The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1898-03-24

h the LINES. Mr.. west IS one OF the
county's bes. citizens and should he
be successful in his ambitions would
I make a reliable and Trustworthy
servant
The Rich Hill Review complains
} that some churches are imposed on
by foreign elocutionists. lecturers,
singers aud fakes of one sort and
} another. Up here in Butler the
fakes take charge OF our public
} schools, just to help along the
! library, you know.
Ed Chalmers negro. and his wife
near Wybark, a small station near
Muscogee, Indian Territory, were
murdered by mob Sunday night
Chalmers recently married a white
girl named Hadley, and it is thought
this caused the tragedy. The bodies
! of both the victims were literally
! riddled with bullets
] All Nevada and surrounding coun-
ty is stirred up over the mysterious
disappearance of young man
named Albert Marsh. The general
supposition is that he has been muir
dered and his body hid Searching
parties have been diligently at work
! but no clue can be obtained as to
! his whereabouts.
A million pounds of provisions
were started from Kansas City by
] spe cial trains to the starving Gu
bans Monday. The train goes
over the Memphis road and will be
] put through on fast time, and will
be run on schedule of thirty miles
an hour. Thousands of people
witnessed the leaving of the train
from Kansas City.
The funeral of ". G. Doan,
highly respected farmer of Lone
Oak township, took place Sunday
from the nsighborhood church.
Rev. Jarvis, pastor of the South
Methodist church this city, conduct
ed the services. Deceased was
about SO years of age, and death was
caused from severe attack of
pneumonia He was only sick four
or five days
G. Tom King, Of Galloway county
] and candidate for railroad and ware
house commissioner, accompanied
by prosecuting attorney Clark, gave
the TIMES a social call Monday. He
is making flying trip over the
state in the interest of bis candidacy
and stopped off in Butler to extend
his acquaintance. Mr.. King is q
substantial looking gentleman and
no doubt would fill the office be
seeks with ability and credit.
A resolution Is to be introduced
, in congress for an investigation into
one of the recent contracts made by
the administration for 100000 tons
of coal. This coal is to go to Key
West, and the contract was given to
a Cleveland firm of which Hanna is
member at q rate a full dollar q
too higher than it could have been
bought for elsewhere. By this
means the government was swindled
out OF quarter Of a million dollars
-Ex.
lightning rod agents.sre working
the farmer again. They have new
clause in their contract which reads:
mot to exceed dollars" In due
time the contract You have sign
ed turns up in the hands OF a
bank or innocent purchaser in the
shape of a note for a much larger
sum of money than the price agreed
upon. The proper thing to do is to
sign no contracts for strangers
The body OF a well dressed young
I man, name unkn OWN, was found in
culvert under the Chicago & Alton
, railroad tracks short distance east
OF Independence, Mo-, Saturday.
The body was half covered with mud
and in his right hand clutched re-
volver with which he had shot him
self. It wa, evident that he had