BUTLER WEEKLY TIMES
J. D. ALLEN Editor.
J. D. Allen Si Co., Ptoprietors.
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EXTEA SESSION SUEE.
It has at last been, definitely set
tled that &U extra session of con
gress will be called early in tbo fall.
Mr. Cleveland does not believe in
star chamber proceedings and he
makes Lis announcements on all pub
a
he topics as fast as he arrives at
definite conclusion. Mr. Clevelan
notified Speaker Crisp that he could
go to work preparing his committees
with that end in view. It will be
called for the purpose of redeemin
the pledges made the people by th
democratic part, viz: that the tariff
taxes would be reduced to a basis of
revenub to support the government
economically administered.
The democratic party is on guard
in possession of both the admistra
tive and legislative departments ot
government for the first time
nearly fifty years and the eyes of
the whole world is upon it. If the
pledges made the people are carried
out all will be well and its lease o
power will be indefinite. The peo
pie demand that the tariff be reduc
Vernon county has thirty-three ed, the money question settled by
patients in the asylum. The net cost placing gold and silver on a parity
to the tax payers of the county for and the pension steals stopped
their maintenance for the year 1892, These three things the democratic
It is believed the senate will ad
journ the first of next week.
V llham It. Shaw, cashier of the
Lincoln National Bank, Bath. Maine,
has gone wrung to the amount of
$50,000.
The case against Lillie Johnson
at Memphis, Tenn., in connection
with the murder of Freda Ward by
Alice Mitchell has been dismissed.
The post office at Mexico, Mo.,
waB entered by thieves one night last
week and about one thousand dol-
i i t
iarB in postage scamps ana money
was stolen.
was $4,928.35.
St. Louis elected Cyrus P. Wal-
bridge, republican, mayor, on Tues
day by a good majority. The re
publicans elected most of the ticket
and have a majority of the council.
The work of reform is beginning.
Mr.. Morton, the new secretary of
ii it i . i
agricultural nas reaucea tne pay
roll in his department 8125,000, by
discharging unnecessary officials.
Ex-Governor Crittenden and Col.
John T. Crisp are in Washington.
The Governor wishes to be assistant
secretary of state, and the Colonel
hag an eye on the governorship of
Alaska. So the dispatches have it.
Jas. Corbettp champion prize fight
er, signed an agreement Saturday
with the Coney Island Athletic As
sociation to fight Mitchell at Coney
Island in December for the world's
championship, the winner to take a
purse of $40,000.
party is pledged to do and the peo
ple will not stand an evasion of these
issues.
The tariff question is one of most
importance to all classes. The people
are perfectly willing to pay sufficient
taxes to support thegovernment,but
unnecessary taxation is unjust taxa
tiou and a great burden upon the
poor man. It would be much better
for the democratic party at this time
if it had a smaller majority in the
house. As it is factional and see
tional differences and interests have
to be consulted and there is much
danger from internal discensions
Mr. Cleveland will do his duty by
giving congress an opportunity to
pass a tariff law that can be made
operative next spring, thus giving it
a fair trial before the following fall
elections. This a democratic con
gress must do, as the fate of the
democratic party is at stake.
The legislature passed an act pro
hibiting the shipment of quail for a
period of five years. While the game
markets of St. Louis and Kansas
City may suffer temporarily, the law
is a blessing to the state 'as the
slaughter of these delicate and de- day a ship may bring
CLEAN UP.
No matter how far we delude
ourselves into fancied security, the
fact remains that there is a very
strong probability that cholera will
visit this country the coming sum
mer. It is already raging in some
of the Eastern countries and anv
the dreadful
hcious birds will to a certain extent
be stopped.
At Toledo Judge Ricks delivered
his decision in the Ann Arbor case,
holding one of the eight engineers
guilty of contempt in disobeying
his orders and discharging the oth
er seven. lie also read Judge Taft's
decision in the case against Chief
Arthur, sustaining the injunction
against him, restraining him from
enforcing rule 12, the boycott clause
of the brotherhood.
Mrs. Jefferson Davis does not
favor women suffrage. She thinks
that sufftage once conferred could
not be withdrawn and that women
have a higher and holier Bphere
within their homes and in those calls
of duty which have answered the
needs of humanity for so many centuries.
scourge to our land. The best au
thorities on this subject agree that
the only sure preventive is cleanli
ness. Filth is a breeder of cholera
germs, .butler never was in its his
tory so filthy as at present. Banana
peelings, vegetables and filth of
all kinds is allowed to rot Tn the erut
ter in front of the business houses.
The allies are extremely filthy and
tbo stench which comes from them
of a warm day is positively sicken
ing. There has been no systematic
effort by the proper authorities for
over a year to clean up. We make
this statement without any disposi
tion to cast reflection upon any one,
but simply state the plain unvar
nished truth. We are prom ised a
new condition of things by the new
council antl it will not come any too
soon.
