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The Butler weekly times., 1897-11-18
Virginia Items.

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| set up till eleven,
To read what happens you and what other folks
| do in 1897.
Mrs B F Rider of Denison, Texas,
is visiting the family of H P Nickel
for few weeks.
! Bob Sailor of Schell City, is visit
ing Roe Burke.
| Miss Ada Burke of ElDorado, is
visiting her grandparents, Lemuel
Burke and family.
J "A Pilgrim was at K c Thursday
of last week.
Virgil Jenkins was at X c Friday
and Saturday and purchased a kit of
blacksmith tools.
Clyde johnson, who cut his foot
Monday of last week, is able to be
out again.
Elder Hunt preached at the NJ E
church Friday and Saturday nights
and conducted the quarterly meet
ing Sunday.
1t was sad news to the many
friends of Mrs John Bosnia when the
word was brought that she was dead.
Florence Wymer spent the most of
her days near Virginia; she lived
with the family of John Durrett for
number of years; was there when
she married Mr. Bosnia.
Mrs H F Smith of Mogollon, New
Mexico, attended church at the NJ E
church last Sunday. Mrs Smith is
the daughter of William Stephens,
who lived many years one mile and =
half north Of Virginia. Her sister,
Miss Hattie, is teaching school in
New Mexico.
Thomas McElroy bought a house
of Peter Denning and moved it on
his farm one mile east and two miles
south of Virginia; he is going to
build an addition to it.
Mrs H H Flesher and daughter,
Miss Leona, of Butler, attended
quarterly meeting at the N E church
Sunday.
There will be supper at the
Christian church Thanksgiving night.
| Mrs Mills informs us that her
daughter wishes TO hire out to do
house work.
Some one took a tap off of Lewis
Dudley's buggy Sunday night. He
got as far as the blacksmith shop be-
| fore the wheel came off and let tile
buggy down. He had a gentle horse,
consequently no one was hurt. The
fellow that does such work ought to
be looked after.
| We are SO glad that Carr Dudley
was present the day the township
board met.
| Mrs Julius Heckadon ct Rich Hill,
The Butler weekly times., 1897-11-18

der 1Oc fb; Star tobacco 45c;
Sledge 30c; Battle axe &c; No l
galvanized tub SOC. No. 2 60s, No 5
Zoe; best we'll bucket 3Oc; we'll
wheels 25c; glassware at your own
price; cream pitcher Sc; spoon hold.
er Sc; butter dish 10c; sugar bowl
1Oc; large fruit stand l5o, 4gsl glass
pitcher lOc and l5c each; never had
things SO cheap before We have
everything that you want in our
line; fne sorghum, golden sugar
drip 30c gallon; lima beans ibs
for Csc; kraus 2Oc to &c q gallon;
tinwars of all kinds lower than ever
before. l bay hay, corn, oats, po-
tatoes. apples, pumpkins, turoips,
eggs. chickens, ducke. geese, turkeys,
bseswax, feathers, honey, butter. l
am making very close prices on po.
tatoes in 5 and 10 bushel lots; get
my prices before sou buy; bran 6Oc
and shorts Zoe per hundred weia ht.
J.rsey cream -four per sack S1.2O,
White Star $l,l5. Don't FORGET TO
buy your Christmas candy from me.
l handle roshipR but pure sugar
goods. l set Silver knives and forks
for ~ 90; set Silver table spoons 81;
set Silver Teaspoons Soc.
w. G. WOMACK.
The Butler weekly times., 1897-11-18
WOMACk'S
CASH GROCERY.

