The Butler Weekly Times Newspaper, December 13, 1906, Page 8

9 aati 1 ere Notice to Tax Payers. All texpayers in the county will have full opportunity to pay tueir ™ taxes by the 31st ot December, 1906. | 33 After that day the liw compels me % to add a penalty. I have no option 5 in thas master. I will settle with the | county treasurer on the fires Mon-| : er a : December 15 — - do the collecting, and penalties, com- T. WALKER-McKIBBEN MERC. CO. | CONTINUED ONE WEEK. years. A. B. Owen, County Collector. SS a | On account of very disagreeable weather making the roads bad, and in or- CharlerR eed sustained a fracture of arib and was otherwise braised der that our friends all over Bates county will have an opportunity to purchase some of these splendid bargains we will continue our Harvest Sale for one week until DECEMBER 15. You can afford to drive many, many miles to attend this Sale. We have added a lot more Items to our former Ilst, We are also showing the largest stock of goods in our many lines suitable for Holiday presents. Cloaks on dale 2 and has many friends throughout the county. F. M. Warren, formerly of this county, now living in Obio, was in Butler the first of the week visiting friends and attending to busineae, The Star says there are about 80 people at work in the new overall factory at Warrensburg. Factories are the institutions to build up and maintain a town. The ladies of the Elks Card Club were entertained by Mrs. Sam Walls at Adrian last Friday afternoon. Those who went up from Butler re- port a delightful time. E. P. Farhart, of Butler, a profes sional driver, has been suspended | from the American Trotting Assocla- tion, on pecouns of his having driven “Sweetheart,” the race mare, proven to be a “ringer.” The mare was owned by J, A. Strope She was driven at our county fair, Some Choice Bargains on Sale in FURS. te) ,» 2 + : pot hem Amoskeag Feather Ticking 10 1-2¢ yi, Amoskeag Demins 12 1-26 per yard, Mrs. M. E. Dawson, an aged lady Hving at Liberal, Mo., in attempt- ing to pass from one car to another 1) 5.00 cloaks 4.8! Th HT as the train was rounding a curve cS ot $ 5 $ os ° only one price Cloak and Fur Standard Calicoes 4g d fell from the plastorm Tuesday. A| @@s llot 7,00 cloaks 5.50 House in Butler, : per ya. J gentieman who saw her kuve the 1lot 10,00 cloak 8.00 car and thinking she was pretty 5 5 5 One ] ot of Cali feeble to be traveling alone, followed F a C08S--n0 § an ar 1-2 in a few minutes to see what Lad be- 1lot 12.50 cloaks 10.00 t per yard come of ber. Not finding her in the 4 3 SHOES next car, be notified the conductor Llot 15,00 cloaks 12.50 an We train wen shnaped ond and J let 20,00 eloaks 17.00 on sale, Boys and Misses $1.00 t ed up the track. She was found ly- a . 0 88e ° ) ing under & culvert and died 1a a few J lot 22.50 cloaks 19.00 $1,580 broken sine Sal ‘ minutes after bei laved th ‘i. ol e 8. ale price ee ee Llot 25,0 cloaks 20,00 ee train. 5Oc And many othor items, See last week’s Times. Walker-McKibben Mer. Co. FRESH EGGS AND FEATHERS TAKEN SAME AS C3585, Here is what Ralls County Times has to aay about the upper froth of St. Louie: “Society In Si. Lonte ts getting some bumps this fall. Billie Lem, the millionaire beewer, has lett his “home. aweet: home,” and Ralph Orthwein has just packed up and vemoosed, leaving a beautiful wile behind. Too many automobiles, $40 hate, $200 tailor made dresses, card parties and fashionable frivoli-] — tles for the boys. Such things keep —_--— | Suiden Death of Jonn Bourland: as lents and located northwest of But- F isk--VanDoren. the road to the devil, divorcee court and poor-house Ilned with men.” George Cashell, foreman of a ditch- {og gang on the Mo. Pae. Ry , was badly hurt by @ blast, a half mile south of the Butler depot, on Mon- day afternoon. They were using dynamite toremove rock from a drain they were digging. Foliowing a strong blast, a rock weighing two pounds struck him on the head, knocking him senseless. He was carried to the Foster House at the depot and Dr. Boulware, the com- pany’s. local physician was called. An examination showed that the skull was not fractured, it being a glancing blow. E. M. Pennell, manager of the new hotel, arrived in the city the laat otf the week. He is making every effort to open out 80 as to have Christmas dinner in this, the finest hotel build- ing in any town the aiza of Butler in the state. Woe predict that under Mr. Pennell’s management the hotel will prove pupolar for traveling men in this section to Sunday in Butler. We understand he will make a spec- falty of Sunday dinners, 0 that our bueiness men can attend charch with thelr wives, with assurances of a = rn think of the pleasure and comfort there * ; cases: acre ss ° m i t e n- . » t . es <s ont Receiver Appointed. | is in our Fine Dreas Shoes or a nice pair : : base gss pees pucd pegs = A ie had & is always a — f sli . ‘We have a large assortment more than useful—they. are i Circuit Judge C, A. Denton, sitting of slippers: ge : ‘ a acuurt uf Chancery on Monday, |f of shoes made from all sorts of leather A gift of “Queen Quality” Shoes may be atter hearing all the evidence in the |} _-hot merely a gift of a pair of shoes, but the _ case appointed P. H. Holeomb re |f on all tae latest ap-to-date lasts. * ~ very pair of shoes most desirable for the . ” lent. : ’ ; : eon: Farts dee otamon Who would’t appreciate a pair of our a. div ty f estate. The heirs of the Ryan estat had filed a petition in the Probate > court tu have the executors, F. J. Tygard, J. C. Clark and J. R. Mor. rison, acting under the will of Jack Ryan, dismissed and an administra tor appointed, alleging that the as Charles Fisk and Mise Leta Van Doren were married in Kansas City last Thursday. While ft was cur. rent report that the wedding would take place shorsly, the above an- nouncement created surprise in our elty. Charley Fisk has spent the greater part of his life in Butler and fe well, known to our people. He isa musi clan of rare merit and stands high in the community as a citizen, The brideis acharming young lady, of high attainments, who recently came to the county with her par- ler. The young people wilimake their home in Kansas City, where Mr. Fisk has recently necepted the po- sition as leader of the Knight’s of Pythias band anda position with the Jenkins music store. J. H. Cowperthwait, of Shanan- doh, Iowa, was visiting his old friend and neighbor J. W Barnhart, living northeast of town, the first of the week. The two gentleman called on Tae Times Tuesday. Mr. Cow- perthwait recently sold outin Iowa and fs seeking @ new location We are headquarters FOR Useful Christmas Presents, Before selecting gifts for Christmas house slippers for a Christmas present? Call and see our goods before buying. John Bourland died suddenly at the home of his father, George Bour- land, near Spruce, on Saturday morning. He had not been strong for some time, but was apparently io his ueual health. While outing breakfast he was suddenly stricken and died at the table. Mr. Bourland Was @ young man, about thirty years ofage. He had been married, but his wife, who was @ Miss Cumpton, died several years ago. The Work Underway. Contractors for the construction of the drainage ditch, in Drainage District No. 1, have their implements and machinery shipped and on the ground, and are preparing to build she big dredge boate. This prelimi- nary work will take about four or five months. Those in poaltion to know eay the actual work of digging the ditch will begin about the first of May, when the dirs will fly, it not in as big chunke as Teddy’s boate are throwing out on the ship canal work, at least proportionately as large. Coutractors 4. H. McWil- liame, Taylor, Woodsworth and M.