The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1898-08-04

heavy storm Saturday doing great
damage to the crops A number of
dwellings were struck by lightning
and the losses to farmers in stock
killed was quite serious.
Rev. W. N. Posge. of Tampa,
Florida, accompanied by J. 81. Sis
son, was pleasant caller at the
TINES office. Rev Pc age, formerly
lived in this county and is here on
visit to bis sisters Mrs. ]. n. Sisson
aud Mrs. r J. Starke and ohter re +
latives in the county.
The fourth meeting OF the sen
atorial convention OF the eighth dis
trict, resulted in making no nomina-
ton, after casting LOO ballots
and the convention being unable to |
agree on candidate adjourned sine |
die, referring the matter back to
the people Before adjournment
WAS taken some very ugly stories
were put aAost in regard to the at
tempted bribery ofcertsin delegates
Our esteemed friend Prof n E.
Stephenson has his paper changed
from Edinburg to McFall, Mo. He
has been elected principal OF the
pubic SCHOOLS at that place Prof.
Stephenson is an educated gentle.
man, well up with the school work
of the day, progressive in his meth
DDS. The McFall school board was
/ very fortunate 10 securing his serv-
, ices.
l The St. Louis City Hall employees
presented the Sixth Regiment with
fine silk flag last Saturday.
g The Globe Democrat OF Sunday
said: I'm accepting the colors
, Lieut.. Col CLARK, in the name OF the
, regiment, thanked it's donors and
q promised that no flag in any regi
: ment from any state IN the union
would be carried further on it's mis-
! sion Of liberty than that, should the
fortunes OF war call into service
the 9Th Missouri Volunteers"
Many do not know that the island
of Luz on, on which the city Of Ma
Mia is situated, is 1000 square
miles larger than Cuba. Luzsn if
larger than the states of New York
and Massachusetts and has q popu
lation of over 100000 OF people
8 The population Of Cuba at the be
9 CHING of the war between the pa
q triots and Spain was over one anc
l. half millions Several hundred
g thousand have been killed aud starv
i ed since the war began, hoover, anc
y she present population is probably
e less than q million.-Ex.
Joseph Watkins an old residen
n of Clinton. attempted suicide b,
ct banging himself one day last week
N At $50 o'clock his wife heard hir
10 leave the house, aud a few Ro
g. ments later she heard him call goo
g bye. Going into the yard she wa
n Mortified to see him hanging fror
the limo of q tree. He had getts
on q trestle, tied the rope around
10 limb and then kicked the trestl
- from under him. Mrs Watkin
= screams aroused the family an
is nsiehbors, and her son. youn
~ man. ran to bis father and held hi
:" up while the rope was cut. II
IS cord had cut deep into his neck an
the influx of blood resulted in col
at oestion of the brain which it vi
a thought would yet kill him
er There wa. a large congregatlo
On present at the III. E. church SOU
I'd Sunday night. The pastor, Re
as Jarvis, having been requested I
or the tismbesu club to preach &c
I'M mon fer the benefit OF that organic
ton. The church alter was nice
decorated with bouse plants and
80 special choir rendered music. 7
81 club attended in a body aud in fl
,sr uniform. Rev. Jarvis was at /
al best and having made preparstio
IN Tor the occasion en'e'
AN and large audience with q msgni
oent sermon. The f4mbeau orgs