The Butler Weekly Times Newspaper, August 18, 1904, Page 5

The Nevada papers claim the coun- try is swarming with horse thieves | and burglars-In the past few weeks + several horses have been stolen in Vernon county. So far the Bates| = county farmer has escaped pretty | vell, but it wil! be safe to keep al =. sharp look out er Mrs. Chas. Scott returned last wee LOWEST PRICES FOR GOOD GOODS. from a protracted visit to relatives and friends in Iowa. Her visit was saddened by the death of her eldest sister, who was sick only a short| fg time. Shelefia son and daughter, nearly grown. DeWitt McDaniel, residing ont in Spruce township, reports his wife, who | ie in May last suffered from a stroke of | i paralysis, as beinglittle or no better She has lost the use of one of herarms entirely and one side of her body is more or less effected. Josephine, wife of Jos Raybourne, | Ry | died at the family residence in Eik-| § hart township, last night at 8 o'clock. Funeral was held at Mount Vernon} B church, conducted by Elder Lewis. | Deceased was 33 years old and a member of the Baptist church.— Adrian Journal, 11th. Mr. and Mrs. Joe Meyer and daugh- | ter Clasie, left Sunday for St. Louis. They will do the Fair for a few days, when Mrs, Meyer will visit relatives and friends in Illinois. Mr. Meyer will devote afew days to buying before returning home. “Here with the Goods” “That will please you in the line of Clothing AN) Shoes. Our guarantee goes with every purchase. - Satisfaction or Money Back. DANISH CLOTH CAN BE WASHED J. W. Gilkerson, aged 63 years, a patient at the state hospital at Ne- vada dropped dead at the asylum at 6 o'clock Friday evening of heart disease. His family reside at Aurora, Mo. His mental faculties bad been about restored and he was to have returned home in a few days. Bie le ee ede el (SSILADDSLDSIIA DA» St ALL COLORS 15¢ yard. Henry Donovan in attempting to balance himself on one foot on the front wheel of @ spring wagon to throw some pitchforks into the hay mow, fell across the wheel and frac- Beautiful New _. Fall Styles IN Dress Goods, POP BB SS Shirt Waist Silks, Walking Skirts, EE. ee. a Se eS Sele be Rain Coats, Skirtings, Waistings. FS. SB SVS SVBe—e posceesecoos 000 , CoE RESEOEEOD THE - AMERICAN THE tured three of his ribs, Dr. Lyle was : : 7 called, set the bones and made his Come and See ns, we want your trade. We sell Butterick Patterns. GOOD CLOTHING HOUSE GOOD patient as comfortable as possible rf ' the wounds while painful are not nec- ° CLOTHES 2 SHOE essarily dangerous. ; ~ STORE. Mens and Boys Outfitters, STORE. The Amsterdam Enterprise, here- + ONE LOW PRICE TO ALL, tofore independent politically, comes ‘ ¥ BY croosesosee< 990 ronoeoooeoo out in its last issue in a well written | + i editorial stating that “After a care- ‘ : * j rad PIL AMAM ALLOA ful view of the political field, the , . — —_— , , ——! gy eR . , : eee partios and the principles they repro-| Al Mud allen Rates Kaas oxic elbcica cits Roa CR CONS ES RS — a " | sent, the Enterprise has decided to Squire B. F. Jeter fe epending his Mice Mollie Wadkins, daughter of cast its lot with the Democratic par- J. A. Bowles, a farmer living nine! The Ladies Home Mission of the) The Modern Woodmen ptenic at ] vacation at the World’s Fair. B. F. Wadkine, returned Monday ty,” The Enterprise hoists the Dem- miles southeast of Clinton was acci-} M. E. church, south, will give a 10c) Amsterdam Wednesday of last week, ! from a visit to friends and relatives} °’ dently killed Friday. He was work- ing on the top of an oat stack when he slipped and fell, alighting on his head. He moved to Henry county Jast fall from Illinois. Prof. Morris went to Sedalia Mon- day to see his mother, who is quite ; sick. The house of the editor of the Hume Telephone caught fire and but Our young friend W. H. Caldwell P B Ptr ae ith a renewal the last of | {T Prompt and hard work of the the week. * neighbors the editor would have been homeless, Miss Mina Heinlein {s down from Kaneas City visiting friends and iel-| Bate Batchelor, of Deepwater, and atives. Mr. Rains of near Clinton were in But- ; ler on Monday and favored us pleas- W..A. Horn of Harrisonville, spent | antly. Mr. Batchelor having his f Sunday in the city visiting his broth-| gates set ahead. - er Miles 8. Horn. E.C. Woodson and Mise Addie Keir- Ph = : ee atl = ah ja sey, both of Sprague, were married bashes fate ro jana on a visit to Mr. | 1+ Rey. H. J. Crockett at the Christ- ene ian Church parsonageon Wednesday afternoon of last week. ocratic ticket and will support the a party from president down. In noticing the accident at the depot turn table last week, in which young Bennett Henry lost his