The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1897-02-25

ter. Her son, Grant, will move int"
the house with her this week.
w ID Orear will be u reader Of the
TIMES during the year '97. He has
passed over the top Of the hill and il
going down he other side fast; hi
health has not been good for the
past year. Mrs Orear is afflicted
with rheumatism this winter. She
tells us that >hr is feeling better at
present and lives in hopes that by
spring she will be we'll
Miss Susan Park, northeast of But
Ter adds her name to the THINKS list.
Oh, how the booming TIMES list does
swell, because it all the news will tell
Mr. and Mr> iraeI NestIerode were
Oh the sick list last week.
W Il COwan Went to X c. Monday
with cattle and hogs; his son, Tom
ME went to see the big city.
Julius Heckadon and niece, Miss
Lizzie Bones, of Rich Hill, visited
his parents, Mraud Mrs Philip Heck
adOn, uiday.
There was n good supply of stock
at the Virginia .tock yards Monday.
Two Of Fred Nestlerode's children
are on the sick list.
Virginia now has live stock COM
mission firm by the name of Hensle,
Cowan e. Co.
Henry Feebeck moved into DR. j J
Mitchell's house last week.
Mrs Taylor, who has been living in
Butler, is moving back to her farm
! near Mulberry, TINS week.
Peter Dennirg is getting material
together to build a new barn.
Miss Pearl hechAdon is visiting
relatives at Rich Hill this week.
1t is reported that chairman w "
Park will commence the republican
campaign in few days, and will be
assisted by Mark Hanna.
[ The Virginia term of school, taught
by Mrs Niua Campbell, of Linn coun.
~, Kan, closed on Monday last
| Quite q number Of the patrons Of the
school brought well filed baskets OF
good things to eat, and at high noon
here were boards laid Pcross the
desks aud in a few minutes they
were loaded down with all kinds OF
-atables, rs the scholars gathered
round the board their eyes beamed
with joy. All appeared to go on a.
merry rs . marriage bell. Visitors
present were: Misses Lizzie Bones
IT Rich Hill, Mary Hensley of Ho,
Water district, Media Cuzick of Mes
tIerode district, Ida and Lutte Cow
All. Alice Crooks, of the Crooks dist
Patrons of the school: Steve Cook
and wife, Mesdames Geo jenkins
Lamb, CIate Wolfe, G w and j +
Park and Miss Lena jenkins. Th'
month of February, as bad as tn,
T.. ads were the school averaged 2s
it hat not been for the diptheri:
scare it would have been the bes
average for years.
Miss Minnie Berry, of Adrian
came over last Sunday and was tn
guest OF Aaron and family till Mon
day afternoon. She came over 4
wi ness the closing of her sister
school; of course she had heard c
rhe dinner that was there.
Grant Garner Is digging we'll o
; his farm, and repOrr rays that he hs
rented his house to a young man VIII
expects to have Il belpmeet soon.
Another marriage reported sooI
Aaron thinks it's true: the youn
:. lady is trying to buy turkeys.
The reporter accidentally owe
heard a couple of prominent polit
cldilS tdikiilG aUout Tue huluoci
p-rsous seeking the nomination fs
some of the offices OF Charlotte tow
ship this spring. Among the Iar@
number of names mentioned were
w Wolfe rs candidate for treasure
but from the way 1he> talked ii W,
plain to be seen that the judge had
strong opposition to him; they seen
ed to think that his large land inte
-st in Kansas, aud that since b
partner has gone to Germany al
established a business that h'
grown to an enormous size. The
seemed TO think the iaboring ella
will look on him a. a kiud of Il go
standard man, and the iaboring c'a
of Charlotte, are bitterly opposed
any man that has the least appea
auce of being associated with \ III
nopoly for fear he is gold bug.
AARON.