The Butler Weekly Times Newspaper, July 23, 1903, Page 5

THE G00D CLOTHES STORE. Truss’ Telephone No. 37. Wantep.—Cook at Jail. Good wages. Apply to Mrs. Joe T. Smith. Children’s shoes $1.25 worth $1.50. Hill’s Cash Store. Mrs. Bessie Walters has her paper changed from Orifino, to Julietta, Idaho. Miss Stella Christy is home agin from a visit to relatives in Warrens- burg. A Benzine and Almond lotion for the toilet only 23c, Hill's Cash Store. Mrs. Laura B. Cole orders her pa per changed from Guertie to Calvin, Ind. Ter. Rich Hill fair, August 4, 5, 6 and 7th of August. Some good racing promised. 10 quart dish pans only 10c in our Red ‘Licket Sale, Hill’s Cash Store. Mrs. Lide Henry, who sustained a broken arm in & runaway a short time ago, is improving. Ouresteemed German farmer friend . Fischer, near Pleasant Gap, favors us with a renewal, Special drives in men’s working shoes only $1.39. Hill’s Cash Store The weather is fine for harvest and as the saying goes the farmer is mak- ing hay while the sun shines. 10¢ flour sifters in our Red Ticket Sale only 5c. Hill’s Cash Store. Mr. and Mrs. Dixie Haggard spent Saturday and Sunday at ElDorado Springs, returning home Monday. 25c granite wash paus only 1%c in our Red Ticket Sale. Hill’s Cash Store. Migges Leona and Ethel Dalton, of ‘ansas City, came down Sunday on | the excursion and spent the day with friends. Robbers blew the safe in the post- office at Stotebury, Vernon county. About $20 was all they got for their trouble. Sure catch mouse traps, regular 5c in our Red Ticket Sale only . Hill’s Cash Store. - The excursion train to St. Louis Saturday night, returning Monday morning was patronized by several Butlerites. " * See our special bargain in Ladies Douglas Kid shoes at $1.43. Hill’s Cash Store. ~ Louis Emerat, 74 years of age, dis- d both barrele of a shotgun J into his head at his home in Kirks- >| ville, Mo., Friday. A fine line of box paper just receiv- ed. Box paper 10c worth 15c. Hill’s Cash Store. _ Mrs. Nettle Ely is reported to be ‘mending slowly. Mrs. Ely has been periously sick for the past month with typhoid fever. > There is no uniformity in the corn ds in thiecounty this year. The owing crop rangesall the way from ix inches to eix feet high. ‘Neptune, accompanied the our baseball players of Kansas shook hance with bis friends this city Sunday. AMERICAN Clothing House. Men and Boys Outfitters ALWAYS ONE PRICE, ae safe return. Geo. V. Boswell, a prominent busi- ness man of Amsterdam, was in the city on Saturday to attend the meet- ing of the World’s Fair Commissior, and complimented us pleasantly. Warm. Weather IS THE TIME FOR Coo! Clothes WE HAVE THEM _ FLANNEL SUITS HOMESPUN SUITS Extra Trousers. NEW NECKWEAR J.A. Taylor, postmaster at Gar- dener, Mo., was grggeted Monday, charged with taking money from registered packages. When confront-| ed with the charge Taylor confessed. The Metz Times says: “A great) big bull snake curled up in a hen’s nest on Mr. Reed’s place the other day, where he was discovered by Mr. Reed, who killed him. It was noticed that the snake was abnermally large in one place and he was cut open. It was discovered that te had swallow- ed asmall gourd used in the nest as a fake egg. ‘ —AND— A special says ElDorado Springs, third-class postottice, is flooded with NEW HATS letters from all parts of the United ft ; f JUSTIN. States for John D. Rockefeller. An extra clerk assists in handling his mail. Rockefeller ls expected at any time. Geaeral Nelson A. Miles and party are expected to visit Mr. Rock- efeller during his sojourn at the springs.—Ex. THE GOOD SHOE STORE. was stormed by amobSunday morn- ing and two murderers,Jim Gorman, ago and ran off with his brother's wife, and a man named Walters, who killed a widow named Hoover, at Hot Spriugs two years axo because she refused to marry him, were shot to death by the mob, Deputy Sheriff C, E. Pierce was also shot and killed. An all steel HAY PRESS for sale. New last year. Gro, L. Lyxcu, 38-1m Jesse Taylor with Geo, D. Bernatd & Co., with territory in Texas is home on a visit to his parents. Major J. N. Bradley was in thecity Saturday to attend the meeting of the river drainage commission, of which he is a member. In company with his grandson, Edward, son of Eugene Bradley, he made us a very pleasant call. Major Bradley is en joying very good health and bears his 76 winters lightly. He still takes great interest ia public affairs and keeps in touch with his party organ- ization. John A Huffman, assessor of Ma- con county, and an exconfederate veteran, who followed Gen. Price, died Friday, aged 60 years. GOOD POSITION, to boy who wants to learn the printer's trade. Muat have good habits and beindus- trious. Boy whose parents live in city preferred, tf A sermon fn a nutshell iscontained in the following by a Western moral- ist: “Jails are built out of honest men’s earnings. Courts are support ed from peaceful men’s property. Penitentiaries are built by the toil of virtue. Crime never pays its own way. Vice has no hand to work and no hand to calculate. Its whole faculty is to corrupt and to waste