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The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1899-11-09
NEGRO STABBED WHITE MAN.
Resisted Arrest and Was Shot to
Death.

De Soto. No. Nov. A negro
named Edwards stabbed Bert Jarvis,
white, in the throat about 9 o'clock
tonight. The stabbing was the re-
suit of fight
The surgeons say Jarvis will die.
Shortly after the cutting "A crowd
started in persuit of Edwards and
he was cornered in house on the
east side of town, and while resisting
arrest he was shot three times by
some one and died from the effects
Excitement is running high.
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1899-11-09


The nice weather has been highly
appreciated by all the farmers that
have fall work to do.
Rev. Blain preached at the Meth
odist church at Johnstown last Sat
urday night, Sunday at IL a. IN. and
at Z p. m--that being his regular ap-
pointment at that place
s. w. Gilliland has returned from
st. Louis.
Mrs. Ed. Giltner of Butler. was the
guest OF W. III. Shelton a few days
last week.
Rob Radford of Johnstown. left for
Lincoln county last Sunday to be
gone few days
Walter McCoun went to Butler
Monday on business.
The mail route between Johnstown
and Butler has changed hands.
The directors met at the clerk :. W. =.
H. Shelton, last Monday morning and
selected George Allison to fill the va
cancy of B. F. Richards
ID. III. Kash has returned from his
place near Metz.
Renney Maxey purchased a fat hog
from Barney Schmedding last Friday
morning
Mrs. Henry Morehead is reported
on the sick list this week.
Several new scholars started TO
school last Monday.
Mrs j. f. kash has Just returned
from a visit to her parents near Ne
vada last week. ROSE.
What Would You Give
To be cured of catarrh? If YOU or
your friends have this disease, YOU
know how disagreeable it is. Its
symptoms are infiamed eyes, throb-
bing temples, ringing noises in the
ears, headaches, capricious appetite,
and constant discharge of mucus
Fortunately it's cure is not a question
of what you will give. but what you
will take. If you will take Hoods
Sarsaparilla, the great constitu-
tional remedy, which thoroughly
purifies, enriches and vitalizes the
blood, you may expect to be com
pletely and permanently cured. The
good blood which Hoods Sarsapa-
rilla makes, reaching the delicate
passages of the mucous membrane,
soothes and rebuilds the tissues and
cures all symptoms of
catarrh.
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1899-11-09
JEfFRIES WON ON POINTS.
Got the Decision Over Sharkey
After rs Rounds.
One Of the Fiercest Contests in the
History Of the Prize Ring in this
Country.

New York, Nov 3-James j. jeff
ries is still the champion heavy
weight pugilist of the world. He de-
feated Thomas j. Sharkey in the
arena OF the Coney Island Sporting
Club tonight, after one of the great
est ring battles ever witnessed in this
country.
Jeffries did not succeed in knocking
the sailorman out Noman has ever
accomplished that feat. But he out
pointed him to the complete satisfac-
ton OF the spectators and the referee
1t was a terrific battle, in which both
men suffered frightful punishment
But they stood up under it with the
gameness of bulldogs, and such tri-
ties as split ears, severed noses and
the like could not stop them.
GONG SAVED sHARKEY.
In the etwenty-fOurthr round Sharkey
was nearly out, but minutes rest
refreshed him, and he went the limit
of twenty-five rounds with the cham
pion with a doggedness that excited
admiration.
Then George Siler, the referee, an
nounced that Jeffries had won on
points. The decision was popular
and the referee was cheered.
In his dressing room, Immediately
after the battle, Sharkey presented a
most pitiable appearance. He was
crying, and his face bore many marks
of punishment His left eye, which
had been a vulnerable point during
the latter half of the fight, was closed
and swollen TO the size of an egg. His
left ear had also suffered Two ribs
on his left side were broken, and he
was lying on a couch suffering great |
pain.
His defeat, though, seemed to both
er Sharkey more than his injuries |
He talked constantly of the unfair
ness of Siler's decision, and declared |
that he was honestly entitled to the
share of the stakes. He ex-
pressed the belief that he could beat |
Jeffries, and asserted that all un-
persons who had seen the
BATTLE would admit that the worst he
should have had was a draw
DR.. Cramer, the clubs physician.
attended Sharkey after the battle
md said that with the physical pain
hat Sharkey must have suffered he
rave wonderful exhibition of pluck.
t was fully half an hour before he
vas able to dress and leave the club
lOuse. He was very weak and could
lardly walk.
Jeffries also knew after the engage
nent that he had been in a prize
ight. Sharkey raped him hard and
'ften over the kidneys and in other
Teak places, and in a particularly
'icious round split the champions
lose with a straight right.
Nevertheless, Jeffries finished in
comparatively good condition. He
'as as merry as schoolboy over his
ictory, and said that if it had not
een for the oppressive heat caused
" the lights and the fact that his
.rm gave him lot of pain in the
eventh round, he would have knock
d Sailor Sharkey out.
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1899-11-09
Made Young Again.

