The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1898-09-22

The democratic campaign com
mittee met at the court house on
last Monday and organized by tie
election OF ". o. Jackson chairman,
J. ". Jamison treasurer and Oscar
Reeder secretary. The personnel of
the committee assures a well organ
lied, active and successfully COZ.
Quoted campaign.
L d. Wimsatt. democratic nom
nee for associate Judge, made US a
pleasant call while in the city last
week on his way to attend a church
meeting at Prairie City Mr.. VIM
satt is q clsar headed, broad minded
gentleman He 10 painstaking and
economical and will make q most
admirable judge
The protractsd meeting at the
Christian church, conducted by
Elder Hedges, will continue on
through the week aud possibly long
er. Elder Hedges is a very forcible
talker and il you desire to hear an
excellent sermon and that will dc
you good you should not fail to at
tend these meetings.
Captain Claud L CLARK, OF Go l.
End Missouri, is at home on a fur.
Tough and gave us g pleasant call.
he locks in splendid health, with g
good color. but somewhat thinner
He speaks in glowing terms of thei,
new camp at Lexington, Ky, and
says as a rule the men feel we'll and
are better contented with camp life
since their removal from Chicka
manga.
Our venerable friend, l.. Warren
of CORTLAND, gave Us pleasant cal
Tuesday aud renewed He is in hi.
85th year, hale and hearty, says II
some respects he feels better thar
he did 80 years ago. He is one
among the few old Mexican veteran,
left, and it is treat to hear him tel
OF his experiences in that war. He
was a personal friend of Abe Lincoln
in their younger days in Illinois, anc
says you could always find Abe
entertaining a crowd with his fund
of stories
From the Harrisonville papers il
appears that burglars are getting il
their work on the citizens OF that
town. Quite q number have beer
reported lately. Last week the
residence OF John Angle was bur
glsrized, Mr.. Angle losing his watch
aud other property. The wife of 6
race horse man was suspicionsd and
strong limitations were made to hel
that the property had better be re
turned. A few days after Augl,
found his watch lying on bis bu
resu wrapped in a lady's handksr'
chief The Leader thinks their fail
brought the thieves to town.
It was with sorrow that the many
friends of Mr.. and Mrs. Dan W
Gingrich learned of the death Of one
of their little twin daughters, which
occurred at the home of Mrs Cling
ri chs brother. Robert d, Ewin, il
Deepwater township, the first of las
week. The little girls, about four
months of age and go near alike tina
their mother could hardly tell then
apart, were very delicate all their
lives, but at the time of her death
the little darling was in apparent,
better health than usual. Shs wen
to sleep and awoke in the arms o.
Jesus. The parents have our SINGER
sympathy.
An exchange gets off the follow
ing: 4 Missouri boy, the son OF {
Baptist clergyman, has inherited al
the traditional baptism-by immersion
principles, and by close attention Il
the ceremony as performed by hi
fond parent is able to repeat it wore
for word. A few days ago he FILLED
a tub with water in the back kitchen
and catching the family cat and he
two kittens proceeded to teach th'
essential rites of the Baptist church
The kittens underwent the ordes
without serious protest, but the ca
showed her displeasure by scratch
ing the boys face Throwing tn
offending animal down he said il
disgust: Damn it, then be a Mstho