The Butler Weekly Times Newspaper, January 22, 1903, Page 5

$$$ x Special Sale. and CLOSE ODD LOTS we offer some very low prices on 3 Shirts and Underwear, Medium and Heavy Pants. Suits and Overcoats. , We can and we will save you money on anything ° you want in the above lines in the next week. ‘$s. SHOEs! SHOES! We are the acknowleged leaders in the MEN’S SHOE business. The ceelebrated ) WALK-OVERS are our leading dress shoes, $3.50 and $4.00. - Work Shoes $1-00 to $2.00 Medium dress shoes $1.50 to $2.50. THE GOOD SHOE STORE. ALWAYS ONE PRICE. 09660068 CSGOCCCOCCEREEENSEOSs CEC ROR EESCS LLL ren Truns’ Telephone No.37. > Joe Meyer is busy invoicing his of town. stock. . TSeshirts go in our Red Ticket Sale et 50c.—Hill’s Cash Store. Judge Graves is holding court at Clinton. Miss Mabel Ramsey, of St. Louis, is visiting Mrs. Joe Morrison. Blankety worth $1.50 in our Red Ticket Sale only $1.00.—Hill’s Cash thé Review. ferson City Tuesday. why not free clothing? The farmers were bringing: in their broom corn Tuesday. Several loads were weighed on the city scales. Mies Hazel Haire, who has been visiting friends in Nevada, 1s home again. Judge Sam Levy, who had been confined to his home with sickness, is ye again. for Arkansas on a business trip. on his fine farm near Burdett. substantially. Sale only 2c per box.—Hill’s Cash | set ahead. Store. ago. Frank Curry will leave for the In- : % t . ; ; J. A. Trimble, manager of the But- Men’s fur hats worth $1.25 go in| dian Territory in a short time to ler Opera House, with his wife, went to Kansas City Friday to witness Ben Hur. They were the guests of Col. and Mrs. J. A. Trader until Mon- our Red Ticket Sale at 98c.—Hill’s | take charge of a railway station as Cash Store. agent and operator. Rev. Nevil, of Nevada, held servites | Mrs. Charles Scott left on Friday in St. Mark’s Episcopal church, this | for Hobert, Okla., to visit her moth- city, last night. er and sisters. Mr. Scott went asfar Charles Burch, manager of Pecan Ranch near Papinsville, remembers us with a renewal. Toilet soap worth 25c in our Red Ticket Sale only 10c per box.—Hill’s, Cash Store. : day. / tor Great Falls; Montana, to spend ‘| couple of months visiting her pa-| the notion of locati rents, Mr. and Mrs. Porter. William H. Eaton, 60 years old, a . Our old entntly esteemed friend W.B. Tyler, of Summit, favored us Siusantiy and renews. him. Our old friend William Wood ob:| B. L. Pickétt recently returned Pet annual custom by calling | from Greeley, Col., and located near ri, di south of Sedali: A reeley, having his dates set ahead. | Butlet. He called in on Saturday, aude Soboeon bas bie mailchangcd | “ed bie Paper changed and dates Ballard to Coffeyville an. 1 of : f which place he has | ted. "| Ex-Caun rer Oscar Reeder . George hte a A. been quite sick for several | weeks, from a severe paralysi since. For a number of years he rap ooay pei abl syne was engaged in the mercantile busi- and hopes'in a short time to return | ness 00 the west side of the square. his post in the boot and shoe de- ment of the’ American Clothing is 0 “My corn crop is beating the rec-| orable man in all his dealings. He »” said Col. Jim 8 rd ‘ who : Mat. Rosier has purchased Fred| G.W. Dixon, married in Denver, Lefker’s residence in northwest part | Colo., last week, returned home Sat. urday with his bride. Mrs. C. F. Jackson, of Rich Hill,| Dr. Boulware attended a meeting It taking the tariff off of coal isa RW org Me tenia A ‘ : elkha ship, was a good thing for suffering humanity, ph nt caller on Monday. P. G. I. Lynch, ‘one of our most sub- stantial citizens and clever neigh- bors, favors us with a renewal. | W.B. Timmons, a worthy citizen, —Fudge D:-V; Brown, public admin-}and successful farmer of Shawnee, istrator of the county, left Tuesday | called and favored us witha renewal. M. G. Wileox, one of Bates coun Ex-Sheriff Mudd called ‘while in the | ty’s wealthiest farmers and influen- city the first of the week. He is living | tialcitizens, favors us pleasantly and A.M. Timmons, a prosperous and| Richard Pearson, an experienced enterprising farmer of Shawnee, was| Miner, was killed by falling slate, F Wood toothpicks in our Red Ticket | a pleasant caller and had his dates | While at work in Arthur Coal Compa- ny mine at Carbon Center a few days = . Judge P. A. Bruce, who recent. A as Kansas City with her. sold his fine farm near Amelerdase, death of their pretty little daughter, | ing the tin roof over the second