The Butler weekly times., 1894-09-13

The opera house at Monroe City
burned Friday.
Judge DeArmond will speak at
Burdett, Saturday.
Senator Jones of Nevada, has de-
serted the republican party.
The populist state convention for
Colorado, held at Pueblo last week,
renomlnated Gov. Waite.
Mrs. d. A. DeArmond, who has
been spending the past month at
Colorado Springs, returned home
Saturday evening.
Jas. Steele, of New Home town
ship,left Sunday for st Louis to en-
ter the blind asylum. He is study
ing for the ministry.
Down at Nevada Tuesday, police
Judge Morrison jailed I. T. Smith,
a prominent attorney of the town,
for contempt and trouble is brewing.
Thieves entered the general store
of w. f. Collner & Co. at ST. Peters
burg, Pa, Saturday night and made
a rich hawl getting away with S7O,-
900 in bonds notes and cash.
The citizens of Butler are thor
oughly aroused to the importance Of
securing the Odd Fellows Home at
this place, and will put forth every
effort necessary to attain that end.
Capt. H. G. Clark has been invited
by the Central Committee to take
part in the campaign in Newton
county. He will make a number of
speeches in that county, beginning
about the 18th.
The large barn on the farm of j
Van Meter, lear Malta Bend, Saline
county, burned Friday. Eight blood.
ed horses, valued at $1,000 each,
perished. A large quantity of otht !
property was destroyed. No insur
ance.
Mr.. Hatch has been renominateC
for congress from the first district.
The namination was made by pri-
mary election Saturday and Mr..
Hatch beat his opponent, Mr.. Giles
230 votes.
Mise Sue Jones, daughter of E. N
Jones, left Sunday evening for st
Louis. to attend the school for the
blind. She is becoming an apt
! scholar and will probably gradual,
this year.
, DR.. Renick informs US of Il
, pound boy blessing the home Of Mr.
Mrs. and 81. Breeze. The little visitor
arrived on the 4th inst. and father
and mother are as happy as it ii
possible for parents to be. Th,
TINES extends congratulations.
w. W. Graves left Monday even
ing for Clinton, where he expect!
to spend several days in attendance
on circuit court and looking after .
q number of cases in which he is in
= terested. From there he goes t.
, Harrisonville to look after his cases
in the Cass court.
The Kansas City Times says sugar
{ has made no advance at wholesal,
' since the enactment of the tariff law
The slight increase in price it as
serts made by the retailers was OF
account of increased demand occs
stoned by the fruit season.
!. Robert j." il now king as pace
in harness. Thursday he made hi
mile on the track at Indianapolis
8 Ind, in 2:24. Ten thousand people wit
q messed the race between Robert j
Z and Joe Patchen for a purse o
q $4,000. The race was close on
but all three heats were won by tn
Il wonderful little horse.
e Stephen E. Cavey, q wealthy cit
70 zen living near St. Joseph, bein
t. threatened by white caps for failur
70 to provide for his family, converte
all the property he could into none,
. mortgaged his real estate. and tai
u ing his youngest son lit out for part
O. unknown. He was prominer
.; .; member OF the Baptist church.
is The Review says that it has ofioi
,e information that the No. Pacif
railway division will be moved fro
Nevada to Rich Hill before sno
q flies, and that crew of workmen al
70 at work now just south Of Rich Hi
n preparing the grounds to receive Il
n tracks, house, etc. Hurrah for Ric
is Hill.
es That grand old democrat Squir
Bricker, of Adrian, spent FRIDAY