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The Butler weekly times., 1897-10-14
SETTLEMENT DOCKET,
Pr"ba's Settlement Dackst November
Term. 1897.

S'u7'' i-CifrHltht lvbtktt NHfPMUef
Term, 1897.
lsT DAY, Nov. sTH.
nos-,ia Hagan. Hagan Admir-
Clarence L keece. Mary Reece & & C.
Martin Badgiey, VIM Badgley Admir-.
Felix A Cox, S Haifest Admir-.
2SD DAY.
Cornelius Cothrien. + NJ Mcneil Curator.
III A Hall Lizzie and Vim r. Hail Exec'rs.
Henry Beard, Eliza Beard Adm'rx
tha'ies Werford, G n Teeter q C.
James Ii steele, w Campbell Exec'r.
3hp DAY.
Sarah Parker. Sanford Hardy Admir-
sabin kimbzli, Thomas McComb kxee'r.
alter Hayes. } clark Curator.
spencer McCntcheon ct al, Edwards Cura
george W Lee. Jr. George w Lee g d q.
4rH DAY.
Albert z Owens ct al John Owens 4 G.
Philip Hammond. w Cbeverton admir-.
George Chase ct al j p Edwards & sc.
Daniel Barber, & A Bird Guard'n
Lula Hoffman, W z Hoffman G &C,
5ru DAY.
waiter Jett, Ii B Parker Curater
Lula Gilmore. II W Gilmore Guardian
-arah Dancan. II Singleton Curator-
ensriss pasl Denney. W Gonneil 9 &C
Bessie Blizzard ct al, Jessie Blizzard Cafstor.
GIN DAr.
u HAYNES, A A Haynes Admir-,
&c kuikersou, ii Hoicomb Admir-.
Mabel = Mize ct al, VIM Walton Curator.
Chss W Rec, Ef6e Rice G,
Chas Stewart ct al. Geraldine StewaY. 6 4 c "a
.TH DAY.
Geo Warnock W o Atkeson Admir-
David Allen. Beverly Kirk Admir- %
IFayfs Payne. ct al, Jas kash Curator.
Camie Cooper ct al. u II Cooper g G.
sTH DAY.
Pierce Cole, John Lyle & &C
Newton Wright ct al I A Maretsl,er q i T.. 81
Olive Jones. II r Jones &C
u w shafer, Geo " shafer e..
gTu Day.
Harrison Walker st al. DEn'i Walker Cafs
Ashford kisner Z kisner admir-
Morris Cecil. ID Y Brown Curator.
u Hunt, Nancy A Huas Executor
q Hess. e Hess Executor.
10TH DAY.
Fiara Caliihan. Hugh r CaiiiIan Admir-.
Rachel Rowe. d Brown Curator
samuel Passwsser. Denton ExocnieT.
II Boron. Wm Ii Fandusen Admir-.
shiyeriy, ID Brown q h C.
sosanna Jenhe, VIM J.nne Admfr
ii Jenne. Vim Jenne Admir-
STATE OF MISSOURI
County CT Bates. Hs
hereby certify the above an3 foregoing M
De true and correct copy OF the Sestiemee a#*
DocG ct for the term Of the Probate Court co..
nenc1ng On the SIN day Of November, 1871.
Witness my hand and segl this -
IskAL} 18th day OF October. 1887,
WIN II. DALTON.
E-as Judge of Probsse@
The Butler weekly times., 1897-10-14

The democrats of Massachusetts,
last week indorsed the Chicago
platform and nominated that gallant
young free silver apostle, George
Fred Williams, for governor. Those
who expect the democratic party
to retrograde on the silver
question will find they are sadly
mistaken. "A question is never set
tied until it is settled right" aud
the democratic party is enlisted for
tie war.
The Butler weekly times., 1897-10-14

Governor Horace Boies is evident
ly in his dotage. He apparently
changes his views on the financial
question to correspond with his
moods. He is first free coinage
democrat, then a gold bug and then
he just scatters ont. Poor old Boies,
there was a time when he was a
power 10 Iowa politics, but he has
cut.lived his day of usefulness and
he should know enough to get out of
the way or be will surely be swamp.
cd.
The Butler weekly times., 1897-10-14

Will Mark Hunua aud Dingley
repudiste all responsible ity for the
long drouth and failure of fall pas
lures.
The Butler weekly times., 1897-10-14
Administrators Notice