story Mrs. Joe T. Smith left thig week| yar in ition the other day, andthe on, = Nee = FB mn el ep : ini ournal says the a pay wel - of let fever. The little girl had prevented the fire from gaining head- W E , why notjust | been sick about.a week, but on Mon-}| way to the third floors. The Laclede hotel adjoins the opera house on the west, and years ago WAN T when conducted by Mrs. Patton, was one of the leading hotels of our city. YO UR ‘Since that time the building has changed hands and managers several times, but unfortunately never gain- TRAD E. ed its former prestige and has been run as 8 second-class house, The building is now owned by Mr. Boswell,and managed by Mr. Clardy. We understand there was $1,500 in- was .born in Frederick, | surance on the building and $250 on furniture. Two or three rooms were pretty badly dataaged by the fire and water. é This hotel seems to bear a charm against fires. It stood within ten feet of the fifty thousand dollar opera house built by Mr. Walton and de- stroyed A street from the Elk Horn and Lans- While the Judge is at it. come down to Butler? Kansas farmer, died in his bi , 88) Judge William H. Anderson, born he was driving into Lawrence, Kan-| in Boone county in 1824, a resident|death. Johanna was a precocious sas, Monday. His wife was with | of Pettis county ‘since 1834 anda|child, bright and winsome, and * " |leading democrat of Central Missou- Sunday night at hie farm a. intsligesce on "Tossing that her intel ce On yy that her i mond 0. father and mother had died in Gér-| panko’ citizen, Bd aa many within a few days of each oth- er. They had reached a ripe old age, and while their death was not unex- font “sy wasa great shock to Mrs. Carroll, M R. Lyle, E. A. Hardinand brother, prominent” farmers living joutheast of Butler. Mr. Carroll favored us with a renewal. R. D. Buck, an enterprising young farmer of Ballard neighborhood, was @ pleasant caller and renewed. He it many farms have ude in his locality in the it year and very few of the old- imers are left. . Recorder Lisle wishes ns to suggest to the parties who return marriage certificates to his office for recording that they be very careful todesignate their official tions, ao as to show by what authority they perform the marriage ceremony. The madstone formerly owned by W. E. Griggs, living about nine miles northeast of Butler, has been pur- chased by a stock company, and is now in the hands of the Mayor of Butler as custodian, Shafeholders in the stone will have its free use. W. A. Downey, of Homer, accom- panied by his daughter, Miss Annie, made us a business call on Tuesday. He had bills struck for a sale of his reonal effects, on Feby 3rd, 1903. e has recently sold his farm and ex- pects to leave the county this spring. UN. Mains and Robt. Deacon, of the firm of Deacon Bros. & Co., and ©. A. and Sum Heinlein of the Ben- 8 nett-Wheeler Mercantile Co., 8 | 8 | | 8 Farland are in Kansas City attend. ing a meeting of the implement deul- ers. Miss Amelia Young, 16 years of age and daughter of Elijah Young, a farmer, living ten miles north of War- rensburg, \0., was fatally burned by the explosion of a hanging lamp Fri- day night. She had prepared to re- tire, and pulled the lamp down toex- tinguish it when the explosion took place, throwing burning oil over her. Before help arrived she was so severe- ly burned that she died Saturday morning. Harris Lisle has resigned his posi- tion as express messenger on the In- ter-State to accept a deputyship un der his father in the recorder’s office. Harris is one of Butler's promising young men, well educated, is a clev- er young fellow, a fine penman and will not only make his father an ex- cellent clerk, but will give the public having business with the office com- plete satisfaction. The labors of Elder Williamson of Clinton, who bas been holding a pro- tracted meeting at the Christian church, this city, the past week, has been blessed by twenty-eight conver- sions, who were baptized Sunday evening. The meeting has been von- ducted in a very quiet manner and the success of the revival is certainly very creditable to the ability of Elder Williamson. The meetings will be continued on through this week. The new exclusive boot and shoe firm of Poffenbarger & Edwards is making quite extensive improve- ments in the interior of its build- ing. The brick rear wall is being re- moved and a solid plate glass win- A FEW OF THE ian alepscst o Stee ao BROKEN LOTS PRE-INVENTORY SALE. $ .25 underwear, childrens, for 2.50 comforts for 1.50 comforts for 1.50 blankets for 1.15 blankets for 65 and 58 blankets‘for .75 fascinators for 50 fascinators for 25 and 35c fascinators for 50 golf gloves 1.00 corsets for 20 drapery for 15 fleeced goods for 12 1-2¢ and 15¢ crash 1.00 dress goods for 1.50 fancy skirt lengths 1.50 grey skirtings 1.00 and $1.25 grey skirtings 75 storm serge for 75 waistings for 1.35 quilts for 1.25 quilts for 4 2.00 shoes for 1.00 shoes for Sample rugs at 75c, $1.00 15.00 cloaks for 12.00 cloaks for 10.00 cloaks for 7.50 cloaks for Special prices on $ .15 1.75 1.25 1.15 89 45 50 30. 