We ere rjnyipg good trade for
which we are very grateful to the
ci'izens of Butler and Bates county.
Our stock is larger than ever before
aud we are making large prepara.
tions for a BIG HOI.I.
DAY trade. Will have IN by
the first of December the largest
line of Christmas Candies ever
brought to Butler. I want to say
that my taffy candy is made OF pure
sugar, aud will not hurt the most
delicate to eat it, don't stuff your
chill iren with cheap John stuff such
as some are Offering for sale. I sold
last year two thousand pounfs Of
taffy candy aad I expect to sell dou-
BILE that smount this year. Will
have enough to supply Bates county
at extremely low prices; 60 come to
me for your candies, bananas, nuts,
oranges, celery, cranberries, oysters,
crackers, fancy glassware, fancy
decorated china plates, salad dishes,
cups and saucers for men, women
and children. In fact. you can get
anything you want for handsome
Christmas present. We are knock
ing the bottom out OF prices on gro
csries, Notwithstanding the big
blow that others are making l am
quietly undersslling them right
along Below you will find some
hot prices: Good -four fer 90c per
sack; straight grade for 81 Is; high
patent four 81 25 per sack; l. b
hominy fake 25c; 9fh navy beans 25c:
2Ob rice 81; s bars Silk aud Clair
cite soap 25c: good bronms 15c to
25e each; any kind package cof. e
for 15c or 2 for-xell come and see
for yourself; feet P-psin chewing
gum for DC. Well, ma, don't you
think Womack is selling : feet OF
chewing gum fer 5s; let's stop a, d
get some the next time We GO to
town. Dried pssche, 7c per ID;
evaporated apr,cots 10c fb; s b oat
fake 25c; 2 los Java blend coffee
25c, who can beat that, Nobody
6 boxes mustard sa.din~s 25c; rope
7e; axle grsess Sc; good baking pow
The Butler weekly times., 1897-11-18
W. G. WOMACK.
II is Not Uncle Sans Fight.

Washington, d. C, Nov. Pit
is not possible to confirm her the
statement coming from Berlin to the
effect that the United States has
offered to mediate between Germany
and Hayti 10 the differences arising
from the arrest of the German sub
ject Lueders. It Is gathered, how
ever. that while no such prefer has
been made, oyertures have been
made 10 this government to inter
vene, but without success.
The Butler weekly times., 1897-11-18

is visiting her relatives, John B Rice
and family, this week.
Mrs Rice and daughter, Miss Verta,
paid relatives of Rich Hill, a visit
last week.
Mrs Harlow is out again.
Last weeks TIMES was a dandy, il
we are any Judge of good reading,
properly placed before the eye.
Charley Fisk was out and purchas.
ed some fine calves of us last week
with which to top his bunch. They
brought $50, but were beauties and
gives Charley the privilege of saying
he has the best lot of calves any
where around.
Think of it! Take fiftv-siX pounds
Of pure white corn to a mill and
give 10 pounds, or over one-third of
it for toll. 1t is dirty outrage
and we believe it is against the law.
at any rate, there ought to be a
limit to their greed if it must come
by statute. No wonder people COM
plain.
We are under obligations to Mr.
William Kennedy for courtesies
shown us lately. Mr. Kennedy has a
fine farm of 24O acres, we'll improved
and stocked with about 100 head Of
horses and cattle besides hogs. The
dry weather forced him to water his
stock out of his we'll in the yard, he
drawing it for them twice day with
buckets. but he says it makes no
change in the amount of water in the
well, it stands about feet all time.
If Mr. Kennedy was a good democrat
Che has some of the qualifications al
ready, reads the TIMES for one) he is
fixed to be happy, and We therefore
wish him and his family happiness.
While Herman Heinberg and Amos
Ganger were at work in a we'll last
Friday by some unfortunate accident,
bucket containing q drill and some
other things which were being lower
ed broke loose and in the fall struck
Mr.. Ganger on the forearm breaking
the large bone in a bad manner, the
points sticking out through the skin.
DR. Son set the broken limb and it is
doing all right now.
Mr. Chas j Holland, the wide-awake
committeeman of Summit township,
was in Passaic last Monday morning
delivering fat hogs TO our popular
shipper, r NJ Wilcox. He reports
everything going all right. politically,
in Summit. 8.
The Butler weekly times., 1897-11-18
Negrs Murderer Lynched

Osceols. Ark, Nov. 14--Henry
Phillips, alias doc Jones, q negro,
and self confessed murderer and
moonshiner. was iynched in the
cour. yard here at midnight last
night by q mob composed of promi.
neut citizens Of th 8 town and sur.
rounding country. The direct cause
OF the lynching was the murder of 4
me chant near here By Phillips :
few days ago.
The Butler weekly times., 1897-11-18
l'asSNic Items.

