The Butler Weekly Times Newspaper, February 19, 1903, Page 7

a RN a = - ee — (9 Obea nner sees eoers Bex 5 852 S8Ss VeEGET EERE 8 OUR SEMI-ANNUAL . THE 6000 ‘SHOE iB STORE, > Taxes’ Telephone No. 87. ‘'W, A: Coler, of Rome, Kansas, re- members us with renewal. SMrs.C. F. Porter, of thie city, kind- ly rememibers us with renewal. Mrs. Webb, of Waverly, is visiting her daughter, Mra. H. L. Tucker. Albert Weddell has charge of the ] engine at the electric light plant. Mrs. Clande Majors has returned m @ visit to relatives in Passaic. { * Joo Meyer has been spending a few days in St. Louis buying his spring stock. Where are you going, my darky maid? To get a postofiice, sir, she ; eaid,—Ex. Joe McKibben and wife are spend- \s inga couple of weeks at Excelsior Springs. Chas. Haines, formerly of Summit, remembers us substantially from Raymore, Mo. » W.N. Porch, formerly of thiscoun- #, now of Berlin, Okla., remembers us with a renewal. Misses Naomi Smith and Sallie Wix left Wednesday for Sedalia and Mexico to visit friends. W. H. H. Duke, of Grand River, favored us substantially while in the city serving as a juror. Geo. W. Newberry, popular and ef. ficient aseistant cashier of Farmers Bank, favored us with a renewal;- Dennis Thralls lost his pocketbook a few days ago. The book contain- ed in the neighborhood of $75 in! cash. ‘ : . Stewart Atcheson. was called to leton City Monday evening on account of the serious illness of his mother. \ Our old democratic friend W. S. DeBolt, at Altona, never fails to re- member us with a renewal about this ‘time of year. Our old friend J. W. Guyton, the city’s popular weighmaster, was a ' pleasant caller and favored us on Hon. J. W. Suddetb, a prominent | attorney of Warrensburg, was at- ' tending to legal business, in Butler ‘Ballard, was a pleasant caller and A his dates eet ahead. He ie serv- n the jury. ordinance. relating to the uning of sidewalks of snow will be ¥ enforced hereafter. A hint to 3 popular young Democratic dGid C. Alexander, of Passaic, the city on business, called a his dates set ahead. _ , ot A good hotel on the burnt corner is just a thing for Butler. Lets have the hotel. A substantial increase in the price of Butler real estate is a good indica- tion of the prosperity of the town. Theodore Thompson, a well-known lawyer, recently a citizen of Clinton, now residing at Guthrie, Oklahoma, has lost his mind. A.D. Hyde, an old settler and in- fluential citizen of Papinville, now serving on the petit jury, was a pleasant caller and favored us sub- stantially. . Our esteemed friend Adam Brixner, of Cooney, New Mexico, sends remit- tance for renewal. He was formerly @ prominent young farmer of this county. The worst snow storm and blizzard in many years prevailed in Kansas Monday, and cattlamen on the west- ern range fear a great loss of their stock. : Sam McGowan, until recently a brakemau on the Inter-State rail- road, has sold hie residence just west of the depot. Sam has moved his family to Nevada. The Kansas City World, it is said, has offered Cole Younger a position as police reporter on that paper. Younger obtained experience in news- paper work, while editing a prison paper. C. J. Schooley has his paperchang- ed to Wellsford, Kansas, where he has gone to take charge. of his new ranch, recently purchased. He has many frieads here who wish him well, Because of conflict of dates Carter Wallace has the dates for his bigsale changed from Feb’y 28rd to Monday, March 2nd, 1903. Sale notice will appear next week. Judge John F. Philips, of the United States court at Kansas City, left Friday night for Los Angeles, California, to spend a couple of months for his health. , A committee of three was appoint- ed Friday afternoon by the lower house of the state legislature to go to St. Louis and investigate the books and accounts of the turf in- Prairie City, writes that he can not get to Butler, but does not want to neglect the printer, 80 enclosed remit- tance for renewal. The