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The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1884-11-19
montrose Mystery.

Aioatrosc Mo, NOV. I4-Edward
Eagle. well known business man
OF Montrosc, lett home last Sunday
night. telling his wife that he was
going to Clinton, and would return
Monday night. But since then he
has not been heard from excep, from
Though the conductor on the
train on which he left.
The conductor states that Eagle
paid his fare from Clinton to Scdalia
and was not seen afterwards. To-
dav, J . 6. Dorman, his father-In-Iaw
received memorandum book and
letter for Mrs Eagle from her hus-
band. dated St. Louis. stating that
he hoped everybody would forgive
him and lntlmating thar he was 90.
my to drown biunselI.
The letter and menorandunI book
were picked up on the wharf in St.
Louis. His brother-in law. \.
Dorman, goes To St. LOUIS tonight
IN search o. h,m. He was a mem
Der Of the firm Of J. G.. Dorman &
>on, general merchants. For some
time It has been known that he vas
financially embarrassed. lIls wit
IS almost 4 raving maniac from the
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1884-11-19
One of Henry Newman's Choicest
Political "reminiscences.

Henry Newman. who lately retir-
cd from politics, was speaking OF
close elections, last night at the
and after the others in the
group had given their instances, said:
I'm 1871 Henry Clay carried Ten
ressee hv I53 votes, OWING to Gu
rious loss. In Fentress county,
among the mountains, was pre-
cinct OF rIo solid votes tor Polk.
Owing to lack of books or paper III
that region the tally ~as kept on &
poplar shingle. The person TO whcua
It WAS entrusted fer delivery te tic
county seat lost it OH the way, THUS
Polk. instead OF carrying the state b,
tiye votes, lost Il by 1is, owing tC
the poolat sH9;nsle Of Fen,ress coun
tv : Nobody had say instances t.
| cite As more Historically close tha
this ouc.-Post-Dispatch.
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Odd Election Wagers.

Some very odd wagers were laid
on the Presidential election. A
Wheeling man agreed, it Cleveland
was elected, to count every tie on
the Baltimore and Ohio road, be
tween that CITY and Washington, his
opponent to do the same thing II
Blaine tr,umphed. \ Louisville
man was to shave his eyebrows one
year in case of Cleyeland's election,
like condition beng agreed to by
his adversary should Blaine succeed.
\ Wheeling travelling man pledged
himself to present young lady with
sealskin sacque if Blaine was the
next President, while she was to pay
him tor5y-eight kisses in 1nstalments
OF four, should her favorite be de
feated. In Charleston, West VT
ginia, two local politicians bet Tor
and against the proposition that
Blame "OUlu lCCClNS IL ltl 90 Ihl<''
| iority IN the electoral college than
Gartield did, the stipulation being
that one should, If he won, ride :
blind mule through the streets o
Charleston, accompanied by drun
corps, from 9 a. m. to I-m., while
if he lost he should swim the Kama
wha river from bank to bank during
the same hours. the bet to be palt
as soon as the fcSul- was known
ASIDE from wager> thus tincture'
with the ridiculous, the betting al
over the country was small As com
pared with 1876, the rates hayin:
ruled at S1oo TO S7o in favor o
Blaine on the general result. IN
Stoc to SIS on Cleveland in Ne'
York.
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1884-11-19
Exit Dudley

In whatever condition. other men
nay tcave public Office, ". w,
Dudley h as gone out in shame. No
nan ever used public position
more ,gnobly than he did the pension
eureau Its whole power "aS
welded to partisan purposes, with
al utter disregard of all oonsidera-
ions of decencv or policy. Dudley
nay, therefore. retire 70 his we'll
earned shame with ts'c assurance that
the country knows and recognizes
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1884-11-19
The Prohibition Paper.