Notice is hereby given, that letters of admin
istration On the estate of Robert Knaup de-
ceased. were granted to the undersigned on
the 18th day OF October, 1887, by the probate
rourt.of Bates county. Missouri.
All persons having claims gaia st said estate are
required TO exhibit them for allowance to the
administrator within one year after the date OF
said letters. Or they may be preciudad FROM
any benefit Of said estate; and II such claims b..
not exhibited within two years from the date
barred. This 18th da. OF October. 1ss7
{. n. TEETER
4s4 Administrator
The Butler weekly times., 1897-10-14

Foster BtaeoD:-Judge Lay will
Likely not be candidate fer re cleo
tlon as circuit judge, 50 it is stated.
As the dlstric, IS reliably democrat
c 1t Is mere waste of words to link
the pame of any other party's man
with the Office, aside from the empty
honor ro,ity nomination carries.
The man mos frequently mentioned
fpr the place is W ". Graves of
Butler Mr.. Graves is yet Young
man but it would be necessary for
him to relinquish rapidly growing
law practice the income from which
must be nearly as great if not greater
than the salary of circuit judge.
Whether he would be willing to
make the sacrifice involved is mat
ter that is not yet made public.
The Butler weekly times., 1897-10-14
WHAT OF TIE HARVEST?

A few weeks ago the wholesale
merchants and manufacturers OF the
east sent out seductive circulars to
the retail merchants of the west and
south, prophesying golden era of
good times and aconsequ Mt largely
increased trade. and urging upon
them the neces -ity Of heavy fail
buyine TO III ct the demand. This
coming upon the eve If announce
ment Of the crop failures in the old
country aud the dollar wheat hur
rab, the ba,t was tempting and the
retailers fl ,cked to the great eastern
marts of ira ie and We'd with each
other in the quantities of goods pur
chased TIE east-rn jJurnais were
te- ming with accounts of the hordes
of visiting merchants, aud th+i:
heavy purchases were f4unted Us
sign Of the good times promised b.
Hanna, Mckinley, & Co.
That was the first chapter, anf
v-ry interesting and satisfactory to
"Good Times manufacturers" no
doubt. But the second AMI subse
qu-nt chapters may not prove so
int eresting to them. All goods pur-
chased must be paid for, and iu
order for the Retailer to maet bis ob
legations he must dispose of his i'm
mense purchases to the consumer.
Are the consumers Of the west
and south any more able to buy tx
tensively and pay cash, than they
were year or two years ago. 10
states and localities where the far
mers were fortunate enough to have
wheat to sell. no doubs that condo
tion exists to some degree. But the
present severe drou,h now through
out the middle. south.rn and west
ern states has more than Offset the
profits made on that cereal. even by
those so fortunate as to possess it,
but how about the poor fellows who
had no wheat, who had to pay the
increased price on flour for con
sumption and on whom the drouth
falls heavily! Will they, think you,
be able to buy more goods and pay
the cash than in former years.
What of the time when the mer
chant is called upon to meet his OBJ
legations with the manufacturers
and whole salers?
We are not pessimists, but we
predict that there will be more bust
ness failures throughout the coun
try in the next year than has occur
red in this country IN years, in spite
OF the good times" cry Of the Hanna
people. That cry may, and no doubt
will, answer the purpose for which
it was starte d, the election of Sena.
tor Hanna in Ohio But what OF
the harvest,
The Butler weekly times., 1897-10-14

Hon. VIM Jennings Bryan will
speak at the Fair grounds at Harri
eonville next Saturday, Oct. 18th.
This will be a good opportunity for
our people to hear the next Presi
dent of United States.
The Butler weekly times., 1897-10-14

Mary Ellen Leas is sticking her
nose into municipal politics in New
York. She has espoused the cause
OF Henry George for mayor. Like
old man Filley and H. Msrtin Will
liams. Mrs Lease lives off of politics
The Butler weekly times., 1897-10-14

q. E. Hastings, nephew of Gro
yer Cleveland, has been arrested at
Ellinwood, Kansas. He is charged
by G. W. Yates. state agent for the
Union Central Life Insurance. Com.
pany of Cincinnati, with embezzline Q
$1,000 of the eompsny's money
Hastings hiss been a resident agent
OF the company at Emporis, Kan. >,
for some time.
The Butler weekly times., 1897-10-14

Kansas City Times:-While Web
Davis is in Ohio he ought to look
into the forgetfulness of Lieutenant
Hshna's two substitutes, neither of
whom has applied for pension
The Butler weekly times., 1897-10-14

Yellow fever has made it's appear
ance in Galveston, Texas. and the
people are greatly alarmed and many
persons are leaving the city by rail
and steamer
The Butler weekly times., 1897-10-14

The first railroad in the world was
opened to general traffic on Septem-
Der q. 1926, seventy two years ago.
Since that time 1S0, ,955 miles of road
has been built in tee United States
alone.
The Butler weekly times., 1897-10-14

