The Butler Weekly Times Newspaper, December 18, 1902, Page 1

VOL. XXv. SAPS OR ate Be ee ae \ The Butler Weekly Times. BUTLER, MISSOURI, THURSDAY, DECEMBER 18, 1902. NO. 7. $ Boots | SHOES ? When the cold winter days are at hand, you want good warm Boots or Shoes, and when it is damp and muddy, they “will keep your feet warm and dry. The health of men, wo- men and children depends largely on keeping their feet warm aid dry. Many cases of sickness and death originate through getting the feet cold and wet during the sudden “changes of winter weather. YOU MAKE A MISTAKE if you fail to call and examine our stock of Boots and Shoes and provide yourself with comfortable footwear. SLIPPERS. THERE Is NOTHING NICER fora christmas present for your wife and children than a nice Warm pair of onr slippers. We have them in all quali: ties and -tyles—anything you want. We guarantee all our goods to be just as represented. Our prices are honest and the same to all. _POFFENBARGER & MILLER, ef Aad A MISSOURI LEADS. is Reported---Crop Averages 4o Bushels to the Acre. report will give the acreage, yield, | opened fire, kill‘ng him. F total product aud nverage price of | ‘all the lewing aricultural products of the strate _Misgouri standa first in the United ~ §t ates he average of corn this year. Lincoln. Neb, Dee i est average yield previous to nest year was 38 bushels in 1895. Then 307,300,000. | rains during the summer preventing » proper cultvation and in the south- » ‘west the crop was reduced by the » extreme drouth in southeast counties, The five counties in the state hav- ‘ he largest .acreage planted in or are in. the order named: Noda- y, Atchison, Saline and reported niaking 75 to 110 bu. | bours late. The quility of the grain bas been “Anjared in some places by rai but pithe average quality is 96 compared its is 82.4 conta per busl.e’, the total value of the crop 008, attempt. to hold up nil rob the Firat Nation- d to day. One ofthe! storm continu-s, would , John McFall, ia des pded, and the third, jn custody. The _ been, notified hy ‘of Chico, that ‘made to rob what “ bank. Martin, McFall and Golden rode up to the bank, and McFall and Golden entered and demanded money. Total of 307,e00,000 Bushels of Corn| They were covered with revolvers by Deputy Sheriff Yeary and Constable Dobbsand ordered to surrender. Me- , Fall made’a movement as if to fire a on Yeary, when the deputy shot him Columbia, Mo., Dec. 12.—Tne final | through the head. Golden thereup- crop report for this year is about) on surrendered to Dobbs. Martin, completed and will be ready to pre-| who was holding the horses, upon fyaent to the board at itsannual meet-| hearing tne firing, mounted and at- ing'to be held December 16. This} tempted to escape. Yeary and Prior A Snow Storm io Nebraska. 15—A snow viel! per sere Storm has tage Tin Nebraska almost The average yivld | coitinuously since Saturday. ‘The per avre is just 40 bushel. The high- ; 820w fellateadily yesterday. The pre- | cipitation is now from eight inches to more than a foot in depth and the total product was 250,000,000 | covers every square foot of territory bushels. This year the total yield is | in the state. A portion of previous snows was stillon the ground, and The yield in the southwestern sec- | Brave results are feared in the range tion wascut down by the excessive country in the western section, where cattle and sheep will find their graz- ing covered by a deep blanket of snow. The weather is mild and an early thaw would relieve the situa tion, but otherwise the live stock losses willbe heavy. Railroad trattic is impeded and snow plows have been pressed into service to. open up the great many fields have | line. Trains are running from 2to 6 The storm threateps widespread discomfort. in view of an impending coal famine. Soft coal is used in an amount several times greater than ome . The average | in any previous winter, a result of Ba aaat yee yall corres | the strike, which hag taken enthra cite entirely out of the market, The stocks o#coal in many towns are now practically exhausted, and the railroxds, which are short already have been forged to supply fuel to prevent the inhabitants from letting their fires go out. A prolonged blockade of the roads from a storm, which now seemscertain if the present Rattle your date” mueas, once powerful tribe left- Up herein Butler they suy\ bai Mou’t that jar Fos") Sehene acke doti’t but in. 