The Scully agents were out in this
neighborhood last week making per-
sonal inspection of some of our best
farms. They seem to have grudge
against this part Of the moral vine
yard, and il they have the money
and pay the price put upon the lands
we see no reason why they cannot
wreak out full vengeance on us.
What's killing the meadows? We
notice spots of dead grass around
from 2 to 10 feet square in our mead
ow. The dead tufts will lift right up
from the ground as though they had
been spaded under. In fact all the
roots have been cut off just under the
surface. In one place l found three
different kinds of worms, and most
of the places moles have been, but l
think the latter were after the insect
or worm that is killing the grass. Can
anyone tell US what it is?
The other day our genial friend,
Col Alfred Shaffer. who, by the way,
is one of the sunniest tempered, and
youthful looking bachelors, just
ready to turn the period of fifty
years, this side of the Indian Terri
tory, had a little taste of the unfit
ness Of things from little incident
that happened in his way. He was
standing in a careless way out on the
platform in front of the store when
he noticed q young man and lady
driving up. Being naturally polite,
courteous and knowing that the
young lady was of manageable age,
he at once Strengthened up and was
thinking he might make favorable
impression, but imagine his crest
fallen look when the young man hal
loed out. "Hello. Uncle All" This
/. dark allusion to his age spoilt the
whole thing, and got away with the
young lady so bad she would not
look at Col AL, and it was not long
until he had resumed his natural
SA0PCs OuV VIC CApCSt IL Will tahc az
least two weeks before his peace of
mind returns.
A pork packing concern has been
inaugurated here. NJ L Wolfe, pres
ident; r NJ Wilcox, treasurer; E P
Mosier, secretary; and j D Tathwell,
solicitor. They slew = shoat of 11O
pounds last week and if they can
make it appear to pay they may kill
another one this winter sometime.
They have = new way of getting hot
water, viz: . contribution from all
the teakettles in the vicinity.
Robt Deacon, of Deacon Bros s CO
passed throught one day last week
with = load of piping and pumps, on
his way to Merwin.
Mrs Forest Barnett, Of Rich Hill.
The Butler weekly times., 1897-11-18

Nobody will ever know whether
the Pittsburg man who died on his
wedding journey is to be pitied Or
congratulated.
The Butler weekly times., 1897-11-18

Insure with the ST. Joseph Farm
Mn'ua and save 80 per cent of pre-
MUM. FARu and Towx property.
Soft SAxL SnvKRs, Agt-
The Butler weekly times., 1897-11-18

We are showing at this price all the
latest designs for this seasons wear in
brown, black Or blue, kerseys, cheviots,
beavers, well lined, silk velvet collars,
the price for those garments in other
stores, is $40 to $40.
The Butler weekly times., 1897-11-18
AT $3.50.

At this price we are offering blue and
black cheviots,> plaids, checks, mingled
effects, all the shades in round or
straight cut, sewed with silk thread.
The Butler weekly times., 1897-11-18
A Bold Stroke
IN MEMS CLOTHING.
AT $500.

We are offering a nobby well-made and
trimmed, such as competition ask you
$50.
The Butler weekly times., 1897-11-18

At these prices we are offering good,
substantial. well-maae coat in ulsters,
sacks or water proof with long capes.
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1897-05-28
President McKinley's Policy.

| The platform upon which President Nc
products-to those of the mine and the field
as we'll as those Of the shop and factory
to hemp, to wool, the product of the great
industry of sheep husbandry, as well as to
the finished woolens of the mill, we promise
the most ample protection" This is the
policy which is to prevail under the admin
istration of President Mckinley. The his
tory of the passage of The ilson-Gorman
law is history of constant squabbling and
pickering for individual advantages; tpf
private deals and sectional favoritism. TIE
industries of the sections whose votes were
plentiful for the free traders were spared;
the industries Of protection communities
were sacrificed. There was no rule or
reason in the levying of the tariff except
the invariable rule of serving private inter-
ests. The supporters of the bill we'll de.
served the punishment which they received
for their sacrifice of public interests to
private gain. They apparently did not then
understand that all the people of the coun-
try are mutually dependent upon one an
other, and that few favored industries
could not thrive If the other industries of
the country were sacrificed. They have
learned 1t now-Or, il they have not, the
rest of the people have. There will be no
repetition of such disgraceful scenes at the
passage of the next tariff law. The pro-
tectiye system is laid down on broad
basis of impartiality and patriotism. 1t
sacrifices no section of the country, but to
every industry within our borders and TO
all products, whether those of the north or
the south, the east or the west sample pro-
lection" will be given.-American Econo-
mist
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1897-05-28
owOSsO. FRIDAY. MAY %. 1897.

