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LOCAL
ITEMS.
'l'iie jkiixiju bureau is-.U'- i 7,321
pension certificates last week, being
at the rate of 3sO,fJil2 a year, from
which it oppears that while the war
may be over, the returns are just be
ginning to come in. Joplin Herald.
Lace curtains and fine fabrics
laundried in line style at the Hand
Laundry. North Main street.
A new railroad is being hatched.
running from rt. S.-ott noitheaster-j
ly through Vernon, Bates. Henry, j
I'ettiw. Morgan and Moniteau to
connect with the Mo. Pacific in Cole
county. Warrensburg Journal Dem
ocrat. It is announced that there ate no
third party men in the Mississippi
Alliance. The same thing may be
said us to the Alliance in every other
Southern State. They are Demo
crats first down there, and then agri
cultural reformers. Globe Demo
crat. R. S. Cation, Notary Public, ac
knowledges all kind of papers. 2'. tf
Eleven persons at the home of C.
J. Berentll on Washington avenue
were made quite sick Tuesday b
eating arsenic put in desert by some
unknown person. Dr. A. C. William
son was called and gave the neces
sary remedies so that all the sufferers
are now out of danger. Springfield
Express.
A stock of groceries for sale at
Ballard. J. P. McFakland.
S. 1. Francisco, a lawyer of But
ler, had a case in court here, this
week. Sim tamed a reputation here
in the excellent management of a
case last year and since is more pop
ular than ever. Every one knows
him and extends a cordial welcome
when he comes around. Harrison
ville Missourian.
Avoid risks of sending your laun
dry work out of town by patronizing
the home laundry. North Main
street. 30 tf
Our esteemed contemporary, the
Chicago Times of last Friday, sur
prised us with its immensity. It
was a paper of 124 paegs, 7 columns
to the page, and 114 pages were oc
cupied by a legal notice of sheriffs
sales of real estate in Chicago and
Cook county for delinquent taxes, a
sure sign of "prosperity." Spring
field Express.
Call ou R. S. Catron for insurance
on stock against lighting. 20 tf
Mr. M. J. Wright, manager, and
A. W. Gray, president f the Steam
Gravel Co., of Osceola, Mo., met
with the city council and made fig
ures with that body for quartz grav
el for macdamizing the streets of
Harrisonville. His prices for grav
el are such that it may be put ou the
streets for $2C a car load of 7 cubic
yards. A car load will cever 102
square yards, 0 inches thick and will
cost about $.028 a square foot.
Harrisonville Missourian.
Suppose the city couucil of Butler
investigate this matter a little and
see if arrangements cannot bo made
to gravel Ohio street.
Died; June 20th 1801. at his home
in Elkhart township, of apoplexy,
E. G. Reeves. Deceased was 56
years old and has been a resident of
this county for a number of years
He was a stout rugged man and
plowed corn all day on Friday the
10th, came in at night ate a hearty
supper and retired apparently in
good health. About uine o'clock P.
M. he was taken ill and at once be
came unconscious, at six o'clock A
M. on the 20th he died. Funeral
services were held Saturday evening
at 0 o clock.
Mr. Reeves was a man highly esteem
ed by all who knew him. He leaves
a wife and three children to mourn
his loss. Adrian Journal.
The New York World thinks that
not all the 3,000 living languages,
connected by hypens, would be com
petent to express the mutual en
dearments which Sherman and Fo ra
ker feel
Of the galaxy of brillia&t Indiana
democrats, Hendricks, McDonald,
Gray and Voorhees, the latter two ;
only are yet living. It was a quartet
of brains and democracy, and its like '-
! will not be soon seen again in In i
diana Toledo Bee.
