of | the separator, and it was so badly crushed that amputation was neces- sary, and the arm was taken off about two inches below the shoulder joint, The young man stood the operation well, and the physicians have hopes of his recove ~ MONEY OR BLOOD. Wm. E. Walton Warned to | Leave Money at a Desig- nated Place or For- feit His Life, mcmnamenees MADE i THROUGH ANONYMOUS LETTER. } An Effort to Capture the Blackmailer Proved Abortive. Several weeks ago Wm. E. Walton, President of the Missouri State Banl, and well known to be one of Bates county's wealthiest citizens, received anh anonymous communication through the mail, demanding of him a large sum of money, or, failing, his life would be forfeited. The letter gave explicit directions that Mr. Walton was to take the money in currency of large denominations, and proceed east on the Johnstown and Butler road, to a point in Summit township, about eight miles from Butler, There he was to bury the money in a box, and return home. He was to say nothing to any one on penalty of being assassinated. The letter showed the writer to be illiterate or was using that method to mislead, It was replete with course epithets and swear words, cal- enlated to make the hafr stand on end, Mr, Walton, correctly and cour- ageous'y, took , Sheriff Smith —in- tohis contidence, and, acting on that ottiver's ndvivce, drove to the place designated in the letter and deposit- ed a box. The sable curtains of night were no more than fairly drawn, when two figures would crawl within sight of that spot and conceal them- Weare glad to report that Mrs W.s. Johnson, living northwest of acarbuncle on her shoulder, is im- proving, \ California preacher recently gave the following why siekness is sent: “tris said that the eyes of a hog are upwards, and that if seized on astar- rv night and thrown back the vision of the stars will so surprise oim that he wilkforget to squeal, So man of- tencun see only the earthly, and God ) has tolay him on his back by sick- ness that his eves may behold the heavenly beholding them, isso surprised that he learns to love God through his atiliction.” things, and, A delightful rain Monday night and Tuesday morning. A citizen who has been keeping tab, says there has been rains within ten days of each other throughout the entire season. Only nine days elapsed between the last two good rains This has been an unprecedented tineseason. When there is drouth the people call meetings to petition the Allwise Cre- They shonld not. for- get to give thanks for His bountiful blessings. ator for help. Warren Cox, sired by Dr. Cox, and one of the best bred and most valua- ble horses on the cirenit, died on the fair grounds at Rich Hill Friday night about 8 o'clock, from cramps. He had been entered in the 2:30 trot and made three heats, winning the first two with ease. Before the third heat was called it was discovered that the horse was in bad shape and unable to yo. However, owing to recently | his brilliant recordin tbe first two heats, the horsemen waived their rights and allowed hina to jog around the track and take third money. This, perhaps, owing to the condi- tion of the animal, proved too much and cansed his death. Warren Cox was a Bates county horse. He was owned by J. ©. Clark, of this city, ) and was making a brilliant reeord as a trotter, and his death is greatly re- gretted by horsemen of this county. The following items of interest to | our people are taken from the Rich | Hill Review: Dr, ano. A. Patterson, of Nyhart, Bates county ’s next circuit clerk, was } a visitor to the Rich Hill fair yester- day. | T. K Lisle, the popular demoeratie candidate for recorder, has been a visitor to the fair the past two daye. |. Couldn’t hold a fair in Bates: county without T. KeLisle, Howard James, the grocer, was compelled to lay off a delivety boy or two yesterday. to make a place for anew one. The youngster takes the place of whole regiments in the eyes of the papa. who is as prond of him as any boy could be of his first quarter. Motberand babe are do- ing nicely. selves and prepare for a night's vigil. The watchers were deputy sheriff from Kansas City. For over two weeks these faithfol oftivers kept up the watch every night, in hopes of capturing the criminal, but he evi- dently became suspicious and gave that locality a wide berth, Tee Times was in possession of most of the above information atthe time, obtained from neither Mr. Wal ton nor the Sfticers, but froma pri vate and trustworthy source; and we refrained from publishing them in the hope that the officers would catch the red-handed villian and bring him 10 justice, ENCAMPMENT NOTES. Next Week Will Be a Gala One fur Butler.