BUTLER WEEKLY TIMES
SUITOR AK3 PROHRlKTOtt
TERMS OF SU-S:UIPTIOX:
The Chronicle has suspended j grand total of $9,742,005. When
md will he the railroad assessment is aciaeu to
f
v;fC When at Rich Hill the be-
. . -r-, . 1 .nU' tU. ! rnnliration at Rich f Till
A La- ! move,! to Sedalia. where its publish- this it will make ,t more than ten
"C T " J sion was ers Messrs. Flecnor & Root, assist- millions of dollars. Kea! estate
mar the contrary .m , eun a; c;e McDemuth. will com-! the town ot Holden.S455.S70-
. maue on uie press i " i -, - ,1 i? ' Fxchanrc
S , .. . ... mt-nre nn evenuii: dadv paper. Re- exchange
1 vravcroit or .iji'-- -j - -
ouhiicamsm m soucntm i.ue :nus.
THE FAR WZST.
The Wekly Times, ;ublihed every
Wednesday, wili be sent to any: duress j
one ear, postage paid, tor j
BtTTLEFI MISSOURI
WEDNESDAY, FEB. 20, 1884.
THE CAMPAIGN "TIMES-"
This is campaign vear in the Na
tion, State and County, from Presi
dent to Coroner. The interests in
volved will lie of vital importance to
the people, and they should keep
thoroughly posted . To that end The
Kkti.fh Wkkki.y Timi:s will be
reduced as follows :
liejrininjr on the 1st of March, the
paper will be sent to any address til
January 1st 1S85, for -skvf.n tv-five
cents ix Advance, or the Louisville
Courier-Journal and the Times,
for the same period for oxe dollar
AN D K IG I IT Y F I V K CENTS.
This is a very low rate, and all
who do not take the Times should
embrace this opportunity. Money
must be in advance, as we cannot at
iord to make this reduction "on
credit." We will gladly furnish
sample copies tree.
West Poinier.aml his educao-i ana
advantages ought to make hm. a fair
critic if lie expresses his judgement.
he dwindling.
Kea I estate in
ome one iu- t.i.iw-n
the trouble to lint! out l ow tar a man
must walk to put in and tend -,0 .crcs
of corn. To plow the ground wit;:
W. J. Stafford Writes an Interest
ing Letter from Washington
Territory
W. T. Jan. 28.
Timks : sYis'vng
F.PIT1
to
THE FAILURE-
Since the discharge of Frank James
the enemies, of Governor Critten
den have turned themselves loose
again. As long as the Governor
complied with every demand made
upon him bv the prosecution, there
was no complaint, but the moment he
refused to pardon a worse criminal
than Frank James that his testimony
might be worth more in convicting
the latter, then the prosecution is
enraged and turns the act into a sub
terfuge to escape the responsibility
of the prisoners discharge.
If the .Mate had no better testimo
ny upon which to convict Frank
Tame than that given by Dick Lid- ,
dill, then it should never have bejrun
the prosecution in the first place.
Frank James is no doubt guilty of at
"least some ot the crimes alleged
against him, but to prove it has been
the question. However, the Gov
ernor might have removed Luldill's
disabilities since it would have given
no possible room then tor any abuse
of him as the representative of the
State in the effort to convict the not
ed train robber.
i he prosecution has, perhaps,
been well enough managed, but tail
ed to convict the outlaw for want of
competent testimony, and tor the
Prosecuting Attorney to throw the
responsibility ot the discharge on
Governor Crittenden is going a long
way out of reason to find a plausible
excuse.
The following is his way ot cum
j mentmg on u recent engagement ot
I Fay, in Lmar :
I "The Fay Templeton " troupe,
whic performed Giro'ie-Girofia last
niht, is an arrant fraud from Fay
herself to the weakest sister ot tne . ,
ler brigade. The entire play was a j The Cass Couty Democrat has
dreary waste, through which the au- j hojsted the Gubernatorial banner.
dierce was carried over two nours, ,
! L .nnre than h,'f a dozen cho- ! nd inscribed thereon . the name of .
rouses and funny episodes to relieve j Gen. Tohn S. Marmaduke. Indeed
the monotony. It was an irnposi- j are the forces begining to move.
tion upon the public to be victimized -
in such a manner, when Fay's al-i Col. Robert Inersoll .vill lecture
16 inch.
