The Butler Weekly Times Newspaper, February 2, 1905, Page 7

ON WINTER | JOVERCOATS ALSO ON ALL MENS Footwear Felt Boots OVERSHOES, GERMAN SOCKS, High Cut ama and Boots, | The cot CLOTHING HOUSE _g| Sood Clothes | Shoe Store. || Store. Best all wool carpet, 65c, Knight Adrian. 14 3t An infant son of Mr. and Mrs. Wil- liam Barber died Friday night. Mra. Matilda Spry orders Tur _ Times to her address at Los Angeles, Cal. i See our stoves. 14 3. J. H. Fiesher, at Garber, Okla., remembers us with a remittance for renewal. Knight, Adrian. President Roosevelt is making arrangements to go to Texas on a big hunt. See our $2 rocker. Knight,Adrian. 14 3b. Carl, the little son of Mr. and Mrs. Walter Anderson, {s seriously ill, we are sorry to report. The river and harbor bill reported at Washington Friday gives the Osage river $80,000.' Just "married; get our prices on home furnishing. Knight, Adrian 14 36 The depot at “Metz, in Vernon county was robbed the other night. Only & pistol was taken. John I. Hinkle, prosecuting attor- ney of Heury county, cameoverfrom Clinton Friday on legal business. Banner kitchen cabinet, see them Knight, Adrian. 1436 Rev. E. T. Adams was at Nevada last week assisting Rev. Faris in a meeting at the Centenary Church. W. M. Hardinger, Democratic com- mitteeman from Charlotte {township was a pleasant caller at our office. Extra value lace curtain $1.15 at Knights, Adrain. 14 3t Mrs. H. C. Richmond was called to Lathrop, Mo. on Saturday by the serious illness of her brother’s child. Fifty hunters killed 1,100 rabbits in one days hunt in Calloway county the other day. I, F. Ellington, committeeman for Pleasant Gap township, has called his. mase-meeting on February 11, at Double Branch school house at _ 2 o'clock p. m. ’ Extra good values in shirtings at ‘Hill’s Cash Store. ALL eo | aloe PAPAL eZ and Overs PHO@CSCClTABDHOCSe JC EAZBBeeee Best 5c ginghama in town at Hill’s Cash Store. A movement is on foot {n Jasper County to work jail prisouers on the county roads, Fine Candy 15¢ a pound worth 25c at Hill's Cash Store. Paralys's caused the death of Rey. Wm. Jesse, aged 76 years at Lexing- ton, Mo., the other day. Rev. Jesse was one of the oldest Baptist min- isters ia norsh Missouri. Mixed candy Se a pound worth,10e at Hill's Cash Store. Representative Burch of Audrain county has introduced a bill in the legislature which provides for separ- ate railway coaches for whites and blacks, Pantloon Overalls 75c worth $1.00 at Hill’s Cas» Store. It is understood that William Jewell College at Liberty, Mo., will jabsorb Grand River college at Gallatin, Mo. Both are Baptist | schools, Childrens Extra good shoes for 50¢ Hill’s Cash Store. Chairman A. L. Fox has made a call for the Republican county com- mittee to meet in Butler next» Satur- day, Feb. 4th, to arrange for nomi- nating a candidate for County Super- intendent of Schools. The union evangelist meetings held at Kansas City last week, closed Sun- day night and it is estimated that between eight and ten thousand people were converted. Dr. Hill, the negro appointed on the pension board at Booneville, Mo., by mistake, refused to resign, and to get out of the difficulty the govern- ment abolished the board. G. E. Cable, who has been in the grocery and hardware business in Butler ior two or three years, suc- ceeding Frank Smith, hasannounced his intention of moving his stock to Harrisonville the 20th of this month, Fred Gains, of Ashley, Ill., brother of C. R. Gains, of the Ellis Jewelery Co., after spending afew days visit- ing, has accepted @ position as an apprentice with the baker for Mrs. Endres, a is | thelr esteem. | After five days of hard fighting, | }the Russian sdvance movement) against the Japanese center and left along the Shakhe river was a failure and the Russians were compelled to retreat after loosing thousands of men. Representative ‘VY. H. Prewitt, of Vernon county, spent Saturday and Sunday at his home in Nevada. To @ Mail reporter he said: ‘There Is very little chance to elect a United States senator at Jefferson City, either Republican oF Democrat.” Mrs W. A. Downey and charming daughter, Miss Kitty, graced our sanctum on Friday and had Tue Tinks sent to little Miss Tootsy Downew, who is attending the D, and D. school at Fulton, where sheis} 3, UB? meeting with marked success, Thirty-six indictments have been filed at Stanberry, Mo., by the prosecuting attorney of Gentry county against frequenters of gam- bling houses, and more are promised to follow, Ina small town this ap- pears to be a bad state of affairs for the morals of the place. W. M. Arnold received a telegram from Jim Winsett, Miam!, Texas, an- nouncing the death of his father-tn- law, H.C. Patten, of paralysie. Mr. Patten accompained Mr. Winsett when he moved his fumily to Texas less than a year ago. He was 78 years of age, was an old citizen of this county, and leaves many friends here, Four men killed 328 rabbits near this city Monday in five hours time, The rabbits were brought to town Tuesday and shipped to Chicago, there being a full wagonload oftnem In the bunch was a black rabbit, as black as anything youever saw. It is supposed to have been crossed with a tame rabbit.