The Butler Weekly Times Newspaper, June 16, 1904, Page 11

oe PERBEREBEe=¢ = 7 County treasurer W. T. Johnson and brother, Ben, left Monday for | pointe in Texas. Treasurer Johnson |has been in poor health for some I time and hopes to be benefitted by & the trip. HOT? Well don’t fret and stew and worry, our CLOTHING, Our esteemed farmer friend J. H. Allison was a pleasant caller on Sat- ig urday and had his dates set ahead. | Mr. Allison is nov only an excellent farmer, but u breeder of fine catile, and has one among the best herds in the county. + } E. C. Moore, a prominent Demo-; ig cratic farmer of Pleasant Gap town- | o ship, was a pleasant caller on Satur-|@ day and favored us substantially. | 3 He is a son in law of the late Judge! SHIRTS and a J. M. Rogers, one of Bates county’s i) jearly settlers. a We learn that a gentleman named | KF | Thomas Mead, of near Caplinger Mille | ‘ | | Was stung to death by bees one day | = =] |last week. He happened to beon the | ig roof of his residence for the purpose cf making some repairs when aswarm of bees settled upon him —Humans ville Star-Leader. The men who held up the North Coast Limited near Bearmouth, | Mont., Thursday night, secured $65,-| BB 000 from the Northern Pacific Ex- somed company’s sate, which they |i lynamited ‘he safe was billed | i through from the coast to Chicago. | A man in Jackson county advertis- ed for a wife and got one. Now he ia | BY advertising that he will not be re-| my sponsible for any debts she may con. | tract. An exchange draws this mor- |i al: “If you want to catch them | By either coming or going, advertise. M. A. C. Davis, an old and well known Windsor citizen, died quite |i suddenly on Wednesday, He wasap-| arently in very good health up to a| lew hours before his death, He was! born in Benton county about 80 years ago and raised there. He had lived ‘\iu Windsor for twenty years or more |_—Clinton Democrot, tyken liberally with pair of WALK-OVER OXFORDS or even with a pair of BAREFOOT SANDALS is a panacea for hot weather, In extreme cases we recommend that our patients use LACE HOSE AND A STRAW HAT. we | AMERICAN | cLoTHES $ CLOTHING HOUSE. &] STORE. Men and Boys Outfitters. One Low Price to all. ee eM oo ae lfc elias eed alee creeacution are being made to ob- serve Independence Day at the Worlds Fair. An elaborate program is be-'j ing arranged for the 4th of July and the management is looking toward to making this the banner day in point|& of attendance and special features of | R entertainment at the Fuir, Sedalia, Mo , June 20.—Ln the pres ence of his brother, uncle and com anion, Walter Hull, theson of Henry ull, of this city, lost his life by drowning in Flat creck, near here yesterday. ‘The lad called for help, but they thought him joking. The|® body was recovered jate last evening. HE 00D SHOE STORE. a In our judgment the city council |} did a wise act in condemning all the | old wooden sidewalks in town and providing that only concrete or brick walks can be put in, Now if they | Bg The Butler ball team gave the Fé.) will provide for the width of the Scott Blues, a good trimming at the|{\\e walks, how foundations shall be (ake and park grounds Sunday even-| put in and the quality of material ing. The score stood 11 to 5 in favor] used it will be another step in the of Buthy. right direction, Sewerage pipe is being put ia on Ft. Scott St, and thestreet Is pretty badly torn up,a ditch four to six feet deep being dug in the middle of the street. ‘ A new store will be opened in the room lately vacated by the New York Racket. The goods arrived in town Monday and are being placed in po- sition. Kevielic(oicl Sheet Music, 10c at Dixon’s. Titus’ Telephone No. 37, Sheet Music, 10¢ at Dixon’s. Wheat harvest has begun in Kansas, | Prof, C. M. Leedy has been clected | principal of the schools at Merwin. Estill Brown, an orphan boy aged 13 years, at Warrensburg, is start- ing on the downgrade at an early age. Friday he wentinto the board- ing house of Peter Jennings, and into rooms occupied by young lady students of the Normal school, and stole about $50. When arrested the boy had $34.50 of the money in his pockets. John Patton has added a new and | handsome bus to his depot cab line. The Republican national conven- tion met in session at Chicago Tues- } day. | John McKissick, of Kansas City, | is visiting relutivesand friends in the city. A three story brick bullding eccu- pied by the Otto Kuehne Preserving Company, 300 Delaware street, Kan- sas City, collapsed Monday morning, |° and twenty-five people were buried ia the ruins. Two persons were killed The Prohibition party of Vernon county has decided to put a ticket in the field. RW. J. Bryan visited the World’s| ’ Pair Friday and called on President Our young friend Geo. H. Walls, of | Passaic, was a pleasant