While the city is taking its long
needed bath the citizens should see
SIGNED BY GOV- STOXE.
Jefferson City, Mo.,. March 2S.
Governor Stone today transmitted to
the Secretary cf State, with his ap
ptoval the following acts of the
Thirty seventh general assembly:
Senate bill No. 54, allowing guard
irns of insane persons to loan money
of their wards with approved secur
ity; senate bill No. 25, authorizing
drainage districts in counties having
swamp lands; senate bill 53 provid
ing for recording notes which repre
sent the indebtedness of cancelled
mortgages; house bill, 300 providing
for the organizing of levee districts
in south west Missouri; senate bill
No 05, requiring the probate judges
to furnish the assessor anually with
a list of the property and estates
subject to taxation; senate bill No
115 increasing the salary of the Miss
ouri penitentiary chaplain from 500
to $1,200 a year.
A QUSTIOX OF GRAVE IMPORT
Lixhtninjr's Swift Work
ft
Sedalia, Mo., April 3. Mrs. Ma
tuda Fryer of Denver, Col., who is
visiting her brothe in-law John
Stotts and family, residing on
farm about five miles southeast of
Sedalia, was struck by lightning
this morning and terribly burned
and stunned. About 7 o'clock Mrs
Jbryer with a tin pail in her hand
started to the milking pen. The
clouds were threatening and the at
mosphere was close and sultry. Sud
aenly there was a flash followed by
a sharp peal of thunder and the lady
was seen to fall to the ground, the
pail being battered and twisted and
thrown ouite a distance.
Mih. Fryer was found to be total
Jy unconscious and was at once car
ried ifito the house. The back of
her n-ck and her entire back were
blistered in a most painful manner.
The lightning also passed down her
imbs, burning her undergarments
rom her body and tearing both
shoes from her feet. She
precarious condition.
is in a
Out in Dakota they do things just that their private premises are clean-
a little different than they do in civ
ilized Missouri. A delegation of W. C.
T. U. women raided a "Doublin pig"
in the town of Fargo a few days ago
and routed the proprietor, and pro
ceeded to take an inventory of the
stock. While engaged in this little
diversion the aforesaid proprietor
returned with re-enforcements and
proceeded to fire the intruders.
When the invaders recovered their
breath and straightened out their
feminine attire they found they were
a badly disfigured outfit They
brought suit for assault and battery
but the state's attorney dismissed
the case. In Missouri the men are
more gallant, and the dear creatures
would have been given full posses
sion while the proprietor and his
friends would have gone over the
back fence. There they have dif
ferent names for these menageries,
here they are known as the "blind
Tiger," "the joint" "the Goose'' "the
club room" etc. But we presume
the name doesn't change the price
or quality of drinks. We want to
be recorded as for the ladies and
agin the Doublin pig."
ed up, Do away with the offensive
hog pen, clean up your back yards
I and ttables and paint and white-
wash the out-houses. Do this and
observe the proper hvgenic rules
and let cholera do her worst, you
need have no fear of it.
i. T" a
congressman jjeAirnona is re
ceiving many calls from his constit
uents. The Judge is anxious to do
the right thing in all the appoint
ments in his district, and wants all
the information he can get bearing
on each case. He treats all his callers
courteously and kindly, gets all the
information they can give and im
i .1 i
parts none nimseii untu lie is pre
pared to make his final decision.
We understand it is his intention to
settle all his postoffice contests just
as fast as he is fully informed of the
true situation.
A number of newspapers have en
tered in the race for United States
senator, Governor Stone, Ex gover
nor Francis and Major Harvey Sal
mon. But as Senator Test's time
does not expire for four years ample
time is given the people to make up
their minds.
Missouri Convict Lease.
Jefferson City, Mo., April 1 The
State board of prison inspectors to
day closed au important deal with
the Ohio Valley Pearl company, of
Cincinnati, by which that firm con-
tracts for the labor of 100 male con
victs for a period of five years at
GOc per day, and for fifty female con
victs at 50c a day. The company man-
factures pearl buttons and has the
argest plant west of the Alleghauy
mountains. A. L. Whitney, busi
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uuii:er ui me company, nieu
a bond of 25,000 and says that the
entire plant will be removed to this
city within thirty days. The prevail
ing price for convict labor in the
penitentiary here has been about 50c
per day, which is regarded as too
cheap, and the contract to-day is
considered a departure from the old
system. It is said that some of the
contractors working under contract
at a maximum of 50c and a mini
muni of loc, fought the letting of
the contract to the Cincinnati firm
lhis is the best contract ever made
for the state since the prison has
been operated under the prevailing
system.
