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The Butler weekly times., 1896-08-20
OF BUTLER, NC

not swallow anything but a McKin,,
lev pill; if they should fail to cure he
is willing to go. The prohibitionisos
are still in the middle of the road
and will have few additions. Since
the st. Louis convention the pops
have quit saying that there is no diff
ference between the democrats and
republicans. 1t is good thing some
get to rest.
w r Smelser of Schell City, is Wis
iting the family of A l. Graves. He
gave us a good talk at the church
Sunday night.
Dock Dutton of Ft Scott, Kansas,
came up last week after Mrs DuttOn,
who has been sick for some time at
her fathers, Clark Vermi'liOn.
X F Harper was at Kansas City
with load of cattle last week.
Elder Miller baptized seven con-
verts last Sunday.
Warren Ayers saw Mrs VIM Bate
man at Ft Scot, Kan, Friday.
A good rain AZ Virginia Monday.
James Dark was a pleasant caller
at Aaron's Office Friday. He inform
ed us that Mrs Bashaw living on the
John Mcdonnell! farm, has been sick
for some time, also Miss Mary Shep-
srd. Grandpa Sharp, who is 81 years
old, is confined to his bed most OF
tho time with sore leg that he got
hurt about 40 years ago. Jim Cam
eran and family expected to start
Tuesday for Pettis county. He said
he had just got home from Eldorado
Strings, where he met some OF the
Charlotte boys, among whom were
Thomas McElroy, Arthur and Her
man Hill, Herbert Steele, Prof Whist
ler. He had a long talk with John
Burk, who moved from here a year
ago; he saw Uncle Thomas Robinson
and DIR Kimble Hill. He said corn
was good and the finest MELONS he
ever seen and all the political talk
he heard was for free silver.
CHI Morrison, G w Wolfe and w I
Cowan are working hard to get w W
Park and Frank jenkins to vote fol
BRYAN: SO far they have made but
little Roadway. 1t is hard for then
to leave their old party.
Steven Cook lost a $5 bill last Fri
day.
Erwin Wilson rides in buggy o
late.
Ed Dudley's stand tent burned
down Friday night, at the CAM
ground north of Virginia.
Base bail team at Virginia played
5 the Foster boys at that place
, Friday, and were beaten; they als'
5 played the team at Lost Corners las
3 Saturday; Virginia carried the lau
rels home.
= Prof r A Givens of Lincoln, NeD.
S is doing the singing at the Elder Nj !,
: Ter meeting at the Christian church
t He know. how to get the singers t
work. 1t will pay any one to go al
Il hear him.
!, Miss Kate Lewis of Alma, Mo-,
d visiting Misses Lizzie and Emm
Graves.
i A large crowd at camp meetin
: Sunday night, six at the altar:
The marriage Of Ernest Judy an
Miss May McClaren will take plac
at Warrensburs Tuesday.
DIR s X Williams of Wilfield,. Kan
will read the booming TIMES the re-
of the year.
Miss Effie Rice of Foster, will rea
the TIMES for year.
Olive Stanfeld is hauling corn to
U Simpson at 2Octs per bushel.
WV Park had our city all in a
excited condition Monday mornin
for awhile. His son, Glen, had bee
out in the pasture, and reported tW
horses gone, and without furth'
search reported to his neighborr
and the towns the above. I
corse the people around Virginia a.
sympathetic and were moved, but
careful look over the pasture disclo
ed the horses quietly grazing.
AARON.
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NEW YOKK's BIG FUNERAL BAY.
Grave Diggers Worked all night to
Fill the Demand.

