The Butler Weekly Times Newspaper, December 24, 1903, Page 8

4 2 is Rte tt aie Be bea de SiS SRR LR Pn INT pin ZEN HUND ¢ PA store. | | | BORO OOOSGOHOODOI OOOO Overshoes and Felt Boots Aft prices you cannot afford to miss, High quality and low price meet at our Poffenbarger & Edwards, REDS RS of PM DDPOOODOIOOONOOLODOOIOOEIOOOOO00O. O2S22SOOHGOOOIOOOIOOOO OOO, Good looking work horse for sale | Price $65, Pay-| G.I Lyxew | will drive single. ments to suit Skorty acres of land to rent near} Adrian, eall on A. J. Sarva, Sdo Adrian, Mo, Sbinaaenninaaaaamnimammaaaiame WANTED, at once, a good cook at Apply to Mus. Jor T, Sarva the county juil Two farmers kill each other ina fisht over cattle breaking down a fence near Ardmore, prices on West Side —W. H. Morris, 7-2t Considering the unfavorable weath erthe past two Saturdays, the Butler merchants have enjoyed a good Christmas trade. Go to W. H. Morris’ sheet music, West Side, for latest Tdi James and George Price returned home the fore part of last week from their father’s Lome northeast of iKnobnoster, where they were called on aecount of the sickness and death of their father, —Foster Times Estey organs at W, H. Morris’ on . West Side. T-2b Tower Hill, UL, Dee, 22.—At 1 o'clock this morning robbers blew the safe of the bank at Tower Hill and escaped with about $5,000. The | explosion completely wreeked the safeand vault. The burglars got away. All kinds of excuses are being set | up of late for separation of man and | wife, A new one comes from Kansas | City, Alfred Ramsey claims that his wife has deserted him because she did not like his glass eye. Ramsey is on the shady side of GO while his wife is 24. He says he did not tell his wife he had a glass eye before they were married. When she learned these facts she becaine angry and later she deserted him.—Ex. Have your old organ re-built | y W. H. Morris on West Side. He wil) do it right and at the right price. 72 The distance traveled by the Union Pacific steamers from San Francisco to Manila is as follows: From San Francisco to Honolulu, 2089 miles; from Honolulu to Hongkong 4,917 miles; from Hongkong to Manila, 628 miles—total, 7,634 miles, The new Pacific cable from San Francisco to Manila by the way of Houolulu is approximately 8,000 miles long.— Ex. . For Sate—Piano, nearly as gool as new for $50. Also househul fur- niture all new and up to date. Will sell at a bargain, as we are going to California. Live \ mile northwest of depot on the old Wade farm. *7-26 J. E. Witson, The Lamar Democrat tells of a young man of “splendid physique,” who came to visit his aunt in that town the other day. He was over- joyed to see her and hugged her en- thusiastically. When he let her go she fell in afaint. A physician was called and it was found that the lov- ing nephew had broken one of the good woman’s ribs. Not many nephews are so glad as that to see their aunts. How much isshe worth? A New York lawyer is suing John/| obtaine1. It is proposed to wait’ Mitchell for $200,000 for his services strike. Have W. H. Morris to repair your old or new sewing machine on West Side. 7-26 Jd, Wesley Badgett, Democratic committeeman of Howard township, | wasin town this afternoon inter- | viewing Santa Claus. Don’t know jiu what young lady’s interest the visit was made, but we caution the | belles of western Bates to &x up their smiles as sweet as possible between this and the 25th.—Rich Hill Keview Frank Eakin will retain the rhneh known as the Brachier ranch, some | had made with a Kansas party whieh } caused him to diclare the trade off, | Mr. Eakin, however, has purchased \a half interest ina store at Manhat- tan, Kan., and will no doubt devote a large portion of hia time to the business there.—Rich Hill Review. Wayren—We wish to employ a | Young lady in Butler or Bates county to do several months’ work. She | should have aright good education und a wide acquaintance, Good pay for the amount of work to be done | Work can begin right away, address {in own hand writing, Sarre Privtive Co, Springtield, Mo. 8-26 There is probably no show on the road that is more humorous and causes more side-splitting laughter ; than the antics of that young imp of good nature, “Peck’s Bad Boy,” and the tricks he plays on his pa, his ma and the groceryman are well known to nearly every man, woman and child in America, The Bad Boy and his capable company will appar at the Opera House Monday, Dee. 28th. “The Missouri Girl,” which will ap- pear at Butler is a well known attraction that hardly needs any