merchant who waits on the seasons for his trade will find he is TS SALE Will continue until stock is cleaned up. Come early and get your choice. '’ ALL ODD PANTS WILL BE SOLD-AT PRICES ‘THAT WILL MAKE THEM GO REGARDLESS OF COST TO US. AMERICAN CLOTHING HOUSE. ONE LOW PRICE TO ALL, || THE | G00D || CLOTHES | STORE. ; 4 060066668 668000 J. M. Graves, head laundryman for State Hospital for Insane No. 4 at Farmington, Mo., orders Tae Times to his address. He says he is getting along nicely and likes the work, Henry F. Stephener and Miss Susie Steiner were married on Feb’y Sthat the home of the bride’s parents, Mr. and Mrs. Herman Steiner, three miles northeast of Pleasant Gap. They will live near Prairie City. John Varnes, who has been ona large ranch near Augusta, Mont., for some time, is visiting friends and relatives in this county. He made us @ pleasant call on Wednesday and renewed for his paper. The Butler Team, camp No, 2458 M. W. A. will give an oyester supper and general entertainment on Friday evening, Feb’y 20th, 1903, for bene- fit of team. Everybody invited. Members urged to be present. Our handsome bachelor friend Joe Graves, from south of the river, spent Tuesday in the city. Heex- cused himeelf by saying he wascalled to Butler as a witness in a calf case in the circuit court. A calf case, ain’t that a get-off. The Butlergirls ought to whitecap him. William Baker, 45 years old and married, wasfound deud in Weber’s saloon at Marshall, Mo., Sunday. He was sitting in a chair ina dark corner of the room, and the bar ten- der did notice him when he closed the place Saturday night. It is suppos ed he died of heart disease, Charles Carpenter, a farmer, resic- | Mr. J. A. Elgin, one of Bates coun- | ty’s most progressive farmers, was a pleasant caller on Wednesday. He reports that Mrs. Elgin is in Clare- more, Ind. Ter., visiting Mrs. Revis, her onty sister. Capt. W. A. Thornton died at the hospital at the Confederate Home near Higginsville Feb’y 10th, aged 77 years. Capt. Thornton was one of the best known men in Lafayette county. His remains were laid to rest in the Home vemetery by the Masonic fraternity. The trial of W. H. Rice, charged with the murder of Orville Butler, is eet for trial Tucsday of next week. Hon. Thomas J. Smith, attorney for Rice will be assisted by W. 0. Jack- son and Francisco &Ciark. Thestate will be represented by prosecuting attorney Ludwick, M. 8. Horn and Hon. Thos W, Silvers. Master Leslie Choate entertained a few of his little friends at a valentine party Saturday afternoon. Games of various kinds were indulged, until refreshments, consisting of ice cream and cake, were served. After a very pleasant time the youngsters depart- ed for their homes well pleased with the enjoyment which they had receiv- ed. Cad. D. Garrison, a large and pros- perous farmer of Walnut township, was a pleasant caller the last of the week and had his dates set ahead. Ho is living-on thd farm settled by his father long before the war and on which he was born, A record of 45 years on one farm is not common. Mr: Garrison is a broad-minded, lib eral-hearted gentleman with whom it is a pleasure to meet. Ourcarpenters and contractors tell us that there will be a greater amount of building this spring than has ever been known in the history of Butler. Already a number of con- tracts have been made and others are under way. Last season broke the record for fine residences and public buildings, but this one prom- ises still greater results. P. P. Fitzpatrick, who has his big sale advertised for Thursday, Feb’y 26th, will probably move his family. to Kansas City. Mr. Fitzpatrick came to this county from Iowa sev- eral years ago, and by his fair deal- ing, gentlemanly and courteous de- meanor has many strong friends among our people who regret his de- parture but wish him sticcess wherev- er his lot may fall. The Nevada Post says the Car- thage soldiers are rejoicing over 4 letter from Colonel Harry Mitchell announcing