Mention WAS made III Yesterdays 5
Democrat o I prohibition paper
which was soon 70 DC started III this
place, Following up the pointer a
reporter was enabled 10 get all the
particulars about this nc,y enterprise
which Will soon take shape and form
and be launched on the tide. Col.
Ben Deering is to be the editor.
manager and proprietor OF the paper
which will be known as the Missouri
Transcript, which will be issued
weekly and semi-weekly. But Col.
Deerlng is not alone in the enter
PRISE, since he will have the financial
aid and editorial assistance of Judge
Baker OF Springfield, Charles p.
johnson OF St. Louis. Dir. John \.
Brook OF arrensburg, and other
workers IN the cause III Kansas CITY
and St. Louis. Mr.. Deerine says
he alone is interested IN the proceeds
and that the paper Will be his when
established. The first issue will
appear Tuesday afternoon and be
dated Wednesday. Thereafter the
sen1i-'yeekIY VIII appca" on each
y ednesdaY and Saturday. It IS
proposed to make this paper the or
gan Of the prohibitionists OF the
state The weekly, which will start
,vith = subscription of 100, Will be a
nine column paper. Weile the semi
weekly sv:li be Ave column paper.
Mr.. Deering expects support by local
and near town subscriptions 10 MS
semi-Wecklv, and looks for support
from all over the state for his week
ly. Mr.. Deering says 1t has been
determined by the prohibition party
to push prohibition right forward
until prohibition is an established
fact, and if this cannot be done
through the organized parties it will
he done without them The cstab-
lrshment of the paper is the first
move in that direction and in De
cember convention will be held
composed of the leading prohibit
ionists of the state. Mr.. Decrlng
said it was probable that the con-
vention would be held in Sedalla.
In answer to the question as 10
| how the prohibitionists felt over the
| canvass III this state. Mr.. Deering
said they felt very greatly encour-
aged, and while the vote was not as
large as was expected, it came from
| quarters where strength was least
expected. 1t IS a tact, known TO the
prohibitlcl1lsta, continued Mr.. Deer
ing, that two thirds of St. John:
vote IN New York was given him b,
democrats.-Sedalia Democrat
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1884-11-19
WORK TIE CANAL

There was a rich widow who read
"a matrimonial advertisement in
which a man in Savannah represent
ed himself to be the seeker OF a
spouse, She answered, and short,
sharp correspondence ensued. Pho
tographs were exchanged. That of
e man showed face remarkable
it's beauty of features. and as he
4 he was six feet IN height, weigh
700 pounds. and was straight as
arrow, shc widow had 20 reason
doubt that he was very Apollo.
e forwarded certificates of n good
haracter, wrote in a glowing intel
gent manner, and confessed with
ear frankness that he was poor.
But when tie suitor presented hlm-
self at her residence, she saw to her
horror and dismay that he vas a
mulatto. HIS features were the fine
Caucasian ones that were shown III
the photograph, but his color wa
brown.-N. Y. Sun.
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The Eousewife's Favorite.

w viii end FREE for one entire year !,
10 every l..dy who sends US AT ONCE the
ra,acs OF ten married ladies, at same ad-
dress, and l. we CT. stamps tor postage,
our handsome, entertaining and in>truc-
tive Journal. devoted TO Fashions. Fancy
Work, Decorating. Cooking aud Hou-e-
hold matters. Regular price, 81 90 send
to-dav. and secure uex- number Ad-
dress, DoNE~r'C Journal Nunda. y :
Y -
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Two ladies were conversine about
;.v .atc war One said 1t IS too
bad that Jeff. Davis is disffanc!lis-
ed" '.Distrauch,sed,' thc other
remarked, II lid ncE knew 1t. ROW
ion.. has he been ,hSfrauchiSSj:
..Nhv. ever since .te war." f-e
n,,,-r lady. nu>lnslv: .>NS:h, |
,'on't SIC how that can ne. ,'$1 sure
Mrs. DAVIS has had one o. TAO chill
dfci, since the war. .'-E1.
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To anv BODY VINO has disease OF throat
,,r lungs, we will send proof that Pi>o' :
Cure foF Consumption t'as cured tie saEEse
complaints in other cases. -iddresS
Z. E. + HAzEiTI<E. Narrc.3. Pa
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1884-11-19

