The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1899-03-02
Virginia Items.

We write what We hear the Virginians say is
true;
Dear Reader. don blame as FIVE hear EN- say
What happens yea.
Mrs R F Harper on the sick list
Saturday.
Ben Watkins baby took sick on
Thursday at o'clock and died in
hours. 1t was buried Saturday.
H Brown of Osawotamie, Kan,
stopped over Friday night with
Aaron. He was on his way TO Pulaski
county, Mo, where he is moving.
Harrison Neal moved near Mound
City, Kan, Wednesday of last week.
Geo Ruble is repairing his tenant
house.
Tobe Martin of Roswell, South
Dakota, is visiting his old playmates
around Virginia. His father, Moses
Martin, settled here in 1867; sold his
farm III 1882 and moved to 5. d. This
is Tobe's first visit in l. years. He
says there has not been the improve
ment here he expected. His mother
has been dead a number of years; his
father went to Illinois and married
the widow that owned the farm that
he sold when he moved to Bates
county. He is near Breckinridge.
The family is now scattered; Pres
lives at Webb City, Mo, Tom Hays
and Geo Flesher live in Oregon, they
married the two oldest girls; Sam
| lives in southern Illinois; Jake at
Lake City, Mimi, Tobe, Lutitia, Dol
lie and Kate are living at Roswell.
Miss Lizzie Coulter has returned
| from Iowa. where she has been Wis
iting relatives the past three months.
Rev VIM Coulter has moved in the
Dick Craig house south of Virginia.
The rain kept most of the populists
at home Saturday.
| L A Wright, free silver candidate
for justice of the peace, is stumping
the township. He is telling the young
people that he will say the marriage
ceremony for half price.
BF Biggs spent a few days last
week at independence, Mo.
Miss Clemma jackson of Walstreet,
Kan, is visiting her brother Cliff and
old friends.
s 8 at Virginia was not very well
attended Sabbath.
There will be three weddings in
the near future not far from Virginia.
School teachers could do better to
remain single; there are always
young ladies attending school that
would speak a good word for them.
Young men who are renting land
certainly would find it cheaper for
them to do their own cooking than
to have some one 10 work for them.
Ifa Young man gets a wife it adds
expense, new hats and dresses and
they all cost.
Some of oul farmers were sowing
grass seed last week.
Isaac Park has built new shed 70
his barn.
Ed Dudley, Rufus Sellers and Jim
Moss were at Blue Mound, Kan, last
week.
Gus Rape Is still confined 70 his bed.
Mrf Myra Bradley, sister of Mrs
Ben Watkins, who died in the asy-
lum at Nevada, a short time ago, was
buried at Mulberry Monday.
Fred Heckadon moved Tuesday 10
Linn county, Kan, near Walstreet.
Miss Mary WyIner is the only new
case of measles reported up TO date.
She wos quite sick Friday night and
DR. Lamb was called, but she was
better Monday.
/ LLJudy started Monday for But
Ter with a load OF coal; all went vel
until he got IN front OF Washington
Parks house, when his wagon broke
through the frozen ground and sank
in the sand. H had 70 unload hi:
coal before he could get his wagon
out. He sold the coal 10 D c Wolfe
The populists WI hold their town
ship convention 4 4cFadden's hal
Saturday March =, al one O'Clock.
Married, on rhe evenine of Feb p
! a the residence os the brides par
euts. lr Emmett Burke and Ms:
! Nellie MeElroy, Re- Pyle of The u +
church. offcta-i1e. These pEesen
: were ] H McElg5y and family, W.
; Hardinger and family, Everett DrEs
: dale and wife ot Butler, Frank lie