Wabash, Ind , June 27. Eliza-j
beth McVey, the wonderful faster of
Rose Hill, died this morning, 43 i
I j
, days after any food whatever had
' been taken. Dr. Tanner, the eele- J
! brated faster, was with Mrs. MeYey ;
, a day before she died, and dhgnosed ;
her case carefully, but could not de- i
j termine the nature of her malady. j
Mr. J. Bradley, who lives on the
Reif farm just east of town, tells us
the family of Mr. Dixon, consisting
of himself, wife and four children
rent for him yestcrdav- to have him
ferry them across the river on ac
count of high water, the entire prem
ises being surrounded. The wife
and two childr:i were also sick and
Qut ( f lirovigious Xhe faaiyT is
nQw bt witU Ml9. Braili;v.
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Rich Hill Review.
Charles Stewart Parnell, the once
noted Irish leader, was married yes
terday morning at Steyning, Eng
1 ind, to Mrs. Kate O'Shea. Under
the guise of friendship, while ac
cepting the hospitalities of Ciipt.
O'Shea, Parnell wrecked the home
happiness of the man whose friend
ship he hud enjoyed. A divorce fol
lowed, and now Parnell takes the
womaa, whom he wrung from her
husband, for his wife.
Win. Crosseu, living a mile north
of town, met with a terrible accident
last Monday tuorniug which will
cripple him for life. He had pulled
in with his binder to harvest Wm.
Webb's crop of wheat, when some
thing got wrong with the binder,
when Will reached in to remove the
obstacle, and in doing so, the needle
sprung, entering the back of the left
hand just about the center, going
through the hand and tyeiug the
twine. Jerico Optic.
Real Estate Insurance, Money
to Loan, call on John F. Herrell
Adrain. Special Agent German In
surance Co. 24 t
There is not a sheet of American
tin in the Arkansas market. But
the price is one-third higher than it
was a 3'ear ago. One man in Cincin
nati, O., has made over $100,000
since the passage of the McKinley
bill. The people who pay the ad
vanced price when they put on tin
roofs contribute to the unearned
wealth of the Cincinnati speculator,
and see a practical illustration of the
beauties of the tariff. Joplin Her
ald. Sedalia, Mo., June 2G. Mrs. Rob
ert Beatty, wife of a well-known far
mer living near Smithton, Pettis
county, was engaged in picking
cherries last evening, when the lad
der upon which she was standing
fell, precipitating her to the grouud
with great force, bursting a blood
vessel, which resulted in instant
death.
The Great Benefit.
Which people in run down state
of health derive from Hood's Sarsa
parilla, conclusively proves that this
medicine "makes the weak strong."
It does not act like a stimulant, im
parting fictitious strength, but
Hood's Sarsaparilla builds up in a
perfectly natural way all the weaken
ed parts, purifies the blood, and as
sists to healthy action those import
ant organs, the kidneys and liver.
Warrensburg, Mo., June 20. The
State Teachers' Association conclud
ed its annual session at Pertle
Springs yesterday.
Tue committee on nominations
made its report as follows which was
agreed to: President, W. J. Hawkins
of Nevada; vice-presidents J H Ma
hegen of Piedmont; W. S. Dearmont
of Mound City; W. D. Christian of
St. Louis; E. D. Lucky of St. Louis;
secretary. A. L. Whitaker of Kirk
wood; railroad secretary, J. R. Kirk
of Kansas City; treasurer, T. Berry
Smith of Fayette.
The next meeting of the associa
tion will be held at Pertle Springs.
June 21. 22 and 23. 1S02.
Numerous resolutions were adopt
ed. Th? session was regarded as an
exceedingly interesting one.
A Heantifnl Home
For sale, one block from the sq uare,
six roDiiis good well and cistern, SO
fruit trees and all kinds of shade
trees. One third cash, balance to
suit purchaser, or will take land or
cattle in part payment. Call at this
office.
FARMER Fl.KF.CEli.
Ct.nfitlcncr .Men Make a Raid in ( Iintou
".maty. Misiiu j.