15 38 48 10 10 10 49 50 1,00 6.00 Lace Curtains, Carpets, Linoleums, Rugs, Etc., this month to clear up stock before invoicing. McKIBBENS. (SASSSIASALSAASSSASSS AAD NY (SALA SSISSSSSSSS SSSA SASLAALSA SASS SA SASA SALA SAD SALI LA» dows will be put in. The shelving is to be re-arranged and extended to the full length of the building, and when painted and papered, will be one of the neatest~ business roots iti the city. They will handle only boots and shoes, : “Big Dave” Richards, among, the first marshals Rich Hill had when it sprung into existence in 1880, is into trouble in the Indian Terri- tory. Heis charged while acting as United States marshal, with being the leader of a gang of bandits in Knoxville, I. T., which. robbed P. Sullivan of Hamilton, Ia., of $1,875, on January 2nd. He was a pictur- esque figure when at Rich Hill, dress- ed cowboy style, with long flowing hair, would go on @ spree and was handy with his guns. The many friends of Mr. and Mrs. Silas Levy will regret to learn of the Levy received a card that day Jud, nee well and later in the she was day he reveived a telegram of her 8 general favorite with all who knew her. Mr. and Mra. Levy have the sympathy of the eftizens of Butler in their sad bereavement. passed away Sunday night at the residence of his son John C. Hayes, with whom he has been making his home for the past two or three years Maryland, December 23d, 1819, and came to Butler in the fall of 1869, where~he-has—resided~ continuously Although he lived a quiet life there were few people in “Butler and sur- rounding country who did not know and respect him as an. upright, fon- leaves a wife and one son, John C., who was elected circuit clerk of the said| county and held the office for two| of the hotest fires ever witnessed in \ The funeral The quick and effective work of the fire department prevented the total destruction of the old Laclede hotel building from going up in simoke Saturday at 1 o’clock p. m. The building is a three story frame structure and the fire originated in the northwest corner room second floor, and is supposed to have been touched off by a defective flue. The fire had gained considerable headway before the arrival of the de- partment, and within afew more min- utes time would have proved a hard proposition for the boys to save the building from total destruction. Several years agoa third story was added to the building without disturb Laclede Hotel Scorched. M. ¥. C. E. ROBBINS, Amorett, Mo., AUCTIONEER, Will cry sales in Bates and adjoining counties at reasonable price. Satisfaction positively guaranteed or no charge made. Several years of experience in lowa. Can give best of refer- ences, A share of your patronage solicited, Dates can be given at this office, We call attention to the $200 cash prize offered by the Ruralist, and stock paper-of Sedalia, M the producers of the largest yield of corn in 1903. The Ruralist isa new | paper, but is rapidly forging to the | front as the leading farm and stock paper in Missouri. well known to our people, is editor and his energy, push and ability asa newspaper man is recognized by all. ayarm Carroll, 12-2m* and to a large extent this tin roof —— by fire, and just across the pound them. and at reasonable prices. At C. A. Hedges’ DRUG STORE on the West side of the square, where can be found everything keptin a first-class Drug store We keep none but the purest and freshest drugs, with a grad- uate pharmacist of experience, careful and painstaking, to cdm- down Lng 4 barns be covered a] Our object is to please you. und an Of the hotest fr ease ts We respectfully solicit a share Butler. At this fire the entire block ' of | business port on the west sideof of your patronage. the equate was threatened and saved by the hardest kind of work| C+ A» HEDGES, Druggist, from thefire department and citizens, bc as