The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1898-05-26

spend the summer with her mother.
The Nevada papers have not yet
claimed that Dewey was q former
resident of that place or Vernon Co.
or has near and dear relatives living
there who are in constant commuri-
cation with him. Possibly the fact
that Col. Dick Speed is weighing oil
in st. Louis is the cause Of the over
sight.
VIM. L Jarrett, of Harrisonville.
defeated " w Wood, Of Warreus-
burg, for the nomination of Circuit
Judge of that district in the primary
election last Saturday. Judge Wood
is the present incumbent and has
held for full term Of SIX years. He
made a very popular judge Dir.
Jarrett, besides being al excellent
gentleman, ranks among the best
lawyers in the state.
The Nevada Post tells of as mean
man as we have heard Of. With
his wife and two children he was
travelling through the country and
asked permission of ]. b. Phillips of
that town to stay all night, pleading
poverty. They were permitted to
remain and given comfortable beds
After their departure in the morning
Mrs. Phillips discovered that she
had been robbed of some valuable
jewelIy.
At meeting of the school board
Monday night the following corps
of teachers were selected for our
public schools for the coming year
J. T. Starr, principal; L. B. Allison,
0 T. Beeson, Misses Fannie Nc
Mutt, Carrie Burns. Tressa Patter
! son, Cora Betz, Cosby Brown, Anna
Whitsitt, Fannie Orear, Emma Cas-
sity, Gertrude Silgers, Leila Starke,
Mrs. Mcdonald. Prof ". W. Ken
oily, (col and Arthur Wright, (col. }
NJ. V. Nix, janitor west school; D.
Sherman, ianitor east school.
, Evidence of a very serious nature
, is presenting itself to the people of
the county that the court house is
getting in dangerous and uninhab'
liable condition. To the circuit
clerks office Saturday several bricks
fell from the partition wall appar-
!. emily without the slightest provoca-
. ton The walls in the treasurer g
Office are also in bad condition the
: cracks extending from the floor to
the ceiling. In short the walls of the
b entire building are giving way and
. the structure is getting in bad shape
, 1t is evident Bates county will have
6 to have new court house in very
short time or move the records tt
safer quarters.
Capt. A. V. Adams of this city wa
- appointed First Lieutenant and Bat
re- tallion Adjutant, second regiment
! This is an honor worthily bestowed
! A. Y. Adams is one of the bes
young men in Bates county, a schol
ar aud a gentleman, and is vel
d posted in military tactics. Tn
Re Journal joins his many friends il
o. extending congratulations and hes
lie wishes upon his appointment
Adrian Journal.
~ Lieutenant Adams is the son o
le our highly esteemed citizens Vile
% Adams, and can be reckoned But
rs Ter boy.
lie The dispatches say as harves
time approaches the prospects for a
le unparalleled crop of wheat in Kansa
n are becoming more convincing. L
E. Barton county there are 22S,O0
re- acres of wheat and the yield it
j. said will be 500 bushels for ever
man, woman, and child in the cour
ty. The estimated yield of the stat
is put at 1OO.OOO,O00. Harves
hands are said 10 be scarce and th
= farmers are making preparations
= do their harvesting with machiner
ond tbrash from the headers dlrec
Cutting will begin in about fourtee
IL DAYS.