The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1884-04-30
THE COUNTY OVER.
"hat Bates County Newspapers Con-
tain the Past Week.
R/Ot|SLVTERESTING NOTES
RoCk0rIk, Globe.

cd over this section last FRIDAY. last
ing several hours, fortunately but
little damage done to our town.
A petition is beng circulated by
Judge Haynes, in Hudson township,
petitlo- -llng the county court to lew
a tax OF $500 to build a bridge across
Panther creek, at the Hook tord.
Considerable money has also been
subscribed by the farmers IN that Vi
cinity and the business men of Rock
VILE. This is an improvement that
has long been needed, and the peti-
ton is nunerously signed by the most
influential and suhsta ntlal farmers IN
that section.
Ric4 mn Revle7y.
Forty public gas lights would cost
each inhabitant on the average onlv
twenty cents per year.
Several parties at Foster oval
nut) have been selling liquor without
license, and the prosecuting attorney
was looking them up Tuesday.
y few worthless lots in the bank
| rupt town of Walnut have rather ia
ken the starch out of the Republ1-
can and 1t now blames the newspa.
pcrs of the county for it.
RicA mn Enterprise.
Since the recent rains the Marias
Cr> Cygnes river has been all over
it. hanks and bottoms. In some
places It is four miles wide.
I. ID. Sanderson and Thos. NJ.
Orr took. the Gulf train Tuesday for
Hot Spsings Ark. to be gone
month. Mr. Orr has been troubled
with rhcumcusm and Mr.. Sanderson
with scrofulous, sores on the face.
Our old friend VIM. Hcdden, out |
near Fairview, has been wearing a
Sunday smile since the 18th, and
setting up the Hana's, looking ratll- |
er sympathlzlng for those who did |
not ''havana'' new boys at their
house Mother and boy doing well |
and William is convalescing.
The Methodist (soutn) church of
Butler, under the PASTORAL change of
Kew. Beuiah has recently been re-
fitted, painted and papered through
and through. Rev Beulan did not
only display great deal of taste in
the experimenting OF the work, but
has made 1t one of the most inviting.
tasty and handsome churches in the
Electric city.
Rich Hui SIM
A very important conference of
monied men was held at the Tall
mage House yesterday. The most
promising kind of manufacturing in
dustries for Rich Hill was the SUBJ
iect under consideration. Several
very wealthy gentlemen from abroad
are here looking into the affairs and
prospects of the city with view to
investing in manufacturing enter
prises.
The county seat looks as fresh and
pretty as daisy. The trees are al! | +,
n leaf. the yards are green, the
streets are full of people. and the
;olks seem to be enjoying lite Bus
ness Is good and improving. The
citizens are dreaming about rail.
-oad>. Butler will doubtless have
-oad soon.
Buffers steets are quite rough and {
some of them need fixing badly. The
residences are nice many Of thea, are
elegant. The ladies seem to have {
pretty weather and have !
heir new spring styie>. Butler Ia
hes and gentlemen OF society dress
we'll and look well. +
t or the common or public schools :
ot Dates count, one hundred and
sixty teachers are required There
are many good paying and pleasant
situations to be filled by competent
tearberS IN tho county and orao6 fol