The Butler weekly times., 1897-04-08
County court met Monday as Q
board of equalization.

County court met Monday as q
board of equalization.
Capt. J. G. Martin, cashier of the
bank at Merwin, was in the city Mon
day On business and meeting a host
OF friends. The Captain reports his
bank doing we'll and his health good.
The TIMES returns thanks to him for
q renewal of his subscription.
It is now claimed the discovery
has been made that the negro can be
transformed into a white man by
electricity. Now if some yankee will
invent a machine to take the kink
out Of bis hair, the poor white trash
would soon have to take back seat
at the opera.
The TIMES extends congratulations
to W. S Mudd, who made the trip
all right for trustee of Deer Greek
township, at the township election
last week. Wish we could say good
morning to the other boys but we
can't, for the reas On that the repub
licaDs won't let us.
The Free Prees failed to even
mention that township election
was held in Butler last week. The
Press may have had reason for
lodging after reading the vote in
the TINES, but a newspaper should
publish all the news good or bad
For the third time within mont
Montrose will hold an election te
vote bonds to build school house
The proposition carried the first
! time by 16 votes, but the election
was not legal and the second hitci
, it was defeated, now they propos;
to try for the third time.
TIE FIT. Scott officers have
, strang man on their hands in Jac'
D Turner, the self confessed thief, II
> had stolen everything he could ge
3 his hands on from dictionary to
Z church organ Tuner claims b
2 was indicted and out on bond in A
, ALBANIA for assault with intent to XII
= The Ladies Aid Society of th
y Southern Methodist church will civ
y free entertainment next Frida
D evening, at the church, consisting {
= music, recitations, etc. Each lad
= who has made her assessment IL
repairing the church will tell ho
y she made the money. All the men
, bers and friends of the church a,
! cordially invited.
J Joe Renick and the two Lamb bo,
y who started south over land last wee
4 their destination as mapped o'
Z being Port Arthur, Texas, sowed the
I crop of oats at Nevada and Joe too
y the train for home. The other DO.
J brought the team back. It didr
! take them long TO get their satisfa
tion of seeing the world.
! Robert, the sixteen-year old 81
of G. W. Hopkins, of Clear Gre
township, Vernon county, says t
sed Nevada Mail, met with very serio
inp, accident the other day. The youl
man started out on a hunt and VIII
he attempted to shoot blackbil
end his gun bursted near the lock. lac
City ating the hand SO badly it had to
nod taken off at the wrist.
DR.. Jefferson D. Goddard, of Ii
sas shot and killed Fred j. Jacks
non Friday. The murder was commit
rect in Mrs Jackson's rooms at the Wo'
title land hotel. DR.. GODDARD was m
his ager of a drug store owned by M
jackson: There were no wltnes
to the killing and the DR.. cal
|. ,.hi' .. self defense 1t is said jealousy
asn' the part of jackson prompted
,'o'y quarrel and feh. which lead to
~, .o' killing.
are A merchant at Springfield c
'anto Guided TO test the virtues OF adj
IL of tising He used but one line and
They 'hs' hhe ID 'ne 'nos' Tna ,u.on aysr. ..
rs. P'Hce III '.47
mant read that on certain day
and would sell calico at one cent a II
'crib Ii short time after the doors v
*, of opened the room was so crow
ranks with people the clerks could
wait On them and he had to close
w doors.