The Butler Weekly Times Newspaper, December 28, 1905, Page 7

LONG OVER- COATS and in order to SHORTEN OUR STOCK WE WILL SHORTEN THE PRICE. Come and see what we are offering before you buya coat or suit. SHOES FOR MEN AND BOYS. Every pair bought from the makers and have our guarantee behind them. FULL LINE OF WALK-OVERS. The y The Good CLOTHING HOUSE _g|| 500d Clothes Store. THE RIGHT WAY, — SS , Phaeton and harness for; He, call at this office. Ve take eggs in exchange for dry ode, shoes and clothing. tf. Sam’. Levy & Co. ajor Ed. Clark favored us pleas- tly the last of the week. Sudge Graves went to St. Louis esday evening on legal business. Wlay Broaddus, of Carbon, Ind. Ter., spent Christmas with his father and sisters. Miss Emma Cassity ‘arrived home Sunday night, from Sioux Fall, South Dakota, after several months phaenee. ished by the big corn crop. Mise Lena Morris accompanied Miss Mabel Porter, who holds a aun Bone yin home to Kansas position as stenographer in St. bisy for a few days’ visit. Louis, favors Tak Times with remit- Ed. Austin and wife, of St. Louis, | tance for renewal of her mother, Mrs. sre spending the holidays with Josephine Porter’s subscription. ela tives and friends in Butler. R. L. Gravee, representing the Hen- Albert Edrington came in from shaw Distilling Company of St. Louis Kellogg, Idaho to visit his mother | #24 Kansas City, was in Butler on sud other relatives and friends. Christmas greeting his frignds and sadeited did not forget Taz Times office. R. Sellers, a substan young Ls of New Home township, was M. G@ Wilcox, living in the north- weat part of town, fell on the side- do: pou on Saturday and walk, which was sleeted over and fractured a bone in his right arm. Deputy circuit clerk Charles M.| His injury was look after by Dr. Barkley and wife are spending the } re Boulware. age wed = ng » oe ‘There will be s box supper at the Fair Play echool house on Friday Mre. William Cole went to Kansas | night,Dec29th. A literary pro- Canron- Weiner Elevator Company ig receiving corn. 52-tf week and received a severe wrench in his back, of which he is still complsin- ing. s J.S Franklin, an old settler and influeutail citizen of Worland, passed through Butler the last of the week on his way to visit his old home in Indiana. The merchants of Butler claim an unprecedented holiday trade this year and most of it was cash, which shows that the stockings had been replen- City the last of the week to spend | gram will be . The proceeds Christmas with her daughters Mrs. | are for the benefit of echool ‘library. Forbes and Miss Lena Cole. Everybody invited. Anumber of our teachers, headed Superintendent Ives, are z the State Teacher’s Aseo- G at Jeflerson City this week. Younty Treasurer Charley Jobn- gow 8 successful merchant at ville, Kansas, ‘s visiting hie in Butler this week. ly esteemed old friend les was & pleasant caller of the week and followed hie bh Ogle writes from Col. J. A. Trader, the Kansas City cigar man, never fails to remember Tre Trues stocking on Ubristmas. A box of “Otto the Great” was re- ceived on echedule time and the pipe is a back number until they are all gone. ‘ from off the river was in Butler and no more money with which to glut his appetite, stole two bridles trom the harness of DeWitt McDaniel, and Frank Smith, of Osage township, Recorder T. K Lisle slipped on the ice the first sleet of the season last - Saturday afternoona woodchopper after filling up on booze and having twofrom another farmer. ‘He was|ing from the Cathedral at Eleventh by the local police in a} street and Broadway, and services beastly state of intoxicatioh. He will be conducted dy Rev. Father J. friends. | claims not to remember any thing of} J. Fitsgibbon. The body will then Members of Rev. E. E.Swanson’s; Most of the young people, attend- | congregation surprised him and bis ing echool and a large number of family on Saturday eveninglastwith Butler boys and girls out in the & “pound donation party,” and world on their own resources, were —_ pounds of the substantials and ' back home for the holidays. lelicacies were left and an enjoyable R. R. Earsom, of Pleasant Gap time spent. t ownsbip, was a pleasant caller on In arranging