The Butler Weekly Times Newspaper, February 5, 1903, Page 8

at 7 (-208 1-30, 12 1-2c, 15¢, 20¢ and 25¢ per yard. which will be far below the regular prices. The goods are strictly first-class, fine, close work, fast and hard edges and are decided bargains. 9,000 YARDS TORCHON LACE at 4g, 5¢, and 7¢ per yard. whieh are splendid to wash and wear. Insertions to match many of them, and are the greatest lace bargains we have . ever offered. geecesussensnneeeeee Come and aoe them. | MGKIBBENS, we will place ON SALE | ccseeeineniamaal 3,000 YARDS EMBROIDERIED Miss Lou Couchman returned Fri- day to her home at Butler. She vis- ited her brother, Hurley Couchman, a Normal student.—Warrensburg Star, B. F. Jeter, who has filled the office of Justice of the Peace so acceptably, is asking for a renomination by the Democratic primaries. Mr. Jeter is a young lawyer of ability, is active and energetic in the performance of his duties and gives his time and at- tention to the duties of the office. Hamilton Herrell announces this week as a candidate for township collector. Mr. Herrell is an old citi- zen of Butler, has always been an active, hardworking Democrat, is a very clever, courteous gentleman, will make a strong race, and if nominat- ed will be elected and fill the office ac- ceptably to the taxpayers, Waren —All the old feather beds Lee CULVER, West Side Square. in Bates county. 6-tf wanes” abr? | The Missouri State Bank has a | large amount of idle money to loan, | Parties wanting to buy stock or de- | siring money for other purposes can | be accommodated. 51th | acing Send for plats, descriptions, prices ; and terms of some of the best alfalfa and stock ranches in Northwestern Kansas. Arkxinson & ATKESON, 13 2t Butler, Mo. We learn that our young friend Clark Boxley has purchased a stock of groceries and gone into business at Paola, Kansas. Mr. Boxley was with Williams Bros., in our city, for several years and proved himeelf a through salesman. He mastered the details of the business and will make asuccess. He was very popular with our people, Desirable city and suburban prop- erty; also farms for sale at bargains. Harv & EpRINGTON, *12-1m West side square, Butler. scesciieei amulets Eighteen head of good farm mares | c on time. | for sale. Terms, cash or on | didacy for constable of Mt. Pleasant Judge D. V. Brown asks the Demo- crats of Mt. Pleasant for a re-nomi- nation for Justice of the Peace. Judge Brown has had much exper- ience and is versed in the law govern- ing the class of business that comes before this office. He is an old line Democrat, is absolutely fair in his Jawies R. Angle announces his can- See eo ane a township before the Democratic pri- | decisions, courteous to all and fills So : | maries, Mr. Angle is now filling out | the office acceptably to the people. For save or kext—A good farm the unexpired time of Doug. Walden, | py. Tribune reports the death of A of 70 acres, will take small payment resigned, and is making a very effi- | (,. 46, 4. Sherman. a veteran resi down, Also a fine jack and three | cient and popular officer. He is a dant of Clinton, “tie ‘as how in Ver J.B. DuvALL, Butler, Mo. clever man and good Democrat aud will make a strong candidate. fine mires for sale. | mont and had passea his eightieth mile post. The deceased was an old showman in his younger days. Mr. Sherman years ago visited Butler with asmall show and gave a bal- loon ascension. The big diamond drill will bestart- | edon its mission of exploration in Mine No. 15 to-morrow, The mine is 110 feet below the surface. and the drill will be started at this level and | will be run down to a depth of 850 | feet below—perhaps deeper. The mining company will know exactly what there is under that point of the earth at least when the drilling is completed.—Rich Hill Review. The cigarette fiend will fare badly | it Representative McKee’s bill. be- | comes a law making it unlawful for a person to have cigarettes or cigar- ette papers on their person.—Ex. Hugh Osburn, one of the three young men, who held up and robbed John Pheister, a farmer, living near Montrose July, 1901, was tried in the circuit court at Clinton last week and given five years in the peniten- tiary. Frank Hartgrove, arrested as an accomplice, turned state’s evi- W.S. Johnson and son, Leroy R. Johnson, returned the last of the week from St. Joseph, Mo., where they have been visiting since the holi- days three other sons of Mr. and Mrs. | Johnson who are in business in that Judge Wm. F. Hemstreet desires a rity. | ae re-endorsement of his splendid record | dence and by agreement with the | The Stockton, Cedar county, Jour- as Justice of the Peace of this town- prosecuting attorney the case against nal says: ship by the Democratic primary on him was dismissed. John Stampe, arrested as the third man in crime proved an alibi. “Reports from different parte of the county are to the effect that prospects for a wheat crop is any- thing but encouraging The many dry freezes has killed a great deal of wheat, and the balance is thin and in abad condition. A snow that would remain on the ground two or three weeks would have a wonderful bene- ficient effect on the wheat prospect.” Sheriff James A. Koch, of Johnson county, has sent out circulars con- taining a description of Clark Miller, the confessed horse thief. who escap- edfrom jail at Warrensburg January 15th. Miller is about 5 feet, 3 or 4 inches high and weighs 145 or 150 pounds, dark complexioned, dark hair mixed