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1 7T V 1 1 A ! i i in lirtbiriiili Grows larirnr ivt;ry Iay Las t Saturday's sales were more like November than January We'll not carry over & single suit that it is possible to sell. Remember we give you choice of all winter weight 18, $'20 and $2o suits for only Lota of these suits pay us hu actual cash loss, but then we are determined to meet the new tar iff with as few good as possible. Every winter weight suit cut to lowest notch. It will pay you to buy your next winter' suit now The life cut out of boys' and children's suits wool underwear wool socks overshh ts caps and all kinds of winter wear. Special In Our Shoe Department. o w All odds and ends of our 83, $3.50 and $u t-hos cut to $2 50. Good arctics 80c; first qunlity arctics SI 25' Jll-XS &I)0YS OUTFITTERS c -it DC 1 MJT'.EK VVKbRLl 11Mb: LOCAL ITEMS Franz Bernhardt is on the sick list. Get your pictures framed at D. W. Dbcmmosds. Sam Fisher spent Saturday in Kansas City. C W. Emery, of Topeka, Kansas, was in the city. Dr. Everiugham is putting a hand some veranda on his house. Z J. Williams and family spent a few days this week at Altona visiting-Sheriff Colyer is busy getting things in Bhape for the February term of court. Mr. Clarence Little, of Camp Point, III., is visiting his brother, Joe Little, of this city. Mr. and Mrs. L. H. Purcell of Kansas City, Mo., are the guests of Mr. and Mrs. W. S. Layman of this city. The circuit court docket for the February term is not a long one but there are quite a number of import ant cases to be tried. Verney L. Johnson wlo has been quite sick for the past ten days with erysipelas, made his appearance on the streets Tuesday. Tk V TrAaKvtrian church near J ) Adrian, was dedicated last Sunday- Mr. Eldridge, the contractor, says it is one of the neatest buildings in the county, and would be a credit to a town the size of Butler. The Rich Hill Review says that 175 tons of hay on the Loeb ranch, twt miles east of Rich Hill, was ' destroyed by fire, Saturday qfght. The owners are satisfied the fire was the work of an incendiary. Miss Cora Whitsitt, teaching school in Pleasant Gap township, spent last week at her home in this euji her school Having been closed for a abort time by the board on ae eouat of diptheria, which waa re Sorted to exist ib toe oeighoorbooa. Rev. J. B Hill is in the city vis iting his many friends. Nevada has nine saloons which pay the city a license of $1,000 each. A R. Keeser, section foreman on the L & S is working but two men this wiuter. J. R Jenkins has gone to Florida on a pleasure trip. He will be absent a week or so. Rev. Fuller Swift is in the city at the bedside of his mother, who is dangerously sick. Our staunch young friend R. L. Graves, harness maker on the east side, renews for '95. John Baldwin, of Appleton City, renews for '95, for which he has our thanks and best wishes. Mrs. Dr. Boyd, who was called to Kentucky last week on account of the serious illness of her father, has returned home. Keep your blood pure and healthy and you will not have rheumatism Hood's Sarsaparilla gives the blood vitality and richness. Haves Brixner, living: four miles south of town, the young man who was operated on for an abscess by Dr. Boulware is improving fast. The revival meeting at the Ohio street M. E. church, for the past two weeks has been very successful, quite a number uniting with the church. George Miers has opened out a grocery store next door to Lane & Adair, and carries a nice stock of goods. The Times wishes him suc cess I. N. Mains. R. R. Deacon and S. W. S. Childs, who attended the implement dealers' convention in Kansas City last week, have arrived home. They report having had a good, profitable time. . The Rich Hill Review reports the death Friday of Mrs. Lucinda E. Dale, io that city. She was afflicted with cancer of the stomach, and had been a resident of Rich Hill since 1886, and was a member of the If. E. church south. W. G. Bryant, of Caldwell, Kan sas, is a new subscriber to the booming Times. Miss Maud Donovan, one of But ler's handsome and charming young ladies, is a new subscriber to the Times. The legislature will do the right thing for the young men in this state, if it will pass a law abolishing the sale of cigarettes. T. W. Silvers spent several days arguing had be- R. L. Graves went over to Sprague Saturday ou business con nected with the I. O. O. F. ord r. Now that the city council has passed the occupation tax, the are lights should be turned on. Let us have street light. J. B. Adair and wife left Friday j evening for Tipton, Mo., to spend a few days, visiting Mr. Adair's par ' ents. The Times wishes them a pleasant trip. Last week Judge Phillips gave William Davis, of Barry couuty, eight months in the reform school for making counterfeit money. Davis about 20 years of age, and bad the