The Butler weekly times., 1896-02-06
The case Of the Taylor brothers,

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murderers OF the Meeks family. has
been advanced on the docket of the
supreme court and will be heard
March Sd, and it is probable the
murdsrers will know their fate by
April lst.
Elder c. B. Lotspeich left Tues
day morning for Monroe City, Mo.
where was called to preach the
funeral of B. F. Hickman. Elder
Lotspeich formerly preached in
Monroe City and the deceased was
one OF the prominent members OF
his church and a particular friend.
We understand the farmers in
this section are making arrange
ments to organize an anti-horse thief |
association for self protection. An
association of this kind is a most
excellent tonic against thieves and
as a general rule counties organized
are given a wide berth by thieves.
The following new subscribers
pinned their faith to the booming
TINES this week: NJ A. Campbell,
Lester Cumpton, Payton Mains, J.
Walter Thompson and J. W. Wheat
ley. Renewals: A. NJ. Burk, f. NJ.
Oldaker, W. f. Hemstreet, Booker
Powell, J. NJ. Pulliam, A. AI. Fritze,
J. G. Harrison, Elder ". W. Guynn.
When the tariff bill passed by the
house during the holidays was taken
up Tuesday by the senate finance
committee, an amendment offered
by Senator Vest to strike out all
after the enacting clause and substi-
tuts for it the free coinage of silver,
was adopted by vote of I to 6,
The substitute kills the bill
z. S. Pauley, acting cashier Of the
Standard Oil Company, was held up
on the streets of Kansas City, Tues
day forenoon at IL o'clock by foot
pad and robbed of 3543.75, which
he was taking to bank for deposit
The robber was followed by mar
who saw the hold up and finally cap
tursd by the police and the money
found in the cellar of building
where he had hid it. The THE.
gave the name of John Searay
Don't forget the band concert t.
come off at the opera house on th'
night OF tho 18th. The band boy
want to raise some funds to bette
equip the band and our peopl
, should patronize the concert liberal
/ ly. In short, the band should b.
, encouraged by an overflow house. /
portion of the proceeds will be givsl
= to the charity committee, and thi
of itself ought to persuade all VIII
, can to attend.
The wrecking company who TO
3 the past eight months have been a
: work trying to secure the cargo from
) the steamer Twilight, which lies il
the Missouri river opposite Napo
leon. Mo have given up in DISCUS
4 and moved the machinery. Nothini
Of any value was taken out. Sewers
E cases of London gin, many sacks c
= peanuts and spices and hundreds {
worthless clocks, constitute the pa
received by the company. The 40
barrels OF whisky supposed to b
in the hole of the boat was a s'fake
. It was the whisky the company We
after The boat sunk twenty five {
thirty years ago, and. the whisky,
found would have been bonanza.
3 A meeting will be held in IL
= Baptist church in Butler on Frid,
Feb. 14th at p. N to which evel
4 township officer, Sunday Seho
10 superintendent and other worker
-, most earnestly invited. At th
- meeting the plans for the yeal
work will be discussed and the pro
. osition to present our county
the model S. S. OF the wor
10 at the Boston convention will |
III presented. This will ts the mo
u important S. s. meeting held f
IL many years, SO please be preser
At night DIR. McAfee will deliver