introduction to the theater going public of this city, as the play has left a aplendid reputation from its last appearance here. The company at present presenting the comedy is exceedingly strong, every one being seleeted for their peculiar fitness for the parts assigned. This charming comedy will be produced with all its wealth of special scenery at the Op era House, Saturday Dec. 26. Andy Erhart was painfully burned Wednesday morning, but fortunately escaped fatalinjuries. He was start- ing the fires at his home, which con- sists of simply lighting the gas jets. For some reason the fire did not burn in a satisfactory way and, to hurry up the flames, he took what he supposed to be the kerosene can to pour some oil on the jet. Instead he got the gasoline can. The explosion which followed set fire to the house and burned Mr. Erhart about the face, head and hands in a fearful manner.—Adrian Journal. Some of the Butler papers are fall- ing over themselves doing the polite to Rich Hill, insisting that the poul- try show be held in that town. The past two exhibitions of the Bates County Poultry and Pet Stock Asso- ciation, held in Butler, were a credit to this town and Bates county. The association duesn’t have to go beg- ging tor @ place to hold their annual exhibition. The progressive merch- ants of Butler would gladly advance the money necessary to make it a success if suitable room could be until the weather settles in the court square. . |The St. Louis & San Francisco| 10 DEAD, 32 INJURED. Fast Train Meteor Ran Into an Open Switch. SOLTH OF FORT SCOTT, KAN. Forty Scott, Kan., Dee. 21 —The Meteor, the fast Texas, Oklahoma and Kaneas®City train upon the Sr. Louis & San Francisco railway, which left Fort Worth yesterday af- ternoon for Kansas City, was wreck- ed at Godfrey, fifteen miles s uth of Fort Scott, Kan., at 4 o’cloek this morning. The trainranintoan open switch, and all the coaches except the sleeper were derailed and turned over. Right persons were killed and near- ly every person on the train injured. Several ure in a critical condition, Fifteen were seriously injured and fifteen slightly. The dead and injur- ed were brought here, arriving at 11 o'clock. Engineer B. A. Dewees, of Fort Scott, the conductor, George Hoyt, of Sapulpa, IT. T., and the fireman, Theodore Rishard, of Fort Scott, were all almost instantly killed. The ex- press messenger, Joho Bell, of Kan- sas City, was dangerously injured and died later. Thenews agent, John Bluebacker, also died of his injuries, Two postal clerks from Kaneas City, 4. W. Adamson and H. B. Darling. ton, were injured. The wrecked train was one of the finest and fustest trains in the ser vice, It was made up of two bag gage cars, one mall car, a smoker, two chair cars and a sleeper, When the train reached (iodfrey, it was be- hind, and running at full speed to muke up time. THE CAUSE OF THE WRECK le responsibility for the wreck is laid to a brakeman of the freight crew who fuiled to flag the passenger train, He has disappeared. The freight was ordered to remain on the main track and turn the switch for the passenger then about due. The brakeman was ordered to flig the Meteor. This he neglected to do, It was still dark when the passen- wer train got into Godfrey and turn- ed into the open switch, When the crash came those in the sleeper and chaircars were thrown violently from their berths and chairs into the aisles, It was dark and the confus- ion was such that it was some time before those of the crew who had es- caped injury were able, with the help of passengers from the sleeper, tonid the injured. A wrecking crew carry- ing physicians could not leave Fort Scott for the scene until several hours after the wreck. Wife-Slayer Kills Himself. la., Dec. 22.-L. W. Horn, a farmer residing three miles southeast of here, shot and fatully wounded his wife atchurch last night and then put @ bullet through his own brain. Jealousy is the supposed cause, Horn fl«d south, pursued by a sher- iff anda brace of bloodhounds. At daylight his body was found in Sedan, with a bullet hole through his head. Ceuterville, Women Oppose Smoot. Richmond, Inv’., Dee. 22.