The Butler weekly times., 1896-07-16
The dog catcher is on his beat.

painted DumbNr OF handsome ban.
ners for the Adrian ratification last
night
c. B. Lewis was busy Monday
and Tuesday getting list of names
to secure al excursion train to the
ratification meeting at Adrian last
night. Charlie is hustler at any
thing he undertakes.
The TIMES is not stuck on the
globe trotters, who go from town to
town dead beating their way through
the country, and the people of But
ler would do we'll to give them the
cold shoulder.
Judge Miller has bought Claude
Waltons farm in Lone Oak township.
Mr.. Walton will move to Kentucky.
The bad health of his wife caused
him to sell, as he thought change
would do her good.
The dispatches say the republi-
cans of Michigan, since the Chicago
convention, are stampeding for Bry-
an, and silver clubs are being organ.
lied. The democrats are now claim
ing the state.
Four men armed with revolyers
entered the office of New York Bis
cult Company, in Chicago, Sunday,
held up the cashier and robbed him
of $4,000 and made their escape.
The office is located within four
blocks of a police station.
Eldorado Springs will celebrate
her 18th anniversary in great pomp
and splendor the Goth. Among the
speakers advertised to be present on
the occasion are Silver Dick Bland,
John 7. Crisp, Edwin Silvers, Sena
tor Vest, Hon. d. A. DeArmond, ?.
D. Hastain and C. G. Dickinson.
Lucien Goss, editor of the popu
list paper at Nevada, took the stand
at the ratification meeting held al
,, Nevada Saturday night, and in {
speech declared himself for the Chi
cago nominee, and as delegate tt
, the st. Louis convention he woult
work and vote for the endorsement
of that ticket.
e ". T. Duvall left Monday evening
for two weeks trip through tn
east. He will visit Chicago, New
York, and several points in Vermont
;, He goes on business connected will
their real estate and loan depart
=, ment. Mr.. Duvall says while he i
in the east he will try to learn tn
true situation in regard to the opin
ion of the people on the tinancia
~ question, which will be the issue i
the coming campaign.
A representative of Kansas Cit
business house, who has returne
from a two weeks tour of Kansa!
!, says that old line Republicans q
over the State have deserted th
Hanna-McKinley forces and hav
', taken refuge under the Democrat
silver banner. Prominent anon
- those of Sterling, he said, who hay
changed their politics is James T
IS Smith of Sterling, president of tt
n First National bank Kansas CT,
IL Tunes.
= Yellow fever is playing havoc viii
y. the Spanish soldiers in Cuba. I'll
~ hospitals in Havana contain 6,0(
y and every day the number is beir
70 increased. In Santiago dc Cub
.. there are 1900 cases, Nurses al
physicians are hard to get and it
= almost impossible to bury the dea
IA The officers in the field are applyil
ae for permission to return to Spa
Sc and the soldiers are deserting.
L reign Of terror exists.
ty The editor of the Rich Hill Tri
to une severely critieises Robert
d. Lewis speech made in this city 81
in urday. Mr. Lewis stands square
,s on the gold plank of the ST. Lot
tv platform On this issue the Tribu
has bolted he nomination Of u
kinley. II the editor is sincere
his opuositiOu to the republic