—Odessa Demo- crat, James H. Harman was done from Warrensburg for several days on a) visit to his daughter, Mra. J. E. Thompson, and shaking hands with his many old friends. There was a time in Bates County when few men had more friends than Jim Harman, and he always appreciated them. E. 0. Talbott, superintendent of the Adrian Electric Light plant, met with a serious accident in that town Friday. A horse he was riding be- came firightened at the cars, ran away and in turning a cornerslipped on the ice and fell, catching Mr. Talbott’s right leg, breaking the bone between the hip and knee joints: Mr. Talbott will be laid up with the injured limb for some time. Mr. and Mrs. 0. P,Couchman, pop- ular young married people of Elkhart township, complimented us pleasant- ly while in thecity on Monday. They think of shortly moving to Eureka, California, where a flattering position awaits Mr. Gouchman’s acceptance, and where Mrs. (.’s brother, Mr. Holloway, formerly an old Bates county boy, lives. H. Rider Haggard, the famous English author and novelist ts com- ing to America and will visit Kan- sas City. He coming to study the) industrial and agriculture conditions | of the Salvation army and settle. ment in this country. Mr. Haggard | isa cousin of Dixie L. Haggard. When Dixle was in Europe a year or | two ago, he called on Mr. Haggard | at his country home in France. Chas. E Booi and E. R, Eilts, have | been making an extensive trip | through the West and Kansas oll | fields says the Amsterdam Enter- prise. Mr. Booi owns £00 acres ot | land in this county and tells us,while | he has ge over the greater part of | the U.S., he has seen no country | that chert him more favorably than old Missouri. She's a hard | state to beat. Repaesentative Edwin Silver, of Cole county, introduced @ bill in the legislature Saturday for $5,000 as part payment of costs in calling and maintaining grand juries, a num- ber of petit. juries, and in bring: ing witnesses from all parts of the state and sending them home again, in connection with the boodle cases. A mora! wave {fs sweeping over the | city of Burlington, Lowa, — The! religious excitement is so great that Friday, Mayor Castor issued a proclamation and every store and | factory in the place was closed in order to enable employees to attend revival services and spend the day in divine worship. Many residences are being thrown open daily for the purpose of holding prayer meetings Geo. W, Daniel, a successful farmer and an old settler, living south of town where he owns a fine farm, fav- ored us pleasantly and had his dates set ahead. Mr. Danielis very much interested in the good roads question and thinks a law authorizing the county court to make & special levy for a permanent road fund would be a good thing. \ farmer over in Tadiana in return- ing home from hunting the othe: rday | found his neighbor just leaving the | house, aud being of a jealous nature, drew his gun and filled the man,s| legs with fine shot, A lawsuit follow ed and it was learned that the man was there to borrow the local paper. The lawauit cost $75 and the doctor bill was $25. $1 would have saved the trouble.—Western Publisher. John Dagan, a miner at the Bart- lett mine south of Amsterdam, fell down the shaft, a distance of 23 feet and sustained a fracture of the skull and three ribs. The Enterprise says Dr. Amyx tended him, and while his injuries are not necessarily fatal, they are very serious and will probably lay him up for several weeks. Wolves have become so numerous in some parts of the township that arrangements are being made for a series of drives, the first of which will be on a date to be determined at a meeting to be held at Richards next Monday afternoon at 2 o'clock, at which time all preliminary arrange- | ments will be made. Onthenextday, Tuesday, a meeting will be held in Statesbury to complete arrange- ments, says the Stotesbury Star. An old gentleman named James, living at Calhoun, Henry county, accidently killed himself the other day. Mr James was going to the country and in extracting a load _— his gun the charge went off and passed through his heart killing him instantly. Mr. James was an old settler of that place and highly re- spected. Our old friend J. W. Ashbaugh, of East Boone township, has for more than a quarter of a century renewed Tux Times each year and now sets the dates up into 1906. With the large