The Butler weekly times., 1896-08-27

Qeu uOuStIatlCu.
Harvey c. Clark will speak at
the free silver meeting Saturday
night.
W. NJ. Arnold was taken sick
Monday night and has been confined
to his bed since.
Come to the court house Friday
night and enroll your name on the
bryan club roll.
j. NJ. Scaffocd, a well known trav
cling salesman. was found dead In
his room at Sedalia Friday. His
death was due to the excessive use
of liquor, cocaine and morphine
His family resides at Green Ridge.
The republican congressional com
mittee of this district, met at Rich
Hill Tuesday and placed the name
of F. V. Hamilton on the congress
sional ticket. While the nomination
will be barren of fruits, it is recog-
milton of our worthy fellow citizen
and the TINES thinks. worthily be.
slowed.
G. D. Arnold, Low living near
Holden, johnson county, was in the
city Saturday shaking hands with
old friends. He said he was batch.
ing now as his wife bad gone to
visit relatiyeo in Indiana. She has
been in very poo, health during the
summer aud 1t was thought the trip
would do her good, said Mr.. Arnold.
Mark Hanna is having the business
houses of Chicago polled On presi-
dent. The business men OF the city
while they favor the gold standard,
admit that the election were to come
off now Bryan would carry the state.
They hope, however, to turn the
tide before election day. They also
admit that Tanner the republican
nominee for governoris very weak
candidate and that on this account
Altgeld will be elected.
A friend handed US gold circular
which is being distributed freely in
this county to the farmers and
stockmen. The circular reads:
compliments of Swift and Compa
ny, Union Stock Yards, Chicago
These farmers and stock men would
much rather this packing company
would send out circulars offering
better prices for cattle and hogs.
They are more interested in better
prices than gold standard literature.
This pointer is from Chicago, in
letter to the Record: As I rode
downtown this morning on the Wells
street car, the conductor happened
to notice Bryan button man wore,
and looking closely at it remarked:
81 think much more OF voting for
that man now than 1 did last week.
After a pause he continued: I'll
tell you why. Yesterday a friend
had to pay mortgage on bis house
$1,000 in gold. He could not get
the gold at the bank and finally had
to pay $40 premium to get the
$1,000"
E, G. Mudd. democratic candidate
for sheriff was in the city Tuesday.
He was just up from Rich Hill where
he spent the week at the fair. He
expressed himself as eratifed with
the outlook for the ticket, national,
state and county. He is making
thorough canvass of the county
and said he was in the campaign
now except Sundays until the polls
closed in November He went north
from here and will be at the Spruce
debate Friday.
We not that Judge Dormau, of
Clinton, has gone off with the gold
bug wing of the democratic party,
and 1t is presumed from the stand
he has taken will lend his might in
the defeat of Bryan. It is true
and tsite saying, once man, twice
q baby, and it is taken that in his
second babyhood the Judge has for.
gotten the henors heretofore be.
slowed on him by the democratic
party OF Henry county. In view Of
the Judges strange Eallncination it
is sad to contemplate second child
hood.
Hon. ". VI. Graves has of.
fered bis services to the campaign
committee aud will do valient
service from now until election
day. While Mr.. Graves favored
the gold standard prior to the Chi
caso convention, US soon as the
party spoke and announced it's plat
form, like the good democrat that
he is, he Immediately fell into line
for the nominees and no democrat
who raises his voice on tba stumn In