The Butler weekly times., 1897-03-25
Virginia Items.

Kind friends if you wish the Virginia news
another year,
Do for Aaron what he does for you, tell him all
the news you hear.
The TINES goes to friends in other states that
set up till eleven,
To read what happens you and what other folks
do in 1897.
j. s. Pierce of Butler, agent for
the Continental Insurance Co. took
dinner with Geo jenkins Tuesday of
last week.
A large number of neighbors of
Mrs Pleasant Hill gathered at her
home last Thursday. After debating
the subjects of the day in every par
ticular they went to work with their
needles and the final outcome was 30
pounds of carpet rags. The follow
| ing named persons were present:
Grandma Hill, Mesdames Steele, Cor
lett, O'Rourke, Burke, Craig, McEl-
roy, Osborne, Eggleson, Leonard,
Griffith, Wells, Cowgirl, Hardinger;
Misses Belle and Josie Eggleson, Belle
McElroy and Bertha Caswell.
| Miss Iva O'Rourke visited her
aunt, Mrs Peter Lane, at Butler last
| week.
VIM Gardner moved last Tuesday
south of the Tripp school house.
DR. Brooks of Amoret, was called
to see O NJ Drysdale Thursday of last
week.
Life Insurance Agent Hart, of But.
ler, was in ouI city Tuesday of last
| week.
Our merchants received new goods
from X G. last week.
James Walker passed through Vir'
ginia Thursday with q drove of mules
Mr. w is a good mule buyer and
knows a good mule when he sees it
Miss Alice Crooks and Geo Yeomar
visited the family of John Cope al
New Home Wednesday and Thurs
day of last week.
ID G. Wolfe dug a dream to his cellar
Rev Blair of Butler, preached a
Mount Carmel Sabbath morning anC
evening.
The prohibitionists have out thei
ticket; they are not expecting mucl
of O rush in their direction, they
hope for better things in the future
John Campbell and wife, of Linz
county, Kansas, stopped Sabbath
night with Aaron. Mr. Campbell com
district Monday of this week.
As to the township election ther'
is some speculation that looks littl
like the democrats and republican
have drawn from the pops to max
out their tickets; of course the mat
ter is i'm dispute, but the election vii
tell the story. 1t would be rather VI
hill business for the pops to furnisl
candidates and then elect all the of
ficers in the township.
Vim Rarp ha r,1t and wife of Rut
ler, visited Mrs Bs. mother, Mr.
Amanda burst, Sabbath.
Miss Lena Jenkins is visiting rela
tives at Butler, this week.
Morton Jenkins was at Amoret OF
business last Friday.
Miner Pyle, who has been visiting
his grand parents, Mr. and Mrs Wash
ington, for a week returned to hi
home at Carterville, No., Saturday
The NJ f conference returned Re-
Galbreath to the Butler circuit; b
breaches at Virginia next Sabbath a
night.
pm Famuliner has built a new
wood house.
Tillie and Annie Woody have tn
whooping cough.
Mrs Flora Ayers commenced tn
spring term of school in the Nestle
rode district Monday.
Dora Neel is still on the sick list.
8 E Cobb, Robert Foster and Ro
Burke had stock at the Virgins
stock yards Saturday.
Grandma Roback, who has beel
quite sick, is able to be up again.
Peter Denning raised his new bar
Friday.
w ID Journey commenced wor
for Pierce Hackett Monday.
Mrs VIM Oldham says some on
stole her bee stands one night la:
week.
Some of the dear people round vi
ginia think the pops have headed o
Aaron on the school commissions
y as he is great friend to wome
voting and holding office.
/. The annual meeting of the towl
ship board was held in McFadden
4 hall Saturday afternoon. The fo
e lowing named persons were appoln
y ed Judges of the election: G H Mo
rison, c Corlett, w W Park and J