moulds for making the oueer. o a John VanCamp has leased the aclede hotel, and will take posse- sion oi tne same the hrst of the month. Uncle John will make a first-class boarding house out of the aclede and the Times wishes him abundant success. Miss Ada Heist, aged 11 years, a gifted elocutionist, gave two enter tainments at the Christian church ast week. The building was well filled each night and the little lady was much eulogized by those who heard her. For her aere she is cer tainly a remarkable child Our substantial friend J. G Can- trell, of Altona, called Friday and renewed for '96. Mr. Cantrell is numbered amoag the Times' oldest subscribers, and. will add, most prompt ones, and for such valued friends the latch string of the Times office hangs on the outside seven days in the week. Clinton had quite a serious fire ast week in the business portion of the town. The fire originated in the furniture store of J T. Wicker sham and before th flames could be extinguished the damage to building and stock was quite large. Sev eral other firms adjoining also suffer ed from water and smoke. Silas Levy, who went to St. Louis i. 4. 1 3 ll 1 t i to aueuu me iunerai oi juuire Levy's brother, has returned home His wife, who accompanied him to St. Louis, went on to Helena, Ar kansas, where she will spend several , ... weeits viamng ner parents, a tele gram received Monday by Mr Levy, stated she arrived home safe. The executive committee of the Missouri press association met at Jefferson City a few days ago and decided not to hold a winter session It is the intention of the committee to arrange for an excursion to Atlan ta, Ga., next fall during the cotton exposition. R. M. White, ot the Mexico Ledger, was given thirty days to interview the railroads in regard to arrangements for transportation. at Jefferson City last week important cases which he fore the supreme court, one o which was the land suit of Harrison vs. Goodrick. Mrs. barau btrain, aged a years and said to be the oldest woman in Kansas, died at her home in Coffey ville, Monday. Her husband was t soldier in tne war of lolz, and on that account she was drawing a pen sion. The Times received a remittance from Jas. Brough, of Dayton, Ohio. 1 m . . - ( many menus and acquaintances in this city and county, who will be glad to learn that he and his family are well and doing well. Dr. Christy informs us that he presided at a very auspicious occa sion in the family of John Walls, living seven miles north of Butler on the nineteenth inst., when Mrs Walls presented her husband with a very fine boy. The Dr. reports all parties doing well. The assessed valuation of Bates county personal property for 1895 is $1,977,007, real estate $6,383,492. Total valuatiou $8,360,559. Acreage property was assessed $1 per acre higher, and town lots were raised on an average of $11 above the as sessment of last year. Ayei s Pills are constantly ad vancing in the estimation of those who use them. They improve the appetite, promote digestion, restore healthy action, and regulate every function. They are pleasant to take, gentle in their operation, and power ful ia subduing disease. We Don't Want To Carry Oyer Any Flannels Blankets Comforts Shawls Woolen Underwear Woolen Hosiery Woolen Skirts Muffs The rt-markablv low prices we ask will mak them move right out. McKIBBENS. Strierlv reliable Dry Goods. On last Sunday the now Presby terian chorea in Elkhart township was dedicated by Rev. T. J. May, assisted by Revs. C. H. Bruce and John B Hill, of Kansas City. The services were very interesting and a large congregation was present This is one of the very best country churches in the state, of modern architecture and build, and cost be tween $2,500 and $3,C00. Thepeo pie of that section are justly proud of this church edifice. A. L. Haynes was arrested by the police on Saturday for violating a city ordinance and' was released on bail a d his trial set for Thursday. On Monday evening he was rearrest- eu on a cnarge oi iorgery ana was locked up in jail. J. R. Douglas had cashed a check for him for nine dol lars, on the Farmers Bank, signed by L. S. Powell, a stock man, which Mr. Kipp pronounced a forgery. Haynes will probably be held until Mr. Powell can be heard from, as he is now in Nebraska. Dr. H. M. Haden, doctor of optics, has located in our city and will office with Dr. Renick. Dr. Haden is graduate of the Chicago Ophthalme college, and comes to our city with the very best recommendations from the leading physicians of this sec won oi me state, tie maces a spe cialty of fitting glasses to the eve. He has in his office all the necessary apparatus for testing the eye and is an expert at the business. Persons desiring glasses that fit perfect and give comfort will do well to call and see him. In his work satisfaction u guaranteed, and you will find hie charges very