The Butler weekly times., 1896-08-20

Ooiuk OTOuR2C TO tOWD, OOtu Oa1eu
and in bulk.
There is any number of populists
in this county that will vote for De-
Almond, nomination or no nomina-
tion, and We look for him to get a
thousand plurality in Bates.
Mrs. Geo. Washburn, wife of a
prominent farmer living near Nevada
presented her husband with triplets,
all girls. The largest one weighed
four and a half pounds, the others,
four pounds each
While attending the ball game at
Appleton City Saturday between the
Crackerjacks Of this city and the
Appleton City club, Robt. Lotspeich
was accidentally struck in the eye by
foul ball and badly hurt.
The silver mines in this country
closed down because they could not
be worked at a profit. For the same
reason if change is not had in our
financial system the corn, wheat and
oats fields will grow up in weeds
Glen Townsend, the 14-year old
son of II. S Townsend. of Warrens
burg, No, was killed near the depot
in that city the other day while try
ing to board train in motion. He
wanted to 60 to Holden to attend
the fair.
II. G. Clark, A. w. Thurman and
w. w. Graves spoke to . large
audience at Summit Center one even
ing last week. The RutIer Glee
club went out and enlivened the oc-
casion with some popular campaign
songs.
The Industrial Leader, Lamar,
Mo-, edited by A. Rozelle, chairman
of the populist state central commit
tee, hits Bro. Atkeson. of the Free
Press, some pretty hard raps over
the knuckles. The article calls Mr..
Atkeson "a disgruntled bolter."
The mutilated bodies of man
aud boy were found beside the rail
read track about mile and hall
west of Mexico, Mo-, Sunday. The
bodies were literally cut to pieces
and nothing was found by which the
killed could be identified.
J. T. Burney, of Harrisonville, re-
fused the nomination for congress
rendered him by the congressional
committee which met at Harrison
vile the 18th inst. We will go you
hat. gentlemen of the committee
that DIR. Cundiff will take it.
At a meeting of the democratic
state committee held in St. LouiI
last week for the purpose of arrang
ing for the campaign, among tn
committees appointed our fellow
tswnsman, w. o jackson, was placet
on the finance committee.
The Record ard other republican
papers take comfort in publishing
Gen. Shelby's letters at the presen
time, and probably the Record
readers find comfort in reading them
: The democrats hope they do, as the.
t are very harmless epistles.
The TINES has the largest clrculs
ton of any paper in Bates county
:, It is read by all classes. The reason
9 the circulation of the TINES head
. the list is because we have metho
of attending to our own busines
We grant others the same privilege
Or. William Shrader, head of th
department of electricity in tn
State University of Missouri and on
of the most prominent scientists j
j. the United States, died Friday. Hi
n death was caused from over wor
$ experimenting with the X rays o
consumpti7es.
K John Kczak, a prominent youn
:. farmer, aged 25 years, living nea
f Virginia, Nebraska. took quee
8 method to commit suicide. He du
hole to the center Of straw stacl
set fire to the straw and then she
r himself with a pistol. A love affai
g caused him to commit the act.
t John Silvers and Judge Brow
spoke to q large and enthusiast
audience at Dillon's school house
Mound township, Saturday evening
A young man named Watson repr'
= sentsd the ''sound money" or repul
Q lican side. Mr.. Silvers makes q goo
speech, is an enthusiastic silver ma
/, and will do good work in the can
d paign.
!. The Warrensburg Union (Pop'
list) favored the endorsement of D.
Almond. But a resolution to thi
n effect in the populist compression