The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1899-03-16
Ballard Breez-s,

but to-day were informed that he
had formed a partnership with one
Beaver who since left for pastures
green and Charley now has the eN-
perience and Beaver has gone, hence
Charley has broom corn for sale. but
no brooms.
Jno Nigley came down TO get oys-
tiers, etc, tor an oyster supper at
Jno Peters, since which we learn a
good time was had and large crowd
present.
Bud kuutz i not very well pleased
with his job "a guard at the Jefferson
City peniteutiary, keeps him too
close.
f l. McClenney spent day in the
timber cutting wood, the roads being
so terrible muddy cannot haul any
thing without using four horses.
Bill Reed passed driving his hogs
from Soap creek 10 his farm near
Burdett.
5 r Young and family are conva-
descent all having had the meales.
Jno Nigley & Co went south with
four horse team 10 White oak after
coal, and had TO leave the wagon in
the mud, as the horses were tired
out
a NJ Shelton bought another COW.
w T Hendrickson is stocking up
with Urich flour.
Tom Mulberry says he hauls no
more wood to Ballard, in fact, he
seems TO have gone back on the doc
tors when it comes to paying them
in wood.
Geo Evans and wife were trading
here one day last week.
Grandma Moore, mother of Lewis
and Henry Moore, is convalescent,
after tussle with the grippe. She
Is 50 years of age.
Fred Williams is home from the
south, where he and others have
been on a hunt.
Geo Price attended the funeral of
his brOther-in-law, the late Judge
Dalton, Saturday. The family have
the sympathy of old friends here, as
he resided here number of years.
Gus Duvall and family will leave
soon for X C, where we hope he will
get a good job.
Our smiths have begun pillow work.
Tom Lynch wants several car
loads of tiling for the roads in this
district, we guess to run the water
off, and a number of 12 horse power
scrapers TO move the mud.
By the way, Bates county cannot
stop with one Mud (the sheriff) but
its mud, mud all over the county in
an enormous quantity.
Why not let G y Teeter have the
contract of grading up to our bridge
at foot of Mckinley avenue?
'Our Ray" is on fruit ranch near
San Francisco. He likes the country
and work fine.
Charley Williams is gripping"
Mrs J a Wood has returned from
Ills, where she has been visiting sew
eral weeks. Jim is all smiles.
The wind Saturday unroofed
number of sheds and untopped
number of hay stacks.
The election is near at hand, and
but very little interest manifested
so far as we can learn.
We will take "time by the Ak ham
die" to-day and shorten our hogs
life, before 1t goes dead, by knocking
it In the head, and having it dressed
by our butchers, McClenney & Wood
Hendriekson has opened up a flour
room at Sam Hendrickson's, three
miles northeast of here.
Elvin Wilson, Frank Hendrix and
Fred Williams returned from the |
southern counties last week with 100 |
cattle, hope they will do well with |
them.
c r Cole is busy cutting wood, |
getting everything ready for the
measles. His brother Ned is Just |
getting over them.
Our merchants are all out Of sugar,
and it won't be long before they will !
be out of -four unless roads get good. |
Carl Decker, we learn, has quit the |
stock shipping business on account |
of the measles.
Misses Daisy and Mary Hughes |
have been quite sick with measles.
Price Bros lost hog, hence com
menced feeding the living ones Ed
ioung's hog medicine.
Willie Kiersey had quite a trip
south after a fine short horn calf his /
father bought in Dade county.
PAT.
EikhaTt Items.
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