'A HIT BY MISS PARKINSON, | Kansas City Singer’s Operatic Debut in Paris. ee ae ee ee A Triumph for Her in “Lakme” at the Opera Comique in Paris---Many Recalls --Noted Americans in the Brilliant Audience. Paria, Dec. 15 —Elizabeth Parkin- son of Kanana City, Mo., scored & triumph here to-night in the title role of “Lakme” at the Opera Com- ique. The opera hat been revived for the occasion and Miss Parkinson made her debut in it. The singer achieved positive success in the diffi- cult role. Miss Parkinson was in good voice, and her splendid high soprano notes were clear and well placed. She was applauded time and again and receiv- ed many recalls and the audience gave the singer enthusiastic encourage: ment, the Americans present being especially demonstrative. At the end of the opera Miss Parkinson had three recalls. Her success was instan- taneous. In addition to a voice of excellent quality, she possessed a most attractive eppearnce. Her de- but was made under most favorable conditions, and thesinger has a most promising future. Strolling about in the foyer be tween the acts one overhead enthu- siastic comments on every side. Gen. Horace Porter, the American ambas- sador, was especially pleased. “It is a magnificent suceess,”’ he said, “and 1 am very glad, for the young woman deserves it.” Oe fe iA a (SALSDIAAS ASSIA SA 2 Reunion of the Hardin Family. From the-Greenview, (Ill,) Leader. After many years of separation the brothers and sisters of the Hardin {amily met to spend Thanksgiving day uvear the old home. The dinner was served by Henry Hardin and wife of Irish Grove, the former being a nephew of the family. The dinner was a sumptuous affair, a model of culinary skill surpassed by none. Those present were: Mra. Mary Meteer and daughter, Mrs. Scofield and son John, wife and son, repre- senting four generations, all of Sweet- watei; Alvin Hardin, wifeand daugh- ter of Greenview, George Hardin and wife of Butler, Mo., Elmore Grimsley and wife of Greenview, R. T. Hardin and wife of Maroa, Ill, Mrs. Dillie Prather. of Pleasant Hill, Mo., T. Hardin, wife and son of Maroa, II, George Hardin, of Sweetwater, brother of the host, they being sons of George Hardin of Butler, Mo. The day was spent in conversation and many things both humorous and pathetic, were recalled and lived over again. All the family of brothers and sisters living were present except one James Hardin, of Butler, Mo His absence was regretted by all. While all were conversing and greeting the host hied himeelf to a corner of the room and called Mr. West, the genial photographer of Greenview, who ar- rived on the scene in time to get a picture of the brothers and sisters, and one of all present. The father, Robert Wesley Hardin, settled between Sweetwater and Irish Grove, in Menard county, in 1854, He paid eight dollars an acre for two hundred and forty acres, improved and added to it, and ut the time of hig death in 1881 owned 500 acres. living descendants, children, grandchildren, great: grandchildren, great great grandchildren now num- ber one hundred and twenty seven. Sac aod Fox Indians are Becoming : Extinct. + Guthrie, Ok., Dec. 14.—Doctor Wy- 0, was yhipments and causegeneral distress. The Schell City News tells of a girl visitiug iv that town who shocks | relatives terribly by ejaculating aow and thep,-"Now, wouldn't that | tribe will hexpractically annihilated rattle your. slate!” The people are P horrified, because they we nout- sure. ity of the tribe are aftiicted with | tuburctlosis, scrofila and other in curable disease, Qud adds that the a few years. The later report there are but 479 members of 4 MRS. U. S. GRANT DEAD. \ Widow of the Ex-President Expires at Washingtoo. Washington, Dec. 14.