The Butler weekly times., 1897-04-15

Wheat dropped Friday to 62ac
It has served Its purpose In enrich
ing it's holders, and for campaign |
arg ument Now it has dropped to |
remain at low price until after the
coming harvest.
Prof. W. ", kenolv, principal OF
the colored schools of this city for
the past five or six years and reeu
lar subscriber and reader OF the
booming TINES. .renews. Prof. kenoly
is well educated and his management
of the schools has given good salts
faction both to board ard patrons.
seven instead OF nine months o.
school. This is bad break for the
people Of enterprising Nevada to
make, and one which they will be
sorry for. II it was expense they
desired to curtail it was bad policy
to begin at the schools. This Is
something the citizens Of Butler will
never do.
. The proposed school levy of 10
, cents on the 500 valuation was de
fe .ted at Nevada, in the election
held Tuesday Of last week. Tie
president of the board of education
says the defeat of the levy cuts of
$500 of the current revenue for
the schools and $1,000 additional
) off of the back taxes for next year
In short the failure of the levy means
The funeral of Miss Lizzie Boxley
{ aged % years, daughter Of MIR. and
! Mrs. G. f. Boxley of this city, toob
( place at o'clock yesterday evening
( from the Ohio street NJ. Z Church
{ DR.. Jones officiating. She died a
I 2 o'clock yesterday morning. Th'
( deceased has been an invalid ell he
7 life, being afflicted with curvature o
{ the spine and for the past few year
I she has been almost helpless and
! great eufferer. aud to her, death wa
8 c. rtainly welcome visitor. Th
I TINES with other friends extend
: deepe st sympatbies to the bereave
! family.
8 Sheriff Mudd has started In
I clean up the court yard and pat tn
! lawn in shape. He will SOW graz
! seed and discontinue the patti
! through the ysrd. He will strete
wire about the walks and prevel
{ people from trespassipg on tt
3 grass. He will plant monthly rose
( and otherwise beautify the groun
8 and make them attactive to look
bv our citizens and the strang
! within our gatas. This action
{ the sheriff backed by the coun
{ court. will meet the hearty approx
: OF every good citizen in this count
I be he democrat, republican or pc
ulist. We know of but one pers
. who enters protest against
sheriff beautifying the grounds a
l forbidding trespass Oh the gra
and that man is ". 0. Atkeson.
the Free Press. He wants the CO
II ward to look like ths play ground
school house, and takes the she
& to task for announcing that perm
sion to use the yard for loung
place will not be permitted lone
- Mrs. Sophie Vogel, aged 30 yet
Il crossing the liver on ferry boa
/ st Louis Saturday, as the b
i ueared the bank Oh the st. L.
side, threw her tive children, a
Il 3 aud 5 years overheard and I
/ Iiileaped into the water after tn
i Il The children were rescued by
nj Il ermau. who WAS preparing to
n Il fishing with his skiff. but the
b woman went down under the "
and never rose again As the wo'
grabbed the second child to to'
+ III Into the water. two dogs which
had with hsr. one massive 81
Il 4 lnard. the other spaniel, appe'
!. i 10 take in the situation, gro'
% 6ercelv and sprang at her, one
at;np the womans arm and the 0
SItsking hold O. the child She 8.
x r'ed with the dogs and finally I'll
them off. Then sha tossed the {
e into The water and jumped in
q It IT is said the woman bad
!. n unfortunate in her marriage aud
~ mind had become deranged broo
~ over her family troubles