The Washington dispatches indi
cate that Ex governor T. T. Crit
tenden of Kansas City, will be made
consul general to Mexico. This is a
good appointment and will be of
great benefit to Kansas City and the
west in view of the trade relations
between Mexico and this country.
Can a Man B Cunipellwl to Wear Fins
With the Mercury at 70 Degrees?
Chicago, Iil , March 31 Can a
man be compelled to pnrade around
in heavy seal skin clothes for the ed
ification of the public when the mer
cury is soaring about the 00s and
70s!
That is a question that will have
to be solyed in connection with the
troubles that threaten to disrupt the
Esquimau village at the World's
fair. From all accouuts, it will be
the main issue for settlement. Peter
Mesher, who ieprf sents at least five
of the Esquimaux in the village, has
made application in the circuit court
for a writ of habeas corpus to re
lease certain residents of the vil
lage that they are being detained
against their will and are not being
well treated. Masistrate Porter of
Hyde Park has constituted himself
the champion of the Esquimaux vil
lagers and facts to day of the habeas
corpus proceedings were strange
and startliug enough for any one
Some time ago one of the Ice
landers, Najed Zacharias, was ar
raigned before Magistrate Porter
charged with assaulting an official o
the Esquimau village company
Superintendent Dauiels of the vil
lage company wanted Zach locked
up for three weeks, but the magis.
trate refuse. This action tickled
the North land folk mightily, and
ever since that time the Esquimaux
have made the magistrate their con
ndent and have told him of their
manifold woes. The result is that
he has been led to make investing
tiou into the troubles of the foreign
ILL - 11 1 . .
era wnu a leaun, as ue says, tnat is
startling. As a consequence of his
inquires he will soon begiu suit in
the United States court hero on be
half of certain Esquimau families
asking heavy damages from the com
pauy that brought these people to
this country.
Tne, Evolution
Of medicinal agents is gradually rel
egatmg the old time herbs, pills,
araugtits ana vegetable extracts to
the rear and brinein"- into o-eneral
uee the pieasaut and effective hauid
laxative, Syrup of Figs. To get the
true remedy see that it is manufac
tured by the California Fir Svrup
v,o. oniy. .ror sale bv a 1 leadinnr
Apr.
Highest of all in Leavening Power. Latest U. S. Gov't Report.
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ABSOLUTELY PURE
Farmers of Bates County
We now have to offer you the largest and best
selected line of
FARM MACHINERY
Ever brought to Butler. Consisting of the following
popular lines of Implements. The celebrated
HOLINE.ILt,
drucrciats
Hon. James R. Waddill of Kan-
City the new state superintendent
of insurance was born in Sm-in?-
field, Mo., November 22, 1842, and
was educated in public schools. Ha
served in the Union army from 18S1
to 1S63, when he resigned. He was
Admitted to the bar in 1864; was a
member of the democratic state cen
tral committee from 1864 to 1872;
elected prosecuting attorney of
Greene county in 1874, and a mem
ber of congress in 1877. Mr. Wad-
dill was renominated to congress in
1879, but after a most exciting
O
struggle he was defeated by 54
rotes by Ira S. Hazeltine. the noted
sheep farmer. Some years ago Mr.
Waddill located in Kansas City,
where he has since practiced law.
St. Louis Republic.
James O. Broadhead, of St Louis,
was appointed Monday as envoy ex
traordinary and minister plenipo
tentiary to Switzerland.
Apples in Missouri.
Will it pay to plant apple trees
for market in Missouri? Here are
the figures giveu at a meeting of the
Missouri stte horticultural society:
An orchard of about 500 trees plant
ed in 187G, one half Ben Davis, were
cultivated in corn for several years,
then in clover, usually pasturing
hogs in summer. Apples sold in
1881, lG9;in 1882, 5852; in '83,
1,628; in 84, 1,857; in 85, 175: in
86, $2,2G8; in 87, $1,875; in 88, $1,
110. This report was made in 1888.
In 18S9 Missouri had a good crop
of apples, and in 1890 Missouri rais
ed more apples than all the balance
of the states in the union, the crop
of a single orchard eelliner as hiffh
as 60,000. You see in eight years
the owner realiztd SS9.2G3.
Fixed just right
Liver, Stomach, and Bowels, by
Dr. Pierce's Pleasant Pellets. They
do it in just the riirht rav. too
by using Nature's own methods.
That's whv thev're better than th
dreadful, old-fashioned pills, with
their griping and violence.
But thev're better in every wav.
In size, for instance, and dose.
They're the smallest and the eas
iest to take; only one little Pellet
is needed for a gentle laxative
three for a cathartic. They cleanse
and regulate the system thoroughly
but it's done easily and naturally.
Sick Headache, Bilious Headache,
Constipation, Indigestion, Bilious
Attacks, and ail deransrements of
the Liver, Stomach and Bowels are
prevented, relieved, and cored.