Ex-Gov. Rich while In Washington last
. week had several conferences with western
senators In reference to the wool and lum-
Der schedules and is reported as saying:
my purpose with regard to the wool
schedule, is to secure the proper recognition
of the difference between skirted and un-
skirted woods. The senate bill allows one
cent per pound more on skirted woods of
the first aud second class than on the I'M
skirted, but our wool growers know that
this gives the importer great advantage
which cannot be offset by difference of
Less than three cents in the rate on foreign
skirted woods. take no stock in the CON-
plants of the eastern manufacturers with
regard to the wool schedule, for it is GER
tainly drawn chiefly in their interest" Gov
Rich does not apply his protection theory to
the lumber schedule. but declares that SEN
ator Aldrich and his colleagues have re-
duced the manufacturers protection on
finished lumber products. He thinks 81 is
quite enough on rough lumber, but main
tains that transportation does not serve as
an adequate protection against the Canadian
output of manufactured lumber.
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1897-05-28
DESPERATE HOBOS.
Durand Peace Officers Have a Lively
Escapade.

Durand Peace Ofhcers Have a Livery
Escapade.
Durand was treated to genuine sensa'
ton, Tuesday night, by way of fight be-
tween number of tramps and the night
police of that village.
Claud Hickey, Grand Trunk car check
er, discovered tramp trying to break into
freight car about o'clock In the evening
and attempted to arrest him. The hObos
proved too much for Hickey, and after
stealing his watch and chain, struck him in
the back with knife, inficting painful
but not dangerous wound. The would be
murderer was pursued by number of citi
zens who succeeded in capturing him two
miles north of Durand. The captive was
brought back and placed in the village
lookup and Bert Jewell hired to watch the
cage during the night All went well until
midnight, when three desperate looking
tramps appeared on the scene, armed with
pickaxe and crowbar, evidently with the
intention of securing the release of their
COIuTdut, WIN udu uOI6 III cutting. jew
ell snapped his revolver but the weapon
missed fire and one of the trio returned the
compliment by shooting Jewell through the
left arm. The officer emptied his revolver
at his assailants, who beat hasty retreat
and made good their escape. The man
who done the stabbing was brought to
Corunna Wednesday and will be tried on
the charge of murderous assault. He bears
all the evidence of being hard character,
and admits that he stabbed Hickey. Sher-
If Scougale, with several deputies, is work.
ing on the case, and unless the tramps sue
coed in getting passage on an early morning
train, they will surely be captured.
The railroad company have their special
detective, Mr.. Bottcher, working with sher-
If Scougale. and word has been received
rom several points, to the effect that the
same tramps are wanted on the charge of |
burglary. The company complains of hav-
ng lost considerable at Durand by having
heir freight cars broken open by thievlng
amps.
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1897-05-28
Y. M. c. A.

Rev. g. f. Conley of Detroit, will speak
at the mems meeting next Sunday after
noon at four o'clock, giving an address
appropriate to the day. Special music
will be provided. All men are invited to
attend.
The association library has had %
bound volumes of Harper and Century
added this week. The total number of
volumes in the library is now So
Secretary VanNess is in Columbus,
Ohio, today attending a meeting of the
Ohio Lecture League which meets this
afternoon to consider the attractions
offered for the associations courses for
next season.
The first bicycle run of this season will
occur next Tuesday. All members of the
association who ride wheels are invited
to participate. The start will be from the
association rooms at o'clock, prompt.
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1897-05-28

Woodland AZ North have a new ad. In
this issue. They have an immense stock OF
furniture and will give good bargains.
List of letters remaining uncalled for In
Owoss0 postOflice the week ending Nav 90
Mrs. Hattie Wright, q. A. Clark, Mrs. Net.
tie Crandle, Fred Dunkirk, Ida Frazier,
Mae HER, Stephen Roberts, T. +. Willis.
Chas. Jones.
Marshal Barrsford has announced that he
will enforce the ordinance against riding
bikes on the sidewalk because of the numer-
Gus complaints that have been made. He
also has his eye on the boys who have been
playing base ball in the streets.
DR.. Hale, chief consulting physician of
the British Medical Institute, of Detroit
will he a: the National hotel next Tuesday
and "Wednesday to consult and treat all those
who suffer from chronic, nervous. or private
diseases The number OF remarkable cures
which the doctor has already effected I'm
Owosso Is the talk of the town.
Boys In different parts Of the city are
killing song birds. This practice will have
to be stopped or these boys will get them
selves into serious trouble. There is a
penalty attached to the killing of certain
birds, as may be seen by perusal of the
following section of the game laws: Any
person who shall, at any time, within this
state, kill any robin, nightbawk, whippor-
will, finch lark, thrush, lark, swallow, yell
low bird, blue-bird. brown-thrasher, wren.
martin, olioe. woodpecker, bobolink, or
any song bird, or rob the nests of such
birds, shall be deemed guilty of INSIDE
meanOr, and on conviction thereof, shall be
fined five dollars for each bird so killed, and
for each nest so robbed, or confined ten
days or both such fine or Imprisonment, in
the discretion of the court.
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1897-05-28
SIMPLE ASSAULT.
Notorious Highly Case at an End-Defend-
ant Fined $50.


