The Butler weekly times., 1897-01-28

Chairman r z-lel. and friends
were too much for the middl-
the-roaders at the state meeting f
the populist committee at J. ff-rson
las, week. The middl. f-th.-road
crowd lost every poin. rs,sed
The body of A ? Startling, a
negro coal miner wrs found on thu
prairie one mile east Of Hamilton,
NJ. Sunday morning H. had been
drinking ani In going home Situr
day night the cold wave caught him
and b. froz- to d-.th
The lecturr bv Bob Bartlett Mon
| day night WAS up 10 expectations,
aud the large audierce f, the opera
house pleased AID folly salts led
The lecture was full Of tun f,on
start to fnirh and the audience sas
kept u rnar OF l,,u. hter
Failure Of the air brakes caused q
wreck or the Plt,s shury md Wes,.rn
railroad near Clarion. PENNSYLVANIA.
Sunday, and three railroad men were
killed and about fifteen passenger s
badly hurt. Mr. Cla,k, supe'intend
ent Of bridges had both arms broken
! Prof J Fl Etter, principal Of the
Merwin schools. has announced that
be will be q candidate for the "ffice
of school commissioner, subject to
the action Of the democratic couven
ton Prof E'ter is a good demo
crat and a good teacher, aud will
make Il good race for the nOmi alton
G c. Chz-r, one of Spruce town
shipe eolid and substantial citizens
while IN the city Saturday called and
renewed We have It from pretty
good authority that Mr. ClIzer Wi
be ia the racs for r -corder at the
next election. Mr. c. is No
good man and no doubt if he con
cludes to run he will make it warm
for the fellow that beats him.
The Hume Telephone, criticlses
Prof. " NJ Martin, principal of thu
late Sprague college, pretty severely
on his Conduct in relation to The
building of new college at Hume
for not coming to time according tc
agreement. The professor was il
Butler short time pretending t.
be an elocutionist. But he has gon
and we don't know where.
The home of Lanie Maitre,
French coal miner, near Shobetown
was destroyed by fire Sunday. Th
family was sitting at supper whel
; the fire burst through partition
l.. having caught from a defective Aue
a The house and contents were q tots
loss, and the family is left not onl
without home but destitute.
d A stranger representing himsel
to be a stockbuyer from Jackso
10 county, was victimizing the uusut
pecting in and about Richard'
~ Vernon county the other day. Anon
= others he caught Ed Steele, We
known in this city. on a 81 checl
Ed, however, caught on after h
learned that the fellow had left a
overcoat at the hotel for board bill
and overlook him up the railroa
lr track and got 81 so of his cash bacl
We received copy of the Por
land Oregonian of date Jan. 2is
:, which contained notice of the birt
of fine boy at the home of Dr..
" T Wall The doctor was so prou
of the boy be put great big blu
rs pencil marks around the birth motto
ID SO we would not fail TO set it whe
1t we opened the paper. Congratul
IS tons, Doctor, and best wishes tt
the youpgster.
d. We publish to day the offici
~ financial statement of the Mi
~ souri, Bank as made to the Sc
''' ratary of State on Jan'y q, 1S9
III This statement shows the Bank b,
owing it, loaned to it's customer
We S1O2, ,2S5.27; cssh in safe and
in other banks, 500, ,54G.34; due depo!