The Butler Weekly Times Newspaper, March 12, 1903, Page 5

L. D. McConnell, of Kansas City, is J. F. Herrell sold the L. D. McCon-! MSOSOSOQOSOSHOSHOSOHIOOOSOOON visiting County Clerk J. F. Herrell nell farm to Joe B. Dejarnett, of 4 COME AND SEE x this week. Archie, Mo. (IP I (ATE Mrs. L. T. McKibban, formerly Miss! The wagons have cut through the Williams, daughter of H.S. Williama, macadam in places on Ohio street, ‘ living west of Butler, orders Tae | and when the mud dries up, the street SPRING I I7S Tres to her address at Armstrong, | will need considerable repairing. where she and her husband are living} gy, popular young friend Jeal and doing well. Groves, of Merwin, has moved his The four-year-old daughter of Da-|family to Butler, and he will con- vid Boyce, living near Milo, Vernon} tinue in the real estate business in county, while playing with a toy| Bates county with headquarters in stove, her clothing caught fire and|this city. We wish him abundant she wasso badly burned that she | success. died in a short time. The Republican fight over the post C. J. Holland, formerly Democratic | office at Warrensburg has finally been committeeman from Summit town-| settled by the appointment of Mrs, ship, who moved to Henry county, | Nellie Van Metre, to succeed her hus- —THE— 7 3 NEW GOODS at McKIBBENS | $ 3 $ The most stylish line of spring clothes in Bates Co. Made by the Best Tailors in America, and the pat- terns are superb. NO RISK IN TRADING HERE We have the nicest store Any guaranteed suit you has again settled in Bates county | band, who lost his mind while acting full of and orders Tae Tres to his address|@8 postmaster. Her appointment buy of us Shall Be Exactly at Appleton City. was secured largely through the in- As We Tell Yiu or Your fluence of Senator Cockerell, itis said. Money Back. The robin, the blue and the black birds have returned from the south, which is an indication that winter has gone and spring is here. Soon we will be singing “Comin Thro. the rye,”’ and soon will hear the click of the corn planter. Good Goods Recorder Lisle and his expert dep- uties, Harris and Miss Frankig, keep right up with the pressure of business in the office, which has been exceedingly heavy the past two or three weeks, They recorded, com- pared and sent out sixty-five deeds in one day. We also carry the in the county. Everything BEST LINE OF TROUSERS, $1.50, $2.00, $2.50, $3.00) $3.50, $4.00, $4.50, $5.00. Our $5.00 patterns are so!d] — by some dealers for $6.00 and] = $7.00. Henry R. Livingston, whom all JUST RECEIVED, PATENTS AND PLAIN, our old settlers will remember, he having been a prominent citizen of Jour county at one time, writes us THE THE that he has been an invalid for near- GOOD G00D ly two years, which his many friends will be sorry to learn. He is living CLOTHES j SHOE at Afton, Ind, Ter. sort. Clothing House, store. @ | x.r.m.rne,r0 mam ONE LOW PRICE TO ALL, W.B. Tyler, for ten days, returned GHSS FOSS 0606 996660068808 we Offer is the best procur- Our old friend Ed. Warderman, one of Bates county’s oldest and best citizens, was a pleasaut caller on Saturday, favored us with a renewal and had Tue Times sent to his son, W. H. Warderman, Santa Fe, New Mexico. able for the price asked. Hon. T. L. Harper has been select- We call your especial at- ed by the Speaker as the member of the steering committee from the 6th district. The duty of the com- mittee is to prepare a house calendar each day, such bills as deserve prec- edent, in order to facilitate the work of the house from now until adjourn- ment. tention to . Frank Tingler, serving a thirty Carpets, Matting, day jail sentence for trespass and cutting a wire fence on land owned by John Patton, south of town, was released Tuesday evening, the fine and costs being settled. Lace Curtains’ W. H. Catherwood, of Metz, swal- lowed a half-ounce of chloroform Tuesday morning. He has been in poor health and had been using that drug for an ailment of the stomach. The large dose caused nausea and acted as anemetic, Dr. Price was called and saved his patient from the immediate danger, but the bad effects have not yet entirely disappeared.