leg, we failed to give the name of Dr. Renick as one of the physicians who, in connection with Drs. Christy and Foster amputated the limb. Dr. Renick is one of the oldest and most successtul physicians in the county, commands a large and lucrative practice and stands high in the med ical fraternity. Cards are outannouncing the mar- riage of Miss Lida Holloway to Or- ville Couchman, Wednesday, August 31, 1904, at the home of the bride’s parents, Mr. and Mrs. F. Holloway in Elkhart township. These are popular and worthy young people of that locality. Our old friend Jesse Nave dropped in on us Tuesday. He ts living in LaFayette county, near Lexington, which was his old home before com- ing to Bates many years ago. He says crops are light there but better than we have here. The editor of Tue Times acknowl @ \ges receipt of sample of as fine budded peaches as we have seen from Mrs. Sam L. Coleman, through the courtesy of Sam’! Spears. The peaches were as large as our fist, and those acquainted with us know they were whoppers. Mrs. Coleman will please accept our thanks. A.C. Sampson, the gentlemanly secretary of the Rich Hill Fatr asso- ciation, was in the city the last ofthe week advertising his fair August 30th to Sept. 2nd inclueive. Mr. Sampson says that more attention will be paid to stock and agricultura! exhibite, while sustaining their splen did reputation for the trotting and racing rings. He said the prospects are flattering for the best fair they ever had. We acknowledge a call and courtesies. Frank Freeman, who has been dan_ gerously sick the past week, is. re. parted to be a little better, Bert Owen, of Housen, Nebraska, a former citizen of Butler, is visiting his sister, Mrs, Arthur Steele. Misses Anna Whitsitt and Ada Morgan are sight-seeing at the World’s Fair this week. Mrs. A. Henry and son Harry have gone to Colorado Springe to spend the remainder of the summer. t Mies Mollie Buckley, of Springfield, ' spent several days in the city last week, visiting her friend, Miss Ida Whitsitt. ; Frank Smith, who has been hold- ing a position at the Wold’s Fair since early spring, returned home lust week. _*Mrs. Percy Speer, who had been ~ visiting her father, Constable Jim /. Angle, returned to her home tn Kan- eas City the last of the week. HLL. Cartia, a prominent citizen '. of Hume, was in the city the lsat ‘of the week on business and favored us pleasantly ‘and had his dates set Ont ofa string of fifty buggies along the road from the well to theentrance of the park at Nevada, Friday night whips were stolen fromall of them ex- cept three, says the Post. Wm. E. Walton returned the last ofthe week from Green Mountain Falls and reports a very pleasant outing. Mrs. Walton will not return until cooler weather. Jobn Barnhill, an old traveling man, well known to all our business The eighth annual reunton of old| ™° died at the home of his daugh- soldiers, held at Nevada lake park| Mrs, Smith, at Maywood station last week, closed Saturday. The en-|" Kansae City and Independence campment was one of the most suc- electric car line on Monday last. He ceseful ever held. had been sick for two years. At the beginning of the civil war Jr. Barn- Coi. Wesley Badgett, assessor of} hill wae living near Blue Springs. He Howard township, aninfluential and | was one of the first tojoin Quantrell’s prominent Democrat, was in Butler | band. He was with Quantrell through- Saturday after'his assessor’s booke. | out the war and was present at his We acknowledge & pleasant call. death. After the war Mr. Barnhill located in Independence and was en- County clerk Joho Herrell says in a ride three miles northeast of jtown gaged in business until 1888. he saw corn that will make filty ~The prohibitioniste held a conven: bushels to the acre, It is on J. W. tion at the court house on Monday Barnhart’s place. afternoon lastand nominated the following county ticket: Representa- Charles Dickensheets has gone to Kentucky on a brief visit where tive, R. G. Hartwell; Treasurer, J. H. Barnham; Sheriff, Louis McElroy; hé@will be joined by his wife and the a|two will return by way of St. Public Administrator, G. W. Park; Louis and take in’the fair. In the lust two campaigns the bat- tle cry of the Republican party and orators to catch the labor vote was, “prosperity, high wages and a full diuner pail.” As wages are dropping and strikes are the order of the day, what will the party fall back on this year? Our esteemed friends Mr. and Mrs. W. H. Squires are visiting the family of their son-in-law, Frank Dixon, near Kansas City. Before returning they will visit.in North Missouri and Sioux City, la. We wish this honest old couple a pleasant time on their vacation @nd a safe return home. John H. Pyle, accompanied by his brother M. Pyle and wife of Pennsyl- vania, Mrs. M: P. Campbell and daughter and Mrs. A. M. Gailey, took their departure for California Monday to spend a month or so visiting Mr. Pyle’s daughter, Mrs, A. M. Hunter, at San Jose. On their ana|"°Y the party will make short stops nat ah Mie ota that | at Colorado Springs and Salt Lake elected by a big|Clty. Thexexpect to return by way | of Portland and the northern route. Judge north district, 'S. A. Oneal; Judge south district, C. M. Thomas. Hon, Andrew T. Osbron, of Jackson Mo., nominee for Lieut. Governor on the Prohibition ticket, addressed the ‘|convention in the afternoon soclal from 7:30 to 10:80, this even-| and that of the Anti-Horse Thief as- ing at the residence of Mr. and Mrs. | sociation at Adrian on the same day T. A. Black, High street. were largely attended. Of the latter itis claimed the crowd numbered Mrs. Breckinridge’ Jones, wile of} o) ong 2,500. Butler was well repre- the Vice President of the Mississippi Valley Trust Co., was killed ina md sented af both places. away on the St. Lovis World’s Fair| 1. M. Smith passed through Butier grounds Saturday afternoon, The; 0" Tuesday on his way to Siloam horses attached to the carriage ran | Springs for a week or ten days s8o- away and plunged over an elghteen | journ for the benefit of his health. feet embankment, the vehicle falling | Judge Smith said he had been work- on Mrs, Jones. She died shortly | !og too hard, but his friends smile after being conveyed to a tent of the | when they hear him make that as Boer War exhibit. In the carriage |sertion. Of course we sympathize wore Mr. and Mrs. Jones, theirdaugh- | With him. ter Mary B. and Miss McKinnle, 4) Jacob Burda and wife, of Oxford niece of Mr. Jones. None of the oc | Junction, Iowa, are here looking cupants except Mrs. Jones, were| after their property interests and seriously injured. viewing over the country. Mr. Burda Prof. J. A. Burke, principal of the | ¥88 here a year ago last spring and State Normal school at Chaney, | bought a fine farm of 190 acres. We Wash., who has been visiting his | acknowledge a pleasant call from uncle, Monroe Burke, in Charlotte, this excellent couple, and hope they will return to his ficlds of labor this | Vill conclude to come down and live week. Prof. Burke was born and | 0? thelr farm. raised in Bates county, graduated! G. F. Hartwell and Minnie L. from the old Butler Academy in the | Enos were married at the hotel in class of 1885, was elected and served | Adrian Sunday evening, in the pres- as school commissioner of Bates | ence of a number of friends. Fred county one term, was principal of the | Hartwell is a popular young man of ElDorado -Springs public echools. | our city, son of Mr. and Mrs. R. G. He went west a few years ago on ac | Wartwell, the bride is a very pretty count of his wife’s health and has by | young lady and lived with her par- ability and industry worked up to| ents near Adrian. Thehappy couple his present bigh and lucrative posi- | will make their home in Butler. tion” Yue Times is always proud to record the success of Bates county boys. Parties from here who attended the C. P. A. picnic near Adrian last Wednesday report it a most enjoy- E. P. Hartwell received a letter | #ble occasion and a decided success. from “Jim” Franklin, of notorlove | There was no set program, but all fame, who is serving a fifteen years | Uited in having agoodtime. It was sentence in Lansing, Kan., peniten- | ®2 old fashioned basket picnic and tiary for a robbery committed at those who have been so fortunate as Anadarko, Okla. Jim writes: “I | attend such, never forget the missed the last land rush in the Rose- | *Plendid dinner and good social time. bud country, but as I havea steady| The Pleasant Hill ‘Times reports position for the next 14 years iv) the finding of the body of a young don’t matter. Tell W W. Graves I/ man floating in an old well on the sustained our reputation in the mat | J.N. Aldridge place near Strasburg, ter of bonds to the last. I was out | Cass county. The body was clad in on a $2,000 bond worth about 65 | an overcoat and woolen undercloth- cents.” Possibly Judge Graves um | ing, but too badly decomposed for derstands Jim’s reference to bonde, | identification. The skull had been as the Judge, when in practice, al-| crushed and throat cut, and from ways had a steady client in Jim. In appearances it {s thought the man his last trouble Jim said if he only | had been killed and thrown into the had Graves to defend him he would | well some time last winter. The well beat the case. had not been used for two years, . 4 { i ' { ; wo eatterrameas