—The movement among the women of In- diana to bring about the unseating of Senator Reed Smoot has becomea formidable one, and this state will be heard from through hundreds of petitions to members of congress. The Women’s Home Missionary So- ciety of the Methodist church, north Indiana cunference, of which Mrs. L. H. Bunyan, of the city, is the secre- tary, is at the head of the movement, She has sent out petitions to all poste of the conference, and they will be circulated and sent to the capital. The women’s social clubs of thestate will also be asked to send in peti- tions. The Indiana W. C. T. U. is also active in the matter. A man has just died at Indepen:- ence, Mo., at the age of 82, who had been buried alive asa boy. While in econdition of catalepsy he was be- lieved dead and was buried with all due ceremony, but the body was af- terwards taken up by doctors forthe purpose of dissecting in the interest of acience. The supposed corpee re- vived on the dissecting table and lived to his present age. He describ- led on several occasions all the har- rowing details of his experience while | entombed.—Ex. A 15-year-old boy, who weighed | 350 pounds, died at Wellington, Kan. jcottin for the body. |Danger of Handling Diseased Animals. The Nevada Post of Saturday says: “Morris Mann left to day for Gold- en City, where he is called by the serious illness «f his son-in-law, K Sublett. Mr. Sublett and his son are both suffering with blood poison. “The sickness is attributed handling the fresh hide of a cow. “Both father and son had abras- ions on their hands and the poison is to PEPE ea SoS eSssSaeieseS SISA» supposed to have entered the system in that way. Mr. Snblett’s thumb has been eaten almost entirely away and the’ poison has permeated bis entire body. The boy is affecte {in one of his figures but bis condition is! nut so serious as that of his father. | “"My sonin-law deals in hides,’ said Mr. Maun, ‘and 1 suppose the hide which caused the trouble was! tuken froma diseased animal. It is} very dangerous to work with the body of a calf which has died with | bluck-leg. .1 lost one recently with that disease and a neighbor asked me why I did not save theskin§ I told him I would not do it for the best. farm in Vernon county and 1 meant it,’ ” A Costly Mistake. Blunders are sometimes very ex- pensive. Occasionally life itself is the price ofa mistake, but you'll never be wrong if you take Dr, King’s New Life Pills for dyspepsia, dizziness, headache, liver or bowel troubles, They are gentle yet thorough, at H. L. Tucker's drug store, 25e, , § \ASSSESS “Iceaee A eee ° SPECIALS AT Norfleet & Reams FOR CHRISTMAS once, | Norfleet a. National Bank, 1,500 Pounsd of Fine Candy Leave your orders for Christmas Cakes. Onr entire line of Qneensware and Glassware at actual cost, as we intend to quit handling this line of goods, and desire to close it out at A Car Load of Soft Wheat Flour Just received from Nevada Mills. Every sack guaranteed to be as good as the best. No better flour made, try a sack. West Side Square, four doors from Bates AZAIERAE AWA AcE SA & Ream, Petit Jurors. The county court at its sesalon | Wednesday selected the following petit jury for the February term ot court: Howard, W. B. 8. Gault;' Osage, A.C. Sampson; Prairie, Wo A. Evans; Rockville, Frank Fix; Hud- son, D. D, Peeler; Pleasant Gap, Sam Home, John Hornback; Walnut, W. M. Campbell; Homer, Chas, Allman; ! Charlotte, 8. E Jones; Mt. Pleasant, Chae. Douglass; Summit, Jno, Seel- inger; Deepwater, D. Vunhoy;Spruce, Chris McGuire; Shawnee, G. F Als- bach; Mound, Wm. Browning; Elk- hart, Ed Heavlin; West Point, Otis Sammers; West Boone, Wm. Witt; East Boone, Wm. Harris; Deer Creek, Henry Moudy; Grand River, J. W. Chapman; Mingo, J. M. White, WANTED—trvstwortHy LADY oR gentleman to manage business in this county and adjoining territory for house of solid fiuancial standing. $20.00 straightcash salary and ex penses paid each Monday direct from headquarters, Expense money ad vanced: position permanent. Ad- dress Manager, 605 Monon Bldg., Chicago, 3 8t. Jolly Funeral, This. “Buy me six brandies and sodas, And place them all in a row, And say to those six jolly fellows, ‘Driuk & health to a dufier so low.’ Milwaukee, Wis., Dec. 28 —This was included in the will left by Wil- liam Rausch, who set aside $50 for r-freshments for his six pallbearers. The estate was valued at $600 and , thie was carefully distributed so as to reach his closestfriends. The $50 was well spent, the celebration being held in a saloon, and each drinker wished the dead man a “‘speedy jour- ” The story of a great deal of the unhappiness of women isa of lost health, Women ‘wonder how it is that little by little on form oa lumpness, the Esey w hol- low and sallow, and they feel tired and ‘worn-out all the time, In-alarge pro- portion of cases when women are weak, run-down and falling off in flesh and looks, the root of