"One of DIR. Kings New Life Pills
each light for two weeks has put me
in my teens again." writes d. III.
Turna' of Dempseytown, Pa. They
are the best in the world for liver,
stomach and bowels. Purely vege-
table Never gripe. Only 25c at II.
L. Tueker's drug store.
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1899-11-09
A BIG STORE
Talk about Big Stores, We have one, II )
900 Square feet Floor Space and Basement.

Every nook and of this mammoth establishment
filed to overowng with the choicest styles and finest quail
tiles of both Domestic and Imported Goods to be found in
America Our plan of selling for SPOT CASH, together
with large capital and shrewd buyers each department
who have made life time study of the lines han
die and shipping in load lots and paying spot cash
bles us to get goods to the consumer at
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1899-11-09

l. hOO ObLGdOn know 1t. If you
want quick results you can make no
mistake by using DR.. Kilmer's Swamp
Root, the great kidney remedy. AT
druggists in so cent and dollar sizes.
Sample bottle by mail free, also
pamphlets telling yoa how to find
out if you have kidney trouble.
Address, DR.. kilmer & Co., Bing-
hamton, n. 7
The oasis., 1899-12-09

from thaI tune on to the present. his expefirnce- all h. .irg in advai ce of the railr"ad and amid lruuhau> scenes. The railroad reyer oyerio"k him until ahnut year ago, when the G. ", c. X N. was finished tn Glohe.
 Mohaye Miner: Monday evening about : n'cluck Prof. E. c Gri>wold was reading in his room at the Dennis residence W hen he was startled by an animal jumping against the glass Of window which opened even with the floor of the porch. A second time it ran pellmell against the glass and this time the professor secured his rihe and went out through side door where he had view of the porch and window To his surprise he found fox, which was trying to gain an en- trance into the room. evidently at tracted by the light. Not wishing to receive such visitors and fearing for the safety of the glass, for his f0xship tried third time to break it, be ended his existence with we'll direct ed shot.
The oasis., 1899-12-09

As cure for rheumatism Chamber lain's Pain Balm is gaining a wide re- putaticn D. B. Johnston of Rich mond, Ind. has been troubled with that ailment since 1862. In speaking of it he says: II never found any thing that would relieve me until l used Chamoerlain's Pain Balm It acts like magic with me. My foot was swollen and paining me very much. but one good application Of Pain Balm relieved me. For sale by [. " Mix X O.. Druggists.
The oasis., 1899-12-09
AxlzoNA >e~-.
;culled from Excnanges.

