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BUTLER, MISSOURI. THURSDAY MAY 9, 1895.
NO 25
Missouri
OF BUTLER, MO.
Transact a general banking buMne. We solicit the accounts of far
mer, merchant and the public generally, promising a safe depository for
all fund committed to our charge. We are prepared to extend liberal ac
commodation in the way of loans to our customers. Funds always on hand
to loan on real estate at lowest rates, allowing borrower to pay part or all
at eny time and stop interest.
JDIRELTORS.
r. T. C. nonIwre
C II Kutcher
John Denrwetter
J U Jenklni
BooSer I'owell
II H PiKKOtt
C H Ka ifor.l
TJ Wright
Geo L Smith
OTHER HTOdillOLDCKS
K Bartletf
Margaret Hryner;
Lulu Jirown
Hurler Lumber Co
i . Carnthera
II JChelf
J M Courtney;
Kob-rt Clark
UP48 L Coleman
J K Davis
rank Peerweater
l .. DeArmond
John Kvana
l)r J Kveringham
CAE Freeman".
U R Hickman
1 it Jleatli
Stmnel Levy
C II Morrison'
IlrW D Hannah
Nyhart Items.
We are very thankful for the good
rains we have had the past few days.
Corn in looking fine, also oats and
the wheat crop will be immense if
the bugs are only deHtroyed.
Clark, the blacksmith, is having
lots of work to do; he is an extra
good width.
Say, you can hear Kd Frederick
singing every day about what good
times we are going to have when we
get a populist president. 1 don't
know what better times we would
want, wheat, corn and oats all good
pricen, stock has been very high this
year to what it generally is.
Henry Taylor, of near Uutler, was
in our village Friday prospecting for
coal; better wait 'till next winter.
Manning Daniels got through
planting corn Friday.
We were misinformed about King
going to build a new store room in
this village; it was Herbert Steele.
He will get the foundation down this
week.
Large crowd at church Sunday
night.
Mr. Dickson traded horses with
Shally last week; I believe D. got the
best of it.
Clark is contemplating handling
threshing machines this year. We
wish him success.
Wonder why Shally tied one of his
horses out in the road last Wednes
day night?
Charles Whetstone is putting out
100 acres of corn, pretty large crop
for one man to look after.
Perry Most was in this vicinity a
day or two this week.
Will Smith has been visiting in
Butler.
(iKN. (tKADY.
L'rrtirie City Items.
The main topic of conversation
among the farmers are bugs.
Some wheat is turning yellow and
seems to be dying in spots.
If the fruit is not molested by some
insect we will certainly reap a boun
tiful harvest.
Corn looks very thrifty and is
growing fine.
A. S. Kemper was surprised on his
birthday, May 3rd, on coming in from
plowing at noon to find his house
thronged with relrtives and friends,
and a table spread with all the good
things that a hungry plowman could
nk fur liml liti iirtMiared bv Mrs.
d Kemper. The afternoon was spent
Willi music, guiiif, nr.
The Indian show at Papinville.this
week, is drawing quite a crowd.
Owing to the rain last Saturday,
the cleaning up of the Prairie City
cemetery was a failure. Another
meeting will be called soon by the
committee. Hakry.
Summit Items.
Some nice showers lately, which
make things look lovely.
Corn planting is about over, at
least, the bulk of it is in the ground.
Summit furnished one of .Butler's
justices a bad case of assault with in
tent to kill, last week, so we are
informed. .
We noticed our old tune friend,
Hick Rav, on the streets in Rutler
Saturday, lie is an unwavering dem
ocrat and is in favor of free silver.
He is, at present, attending the state
normal at Warrensburg.
What does that stir mean among
the township committeemen? Won
der if the chairman will call a meet
ing? Just as well do it, as an expres
sion will come on the question which
seems to be agitating the minds of
the people now more than any other
and just as well have it, as we might
rest better afterwards. It will rot
down anv more in the west is the
people, generally, are left free from
Highest of all in Leavening row
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ABSOLUTELY PURE
lank
Mate
$110,000.
Krar k M VorU
H C Wyatt
K (i West
Wm E Walton
Robert McCraoken
A MH'rarken
M V Owen
John Pharia
Charles I'haris
J K KositT
J W Keisner
I- It Starke
Clem Slayback
John II Sullena.
Dr W K Tucker
W H Tyler
M E Turner
Wm W Trigg
Wm Walls
ii P Wyatt
ItXL Whipple
Max Weiner
certain party leaders to act on their
own judgment.
We hear of war and rumors of war,
but if tho.se at the head of affairs will
say the word, the American people
will buck "Old Johnny H.'s" troops
off the American continent in as good
shape as it was ever done.
We hear of some fields of wheat
being plowed up on account of so
many bugs. It would have been the
part of wisdom to have left off sow
ing that grain last fall.
