The Butler Weekly Times Newspaper, January 11, 1906, Page 3

The Butler Weekly Times. VOL. XXVIII. BUTLER, MISSOURI, THURSDAY, JANUARY 11, 1906. NO. 11 — OPECIAL, SPECIAL, Cloak Sale. Ay ay In order to Close Out every Ladies Garment we have used the Knife, and now offer as longas they last every garment at almost half of the original price. All new and up-to-date this season’s long garments. Black, Brown, Castor Green and Tan, regular $17.50 and $20-:00 at the uniform price of . . %10.00 %7.50 Black, Brown, Castor and Tan, regular $10.00 $12.50, $15.00 at the uniform price of ew and up-to-date 3-4 Garments. Black, Tan, Brown and Castors, regular $7.56 % 4. 50 $10.00 and $12.50, at the uniform price of . . We offer a large line of Ladies Fur Scarfs in Foxs, Martins, Carmines and Electric Seals, at nearly one-half their values. EGGS TAKEN SAME AS CASH. SAM SEVY MERCANTILE C0, SOCEEEIOSCHEEICOCEEEISCS SERIE OOCEEEISSSIEEIOSS Mr. [ DeArmon¢’s Pension Bill. Big Club House at Athol. Washington, Jan. 8—A bill au-| The big club house at Athol, the thorizing the commiestoner of pen- | property of the Kansas City Gun sions to grant pensions to soldiers | Club, which was started several years and sailors in cases not specifically | ago and abandoned, will be finished provided for by- the pension laws was | at once, so Bruce Mullet, of Kansas {ntroduced in the house by Repre- | City, who has the contract for com- sentativeDeArmond It directs that pleting the structure, informs us. pensions be {asued if the applications | Besides the Athol lake, the club has are found to be of unusual merit and | leased several other smaller lakes in within the epirit of equitable pension that section, and Mr. Cooper, who legislation. lives just north of the Rieh Hill-But- ler bridge, is putting In a levee onhis farm which will form 4 lake of about 80 acres. Whencomp'eted the new club house will have 36 roome; besides a large son City Tribune was sold to J. H. | ice house, two or three modern barns Bdwarde, formerly chief clerk in the | aq otper outbuildings will be erect- office of secretary of state, 8. B.} og, Cook. The paper was published by| This will be one of the finest club the Jefferson City Publishing Com-| houses in the country when complet- pany, of which J. G. and B. E. Leslie| ,4 Rich Hill Review. were the owners. Mr. Edwards an- Southerland. day night. Some insurance. G. H. Shelton sold and delivere Johnstown last Thursday at 5 ce’ per pound. The Union and Bell telephone Ii was possible to talk to almost a connection. Jefferson City Tribune Sold. Jefferson City, Jan. ~The town’s central girls, spent last w visiting Montrose friends. Robert Southerland and charm! with Tom Guy and vife. John Allison went to Vernon co nounced thas . page per Deep Water Items. birthday present and @ namesake — te in the paper. It| ‘The recent rains and snow have alts. wi pn to be Democratic in | put the roads in a bad condition. Wonder what has become of Belle? The mail carrier on Route No. 35 has been unable to make his rounds for the past week on account of high water. Dr. Berry reports case of chicken- policy. in our midet one day last week on that plaee. Why the Nation is Great. SPIE SSSERMISSSEEMISSS EUISSS Do not miss this sale as the Prices will nove them, Ed. Press and owned by Robert The store building at Johnstown, owned by Mrs. Anna Howard and occupied by Jess Blizzard with agen- eral stock, was burned last Wednes- nice bunch of hogs to Mr. Potts at were crossed all day Thursday, so it one on either line without central Miss Ona Dudoie, one of Johns- daughter, Mise Clary, spent Sunday ty last week to get a horse. His uncle, John Allison, gave him for a Mise Agnes Hubbard, of Butler, was way to Rockville to attend echool at LiLy, Kansas City Disturbance. George W. Gordon, Brother of | L.D. Gordon, at Once Gives Bail in Sum of $10,000. 4 Jefferson City, Mo., Jan. 8.