The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1898-01-13

! We write what We near the NITElhIah5 say II
Dear Reader, don = blame u five hear EN- SAY
What happens you
Mrs O II Drysdale spent severa
DAYS in Butler last week visiting
relatives.
James Crooks lost a fat steer one
day last week. He had been offered
$50 for it the day before it died.
Alton Park has a lot Of bottom hay
stacked on the K f Harper farm for
sale.
Miss Maud Goldsmith, who has
been staying at Virginia for some
time, returned TO her home in Cedar
! Go last Thursday, after promising to
! visit Aaron and family when she
came back again.
b F Bisgs, while trying to load a
| big lump OF coal one day last week,
slipped and fell, MASKING his hand
| Miss Emma Henderson, of Linn Co,
Kansas, accompanied by Mrs II +
Smith, of New Mexico, called at
Aaron's Friday of last week.
Rev Claypool, of ElDorado, passed
through our city Friday last Ell route
for Merwin.
Mrs \ 81 Nestlerode, who has been
visiting relatives here for some time,
returned to her home in Illinois last
Wednesday.
Silas Sanders, Of lakewood, Kan, is
visiting old friends around Pinchum.
Mr Hoover, of Rich Hill, ate dinner
with Aaron Thursday.
q NJ Garner reports everything
quiet in his neighborhood, and Oscar
Harris hands in the same report.
Rev Galbreth preached at the NJ E
church Sabbath.
There was not a very big turnout
at tha Oh ri = - Sahhath
Hez Williams bought the John
Burke farm of Andrew Craig last
week. 1t is reported that Mr. Craig
intends to go to California.
Dow Wolfe passed his 18th birthday
last Saturday, and several playmates
spent part of the day with him.
c n Morrison thinks the populists
are holding their own in his section |
of the township.
The debate at the Hill school house |
is doing well. The question for next
Friday night is Resolved that Pro
is Failure"
Young Aaron and Amos Burke ct |
took drive across the country last
Thursday. The first town we came to
was Passaic, but did not halt or go
the heart of the city, just
went around the outside for fear we
would meet the TIMES man and he
would make us the subject of big,
ong poem. We kept our team head
I'd for the infant city of Adrian that
we have read SO much about in paper
here of late. Here we put up our
cam and went to Farmers Hotel
and partoOk of a well prepared din
1er. After dinner we rambled
over the city sightseeing. After
Viewing the city to our hearts con-
ent, we bought a box of No-Tobac,
lltched up our fiery steed and started Il
or old Crescent Hill. After lookin.
1t the country there we headed our
cam for home, going a southwest
Course, passing through the cities OF
tlkhart and Pinchun, and arrived
1t Virginia at = III. We noticed
hat there were lots of cattle and :
loSs being fed in the section of coun-
ry we travelled over and that corn
eemed more plentiful than it is here.
We did not see or hear of populist J
n prohibition. .
G w Wolfe shipped cattle and hogs ;
o Kansas City Tuesday. -.
Miss Ida Quick, who has been
uite sick, was reported some better :
onday night.
Warren Ayers and family visited :
elatives near Virginia Sabbath. ;
Virginia now has two societies for
Dung people, the Endeavor at the 7
'hristian church and the Epworth :
'eague at the III K church.
The Free Methodist meeting is still
DING on at the Crook school house. :
Report has it that Henry Feebeck
as rented the DIR j Mitchell farm. r
VIM Mckibben told Aaron Monday
lat there was not any news in his 7
!,
Farmers are bringing their plows "
the shop to get them sharpened, q
citing ready to commence turning
lie ground for another crop.
Tuesday morning, ID c Wolfe says =
Is boy. He is not caring so much -
bout the WOodmen "a to reach a !,
olnt where he can control the cleo I"
on. AARON. !,
+. A. Bennett and A. O. Heinlein .
ere in Kansas City Monday and r