Fill the Demand.
New York, August 17-Notwith-
standing largely increased forces of
grave diggers working by night as
we'll as day, graves could not be
supplied to fill the demand at the
cemeteries Sunday.
There was also q shortage in
hearses, and it was necessary to Dor
row from other cities. There were
AGO funeral in New York during the
day and over 200 in Brooklyn. Un
dertakers said the funerals of Sun
day would be more numerous than
those of any other day of the last
week, and that meant more numer
GUS than in any day in the history
of this city. They were right.
Friday, Saturday and Sunday saw
more burials than any seven days of
which cemetery bookkeepers can find
record. These are startling facts,
but these further facts are notable
The number of children among the
dead had never in the hottest week
of any year been 30 small as last
week, neither has the hottest week
Of any year seen so few burials of
aged people. The average age of
the persons inferred in three princi
pal cemeteries was AZ years There
were nearly twice as mauv men as
women buried.
OF the 1910 persons who died in
this city last week, nearly 500 died
Thursday night, Friday and Satur
day. Because of the difficulty OF
securing caskets, hearses and carri'
ages, or even undertakers' service
beyond the simplest and most nsces
ssry, nearly all the funerals for that
period were delayed until Sunday.
There were thirty, six hearses Dor
rowed from adjoining towns in New
Jersey, and twelve from Philaael
phia Several New York undertaken
whose rush was over, loaned hearse
, to Brooklyn friends. Other hearse'
were added to Broeklyn's suppl.
, from Long Island towns, as ther
was nearly one-fourth of the week
S79 dead in that city still unburied
The cost Of funerals advanced 2
| per cent on Friday.
So many graves had been calle'
for that the forces Of nearly 800 a
8 Calvary had been increased by owe
. 100 diggers, and the entire fore
Q had worked night and day. At th
f Lutheran cemetery the number G
J. diggers had been nearly doubled
g and even then the number of grave
completed was less than were neet
+ ed. In consequence many bodie
. were placed in receiving vaults
/ All day Father Costello stood
: the tiny chapel at Holy Cross an
y pronounced benediction for the dea'
!. The funeral trains approached th
d chapel in double lines, the hearst
massed around the entrance. whei
4 bearers waited with their burde
and the weeping relatives until the
J. turn to enter.
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Col. Bill Morrison Comes Out For Bry-
An and SeWAll.
The Butler weekly times., 1896-08-20
80 SHELBY TALKS POLITICS.
For Lehman for GOvern0r.-Vesti
Prospects Commented On-The
Gold Movement.

st. Louis, Aug. 14.-General 10
O. Shelby of Kansas City, who has
been talked of for the gabsrnatorial
nomination of the gsld standard
Democrats, arrived here to-day. 4
AN not candidate for governor,
said he, Il am 67 years old-too old
for that sort Of thing. I don't be-
lieve that J. Med. Trimble of Kan
sas City would accept it, because
he has been 80 active in the
movement people would say he
went into it for the sole purpose of
securing the nomination. As for me,
I have been for Fred Lehman all the
time, aud believe he is the man"
When asked as to the growth OF
the sound money movement in the
| western part of the state, General
Shelby said it was growing stronger
every day, and that Kansas City
| especially would send a big dslega'
ton to the convention to be held in
St. Louis, August 26
"How many voters will the gold
ticket poll in the state?"
Probably $4,000" answered Gen
eral Shelby, and then he continued,
'.at least enough to give Missouri to
Mckinley"
The general asserted that no mat.
ter what the national convention did
at Indianapolis, he would vote di
rectly for Mckinley.
| "And what is the Democratic stat'
committee, the Populist state com
mittee, Anarchistic state committed
doines" inquired General Shelby
sarcastically. Lion V. Stephens vii
be defeated for governor bv $500
votes. and as for Senator Vest, b
i. has been doomed to be slaughtered
: All the elements in control at Jeffel
. son City were against him. 1 al
surprised that he doesn't see throug
It."
q General Shelby during the da
conferred with ex Governor FrancI
). at sound money headquarters.
8 Preparations are being made IL
d the state convention. The leaders
i. the movement expect to have |
!" least 500 delegates present. Tht
a. will send thirty four members to L
10 dianapolis to represent Missouri
.e the national convention to be he
there September z.
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BUTLER, MISSOURI. THURSDAY AUGUST 20, 1896.
Bryan Song.

Sing the sng Of freedom, boys, and let its
echoes roar,
We We sung our song in days gone past, We IL
sing it now once more
Calling up the voters of the land from shore to
shore,
To vote for Bryan of Nebraska.
Hurrah. Hurrah! Wen wave our banner
round;
Hurrah! Hurrah. our campaigner has been
found;
town
Shouting for Bryan of Nebraska.
And when the people called aloud for straight t
sixteen to one
The democrats heard their cry-the battle had
just begun;
won
By voting for Bryan of Nebraska.
Hurrah for William Bryan. for the man with
out q stain;
Hurrah again for Sewall from the rugged state
of Maine.
refrain
Vote for Bryan of Nebraska.
And when election day is DER you'll hear the
people shout
The people have won the day-the populists
helped us out.
They have driven out republicans and put gold
bugs to rout,
By electing Bryan of Nebraska.
fOsce0la Glee Club.
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Mrs. Bryan's Engagement Ring Found.