1.
o! "e
,i.
w,
ue travels
miles
to harrow the ground
heiore planting, i:e wiii
The official notice ot the special
election to be held April :19th to vote
$10,000 to build a jail at Butler, ap
pears elsewhere in the Times. The have to travel 100 miles : to mark
subject should be earnestly and care- j out the same he travels im'es : to
fully considered. cultivate it afterwards he wd! have
to travel 300 mile-. ; inaKiug a
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new 101 111c 1 1 liuniui
e-
1,
nr paper
the mac.v
and chooe
leged repertory embraces "oillee
Taylor," "Olivette," "Pirates of
Penzance" and other equally attrac
tive operas ; but it is our opinion that
she sought refuge in Girofle, because
it is the only one she can even butch
er decently."
The Nevada JJentocrat thinks
the Vernon countv delegation in the
State Convention will give Hon. F.
C. Nesbit a hearty support for Sec
retary of State. Mr. Nesbit is a very
competent man and a worthy gentle
man, but he will have a strong com
petitor in the person ot Capt. Le
sueur of the Lexington Intcligencer
who came so near being nominated
four years ago, and will make the
race again this time. The interests
ot state will be well protected should
either of these gentlemen be select
ed.
night.
in Kansas City Friday-
noted infidel must have run a
short in his cash and has come
to replenish his pocket-book.
htt
west
write a tew ones n-r v
which vou can give to
readers a vou have space
to do sO.
it mav appear strange that here
one thousand miles ninth of Bates
county .Mo., that the weather should
be so mild and pleasant. Last win-
' tcr we hail about two inches of ice.
Fir this wiutei the ice in- not been
j per publishers who chance to u-adjovcr half an inch in thickness.
the following from the Independence , Horses, cattle and sheep live on the
Sentinel, one ot the liveliest in the j range the year round without feeder
think when
irried on in a
total ot Soo miles, beside1
eriag.
13 1 O A lis v 1 ! le 1 i-raid :
the
gr;.iii!
rath-
The northwest, will have many uupleas- ) any special car., and 1
little ant memories awakened within ! stock raising is once ca
them
One Stephen R. Smith, a portable
temperance lecturer, is being thor
oughly ventilated by the Cass Coun
ty Democrat as a huge fraud.
Among the candidates tor Su
preme Judge there is none more
worthy or competent than Tudge G.
D. Burgess ot Linn county. He has
occup:ed the chair as Circuit Judge
in his district nine years, and has
give.i uniform satisfaction. He is an
able man physically and mentally,
and his nomination would be receiv
ed with gratification by friends in
this county.
The Times Washington corres
pondent, in addition to a very inter
esting letter, sends a true likeness of
the late Wendell Phillips together
with a brief sketch ot his somewhat
eccentric life. The Times is the on
ly country paper in the State that
furnishes its readers weekly with the
portraits, accompanied with brief
biographies, ol the leading public
men of the Union.
As the hour seems prolific for the
"suggesting" of candidates for Con
gressional honors, why not include
the name ot one of Hates county's
most faithful and distinguished leg
islators Hon. J. N. Ballard. There
are none more worthy, and not one
who would secure a heartier support
from the Democratic party. Why
not name him.
THE HORTICULTURAL SOUIETY-
The Bates County Horticultural
Society organized in this city some
time since, was at first a very dimin
utive organization as to numbers,
but the lapse of a very brief period
comparatively has wrought a satis
factory and encouraging, change.
The Society now holds regular meet
ings, and thev are always well at -
Daniel T. Bcaty, the great organ
mm ol Washington New Jersey, has
gone under. No doubt many thous
and people haye money in Mr.
Beatv's hands now which will never
be returned, nor its cquivo!ent. This
should be : warning to people who
are prone to patronize irresponsible
institutions.
The season is now at hand when
the average political newspaper rush-
tended, and interesting. The pro- ! es to the front with the oft repeated
cetdings while not very exten- j declaration. "We have no preler-
sivc, are none the less import
ant, ami the papers read on various
nice among the numerous ivortfiy
candidates for the office." The
suoiccis pertaining to truit culture 1 imes has thus far with-held any
are always worthy. Impressed with j propensity it may have in this di
this idea the Times publishes full re- j recti an.
poits of each session ot the Society.! ?
including the papers read, discus- "The Butler Times copies our ac
sioiisv and the details of business ! ,u.ot lhc attemPtl robbery of
1 v . spencer, a lew davs irrn
i and
cretuts it to the Advocate.
NEIGHBORHOOD NOTES.
Appleton yournal: The first
marriage in Vernon county after its
organization was that of Henry Gib
son to Miss Latsi Overstreet. April
5th' l855-
Lamar Afissourianz Twenty
eight "convicts will be dismissed
from the Missouri penitentiary dur
ing February, under the three-
fourth's rule.
Carthage Patriot: There is a
lawyer in Jasper countv whose pedal
continuations are so small that it is
proposed to haye him arrested un
der the vagrant act for having no
visible means of support.