— Post. W. Frank LaFollett, Bates coun- ty’s popular and efficient anetioneer, was a pleasant caller and had his dates set ahead. Frank thoroughly understands his business and goods put in his hands bring good prices, Dress Trimmings ; Sheriff Smith received a message from Harve Johnson at Rich Hill Tuesday, informing him that the Kansas authorities had dumped Jesse Leonard, colored, insane off at that place, and he had been taken in charge by the officers, and wished to know what to do. The sheriff order- ed him brought to Butler. Leonard is a Rich Hill darkey. Dress Skirts, to her duties as railroad and tele- graph agent at Lenexa, Kan, on Monday. We acknowledge 4 pleas- ant call, in company with Mr. Tyler. John Chapple, through the courte- sy of our young friend Sid Alexander, becomes a member of Tue Times family. Mr. Chapple came from Troy, Kan., and purchased the Ken- nedy farm close to Passaic. He raises and deals extensively in fine stock, is a good Democrat, a worthy citizen, and we take pleasure in wel- coming him to our county. Toes’ Telephone No. 37. R. A. Batchelor, one of Deep Water ——______________ | township’s prominent citizens, was The St. Louis mail failed to reach | in the city Monday and favored us utler Tuesday. plasantly. Tre Times office received a car| Several criminal insane patients load of paper Monday. who escaped from the Fulton insane Two good farms, 160 acres each, | asylum, have not yet been captured. for rent. DuvaLu & PercivaL, | The men were without hats and all Ed. Williams is confined to his | ¥°Fe slippers. home with a case of erysipelas in the | Four councilmen and a school di- face. rector to be nominated by the demo- Congressman and Mrs. DeArmond | crats at their convention Friday returned from Washington Sunday | Bight. Good men should be selected Taat. for the places. It is time for the bad weather tolet | The Osceola Democrat reports the up and give the farmer achanceto|death from dropsy of ex-county Sid Alexander writes that the southern Methodist parsonage at his little town of Passaic, for which he has been working so hard, is an as- sured success, the lumber on the ground and contracts for construc- tion let. He expresses appreciation in the name of the congregation for the liberal help of our citizens. Marion McDaniels, aged 21; Lester Shellenbarger, aged 40, married; and Earl Shaw, aged 27 years, were killed in the mines at Joplin Friday. Me- Daniels was buried under ten feet of dirt at the Royal mine and the other two were killed at the Warren mine. Spring Style Shoes, Men’s Shirts, Dick Harper is just completing a $7,000 residence on his farm near Adrian. Tom Hodges, who hasbeen working on the building for the past | seven months, believes it to be the largest and handsomest home in Bates county. The house, said Mr. Hodges, is three stories high with massive tower and porches, and is Embroideries, Laces, Topsy Hosiery, . | Men’s Pants Spring Underwear, Table Linen, Shirting. Lowest priced house for GOOD GOODS. They were preparing toshoot a huge| heated by furnace. The interior is Geo. s St. Clai: / . sow oats. ey icc a te a fa: bowlder when it fellon them crush-| finished in oak and all material used Mrs. Arthur Wemott, who has been cttdneen. . ing their bodies to a pulp. in the construction of the building is David Moran, a farmer, who resid- | first-class throughout. ed about eight miles northeast of Savannah, Andrew county, commit- ted suicide on the morning of the uite sick the past week, is reported Pouch better. F.S Hammond, formerly a sub- Bixman and Fuyua are contem- stantial and influential citizen of plating the erection of a fine opera Mingo, now of Palava, Tex., sends The sudden death of Mrs. Jot New- berry’ at the residence of Senator J. ‘ : B. Newberry, in Spruce township, houee at Clinton. He a oe = oe 24th, by cutting his throat with a| Thursday morning of last week, “a E.E. yy, of Zellah, Wash., an ahead to razor. He sold his farm a few weeks] » great shock to the family and -old Bates county boy, senda_us_re-} The people _of _Butler__for__the | ago-and has been—very-despondent; friends, Mra. Newberry had been ill mittance for renewal. first and only time this winter pa-| as he since discovered that he could have sold at a better price. He was forty years old and leaves a widow and two small children. George D. McNeil was a pleasant caller on Friday and favored us sub- stantially. He is engaged with W. 8. Mudd in the mercantile business in Drexel. He informed us of the death of Thomas Courtney, brother-in-law and partner of Mr. Mudd’s, which occurred at his home in Drexel on the 24th of February. Mr. Courtney was a former citizen of this county, was an honorable, upright citizen and good business man. Mrs. Lucretia White, an own cou- sin to President Andrew Johnson, died a few days agoat her home near Oak Grove, Lafayette county, Mo. She was born in Paris, Bourbon county, Kentucky, January 18, 1828, and moved to Lafayette county in| doned and left standing in the middle McKIBBENS The new comers will find.Butlerthe| We will sell you piano or organ best town in the county to do their | on payments to suit you. If you are trading. Either for dry goods, | going to buy give us a call, every- clothing, groceries, furniture or im-| thing guaranteed we sell at new mu- plements. The Butler merchants | sic