The few pieces of com that is up
show a good stand. The weather the
past week could not have been better
for securing a good stand all round.
A large acreage has been planted the
last ten days.
The band boys only meet every
Saturday night at present, very busy
time, you know, and the boys are ail
industrious.
Your scribe has nearly finished
planting corn, and will proceed to
cultivating that which is up and
ready to work. Never since we've
been farming and that lias been our
life occupation have we been
through planting as early as the 3d
day of May,
A very large area of flax has been
planted in flax and oats and the acre
age of corn w ill be larger than ever.
Most all the large pastures have been
plowed and planted to corn and oth
er grain.
There seems to be an attraction
over south for Walter Decker. Wal
ter hitch your horse and don't forget
it. Don't you remember how un
pleasant you was made to feel by
that oversight one evening. Nix.
Peepwater Items.
S L Coleman purchased of Mr M
Meyers 40 acres of land adjoining his
north 80, paying the sum of $1,20(1;
also 80 acres near by known as the
Dillon place, price paid $1,700.
Albert Young took his "2-year-old
cattle to pasture Monday.
Township S. S. convention held at
Spruce the 4th Sunday in April at 2
o'clock, to elect township officers for
the ensuing year. The following of
ficers were elected for the ensuing
year: President, Van Kret.inger;
secretary, Miss Frankie Ludwick;
treasurer, Miss Olive Simpson.
There was a surprise party at Dick
Ileigus, last week, given in honor of
his wife's birthday.
W L Jackson and wife have jut
returned from Cedar County.
Miss (trace Thornburg visited l'hn
Urove girls last week.
Fishing is the order .f the day
among small boys.
Sunday school at Elm trove every
Sunday at :5p. m. Kverybody invited.
Geo Porter went to Montrose last
week and purchased a new set of
harness, he must be going to farm
on a larger scale.
llev. Shrum, of Schell City, visited
friends and relatives in eat Deep-
water last week.
J udge Porter has sold 40 acres of
land to Sam Spears for j?1,:$00.
Sam Cheatham has his summer
kitchen about completed.
Mis Willie Mosheir has been visit
insr at her uncle s this week in east
Deepwater.
The singing school at Mr. Thomp
son's last Sunday night w as largely
attended bv theVoung folks.
Preaching at the South Methodist
church the 3d Sundav in the month
bv Rev. Johuson, of Johnstown.
Mesirs. Sam and Bert (iilland have
a new buggy.
What is the matter with the Hal
lard boys; several of them were seen
in Johnstown Sundav.
John Reigns and Geo Porter went
to AiH'leton Citv last Saturday on
business.
Mr F. F Smith and familv left la
Tuesday for Iowa, where they will
cr. Latest U. S, Gov't Report
Essoin
reside in the future-.
Miss Minnie Talma
ity, was the guet
f Schell
Attie
t
W nker Sunday.
Some of the fanufrsof thi- locality
have purclittvcd nw cultivators.
Mr Jleyf r, v, ho ha bevi; unite fick
i reported bttr.
Mi-- I. a urn Lwtns va th
hernir.ilier, Mr-. Jlfv-r, !a;
i? truv-t of
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SiNCH.
Virjriiiin Items.
We !.-ai.
'in
uv it arid noted it
down,
The tin
I ha: h;t
! f'iH-d about t he
T o v 1 1 ,
So don't blame
if tri
i;e or not,
the best we've
We aiwiivsgive vou
The rain Saturdav afternoon
rlad-
dened the hearts of the farmers.
Klmer Simpson, of Trading Post,
was in Virginia last Sabbath; he re
ports livelv times in Kansas. Plenty
of good lisli to eat.
There will be a meeting of S. S.
workers next Sunday at the 'hristian
church, at 4 p. m. for the purpose of
making arrangements to canvass the
township. Asa Culver will address
the meeting.
Mr Ueede, living one mile north
west of John Woody's, says a line
male hog came to his house a week
ago last Saturday.
Mrs Mike Molony spent a couple of
days in Hutler last week.
W T Cowan and Jno Durret start
ed to Jackson county, Mo., Monday
of this week, to look for farms; they
went across the country in their own
conveyance.
Harry Lyle, of Nebraska, made a
two-days' visit to friends last week.
Fred lieckadou had a cow killed
by lightning last Friday. The ani
mal was 15 yards from Mr. H. who
was in the" stable, and the shock
stunned him.
Meeting at Nestlerode school house
still in progress. Much good has
been done.
Mrs Josie Park, of Yankton, S. D.,
is at home with her parents for a
short time 'till her better comes.
Grant Park, from near Englewood
and his sister Mrs Dr Risinger, of
Winfield, Kan., who were called here
to attend the funeral of their brother
Ezra Park, will remain two weeks.