Ciinton Advocate'. The dog tax
of Cole county for this year amonuts
to $2, 165, of which $1,565 has al
ready been collected. This money-
is used as an indemnity to pay par
ties who have had sheep killed by
dogs, and it any remains, it goes
into the school fund.
Appleton yournal: A Journal
man interviewed several leading truit
growers from different parts ot the
country last Saturday regarding the
condition of fruit treees, and they all
expressed serious doubts on the sub
feet. Many claim that a large pro
portion of the peach trees are killed,
and ihat the crop ot early apples
j will also lie cut very short.
Nevada Mail: County Clerk
Cummins returned from Butler j
Thursday. After talking with a i
number of well-ported citizens of
Bates he thinks it yeiy doubtful
whether John T. Leaho will be con
xicted for the murder of his wife.
M any ot those most intimately ac
quainted with the particulars of the
case believe him innocent.
Appleton yournal ; According to
previous announcement the new,
elegant and beautiful M. E. Church
j building in this city was. on last Sun
day dedicated to the service ot Him
who rules supreme over ail the world.
Over $l,ooo was donated to be
used in paying off the indebtedness
on the church and other expences.
Indeed Appleton City and the coun
try surrounding is populated with a
generous-hearted, christian people.
Osceola Sun : This is hard times
on the stage lines, the roads for the
past week or two being so muddy
that it w as almost impossible to make
the trip from Osceola to A p!eton
or to Clinton. Yesterday ice was
floating down Osage so that the ter
ry would aot run in th. forenoon and
the stage irom here did net go. The
day betore the Clinton stage did not
come.
"A wealthy and highly re- j uractical manner it can be
uuU
The Late Wende!! Phillips.
The Jrnt Agitator and lleforni
vr. A Hrief lleriew of Life
and Characteristics.
spected citizen of Sniabar township,
named W. M. Brockmati, not only
refuses to take the Sentinel address
ed to him out of the office, but also
refuses to pay two years back sub
scription due. May the Lord have
mercy on his soul. He is $3 ahead
now, but how will it be when we
come to write his obituary?"
Nevada Aail: Mr. Shively is
one ot the most enthusiastic truit
growers in Vernon County. He is
now experimenting with a number of
new varieties ot different fruits, and
has sent to California for cuttings of
the fine grapes which have hereto
fore been principally confined to
that state. Mr. Shively believes
they can be grown successfully here,
and if he is correct, it will be a source
of revenue to Southwest Missouri
which will rival corn, cattle and hogs.
As a fruit ptoducing sect:on he be
lieves this part of the state ranks
next to California.
Nevada Democrat: John Smith
called at our office Thursday morn
ing and related a most shocking
storv.IIe says as he was riding across
the prairie six miles south of town
on his way to this city, he saw a
large fine steer standing on the bank
of a small stream bleeding at every
pore, and on further investigation
found he had been skinned alive.
Who the heartless wretch can be
that would do such n dasta:;lly deed
may never be known, but it is grave
ly suspected that a 1 .-rtain hide and
fur house ot this ci; , is responsible
ii.r the outrage. Ti e friends of the
gentlemen here m Nevada, however, j
are slow to believe they would be !
guilty o! such meanness. '
very profitable business.
At present lumber and fish is the
leading business west of the Cascade
Range, although stock raising, aiu
what is called farming, is carried on
to a considerable extent As to
good beef, mutton, fish and good
vegatables. thev don't make
them any better than they are
here. Cherries, plums and prunes
do splended. Apples grow large
and fine but dont have the good flav
01 or the Missouri apples.
As for game we have the black
bear, elk, deer, conger. One of my
neighbors killed a large conger to
day. They are very ferocious ani
mals, they sometimes kill the full
grown Indian pony, but rarely ever
attempt to harm a person.
It one expectsjto talk to every one he
meets he must be master of all lan
guages from Norway to China, tor
they arc all here but Sambo, too
much rain in winter and not hot
enough in summer for him. While
this is a very healthy country it is
not a smooihe, level, open country
like Missouri and never can be thick
ly settled, as the Chinaman says
"too muchie rouih"
W. J. Stafford.
P. S. 1 have not icceived the
Times since the 2nd of Jan. Please
forward back numbers, as I have
read the Times since the earliest
dawn of existence to the present date
anil cant think ot doing without it.
For President give us the old ticket
Tilden an I Hendricks. W. . S.
