The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1891-04-29
Ballard Items.

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B-uuIrr aaQ Mr. Morris are married. - lee
SAYS Frank Will leave Tor tie ives. suor
Dick has not moved his house yet but intend
20 ..-.- Amos II has gone 10 Butler with eggs
and chickens he got about lso dozes eggs here
Lewis Moore was seen on our siiew walke
few days ago -..- NJ Perry crippled last
week by being kicked by horse Peter NJ was
over to seen john Teutz this week Mr. and |
daughter passed down South street not long
since Hope Mss wilt be successful in get
ting good class IN music as size understands /
thu art -. hreer al work in oar civ Tue,,iay +
last Berry was seen On The road 10 But !!
Ter Miss r no dolbt, still has good news T
from The sunny south Carl DECKER has turn j
ed into q regular horse trader it seems. as he |
traded horse for a dumb watch. bat his faith |
er Gays, 'Carl, guess You had better hunt up |
the Gypsy and get the horse rs DOM need |
the watch So, with tears in his eyes, anu
disappointed heart. he returned with the
horse $780,. Sam Nc had rough ride, il seems
10 us, it ne did have four horses to pull
him See all the new fence at Andy RS
90. e.. The hay Bros intend planting corn This
week Billy 4 Co went fishing AMI had
regular fstsrman's luck .. frank A was seen
at Salem not long since e. Fred N was in
Jim's way II church. but he thinks he will
get even by sending for r John McC is
feeling better and hopes to even up with John
John l. ere long, doubt ....- Frank q and
wife have sone n to visit relatives $3.50. A
Joung cyclone unroofed Geo + stable and
caused the hoy to make, as he expressed it, to
q very narrow escape, as he was struck with q
bundle of cats Henry NJ in Butler Tuesday
.--... John z is school director. and Mr. re-
tires TO pirate life + Fort and Mr. Bell
went 20 Butler this Week 5000. The organ man
came of the organ sunday and McCleuny is
lonesome Jas Wilds Is up with his
work and i feeling good, especially since
the election of Frank Deerwester, in fact none
of us are feeling very bad. but think good
boy was elected John Hays has not been
seen in our own of late, and we don't like it
either a Crow has moved and is only
waiting on tae weather to begin work in earnest
VIII some one tell the road boss about he
mud hole Just south of the post Office 1t is ter
rible place &c. We hear the whistle over north
guess its Ctmeron's mill on Peter Creek as be
kept busy all the time jim Board was in af-
ter something TO eat. He is looking thin;
seems that Peter Creek water does not agree
with him ss we'll as Henry county .. Dick
Anderson IS putting up quite a lot of the Daw
son fence go. Zack johnson is out of the hog
business fer the present -. Tom Starks has
shipped his hogs ... DAME can be found at
Tom Stark. instead OF Boards John Lentz
is the busy man of this place, as the health is
80 good oUr NJ ID is getting rest ..... We
went to Butler last week and. as usual it rain
| ed: wish Wa could have been there the 9th .
We won't iell il Peter, as You was SO afraid it
would get IN the paper. all hands know 1t
anyway. ...,..A J Ousley has sowed oats and
faN. must keep going if it does rain once in a
great while Rough on rats was in town Mon
day as rough as ever r...... Ray Nc, Jim Cole.
Liant Cloud and company spent two days on
the river fishing; must have ale all they caught
Miss Dera Price propose going south this
morning. bound for home l guess Farm
| ers are late with crops it seems. still NAV end
well as theseason seems TO be late. j B
Hays at the shop TO day " it'll his corn planter
| says he has25 acres ready to plaat and might
! have had more but he had to keep Bill Cole and
| his son butat work jim Cole was seen go
| ing south Sunday and from the time he was
making must have been on business; guess to
buy corn ofGeo. Price or Uncle Hick Joe
Barnes thinks he will be q little late with his
| 100 acres ofoats ~ What will become of J
Ousley andhis oats crop?.. John Greer is left,
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to Marion France. but its all right. as he in
tends to fam this summer . Singing at Rev
kinney's Saturday night; all are invited. Mr.
Kinney andwife will soc n start for Kansas on
| visit to hii daughter w Sam Nc was here
Sunday to see his father and Doc The mail
| carrier thinks We democrats are left. Well
guess it is the case, but we are better satisfied
than they sem to be over the township eIec-
| tion. Water Cole was in our town Monday
and tells us he has bought land adjoining the
Ballard addition. Bill Cole rented acres
from Hays, and it is more than he wants
but will try to plow it....S W Price thinks
OF shippinghis cattle soon. then is bound to-
California b spend the summer. We wish him
a pleasant rip and safe return .. .Milt Beatt,
still buyini corn Farmers one the hunt of ,
good all purpose horse will do we'll to Sc,
June Arbu:kle's kentucky horse He is from
'Green Brer.' and No l. so horsemen say
Lee Embre, is holding the fort at Geo. Price ;.
for the summer Will Hooper was having hi
horses shoe Thompson Bros. plow all thu
time, wet r dry ,.....Jas Wilds is painting
papering and fixing up generally ........ Do
Greer was nltirating his addition to Ballar,
: this week. : 1t seems Dec has left us, SAYS b,
Is bound togo to Jasper county ..... Our ban,
, boys are ge ting TO the front IN fine shape ....
Bill Hughes has some miller seed for sale ....
Spruce and Mingo township boards met her
the 22nd. ard although they did not grant tn
| road as expected, they seem to know thei
business Laura Embree thinks she will tax
, a trip to l!lilois. and maybe for life .- Dor
Price is hating between two opinions, ethe
California, Butler or Elkfork, and we wis
him success Wherever he goes. Will Cole an,
FAMILY have zone to spend the day and get
square meal---..C - Cole went west this . n
doubtless to [ rich McClerney and famil
started towards Denisvilie this week, but IN
, be only TO He1dricksvilIe Mr.. NJ Rav o
Shawnee. cane down TO see John Lentz a fey
l days ago ..- Primers are working in earnes
. now: man hoses and mules have to suffer
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Virginia Items
Mr.. and Mrs. = A Sumers OF IeRny Kan
are visiting NJ. Frank Sumers for Z few sIay
..-.. Dir. SieJRjrk al Foster wa. in town o