Errors OF youth in ma!e Of re.naic,
causir. SlvEes> or inabiIit, 20 1ooS ..ss-
Other in the tace. pin1pic~, oe.Nou-'1e>~.
rt,t~2 - .~N...sae.1:lSs Cured o. t11
use :. = !. ,Iuila.r,sss: kidney pad
Sc. .1.er Dsu,> -
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1884-11-19
BLOOD CURDLIEG.
sickening Chapter Of Cruelty
From Central America.

hanna, November :. 7.-Thc Dia-
'liclal of San Salvador says
hob OF two hundred men assaulted
be houses of Jesus Parcdes, Thom-
i Padilla and Captain Panche III
sahuezalco, IN the Department OF
sonsonate, and murdered them all,
er with the wives and children
first mentioned. Subsequent
murdered the police captain
.veral others. The victims
|. perished number fourteen. The
houses of Pareia, Padilla and Panche
we're burned. The crimes were
ommitted owing to dispute as TO
he proprietorship Of some lands.
HORRIBLE ATROCITIES.
Peace was restored in Cundin-
Enallca and Santander owing TO the
hctive intervention of the Federal
The town OF Qua
winch was captured by the
s, who subsequently laid down
arms, was the scene OF many
ltles. n picket ot twenty-five
who had defended the school
: tor five hours were slaughter
after surrendcring. The body of
commander was subsequently ex-
4sel to the most terrible indigni-
es. On the following day a num-
n cf houses We're sacked and sew
were burned. Numerous as
latlons of fearful and coward
iracter were perpetrated. One
S described; On the 9Th, Laz
Angulo was murdered at Raizal
h. circumstances which would
shock savaees of the worst class.
|Th ' seized him and tied his arms
together and then put HIM on a horse
when he was immediately shot from
|behid. Directly he fell, and the
T. lie also fell upon him. They
,ed his eyes out, broke the joints
is legs, broke his nose, chm
IS and almost chopped him to
es.
WORK IN THE CANAL.
&unches, tugs, dredges, excava-
material and men continue to
se in quantities and numbers for
canal. The work continues with
vity, new contracts are daily be-
lnr given out, and during the COM
ING dry season $4,000 men will be
employed along tortv-seven miles OF
work. The Panama Railroad is
EXCELLENT working condition at
9 sent.
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1884-11-19
Large Fire and Burgla
Proof Safe with time lOch

Receives deposits SUBJECT TO checL =
sight, Loans money buys and sells s.
change and does a general BANKING be.-
incss.
Your business Is respectfully solicitef.
The Black range. (Robinson, Socorro County, N.M.) 1882-1897, 1884-07-04
A Generous Impulse.

A boy twelve years of age went up
Austin avenue at such rate Of speed
that every body who saw him was sat
ished that he must be going Tor a doc
tor, or that he was being pursued by a
detective,
"A man with kindly expression OF
countenance seized the boys arm and
anxiously asked him:
"Sonny, is there anybody sick at your
houseY"
mo, sir, but there will be somebody
dead at our house If you don't turn me
loose right off"
who is il that is in danger of dying
your fatherp"
"Will you let me go IL will tell
you2"
"Yes."
"Well. then, it's brother Bob. lie
will be Strengthened for his grave be-
fore night II you don't let me go. We
have got green corn, cucumbers and
clabber for dinner, and If | amt there
to take some of his share away from
him he will eat until he founders him
self and dies. Please let me go, so that
] will be in time to save his life. I'm
awful hungry."-Texas Sftings.
The Black range. (Robinson, Socorro County, N.M.) 1882-1897, 1884-07-04
NO. 13.
Hired Help.