—Mrs. Ulysses J. Grant, widow of ex-President Grant, died at her residence in this city at 11:10 o’elock to-night. Death was due to heart failure, Mrs. Grant baving suffered for some years from valvular disease of the heart, which was aggravated by a severe attack of bronchitis. Her age prevented her tallying from the attacks. Her daughter, Nellie Grant Sartoris, was the only one of her children with her at the time of her death, her three sons, who had been summoned here, all being out of the city. Mrs. Grant has had a life full of ro- mance paralleled by that of few Americag women. As Miss Julia Dent, daughter of Frederick Dent, granddaughter of Captain George Dent, who had led the forlorn hepe at Fort Montgomery, when that fortress was stormed by ‘ Mad An- thony” Wayne, and a descendant of Joshua Wrenshall, one of the early English settlers in this country, she had reason to be proud of herfamily. At the age of 18 she returned from boarding school to her father’s home in St. Louis, where she was soon af- ter engaged to Lieutenant Grant, then‘of the Fourth infantry, They were married in 1848. From this humble beginning Mrs Grant lived to become the first jady of the land and to hive honors and riches show- ered upon her, She was in the best sense the companion as well as the wife of General Grant. All during the war she was near to him when- ever the exigencies of service would permit her to share his privations, Her life in the White House was alto- gether enjoyable and she accompa- nied General Grant on\ bis famous journey around the world, As she said herself:, “Having learned a les- son from my predecessor. Penelope, I accompanied my Ulydses in his wanderings around the world.” Mrs, Grant was a wealthy woman. Patriotic friends of the general gave the family presents of value besides the New York home, she had a pen- sion of $5,000 a year from the gov- ernment, and the proceeds from the sale of her husband’s memoirs have been nearly half a million dollars. Besides the New York home, Mre. Grant owned residences in Washing tonand San Diego, Cal., andsummer cottages at Bar Harbor and in ‘| Canada. Spruce items. Four days of rain and sleet is the most terrible thing that we could mention. Health is reported good in this vi- cinity. A, L, Gilmore repotta that a, good many calves in the Ballard vicinity, are dying with black leg. He vacci- nated 21 head for Mr. Moser, near that place last week. Wm. Hall made a business trip to Appleton City Saturday. Mrs. Chas. Peacock and sister, Miss Ollie Simpson, were shupping in But- ler last Thursday. : T. H. Dickerson says he is keeping close watch of the wolf chase. Heury Oliver has been looking after the Taborville feed lot while his partner, Carter, has gone to Ar- kaneas to purchase more cattle. John P. Wilson took a load of fat hoge to Appleton City, one day last week. - George and F. A. Kretzinger wil] Open up a cual bauk one quarter of @ mile south of Mr. Mitchlers saw mill next Monday. John Hopkins will labor for A. L, Gilmore this winter. © Everett Harvey made a business trip to Sprnce Saturday. _Dave Atchison was a Spruce ca'ler Saturday. e A. McCracken’s lame ankle is im- proviug slowly. Owing to the-sleet the telephone wites.are down in several places in this locality. Jumes Hopkins attended the show nt Butler Saturday night. aod re porte it fine, J Sape)rake made @ business trip to Apy*| Pn City Saturday. “wow! Loans on ist abd 2nd rorteaes your! on or town i ° ee Liypet, over Mo, State ik. . | Prewitt papered Chas. Pea- “={ Kouse last Friday. Frontz. QUR HOLIDAY : TRADE |S BOOMING, : Even in the face of the bad weather we are having. Are You getting some of the good things we are offering for Christmas. Hill's Cash Store. a Order of Publication, sheriff sale in Partivun STATE OF MISSOURI, ).. % ae i hereby given that under and by vir County ov Ratxs, gs | tue of a decree in apy #0 pee r of sale In the eireuitcourt of Bates County, Mo., in’ y re uine Noverilenverns ents vacation Derember . Adam’ Helmer of urt, in the case of CA, Minnick an Piain Cash M Boynton, i cuisa L Bers | G W Minnick, her husband, plaintiifs, va. Sa Ty, the unknown heirs of Mary Wish and the attanl — Hyatt her