Mrs. Bryan's Engagement Riag Found.
Pittsburg. Pa, Aug. 13.-The en-
gagement ring belonging to Mrs
William J. Bryan, which she lost in
carriage in Pittsburg. has been
found by a vehicle cleaner at the
stables of the oittsburg Transfer
company. The ring was q plain gold
band, with ruby setting. On the in-
side was the following inscription:
"From Will to Mamie. June 4. 1880.
It was bent as if it had been trampl
cd upon and was broken. The police
will forward it to Mrs. Bryan in
New York
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Under Gold Standard.

Manistee, Mich, Aug. E.-Ihe
Polish workmen at Peters East
Lake Mill are Oh q strike against re
duction of 10 per cent III wages
More that 500 men are out. The
cut reduced the common laborer
nav to 90 cents day.
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Guthrie, Okla, Aug. 17.-At .
populist meeting at Ocala Porter
DAVIS and W. II. Dennis got into an
argument over the financial question
and Davis drew a revolver and Den
mis- a knife and they went at sact
other. Davis was fatally cut about
the head and neck and Dennis badly
pounded with Q revolver.
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20 SHELBY'S LF-BROTHER.

Howard ii Gra,z Talks Of the BoItins
Democrats.
Lexington, Ky, Aug. 13.-The
venerable Howard II. Gratz, half
brother of the intrepid Confederate
General Jo Shelby. and who con
Quoted large business with the
General "a st. Louis just prior to
the war, has thu following to say re
garding the boiling Democrats who
are try1u. to get up third ticket: |
"TEs grave mistake these gentle
meu are making is liz leaving their
party and giving aid and comfort to
the Kepublicans-the worst political
organization that ever ruled and
ruined q country. They are slnning
as the secessionists sinned in 1860,
when they deserted the great Demo
cratic party, left their seats in Con-
gress when the Democrats had con.
troll of both Houses, and turned the
country over to the Abolitionists
and began to organize military re-
sistance-to what! Not an overt
act had up to time been committed
against the legal and constitutional
rights of the South, nor could one
have been taken if these recalcitrant
patriots had not forsaken their duties
and deserted those who had reposed
confidence in them. A graver case
of political infdelity has never been
exhibited in this wide world of ours.
And what were the consequences
War and desolation and unnumbered
woes. No one excuses or justi6es
the action Of the secessionists of
1860, not even the most unrecon.
structed rebel who followed Lee and
Beauregard. It was = faulty and
folly and blunder, amounting to
great crime.
"In the conduct of these honest
money Democrats history ia but
repeating itself, and they are acting
precisely as the secsssionists acted
in 1860, and although it may not
lead to war and sectional strife, it
7 will lead to the force bill and other
legislation by which large section
of the country will be disfranchised.
was q secessionist in go, and have
deplorsd and lamentsd my error in
sackcloth and ashes and cannot be
led into a like error again. The
wissst men in the Democratic party
: in 1860 pleaded with the secession.
lists with tears in their eyes not to
desert them, and predicted the Ca
lanities that would come upon the
f country if its control was turned
, over to the fanatics that wee thirst
p ing for the blood of stakeholder
and all Southern people. And thsi1
e worst fears were more than realized
"And now I beg those who ar
: thinking of seeding from the Dem
ocratic party in this year OF 1896 no
l. to weaken the hands of their politi
!. cal brethren and strengthen tn
d ranks of party still as vindicativ
as when led by old Thad Stevens o
a Ben Butler. It 10 in sorrow AM
not in anger that I plead. And TO
: what have these latest phase Q
d secessionists become angered!
& money question; the lowest motiv
:, that should influence men OF though
ST and feeling. Money is'a good thing
d but not the summus bonus of huma
life; and what is life? Gorge it
you will with money, if other bless
n ings are denied, as they most sursl
n will be if the Republican party
70 again brought into power, and yor
3. money is a. dust under your fee
If I know whereof I speak, and the ol
a servation of long life justi6ss n
IS prophecy"
The Butler weekly times., 1896-08-20

All will want newspaper for the
campaign and of course they want
the best. The booming Times is 81
a wear or 25 cents till January 1st'
1897. Hand in your name.
The Butler weekly times., 1896-08-20

Dexter, Mo-, Aug. 17.-Gordon
Hammond and Darlington Deck.
well.to-do farmers, living near Ses
Dock, this county, got into q diff.
Guilty over some trivial matter anS
Hammond cut Deck with a large
knife six times. almost dissmbowei.
ing him Two of the knife thrusts
are pronounced fatal. HammonS
made bis escape and is still at large.
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FISK BROS.
BROS.
Bros.

BY cut in groceries our trade hM
increased so within the last four
months that we are able now to sell
groceries cheaper than We have ever
sold them before, and if the people
of Bates county will drop in to our
store and see the immense trade we
have. and the wagon load after wag-
on load OF goods We send out, car
readily see why we can sell goods
80 cheap-look at cur prices:
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HOUSTON.