After being out nearly IA hours on Satur'
day the jury in the Highly case reached a
verdict of simple assault. On the first bal
lot the vote stood eight for acquittal and
four TOR conviction on the charge of rape,
and the verdict as returned is understood to
be compromise brought about after long
hours of argument and balloting.
When court opened Wednesday afternoon
Highly was brought up for sentence and
after reviewing the case at length Judge
Smith sentenced him to pay a fine of $50 or
in default thereof to be confined in jail for
period of three months. Highly promptly
produced the cash, paid his fine and left the
court room arm-in-arm with Viola Bush,
one of the principal witnesses for the de-
Tense. Highly proceeded at once to the
county clerks Office where he took out H.
cense to wed Miss Bush.
The two trials of the case have cost Shia-
wassee county nearly $4,000
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1897-05-28

In this country at less price than the
our factories and then raise the prices OF
those products, thus compelling our con-
sumers to pay more for what they buy than
they would II we had protective tariff.
The statement of Peter Cooper that "We
can buy nothing cheap of foreign countries
that must be bought at the expense of keep
ing our own good raw material unused, and
our own laborers unemployed" is worthy of
the earnest consideration of every free
trader. the Evening Post, the World, the
New York Times, the New York Herald,
and all other mugwump low tariff and free
trade papers throughout the country
American Economist.
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1897-05-28

somewhere secure from the reach of any
one who might not know Its use or appre-
ciate its deadly nature. When you wish to
spray the trees take two pounds of lime and
stir into forty gallons of water, adding a
pint of the mixture from the jug. There
will be sufficient In the jug to prepare 500
gallons of the spray mixture, which with
the cost of lime used, makes an outlay of
81 cents per barrel.
This spray mixture is very easily pre-
pared. is cheap, and will keep for any
length of time. 1t does not injure the
foliage of the trees and can be evenly dis
tributed. We, oil of us, or many of US, at
least, ought to profit from these discoveries.
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1897-05-28
Jackson for Ten Years.

John Buck, of Bennington township, who
perforated the anatomy of his divorced wife
with 80 caliber bullets on the night of Feb.
18th, was sentenced by Judge Smith on
Monday to ten years at hard labor in the
Jackson penitentiary. When the usual
questions, as to why sentence should not be
passed, were put to Buck, he declared that
he remembered nothing of the shooting af
fair whatever and that it would never have
taken place If he had been in his right mind
The duty of the court was plain, however,
and he proceeded to pronounce sentence in
accordance with the finding of the jury
Buck. who is in very weak condition from
his long confinement, broke down complete
ly when he heard his fate as decrsed by the
court and the assistance of two officers was
required to enable him to get down stairs to
his CELL
Attys. Watson 81 Chapman, who defend
ed the prisoner, will take the case to the
supreme court on exceptions taken to the
character of testimony admitted by the trial
judge and also on alleged errors in the
charge to the jury.
Sheriff Scougale took Buck to Jackson,
Tuesday afternoon.
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1897-05-28
OF Interest to Fruit Growers.

Prof. Kedzle, of the Michigan Agricul.
tural Experiment Station, thinks he has &
spray mixture more efficient as an insecti
eide than Paris Green, and which does no
burn the foliage of the trees. 1t has the
desirable requisite of being very cheap
costing less than four cents barrel. 1t Il
prepared as follows:
Boil two pounds of white arsenic and -four
pounds of salsoda in two gallons Of water
for fifteen minutes, afterwards place in
some earthern vessel, as a jug, cork
tightly, label ''poson," and place It away