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Twenty-nine years ago Aug. 18th| SHOOT TOURNAMENT. | “3 e McFagland Bros. embarked in the | BEB EIAIS SA. ee eee ag manufacture of harness and saddlery. | ee | By doing just as we agreed, we have} — i . 9 pleased our customers and prosper- Three Days Shoot at Butler. Many aa Pope Pj us X ed. We have carts, runabouts, bug- Visitors and out of Towa gies and carriages. We have some .. LEGG’S CARRIAGE SHOP... +4 special bargains to offer in buggies Clubs Expected. i ‘ if he would ee and fne harness. ‘See ueat once 80d| 5 can haw arranged | What would Pope Pius the X do if he \ wen —— PMcFarzanp Bros. | three days shoot to take place Aug. visit Butler. He would come direct from the 25 26-27. Each day’s program wil 2 * . consist of eight roe and two live union station in west Butler, to BENNETT- Buchanan Appointed Superintendent. | 1:4 events, governed by Inter State Prof G. V. Buchanan, superintend- rules, and the Rose system will be ent of the Sedalia public schools, has used. = - been appointed by the Missouri], Dave Elliott, of Kansas City, will World’s Fair Commission Superin- furnish the live birds and traps. tendent of Education for the Com | Which will insure No. 1 traps and mission. Prot Buchananhasaccept-|good management. The target ed the appointment and gone active- | events will take place over five expert ly to work. He has had wide experi- a peers by the club. — la ence as an educator and was com- shoot will occur in Henry’s mended for the position by the most park, northeast of the city, com- WHEELER MERC. CO., on the northeast corner of the square, purchase one of their magnifi- cent vehicles, and drive out, view the land- scape o’er, purchase one of Bates county’s farms, then drive back to. the Big Store and mencing at 9 o’clock in the morning buy one of those Mitchell or Schuttler wagons promincat Missoart ecbooimes. The and continuing throughout the day. ed poet a tiem tee All out of townclube are invited to | [Gj load it with bale ties, which they handle in car aaa City, chairman of theCommission | Participate in thie shoot. Represent. | Committee on Education. atives from over 100 clubs in Mis-|& souri and Kansas are expected to be Mrs. Abigail Ewin. present, including some of the crack shots of the state. Mrs. Abigail Ewin departed this life at the home of her son, Chas. 8. Ewin, Saturday night. She was ] taken sick on Thursday evening, her Hi case was not considered serious until It is really awful why some men tug | [iy away with the common sulky and Saturday. Funeral services were conducted from the Ewin home on Monday afternoon at 2 o’clock by gang plows, pulling their horses to-| f& death in the hard ground with their] @ weight and the weight of the plow, Rev. Chambliss, assisted by Rev. Sapp, and the remains interred in Oak Hill cemetery. all dragging on the bottom of their plow and having trouble keeping their plow in the ground; raising up Abigail H. Bridges was born in Howard county, near Fayette, Oct. and tipping almost over with them, part of the time, when they could 5th, 1828. She was married to Wil- liam D. Ewin Dec. 10th, 1846. They buy a Hummer, Sulky or Gang, and be relieved of all that trouble. The] [@ moved to Pettis county in '53 where Hummer plow stands alone, us there is no other plow made like it, It is they resided during the civil war. They came to Bates county in 1867, made on different principles from all other plows—any little child can run Mr. Dwin died in 1885, Nine children a Hummer, sulky or gang. It turns were born to thiscuuple, six of whom right or left and makes @ equare cor ny} survive her, viz:C. S. and Wm. D. Y ner. It is impossible to put an ounce th) ‘a1090 3YIL SLAS lots, and make special prices in quantities. Po PREREA SETS TIRE COLD Sncrepaits everything on Buggies, Car He would then do as nine tenths of the hay ages an agons. ur WOrk 18 88 ZOO as can be done, We can please you. raisers in our county has done. Buy a light- LEGG CARRIAGE SHOP. : : Southeast Corner Square, {ron block ning Hay Press and make hay while the sun BBO >OOOOA 6B BB OOOOOOE Wednesday night Mrs. M. A. Coop- er and daughters entertained a com- pany of young people at their home : south of town, The main features ‘ Worldly Stores of the evening were @ guessing con- test and music, after which refresh- ments were served. It was a late hour before the company dispersed. shines. We sold several car loads of these famous hay presses last season and every one gave entire satisfaction. Come and look them over, How about that new range or cook stove you promised your wife right after har- vest. We havea good stock of both and Cut ene prices are right. Also have a few refrigera- 9 Py 4 8- ? : oe CLARK FOR COCKRELL. tors left which we want to close out and will ing your worldly stores : make you a very low price. is to open an account Fi) 5, president, He Says, He Would Poll with this bank, Sup- ff! Every Anti-Republican Vote. pose you drop in and Atlantic, Ia., August 17.