that the Second Regi- ment will be supplied with Krag- Jorgensen rifles. The boys are eag- erly looking forward to the reception of the new uniforms, which they will wear when they visit the World’s Fair next year. The state guard ex- pects the present legislature to ap- propriate $150,000 to the military department. It is very important to our future prosperity that we secure the project- ed line, through our county, by the Of Oskaloosa, Towa, was robbed Friday night of $3,750 which he had secreted in the cellar of his house in an iron kettle. Carpenter claims that no one but himself knew of the hiding place of his money, and he is at loss to know how the thieves went to the exact spot. Carpenter had an encounter with the robbers, and they fired sev- eral shots at him. The city council Monday night ap- pointed John Kiersey sexton of the cemetery. Mr. Kiersey is an excon- federate soldier and is nearly blind from a wound received in the head citizen anda worthy man and he and his boys will attend to the work and certainly no one will begrudge him the appointment. . : “Mrs. William Jackson, nee Chea- tham, has been notified that her claims as a descendant of a Choctaw not in it with the merchant whogoes after trade every day in the year by advertising and letting the people know what he has forsale. position with McKibben as salesman in the dry goods department. He is @ popular young man, and his expe- riencein this line of business will make Indian has been recognized, and she will be entitled to register, which will entitle her to about ten thousand dollars in cash and 860 acres of land n the Choctaw strip. We under- stand that Mr. and Mrs. Jackson left for the Indian country the first of the week, They are worthy, industrious young people and have many friends great Rock Island system. It is to connect with the St. Louis and Kan- sas City line in Cass county, and gives us an eastern outlet by one of the greatest railroad systems in the country. Such a road would give us a competing line, without disturbing our territory east and west. If we intend to do anything, the time has now come for action. Frank Smith & §on have sold their stock of groceries and hardware to Geo. E. Cable, of Odessa, Mo., who will take charge of the same in a few days and continue the business at the old stand. Mr. Smith is one of we understand, is an experienced mérchant and an energetic business man, and THE Times extends to him a hearty welcome to a live, wide-a- wake and progressive town, and wishes him abundant success. The blizzard andsnow storm which prevailed in western Kansas Thurs- day and Friday, dropped in on Butler Saturday afternoon in the shape of leet. Late in the evening the cold wave arrived and during the night a snow storm set in, which continued all day Sunday coveriug the ground to a depth of six inches. A high wind from the northwest caused the Faw SPRING GOODS A law suit for the possession of a calf between J. D. Payne and Frank Dye in circuit court was suddenly | 7 a: ie 8 stopped about 5 o'clock Tuesday | hurber to Miss Johnnie Shutt, are evening by the receipt of a telegram by Mr. Payne, notifying him of the sudden death of his mother, Mrs. V. A. Cox, at Adrian. Judge Graves on learning the contents of the tele- gram immediately stopped proceed- ings of the case until further notice and adjourned court. Mr. Payne said his mother had been in poor Hum, Mo., and was in Adrian on & visit, when the sudden summons came. Sheriff Smith informed the reporter that so far as he knows there is no truth in the report that Dr. Gartrell had been granted a stay ofexecution for thirty days by Gov. Dockery. Sheriff Smith said he had not receiv- ed a word from ,the. Governor in re- gardto the matter. Rev. A. W. Bur- roughs, an Episcopal minister of | Victoria, Texas, who is interesting himeelf in Dr. Gartrell’s case on be- half of the family, arrived in Butler Friday and remained over until Mon- SA SAAA SA. HcKIBBENS.. Come and see