caller on Saturday and had THe TIMEs sent to his sister, Mrs. Hattie Cowdrey, at Bois City, Idaho. Francis. Mrs. Jessie Hunter and little sonjand a number were badly injured. ages ba : ‘ | : 5 ._ | left for their home in San Jose, Cal.,|The accident was caused by over- Raisin. %, bs ry a 4 Wheat harvest will soon be on like- | —AND— Our popular jeweler Geo. Ellis | jac week. Mrs, Hunter came to be|loading the top floor, which gave] My .E ue Genes Ie torte oe | wise cate atid hay. Itis to be hoped | orders Tue Times to J. J. Newbill at | .it), her mother, Mrs. Jobn Pyle, in| ay by pushing the north wall of the ofthe Farmers Bank, and itwasa| other will take a change and ‘ ‘ Summerville, Ore hibag Beerigie 6 paneer um aa close call for timt building. Every ; il take & change ar He she . her last sickness. building out. instrument in the telegraph oftice | be favorable to the farmer in harvest | | rens ul S Mrs. Max Weiner returned home Ate meeting for men only held at| Clark, the little son of Mra. Eliza | wae ruined. pry my he os | on hia wheat, oats | the first of the week from an extend- the Ohio St. M. EB. church Sunday |Gillum, of Knobnoster, Mo, was Sn Pee eee Pees —IN— | ed visit to 8t. Louis. afternoon. a collection amounting to | drowned {n a pond near hig homethe| The following notice was taken] Acar load of “Dagoes” were un- } other day. With several other youngsters the little fellow was fish- ing. Finally the boys began to wade in the pond, dnd Clark stepped off in deep water. The boys with him were too small to aid him, and the little fellow lost his life. Carey Snyder, son of R. M. Snyder, whose sentence of five years in the nitentiary for bribery, was reve y the supreme court last week, was brought into Judge Wofford’s gourt in Kansas City Monday and sentenc- ed to two years in the penitentiary for highway robbery. Snyder had held up 0. H. Stevens and wife and rob them of diamonds worth $2,500 in 1902. He nas been in jail since that time. On account of age Judge Wofford paroled bim. In ite haste to ry in the sewers the city council should not forget that there is a legal way todo public work to avoid future trouble. or a loose way that may involve the city inend- less litigation. The law provides that the cit'sons of a district must petition for @ sewer, or the property be condemned for sanitary reasons. We ufderstand that in only one dis trict has this provision of the law been observed. Sometimes it is best to make haste slowly. The following Butler orld’s Fai; over $100 was taken up for the ben- efit of Evangelist Brown. Glanders has broken out in the big mule herd of Michael & Moore at Marshall, Mo., and several mules af- fected by the disease have been shot by order of the county court. Before returning from the World’s Fair Mrs. T. A. Black, Mra. Jesse Smith and Miss Agnes Arnold, will go over to Cairo, Iil., on a little visit to Mrs. Logan, sister of the above ladies, Three boys were killed by lightning at Felton, Pa., Sunday. The boys were stealing cherries fromla farmer’s orchard and were standing under the tree at the time for protection from thegtorm. Chas. Davidson, of Hume, was brought before the county court Fri day of last week. His sanity being inqnired into, he was adju insane and ordered confined in the asylum at Nevada. ‘ L. A. Kelley and family of Platts- burg, Mo., aud Mre. Jas. Gage and son Kelley of Cameron, Mo, who have been visiting their sister, Mrs J. Y. Whitsitt, of this city, returned home Tuesday. The Repablicans will hold a con- vention in Butler July 2d, to choose dagen? aie Sat ant at St. uly . oot the judicial convention at Jeffer- son City in August. L. P. Cotten has purchased the {n- terest cf L. F. Robinson in the north | Robert =< a ose epplecionn Sidon to r derafand en ms of the Rich Hill Two horses in the Brooks pasture east of Rich Hill were killed by light- ning Friday night. Gen. H. C. Clark W. 0. Jackson and J. A. Cobb represented Bates county in the St. Joseph convention Tuesday. George L Clements and Fred Mil- ler, were killed by lightning near Neosho, Mo. When struck they were standing under a tree. While trying to rob astoreat New- ‘ton, Mo., beng he last week, Dan Reynolds was shot and‘killed. George DeArmond, a cadet at West Point, yo son of C man eye DeArmond, is home for a visit. William Haynes of Nyhart, and Miss Polly Boyles of Butler, were married Sunday by B. F. Jeter. The Adrian Journal reports that Mra, Reese fell from acherry tree aud broke both of her arme just above wriste. Mo. Pecific railway hasa la Lid { men at work repairing its —~ of Ovid, damaged by the he he F udge March and Surveyer John-~ east of the Lavi are week: The Republican committee up in Howard county reported a vacancy from one township, because the only Republican in that township had voted