The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1899-11-23

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a pleasant call. He ranks among the
best and most faithful news cores
pondents in the county and has many
friends among the newspaper men,"
Mr.. Park is the faithful and valued
correspondent of THE TINES
The Adrian Journal reports a seri-
GUS accident which befell Mrs. J. III.
Parker, OF that neighborhood, few
days ago. She was returning home
riding on load of coal and fell from
the wagon, breaking two of her ribs.
! Two weeks ago her husband-met
with an accident in which one of his
legs was broken.
J. 4. Wright writes us to change
his paper from Dawson, Indian Ty.,
f! to Chicago, where he goes to live.
| He said the change was made on ac-
count of the health of his family He
thinks the Indian Territory could be
made a great farming country. Mr..
Wright has many friends in our cOun-
| ty, where he was born and raised.
j. NJ. Howe, of Moorefield, KY, re-
members us with a renewal and kind
expressions. He has large interests
in the western part of Bates, has Wis
| tied our county a number of times
and has many friends here. He is a
courteous, clever gentleman and We
hope some day he will conclude to
come to our county to live.
Our city is being stirred up on re-
ligiOus matters. Four of the churches
the NJ. f., c. p, NJ. E., South, and
Presbyterian are having revival meet
ings at night and each afternoon at
3 O'Clock they hold union services in
one of the churches. This week the
latter services are being held at the
NJ E. church, South. All of the min
listers report good meetings with
much interest.
Judge Graves spent the last of the
week and Monday of this week in
Lexington defending young Ripley,
from this county, charged with rape. |
Judge Graves was counsel in chief for |
him before he was elected to the |
bench. He received telegram Tues
day that the jury stood six to six and |
had been discharged. He thinks it |
ends the case, as this was the third |
trial.
Wednesday evening OF last week, |
Frank Walters and Miss Cora Sartain |
the handsome and accomplished |
daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. e. j. Sar-
tain, residing four miles north of
Adrain, were united in marriage by |
Rev. J. A. Brown. The ceremony
was performed at the residence of the |
brides parents and was witnessed by
a host of friends of the contracting
parties. The groom is a prosperous
young business man of Adrian.
The Old Maids Convention. held at
the Opera House Tuesday night was
quite well attended, Notwithstanding
the evening was very inclement.
Those present report a delightful
entertainment, the characters and
make up splendid and was exceeding
ly funny from beginning to. end. 1t is
to be hoped that it will be repeated
so that our people will all have an
opportunity to see how old maids act
when they are together
Harness thieves are plying their vo
cation in Vernon county. The thieves
have been operating in the neighbour
hood of Milo, AMI quite a number of
farmers have suffered the loss of their
harness. Becoming tired of these
petty thieves a number of farmers
met Friday night, and headed by Mr..
Eaton. went after and arrested three
men who gave their names as How
ard, Potter and Stenard. The pris-
oners were taken to Sheldon.
+. ". Winters, prominent and
respected German farmer of Pleasant
Gap township, died Sunday night at
o'clock. Death was caused from a
severe attack of pneumonia. The de-
ceased was 20 years old and an old
settler of the county. As a monu-
ment to his memory he leaves an un-
stained character. Honest in his
dealings, and a true neighbor and
friend Mr.. Winters was the father
of Mrs NJ. L. Fry and W. c. and Fred