with gray, and is about 36 years of age. He worked as a farm hand. . the 21st. Judge Hemstreet has served the people in that capacity long, faithfully and well, is convers- ant with the laws that apply to his office and administers them fearlessly, impartially and fairly. No better man could be found for the office. The Journal-Democrat, speaking of the death of Mrs. Miller, of Knob Noster, last week, says: “Mrs, Miller’s death was very sud- den. She had recently recovered from an attack of pneumonia and had been to Kansas City last week with a party of friends to witness the rendition of Ben Hur. The deceased lady was 56 years of age and a de- voted member of the Baptist church. She was one of the most popular ladies in Knob Noster and the be reaved husband hae the sympathy of the entire community.” Mrs. Miller was the mother of Druggist Harry Gough, of Butler. The dance and card party given at the Armory Hall by Misses Norma Day, Frankie Lisle and Nenon Dooley was a decided success and a very en- joyable occasion for those present. The Hall was tastefully. decorated, delicious lunch was served through- out the evening by Miss Nina War- nock, and ligbt refreshments were served. The young ladies proved themselves delightful entertainers. Our old friend William Baskerville for the 20th time sends -us for re- newal a crisp new one dollar bill. If all the names on our splendid list of subscribers were equally us thought- ful as Mr. Baskerville it would bea great pleasure to run a paper and there would be no worry over where the money was tocome from to meet our paper bills and other expenses. It is our earnest wish that Mr. Bus- We were complimented by a call from A. E. Mills, of Nebraska, was visiting the family of Judge Hem- street. Heisan uncle of © L. Mills, cashier of the Adrian Bank, and was on his way home from an extended prospecting trip through Oklahoma. Among other places he stopped at Omega, Okla., and visited Mr. and Mrs. H. Carter, who he reports well located on & me ge farm, good ur. | wand prospering. Mr. Mill usiastic in his prates of The township board of Summit township on lust Saturday called a apecial election for the purpose of voting on the proposition to work the roads of that township by the contract system. The election is called for Tuesday, February 28th “Phe following judges and clerke were appointed to hold’ the election: Judges: W. B. Tyler, Jas. LL. Herrelt _ and A. G. Williams; clerks; William may continue to enjoy good | our Pain ciated condition from long suffering, stood the severe operation better was doing well. course, render the boy a cripple for life should he survive. borne says the only business man in that town who does not advertise is one who owns a Waterbury watch and also a case of seven-year itch, and when he is not winding hie watch he is so busy scratching that he has no time for anything elee. gation Sunday morning last Elder E. H. Williamson was elected pastor of the Christian church, this city. Elder Williamson comes from Clin- ton, and is the young man who re- cently closed a successful protracted meeting at the Christian church, at which united with the church. Democrat says of him: christian worker, a young man of much ability in his chosen field, and leaves behind him in Clinton friends who will always be pleased to hear of his success.” Bros,’ mill Saturday night and stole $5.90 which had been left in adrawer gainedientrance by breuking a win- dowlight and raising the latch which held the window down. Unfortu- nately for the thief he left tracks in the mud which gave Power Bros. pretty good evidence as to who their visitor was. But Power Bros. say on account of the small amount tak- en they will not prosecute. In one sense they are right and in another wrong. To let him off may be the worst thing to do, as it may embolden him to commitagreater crime. county court under the supervision of Judge Graves and Sheriff Smith deserves special mention. It is un- questionably a thing of beauty and if it doesn’t last forever, it will fora long, long time. confortable pews, of latest pattern Judge’s stand has been remodeled, a clerk’s desk with pigeon holes and the left, the stenographer’s desk on the right next to the witness stand. The floor is covered with fine im- from the goats, and we refuse to say to roam; rubber matting is laid in the aisles, the doors are hung on ly either way, the whole is heated by ya it | VOY Severe Operation. Dr. T. W. Foster and Br. T. C. | Boulware, of this city, were called in| here for Judge Graves Friday and consultation with Dr. Crabtree a few Saturday in the trial of the case of days ago at the residence of Wm.) Broaddus ve. Wose. The suit wasfor Hooper near Ballard to see Mr. | div Virginia Items. We heard it and jotted it down, What happened in and out of town. D. C. Wolfe has made a road drag on the De Ward King planand is im- proving the roads from Park Town to Virginia. Judge Timmons of Lamar, Mo., Court House Notes. ision of land, and was decided in rof defendant Wyse on demurrer. of age, who has been suffering for three or four months with an inflic- tion of the left feg. On examination it was decided that the large bone from the knee to the ankle was ins diseased condition and that a surgi- cal operation was necessary. The operation was performed by Dr. Boulware, assisted by Drs. Foster and Crabtree, and the large bone of the leg, which was found to be badly decomposed, was removed from the knee to the ankle joint. ‘The