the changes of venue| Tuesday and favored us with renew- for the Salmons from Henry county, |al. He brought his two sons. W. M. Bates gets gets two of the Harvey/and C. A. Earsom, who had been Salmon cases, one of the Frank M. spending Christmas at home, to town Salmon and four against Tom Casey | to take the train for Jefferson City to the cashier. It is said that Casey has | attend the state teachersassociation fully recovered his bealth. in session the last of this week. Miss Alice Smith, daughter of| Three of Mr. Earsom’s five sons are successful teachers and one of the other boys is preparing himeelf for that honorable profession. complimented our sanctum on Wed- nesday and renewed for her brother, Will Smith, at Coffeyville, Kansas. Mies Alice will visit relatives and her many friends in Butler for several days. The famous fabric of fun and mele- dy “The Irish Pawnbrokers” will be with ug soon, Manager Trimble says they are an early booking and that he expects the house to be crowded, as the company has a reputation second to none. The stars as usual are Davis and Mack who have lots of new sayings and dances for the present tour. The supporting com- pany han been carefully selected and {8 good fn talent as well as in uum- bers. Butler opera house Jan. 3d. Our good friend Dave Owenstavor ed us pleasantly while in the city the last of the week. Dave is a loyal Democrat and believes in disseminat- ing the true doctrine and compll- mented his good republican friend Jas. R, Pipes with a year’s subscrip tion to Tae Ties. Butler’s telephone exchange was tied up several hours Tuesday after- noon by a “walk out” of the central girls,who went out on a strike for higher wages. The subscribers made life miserable for Manager Reinheim- erlduring the interim and hejwas final- ly obliged to capitulate and meet the girls’ demands. John Best, the German farmer near Nybart, who was mistaken by bis son for a chicken thief and shot through the lungs with small shot, wasin Butler the last of the week and was a pleasant caller at this of- fice. He has about recovered from his wounds, though his lungs are still effected somewhat and he has not fully recovered from the shock to hie nervous system. He said this was the third serlous accident he had experienced in his life, either of which would have killed an average man, and he iz thoroughly convinced that man has his allotted time to die and until that time arrives no power can prevail to take his life. Onee ayoung mule team he was uriving ran away and threw him in front of a moving train. Atanother time a runaway team dragged him a distance over rough rocks and injured his lungs at the same place he was recently shot. Jas. E. Harper was down from Kaneas City the first of the week and called to renew for his mother in-law, Mrs. E. Boswell, who makes her home with him. Jim recently bonght a house ofeightrooms anda basement, with heater and all other modern im- provements out at 9th and Prospect Avenue, one of the most desirable partes of the city. Jesse Oakes, the school teacher at Urich, who deserted his wife and daughter andrun away with ayoung girlpuptl, wasconvicted inthe circuit court at Clinton last week and Judge Denton sentenced him! to four years in the penitentiary. Oakes richly deserved his punishment. Laver. Judge Denton informe us that owing to anerror inthe record, he had granted Oakes a new trial. Double Branch Cemetery. Parties interested ‘in the Double Branch cemetery are hereby notified that there will be a meeting at the Double Branch School House on Sat- urday night, Jan’y 13th at 7 o’clock for the purpose of organizing an as- sociation to improve the cemetery. R. R. Earsom, The case of Benjamin Cooper against the J. E. Lucky Coal Co., brought to Judge Boxley’s court on a change of venue from Amsterdam last week, resulted ina verdict for Cooper, the jury giving him posses- sion of his land, which the company claimed under lease, and awarded him damages in the sum of $54.40 A large number of citizens of that community were witnesses. The case of Cooper sgainet Man was taken away from Mt. Pleasant on a change of venue. Fire at the Edwards Home. A disastrous fire on Friday even- ing gutted the fine