number of these old fellows as our friends, we challenge the cynics assertion that friendship is a pur- chasable article; and selfist interests alone rule the human heart. We A terrible affliction by death has been visited upon the family of Mr. and Mrs. Irwin Jackson near Middle Grove, Monroe County. Within one week they lost three children from pneumonia, one three weeks old daughter and two sons three and ten years old. Four others of their | m HE EW SPRING F, ore peo Sate areas COME AND SEE US. ‘and had his dates set ahead. equally as busy, | City, } nominee are set fourth in detail, the children, two sons and two daugh- friendship and confidence of these|ters are suffering from the same sturdy characters and hope never] disease. The family moved to Mis- to commit an act that will forfelt|}sourlfrom Nebraska about a year ago.—Ex, are appreciative and proud of the eames Thos. K. Niedringhaus, 4|\Ne f Ne eae ~ o ‘ iE, [- pan Tol } ‘ Fer Seed tnd ted Pate Wed alt 7" we wes fw henge tied Mana hans sanuated Pasta terene Come and see the SPRING DRESS GOODS PUSS PY Jo mont\swre Noe © ne VV yf New Mohair Plain and Fancy New Cravenettes New Black Dress Goods New Skirtings New Waistings New Ginghams New Satines New White Goods New Chambrays New Percales,. WE WANT YOUR TRADE. LOWEST PRICES FOR GOOD GOODS. McKIBBENS Butler Cine all No, will meet to-night at 7 o'clock, A full meeting is requested. By order of the T. I. M. 22R.& 8 . M. Conductor Wm. Fraze, moved his family to Madison, Kansas Iriday. Mr. Fraze was recently promoted | and took charge of the passenger train which makes daily trips {from Butler to Madison, This is an ex- | cellent family that we regret to see | leave our city. R. FE. Miller, favored us pleasantly | Mr. is one of the thrifty and practical young formers of Bates county, to whom a severe winter has no terrors as he makes preparations beforehand | for his stock and has them well hous- ‘ed and fed, which is not only econom- ical but humane. The grip has taken hold of the town in dead earnest and the doe- tors have been kept on the go look- | ing after the sick. Dr. Boulware, | said: “I have not been as busy} in a} long time, have been on the go night | and day for the past week, and sup: ! pose the other doctors have been 8O you can judge the amount of siekness from grip in the eity. | Miss Pauline Donnan’s musical! and reading entertainment at the! Baptist church last Friday evening, | was well attended by our literary in- | clined citizens, and was greatly en- joyed. Miss Donnan is a talented | young lady, a graduate in elocution and possesses considerable musical ability. Sheexpects to go to New York soon to pursue her voice cule ture studies 1. A.Davis, sor Freeman Davis, die his brother, Pred Dovis, in Kansas Thursday evening. The re- mains were brought to Butler Satur day, wnd was carried direct from the train to the cemetery, where inter- ment was made, after appropriate | services by Rev. S. D. Jewell. Ray | Davis was bora and raised in Butler, | He was 26 years old and had been an invalid for several years. of the lite Captin futthe home of We are In receipt of a circular, sent | out from Jefferson by the anti-Nied- | ringhaus Republican representatives, in which their reasons for bolting Mr. Niedringhaus as the caucus same as appeared in the papers a week ago. Representative Shaw, of Dade county concurs in the state- ment signed by the original eight balloting members, in which he takes occasion to say: ‘There was, in my | judgement, an understanding be- tween the brewery interests at St. | Louis and Chairman Niedringhaus | which amounted to a conspiracy to} use the party machinery for thelr | mutual benefit.” C. J. Kelley, of Bar- | ry, and J. R. Williamson, of Har- rison, also concur in the statement and make some pertinent comments on the state chairman and caucus Don't forget those shoe rear | at Hill's Cash Store, The County Court was in session Tuesday for the purpose of letting the contract to construct a bridge over the Marias des Cygne, south of Amorett, The Kansas City Bridge Company was the successiul bidder at $3900, We are offering some special bar- gains in corsets ab 25e—good 50e values. Hill’s Cash Store. While in Warnkens store last Satarday evening Mrs, O. McDaniel was stricken with paralysis and be- came unconscious. She was taken to A. J. Hoover's residence and from there to the home of her daughter, Mrs. R. P. Harper. Dr. Bates the attending physician, says that her condition is quite serous and that it is one of those cases, the result of whieh can nos be foretold, Her many friends hope for her speedy recovery,—Adrian Journals Tie TALK THE TOWN WHAT LOW PRICES JOE MEYER 1S MAKING on ALL HEAVYWEIGHT SUITS and OVERCOATS BEING SOLD ABSOLUTELY REGARDLESS OF PROFIT, JOE MEYER The Clothier