The New Year is before US, and have
we one and all determined by the help of
God to do more for Him and humanity
than we have done during the past years
of our life Nav it be the honest and fer
vent prayers Of the followers Of ''the meek
and lowly Saviour" that this be a year of
"Peace on earth and goodwill toward
men,"
The determination expressed at the New
YEARS. eve service and the Epworth League
service last Sunday evening were on the
line OF a deeper conservation to the work
of the Master Dear friends. ever keep in
mind this determination and God will won
derfully bless you in all spiritual and tenn
poral things Of this, another New Year.
Rev w. E Tompkinson began his ex
TIA meetings at Millwood last Sunday even
Ing.
Mr. P. Satterfield moved in his new
house last week. There has been several
changes in this neighborhood by persons
moving in and out.
Fire destroyed the house on Judge Fish
er's farm last Saturday morning. It was
tenanted by Charles Higgins, who sue
ceeded in saving most Of his household
goods. When the fire was first discovered
it was burning the roof, The wind was
blowing very high at the time and the house
soon burned down.
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The first Of the New Years parties ye
given was at the home Of Miss Anna and
Eva Vineyard. Several Of the ladies' who
assembled early in the day. drove to the
houses Of several Of the Houston young
men and escorted them to the party where
an enjoyable evening was spent But
when the time to ieave arrived the young
men found they would have to foot it home.
Girls you would feel badly if under like
circumstances you were served the same
way
The cold snap of the last few days has
afforded our young people sport on the
mill ponds skating.
Miss Eta Donovan, of Philadelphia, and
Miss Laura Burris,Of Chester, are visiting
Houston relatives Miss Bessie Counsel
man,of Smyrna, is the guest of her brother
Mr.. Q. L Counselman Mrs. H Pussy
and Cora Johnson spent last week among
MillsbOro relatives = Mr.. AlVa Burris re-
turned to his duties at Washington Col
lege on Monday last Mr. and Mrs. 5.
w Townsend entertained Maryland
friends last week Mr. and Mrs David
oeott handsomely CiltOl tdiliCA q ltu iiLNi VI
their Milford friends on Friday of last week. .
Miss Julia Tompkinson returned to school
at Harrisburg on Tuesday last Mrs. R.
Graham and daughters returned home on
Monday from a two week S visit among
her relatives in Angola Mr.. Lawrence
Davis and mother, Of Baltimore, spent a
portion of the holidays with Houston rela-
lives. Miss Lizzie Satterfield and sister
Ina, of Woodside, spent last week in and
around Houston. X
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FREDERICK.

Revival services began at the M. E
Church last Sunday evening. Rev. Mr.
Cecil of Maryland, is assisting our pastor
Rev. H. c Turner. Presiding Eide
Adams preached an able sermon last Tues
day evening. We are always pleased t.
welcome the Elder. A communion service
will be held next Sunday morning.
Mrs Laura Minner, wife of Joseph Min
ner, who resides a short distance from
town, died about two o'clock last Sunday
morning. She was inferred at Harrington
/ Tuesday.
The steamer Frederica did not start fol
Philadelphia - swing to the Murder
I kill river being frozen over The boat will
/ be overhauled when she gets to Philadel
phia and will be reprinted in Frederick on
/ her return From the present outlook she
( is likely to remain here for some time, as
there are no signs of thaW
4 Mr.. Joseph Clark and Mr. Elijah Melvin
are having ice cut on Emerson's mill pond
and are filling their ice houses. Although
the ice is not very thick it is clear and solid.
] The first snow of any amount fell Tuesday
afternoon. Snow and ice are hailed with
delight by our young people, who enjoy
sleighlng and skating. Darby's Ipark is
+ generally filled with a merry crowd of
skaters as soon as the ice will bear.
A farm wagon drawn by two horses was
found in the road without a driver about
a quarter Of mile from town. JosePh
Perkins,a colored man, drove the team on
in town where it remained until claimed
by the driver who said the team had run
away and was owned by DR.. Marshall of
your town
Mr.. William Cohee,a clerk employed by
Mr.. A. w Cafrow, has resigned owing to
bad health Mr. Lynwood Jacobs will
take his place next Monday morning,
Quite a number Of our citizens changed
their homes New Years Day.
The Ladies' Aid of the NJ P, Church
met last Monday evening at Mrs Emma
Fishers
The Jr 0. u. A M spent a pleasant
evening in the town hall last Friday even.
ing. Mr. Parker,of Wilmington,was pres
ent and addressed the order, Rev H G.
Turner also made speech ; also Thos. D,
Burton. Mr. A Conner, of FELTON,, was pres
ent. Refreshments were served in abund-
ance, and all present enjoyed the exercises.
The banquet of the A. o. u. w. did not
take place last Tuesday evening as WIS
announced, but has been postponed until
some time in the near future.
Mr. John Whitaker, forPerlv of ne6I
Frederick, but within the 4astfew yeafs Of
Washington, died in tkat city ast/Seek
Mrs Annie Hazsf. of Smvrna is visiting
her sister, MTI DR. Cah9K-Miss Edith
Boone haS>feturned frop1 a visit to Sea
ford NJ William Conner of Whining
ton. was called toJThe bedside of his father
.lr Alex. Conmer, last Tuesday, Mr. Con
ner is very~iil at this writing. Mr.. James
CULLEN and family,o of Virginia, have moved
to ERederica. A.
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The pro-Enslish Party and What 1t aa o.

