The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1898-02-03

Hartman Of Montana and Barrett
of massachusetts, attacked Reed
autocratic rule of the House Dolli-
yer of Iowa defended the Speaker.
The deficit in the L. S. treasury
has grown neatly S51, 100000 since
June notwithstanding Mr.. Dingley's
promise of if revenues.
Rich Hill Review, 27-Mr. A. Il.
Owen, the treasurer of Bates county
was down from Butler Yesterday,
principally to look after our merch
ants tax. Mr. Owen made the
Review a pleasant call.
Rev. W. D. Blair received a tele-
gram Friday night, announcing the
death OF his brother, John r. Blair,
at Pomcn Cal. Decea sed went to
California little over three years
ago for mis- health, and has been an
invalid ever since.
Nevada Post.-Mr. Wise, who has
been working for Charlie Fslor, is
arranging to start to Klondyks to
| try his fortune. Mr. Falor has
agreed to give him $1,000, it is said,
to make the experiment and the dis
coveries are to be divided equally.
Progressive Crokinole is the
latest, by Miss Nellie Austin, to
number OF her friends SATURDAY even
ing. Brown Walton was awarded
the first prize and Howard James
the BOBBY. Refreshments were serv
ed and jolly good time reported
It is q source of Pride to the Sixth
Missouri District that Congressman
DeArmond has taken the leadership
in the aggressive policy on the floor
of the House and has electrified the
country with his practical statesman
ship and patriotic coursge.-Clinton
Democrat
Allen Price has leased the Laclede
hotel has had it renovated from top
to bottom, aud has opened out a
first class hostelery where he is pre-
pared to accommodate the public with
FIRST class Accommodations Mr.. Price
is a worthy gentleman and will no
doubt receive his share of the pat
ronage
Geo. f. Mcdonald, q robust az
chitect of Warrensburg, left Kansas
City last week for the Klondike
gold fields. Four more men from
Warrensburg will follow shortly.
J. a. Christopher, the owner Of
Pertle Springs, Harry Clark, Charles
Hunt and Harry Nell. Chris
tophsr's son is already in the Klon
dixie country.
Bates county will have ten dele
gates in the State convention to be
held at Springfield Aug. 10th, 1898.
Only four counties outside st. Louis
and Kansas City will have more, viz:
Buchanan IL, Greene 10, Jasper Il,
Saline IL; Boone and Vernon coun-
ties will have the same as Bates, 10
each. The convention will be COM
posed of 723 delegates. The city OF
st. Louis 10 credited with 100.
Mrs. John Thomas, aged about 4s
years, a most estimable lady of Lene
Oak township was buried Friday.
She had lived in Bates since 1856.
Other deaths in the same township
were: Charles Gaugh, proprietor OF
the store at Peru and Mr.. Deems.
The two latter were buried the same
day. Mr.. Gaugh leaves a wife and
one child. Mr.. Deems was quite an
old man.
A tramp called at the residence Of
J. r. jenkins and stole six dollars
belonging to Chas. Fisk, laying in q
window. MIR. Fisk notified Sheriff
Mudd, who, together with Marshal
Hedrick and Constable Dalton,
rounded up eight tramps at the
depot. Lon Stanley had reported to
the authorities that a tramp had
offered for sale at his second hand
store a number of new pants, and
that he had purchased one pair.
When the tramps were searched one
was found with six pairs of new
pants wrapped up in an old over
coat, and another tramp had on q
new pair under his old ones Two
of the tramps were held and the
other six were given hours to leave
the town The tramp nuisance is
one which our authorities should
deal with promptly and effectively