---A Large Number of Visitors Expected. Second Regiment will arrive on special train reaching Butler at 3 DEATH BED CONFESSION Old Man Christoleer, Realizing that Death Was Near, Divulges the Se- cret of the Assassination of Frank Wright. The death a few days ago, of old | man Christoleer, residing in the west tragedy which occurred in Elkhart township, about three miles west of Adrian, in the spring of 1889, and | following this tragedy the assassina- tion of Frank Wright. | The tragedy referred to oecurred at the home of M. L. Burnett, Mon-! day night, Apri! 5, 1889, in which | Frank Wright, father-in-law of Bur- nett was the principal actor, tiring his shot gun into acrowd of seven or- eight boys who had come to chari- vari Burnett, who had married Wright's danghter the Wednesday night previous. In the shooting Jesse V. Christoleer was desperately wounded and died a few hours later at the home of Mr. Johnson, a near neighbor, Ed Russell was badly wounded in the.neck, side and arm, and Otis Peebles received a flesh wound in the side from a pistol ball. This shooting was done by Frank Wright, who had gone to the home of his son-in-law on the night above mentioned to defend him from a charivari party of neighborhood boys. Full particulars of the sad ailair were published in’ Tue Ties at the time, , Frank Wright was arrested and on change of venue, was tried at Clinton, Mo,, and acquitted, He returned home and went to work on his farm, and one evening while in his buggy returning home from Adrian, he was shot from am- bush, within 200 yards of his house, and killed by some person unknown, Owing to the brutality of Frank part of the county, recalls a horrible_ Ge a Se Soe a So, oe, Soe ee, Soe Soe oe Soe THE MAN When you need your buggy, carriage or spring wagon repaired is We don’t know East Room Iron Block. SRR RRR CIR OG OE EO SS oS RR RR RR RE GC, T. WwW. LEGG. Ie can cut up your axles and take out the wiggle wobble. He has just put in the best machine made “for putting on RUBBER TIRES. WE KNOW THE BUGGY BUSINESS. We sell Buggy Tops, Dashes, Cushions, Shafts, Poles and the Best Paint on earth. , T. W. LEGG, TO SEE everything but Southeast Corner Square ELL LL LLL LOL PPL PL LOLLY LL yw oy HARVEST HOME EXCURSIONS 3 —TO THE- t 4 Greatest Store on Earth, , } Fare one way nothing, and you have the priv- ilege of returning over any route you like: We have the following attractions : smiles and ice water free, plenty swings, cha:rs and shade thrown in, plows. First: on a December:‘morn. VLQQLLLL LLL OL LL OL LL LLL LS i and fertilizer, Come and see our exhibit of sulky and gang The wonder of the 29th cen- tury, the Hancock Disk Gang and Sulky jour first car nearly gone but more coming. Don’t forget the Deere Ranger and High Lift Sulk- ies and Gangs,they are going like hot cakes We have disc harrows of all sizes and styles and our prices are right. x mention our line of Hoosier Drills, hoe, disc Missourians all buy them, and our friends from Kansas are rannin Pleasant = oS is oeaeo e <P A ae OP ae er ee =o We would also —— ae ee Se ake so De ip ho slo ae - in to was little sympathy expressed at his assassination and but small effort Was made by the otticers toferret out his assassin So the seeret of the killing of Wright has been locked, all: these Years, in the bosom of the person who did it until last week, when, on his deathbed old) man Christoleer, father of the boy killed by Wright, cleared up the mystery by making a confession. We get our information as to the confession of Christoleer from parties residing in the neighborhood of de- ceased, A short time after the assassina- tion of Wright, two of his boys, who were with him at the time he shot the boys, were struck by lightning while standing under a shed in the barn lot at their home and instantly killed, Romantic Marriage. The Kansas City Journalof Wednes- o'clock Sunday BItORRODT: Compa) day last contains the following ae- uies from Lamar, Nevada, Carthage,| connt of the marriage of two of Bates Joplin, Pierce City, West Plains, } county's popular young people, un- Greeniield, Clinton and Sedalia, Hos- road head, “They Didn’t Wait Till haa. : 7 5 : all. tea from — Ele silt Dr. William A. Hoffman, of Butler, Joplin, signal corps Nevada. Six] and Miss Minnie J. Rovison, of Am- hundred men. March from depot to] sterdam, Mo., were married by. Pro- camp atlake. bate Judge Snyder, in Kansas City, Advance details to pitch camp ar- ae pay eo A bmg mr ilies ae lta c. dentist in Butler, while the bride is a rive Friday noon. Have te "ts UP! daughter of a well: known physician and everything in readiness Satur-} of Amsterdam. They were to have day. been married this fall. Miss Robison Sham battle Wednesday, Aug. 27. oe Meee in the east and Partislantedsa was on her way home. Dr. Hufiman se a d i by all ie wi met her in Kansas City yesterday PRC HOD: OF BE TEMEY: _Specia excul! and suggested that they get married sions from Kansas City and Joplin immediately. The girl consented, on that day. and, in company with two friends, Public cordially invited to visit the| they went to the Kansas side and were made one. They left - Camp; drills, parades and all cerewo- sterdam last night and pigs Monee nies at all times. Troops glad to| ing the news” will go to Butler, their bave them and take pleasure in show-| future home.” ing visitors through at any time be- tween revielle (5 a. m ) and taps (11 p.m.) It is desired that citizens Fayette, Mo., July 17—Professor avail themselves of opportunity to] Parker Siceloff, aod of the Teverent see how the state troops are trained|and Mrs. L. P. Siceloff, of this city, and equipped, and officers will take has been elected president of Buchan- pleasure in goiug through with them | #" College, Troy, to succeed Presi- on : : dent H. G. Colwell, who resigned to and explaining