—The Cole County Grand Jury returned an 0 indictment against George W. Gor- ke | don, a well known grocery merchant eof this city, for murder in the first RY | degree, charging him with killing his wife. Gordon was in the courtroom when the indletment was returned and im- mediately surrendered to the sheriff. Gordon is a brother of L. D. Gordon, well-known throughout this state as a Democratic politician. He was with his brother in court to ‘go on his bond. The application for bond was im mediately made, but Judge Martin COCHEEIOCOIERICSSHEEIOCCIEEISS CURIS SCEEEIOSS 9 cpipaeeiimbaaen: eee re emat eaid he woul! have to hear some evi- dence as to whether he would perroit bailfor Gordon, After henring evi- dence in the case he accepted bail in the sum of $10,000, Mrs. George W. Gordon was in- stantly killed Friday morotng at about 7 o'clock, January 8, 1004, by the discharge of agun, A coroner's jury brought in a verdict that Mrs. Gordon was aceldentally killed by the discharge of a shotgun. At the time of the accident Miss Alma Gordon, daughter of the dead woman, was lying asleep upstairs without the knowledge of the mother. Miss Gordon had arrived that Frt- day morning about 3 from Kansas City to give her mother a pleasant’ surprise, only to be awakened by the loud report of a gun and to find her motherlying in a pool ot blood, dea d. Virginia Items. Word passed over the phone last Saturday calling the Pilgrim family to Colony, Kan., to the bedside of Tappen. She died Saturday night. Mr. Tappen lived many years around Virginia. He worked at the carpen ter’s trade. He moved to Oklahoma and died. She married again and moved to Colony, Kan., where ehe died. Albert Pilgrim is confined to the house and could not go to see his sister. He ts failing fast this winter. The Pilgrim family are passing fast, both old and young. Mr. Scott, of near Merwin, was at Aaron’s Monday. He hauled Mr. Kirkpatrick’s red hogs to him. Constable was on South Mainstreet of Parktown Sunday night Every- thing quiet. The report of the debate at the Nestlerode school house last week might have proven misleading to some, as the writer was unable at the time to secure the question. The question was as follows: ‘‘Resolved, that the proposed canal along the Marias Des Cygne River will be a det- riment to Bates county.” The question was won by the affirmative, as before stated. © There were nine marriages and five deaths in Charlotte township in 1905. Elder Cook had a good audience ast Sunday, as bad as the roads were. Mrs. Williamson came in Tuesday to spend a few days with her mother, Mrs. James Cusick. Mrs. Dr. Smith has been on the sick list the past week. Rev. Baker will preach next Sun- day at 11 a. m. and at night. All-round Virginia the people have theepirit of debate, but it seeme that Virginls has gone back into dark- ness. We hear that the women are mak- CORES SCEHEEICS SEE SSS 0 S da nts nes ny- eek ing her a lady well-known here as Mra. Ed@ Madison, Wis, Jan. 8.—Speaking for the American Bible society in the church last night President Cyrus Northrop of the University of Minnesota said: _ 4] was well for this country the the founders of New England were narrow, bigoted and intolerant, for pro, es its’ civilisation upon the enduring laws of the Bible. Had a ee ces pala, 6 pox at Judge Coleman's, Miss Mignon being the one afflicted. Dr. Berry and C. P. Coleman went to Kansas City last week for the pur- pose of Mr. Coleman having his ear treated. Mrs. Lilly Moore bought forty acres of land from her father, W. L. Kash, that joins W. H. Shelton’s farm on the west. or vd J Harbert has accepted a, connected with Johnstown and Mont- gover woold: have developed to Its | rose. oF hodle Angys Southerland has moved in-| States Weather Bureau has no addition to the shock at 6 o’clock in house recently vacated by | record of the shock. ingagreat effort to have fine turkeys and chickens this summer. Next thing they will want to hold office.- AARON, Kansas City, Mo., Jan. 8.—Three distinct earthquake ehocks were felt here shortly after 6.0’clock Sunday night. The disturbance was general in this part of the country. haar SNe People in flate dnd reeldences re- Another Kansas Earthquake. port that windows, dishes,andchan-| Skiddy, Kas, Jan. 8.