for Folk at the Democratic pri- maries. bar from holding the position of Re publican committeeman, that party is likely to have trouble sfter this election in several townships in this county in tindiag men eligible to the | position. Friday morring about fouro’clock | ©. oveurred the severest electric storm that has vis western union telegraph office over & wire, and set fire to the wood work An alarm was turnedin anda prompt from the Roswell, N. Mex., Record: “Captain C. W Haynesreturned yes- terday from Kansas City accompan- ied by his - wife Thursday evening of last week Capt Haynes was married to Mrs. Eva i Lewis. Mr. and Mrs. Haynes will \ county recorder J.C. Hale, who now lives at Artesia, New Mexico. Haynes is the father of Mra. W. C. Burris, formerly of this city and has some acquaintances in Butler, hav- ing visited here. J. B. Lotspeich, one of our crack farmers so the city Monda ports everything booming in his neck-o’-the w@ods. Said he had 200 acres of corn wanted to plan were getting a little weedy, but all weather and he would clean them out. The wheat, oats and hay crop, vest in this line would be reaped, the weather not preventing. The union protracted meeting at the Ohio etreet M. E. church is still in been conducting the gervices intend- ed to take his departure for Paris, Mo., Wednesda: .| the interest in Tuesday.night’s meet- in, on more day. The building Tuee- day night was taxed to its utmost and the evangelist preached a feeling: and interesting, sermon it is regret- ted he cannot remain another week. The carried right along by the mini-tera of the city. ° McKibbens Just as well Buy Good Goous oo9 * * Pe A NIT NRE ar A, ieee ON SALE . 4 25c Shirt Waist Suitings FE FOR j 12 1=2C yard New Bastistes at 5c, 8\e, 10¢, 12\e, 15¢. ' New Fancy Mohairs, for Shirt waist suits, New Silk Shirt waist Suitings. New Kid Belts, new shopping bage. New Lave Collars, new fans, new parasols, Stylish New Oxfords $1,00, $1.50, $2.00, $2.50, $3.00. Rach pair guaranteed. BEAUTIFUL New Rugs , 4 * + * + + + + Velvet Rugs $2.00 Axmister Rugs 2,50 up Smyrna Rugs 2.50 up Room Size Rugs — $8.50 up. Stylish Lace Curtains 50c up. Good Goods at Lowest Prices. MICKIBBENS, CA ay With | out Fear of Contradiction, We have the best and St. Louis sent a batch-of thirty- | ‘ig SIX prisoners to the ponitentiary 5 last week. | 8 Miss Olivia E«swein returaed home | If voting for Folk is to be a; last Saturday from a two' weeks’ vis- | | it to hee friends and schoolmates in | | Adrian. | Whatever may be said about David | R. Francis, he has a sensible wife. | | She says she will pot wear low cut, | dresses at the World’s Fair. FE. Gould, blacksmith at Adrian, suffering from a deranged mind, wis brought to Butler Thursday of last week, and being examined be was) adjudged insane and was ordered | sent to the asylum at Nevada by the | county court. | our city in many rutniag ran into the largest stock of Wiens, Boys loaded here Tuesday morning and placed-in the empty construction cars | Bates Cou n ty. that have been laying here idle since | J 4 |, the strike a few weeks ago, and tak- Every garment guar- ento Amoret to work on the steam 2 f shovel, near there.—Merwin Clipper. anteed as sold. ; At Kansas City W. L. Pierpoint of Nebraska, spent Saturcay and Sunday in the city vis- iting at the residence of his father in- law, T. W. Silvers. He left for Joplin Monday to take charge of a store. Mrs. Pierpoint, who has been visit- ing her parents remained in the city. Come to Butler, Mo., | —FOR THE— JULY 4th Togged up in one of ke their home in Roswell. “Mrs. wis was resently divorced from ex- Capt. The minister’s alliance at Nevada, Mo., are preparing for a grest union revival meeting in October. A tent with a seating capacity of 3,000 to 4,000 will be erected and a revivalist of national reputation will be engag- ed to conduct the meeting. Ex.Mayor of Butler, G. W. Clardy, with the Woods, Waller & Holtz Realty Company, Kansas City, was a pleasant caller the last of the week. He was with Mr. Miller, of Clay coun- ty, who was looking at the McBride farm, west of Butler, with a view of trading for it. bear Passaic, was in y Mr. Lotspeich re- rd lanted and up and ore; said his fielde asked was a few days of fair said, was looking well and a har- | ‘utng Suits PRICES $5 to $12.00 Good Clothes for Little Money. JOE MEYER, THE CLOTHIER. Dr. Wm. St. Johns, the Eye Specialist of Kansas City, will be atthe Day House in Butler, June 29thand 30th. If your eyes are giving you trouble come in and have them examined. Dr. St. John has been making regular visits to Butler for over three years and can give as reference all of the leading citizens of Butler. Examination and coneulta- tion free. Rev. Brown who has but so great was he was prevailed upon to remain we understand wil: be