suburban resi- dence of J. P. E iwards, in the north- west partoftown. Thefire originated from the furnace and was all through the walls, uader the floors and in the roo! before discovered. The firecom- panies responded promptly to the alarm, and the fire boys worked valiantly, but they were at great dis- advantagein getting at the fire. The rooms and contents were flooded by water and numerous holes were cub in the walls, floors and roof before the fire was tinally extinguished. Mr. Edwards estimates his loss at two thousand dollars on the build- jog and six hundred dollars on the furnishings with an insurance of $1,000 and $300 respectively. The Bates County Drainage Com. missioners, true to theircalculations, finished their field work and had thelr camping outfit moved to But- ler on Saturday. They then ad- journed to spend the bolidays with their families and will return to But- ler about the first to begin work on their report. Up to this time these gentlemen have had a hard time of {s. They have camped in the bot- tome and stayed away from their families and business for weeks ata time, but they have performed their work well and conscientiously and are deserving of commendation. Bates Lodge No. 180, I 0.0. F. in conformity to the request of the Grand Master of the state thatevery lodge hold a meeting on the same night, met Thursday evening with 74 members present and thirty-two letters of regret. Thirteen visitors from others lodges were present. Three candidates were inducted into the mysteries of the order anda bountiful repast was served over which the boys swaped stories and hada good time. If other lodges did as well there was a great out- peuring of Odd Fellows throughout the state on that night. Mrs. Mollie Kelley, a widow, 46 years old, died of pneumonia yester- day at her home, 1108 Jefferson street. Ghe was relict of Thomas Kelley who had been chief of police of Butler, Mo , for fifteen years pre- vious to his death there five years ago. Ed Kelley, Mre. Maud Guyant and Miss Katherine Kelley, of this city, are the children, The funeral will be held at 9 o’clock this morn- Titterington Case Reversed. Judge W. W. Graves received no- tice that the Supreme Court of Ne- braska had reversed the lower court in case of the State vs. Del. Titter- ington, convicted and sentenced to the penitentiary for stealing cattle. It wili be remembered that about a year ago a sheriff from Nebraska came to Bates county and arrested Titterington a few days after he had married Miss Anna Shoup, near Rockville. Judge Graves was retain- ed and accompanied the prisoner back to Nebraska, where five indict- ments were found agaivst him. The Judge succeeded in defeating four of the cases and now he has reversed the conviction. [ have 4 good second hand organe, will sell for casb or trade or on time, cheap. Also some good second hand sewing machines cheap. B. F. Ricnarps, Butler, Mo. First door west Bazar. ‘Dr. J. M. Norris, Specilaist On theeye, ear, nose and throat, gives special attention to the treat- ment of Catarah, und ite effectaupon the ears, throat and lungs. Those in need of glawees can have the eyes tested free and properly fit- ted. Office on the South Side over | the occurrence. Two of the bridles|be taken. to Independence, Mo., for were reeovered'and he has noremem-| burial in the family lotin theCatholic| Elmer Dixon’s store: Office hours brance of what be did with sheothers. cometery.—Kansas City Journal 22d. | rom 9 a. m. to 4 p. m. 71-m* ae a aes fis * ~ ~ WE DO NOT WANT T0 PACK THEM AWAY. In order to close out what toys and fancy goods we have on hand. We will make a Sweeping Reduction in Price. Is there some one you over- looked in your Christmas giv- ing? If so, you can remem- ber them New Year’s Day handsomely at a very small cost. Remember the price will be low enough. We want to get them out of the way. All toys and fancy goods must go. ‘40c Candy at - 25¢. 