Inev re the cheapest pill you can
bnv, for thev're Guaranteed to rive
satisfaction, or vour monev is re
turned. You pay only for value
received.
Something else, that pavs the
dealer better, mav be offered as
"just as good." Perhaps it is, for
him, but it can't be, for you.
John Deere and Bradley Stirring Plows,
Challenge, Leader. Keystone and Deere Planters.
Kewauee Check Rowers with Automatic Reels.
Bradley Riding Disc Cultivators. John Deere
Spring Trip Cultivators. Bradley and New Depart
ure Tongueless Cultivators, Stalk Cutters. Grub
Plows. Farm Wagons. &c-
Also the largest and best selected stock of . '
HARDWARE, GROCERIES, STOVES
AND QUEENS WARE IN THE CITY
All Kinds of Grass and Garden Seed
l'he highest cash or trade price paid for alf kinds of Countrv Product
Bennett-Wheeler Merc. Co.
NO RACING FOR CLAIMS.
Secretary Smith Says the Oneninir
Will Reconducted on Another
PJan.
Special toK.C. Times.
Washington, D. C, April 3. "Yes
we heard late Saturday," said Secre
tary Hoke Smith tc-day, "that the
Cherokees had accepted the terms
proposed for. the purchase of the
unerokee outlet. The interior de
partment is now bending every en
ergy to the work of getting matters
ready for the opening. There is one
thing I wish you would say in the
Times. Of coursr. I can not say
even approximately just when there
will be the openinsr. but this rninf
decided on as late as this ruoiu-
in": Ihere wiil be no iupa fnr tu
aud this time. The cripple on foot
will stand an equal show with the
man on the Kentucky thoroughbred
You can tell all the people waiting
around the strip that they need not
worry nor hurry. Every man shall
have an equal chance with others
and be absolutely prevented from
getting anything better than an
equal chauce. Those men who have
been spying about in the strip,
scouting out the most eligible loca
tions, will iiot profit by it nor stand
any better show than those who
never saw or set foot on the land be-
bre.
No, I cannot tell what method
will be adopted by the department
in allowing settlers to select their
ocations. We have not cot it
thought out yet. But I am deter-
minor? fVat C :ii i i ,,
m wm uui ue me race
horse method and want you to give
it all the publicity you can. Later
on I will state what we will do.''
Uissonrf Editors.
The Fiecutive Committee of the
Missouri Press Association met
Tuesday in St. Louis and arranged
the program for the 28th annual
session which will convene in Clinton
Thursday, June 22, and continue
Friday and Saturday. The program
will appear latter on. It embraces
addresses, papers. discussion of
leading topics, banquets, and ball
Friday night, drive about the citv
and the departure at 4:12 p. m. Sat
urday for the World a Fair. Clinton
Democrat
I Inn rvf ii,- . I t . ,
- iU um iegai maxims is
tht the best way to repeal a bad law
is to rigidly enforce it Perhaps as
a part of the destiny of Kansas it
was necessary to kill the noxious
weed of leveliog socialism by giving
it a partial chance at government
The utter inability of the populists
to deal with serious practical affairs
has been demonstrated so abundant
ly that healthy minds have all aban
doned the new fad for good and all.
lhe sensible farmers see that the
Populists leaders are no better mor
ally aud very inferior in ability to
the old political leaders and that the
raw experiments proposed in Popu
list speeches will lead only to busi
ness damageadoss of credit and con
fusion. K. C. Times.
An attempt is being made in Illi
nois, by the admirers of the late
Capt. Dan K. Shields, the great tern
perance lecturer who died a short
time ago while on a drunken de
bauch, to build a monument to Lis -memory.
KNOWLEDGE
Brings comfort and improvement and
tends to personal enjoyment when
rightly used. The many, who live bet
ter than othera and enjoy life more, with
less expenditure, by more promptly
adapting the world's best products to
the needa of physical being, will attest
the value to health of the pure liquid
laxative principles embraced in the
remedy, Syrnp of Figs.
Its excellence U dne to ita presenting
in the form most acceptable and plea
ant to the taste, the refreshing and truly
beneficial properties of a perfect lax
ative effectually cleansing the system,
dispelling cold, headaches and fevers
and permanently caring constipation.
It has given i satisfaction to millions and
uc witu ine approval of the medical
profesaon, because it acts on the Kid
Beys, Liver and Bowels without weak-
t-nd " rfect,y free from
very objectionable substance.
Syrnp of Figs is for sale by all drue
gista m 50c and-fl bottles, but it is mal
nfactared by the California Fig Syrup
Co. only, whose name is printed on every
package, also the name, Syrnp of Fig,
and being well informed, you will not
accept any substitute if offered.