The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1897-11-04
AARON.
Hume Items.

James Irwin spent Thursday in
Rich Hill.
David Falor bought car load OF
corn from Kansas City this week.
The stockholders of the Hume
Creamery met Saturday afternoon
and elected new officers. j Wesley
Badgett was elected president and
Walter Hibler secretary.
j Messenger and F p Covert spent
Tuesday hunting and fishing near
Worland. Result: 2 frogs, l snake
and q barrel Of mosquitoes.
The Edna Paige Comedy Co gave
an exhibition at the Opera House
Wednesday night which was pro-
nounced q fraud by all who attended.
BoRN-Tuesday morning to Mr. and
Mrs Sanders, near Walker Creek,
north of town, q fine baby boy.
BoRN-Wednesday morning to Mr.
and Mrs d Is Herndon a bouncing
baby girl.
Several farmers in this vicinity have
| lost horses recently from what ap-
peared to be a disease caused by
eating the smut and dust contained
in the corn. A dozen or more horses
have died from it.
Elder McGee, of Nevada, will begin
a protracted meeting at the Christian
church Monday next.
Hume has a new Racket store in
the building recently located by p H
| Powers.
The coal mining industry is becom-
ing quite an important one in this
vicinity The Kansas City Coal and
Ice Co are operating a mine on Uncle
"Billy" Thurman's farm, west of
town, and are loading eight to ten
cars day. Frank Simmons is oper-
ating the w G Foster mine. and MI
Beatty, of Rich Hill, the Joe Manlove
mine, each loading two or three cars
Il day. Added to this there are
numerous farmers operating small
pits and shipping no small amount OF
coal.
Married on Sunday eve, the cath
inst, at the residence of the brides
father, Walter Caywood, of Windsor,
place, Rev Father Scanlan saying the
ceremony. The wedding was a quiet
affair, only the relatives of the con
tracing parties being present. The
bride is the daughter of J J Messingel
and is most highly esteemed by al
her acquaintance. She possesses {
lovable disposition, being modest ant
unpretentious, finding more happi
ness in giving pleasure to thos'
around her than in makinga brillian
display of dress and tinery Tn,
groom is prominent young busines
man of Windsor, whittier the happ,
couple left Monday morning to max
their future home.
A Mutual Admiration Society is th
lates on the streets of Hume. Fon,
hearts, wounded by Cupid's darts
may gaze into love-lit eyes and speal
the thousand little nothIngs that tell
so much to the love-sick man or maid
Old bachelors no longer debarred.
Rev Pickett, of Sweet Springs
No., spent Sunday with friends il
this place.
j H Revnold, of Worland, is NOV
ing his family back TO Hume.
Ed Morton and Joe Williams, VIII
have been doing some building i
Kansas City, returned home since on
last.
Hodges, charged with the st
duction OF the 14-year-old daughte
of Henry Thorp, was brought bac
: from Wellington, Kansas, this weel
!. He will have his preliminary trial
: Rich Hill Wednesday.
Quite number of our people a
tended the DIR. Willtits lecture at Ric
Hill Friday night. Those preser
were: Mesdames Noel and Me eConnel
Misses Mamie Wallace, Norma Terr
Neville Covert, Eloise Terry, Virg
and Leila Jones, Mary Wood, AnI
East; Messrs Noel, Mcconnell, C
of Senior, Lyle Mcconnell, Eugene Co
oe Will Thurman, Clarence Wood al
ssss Jesse Toler. All report a splend
" time. Il. 7. MIzER