husband, Marths unknown heirs of Naney 1 re, defend- rreis and Peter Keg her husband. ante. " wa Brown and Abr rown her bus Now at this day conesthe plas tf here by | by Anna i i Lansdown, nee Thompson and his attorney, ‘f W oilvers, aud files his | Lausdown her husband, Kobert | Gregory petition and affidavit, alleging, among other | janes Davis, John Tho: ‘ * k things that defendants, Cash M Boynton and) son, Frank thornpene: Geet TERE Thomp Louisa L Kerry are not residents of the State Ann Thompson, Vella’ ronson, n of reno bl a heirs of ani a ish, de- nd — ronson her husband ba ceased, and Nancy Longacre, sleceased, are wp- | yestment(o , and J » bg known to plaintiff, and for that reason ther ment Co , and John C. Haves, 3 son, Lacy | ondante and the authority in me vested by said deere names can vot be inserted in hie perition; that | and an order of sale, a certified copy of whicts the saict unknown heirs of Mary Wish, deceas- | was delivered 4 1h Af: gor ed, and Nancy Longacre, deceased, have an ins) ber, a ea ou the 1hth dag aft Qanem terest in the land herein des:ribed as the heirs | y of said Mary Wish, deceased, and Nancy Lon- Monday, January 1, 1905, gacre, deceased, unless they be barred by the between the hours of Yo’clock in the forenoor. statute of limitation. | and tive o’clock in the afternoon of tha? Whereupon, it is ordered by the undersigned day, at the west front door of the court house, im clerk in vacation that said defend- the city of Butler, county of Bates and state ot ants be notified by publication that plain- , Missouri, sell to the highest bidder for cash ip tiff has commenced a suit against them in hand, the following described real estate lying this court the object and general nature of and being situate in the county of Bates and which is to divest them of whatever title they state of Missouri, to-wit: may have in the following real estate lying and . The west half of lots three and _four—ofthe being situate in the county of Bates and state northeast quarter of section two (2) townshiy of Missouri to-wit: The east half ofthe south- thirty-nine (3), range thirty (30). east quarter of section twelve (12) in township | JOE T, SMITH, forty (40) of range thirty-three (33), aad yest Tat Sheriff of Bates County, Me, the same in plaintiff by reason of his tong-con- | _— a ope tinuous and exclusive adverse possession of said Notice of Final Settlemed real estate, and that plaintiff's title to said y ip premises be perfected in him by reason uf said | Notice is hereby given to all creditors and ait adverse possession, and that unlege the said de- others interested in the estate of Lucretia fendants be and appear at this court at the next | Speaks, deceased tthat!, Db V brown. pub! term thereof to be begun and holden at the | administrator in charge of said estate, Imtend court house in the city of Butler, | to make tual settlement thereof, at the meat in said county, on the 10th day of Febraary, | te: the Bates county Probate corr, in next, and on or before the first day of said Ba ounty, state of Missouri, to be heki ar term, answer or plead to the petitionin | Butler, Mo. on the sth day of February, Par, said cause, the same Will be taken asconfessed | = *7-it’ = b, V. BROWN, Administrator and judgment will be rendered accordingly.- | And be it further ordered that a copy hereof | be published, according.so law, in the Burees | oar ge ed senieeet pres: | an ublis! in sai county of ? dons - aces tel’ tear week sneseas ely Washington, Dec. 14.