Mrs. Jooblewizzle had hired n new
and very green errand boy and she
sent him with basket and some money
to get some groceries. When he came
back be did not report and she called
down stairs 10 him:
John. did you get the cabbages ="
That's wot you tole me to Kit" he
answered. with lazy drawl.
did you get the potatoesy"
That's wot you tole me TO git"
-Did you get the starchg"
That's wot you tole me TO git"
did you git the soapg"
That's wot you tole me 10 git"
did you get the sugary"
That's wot you tole me TO git"
a know that" she shIieked after the
same motonous reply hoated up to her
the fifth time. but did you get themY"
mo, ma'am. | lost the money, and
some dang thief NV a boy stole the
basket" Merchant Traveller.
The Black range. (Robinson, Socorro County, N.M.) 1882-1897, 1884-07-04
Obtaining Office by Weight.

There is an amusing story. not new
one by any means. of the method Mr.,
Lincoln adopted to settle u contest
over a postmastershlp which had great
ly annoyed him. There were too candi-
dates in the field, and petition after pc
tition had poured in upon the weary
president and delegation after delega-
tion had rushed to the White house to
argue the claims Of the rival aspirants.
Finally, after he had been bored for
half an hour by fresh delegation, Mr..
Lincoln said TO his secretary! rThis
has got to end somehow. Bring pair
of scales" The scales were brought,
Now put in all the petitions and let
ters in favor of one man and see how
much they weigh, and then weigh the
other candidates papers" 1t was found
that one candidates papers were three
quarters Of pound heayier than the
others snake out the appointment
at once for the man who has the
heaviest papers" ordered the president
and it was done.
The Black range. (Robinson, Socorro County, N.M.) 1882-1897, 1884-07-04
Opera by Telephone.

When the new opera "Lauriana" was
produced recently for the first time, at
the Lisbon Opera House, the king and
queen of Portugal were in mourning
for the Princess of Saxony. The eti-
quette of courts preYented their roy
al highnesses from attending, and
their despair thereat added to their
grief at the loss of the Prin-
cess was like TO overwhelmed
them. IL Mohammed could not 90
TO the mountain, the mountain must
come TO Mohammed. And 30 he
brought the opera to their royal high
nesses-by telephone.
Six microphone transmitters were
placed'about the front of the operate
stage in multiple arc. They were
mounted ON lead and soft rubber pc
destals to preqent disturbance from the
vibration of the building. Each trans
mitter was fed by three sets of bat.
teries, which were switched on every
twenty-four minutes in succession to
keep on the current strength. There
we're receivers at the palace end for the
use of the royal family. who thus heard
the opera from beginning to end.-Scien.
tiic American.
The Black range. (Robinson, Socorro County, N.M.) 1882-1897, 1884-07-04
A Sharp Drummer.

As the train slowed up at a station.
commerclal-looking man, who had
been noticed in earnest conversation
with another party of the same gen.
eral appearance, was heard to remark:
"SmartY He's the smartest drum
mer you ever met anywhere. Why
he's smart enough to sell suspendes To
dog.
The other commercial-looking man
nodded his head at this very happy IL
lustration. and everybody thought the
conversation was ended, when Il lone.
some looking individual on the oppo
site side of the car remarked:
ut doesn't take very smart man to
sell suspenders to dog"
Even the sleepy passengers aroused
at this startling remark by the lone
some-looking individual, and the com.
mercial man asked in surprise:
"Why notY"
Because it doesn't"
"What would a dog want of sus
pendeIs?"
"'ro keep up his pants" softly mur.
INJURED the lonesome-looking individ.
ual, gazing out on the snow-swept
waste, with far away look in his voice
And the astonished brakeman sighed
so loud as to crack every lamp chin.
ney in the car.-Rockland Courier.
The Black range. (Robinson, Socorro County, N.M.) 1882-1897, 1884-07-04
Something That Patti Forgot to
Take.