Plattsburg, Mo., Jur.e 2'J. Steven S
Trice, a wealthy farmer, was buu-.'O- f
ed out of 3.500 and a team and j
buggy Friday by a gang of coali
Jt-Lice men. They visited l.uu pur-,
chased his farm, and pei bUn l-d him !
to draw the S3.oU0 flulu the bank !
to i-uich;.ae some land a j.iii,ing
Lis which tLey could not Lav. After '
drawing the n.onev L left town
with them in
a (tiriii-i
an-
wliea
near town tht-v
:et a
who passed as a gambler. A iame !
was begun, and when all but Trice
had lost the- forced him to plav, ;
threw a cicth over his hea l, chloro
formed him an l robbed him. The ;
confedeiatts, four in number. i it
but the two in the carriage, who had
given their names as Dr Sparks a: id
Judge Har. ot St. Louis, c -oilv
hauled their victim home, impresm r
ou his mind that if he left home or ;
told anv one before Sundav h would
be killetl.
They told him it was in settlement .
of an old war grudge and :t was the ;
way a few enemies took to et ev.-n !
Mr. Trice was so overcome .
fright that he never mentioned the
allair even to his wife un A last j
evening j
The two men who first met Trice j
arrived in Plattsburg last Wednes- I
dav and registered at the Laclede j
hotel as G. E. Sparks aud C. G. G. i
Hare, both cl-iiming to be fiom St. i
Louis. Sparks and Hare could be ;
easily identified if caught They '
both were very genteel appearing!
and between 40 and f0 years old,
one weighing about ISO pounds, j
light complexion, with chin whiskers !
and moustache, a little gray. The j
other weighed about 170 pounds was ;
heavy set and wore red whiskers j
The gambler was dark complexioned, !
heavy set and talked like a Dutch- j
man. The community is very much j
stirred up over the allair. j
Vernon Coal Lands. I
hantas City Star.
A deed of trust from the Keith
& Perry coal compauy of this city
to James M. Lombard of the Lom
bard Investment company, trustee,
for jftSOO,000 was recorded Tuesday
at Nevada, Vernon county. The deed
is on the property of the coal com
pany and is made to secure l.fJOO
bonds of !?.00 each. The deed is
not a new one, but was made about
a year ago. The company has in the
meantime been reorganized. The
deed was again recorded so as to in
clude additional lauds iu Vernon
county, Mo., and Cherokee county,
Kansas, acquired within th, year.
These lands amount to about 80,
000. The bonds are for the purpose
of obtaining funds to further devel
op the company's resources.
Southern Kansas Storm Swept-
Arkansas City. Kau . June 29
About 2 o'clock this morning a hea
vy storm broke upon this city and
vicinity doing thousands of dollars'
damage. Hail broke hundreds of
windows, knocked fruit from trees
and riddled garden truck and melons.
The wind wrenched a school house
aud several other buildings east of
the city and leveled thousands of
acres of grain aud corn to the ground.
OHIO WHEAT BADLY DAMAGED.
Cleveland, O , June 29. A heavy
rain and hail storm passed over
Champaign, Richland and Licking
counties, Ohio, to day, doing great
damage to the wheat crop, which
was ready for harvest. Oats and
hay were also damaged. The rain
fall was heavy and at Mansfield the
streets were flooded to a depth of
several inches and much damage
done to pavements.
SEVERE STORM ABOUT SEDALIA.
Sedalia, Mo., June 29. The most
severe electrical storm of this sum
mer prevailed in this section last
night. Great damage was done to
the crops and on the farm of Wil
liam Gentry, north of this city, two
valuable bulls were killed by light
ning.
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Honoring Vest.
Iu prefacing a lengthy interview
with Senator Vest, who was recently
in Kansas City, ou his way to Oma
ha, on business, the Times of that
city says: Senator Vest has been one
of the Democratic war horses for
twenty-five years. He has fought
in battles for his party iu the halls
of the national congress aud on the
stump. He has been leader of the
party in the senate. While fighting
for party principles he has always
had in view the interests of the en
tire people and especially the inter
ests of the people of Missouri, who
he represents. His course on all
pubSic questions has been straight
forward and his attracted much at
tentiou to him. That the people of
Missouri are satisfied with him was
shown at the recent session of the
legislature, wtien he was sent back
to the senate by the unanimous vote
of his party without a contest.