" vVELL LEASISD"
Marsh's Qo den Blood and Liver Ton
ic is a Delightful Remedy.
to our I I.jvcr Tonic tor Constipation and IS i I
Appleton yournal: Mjuire C'of- '. " Your (iolden IJIor.'d and Liver Tonic
fin tells a very good one on Hon. -N a splendid blood puritim- and liver enr
Frank Nesbit. and with the hop-that I rc t"r- 1 :tm Hcil Phased with its t-t-it
will have the effect of strengthen- I -Uh " Aiken, Kansas City,
ing Frank's chances for Secretary' . , , r , . ,. , , ... , ,
. , ' j wave used Maish s Ookieti lilood A:
ot Estate, we will give it
1 r . .
leaner.-: .v lew nights ago a resi
dent ot our county, living down in
in the hills near the river, was trav
eling in Monegaw township, and
night overtook him at Coffin's. During
the evening the stranger, through
curiosity, began to inquire the names
of those living in the neighborhood.
When the Squire mentioned Nes
bit's name his guest straightened up,
and with great astonishment, ex
claimed "N-a-s-b-y!" Well I'll
be darned, is that the fellow that
writes all them funny pieces in the
newspapers about Democracy?
With the death of Wendell Phil,
lips, the last of the great pioneer
and original apostles of Abolitionism
in the United States is gathered t
liis reward. He was born in Bos
ton on the 29th of November. 1811.
At the age of nineteen he graduated
from Harvard College, be?anatoncr
the study ot law, and was admitted
to the bar in 1S34.
His sympathies were stronjjlv
aroused by the persecution ot the
earlv Abolitionists, more particular
ly during the Boston mob in Octo
ber, 1S35, when Garrison, the leader
ot the Abolitionists narrowly escap
ed with bis life. The following year
Phillips gave up the practice of law
because he was unwilling to act un
der an oath of allegiance to the Con
stitution ot the United States, and
publicly joined the Abolitionists. In
1S65 he Micceded William Lloyd
Garrison as President of the anti
Slavery Society, which position he
held until dissolution of the organi
zation in 1S70.
In his time Wendell Phillips c.
poused many causes, such as prohi
bition, abolition ot interest on money
Communism, agragriaiusm, green
back fiat money, the election ot Gen.
Butler to the Presidency, woman's
rights, the abolition of government
and all penal laws, the restriction oi
ruffians and criminals by the power
of love only, the abolition of slavery
and ot the American Constitution a
"a covenant with death and a league
with hell." He opposed bitterly the
formation of the anti-Slavery politi
cal party, lie was a candidate for
Governor of Massachusetts a, one
time but he received only a small
vote. I Juring the war he dropped
all his views of no government and
non-pohtical action against slavery.
md became an advocate ot the must
extreme measure tor its supprev
sion. Thus twenty-five of the best
years ot his life devoted to the agi
tation of au anti-slavery sentiment,
culminated in success with the issue
ol the Kmanciiiatiou proclamation
ind amidst a mighty shock ot arms.
dh the extinguishment of slavery
th
e activities of Mr. Phillips'
1.. 1 t
iniml
sought new directions, and what
ever subject he discussed, the mag
netic cloqeence, the never-tailing
courage, the splendid intellectual
powers, the fierce defiance of public
sentiment, if against him, are fresh
in the country'. recollection. Hi
sympathies with humanity were un-
lioni-rieis, and found it a delightful and j bounded, his hatred of oppression 111
'fiffftVf9 -.ti-wrl,- tf: I?, Xt.-.-
. . r
' line, JHv,
j "Three bottles ot Marsh's (iolden
j Blod Si iiver Tonic cured nie ot a bad
Sicrotnlou hamor ad kidney trouble.
It is an uneqtialed blood purifier." (W.
E. Brown Demer, Col.
Marsh's (oldV Wood and Liver Ton
ic the great Blood Lirrr Kidney Stoniacfi
and Kowel corrector, wmt Marsh's Gol
den Balsam, the famous Throat and
Lung medicine, are for sale by J. 11.
Hitshew & Co., Druggist's, Butler
Large bottles ;;o cents and it.
Flax! Flax!! Flax!!!
Messrs-. Carries & Hall are prepar-
transactetl.
1 nere is m un iKtru t t ir. . . t . . . 1
mi;t..i- 1 v,n-uu iu nnoi credit is due Km 1 r: r t r
ttnt to the Bates county farmer, and TiMES.-C!iton Messier. T IIOUSln
certainlv n, ! P:M -""enden. son oi the Governor, is a
. wiMuiu- , iiiuii: 1 --"- i-'ci 1 vw 1 ta. Mr. ir - w
earetul study ot all its details, than
the most proper and successful
method of raising fi uk of whatever
kiml or quality. This is essentially
a fruit growing country, and the more
care taken in its culture, the more
. ...!.. : . 1 1 . 1
-Muwy viveu uie sooiect tne rn-atr i
will be rhf nmiK ! Senator in the
j-- - v. . jiiuuuuwa, j
purely an error, wholly unintention
al, and you do right in call
attention to it.
