The Butler weekly times., 1897-09-09

patches Hau better iOOk out or be
will be arrested for stealing
Fire destroyed every busioess
house and hotel IN Cairo. ". Va,
Tuesday The FIRE started in the
engine room of the Cairo Mauufac
turing and Lumber Co.'S plant. The
town Is scene of desolation from
one end to the other The loss will
amount to more than 100000.
r. r. Achert, aged 20 years, and
| for forty years passenger conductor
and the Oldest conductor in years
and service on the Wabash railroad
was thrown from his train by tramp
Tue sday and died in a short time
from the injuries received in the fall.
He was pushed from the platform
while passing from one coach 10 the
other The accident occurred near
the Iowa line.
o. NJ. Lukenbill gave his note of
S65 to J. p. Edwards fer Tor
rowed money and as additional
security mortgsged his house
hold goods. Lukenbill failed to
pay the borrowed money when due
and Edwards took charge of the
goods. LukenbiIl then claimed tina.
Edwards took usury and replevied
the goods. A law suit in Squire
LaFolletts court resulted Tuesday.
and Edwards won. The case will
be taken to the circuit court. Lu
kenbill was represented by ". o
jackson aud Silvers & Silvers; Ed
wards by Graves g. Clark and NJ. S.
Horn
q. B. Taggart and MISS Amelia
Griffin, of Greer county, Oklahoma,
eloped and were married Saturday.
The father of the young lady, r. S.
Griffin, was opposed to the marriage
and when the young couple attended
church Sunday morning the father
of the bride lay in wait at the door
and as the young couple emerged
from the church he shot Taggard
dead and then turned the weapon
on himself and within five minutes
the bride of eighteen hours was both
, widow and an orphan.
Mr.. and Mrs j. c. Bracken have
returned from Kingfsher, Oklahoma
where they spent few weeks visit
ing relatives. Mr.. Bracken said ow
1 ing to the big wheat and cottol
crops in that section, times were
!, lively IN Kingtisher, and the farmer
l., generally were prosperous for thi'
season, but it was the first crop 0
any consequence raised there iu sev
9 eral years. As a general rule sail
a MIR. Bracken, the farmers are sellin;
l. small quantity of their crops AM
|. the balance is being stored away 70
fear of a short crop or failure mex
year. Mr.. Bracken has a poor opir
il ion of that section as a farming
e country.
- Albert Jones, aged 20 years, is i
q Jail at Mexico, Mo-, for the murde
J. of his sister, aged IS years, at Ne
sr Hartford, Mo, last Saturday Th
le only eye witness to the tragedy is
- young lady who was visiting th
N dead girl. She says Miss Jont
le was before the mirror fixing ht
IS hair when the brother came in an
ID accused her of telling tales abb,
,e him, which she denied. You are
er damned liar" exclaimed the your
R. man. be dleg his pistol and fire
y. with tie muzzle almost in her fac
le The ball struck htr square in Il
forehead, passed clear through b
=; head and she fell dead at bis feet.
be According to Mr. Fairchilds' stat
40 ment Butler is using 100000 gallcl
I'd of wafer daily, which greatly e
Sc ceeds the daily amount ever beto
ar consumed. Mr. Fairchilds b
20 charge of the pumping station ar
ey ought to krow what he is talkil
Ii about. The water company sa
be the increase in the consumption
caused by the violation of the orc
nance as to habitLal use of the wat.
:. ing troughs. Well and cistern vi
er is getting scarce in Butler. OWL
:, to the long drouth, and en- this &
). count great many people ha
been forced to go to the troug
with their stock.