them. We are showing a store full of new spring goods selected with the greatest care. Everything we show is GOOD, We believe in selling Good Goods and eelling them at the very Lowest prices. Spring Suitings 50c up, New Voiles 50c up, New Canvaa Cloth 50c up, New Mistrals 50c up, New Silks 50c up, Black Silks 50c up, New Dress Trimmings 10c up, New Dress Linings 5c up, New GinghAms Ske up, New white goods Se up, New Shirtings Se up, Special Shirtings at 10c, New Percales 7\c up, New Table Linens 25c up, Special Table Linen at 50c, New Crashes 5c up, Special Crash at 10c, New Towels 20e pair up, New Quilts, full size 89c up, New Black Underskirts 89c up, Special Underskirt at 8c, New Topsy Hosiery 8\e pair up, Special Hosiery at 15¢ per pair, New Underwear 5e up, Special Spring weight at 25c, sLong sleeves, short sleeves | \ or sleeveless vesta, New Muslin Underwear on special sale this month 10c up, New Embroideries 4c up, Special lot on sale this month 7c to 25e, New Shoes 50c ap, New Shirts 45c up, New Topsy Socks Sec a pair, New fancy socks 10c a pair, New Gloves 50c up, New Overalls 50c up, New Boys Overalls 25c up, New all wool pants $2.00 up, New Pants 65c up, New Hate 50c up, New Walking Skirts $2.50 up, New Drees Skirts $5.00 up, New Carpets 25c up, New Matting 12\¢c up, New Rugs $1.00 up, New Lace Curtains 90c up, New Portiers $2.56 pr pair up, New Window Shades 25c pair up, If you want good choice new goods come and see us. We are proud of our stock and know we have the very lowest prices for first-class goods. ~ MeKIBBENS SSSALASALIALALASSSASASDASLSISSSSADAS SA SSSA AS SSSA ASA ASS SAS ASSSASS SS SS SSSA A co | Handsomely engraved cards an- nouncing the marriage of Mr. Eugene jout. The ceremony will be perform- ed at the home of the bride's parents, Mr. and Mrs. J. E. Shutt, this city Thursday at 10 o’clock a. m., the 26th inst., Rev. T.C. Puckett, pastor of the M. E. church south, this city, will officiate. Two hundred invita- tions have been extended and the wed- the last of the wee estment compani during the war. One eye was shot) the pioneer merchants of this town, : ‘ | ¢ tire the sight of the ‘thealth for sometime with heart | gin ever a : ei eis preachers oe io guprices pre i agen Sone gy was quite ®| trouble which, he supposed, caused | o¢ atresia thay cana ~ Our popular friend J. 8. Arbuckle, | Our old friend M. H. Merchant, of |e greatly impaired. He is a good|, to hi ds, Mr. Uable,|her death. ‘The deceased resided in , served at 11 o’clock a. m. and the bride and groom will take the 12:57 train for Warrensburg, their future home. Mr. Thurber is a prominent and promising young business man of Warrensburg, being engaged in the jewelry business. Miss Shutt is the eldest daughter of Mr. and Mrs, J.E,Shutt of this city. She is a graduate of our public schools and of the Normal school at Warrens- burg and at present is a successful teacher in our public schools. She is an accomplished young lady and Mr. Thurber can congratulate him- self on being fortunate in securing her hand. Mr. Shutt, father of the day, when he took the traiu for def- ”* | old friend W. bin valuable to thie frm on who will tejoice to learn of their snow to drift badly in places, Sun- called One great draw back to Butler is | 80d fortune. day night it, turned colder and by _ He is , meee for rent. It ie sPumtso Satnof high bred Jacks and Monday morning the thermometers bride, bas purchased an eight-room residence in Warrensburg which he will present his daughter asa wed- ding gift. ; We still have a few choice B. P, R’s cockerels to spare $1.00 up. Cail ta doctor | on or audress, Mrs. J. F. Corton, od telegram. | 16-2% Amoret, Mo, ferson City. While here Rev. Bur- roughs exhibited @ telegram from Dr. Gartrell’s daughter, which stat- Te eas HY pice 6 Geld the Boctor lied been granted a Ww zero. storm an bt It is eu id. wave is the worst that has visit- ny eae Bi ieman ted Butler and this county the present stayed the execution of \