Mr Walker passed through Vir
ginia last Friday with a large drove
of cattle taking them to pasture.
Nkls' Clkkk.
MANY STRICKEN DEAD.
Stark Desolation Marks the Wake
of the Iowa Cyclone.
L0N LIST OF THE K1LLKU.
Forty Farm Houses Ate Swept From
Kai th by tlie 'tornado.
FOUR SCHOOLS ARK VYRF.CKKD.
Children and Teachers Are Ulowu
Long Distances. Victims Lodged
in Trees.
hioux City, Xa., Alay 4. A torna
do swept through a thickly settled
district near Sioux Center about 4
o'clock yesterday afternoon, killing
at least twenty three persons, many
of the children, ;n three school
houses which were swept away,fatal
ly injuring at least tenother persons
and badly hurting thirty more. At
least iorty iarru nouses were also
destroyed. The death list may be
greatly increased by reports from
outlying sections.
The tornado formed about three
miles northeast over a district about
fourteen miles long. It first struck
the ground southwest of Sioux Cen
ter, and from there to Perkins not a
building in its path was left stand
ing. xne latter pari oi its course
took the form of au elongated letter
-S' crossing the railroad track twice
and for two miles it saems to have
gone straight up the track of the
railway. Those who saw it at Per
kins believed it rose or was dissipat
ed at that point.
The four school houses, where
school was in session, were entirely
wiped from the face of the earth,
not a vestige being left except a
few rocks to mark where they stood
lhe cniiaren ana teaciiers were car
ried from a quarter to a half mile,
where they were found, some dead
aud others badly mangled.
At the school house where George
Marsden was teaching not a vestige
of the building remains, and Mars
r 1 1-i
aen was rouna some aistance away
in a held, dead, together with two
scholars.
Two little girls of John Koster
belonging to the same school, were
found clinging together where they
had been driven into a wire fence,
covered witls mud, and are expected
to die
Roth legs of two sons of C. H"
Haggie, belong to the same school,
were broken and they were internal
ly injured. Haggie's house, just
west of the school house, was entire-
AT LAME & ABAIE
The Season Has Now
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"While it is a fact that goods are advancing rapidly in the market, we had this in view and bought
large quantities of Spring Goods before the advance, which we will eontinue'to sell at
hard time prices. We dont want the earth,
We Only Want Such Portions Of Your Trade Us We Merit,
Every day people come into our house who tell us that they have paid more for this or that article
than we sell them for; then if we can save you money. why tot buy your goods of us.
YOU BELONG TO NO ONE, BUY WHERE YOU CAN DO THE BEST
Look at a few, only, of many low prices we are making, see if they have advanced NOT ONE CENT
Good Dress Ginghams
Solid colored Turkey red calicoes
Indigo blue calico solid colored
Lawrence L L muslin
1 yd wide bleached muslin
Hope bleached muslin, soft finish
Lonsdale or Fruit of the Loom
Best a. c. a feather tickings
Best colored tickings
Fine zephyr ginghams
The best best dress ginghams
Fine bleached table linen
On this line of goods we
SHOES! We will save
Try it aiul see for yourself. You can sell your produce to tny of tLe
the town aid they will give you an order to Lane & Adiir's St
exchange for goods same as cash. Come ard
ly destroyed. Haggie escaped with
out any material injuries, but his
eldest daughter was found lodged
in a tree where she had been hoisted
by the storm, and 60 seriously injur
ed that death is expected momenta
rily, while two grown sons who had
come from the held at the approach
of the storm were injured, one seri
ously and the other fatally.
At another school house near by
Annie Marsden, teacher, was killed
with several pupils, while other little
ones are missing and may have been
killed.
At the third school house the
teacher escaped, but three children
are reported to have been killed and
seven injored.
Many of the children at ail of the
schools were carried from a quarter
to half a;mile by the wind.
Wires! were completely stripped
from the'poles and some poles were
twisted from the ground. Horses,
cattle and vehicles were hurled
through the air like chaff and the
country for three quarters of a mile
wide by fifteen miles long is entirely
wrecked. The description of the
Ha ggie property and school could
be repeated at nearly every farm.
The tornado was follcrwed by a
furious wind and rain storni which
lasted all night.
Numerous victims were found
lodged in trees where they had been
hurled by the storm Where had
stood fine residences could be found
nothing but a cellar hole and in
some cases a few twisted timber,
while strewn all over the ground
were portions of the buildings and
furniture, bearing not the least sem
blance of their orginal form and use
less exept for kindling. Fields of
sprouting grain are now bare, trees
uprooted and all is desolation along
the path of the cyclone.
HCBBICAE IS
Jacksonville, Hi.,
ILLINOIS.
May .4.