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Acculentally Sliot.
About ( o'clock last evening, Fri
day, June 2, 1S91, a deploralbe ac
cident and one greatlv regretted oc
cured at Jasper Hammonds' tent, lo
cated about 150 yards southeast
from the Water Company's stand
pipe, south of the road from Clinton
to Grand river bridge. Mr. Ham
mond has resided in this county
about four years, but for several
mouths past made his home with his
family iu the locality named. He
started out for a rabbit hunt; and
loaded his rifle a No. 22 target gun
but sat it down for a moment against
a wagon uutil he secured something
which he had forgotten. During
his momentary absence, his 5 year
old sou took hold of the gun and in
handling it discharged the load into
John Miller, aged about 15 years,
sou of Samuel Miller, a horse trader
who is likewise camped near by. The
ball entered under the right arm pit
and was a fatal shot. Death ensued
in less thau one hour. Dr. Britts
was summoned in great haste, but
the wounded boy was beyond the
reach of medical aid. Evidently the
shot lacerated a large blood vessel,
aud death resulted from internal
hemorrhage. Clinton Democrat.
Children Enjoy.
The pleasant flavor, gentle action
and soothing effects of Syrup of
Figs, wheu in need of a laxative and
if the father or mother be costive or
bilious the most gratifying results
tollow its use, so that it is the best
family remedy known and every fam
ily should have a bottle. 32
Jefferson, Tex., June 2G.A colli
sion of freight trains occurred last
night on the Texas and Pacific rail
way within the corporate limits, in
stantly killing S. M. Dean, rear
brakeman, and L. R. Gratger, a
tramp, aud about twenty-five beef
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caiue aim compieieiv uemousumg t
the engines and about eight cars.
The engineer and fireman saved
themselves by jumping. The acci
dent was caused bv the train goin
east pulling out two minutes ahead
of time.
The Soap
that'
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The Baroness v.n Teuffel, better
known to Americans as Blanche Wil
lis Howard, is reported to be singu
lar happy in her married life. Her
husband is very proud of her liter
! ary gifts and encourages her iu her
work. They are at present living at
Stuttgart.
Theodore Smith, a merchant at
Agency, n small town in Buchanan
county, near St. Joseph, was hot
and killed by thiee assassins Friday
night just as he had extinguished the
j light in his store. The assassins al
so shot at his little 7 year old son as
ho ran from the store Mr. Smith
is a son of Judge Win. B. Smith,
member of the Buchanan county
court and brother to Dr. Smith, of
state insane asylum No. 2 The
killing was cold blooded aud not for
the purpose of robbery.
FARMERS OF
tand-toYour
CASH. CASH. CASH.
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IS PAYING THE
PMWIdI
uUhielm and
We have made arrangements
which will enable us to handle
all the Butter, Chickens and
Eggs that comes to Butler.
You Can't Overstock us
So brinic them to us and be convinced.
Pilaris & Son
will take all you will brinic at the highest
price. Cash or Trade. The best place in
Bates County to sell
iRiitter, liickeus & Egg.
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It now transpires that Postmaster
General Wanamaker, had his hands
: deep down in the stock of the Key
stone bank swindle. Notwithstand
ing his emphatic denials the council
; committee have dug him out and
placed him in a bad light before the
1 couutrv.
The crop prospects for Lafnyetto
county are not so flattering- The
i Lexington Intelligencer has reports
from twenty stations in the county
concerning crop conditions and says:
; Wheat harvest has been iu progress
for the past week aud the yield is
estimated t from 17 to 20 bushelH
to the acre Corn it doing fairly
well on high ground but bottom
! land is very weedy and prospects
are slim. Oats will produce barely
half a crop.
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