and good men foot the bill.”” J.B. Hays sent us a sample bunch of timothy grown on his fine farm near Ballard, which measured 5 feet: 8 inches. Who can beat it? Miss Emma Whitsitt, saleslady at Meckibbens, returned Sunday noon from a two weeks’ visit with relatives and friends at Lathrop, Mo. Miss Josephine Hunter of Kansas City, returned to her home after three days in Carthage in a fruitless wait for the arrival of Ralph W. Hartman of Oklahoma City, says the Carthage Democrat. It is the old story ofa marriage bureau correspondence. Miss Hunter advertised fora husband and Hartman was selected. He promised to meet herin Carthage, but failed to keep his word. The young lady returned to Kansas City a man hater, and will never, never trust the vile wretches again. Misses Lizzie and Kate Ross went to St. Louis Saturday night on the excursion and spent Sunday with their brother Malcom Ross and wife Mrs. W. H. Walton, of Kansas City, evidences hercontinued interest {n our people and her old home and neighbors, by renewing for Tue TIMes. Mrs. J. D. Allen, accompanied by her sons, William H, and Jacob W., went to Joplin on Saturday to visit in that town and Carterville for a The enterprising business men of few days. Hume and vicinity have raised two thousand dollars by subscription to prospect for oil, gas and mineral, says the Telephone. The company ata meeting last week elected the following officers: EK, M. Dickinson, president; J. C. Biggs, vice-president; R. B. White, secretary; S. L. Stand- ish, treasurer. The Telephone says Dr. Williams has his residence piped and is using the natural gas for cooking, heating and lighting pur- poses. Jesse S. Blizzard, Johnstown’s prosperous and popular merchant, was a pleasant caller, while in the city on business Saturday and favor- ed us substantially. Sneak thieves went into Jim Poreh’s hen house Friday night and robbed the roosts of about twenty young chickens. Mr. Porch lives in the south part of town. The farmers have given Butler the cold shoulder the past two or three weeks, except Saturdays when a good many were compelled to come to town for table supplies. The body of George Kimmons, of Kansas City, supposed to have been killed by a train Wednesday night of last week, wae found two miles east of Warrensburg, Mo., Saturday. The Butler ball team played the Hon. Mat. Hall, of Saline county, representing the Missouri World’s Fair Commission, was in Butler on last Wednesday to meet with our county court. We acknowledge a farmers in feeding their old corn should save the biggest and soundest ears a8 this year’s crop is not yet ae- sured. In the prize corn contest, ad- Armours, of Kansas City, on Sunday | vertised by the State commission the afternoon, defeating them in a score|/number of ears required was not of18to 7. The Butler team played/etated. Mr. Hall said the commis the Rich Hill team as ElDorado|eton had decided to require twenty Springs Monday and Tuesday. ears, ~ Oscar Kroff, T. W. Arnold and) ¢, R, Fitsgerald, bitten on the calf Claib Stuckey, accompanied by their! of the leg by a Newfoundland dog at wives, | ft for Eldorado Springsover-| Worland Sunday evening, was in land Monday morning to spend ®/ Butler Mondey and had the mad- couple of weeks. They carried atent| stone in charge of the Mayor applied with them and will camp out and/+, ¢he wound. Fitzgerald said he have a good time. was in a friendly scuffle with another Off for camp. Company B, Captain | fellow in front of the postoffice, when Johnson command, took passage on| the dog ran in and bit him. About the special train which passed|two weeks ago a rabid dog passed through this city Saturday night for} through that vicinity and biteeveral the state camp at Lake Contrary | dogs which were promptly killed. It’ near St. Joseph. The company was jis not known that there is anything busy all day Saturday getting ready|the matter with the dog that bit for its week’s outing. Tae Times Fitzgerald, but as a precautionary | wishes the boys a pleasant time and| measure he concluded to test the ‘ The county jailat Basin Wyoming, | ma) who killed his brother about a year| — NY is directed to our reduced price for JULY only on Room Size Rugs. (ee wee ee ae a A ; Ny PSS LALL SSL NAAN S SSL cretmmmemeneconend $30.00 Rugs for $25 00 Rugs for 45e grade for $6.00 lace curtains 5.00 lace curtains 450 lace curtains 400 lace curtains 3.75 lace curtains 3.50 lace curtains 2 75 lace curtains 250 lace curtains Cotton Chain Ingrains. or ove, Fancy [attings. 