The other morning sad-looklng citi-
zen walked into the office of Wells.
Fargo q Co.'S. express aud began sol.
emnly doing up in a package battered
looking silver dollar. Having accom-
plished this he passed the enclosure
over to the clerk and said; Il found
this dollar on Market street last night,
and | wish you'd address 1t to Adelina
Patti, New York" "Think she lost it,
eh ?" "Think?" said the man in sur.
prised voice; "why Of course. So far
as / can learn It's the only dollar left
in San Francisco and Of course 1t must
have been dropped by her. Send il
along, please. and you'll have to collect
the charges at the other end. ain'i
got cent
The Black range. (Robinson, Socorro County, N.M.) 1882-1897, 1884-07-04

washerwoman shoves down over the
clothes line. and the clothes pin Is
ready. all but kiln drying and polish
ing.
The latter Is done In a revolving
cylinder. the same as castings are clean
ed. All these processes cost money.
and when the manufacturer comes to
put mp his goods for sale he finds that
his profit on the 5000 pins, his DAYS
work. rs only about slg3. We pay the
manufacturer a cent dozen. or a tribe
more than $500 per thousand. We are
compelled. In these close times. 10 sell
them for four cents dozen, or S32 % a
thousand. Scientific American.
The Black range. (Robinson, Socorro County, N.M.) 1882-1897, 1884-07-04
How Clothes Pins are Made

The dealer thus describes the manu-
facture of clothes pins to reporter: :
"They whittle 'em out at the rate of
eighty per minute. A beech or maple
log, foot In diameter and ten feet
long. will whittle up into 10000 clothes
pins. That log won't cost more than
two dollars. The clothes pins they cut
out will be worth S9G40. II will take
them two hours and a half to run that
log into clothes pins, which is whiting
out 4.s00 an hour. At ten hours day
they get away with four logs and have
on hand $4,000 clothes pins worth $685.
90. Now, tue lumber for these pins
has only cost $500 or 80. But then
those hogs must be sawed up by four
different kinds of saws. One separates
the logs into lengths of sixteen inches ;
another cuts the boards three-quarters
of an inch thick; another cuts the
boards into strips three-quarters of an
inch square. These strips are caught
on a wheel that hurries them to gang
of saws which chop them into clothes
pin lengths. These lengths are carried
by swift moving belt to a machine
that seizes them, sets them in q lathe
that gives them their shape in the
twinkling of IN eye, and throws them
to AN attendant. who feeds them to a
saw that moves backward and for
ward as If it were madder than a snake
This saw chews out the slot that the
The Black range. (Robinson, Socorro County, N.M.) 1882-1897, 1884-07-04
Why Bagby is sun Unmarried.

How much nerve young man must
possess before he can ask young lady
10 become his wife, il certainly re-
quires more for him to work himself
up to that pitch where he csn unblush-
ingly ask her father for ms consent in
the matter. One night last summer
Bagby was drawing near the abode of
his afiianced when he saw her father
in the yard. What better opportunity
could ever present itselfY With a
trembling step and giddy brain he APP
preached TO within ten feet of where
the old gentleman was seated and ask
ed: please, sir" The person address,
ed made no response. Ii force pump
of forty-horse power had been inject
ing blood into his head ii would not
have been worse. lie moved forward,
about two inches. please, sir, IL"
This was AS far as he got, for his
tongue seemed to be as thick as an arc
Wv bNtA -oihc' lhC biu kthbituldh ulu
not seem 10 move "a muscle. Bagby
moistened his feverish lips with his
lips with his tongue, and then began
where he left off, 81 love yo-." He
could proceed no farther. Composing
himself little. with desperate effort
he began at the beginning: "Please,
sir, | love your daughter, and This
was about one-third of what he had to
say. but ii seemed far less, there was so
much remaining. 1t was now getting
quite dark. The old gentleman's in
difference made Bagby more desperate
and he determined 10 finish what he
had to say, come life or death. "Please,
sir, | love your daughter, and l wish to
make her my wife. Do you give your
consent5" and with the question ne
rushed forward and flung himself
on his knees before the old gentleman.
Just then came gust of wind, and The
old gentleman, which proved TO be a
scarecrow, placed there to frighten rob-
ins, fell over on Bagby. and tripped
him into the mud. Bagby is still un-
married.-Bow Bells
The Black range. (Robinson, Socorro County, N.M.) 1882-1897, 1884-07-04
Where Papa Banked his
Money.