The Wichita Eagle says W. J.
Bryan received $4,000 for his speech
at the fair grounds in that city
Thur sday last MIR. Bryan talked to
an audience of 55, 900 people in Kan
sas City. Saturday, the 10th, he
will speak at the fair grounds at
Harrisonville This would be a
great opportunity for Bates county
people who would like to hear him.
The Butler weekly times., 1897-10-14

The dispatches announce this
early that President Mckinley will
60 to Canton to vote at the Novem
bsr election.
The Butler weekly times., 1897-10-14

If Secretary Gage does not desist
in proclaiming that ,hs west and
eouth are teeming with prosperity,
the people will bsgin to question
the old mans sanity.
The Butler weekly times., 1897-10-14

Gov. Drake, of Iowa, who is stop.
ping at Excelsior Springs, this state
for his health, is reported to be a
very sick man. He is afflicted with
diabetes and it is thought he will
not live out his term, which ends
in January.
The Butler weekly times., 1897-10-14
Two Biz Fires in Kansas City.

There were two big fires in Kan
sas City Friday morning and in each
instaucs the entire fire department
of the city was called out to subdue
the flames One cf the fires consum-
ed thu large two story brick barn of
the f ansas City Transfer company
The blrn contained great deal Of
combu ,;ible material and the flames
spread rapidly, OF the 100 head of
horse $ in the barn only 16 of them
made their escape. The remaining
eighty four perished in the flames.
Two firemen came near losing
their lives by going down in the
burning building on a falling roof
The second fire occurred at the
Lobenstipe building on Della ware
stree. aud the Emery building. Both
were four story brick structures.
The Lobenstins building was occu-
pied by the Jones Dry Goods Com
pany The lower floors Of the Emery
building were occupied by the
Faurot Manufacturing company. the
second, third and fourth stories were
occupid by number of families as
living apartments
while the firemtn were directing
their attention to the flames in an
endeavor to prevent their spreading
to the djoiniog buildings, the crowd
on Sixth street opposite the Emery
bsildipg gave veat to shout OF
horror. From bay window on the
fourth floor of the building two
| women and man leaned out and
shouted frantically for help. Nc. 2
aerial ladder truck was near by, and
the work of rearing the heavy ladder
was begun at once. Willing hands
from the crowd OF spectators lent
their assistance, and the ladder shot
quickly upward Before it had
reached an upright position, Lynch
and Connors were rapidly mounting
The rounds When the extension Of
the ladder began to ascend the two
gallant fremen were upon it, and
clambered up, round after round, as
the ladder neared the fourth story
In the meantime, the two women,
unable longer TO withstand the heat
of the flames which enveloped the
room, climbed outside the window
and stood upon the narrow stone
ledge, less than twelve inches in
width.
| The crowd below was horror
stricken. They expected each mo-
ment to see the women fall Eeadlong
to their death. The end of the ex
tension ladder had barely touched
the window ledge, when Mrs Geo.
Kelly, unable longer to maintain her
balance on the narrow stone, fell
forward. She was caught by Con.
nors, who carried her limp, and
apparently lifeless. form down to
the street below.
As Lynch reached for the other
woman. Miss Maude Miller, George
Kelly endeavored to step upon the
ladder. He was pushed back by the
fireman and told to wait until be
could reach the woman. when he
could follow down the ladder. As
Lynch grasped the woman around
the waist and started down the
ladder, the flames shot out around
him, scorching his face and hands.
He reached the ground with his
human burden in safety. Kelly fol-
lowed close after and escaped unin.
ljured."
The Butler weekly times., 1897-10-14
This Baby has Maay Grandmas

Nevada, Mo, Oct. ii There is a
baby in Nevada that can boast of
the distinction possessed by few
infants in the world. The little
daughter of AR aud Mrs. Jame g
Nichold, born this morning has her
mother, grandmother, great grand
mother and great great grandmother
all living. The mother is % years
Of age, the grandmother As, the
great granmother 63 and the great
great-grandm Other 81 years.
The Butler weekly times., 1897-10-14

It is said that Mr. Clevela nd is
anxious to represent New Jersey in
the United States senate.
The Butler weekly times., 1897-10-14
7. D. ALLEN & Co., Ptoprietors.
TERMS OF SUBSCRIPTION:

The WEEKLY TIMES. published every
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The Butler weekly times., 1897-10-14

The system of postal hanks in
Canada, as in other countries. has
been successful sinca its inception.
Last year its depositors numbered
15S, ,39S, AMI the deposits aggregat
ed $2S, ,932,926. The expense of
handling and managing this fund,
including salaries AMI ou,laye, was
only S58 $40 Every Canadian post.
Office, great and small, is bank OF
deposit, the minimum sum being 81
aud the max mum S3 900 All funds
draw interest at the rate of 3 per
cent Jefferson City Tribune
The Butler weekly times., 1897-10-14
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Admin 'stra.ors Notice.

