The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1895-08-01

Of Squire Dudley's first trial; others
say because there was to be a great
battle fought that day in the shape
of q law suit; others, that Virginia
wanted to be doing something. DIR.
Brooks was beaten in his suit. A
large number of persons claim the
decision was not in harmony with the
case.
Mrs DIR Mitchell went to Kansas
City and Olaths last week.
Willie Ruble was on the sick list
last week.
Word came last Friday from Chica-
60 that John Drysdale was getting
worse, and his feet had begun to
swell.
Miss Gertrude Judy has been EN-
ployed to teach the Plain View
school the coming winter.
Saturday afternoon we went south
from Virginia miles. The corn is
looking well along the road. We
passed the farms Of Ben Comfort,
Ben Biggs, Albert Pilgrim, James
Cuzick, c II Morrison, Israel Nestle
rode, X F Harpers; then east by Guy
Bateman's to Geo Thompson's. Roe
Burke has fine field OF corn along
the road; Mr. Martins corn on
Bridgeford farm is looking well
Thomas Wright, on the Joe Hensley
place, and Radford each have the
finest corn they have had for years.
We stopped ut 4 F Harper's and had
a talk with the family. He has a
large farm, fine buildings and good
crops. Corn and apples in abundance.
Mr. Harper is among the first settlers.
We called at Geo Thompson's where
we met with Mrs Bradley, of Kansas
City, whose former name was Mollie
Forcythe. She had just recovered
from a hard spell of sickness. She
and her four children will remain
with her sister Mrs Thompson fol
several weeks, and dry apples to take
home with her. As we passed the
| farm of G w Wolfe, we saw fine
! field of corn. In another field MI
Wolfe was pitching hay just like he
| did in his younger days, and a bind
er was cutting timothy in another
| field for seed. The field contains IL
acres of timothy.
A j Park, Jr., went to Clinton Sun
day and his sister Josie went te
Sioux City, Iowa.
| The hum of the thresher is heard
| in our midst.
James Cuzick's health is improving
under the treatment of DIR A l. Sabin
of Kansas City, Mo.
Harper Bateman and wife, Ber
! Watkins and wife, Mr. Mills and wife
and the preacher of the Free Meth
odist church have gone to Dads
county to hold a protracted meeting
The Soul Sleepers who have beer
! holding services af fbt Mast l0rO1,
school house, closed their meeting
last Tuesday night. They baptized
13 last week. Who will come next
The birthday dinner at Uncle Bill,
Drysdale's last Saturday was a sur
prise to them. VIM Kennedy, Jane
McManis, of Iowa, James Drysdale
Of Butler, John Schuric, Newton
King, accompanied by their families
and Mr. Evans, an acquaintance o
the family from ILL.,, who is lookin,
for a farm, also Mrs Pachsr and fam
lily, Of Passaic, came with their bas
kets we'll filled. 1t was Uncle Billy
S0th birthday. He is failing fast an,
perhaps will not be permitted to en-
joy many more such dinners.
Mr. Elliott had his best horse kille,
by lightning Sabbath morning, an
Henry Esswine had . cow killed
The COW was in . small lot fenced a
around with wire.
Manner Hensley, Of Jackson county
who has been visiting c w Hensle
and family, returned home Monday
Mrs Mildred Cuzick has been suff el
ing with q sore hand for nearly tw
: weeks. The sore Is in the palm c