—Another deliers rattled, and Doctor E. .. Morrow, who was in his office in the seven-story Rialto building, declares that building trembled. One man who felt the first shock says it oc curred at 6:17 o’clock. The United severe shock of earthquake at mid. night lasted about three seconds. Houses swayed and the earth shook violently. The line of disturbance seemed to be from northwest to southeast. This disturbanve was in , toereniog. . SOME VERY LOW PRICES TO CLEAN To clean up heavy winter underwear we must move them regardless of prices. Men’s heavy tl evced eream colored underwear Ute as 50¢ ribbed undershirts at 2 Ladies white floeced uncdershirts at Ps Ladies pray tl eced wadershirts at 28e Ladies fine Fitwell vest worth 655.5% ATT Ladirs union suity gray theevced at 1% Ladies hoavy gray union sults at tn . LADIES % WOOL PANTS OR VEST tse te GM 35e fascinators all calors 25 Soe fascinatore whites snd $i NY ? Tov mer-ertzed fascinators white only in BIG REDUCTION ON ALL DRESS GOODS, SILKS, Ladies Jackets, school cloaks and ready-to-wear skirts. Good second hand New Home sewing machine for sale cheap. ee 5o000ees0es Otten OOOO OI OPO TE PIL LOL IIOOLPD ION. IO IIO III OOOO OOOO OS: a 200040000000 0000000 000 1 ODISESE BIS FOOL HEOODDS DOO HEM OY IOI OOE Women as Church Stewards. | make one?” asked the customer “Don't know thit | did,” said the Macon, Mo., Jan. 8.—The Reverend oinop “Bus never tell a man I Irvin T. Le Baron, the new pastor of | can’t make a drink andI don’t aek the Christian Church here, startled \ questions about it. 1 just fx up his congregation by snnouncing he something and argue with him a fter- was going to ask the members of the wards.” A cablegram ie a ginger church at the business meeting to | ale highball. votefor two women to serve with the Board of Church Stewards. It{sacommon thing here for wo- men to act in or to direct charity work of the church, but shis will be the firat time they have been asked to assist in the government of church affairs. “T have great confidenee in the in- tuitive good sense and fairness of women,” said Mr. L» Baron, “and with two energetic members of the sex on the board we will have an effi- cient governor to control any erratic conduct of the men.” New to Both. From the Denver Post. A Denver young man, while talk- {ng with an Eastern friend recently, heard of a new drink—that {s, one that wasnew to him. It was the cablegram. Last night while down town he decided to try the drink. Stepping into a saloon he asked the bartender for a cablegram. Theman in the apron went to work immedi- ately mixing liquorsin aglass and finally pushed {t towards the cus- customer. The latter drank it and made a wry face. It was an awful mixture. “You'don’t appear to like it,” said the bartender. “To tell you the truth,” replied the young man, “I didn’t know what cablegram was. I wanted to find out. No more of them for me.” The bartender smiled. “Well,” he “Lam going to set aside a emall piece of ground as a seed plat, and investigate this theoryof corn breed- ing as agitated by the speakers at the farmers’ institute held in Hume last fall,” said Mr. Harry Adanse, 6 progressive young farmer, a fewdays ago, comments the Telephone. "If what they told us about seed corn ie true, 1 am sure | could almost double my yield with the knowledge gained from thatinstitute.”’ * Isn’ttiuat nice? The farmer who missed that meeting and its lectures {s poorer by hal. A farmer told the editor Saturday that he had for years shelled his seed corn with ashelier. “And it was nogreat wonder [had to replant several times before | got a stand,” said he, ‘but since the farmers’ institute I have with the assistance of the Missouri Corn Growers’ Association deen selecting my seed corn intelligently My children have become interested in the study of corn and even my 10- year-old boy can pick out a regnin: tion ear and give you a lecture onits relative merits.” Geronimo’s Eighth Wife. Lawton, Ok., Jan. 8 —Geroaimo the Apache warrior scout, who is 76 years old, has for the eighth time be~ come a benedict. Mrs. Mary Loto, an Apache widow of 58, became Ger-: onimo’s wife during the Christmas eaid, “to tell you the truth, I didn’t holidays. It was not made pobiic know what one was, elther.” until to-day. Two years ago Gero- “Then how did you manage ‘to | nimo’s seventh wife died. Dr. PRICE’S ft BAKING POWDER helps housekeepers more than any other article in the household. Its use protects the health of the children.