Notice 10 hereby given, that letters OF
administration on the estate OF G.
D. Mosier. deceased, were granted to the
undersigned on the lith day OF October Iss.
by the probate court Of Bates county, Missouri
All persons having claims against said estate
are required TO exhibit them for allowance
to the administrator within one year after the
from any benefit of sad estate: ana IL zach
claim be not exhibited within two years from
the date of this publication, trey shall be for
ever barred. This ilth day Of October, is,,.
+. f. MOSIER
4S It Administrator
The Butler weekly times., 1897-10-14

From present indications our crop
Of county candidates nsxt spring
will be prodigious
The Butler weekly times., 1897-10-14

Tammary has spht the party In
New York, by failing to adopt the
Chicago platform
The Butler weekly times., 1897-10-14

sHERIFF'S SALE-By virtue and authority
OF a general execution Issued from the Office OF
the clerk OF the circuit court OF Bates county
retarnable at the November term ls97 of said
court to me directed In favor Of III Beckham
Joseph Mercer and q Mcknight partners
doing business under the firm name and style
OF Beckham Mercer 4 Company. and aganst
c Jett and w h ihornbroagh. j have levied
and seized upon all the right. title, Interest
and claim OF Defendants, J T. Jett and WE
ThorIbrough In and TO the following describ-
ed real estate situated in Bates county, Mis-
eouri, to wit:
The northeast quarter of the southeast quar-
ter OF section four "a in township forty one
t4D OF range thirty three t33l all in Bates
county. Mo Il Will on
Friday November l., 1897.
between the hours OF nine O'Clock in the fore
noon and five O'Clock in the afternoon OF that
day, at the east front door OF the court house.
in TIE CITY OF Batter Bates count, Missouri,
sell the same or so much thereof lis may be
required at public vendue to the highest bid
der for cash, to satisfy said execution and
costs. f. C. MUDD
4s-4t Sheriff of Eates County. Mo.
The Butler weekly times., 1897-10-14
Trustee s Sale.

Whereas, I Clinkenbeard and Martha A
tlnkenheard his wife, by their deed of trust
dated September "A. 1895, and recorded in the
recorder S Office within and for Bates county.
Misse uri in book la7 page 3i4, conveyed to the
undersigned trustee the following described
real estate lying and being situate in the
county of Bates and state of Missouri to-wit:
The west half of the northwest quarter of the
southeast quarter OF section five ts} in town
ship thirty mine OF range thirty go, containing
twenty t2oI acres more or less, which yanct.
was made in trust to secure the payment of one
certain note fully described in said deed OF
trust; and whereas default has been made In
the payment OF the interest on said note past
due and unpaid Now therefore, at the request OF
the legal holder of said note and pursuant to
the condi liens of said deed of trnst / will pro-
ceed To sell the above described premises nj
public Sendue 10 the highest bidder for cash
at the east front door of the court house in the
city of Butler county of Bates and state Of mis-
souri on
Thursday, November 4th. 1887,
between the hours of nine clock in the fore
noon and Eve O'Clock in the afternoon of that
day for the purposes of satisfying said debt
interest and costs. }. II. ALLEN.
as-ft Trustee.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1897-07-08
CATCHING A CHECK FORGER.
One of the Many Schemes Used 10 De-
frnnd Hanks

Not long ago there stood before the
paying tcller's window Of one Of New
Iork's big banks an uHctuolts little
fsraplitc. smiling biaudIy over ii 800
check. Signature, Endorsement and
every detail were correct, To make as
surancc doubic sure, the little Jew OK
plfrncd, with some iuSistrnce: You
see have had my indorscnlent cer'i-
fed"
The check was paid without hesita-
ton, but the teller Haid to himself:
"Why is that IDIOT standing There with
suclr a broad grin, trying 10 ifs his
face ON my memory?" And duly he
took notc.
Afew days later the man appeared st
thc'vindow again, his coantenance dis
tended in the same sInil", with an
other check from the same firm; the in
d]orscment wa certified IN exactly the
same way, and this time the amount
was 5000. There was absolutely moth
ing wrong with the check on its face,
and it came from a wcll-known Gus
toner Of the bank. In spite of u','
said the paving teller, Something told
me that fellow was Il crook. So / said
should haze 10 look up III" account bn-
fore il could be paid, and willie he wait
ed | slipped around to the FIRMS Office,
which was only a short distance away.
The check was examined and pro-
%Eounced perfectly good, aud | was
about to walk away. when The head Of
the. firm said: Why. hold up. We've
issued no checks this morning And
then vent back and bagged my crook.
lie had first sold the firm a bond, and
got his original $i09 check in payment.
This he had used to initiate the FIRMS
sigHatureon the second, and likewise n.
impress me with the fact that he was
all right, 10 that when he came around
Il second time / would not bother him
-~Scribner's.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1897-07-08