Jerome Reporter: The Reporter has called attention number oi time' to the valuable relics taken from the Verde valley, near jerome. The past week John Love of Flagstaff. found a set of 6fteen pieces of cr,ckery, many of them are in perfect state oi preservation. There should be an ef fort 10 preserve this for d territorial exhibit.
 Winslow Mail: The cashier at the Harvey House found the remains of a man in Jacks canon the latter part oi of last week, came in and informed Judge Maloney, who empanelled a jury, went out and held an inquest on the body. They could find nothing by which the body could be identified. Death must have taken place some time before the discovery, as the flesh had fallen from the bones. Under taker Parr brough the bones in and buried them.
 Mohave Miner: Colin TimmOns came in from Chloride this afternoon on the flyer with Joe GiIdner, who had the small bone of his left ankle frac- tured in the Payroll shaft this morn ing. He was ciiroing up the emer- gency ladder and when about fifteen feet from the bottom the weight of the mae caused the ladder tO sudden Is tilt over throwing him to the bot tom The fracture was reduced by Dr. Ealy and the injured man is get ting along nicely
 Journal Miner: The jury returned a verdict ,f guilty of murder in the first degree with the death penalty attached in the case Of Francisco Gar cia last evening. Garcia is the man who three weeks ago shot and killed a fellow Mexican at the Model mine. Sentence was set for next Friday, De cember Friday promises to be an unlucky day for Garcia, as he was cap tured on Friday following the com mission of his crime. He was con- yicted on Friday aud the day Of sen Ience Is now set for Friday.
 Winslow Mail: C. s Ford, cattle inspector for this district, was found dead Sunda. ight, in his room at the Hotel Navajo He Tad been suffering greatly f0. some time from neuralgia pains in the stomach and it is thought died from an overdose of opium, taken to relieve the pain His remains were taken to HOlbrook on No. Monday, where he leaves wife in feeble health, with three children and in straight ened circumstances. The wife and children have the sympathy of the en' tire community in their irreparable loss
 A press telegram from Cube dated Monday, says: Judge A. Il. Hackney of the Arizona Silver Belt, one of the most widely known newspaper men in the southwest, died last night. The deceased was born in Mercer, Pa, in 1915. resided in St. Louis twenty-five years and on the frontier in New Mexico and Arizona since 1851. As a mark Of respect to the deceased the business houses will close tomorrow afternoon when the funeral takes place. Judge Hackney came to Globe from $ lver City. N. M., shortly after the first mineral discoveries and in 1878 established the Silver Belt, which has been continuously uuoer his management till few months ago, when i'll health forced him to cease
The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1899-10-14
9la5EIEgTSLls~-lI3-5E BS-CE5g-Ez.2yS-A-G
ON THE LEFT FLANK
By CHARLES B. LEWIS

In the winter camp at Winchester
the officers dubbed together for social
amusement, and there were horse rae
ing, billiard playing, glee clubs and
what not. The programme would not
have been complete without poker
clubs. 1t wasn't poker playing for fun,
but for fresh, crisp greenbacks. 1t was
a game tabooed to the rank and file,
though INDUCED in on the sly, but in
every fifth hut occupied by the Off
GERS there was nightly gathering OF
oolonels, majors, captains and lieuten-
ants, and many an officer got up from
the tables with empty pockets. There
was general understanding that every
player was an officer and gentleman,
but the news came sitting down
through the sergeants and the cor
porals that this was not always the
case. Indeed, before the winter was
over half dozen designations were
sent in because the holders of commits
sions had been detected cheating at
cards. Our own colonel, as we got it,
was holding aloof from these gather
ings, though being conspicuous fig
ure in others, but there were tall sfo-
ries of the amount of money lost or
won by our company officers. The men
OF the company were pretty evenly
divided in the matter. The affirmative
side of the house was represented by
old Bill Hastings, third corporal, who
had spent years and years in the lum-
Der camps of Michigan, and could play
any game of cards with his eyes shut.
Boys, let 'em go it," was his advice
'I've bin in a game of poker where a
pair o ten spots won me 5000 in cash,
and I've bin in one where | held full
house and lost everything down to my
The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1899-10-14

old clay pipe. It's mighty enticin'
game, and if they wasn't playin' poker
they raight be doin' sunthin' wuss."
The negative side was represented by
Joe Brunt, second sergeant, who had
been farmer all his life. When he
heard of the goings on he said:
You jest femme tell you that there
amt no good in it, and the Lord won't
prosper no army made up of gamblers.
/ don't say there's any great sin in
mumblety-peg or marbles, and fefler
kin play game of checkers or fox
and-geese and not want to burn some
body's house down, but I'm bettin' this
army will be licked out of it's butes
the first fight we hev in the spring. 1t
will be judgment sent upon it,
Among the heaviest winners at any
of the tables was the brigadier of the
Second brigade. That he was fighter
he had proved over and over again,
but we had it early in his career that
he was not popular with his subordi-
nate officers. 1t was given out that he
lacked polish and education, and had
secured his place through political in
1lucnce. That he held it by being a
fighter was to his credit, but for all
that he was more or less ostracized.
The general opinion of the rank and
file was fifty expressed by Sergt. Lomax
when he said:
Boys, the general fights like the
devil, and there's no getting over that,
but / wouldn't want to go into part
nership with him after the war is over.
He's sharp enough to steal the claws
off cat, and there's heap O wicked
ness stored up there somewhere"
From an army corps down to the
weakest company it's all family af-
fair. One officer sizes up another, and
the private sizes up all and is bound
to have his opinion. One day in the
last month of winter we in the SER
geant's tent heard some news through
Sergt Frayne. 1t was being whis-
pered about among the officers that
the brigadier was sly one at cards,
and that deftness of hand helped him
to win oftener than luck.
''And look here, boys continued the
sergeant, dropping his voice to whis-
per, hes getting a string on our
colonel! He's jest layin' himself out to
be chummy, and they say he's as soft
and smiling as born brother. That
don't mean but one thing. 1t means
he hopes tc ring Col. Bell in on the
poker busip ISIS and clean him out. The
colonel is rish, he is, and the brigadier
amt any too blamed good to beat him
out of his last dollar"
"WeR, It amt our lookout" growleC
the orderly sergeant.
'Of course not, but we've right t.
talk. We don't want to see our owl
colonel made a monkey Of"
"Then let him keep out o. poker
Mebbe. however, he'll skin the brign
dier, and that wouldn't be half bad"
The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1899-10-14