—One of the ublished at least once a week, the lastinser- jy te Ing sj " oni the Hon tobe sense deen dee before the Mrat interesting * se happenings of the lay of the next February term of thecirenit week was 4 cheon giv , i court, A, B. LUDWICK, Circuit Clerk. C was a luncheon given by Misa A true copy ofthe record. Witness my hand | Marion Cockrell at the Senate tow and seal of the cireuit court of Bates " . a : {stax} county, this 13th day of Dec 1902. distinguished party, whieh ineloded ee CeCe | torsion visitora and American states seen es cote, OF eablication, | men. Miss Cockrell’s guests were Connty of Bates. " be. Princess Porgia-Suasu Ruspoli of Miss Cockrell’s Luncheon. In the circuit court of Bates county, Missouri, | Rome oP siste’ . Sie ee ipae Serrelt eiant ot Bales coats, Mineo Ron © and her sister, the Marquise a B Ty ler plaintiffs, ve Jonn U Bara detend- | Tallyrand, who are visiting Mrs ent. > ’ Now at this day comes te plaintiff hereta | Thomas F. Walsh; Senator Frye of by their attorney, T W Silvers, and files pesi- : ‘ ats Hon alleging among other things that detend- Maine, the President of the Senate antie not a resident oi the state of ssuurh: . ™ . Whereupon itis ordered by the court in ‘term Speaker Henderson of the Honse time that said deiendant ve notided by pabli- | Sanat Alli ain aie cation that piaiutids have commenced » suit |S°22tors Allion, of Iowa; Chauncey sgalnet him in this court the object und general | \{. Depew, ci New York: Warren, of nature of which isto peri¢ot plaintif’s rec- : ‘ ‘ a ord Uitle vo the tollowing d-seribrd real estate Idaho, and Representative Hitt, of lying aud beipg situate t ates county, Mo ,/ 7). . : . tA The ost halt of the southwest qusr- Illinois, and Senator Cockrell, ter of section one (), township forty (40), | niin ‘i hes 3 range tweuty nine (3) containing acres’ The luncheon was given in Senator and to divest defendant of al) title or interest ok ee ‘ in the awe and veet it in the plaintiffs by | Cockrell’s committee room. respue of baving ee said haa ~ | -- 7 and adverse possession f r more than ten », ¥ ‘ : . years, aod by reason Of the defeadant not | Petroleum bas been found in a zin: javing been in possesion, or paid any tarxt® mijine « g vith: cai on same, for more, thau shire consecutive | IM oes ~_ within the eity eare, prior to this date. and that unless the | limitsot Joplin. It wi Kabou data ‘dane #urk beand appesr at thie court | * t bed nis kab we at tbe next, term thereof so ft. began and 100 feet below the surface. The strike holoen at the court hon+e: in the city of But- . . ‘ ler, in said oqusty -on the oc da Febra- was first noticed when oil began oo2- ary next, and on or before the iret usy of |: P : . » tala term ‘answer or plea ty the petitten in oe : a hole in a rock being dril!- cause tie same wiil be takeu a6 confeses "7 , ms Wi fMrement wins readerea accordingly. [Cd bY the ground men. The flow Borues Warxiy Tings, ® weekly newspaper ped operations. Several barrels soon Tinted and pablis: in Bat-s county, Mis- * yoart for four weeks successively, ths Inet flowed into the shaft. If the flow insertiva to be at lea-t een day ‘efo'ethe |, . ry x frat day of the pext term of the elreul 0 "art continues, the shaft will be turned in- A SK, Cireut « lerk. il well i a Aitas copy. of she record wit. | tO an oil well instead of a mine. [eat] ners my hand and the eval of the circuit court Of Butes county, thie ith day of December 42 Three Kisses are Worth §500. 7-Mt A.B, LUD WICK eo — Ohkosh, Wis., Dee. 13 —A jury ip Crenit Chak Notice is hereby given to all creditors and all the circuit court to-day decided thas inte in estate of Martin I sha ‘ Pe ’ . others : ener D'S*Brown,publicaamin- three of Miss Ida Zachsers’s kissee of estate, inten make f oe fal setloment thereat, at the next term of he $500. Miss Zachsers was Bates county te court, in Batescounty | employed us a serv: i . tate of Mixsourl. to be hea at Butier, My , on | ne OD" rvant in the family the 9th day of February, 1903. + | of Miner H. Ballou, a weli known pa- 7a D. V. B.OWN, administrator, “ Coney per mill mau. at Menasha, The gird Notice of Final settlement. ; sieve 06 abt covtangresacion | ATS 8 Oks for $1,000 damages ‘ied-in the estace of Ambe Homan, | Siust Mr. Ballou, alleging that he deceased, that I, fd yoae a pablie adminiee went into the kitchen und, throwing charge of said estate, in! ak- | 5; Py Huareettiement thereof, at the next termeor | M8 arms About her, kissed her three the Bates county pesbere coart, in Bates coun-} tines Mr. Ballou did not deny that Ty eee olan of Fe yin, Butler, Mo., | iw kissed the girl, but suid he meant 7-4i* -D. V. BROWS, administrator. ‘no harm.