-This
section was treated
to storm this
afternoon which amounted almost to
a eyeloce. Rain and hail fell ia tor
rents and the wind blew a hurri
cane, doing great damage. Two
men were driving under some trees
when one fell en them and crushed
the "vehicle to atoms, injuring the
occupants. Buildings were tinroof-
PICNIC
Come For Us To Open
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See our $1.50 white shirt at
Ask to see our uudewear at
And the Very Best at
can and will save you money if you
you 2D per cent
On every
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ed and much property destroyed.
CLOUD EVR3T AT SIOCX FALLS.
Sioux Falls, N. D., May 4. Be
sides the cyclone which did consid
erable damage at West Sioux Falls
and vicinitv, there was a regular
cloud burst twenty miles north, and
an immense rise in the river is look- j
ed for. The Sioux at Dell Rapids is
running over the Milwaukee tracks,
and Skunk creek is also high and
flooding farms in its course.
AT WEST SIOUX FALLS.
Sioux Falls, S. D., May 4 A
fierce wind storm 6truck "West Sioux
Falls yesterday afternoon, wrecking
the irou bridge, a resort and the
carriage works and doing much oth
er damage. No one was badly hurt.
CHURCHES AND HOMES DEMOLISHED.
Webster, S. D., May 4 The
northern portion of Spink county
was swept by a tornado last night.
The greatest damage so far reported
was at Ashton, where the opera
house was blown down, the Congre
gational church demolished aud
many houses and barns destroyed.
Farm houses outbuildings, granaiies
and barns for miles east were blown
away. No lives were lost so far as
known.
TKEIGHT CAES BLO' OVEK.
Madrid, la., May 4. A terrific
rain and wind storm passed over
this section of the State. Hail fell
in large quantities, the stones being
as large as hazel nuts. A dozen
freight cars on a siding of the Mil
waukee road were blown out on the
main track.where they were found by
the switching crew in time to avoid
a wreck with the Eastern passenger
train.
SIOCX CESTEK ASKS FOB Air.
Mayor Fletcher has received the
following dispacther:
Sioux CeEter, la, May 4 Can
puur FWF4"
ers: Money, clothing or nousenoid
coods. Forty families destitute.
E W Roey, Mayor
to-night to take a :
THE WIND AT ST .iCSEPH.
St. Joseph, Mo., May i. A. fierce
wind and raia storm visited tb:s city
Fire On High Prices.
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Solid colored red table linen
Good all linen towel crash
OVERALL, SHIRTS AND SHOES
See our overall at
See our extra heavy at
And the Very Best at
See our custom made shirt
See our heavy work shirts
Sea our white shirt at
25c
50c
(55c.
50c
75c
1.00
25c
50c
will only give us a chance.
Pair vou buy of us,
many reliable grocery houses in
re, which we will take in
ees U8.
ADDA HUB.
aud vicinity last night. Many email
buildings were destroyed, including
the home of Patrick McGinty, iu
in which he and his daughter were
injured. In the country farms suf
fered considerably.
Serious Runaway.
Kich Hill Up view
Henry Gong and Wm. Chandler
were on their way home from Rich
Hill to Cornland. When at a point
between the Judge Robinson's house
and the cemetery, just west of Rich
Hill, their team, a pair of mules,
became fractious and, throwing them
from the wagon, ran away and were
not arrested in their mad career till
Shobe had been reached. The racn
were brought back to town and
taken to Dr. Hulett's office, where
their injuries were cared for.
Mr. Gong, who is a man of per
haps 60 years of age, had a thumb
broken, also some badly lacerated
wounds in the palm and back of his
hands, besides a badly bruised
shoulder end back. Mr. Chandler's
injuries were confined chiefly to the
back and to a general shaking up
He was so badly affected by the
shock that he could scarcely speak
He is a man of perhaps 40 years of
age.
Dr. Hulett had eearcely gotten
through with these men when thf
young son oi oi Mr. Wolie came in
to have his arm bandaged, which
was broken about two weeks ago
while tnicg to break a colt, but is
now doing nicely.
Silver Dick Bland wants the Mis
souri democrats to hold a silver
convention.
Administrators Notice.
Notice hereby jriven, that letter rt
administrationonthe estate of K. V.
ISheppard, deceased, were granted u
the Uiidertdned on the 0th day of
May, l'd.5, by the probate court of
Bates county, JIi.ouri.
All persons having claim again, t
wiid estate are required to exhibit
them for allowance tothe administra
tor within one ye-ar after the date of
aid letters, or they may be pre t-hal ('.
from aiij' be;d5t of -a'd estate; and
if such eiaim be not exhibited wit:h;
two year from the date of thN tr-.U-licatiorj,
they hali be forever be rr'.ti
This th day of May, IVrf5
; Aj;sa A. Sheppaeu.
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