The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1898-02-24
Virginia Items.

We write what we hear the virginians say i
true;
Dear Reader, don t blame us IL we hear 'em 50
What happens you.
Prof Whistler of Pettigrew, Arkan
sas, is visiting old friends AROUND
Virginia.
Sherd Cope of Nyhart, has moved
on what is known as the Dave Jack
son farm, now Scully's.
Steve Cook has rented the Elmer
Garner farm.
Ed Dudley has rented B F Biggs
house, half mile south of Virgins
and moved Monday.
Ernest Bean and Geo Light, who
have been living at Portland, Ore,
for several years, left Feb Sth, fol
| klondike.
w A McElroy has put up a new
woven wire fence around his hog lot
| He has a machine at Drexel to make
the fence. Grandma Cope is having
the big hedge cut down on her farm
along the road.
Miss Sadie Whinnery, who has
been teaching school in the Indian
| Territory this winter, returned home
Tuesday. She was accompanied by
| little Miss Vera Craig, who will visit
her grandma.
in Reavely, on the 18th inst. He
fired the shots at mine No. 20 and
was in the explosion on the 3rd. He
was 80 years old and was raised in
this vicinity and had many warm
friends who sympathize with the be-
reaved ones. Funeral services were
held Thursday and the remains were
inferred in Foster graveyard, follow
ed by large concourse of Borrowing
relatives and friends.
Jas Aderson and family of the
Territory, are visiting Cole and John
Hensley. He is a Holiness preacher.
Chris McGuire's mother fell Fri
day night and broke her shoulder
blade. DR. Son of Passaic was called
and set the fracture.
Mrs w NJ Walters was quite sick
last Friday night with pneumonia.
DIR Son is attending her.
& + Wilson and wife, who have
been visiting w G Coulter and fam
lily for some time. returned to their
home at Manchester, Kan, Monday.
Clint and Chester Satterly, who
have been quite sick with pneumo-
mia, are getting better under the
treatment of DIR Son.
Miss Minnie Watkins, who has been
visiting her uncle j w Watkins at
Watseka, ILL.,, the past three months,
returned home Saturday.
Will Swageray and sister, Miss Ida
of near Blue Mound, Kan, are visit
ing Grandma Witherspoon.
Mrs Quick and daughter, Miss
III eda, attended the Unfair dinner at
Dick Jenkins, east of Passaic. Miss
Media tells US she had a fine time and
was given pony to take home, and
when the roads are good she will ex-
ercise it. That curly headed fellow
looks pleasant.
The Free Methodist meeting closed
last Sabbath night with the quarter
ly meeting. On account of bad roads
only few were there. Rev James
Tilson of Vernon county and Elder
Higgins of Fairplay left Monday for
their homes.
Walter Woody, ofnear Passaic, at
tended church at Virginia Sunday
night.
John Nance went to Joplin Satur-
day, where he will work at the car
penter trade.
Isaac Light of Inin, /. T., is visit
ing Dave Bean and his many other
friends in and around Virginia and
Emery Cox and Miss Gerrens living
near Mount Carmel, were married |
Saturday and have moved east of |
Butler.
H G Wilson will move to ElDorado |
this week, where he will run a barber |
shop.
VIM Zinn's child died Saturday.
Wesley Hensley of Independence.
Mo, is visiting relatives around Vir-
yinia.
John Hedger tells US he is looking
'or Nels Nestlerode to come back
soon.
Mrs Annie Comfort, who has been
her brother, Jas Nestlerods,
n Mcdonald county, returned home
Saturday. She reports a good time.
We asked her about a certain widow
living near her brothers, but could
ret no light on the subject. Well,
line will tell the story.
The Virginia stock yard company
las reorganized and are now doing
| big business under the manage
nent of President Hensley. The
president has called a meeting of the
took holders for the purpose of fix
ng the price of hogs and corn, also
'ardage and commission on cattle
M hogs. As Virginia is SIS miles
learer Port Arthur than K c there is
10 reason why ii should not be a
'etter market than L c if the Pitts
'urg and Gulf does not boycott il
nd not receive the large number of
attic and hogs that are bought for
xport.
Uncle Billy Drysdale is growing
Feaker all the time.