Mamma. what is that buildirgp"
"a bank building, dearie."
ais that where papa keeps his
money?'
"Yes, dearie."
"Mr. Faro keeps it,don't he, e,mamma
"Why, no deariel Whata question:"
"Well.I heardIpapa say he'd left 81 600
at Faro's bank Saturday night, any
way"
"IIe did, did hep [Asidel. swell,
that's one safe deposit he's made any
way know now why he refused me
new dress, new gloves and hat yes
terday. Oh. I'll make him regret the
pay he was bornr
whats the matter, mammap"
Nothing dearie, only I'm going to
say few words TO your papa con-
cerning Mr.. Faro's bankp-Ashmore
Toothpick.
The Black range. (Robinson, Socorro County, N.M.) 1882-1897, 1884-07-04
A Chicken that Swan for His
Life.

One day last week hawk darted
down in Mr.. Harris yard at Franklin,
seized a month.old chicken and flew off
across the river. Marshal Pittman saw
the hawk catch the chicken and shot
at him. No sooner than he shot the
chicken was dropped into the river.
Seeing it fall. Mr.. Pittman ran TO the
river and, strange to say, about twenty
FIVE or thirty fee from the bank he saw
the little fowl swimming with all its
might. The chick got ashore all right
] Atlanta Constitution.
The Black range. (Robinson, Socorro County, N.M.) 1882-1897, 1884-07-04
Old Rye's Speech.

l was made TO be eaten.
And not 90 be drank;
To be threshed In a harn,
Not soaked in a tank.
] come as a blessing
when put through n mill;
As n blight and n curse
when run through a still.
Make me into loaves.
And your children feed;
But u into drink.
viii starye them instead.
In bread, I'm n servant,
The eater shall rule;
In drink | am master.
The drinker u fool.
Then remember the warning
My strength I'll employ,
II eaten into strength,
II drank 10 destroy.
The Black range. (Robinson, Socorro County, N.M.) 1882-1897, 1884-07-04

likely TO be- formed. there lurked a pow
er rs dreaded as dynamite.
-Pck states that one pound of car
bon and two and two-thiris OF oxygen
when they combine to produce car
bonic acid. will evolve beat sufficient.
II applied through a perfect heat en-
gine, 10 lift nearly COO tons ten feet into
the air. Then he assumes that II forty
per cent. Of -four is carbon Il would re-
quire two and half pounds to accom-
plish the result"
why cant nm engine be made to run
by dust powery"
"Perhaps that Is what Keely is work
ing al, or the same principle. but you
would need according to the authority
quoted, an engine from which there
was no radiation OF loss Of heat. Per.
haps some day 1t may be accomplished.
Some years ago an old fellow in Bos.
ton created great excitement by pre-
tending that he had a machine that
was fifty times as powerful as any
known power, and a hundred times as
cheap. His machine was arranged SO
that after ii once started 1t kept going
by successive explosions of bran dust
that was thrown into chamber by a
bellows, and Ignited by gas jet, the
expansive force acting on a piston. 1t
was big scheme, and he claimed that
he could run a train of cars all day
with a quart measure of flour and bran.
but | haven't heard of it being applied
yet. Perhaps some one will work II up
yet and make fortune. but doubt H."
The Daily clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1866-1888, 1884-02-10
LOCAL AND OTHER NOTES.

Prof. Huddleston, of Harperville Col
lege, Scott county, was in the city yester-
day.
The entertainment at Blind Institute
last night was greatly enjoyed by all pres
emit.
Williams Foundry shipped over one
hundred Williams plows and fifty dozen
pillow points by the steamer o. R. Singleton
to Carthage this trip.
The Rev. G. W. Mitchell, the Superin-
tendent of the American Bible Society for
the State of Mississippi, will address the
trends of the Bible cause in the Presbyterian
church on this Sunday evening at half
past o'clock. The Pastors of the city,
cooperating in this work, will hold no
evening services in their churches. The
public are respectfully invited to attend.