store, west side square, W. G. carry large stocks and sell at low | Clement, Manager. prices. for a week or so with the grip, but her condition did not become alarm- ing or serious until Wednesday even- ing, when she suddenly became very sick and continued to grow worse during the night and expiring before morning. Deceased before her mar- riage less than @ year ago was a Miss Drake, of Appleton City. Mr. New- berry was building a new house and awaiting ite completion was making his home with Senator Newberry. The bad roads has interfered with raded the streets in force Sunday last and enjoying the bright sunshine - ted ponent velertmascane of the day to the fullest extent. __Dr. J..W. Lowry has returnedfrom| Mrs. R. P. Frye, of Kausas City, California and will make his home |@Mtertained quite a number of her with his daughter, Mrs. Shafer. lady friends to luncheon in honor of her sister, Mrs. Aaron Badgley, of John Hupp and Miss Iva Hart, ot | putter, Mo. sii this city, were united in marriage by = . Ic t Sund: Notwithstanding the current re- ee” eh sities: port that the Rock Island has pur- * i chased the Frisco railroad, the Mre. A. 0. Welton and son Harry, | ,urveyors are moviug right along have been quite sick the past) 5 i+) their surveying six miles east of week, we are glad to learn are much Bethe. “ better. The of being “Bos- We burn the bonds to-day at/|,;,» Pe tage a2 din Wes Vir- Jeflerson City. Missouri is out of ginia and held for identification, was debt. How do you like it, Republi-| 1 4¢ the man wanted for the murder cans? of the young lady in Johnson coun- The bluegrass pastures are putting | ty. “on their green coats and with season-| ‘phoge Democrats who braved the pble weather the pastures will be| ements and bad roads to attend “Teady for stock by the last of April. | 4. county convention on last Mon- Our esteemed friend 0. J. Click, of | day, certainly proved their loyalty nd, was in Butler a few hours | to party and interest in keeping up orday, favored us with a| ite organization. calland had his dates set f Lace ; White Goods, ; 2s | | ; t ; ; The Cass County Democrat says a Agreater part of the time of the| crowd of Harrisonville sportsmen, county court in session last week was |C.C. Knoles, Clifford Brocaw, Will taken up in settling with the town-| Freeman and Perry McKisson, are ship collectors. Judge March is still | spendinga week on the lakesin Bates on the sick list, and the work of the | county duck shooting. court was transacted by Judges Me- | Fadden and Bruce. The oldest settler does not remem- ber when the roags were in worse condition than atpresent. The mud is so deep it is almost impossible to get about, even on horseback. To get to town in a buggy or wagon from any distance is hardly attempt- ed by the most venturesome person. The roads leading to town, farmers tell us, are dotted with vehicles aban- The Adrian Journal reports the death of Mrs. Marcia Etta Trow- Judge P. A. Bruce was a pleasant bridge at her home, seven miles caller on Friday and favored us.| northwest of Adrian. Death was Court was in session all week settling due to pneumonia. She was 58 years ‘ i and a most esti p 1845. Her father wasin the battle}oftheroad hub deep in mud, the oe —— —_—. — — ee = “ of New Orleans. The Lexington In-| horses drawing them either having Ungar Lila Bh | t re Adrian Se sie ned boom-like pro- telligencer says: Mre. White’s hus-| given out or pulled the double-trees |8***ins conservative, but progres: | portionsthis spring. Every day sey. band died January 11, 1887, aged|in two. ‘The fact that farmers have| *i¥® County court. Oe ent eee 77 years. She endured all the trials} been unable to. get to town for the| . Ed. Britt, a prominent farmer ne bm - bern trains are C. W. Maddox has sold. his resi-}any woman could endure during the| past two weeks has occasioned a|and stock man of Hudson township, |! ; Mimeuhedanaieienae dence on Mechanic street to Mra, | war between the states, and especial-| scarcity of produce on the market,|who has lived in Bates county for ‘Chess se raghe ‘eid their home. John Endres. Mr. Madaox will build|ly under “Order No. 11,” her home| which is inconveniencing our people. | twenty-six years, served his first time oat apt Beane — well equip- ot| @ new house on lote he owns in the| being the main stopping place for the| With good weather it will be at least on the petit jury last week and fa- | Ped 1" machinery anf oe oe. corner couth part of the city, as soon asthe ‘refugees of Bates, Cass and Jackson o weeks before the roads will be in| vored us with a pleasant call and and progress citizens... town, | weather will permit, counties. ass a condition for travel. had his name enrolled for Tae Taurs, Journal, ~ ~ 4 : Sera Mees a