The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1899-11-30

trading point in the county for holt
day goods this season, and with the
right kind of energy and liberal guam
tity of printers ink a harvest trade
can be reaped.
Thos. Giffe, of Chattanooga, Tenn,
has instituted a suit for So. 900
damages against United States Com
missioner of Pensions HI. Clay Evans,
on account of having disbarred him
from practice as a pension attorney.
Great floods are reported in north
ern Texas, and all the rivers in the
southern part of the Indian Territory
are out OF their banks and much dam
age has been done TO the farms and
railroads.
l.. +. Deaton of Foster. compli-
mented us pleasantly on Friday and
renewed for his paper. Mr. Deaton
is foreman of a section on the Empo-
ria road, is an honest. Woodworking
man. clever and courteous to all and
is deserving of success.
III. +. Carson, who left here about
three years ago and went TO Vernon
county, returned and is farming Just
east OF Butler. He gave Us pleasant
call and had his paper changed from
Portia to Butler. We take pleasure
in welcoming him back.
A terrible accident befell Young
Johnnie Maus, Schell City boy the
other day while out hunting 1t
seems a gun in the hands of young
companion, a cousin, went off pre-
maturely and some of the shot enter
ed young Maus' right eye, destroying
the sight entirely.
And now the gold excitement has
broken out at Schell City. In sinking
shaft on the Shields farm near that
city, at depth of - feet four-foot
vein of mineral was struck, which is
believed to contain gold. Some of
the nuggets We're taken to town and
tested with acid, and as il failed TO
affect it the gold fever is up to high
pitch.
w. NJ. Griggs, better known in
Bates county as Uncle Billy" made
us a pleasant call an Monday and
had sale bills printed for a sal of his
personal effects on Dec. u. He has
rented out his place and he and his
excellent wife are going out to the
Pacific coast to spend a year. Bates
county never had a better citizen.
nor THE TINES a better friend and
We wish them a pleasant time and a
safe return.
We were favored by a pleasant call
on Tuesday from H. Carter. formerly
a citizen of our city, now living i'm
Blaine county, Oklahoma. where he
has splendid farm, well improved.
He made the race for his claim in the
spring of 1892, at the time of the
first opening, and secured a good
one. He and his good wife are visit
ing relatives and many friends in this
vicinity, and will probably be in the
county until after the holidays.
Ex-county clerk William NJ Craw-
ford, now living on a ranch near
Goodland, Kansas, was in the city
the first of the week and favored us
with pleasant call. He said he was
doing very well, but does not like the
country as well as Bates county He
refused to vote there. and ifiIe could
sell out advantageously, would re-
turn to this county He reports the
family all in good health, except Miss
May. whose health has been poor
Dixie L. Haggard, ex-surveyor and
bridge commissioner of our county
now a wealthy citizen of Ell Dorado
Springs. favored us with a pleasant
visit while in Butler on Saturday.
He and his wife were on their way
home from attending the Moulton
Flynn wedding near Altoona, an ac-
count of which is given in our Altoona
correspondence. Mr.. Haggard ex-
poets to start on a pleasure tour of
the .'old country" about January
%, 1900. He will sail from New York
on Feb. 1, and go to Egypt, the Holy
land, Turkey. Greece, Italy and will
stop over at Monte Carlo. He will
go from there to Paris and expects
to reach that city in time for the