—Con- gressman Champ Clark yesterday de clared that now was Missouri's golden opportunity to have one of her illustrious sons elevated to the Faimew ha presidency. “General Francis Marion Cockrel! can be elected if nominated, and most } assuredly he should be nominated, 8 for the good of both the party and the country,” he declared. “General Cockrell would win. He Parmere. would poll every anti-Republican Insure your property with the | Yot? in America, and any man who Prairie Farmers Mutual Fire Insur- | can do that can be elected. His ree- Bring in your produce and we will pay you the highest market price in cash or trade, OUR STOCK OF GROCERIES was never better and prices are very low. Don’t forget our let us tell you about it. line of sulkies and gangs, namely, the Deere Ewin, and Mrs. T, B, Lutsenhizer, of of Bates county; Robert D, Ewin, in of weight on the plow as it hangs in a frame; it is so constructed that it the Indian Territory; Mrs. J. W. Stockton and Mrs. D. P. Gingrich in will go into the hardest road it Bates county and stay there; itis Oregon. Mrs Ewin with Mrs. Gingrich, re- made of maleable steel and will last almost a life time, and sold on the turned from a visit to her daughters strongest warrant that could be N tin shop in southern Missouri, and can do Bradley and New Idea, they are all winners. Are you going to build? If so get our prices 5) felt like she had been greatly benefit- ted by the trip, and was enjoying better health than she had for years before. Mrs Ewin was converted and join- ed the Baptist church at an early age and has lived a consistent chris- on hardware. We also have the best equipped & in Oregon about three weeks ago and placed on an implement. Never bad a Hummer returned, nor never had a kick from a customer—the return- NY ing and kicking all comes from our competitors. Wecan say the same furnaces and steam heating apparatus’s than q anything in that line. Also experts on plumb- ing and steam heating. Have placed more ance Co. ©, Hirst, Sec'y, | ord on all publie questions, including eww idhiGe: - Sha: ft 27-3m Papinville, Mo. | finance, is without aflaw. Therefore, scan pir Ae Pssr e of our Sattley Dise Gangs, made of issieatiincdgliel death : xce r au i i An all steel HAY PRESS for sale. | he would be acceptable to the silver “vee Aloving pe devoted mother, |*e same material—maleable and the entire county combined. New last year. Gro. 1. Lyxen, | Democrats, so-called, while his con 5 *)steel—easy to handle, durable, does akind neighbor. She lived such a life that her children call her blessed and the world was better by her life iz 88-1m |servatism would rally to his stand- Thanking you for past favors, we remain, secant ard Democrats who are not enam Five room house and four lots in| req of free silver, and Republicans East Butler, for sale or trade. A | who believe in this country attending good bargain. Enquire of Mrs. M.| ¢o its own business strictly and inits V. Carroll, Butler. ‘letting the affairs of other countries rea eee severely alone. ‘His liberality as to pensions would bring to his support lots of union veterans, and, of course, the Confed- erate veterans to a man would shout themselves hoarse for him. “Lam in favor of putting into the Abundance of coal at Hunt’s bank | presidential race every four years the in Hudson township. {1-tf | foremost Missouri Democrat and of aerate keeping on doing that until we not Our esteemed old friend Henry|only get a Missouri Democratic Gough, a substantial farmer living | president, but till we found a ‘Mis : southeast of Butler, was a pleasant | souri dynasty’ which shall eclipse in caller on Tuesday and favored us| length of service the far-famed ‘Vir- . with a renewal. Mr Gough has pur- | ginia dynasty.’ Cockrell is a tip-top % chased a nice residence in Butler,and | man to begin with. It is high time ; ‘he and his wite ) er supremacy perfect work, simple in construction, and the ONLY DISC GANG that you | {&] can turn right or left and make a Ss square corner, aud sold on the|¥ strongest warrant. We have other sulky plows we willsell you at $27.50 $30 and $32.50. Drills! Drills! Drills!!! Don’t buy @ drill until you have seen ours. Can sell you any kind of drill you want; hoe, shoe, dise or running drill any size. Anything in} the Implemement line you can buy of me at a bargain. Low prices on Yours truly, Bennett-Wheeler Merc. Co. bev anne Orr SESS Edison Phonograph and records, Allthe latest songs, band and orches- tra selections, for sale by Henry Ful- kerson, at Gough & Hess. 39-4 All Light Weight Men's, Boys and Childrens SUITS AND ODD PANTS A Bad Man. Ballard Breezes. From the Washington Post. Quarterly meeting at Bethel last Testimony has been offered in tle Sunday. i Kentucky feud trial to show that| Rev. Cobb closed meeting at Oak Capt. Ewen, principal witness for the | Hill Wednesday night of last week. prosecution, goes to church regular-| Mr. andMrs. Frank Hendrix visit- ly, pays his debts, does not drink, | ed L. S. Keirsey’sfamily Sunday. use tobacco or swear and is other-| Mr. Perry