One of the ~rcu,uty arrived lreA girls
obtained a situation IN a fashionable house
on Madison avenue, where there is a tcic-
phone. something that was utterly unknown
to Bridget. Alter she had been IN the house
a day ur two she appeared hcforc her mis-.
trrsS, with her wardrobe under her am,
and sand.
"nfm attcr LAWN yer, NAM"
"Ih's rs rather sudden. lirilgrt." re-
marked her mistress. "tln'f vsu r5r'a,n
d dRy or two uUtl I ,0ppiy your r5tDr.'
Not another hour, uuuI Me sowi ia
quite t,~trrSsr! out ol me Thor, flo a ban
shoe I'M the house '-IaHmany Times.
In order not to he an exception 90 the
rule, Du,boll1rd r7u down In, mother
asked his friend, ,miatl,utjy. Her d5uEA.
ter was the jacpua reply iituatre dc
lntlp.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1897-07-08
Meadows are nearly burned up.
None From the River Commission.

The apportionment has been made by
the Mississippi river commission Ia the
various ieyee districts. The lower or
Mississippi leveo district was allotted
sG15,225, while the upper or lazoo" Mis-
siSsippi delta leyee district was given
only SsS,S2a. In explanation of this
the GreenyiIle Democrat says. THAT
the Greenvilie distriet received tho
lions share of the funds apportioned Is
due 70 the fact that for several years
past the opposite side Of the river has
received especial attention, while this
d strict has received but little from
the Federal government These facts
were brought out before the commission
by our representatives, Walter Siiiers,
Gov. M3Laurin. w. G. Nerger, William
Startling, j. NJ. Jayne and others, in the
strongest possible light. The work done
by our local levee board WAS brought to
the attention of the commission, while
the heavy burden Of local taxation was
also impressed upon the minds OF the
members of the commission Oar rep
resentatives adopted the proper policy
they spoke truth-and placed the help
less condition Of our people before tho
commission
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1897-07-08
GreeuwDDH', had Luck.

Greenwood, June 3o.-At $40 this
morning our little city was the scene OF
another disastrous c~onhagation. From
u defective fue OF the Kitchen of Hotel
Lamon, fire broke out in room No. 10,
on the second floor of that building, and
the house was soon a mass OF flames.
Some of tho furniture was saved, but
the building, valued at 81, 1000, was a
total loss, with no insurance. The fur
%niture, valued at $500, vas insured for
$500. Storehonse of Childs & Baker,
loss 81, 600, insurance 500; stock of gro
ceries saved. Storehouso of Robert
%l'eynon, loss $500, no insurance; stock,
tools, etc, about $500, no insurance.
Millsaps & Tribbett. cottage, loss $500,
no insurance. Damage to electric light
and telephone poles and wires, $50.
The houses being all frame structures,
were rapidly consumed.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1897-07-08
MISSISSIPPI MATTERS.


NicSshurr, July I-During the week
ended June Is, there was an excess of
Temperature and deficiency OF rainfall
in nearly all sections OF the State.
Some Improvement is reported in cot
ton, and blooms are becoming more goa.
eral. Corn needs rain badly. also gar
dens and vegetation generally, Local
showers have benefited crops over linn
tied areas, hot a general rain Is neces-
sary in order TO improve the o%ntioof.
The cGtworm has injured cotton and
corn seriously in many sections, and
the plants ARE late and small
Oats and wheat in the northern por-
ton OF the State are farming out well,
also fruit; but gardens are suffering for
moisture.
Meadows are nearly burned up.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1897-07-08
Condition Of the State Treasury.

Jackson, July The State treasurer
today for the second time during tho
past month found the treasury vaults
short OF funds, Warrants for over IS, 600
were presented, and he only had a little
The governors at once negotiated another
loan for S25, 600, with c. a. Johnston,
president Of the First State Bank Of
Columbus. Tho money will arrive to-
morrow. Tho interest agreed on was
the same as that for the other loan Of
S25, 900 from the same institution per
cent per annum. This loan makes
$50, 900 the Legislature authorized the
governor to borrow.