there was something in it. Things oc-
Cured almost at once to show that the
brgadier was down on the Third. Por-
tions of our regiment were sent this
way and that on scouting duty in the
toughest of weather, and with every
body knowing that there wasn't con-
federate within 20 miles of us. An eX-
cusc was found to make us tear down
our huts and rebuild them. All the de-
tails for the rough and hard work.
seemed to be made from the Third, and
it was the talk through the whole brig
ade that the brigadier had trick up his
sleeve for us when the campaign
opened. | am sure he hoped Col. Bell
would be forced to resign, but he had
hold of the wrong man. We of the rank
and file growled and kicked and cursed,
but our colonel preserved his placidity
and obeyed orders to the letter.
Spring came at last and the cam
paign opened. Early was too strong
for Sheridan for the first two or three
months, but we held him back and
fought him in all the valleys. Some
times it was skirmish, with only a
few hundred men engaged; again it
was lively little fight, in which each
side had a brigade in battle line. We
had plenty of excitement, and plenty
! to occupy our thoughts, but we of the
Third did not forget the brigadier's
| threat. You had only to look at that
set jaw and cold face of his to realize
that his enmity was deep and lasting,
! and that no ordinary sacrifice would
| appease him. At Kernstown he thought
his hour of triumph had come. He
flung the Third regiment full against
Jackson's center, believing we were
going to meet five times our strength
and must be decimated, but for once in
his life the confederate chieftain had
been conquered by circumstance. His
ragged veterans were strung out for
three miles, and we struck his center
with such dash as to break and drive
it back in confusion. 1t was II pretty
little fight, and one to be proud of, but
though we received the congratulations
of the whole brigade, the brigadier had
new peg in for our colonel.
The sight of the generals hard face
as he rode along our front stopped our
cheering, and / heard the captain OF
my company whisper to another:
God! but what bitterness that man
has in his heart! He won't be satisfied
until this regiment is wiped off the
face of the earth!"
Three weeks later our brigade was
pushed over into the Luray valley to
capture a small force and wreak de-
struction on the growing crops. The
confederates were alert, and could not
be taken by surprise. AS we fought
them in u desultory way, they were
heavily reinforced, and one day we
founl our 1900 men facing at least
5,000. The enemy had strong position,
too, and every man OF us. from he
The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1899-10-14

Sergt. Frayne had reported the Cos.
sip correctly. The brigadier general
had been cleaning out the colonies and
majors and captains in great shape.
Some OF them were old hands at the
game, but for every dollar they won
they lost two. 1t wouldn't do to come
out and say that the brigadier was a
card-sharper, but men shook their
heads and wondered and grumbled over
his strange luck, and one after another
found excuses for not sitting down with
him. 1t was true that he was after
Col. Bell, and it was true that he caught
him. He found a novice who entered
the game simply to oblige, but who dog
gedly hung on when he found himself
losing, and consequently lost more. In
week, so it was reported and believed,
Col. Bell lost to the brigadier over
$4,000. That sum might have been
doubled in another week but for an
incident. More by accident than de-
sign, the colonel caught the brigadier
cheating, and the play broke up in hot
words. Every effort was made to sup
press the gossip, but it reached the
ears of the commander in chief, and
he raised such row that there was
no more poker. The harm had been
done, however. Col. Bell had said to
the brigadier in presence of witnesses:
Sir, caught YOU cheating, and de-
nounce you as sharper and rascal"
And the br;gadier, hot-faced, cha
grined and cursing his own careless
ness, had replied:
''Ill make those words cost you your
life or your commission before three
months pass BY"
We got the story in all sorts Of ways,
but however it came, we had to believe
The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1899-10-14
A Fashionable Novelty.