is visiting his old home wise a disgrace to the community. | in Johnson county. ns Walter Arbuckle is spending a va- cation in California. Dr. Miller was called to see a child Coal! Coal! mR gS é Major Claud Clark Marshal. mother is totally blind and young bandi Barton became very homesick to see | "2" t. : her, and finally took “French” leave. He armed himeelf with a Winches- The chiet of polfce of Nevada willtake |" 904 8 six shooter and started him back to his post, and deliver to| Ut To arouse excitement. he fired the commandant a petition for ciem- shots at several citizens and then he Ni le. went on the road. He held up a ency from the Nevada people farmer for his horse and went to Are Being Sold Regardless ~ Melor C1 Crkwho Wawa eee : i, ‘ LL. , sick. by shortly. in Democratic affairs. 9 9 H M WAG ( tain in the Spanish American war| Mr, Griffinand family left Thurs! The Nevada Post tells of the arrest Boy Wanted to Be a Bandit. and who was considered one of the | day for a visit to their old home in ie of Claud Barton, at his mother’s : best tacticians in the second regi- | Iowa, 4 home in that city, for.desertion from Muscogee, IL T., Aug. 16.—Loney Just received alargesupply of new, | ment, has been selected to actasmar-| The township has purchased a new 3 the navy. Barton is 22 years of age Courtney, 16 years old, living north bright bale ties and will make @ low| shal for the big Woodmen parade | road grader, which should be agreat ¥ and was at Mare Island, Cal. His|° this place, read the life of Tracey, price for cash. We are still giving | which takes place at the annual log- | benefit to our roads. ‘ the outlaw, and decided to turn To Make Room for our bargains for a short time on the best| rolling of the Central Missouri Asso- |. The Misses Philips, of Holden, are buggy in the world, the SAYERS & SCOVILL, The first prize taker over the world for the last 24 years. It is a pleas- ure to ride in a Sayers & Scovill buggy. You ride over hair cushions ciation, August 25. visiting their aunt, Mrs. Geo. Evans, ~ Over 5,000 are expected to bein} 4 township Sunday school conven- line for this monstrous parade and | tion will be held at Walnut Grove theselection of Major Clark to handle Sunday, August 30. Pansy. this large crowd is # most excellent one. Fall Stock. Money Saved We are in receipt of a little pam-|Inola. There he has intrenched him- phlet from Walter Williams, super-| self in a coalhouse and defies arrest. Here and clock springs. It doesn’t buck REAL ESTATE TRANSFERS. intendent of publication, World’s| He says fifty men cannot take him, eee Oth SHOR Gees OTe SRE: From A bt Aten aaa Fair, containing some practical aug-| The officers have offered a reward . Te is mode in all parte -of the finest CH Coen touF Maxwell 79 Ancc3, Wal- gestions for collecting and preparing | of $50 for the person who will arrest if you material obtainableand put together | nut, 9000, . exhibits in agriculture, horticulture, | the boy. ~ like cabinet work, and if you “intend ; — 4 nage et al to a Bailey lote 4, ° mines and metalurgy, Additional are in to compare it with any other buggy|° ‘yn, vue og 0 access, | Lhis falling of your Girl Killed in Rumaway. sold in Butler and expect to get it at| New Home, $2,200. Stop it, or you will soon came pic, You ned come, bata | uetame At same, can Uh Ayers Halt Vigor. The same we you o : 's r. boggles at $35, $40, $45, $50 and|iend™, Worked, et (Ming will stop, the hair 50. $60. We can sell you best VJ Cumptoa toJ H Nafus 47 A eec 9, Pleas t Gap, $1,175. is the ELY and if you buy one, you HP Tnarp to H D MoOliatock tract sec 1%, can get there Ely, to the tane of 15 | %e™ Home, #10.00. tons per day. Come and let me ex plain it to you, sold for cash or on copies may be had free by address- ing Missouri Commission, World’s| Santa Barbara, August 17.—Miss Fair, St. Louis, Mo. Katherine Grathwol, of St. Paul, Silas Levy-has been in Butler for Minn., is dead, Frederick Lueders, of several days, making arrangements | this city, is a raving maniac andtwo open out a millinery and ludy’s| others are missing as a result ofa to furnish store. He is having fitted u the McReynolds building en thonort opp a era trail last side and will open out the firet of | 2isht. rathwol was thrown September. The people of Butler from her seat and the others became py Page| gg Ng ttl ae one np Ete of Mr. an le came searching for them. ‘ pi ag Bag Apple fea bape ad Need of Clothes. Joe Meyer grow, and the scalp will be: clean and healthy. Why be satisfied with poor hair you can make it rich? Lotta Neweomb to Geo W Howell lot 175 ist Ad, Adrian, 61,30. AL Delavan to Wallace Hill 45 A sec 36, Grand River, $1,800. te tee WJ Gunnels to 5 8 Gannels 54 A sec 10, West a reputation as 8 good ElDorado Springe, Mo., Tourist.— THE CLOTHIER. 3 Diock 178, Rich Hill, @900. WF Rasey and B W Rasey to W A Ephiand Come and see me. lot | Ad, Butler, 9000, Williams. “ , honest and | Tickets on sale daily until Sept. 80th; yes third fare round trip, H. RB, Suanxs, Agt. Zib i