the various details. accept a tive year position int he St. The grove across the lake has been} Louis High Schools. Professor Sice- reserved fof visitors. Shade, seats, | loff is the youngest college president ete, in Missouri. Adjutant-General Dameron will ar-! Rev. Siceloff was pastor of the M. rive Sunday morning. Colonel Sin-}E. church south in this city for sever- clair and the otticers of the Ist Regi-|al years. The family have many ment of St. Louis, will visit the camp | strong friends in this county who re- for two days. Col. Leehtinan of the joice at the young man’s success, 3d avd Col. Stringieliow of the 4th, : Maj. Houck of the 6th battalion and ‘ Capt. Rumbold of Battery A will be Old Settlers’ Association. present. : ~All officers and members of the Old Col. James H. MeUord of St Jo-|Settlers’ Association are hereby noti- seph, inspector general; Maj. George| fied that theree will: be meeting at Halley of Kausas City, chiet surgeon; | the Probate Court roo on Satur- Maj Jno A. Tuttle, of Hillsboro,| day, August 28rd, 1902, at 2o'clock equmissary of subsistence; Maj..Jno.| p.m. to determine: the date of hold- 1. Martin, of St. Louis, inspector “of fing the aunual meeting aud picnic of rifle practice; Maj. Emmett Newton, said Association and to provide Sptingfield, quartermaster; Maj. A.| means therefor. Allinte in the V. Adams, engineer officer and Capts.| Association are cordially invited to Chainbers and Lowe, of St. Louis, | be present and participate aides-de camp, all of Gen. Clark's Cuark Wix, Pres, staff, will arrive Sunday morning. . | Canviy F. BoxLEy, Sec’y. Youngest College President. ry provide themselves with the good things of N earth, a We never had such a x Everybody knows the au not have to tell them. Mitchell, or hook me Peter Schuttler. out all those new bt ~ gave him the laugh ar knows who sold them name. them and at the same ynd hardware. > pp bh tp ee ty ty ey Ao aio in ain ip tis tin is otha ain in “run out one of the nation’s pride, the An old settler came along and said, ‘*who run The boys of the town, as well as the county, It is ANCHOR?” Drop in and get acquainted. Bennett-Wheeler Merc, Co, rush of wagon trade. best wagons. You do They walk in and say up to an old reliable iggies last Saturday.” id said: ‘*Everybody and we all know the Come and see time buy your groceries Be Sb Se Sb Se ke Sp ib Ap ad ie See Wid «Dud ae ai ae Sabha de Baw SB a Made a Hit at illinois Fair. Wm. Hern, of Hume, was in town this morning and told the Review of his hit at the DeWitt connty, Hs., fair (near Bloomington) He says his Bates couty products topped ev- erything on display there. Thecorn, | grasses, wheat, fruit and vegetable products were all unapproached. This, of course, is partly dne to the earliness of our season over theirs. Many farmers of that section had never seen flax as it grows, and this was an interesting feature. All were surprised at the superior products of this section. Mr. Hern saw no better wheat than that raised by Hower Sieg. aud on the whole he is greatly pleased He has sold one tract of Jand since his return, viz: the Ogle farm, three miles south and west of Rich Hill. The price paid was 346 per acre. A Mr. 1 E. Repass, of Fulton county, Ils . is the purchaser, Mr. Hern says the oats crop is very large in the portion of Ilinois he visited and farmers are busy threshing. The recent rains have flooded many of the crops, hut there willbe a fine harvest later on. He expeets to return to Illinois in a week or 80.—Review, 13th. ~ Notice. Notice is hereby given that sealed bids will be received at the county clerk’s office up to noon Tuesday. Sept. 2, 1902, for furnishing 2500 bushels of coal for the county — Bids tu be made op voth screened lump, and nut coal; said coal to be weighed on city scales at Butler, at expense of coutractor and delivered as fol-, lows: 1000 bushels at court house, 1000 busbels at jail and 500 bushels at county poor farm, Ps Right reserved to reject any or &} bide. 8. T. Broappus, ~ 41-td County Clerk: | List Your Property. If you want to dispose of your farm, let me sell it for you: if you ; Want. to exchange it for land in west ern Kansas and get three to six acres for one, I will make an effort to do so. I will be at Adrian Aug. 2%, Rich Hill Aug 29, and W.O. Atke son’s law office in Butler Ang, 30 Come in on the above dates and lis’ your property or write me giving de scription, price and terms. I think T can sellr exchange your fart for you, if the price, is right. Cheap transportation to western Kansas Sept. 2. E P. ATKINSON, 42-+tf Grainfield, Kan. Women as Well as Men Are Made Miserable by Kidney Trouble. Kidney trouble preys upon the ming dis- Courages and lessens ambition; beauty, vigor and cheerfulness soon 5) «; disappear when the kid Neys arerout of order or diseased. & . , Kidney trouble has become so prevalent Y] that it is not uncommon for a child to be borm — ates too often, i urine scalds the flesh or if, when the child reaches an age when it should be able to control the passage, itis yet afflicted with the difficulty is le, and re 4 EE eer be towards<the treatment of t important . This unpleasant 9 trouble is due to a diseased condition of the kidneys and bladder and not to a habit as | oe ee a