II can be said with perfect safety that
the collarette in its numerous different
forms has come to stay. c'here was
some doubt as TO whether it would take
well at first, especially in high-grade
goods, hut it is now a well-known fact
that they viii. be largely used this fall
and no dou5' continue right througs
winter.-Dry Goods Economist
The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1899-10-14
NOcash,s Credit,

Mr.. Slimpurse (hankering for scit
of clothes on tick) -I-aw-presume
you are acquainted with my friend, Mr..
Nocash. lie has a running account
here, l believe?
Tailor-Yes. We do the running
\. Y. Weekly.
The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1899-10-14
Quite a Difference.

Clara-I thought you said you were
a friend of hers.
Maud-Not at all; I said had known
her long enough to have to send her
wedding present.--Town Topics.
The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1899-10-14
He Knew BEST.

James," she said, as she broke away
from one of his hugging-matches and
got her breath, II want to know what
you would do in case of my death?"
Great heavens, but don't mention
such a thing!" he replied, as he grew
weak in the knees.
"But l may fall dead any moment,
In case of my death you would come
and sit on my grave, wouldn't you?"
"Yes, if the ground wasn't toe
damp"
"And would you kill yourself there
and join me in the better land?"
The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1899-10-14
ANSWER me. James!"

mo, shouldn't want to do that. 1t
would be much better for me to live on
and tell everybody that you always had
the first spring hat seen on the streets
of Chicago"
$50 it would, James-so it would"
she said after moments thought; and
she did not resist as he pressed thou
sand kisses on the end of her nose.
New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1899-07-05
From the Railroads.

Work on the Omaha extension of the
NJ. s. St. L. railroad is pushed along
rapidly and the progress made is graft
flying to the contractors. The weather
not interfering the big bridge over the
Cottonwood will be finished in short
time and it is now presumed that the
road will be in full operation by Octob-
er 1st. Up to the present time no lack as
! to the number of laborers has manifest
ed itself and it is not likely that this
ever will be the case. Harvesting time,
absorbing all available labor, may see
the road nearly perfected. The contrac-
tors have all the hands necessary and
can have more if they 50 desire, any
amount of laboring men being on the
lookout for work.
Contractor Johnson, of the firm John
ston Bros. & Taught, will be absent for
couple of weeks, leaving with his fam
ily for Lake Minnesota. w. P. Homan
will during that time have full control
over the work along the road
There are nine miles along the new
line not let to sub-cont1actors, but this
will probably be done this week. The grad
ing of that part of the road is compare
lively easy and no difficulty is expected,
as plenty of contractors are in the field.
The location for the bridge over the
Cottonwood on the .Mankato-New Ulm
cutoff first decided upon had TO be aban-
New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1899-07-05
District
Court.
Will Probably Adjourn Thursday and Hear Cas-
es In Vacation. '' e-.-

District Court transacted considerable
| business since our last report and the
chances are that adjournment will be had
to. day or tomorrow, the remainder of
the cases to he tried in vacation.
In the cases of Ernst Vehling vs.. Da-
vid Sturm a judgment was given in fa-
vor of defendant, no cause for action be-
ing found. The same decision was rend-
cred in the case Of the North Star Shoe
company VS.. 8. P. Jensen. II. Unger
won his case against Sheriff Matter, who
had replevined a threshing outfit valued
at $500 and operated by Unger. Grow
ing out of this case was the one of the
Nichols & Shepard Co. vs.. H. A. Uuger
and in both cases an appeal to the su-
preme court will probably be taken from
the decision of the district court
The case schreyer VS.. Schreyer, or father
against son, caused unusual interest.
Schreyer had transferred one of his
l60 acre farms to his son, under the con-
dition that the latter pay him soc. per
acre per year. This agreement dates from
1892. Since that :ime Schreyer Sr.
changed his mimi ;tu,; wanted TO take
possession of the farm which had been
greatly improved by young Schreyer, TO
which the latter sersously objected.
Schreyer ST., claimed that he never en-
tered upon such contract with his son
but tile testimony in the case was such as
to cause the jury to render verdict for
defendant. Schreyer,Sr, threatens to ap-
peal the case.
The case of Chas. Newdahl vs. VIM
Pautzke and Morris Johnston, police Of
fcers of Springfield, where false impris-
onment is charged, was decided in favor
of defendants.