25c Candy ats - 15¢. Choice Mixed Candy only -10c. Eggs Taken Same as Cash. HILL'S CASH STORE. GEORGE LONG PARDONED. | Bates County Patricide Receives | Executies Clemency. George Long, & Bates county pat- ricide, convicted in Henry county court, where his case had been taken on a change of venue, and sentenced to ninety-nine years in the peniten tlary, was pardoned by Governor Folk on Caristmas day, after serving ten years. Long killed his father, an old apd highly respected farmer of Lone Oak township, by shooting him in the back with a Joad of buck shot. There | was noapparent motivefor thecrime Woodmen Lodge Against Mail Order Houses. At its regular meeting Thursday night, Butler Camp, No, 2458, M. W. A., adopted a resolution which should find hearty support from other rural carps all over the country. This Camp numbering nearly 400 citizens of Butler and vicinity is naturally strongly intefestéd in the upbuilding of the community, [¢ has been noted with regret that the advertising ° Mod. fern Woodmen, the official organ, is teeming with advertisements of mail order houses, who avail themselves ofits immense circulation to reach fumes of th except the boy’s desire to come into the homes of the people. seherd & earlier possession of his father's | ela _perencepleeaeae oi one Seep property his mother being dead and lextend over several weeks, the fol- he being the only heir. He was then | nar resolution was .unanimously about 21 yeurs of age. eat iabietl ’ M | Resolved, By Butler Camp, No, It 18 said that Long wasa mode |’ , Ragin prisoner and the Governor was fol! ; 2458, MW. A, in Camp assembled, lowing the custom of years {in par- jthat we hereby express our strong doning on holidays the oldest and- best behaved prisouer. disapproval of the use of the columns lot our offiei lLpaper, The Modern Woodmen, for advertising purposes; and be is further . Resolved, That we respectfully ask SUCCESSFUL WOLF HUNT. | chat hereafter all advertisements be eliminated from the columns of said paper. Twenty-One Dogs Made Music | For the Hunters Ears. Big one Captured. A very sucessful wolf chase was had last Thursday in New Home township. Following the snow fall Wednesday evening the Briscoe boys gathered their nine hounds with merry horn andetarted for the Yard- ly Bluffs, overlooking the Marilas des Cygne river bottoms. On their way they were re-enforced by Colonel Bod- kin’s five hounds and Major Miller’e seven, making 21 fine dogs in all About noon a fine specimen of wolf was started on the Bell ranch, and made a bee line for the Yardly hills, with the whole pack in pursult. He led the doge northeast through the old Brashear ranch, crossed the river and turned west, then south when near Nyhart and recrossed river to Bourier Came No 2458, Call For Mass Meeting. The Executive Committee of the Citizens’ Law and Order Leaguo of Butler, Mo, earnestly desire the co- operation of all the people of Bates county in their effort to secure the enforcement of the laws of the state and of the city and county; and be- lieviug that there is power in a more united effort of all our people, do hereby issue 6 call for & mass con- vention to be held in the court house {n the city of Butler commencing at 7:30 o’clock Monday evening, Jan. 8, 1906, and continuing through the session Allchurches, Sunday schools and temperance organizations are requested to elect delegates to attend p this meeting. A program is being Yardly hil Island, and back to Yardly ™, prepared and will be announced in thencd southwest to the Bell ranch, back east toward Brushy Mound, due time. At the session beginning then doubled back to Bella, the old at 1:00 o'clock Tuesday, Jan. 9, 6 Joe Vaughn tarm and was finally county organization will be effected. Signed by executive committee: G. th t side of en See on te ee fs C Miller, President; F. L. Davis, the old Major Allen farm, where he : : made a gallant fight, but did not Secretary; E. E. Swanson, Stanley D. last long with those 21 dogs. This Jewell, W. J. Laster, Joel A. Barker, was possibly the beet wolt chase had | 7: W- Lge, Jesse E. Smith, W. H. in this section for years and was Holloway, H. Jas. Crockett, A. B. thoroughly enjoyed by the hunters Owen, J. W. Hudiburg, D K. Walker, and furnished music for that section B. F. Moore, John H Funk. during the whole day, asthe catch) Bring your eggs to us, we take was made at 5:30 o'clock. tem in exchange for goods same as ‘ AHunrer. |cash. 44¢f Sat Levy & Co. following day, closing with evening ~