That strong pro-English sentl-
ment exists in the United States has
been demonstrated by the events Of
the mast week, We use the express
sion in no offensive sense, but sim
ply to describe that class of respected
intelligent and generally educated
people who naturally feel themselves
bound to the motheriand by ties OF
blood, language, literature and reli-
zion. They are more shocked at The
IDEA of war with England than they
would be with France, Spain or
China, showing that besides their
horror of war in itself, there exists a
love for the solidarity Of the race to
which they belong. 1t may almost
be said that the instinct of loyalty
to race even contends for the mas
terry with the instinct Of patriotism,
or LOYALTY TO country and we can
understand how men foreseeing the
ruin of race in a desperate and pro
longed war between its main
branches, could oppose with selt-sac-
rifcing ardor and frenzied zeal their
own country's cause, if they should
deem it trivial in comparison with
the good of the race as a whole. 1t
seems impossible that England could
emerge from such a conflict as sue
cessfully as she did from the Napo-
leonic wars. At that time Russia,
finally be came her powerful ally,
but that could net be hoped for now.
Then, too, the French sea power,
which went down annihilated at
Trafalgar, even before the battle OF
Austerlitz, had been so neglected
and weakened by the revolutionary
government that Napoleon had no
time to raise it to efficiency either IN
size or equipment But now the
French navy, second in size and
power to that of England alone, STAND
for twenty five years of constant
work and vast expenditure. Ana
since the Napoleonic struggle II
should be remembered that the
British Empire has undergone no
sewers strain of war; its safety in an
other great conflict rests wholly on
conjecture, and certainly it is not
probable that domain so widely
scattered could be. kept intact when
assailed on both hemispheres at once.
under the conditions we have indica-
ted. The pro- English party in the
United States, therefore, can do no
better work than to use their infu-
snce upon the English people to
avert such a calamity as a breach be-
tween the branches of The English
speaking nations. The struggling
empire has more to lose than the solid
compact republic, which can weather
severer storms than the mother thar
gave it birth.-SpringfeLd Republi-
can.
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CHlLDREN's WEAR

lust as much care take
be sure that we have eve
thing right for the little fol-
Complete lists from such reaG
mess would be tiresomelylong.
Take hints for lists. There is
no other way but the seeing,
for you distinguish the goods
we tell of from the disappoint-
ing skinny sorts with which
the town is overstOcked.
IOHN WANAMAKER.
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WANATAKER's.
PHILADELPHIA, January 6, 1895.
SIR Hunared ThouSana
Pieces Of
Mnlan LRde1-a0ear

Al ~ 'ttfN - fFttSf - t+f
we're prepared for the Seven
teenth HalfYearly Sale, and
the helpfulness Of this great
distribution is practically
bounded by the stock on hand.
Forehandedness is the price
of economy and the sale so
magnihcently commenced is
the fruit Of months of plan
ming. An expert in muslins,
looking at the snowy piles,
said he has given up trying to
account for the values in Mus
lin Underwear given at Wan
amaker's. 1t would be folly
for the retail shopper to at
tempt to buy the materials
and patterns for the money
charged for daintily-made gar
ments. And there IS no trash.
Such a movement is alto
gether beyond the reach Of
fair competition,
And this is but a single
feature Of January merchan-
dising at Wanamaker's s. There
is fifteen acres of store besides
the vast space devoted to I'm
derwear-and not a drowsy
corner in the building.
We print as much of the
news as it is good business to
print-which means as much
as we can fairly ask you to
read. And still we scarcely
more than hint.