little boy, although in anema- than expected, and last reports from his heme were to the effect that he The operation will, as a matter of The Leader-Jeffersonian of Nor- By unanimous vote of the congre- time some forty converts The Clinton “Mr. Williamson is an earnest A sneak thief broke into Power nthe desk in the office. The thief The court room furnished hy the The seats are very with a seating capacity of 300. The book racks is conveniently located on ported linoleum back to the railing which is meant to separate the sheep on which side the latter aresupposed reversable hinges to swing noiseless- steam and lighted by electricity. It is one of the finest and most conven- iently arranged court rooms in the state. Baok Election. At the regular annual election by the stockholders of the Farmers Bank of this city, for the selection of Direct- ors for the ensuing year, the entire old board was re-elected, which is composed of the following well known gentlemen: E. A. Bennett, W. F. Duvall, 0. A. Heinlein, Joseph M. McKibbén, J. J. McKee, Clark Wix, W. B. Tyler, J. W. Choate, A. L. Me- Bride, G. W. Newberry and E. D. Kipp. Report made by the officers of the institution showed its business to be the largest in its history, total resources running over $370,000.00. It may be of interest to the many friends and customers of the instita- tion to know that in closing the fifteenth year of its history it sue- tains the position of being the larg- est institution in thecounty. Thier, in view of the fact, it is one of the younger institutions, is certainly a compliment to the energy and ability of the active officers and employees. held a special term of court Monday and Tuesday in the trial of the suit between Max Ghering and Max Wei- ner. Ghering was a tenant ou Max Weiner’s farm in Summit township. The two disagreed and the matter was taken into courtand Judge Sam Levy was appointed receiver. The amount involved in the neighbor- hood of $5 000 and Judge Jarrott is to adjust the matter between them. utrix of E. B. Coudra, deceased. istrator of the estute of Sam’! W. Sims, deceased. ment of estate of Wm. Alexander, de- ceased. RECORDER'S OFFICE, reading the items. Since our last issue marriage li- hs : pode ad about tele- cences have been issued by Recorder | P2On® anestion. ARON. Lisle as follows: ( At a Bargain. both of Hume; Wm. F. Palmer and Mamie Curtis, both of Hume; Henry F, Stevens of Prairie City and Susie Steiner of Pleasant Gap; Jas C. Ba- ker of Arletto, Neb., and Myrtle Mil- ler of Amsterdam; John A. Clark and Stella Wright, both of Altona; Jesse L. Brooks and Mary A. Sweezy, both of Butler; Jas. York and Laura Gil- liam, both of Rich Hill. ypooeococoooose \ SAD AA Judge Jarroté, of Harrisonville, Roy Hackett is rejoicing over the arrival of afarm hand at his nome. _ Mother and boy doing weil. J. 1. Wolfe of Burlington, Kan., is visiting his father C. W. Wolfe this week. Dr. Lamb’s sale Tuesday of last week, was well attended and every thihg sold well. Will Vogt is getting ready to move to his new farm in Kansas. Some of our farmers got their wheat crop threshed last week. C. W. Hensley wishes the parties who took a jar of sausage from him would be kind enough to return the jar. Rev. Niblack will preach at the M. E. church next Sunday morning atlla.m. A. N. Jones called at Aaron’s this week. He heard of Park Town by I PROBATE COURT, Martha A. Coudra appointed exec- W. H. Allen was appointed admin- L. Q. Roberts made annual settle- John Milburn and Hattie Selderse, 820 acres, all fenced, cross fenced. 160 acres in cultivation. 114 acres in wheat. 75 acres bottom land, ¢ naturally aieeet to alfalfa, 35 acres already seeded, good small house and barn, well in door . This farm is only 54 miles from R. R. town, and can be bought for $10 per acre if taken before the 1st of March. Not necessarily all cash. E. B. ATkInson, 13-2t ,Grainfeld, Kan. SHOW TS No, we will show you. We are in Mis- souri and can cite you to the only edge drop planter in the United States that has been sold in this city for three con- secutive years, and not one ever re- turned. No part of one ever rc-placed. No expert from our house or from the factory ever called upon to go out and ad- just one. The name of this wonder of the 20th century is the Deere No. 9 If you are needing a PLANTER come We have them in high wheels, low wheels, look it over and we will do the rest. open whoels and concave wheels, also with Fertilizing Attachment. Does fer- tilizing pay ? Ask your neighbor who has used it, they can tell you. If you need plows, we have the Deere and Bradley, also Harrows of all kinds. A full line of Disc Harrows, Seeders in plain and force feed with fertilizer attach- ment, also endgate as well as fiddle-bow. Aw, ee AA In riding and walking cultivators we have the Pattee, Deere and Bradley. Also don’t forget the Hallock Weeder. We have a large and well assorted line of team and light Driving Harness and our prices are right. Our stock of Groceries and Hardware We have all kinds of Field and Garden Seeds, We bought direct from the manufacturer and built to never was better. ~-~-*¢ - our own peculiar notion, the Velie line of springwork, also The Famous, Hoosier. We will show you something nice on their arrival. We handle vehicles that give. satis!action, ; We pay highest market price for country produce, Your friends, : Benmet-Wheelt- Mac, C = gn gn gn gn ga 4 gn gn gg egg ge pe ggg LEI I Aed eA DDD D:D DoDD %- 02 2 eA 2 ~~ ~~ 2 2 Po i