60¢ Mattings for 50e 35c Mattings for 30¢e 33 1-3 and 30c Mattings for 25e 25ce Mattings for 20¢e 20¢ Mattings for 15e 12 1-2c Mattings for 10c Lace Curtains o $4.75 $2.25 lace curtains 1.75 4,00 2.00 lace curtains 1.50 3.75 1.75 lace curtains 1.25 150 lace curtains 1.20 6.50 brussels, net curtains, $4.75 6.00 brussela, net curtains, $4.50 5.75 brussels, net curtains, = $4.50 2.00 These prices are for July only, and while we have cleaned up a lot of goods this month, there are many choice bargains now. Come and see them. McKIBBENS. Grocery orders same as cash. (poceecoues PASS SIAISSISSAD IAI SSISS SA DA Special Attention. SPAAAAIMS ~ISSSSSA SALMA ADAOIISASSASDADA AAA AND AISISLALA AA (SISA Y Mies Lydia Sherman, is spending a few weeks at Idaho Springs, Colo., with the family of Dave Wycoff. Officers with bloodhounds are searching a cane brake near Tamms, Illinois, for a suspect supposed to be Wm. Rudolph, the escaped Union bank robber. He was run into the cane brake Saturday evening by ofti- cers and citizens. G. E. Dozier, a farmer living ten miles northwest of Jefferson, Okla- homa, has a herd of cattle effected with hydrophobia. Vive head have died and several others, it was believ- ed,could not recover. It issupposed a mad dog got into the herd and bit the cattle. Mr. and Mrs. T. A. Black returned from Excelsior Springs Saturday. was thought a trip to the springs would benefit her, but the change did notagree with her, and they conelud- edit best to return home earlier than they expected. The Rich Hill council has passed the anti-spitting ordinance. A number of the best towns in Missouri have already adopted such an ordinance and its workings are very satisfactory wherever enforced. Tae Times call- pleasant call. Mr. Hall advises that|ed attention to this some time ago and urged our city council to take action, but so far we have nothing from them. Asa sanitary measure alone it is worthy of adoption, aside from the cleanliness feature. Ananti- spitting ordinance should be passed by the Butler council and enforced by the marshal. The new rock crusher for Mt. Pleas- ant township will ‘be put to work in a short time, said J. 8. Pierce, mem: ber of the board. Most of the work this fall on the roads will be done by donation, said he, and we are com- pelled on that account to wait on the harvest and the convenience of the farmers. A threshing engine will furnish power for the crusher, atid one or two parties have proffered to donate their engines for four and five days work. A number of farmers will donate their time, and as the township is shy on cash, we expect to put the roads in the best possible condition we can with the means we have. ‘ | city for several weeks. Mrs. Black is in poor health, and it | The county court had a call meets | ing on Wednesday in conjunction | with the city council to consult an} expert sewer engineer respecting # | sewer system for Butler and the county buildings. “Tam gone,” exclaimed Wm. Me- Clure of Lamar, Friday morning. With this exclaimation he pitched foward from the chair in which he was seated at his home and expired. He was 62 years old and leaves a large family of children. We were complimented by a very pleasant call from Ed. S Austin on Tuesday. Mr. Austin is connected with the Mercantile Trust Co., and ‘s doing well. He returned toSt. Louis | on Wednesday morning. Mrs. Aus- tin will remain with relatives in our | aaa Special Invitation Is extended to all to call and inspect our new line of SHOLS. We have added a full line of the best wes- tern made goods in Men’s, Boys, womens and childrens Shoes. We have followed the policy wehaveadopt- ed throughout our business To Buy Only the Best. To buy so that we know wecaneell right and we stand back cf every pair we sell. On these grounds we ask you to try our line of shoes. We will save you money. HILL’S CASH STORE. POSSDSSSES OOSSSSSESESS 09000; | | Miss Emma Ford with Sam Levy & Co, left Tuesday morning to spend a three weeks vacation with her brothers, George and Lloyd Ford, at Anadarko, Okla. The ball games between the Butler and Rieh Hill teams, played at El- Dorado Springs Monday, resulted in what the boys term a “dog-fall.’. Rich Hill team won on Monday, But- ler on Tuesday. The Rich Hill team, we understand, is the old Nevada league team, bought up by some Rich Hill citizens to take the conceit out of the Butler boys, but it seems their plans miscarried, owing to the Butler team playing ball. Gov. Dockery Reappoints Election Com- missioners. Jefferson City, Mo., July 20.—Gov- ernor Dockery to-day reappointed thet. Louis Election Commissioners to succeed themselves for a term cf ottice expiring January 15, 1905, The three Commissioners reap- pointed are James McCaffery, Jobn M. Wood (Dem.) and Louis P. Aloe (Rep.) Wood to be An Autocrat. Washington, D.C., July 21.—Gen- eral Leonard Wood, by an act of the Philippine commissioners, a copy of which was received by the war de partment, is given almost supreme authority in the island of Mindanao. He is made both military and civil governor of Moro province. Death From Mosquito Bites. Dewey, I. T., July 21.—The tive- year-old daughter of John Perrin died Sunday from the effect of mosquito bites. The child’s body, from head to foot, was literally covered with punctures. Perrin, who is traveling from Ohio to- Colorado by wagon, camped & few days on a creek near Dewey, and the child slept exposed n the open air. Two More Dead of Lockjaw. Liberty, Lo. July 17.—William Bland, @ 10-year-old boy, died at Plattsburg yesterday of lockjaw, resulting from a burn on the hand Jul yA blank cartridge. A son fC. R. Wonison of Excelsior Springs died a few days betore from the same cause.