"Shake, Nasby" 0"
Pleasant Hill Revie-jo: Much ex ! ,n tf' make the largest flax loan ev
citement was created m this citv ! tr lmt out ,n Hates countv. They
Thursday morning by the report that ! ha-ve about threr- thousand bushels of
ci, the com- i stel k-cted jrom last year's
crop; ino.se oesiringio sow seed tins
season will save money rv calling, to
see them before making other ar-
clerk in ope of the Wabash offices in j
a man was lying dead
mon. iu the eastern part ot the city,
near Travis College. A coroner's
jury was summoned, and on proceed
ing to the spot all were shocked to
recognize the dead body as that ot
Mr. Thomas Carson, a gentleman
well known here and in tne western
part ot the county. He was remov-
all its forms, and of shams in all their
phases, intense, his grap of the tu
fure possibhties ot American civili
zation tar-reaching, and the world,
in spite ot any mistakes that he mai
have made was the better for his
living.
In personal appearance Mr. Phil
hps was a man of fine and command
ing presence. He was no doubt trr
most complete and polished orator
on the American platform Al
though the associate ot the cultured
and aristocratic, he was a man of the
simplest habits and the least osten
tation. He lived for forty years in
modest two story brick house built
by himsell n B0M011 and which he
vacated most - unwillingly in 1SS3.
the property having been "condemn
ed" for street improvement. In the
death of Mr. Phillips tbe little ba:ir
of surviving origin;'! Aolitioiiists
loses its most heroic and striking
figure. Doctor Furness and Rob
ert Purves of Washington and fin
veteran poet Whittier o Massachu
setts, and a tew otheis of less note
still survive to mourn the death of
rangenunts. Thev can furnish cith
! er native or Russian seed on the
most hber. terms. Having tne ovi.v j their silver-tongued leader
flax cleaner in southwest .Missouri. J
outside of Kansas City, thereby in
ling our
For Attorney General, Owen T.
Rouse ot Moberlv is mentioned.
f Missouri has no better man 4c
Legislature he had
iew equals. Always ready, always
Everywhere Fay Templeton is honest and true, is his reputation as
not applauded, it seems, either from legislator, and it is equally so of
want of ability to appreciate on the j him as a ,an. Hi nomination
part of the critic, or else a grievance I would be no mistake.
St. Louis. II
ed to the undertak
e is a quiet, uuassum- j - " '
in- youne eentlemai, who ,s l.mL. I monem exam.na-
; , - , -,,-! tlotl was held bv Drs
i jvu energy ami inieui-
j suring their customer's flax seed
gence rather than upon the distin
guished position occupied by hi
father. There is a promising future
for such young men.
Holden Enterprise: The
assessment ot Johnsou county
I free from cail and of the pure.t kmd.
This with fh-ir Iilwr 1 -t-i orwru
Smith and : , , ....
i' 1 ,1 unsurpassed raciiities tor Dandling
W arden, when it w as ascertained . 1 -1, - .
!,... k . . . 1 , , . ,ne product, will insure the greatest
that he was snot in the back ot the ! . , . , .
uQ . , , , returns to the farmers for their crops,
head, the ball ranging downward. '
It is suDooser! that death iMmif,! ;i, ' I'min t!,. T.-,.t, .
j t - - w. . ' 1 i - ....... v.. ...iftL.iui:iui.ptlfUcm.
j mediately. The deed is enshrouded j -How is'this. Minnie ?" asked one
total j m mystery, but from nil the circuin- . Marathon girl ot another. "Vou
just , stances 3timliniT If t
f ...... uiv iiic asKcu ati inese roues to vour
scarcely speak to and
of your most intimate
completed, except the radroads, ,s: testimony developed at the inquest, j party that you s,
Keal estate $6,823,905, personal it was evidently perpetrated for the left ,,,t .
property. S2.91S.JOO. Making a j purpose of mMwrv. I i
friends.'
The American Bazar tor Februa
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ber, and fully justifies the clamis ot
the publisher, that they are making
"The Best and Cheapest Fashion
Journal of the Day." In addition
to its fashion departments, its literary
features arc of the higbert order. It-
subscription price, only $1.00 per
annum, places it within the reach of
all, and we also notice that in h
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fered a choice from n catalogue of
standard work by the best author,
free, twrnd 10 cenis lor a sample
copy to the American Bazar Co.
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