The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1898-08-11

son, formerly with the Farmers Bank
of this city, now holding lucrative
position in the law department. Mo. /
Kan. and Tex Railway Co. and 10 /
Gated at Muskogee, t. sends US
his annual remittance with his best
wishes. Guy is an exceptionally
bright young gentleman, sober, IN
dustrious and honorable His many
friends here will always rejoice to
learn of his advancement.
John " Jamison, cashier OF the
Farmers Bank and DR.. ". II. Allen
were up from Rich Hill on Monday
on business before the probate court,
and compIimented the TINES Be-
sides being an Efficient bank cashier
Mr. Jamison is serving Rich Hill as
mayor for the second term and is
making a very popular official. 1t
is said the ladies' are very partial to
the handsome young mayor, and
Johns penchapt for their society,
some say, (no doubt prompted by
the green eyed monastery accounts
for the vacation he insisted on his
wife taking during the setting Of
the teachers institute.
The city surveyor has been in
structed by the city council to sur.
vey and make estimate of the proba-
BILE cost of mecademizing Ohio street
from the square to the depot. We
understand the council will also in
vestigate the matter of the city buy
ing a rock crusher suitable for the
needs OF the town. Now this looks
like business and if the plans do
not miscsry. Butler, in a short time
will have respectable streets. As
convenient as rock can be had IL this
town a crusher would furnish mater.
ial for mecademizing every leading
sire e.. in this city in the course Ct
the next two or three years at
a nominal cost to the tax payer.
The council is headed right, if it
only keeps on the track and pushes
present plans.
The members of the county court
visited the Island bridge, which
spans the Marias des Cygues
river southwest of this city one
day last week. This is one of
the finest steel bridges in the county
but in it's construction q very serious
mistake WAS made in the elevation
of the bridge. The sbutments
should have been at least three or
four feet higher. Experience in
dealing with the floods has taught
this, in as much as the county court
has been compelle i to employ men
to watch and protect the bridge at
almost every overflow of the river
The visit Of the county court to the
bridge Was for the purpose Of See
ing if it would not be policy TO rem
edy this defect and raise it above the
high watermark before any serious
and expensive mishap takes place.
Captain V. L johnson returned
home Saturday light on q sick leave
of absence from his company station
cd at Camp Thomas, Cnicksmaugs,
ga. He has been sick about three
weeks with malaria fever and a slight
touch OF typhoid he says the
water is very bad, what aheT drlLk
has to be hauled six miles and boile d.
The heat is very oppressive. He re.
perts the Boys as standing the eli.
mate vsry well indeed, the slim Eel
low stand the heat ihs best. When
he first started home the train Ee
WAS On was wrecked between the
camp and Chattanooga He va;
compelled TO walk several miles to
the city. which gave him a bscksei
and be laid over for four days. His
furlough run out Sunday night, but
Col Caffee seIegrsrhed him to sss7
aud ne would wire him il they failed
to get an extension. The Captain
IS looking very toin and his con'
ple1ion is bad. He has grown 9
moussache and looks like a veteran
who has seen hard service