reasonable. If diptheria exists iu Rich Hill, s is stated bv the Neva ! a papers, the Review is iguoraut of the fact. It is strange how such unfounded re ports are put iu circulation and kept going W W Graves hs returned from Jefferson Citv where he upeut the I'ast week before the supreme court. He spent considerable time in the State Law Library, looking up law points aud decisions ou some im portant cases he has peudiug. He was one of the counsel in the Water Co.'e case from Neosho, and in the Harrison vs. Goodrick case Bro Austin of the Rt-cord went into a frenzy because the democrats removed the bounty aud reduced the tax on sugar He predicted it would close the refiners, and sugar just after the election in November would go up so high a poor man would not be able to sweeten liia coffee. Well, it has gone up to 28 pounds to the dollar iu Kansas City Austin was not boru a prophet. The Times had a very pleasant call Friday, R. H. Miller, of Liberty, Clay couuty. Mr. Miller is one of the oldest newspaper men in the State, having been editor of the Liberty Tribune for forty years Several years ago he retired from tne ousiuess ana uas been taKing ife easy. He was here to look after farm he owus a couple of miles north of town, which has been leased by Sam Walls Henderson, Ky , Jan. 21. Satur day Edward Rivers, living near Brownsville, Edmondson county. ailed his two children, a boy of 6 and a girl of 8 years, and fired a bullet into his own brain. Rivers was addicted to the habitual use of of morphine, and labored under the delusion that his family, if allowed to live, would become hepelessly in sane. At the time of the tragedy his wife was absent from home on a visit, and upon her return the bloody spectacle threw her into con vulsions which imperils her life. l'iiilon i tioseu. Austin, Tex, Jan. 22. At high n ou Horace Chilton was elected United Stites Set.ator, his ouly op position being Ths. L. Nugent, the Populist candidate. D. N. Thompson spent a day or so at the State capital last week While there he paid Warden Pace a visit and was chowu through the prisou by that official. Mr. Thomp-t-ou says he carefully noted the mauy changes made iu the prison by the present warden, aud he could scarce ly couceive the wonderful improve ments made in all departments. He was very laudatory of Col. Pace's management of the institution atd said the legislature shculd not hesi tate a minute in granting the recom mendations for f urf her improvements asked by the warden in his annual report. Mr. Thompson said Le was not only favorably impressed with the many valuable, necessary and economical changes made, but also in the thorough business manner in which the institution ia run. In this respect he said he could not bo too laudatory of Col. Pace, to whom all the credit was due. When Others Fail Hood's Sarsaparilla builds up the shattered system by givisg vigorous action to the digestive organs, creat ing an appetite and purifying the blood. It is prepared by modern methods, possesses the greatest curative powers, and has the most wonderful record of actual cures of any medicine in existence. Take only Hood's Hood's Pills are purely vegetable, and do not purge, pain or gripe. 25c. A NVat Office. The Times wishes to compliment Messrs. Silver & Denton, attorneys at law, on the neat and handsome appearance jut their law office. The firm occupy three suits of rooms over the Farmers Bank, which have been fitted up by their landlord Mr. Emery, to order, and we dare say no law firm in this section of the state are more conveniently or better of fice d than T. W. Silvers and C. A. Denton. The three rooms occupied by the firm are handsomely carpet ed heated by steam from a furnace in the cellar of the bank, well light ed and each department, reception, consultation and public office rooms contains handsome desks, book cases filled with complete sets of law books, easy chairs, etc., while the walls are ornamented with hand some pictures making their compart ments very inviting indeed. The firm also have in their office a new type writing machine of the latest pattern, which is presided over by Miss Maud Garrison, who acts ia the capacity of stenographer and clerk for the firm. Messrs. Silvers & Den ton stand high in the legal profes sion and their prompt manner of transacting business and their un questioned reliability has gained for them a large and lucrative practice, all of which is merited. The Tims wishes them continued prosperity. MAKING LOOK AT THE PRICES WE ARE And think if it does not justify you TO BUT FEOM US, Mens suits from Mens overcoats from Boys suits long pants from Boys overcoats from Childrens suits from Childrends overcoats from $2 50 and up 1 75 and up 2 25 and up 1 50 and up 75 and np 50 and np k Little Cash Goen a k at Way. All caps and lined gloves At cost. JOE EVEH, PEOPLES CLOTHIER