The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1899-02-23

yet just what day they will arrive
| home.
Our popular and substantial
republican friend Peter Kaune, of
Summit, made Us a pleasant call on
| Monday and had the date on his
/ paper set ahead He is a large and
prosperous farmer and good citizen.
Smallpox has broken out at Bos
worth, Carroll county. Forty SIX
cases are reported and nine deaths
| The disease has also reached the Vi
cinity of Wakenda and Miami, in
Saline county. Sweet Springs al=o
| has one case.
In making change sore one gave
Joe Meyer 25c piece with the fol-
lowing engraved on the back of it:
Grandmother S 63i birthday, 1897
Ii the money is of any value as
keepsake Mr.. Meyer would be glad
to have the owner call and get it
Mrs Henry Speer, who has just
recovered from a severe attack of
pneumonia is now suffering great
pain from two Assesses, one in the
head and lie other on one of her
lungs. Her son John, who was also
very sick with pneumonia at the
same time, has about recovered.
j III. Hoagan, prominent citizen
of Deer Greek, and one of the best
men and democrats in the county,
favored us pleasantly while in the
city and incidentally had his date set
ahead into the new century. He is
delegate to the county convention
next Saturday.
S W. Gutridge, prominent mer-
chant of Granite, Oregon, formerly
cold there has been precedented
Mercury froze up and spirit ther
mometer registered as low as so
degrees below zero He sent Us
remittance to set his date ahead to
May, 1900.
7. L Nelson and W. G. Hastain
prominent attorneys of Stockton
Cedar county, and W. 7. Edge, *
sheriff Of that county, are in this city
this week attending our circuit court,
They have an important suit, brought
to this county on change of venue
Mr.. Nelson was candidate for The
senate last summer and made very
creditable race.
Geo. G. Henry made us a pleasant
call and favored us substantially the
: last of the week. He is a member
+ of the present grand jury. He wa
a candidate before the last demo
cratic county convention for circui
8 clerk and made a very strong anC
creditable race There are few bet
ter men than George Henry.
h George ". Irwin, one CT orr gool
subscribers living nelr Rich Hill
was in to see Us Saturday and re
newed. He said he was making
Z preparations to move to Hamilton
, county, Montana, TO reside anC
would leave about the 10Th. Hi
r mother and two brothers, @. B. anC
8 Sylvester Twin, are now living il
Montana
The mains of the new water work
9 at Osceola, put in last sum- er, wer
/ frozen solid during the severe spell
u O: weather last week When tn
water works were built the main
o were only put under ground tn
|. feet and the city has discovered tia
II was not deep enough in extraordi
g nary weather like that of last week
No doubt many sections OF the pip
will be found bursted when the,
thaw out.
e The popuIist party, or what Is LEI
d of it, will hold a county convention
u in Butler March 4th 10 nominate
candidate for school commissioner
Just after the general election tn
. Free Press said the populist part
had gone out OF business and favor
ed a reorganization and a new dea
! new party with new name, Tn
populist party in the state has los
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