The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1898-09-29


extend a cordial invitation to all /
call and sse our handsome stock.
III. q \. Evans,
1921 Opera House Bloch
New Creamery-Buy your mil
cans of DEACON Bios. & Co.
Remember the Odd Fellows picni
at Rich Hill Oct. 5th. All invited
Was W. o. Atkeson nominated
for circuit judge as a joke, las
resort or swapping horse?
Gathering corn time will soon bs
here, and the crop is one of the best
raised in the county in several years
Mrs. Jas. B. Newberry, of Sloan
Springs, Ark, is visiting relatives
and friends in the city and county.
| Come to the booming TINES to
get your job work, letter heads, bill
heads, envelopes, etc Satisfaction
guaranteed.
Our merchants have gotten in
their fall stocks and all are now
ready to accommodate the public in
any line of goods they desire.
When it comes to wood heating
stoves we have the only Genuine
King Heater made, guaranteed to
give more heat, keep fire longer than
any combination stoYe made. For
sale only by FRANK SMITH & Son.
Rev. j. nj. Mcbride will hold SER
vices at st. Marks Episcopal church
next Sunday, Oct. End, morning and
evening at the usual time
The foundation for j B. Adair 8
handsome residence on Quality Hill
has been completed and the carpen
ters have begun to erect the frame
work.
Deacon Bros. & Co, are advertis
ing their large line of buggies.
phaetons, etc, at actual cost. For
further particulars read their adver-
tisement in this issue.
Miss Elnora Tucker, whose card
as magnetic healer can be found 10
another column, is a bright, viva
cious young lady and has excellent
credentials from the noted Weltman
Institute. The TIMES wishes her
succes in her profession
At the close of the old settlers
meeting last Thursday a number of
gentlemen interested in straighten n
ing the Marias dss Cygnes river met
IN the court room to discuss the best
methods of procedure to accom-
plish that purpose. Judge Dear
mond was called on and IN his char
acteristic frank manner, gave sub
stantial reasons why he believed the
government would not make an ap
preparation for that purpose The
swamp land drainage laws of the !
state were discussed with but poor
comfort. An adjournment was TAX
en- to next Saturday when an effort |
will be made to organize for the |
purpose of agitation.
T. 81. Shields, a prominent citizen
Of the west part of the county made
US a pleasant call while in the city
Monday. He is father of Walter
c. Shields, the young soldier who |
served in Lawton's brigade before
and is now down with |
typhoid at his home, mention of |
which was made in last weeks |
TIMES. Mr. Shields said that at the |
time of his sons enlistment last fall |
he was over six feet tall, we'll devel-
oped and weighed 175 pounds. He |
said it was the pride of Company 81
that no member was under six feet
nor weighed less than 165 pounds. |
Mr. Shields enrolled his name fer
the TIMES.
We understand steps are being tax
en- by interested citizens Of Usage and
Loan Oak townships to deyise ways
and means to straighten the many
crooks and bends in the Marais des
Cygne river. It is the general i'm |
preston of the citizens that If the |
river was Strengthened the overflow
of the bottoms would not ba so fra
quent or extensive. There can be /
no question as TO the correctness of
this theory, The river through these
townships is very crooked. In Usage
township, we are told ditch cut for