the trouble can be to womanly diseases which under- mine the health. The proof of this is that women who have been cured of painful womanly diseases by the use of Dr. Pierce's Favorite Prescription have recovered their general health, gained in flesh and in ay nce, Dr. Pierce's Favorite iption cures the womanly diseases which sap the gen- eral health. It establishes regularity, dries weakening drains, heals inflamma- tion and ulceration and cures female weakness. "1 suffered for three years with ovarian trouble,” writes Mrs, Anna og (Treasurer Woman's Athletic Club), of Sycamore St. Milwaukee, Wis." tment T took did not do me a particle of |, until a good nei; bor who deen Pierce’ ay) Dr. 's Fay ite Prescription advised me to give it atrial. The next day —. my first —_ it wings & first step toward recovery. In nine weel was a dit nt woman; my fiesh which had been flabby became firm, oe clear and my eyes bright. It was simply an indication of the it change within from pain and suffering to ith and happiness.” “Favorite Prescription” makes weak women strong, sick women well. <Ac- cept no substitute for the medicine in settling the recent anthracite coal | spring and hold it in a tent in the It was necessary to make a special! Which works wonders for weak women. Dr. Pierce’s Pleasant Pellets invigorate | stomach, liver and bowels, \ i story | collection of the tax. ‘y ASS ILSA: (SISASSIS MLL AAOLA SSS Vieng Out Sale WATCHES, CLOCKS, JEW- @ ELRY, CHINAWARE, AND ~ CUT GLASS AT 22D Re N Sacrifice Prices. & My entire stock must be sold as soon 5 as possible. Yes, Iam going to quit! S FRANK BERNHARDT, ' THE JEWELER. ., RIVER DRAINAGE BOARD, Decided to Adjourn and Mcet Again. Held a Meeting in Butler. Allis not fair sailing with the River DrainageCommission. The tax-pay ers, the farmers who own the over- flow lands, are being heard from in no uncertain language. The great majority of them, in fact nearly all of them, are opposed to the law as it appears on the statute books and opposed to the methods of the com- mission. The meeting in the court room last Wednesday was well at- tended. Aside from the routine busi- ness, Opinions were expressed by Messrs. Earhart, Sullens, McFadden, March, Edwards, Philbrick, Davis and others, nearly ail uf whom took positions against the enforcement of thelaw as at present constructed and declared their intention to resist the The Board ad- journed to another date, after decid- ing to get legal advice on the con- stitutionality. of the law, and if the levy could be enforced. About half the members of the board were in favor of resigning. Band Concert. Opera House, Christmas night, Friday, Dec. 25th, Butler firedepart | ment band, Chas. L. Fisk, director. PROGRAMME, 1, Willow Grove March. 2 Medley Selection. .-Voltizer 8, Reading, Miss Stella Christy. Selected. 4." Waltzes. When Knighthood was in -« Loralr @ Selected » Sorrentino |. Anvil Chorus, Forge in the Forest ‘ a .Eilenberg 7, Male Quartett, Legg, Morris, Peach, Allen. . 8. Warm Reception % Saxaphone Solo. Chas. L. Fisk . Chillian Dance . Il, Vocal Solo, Mrs. KE. B, Adam: 12, Saxaphone Quartett, Fisk, Allen, Nix, Allen ...«Selected 18, Peacefal Henry.................. o-eelelley Fear of dynamiters caused extra guards to be kept on the night train ota railroad between New York and Boston. | Auctioneer. I want to cry your sales. Give me atrial. Satisfaction or no charges. | Best of references furnished on appli- leation. Call on or address, C. E, Ropwixs, Aworett, Mo. 45-tf - REAL ESTATE TRANSFERS, By Waranty Deepa, From Dec. 17 to 4 inclusive, Lena Thompzon to M L Winter 150 A sec 2 @8 P Gap $83, H D Chambers to J H Hall 63 A sec 80 DCreek 3165. Frank Smith to Jos M McKibben pt lot 8 bik 2 Butler $7000 M C Powell to T N Sunderwirth tract se@ 14 Rockville $380, A Lugenbeal to R G Shoush tract sec 22 & 27 Rock ville $500, Lee Culver to J F Herrell lot 2 blk 4 Hunt Ad Butler $750 MA Seymour to J B Wilson 60 A see7 W Boone $1000. CH Dickensheets toJ K Hulse pt bik 18 W Side Ad Butler $300, W W Park to LJ Rubel tract sec 18 Charlotte $i. LJ Rubel to W W Park tract see 18 Chartotte. #1. Sarah J Jacobs to Naney E Mitchell lote3&4 Haustons Ad Adrian @465. i: M E Trowbridge to W O Trowbridge 74 A sec 14.& 28 K Boone $2,976. A L Burress to Geo Witter bike 11 &18 Mer- win $1200, You can hardly find a home § without its Ayer’s Che A Pectoral. Parents what it does for children: breaks Cherry Pectoral up a cold in a single night wards off bronchitis, pneumonia. Physicians vise parents to keep iton hi