The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1898-04-14

new front to be put in the DIR. Pyle
building on the east side. The new
front will he up to date in every
particular. Such improvements add
materially to the appearance of the
business portion of our city.
| 4 stranger giving his name as G
F. Randolph and claiming TO repre-
sent the Royal Baking Powder Co,
swindled . grocery merchant of
jefferson City out of $50 by getting
him to endorse t. check on the
Baking Powder Co. It is mighty
poor business to endorse checks for
strangers.
In a saloon at Nevada Friday,
tramp demanded Of Andy Shepherd
money to place in slot machine.
Being refused, he drew knife an q
severely cut Mr. Shepherd across
the face. making a wound Ave inches
long. He was arrested and gave lis
name az Chas. Norton, Of Sedaia
The Rich Hill people subscribe |
liber ally to the Cuban relief fund
The amount sent from Rich Hill
and surrounding country last week
to the Christian Herald, New York,
was S289.00. OF this amount 1926 IS
was made up by the coal companies
and employees.
The Adrian journal says John
Pearman Of that city, bad horse
and saddle stolen from his barn Sat
, urday night. the 5th, and the same
night Gus Judy had pair of single
! harness and lap robe stolen from
his pre- misses. The party who stole
Mr.. Pearman's horse was driving g
single buggy
The Nevada papers tell of bur
glAries and petty thiaving going OF
ia that city. They are stealing
everything from a horse and buggy
D to robbing q news stand. The Pos
4 speaks of them as "thieves of ever,
Z character and degree" We hol'
= that shot gun properly handled i
D the best remedy.
Z Our new gas engine, just adde'
D to the machinery in tbs TINES offic
D was tested as to speeding job pre- s
D Monday afternoon and pulled off tel
= thousand impressions for the Bate
Z County Bank. Our press boy say
Z there is a big difference between a
D engine and foot power, and Is COZ
D respondingly happy over the add
a ton.
D S. T Warnock aud Mrs. 4 ,
d Williams were summoned to Belle
4 Vile, Ills, last week On account {
= the serious illness of their fathel
~ News has been received that the oil
q gentleman died Sunday morning
, He was an old and highly respecte
d citizen of his county and repute
quite wealthy.
- A fire at ElDorado Springs la
e. week, wiped out row of six fran
buildings in the business portion (
the town. The fire originated
" Spencer's grocery store, a twostol
frame building. The upper stol
- was occupied by Mr.. Spencer an
:" family and the fire started in an u
ty stairs room. The family lost q
US their house hold effects and a pa
of the stock of goods.
ty Record.-Our neighbogs Of Il
cal TIMES have just added a gas engil
=, to their plant. II more gas "
ca needed TO bloviate the claims OF t
I'M democratic horde of Office seeker
as evinced by the columns of o
democratic contemporaries, a g
-, engine is just the thing. Joki1
~ aside, we congratulate our neighbe
w on this evidence Of prosperity-ev
'n' under the gold standard, which fl
silver sheets declare simply Il
zee possible"
ors Our good friend Estis Smith, tn
US whom there is no better man IN
I'm confines of Bates county, favored
q q with a call while in the city Mond'
He has been fighting the battles
democracy in his section all his Il
unit always gladly assisting his frien,
al but never asking anything for hi
self. The time will coma at no
, ~. tant day when the democrats
Mr. Bates county will call Estis Smith
set, a responsible position. He ia v
qualified to fill creditab'y any OF
he would aocep'.