The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1899-08-10

old daughter of Chas. Ferguson, of
Sprague, In attempting to climb into
a wagon the other day slipped and
fell and fractured both bones in the
left arm.
Earl Danley. the little son of Mr.
and Mrs. j. W. Danley, of Deerfeld,
Vernon county, who are visiting the
Vantrees brothers in this city, fell
and dislocated his wrist Sunday.
DR.. Boulware was called and looked
after the injury,
Judge John Fl. Sullens was in the
city Tuesday attending to business
in the office of the probate Judge.
The Judge has just completed the
erection OF a new seven room house
on his farm near Foster, and is right
at home to friends now His wheat
crop of about 100 acres did not pan
out as he had hoped, however he got
about two thirds of a crop Corn,
he said, was all O. K in the south
part of the county and they expect
to gather full crop
A. F. Jenkins (colored) editor of
the Free Silver Democratic Journal
of st Louis. spent q couple of days
in town last week soliciting sub
scriptions for his paper, and talking
straight democracy to the colored
people Of this city Mr.. jenkins
has been engaged IN the work of
organizing negro democratic free
silver clubs in the different towns in
the state, and said he had bsen quite
successful in the undertaking. He
formerly lived in Mississippi, where
hs was prosecuting attorney of Boil
ivar county, and also represented
his district in the state senate. In
the campaign of 1896 he did good
work on the stump for Bryan, speak
ing mostly in the eastern states. He
predicted red hot campaign in
1900 and Bryan sure winner. Mr..
jenkins is right bright fellow, and
as an evidence that he is all right,
carried with him a strong recon-
mendstion from Sam Cook, chairman
of the democrotic state committee.
Rich Hill Review w. @. Hedden
left for Butler at noon to attend a
meeting of the officers and commit
tees of the old settlers society, to fix
date for the annual meeting of that
venerable body. Mr.. Hedden has
resided in Bates or on the line be
tween Bates and Vernon and was
quite fossil when he arrived Hrom
old Kaintuck The Review is mis-
representing this stalwart old Ken
tuckian and adopted Missourisn.
Mr.. Hedden called on the TIMES
Saturday being in the city on bust
ness as above stated. He chatted
quite a while but didn't stay half
long enough He was as chirppy as
a red bird and has good style and
action and to call him "a fossil" is vile
Islander. We examined him carefully
and found neither barnacle on his
feet or moss on his back But a
noble fellow with big heart and q
head chuck full of gray matter of a
superior quality. Uncle Bill left US
a couple OF 16 to l wheels on sub
scription and said he had intended
to bring US q big watermelon but
forgot it in his excitement to get
over to see Uncle Ben Scott
G. D. Arnold, formerly of Summit
township, but now of Seymore, Ind
was in the city yesterday and called
on the TIMES He was back to 10 oE
after q ins farm be owns near Hol
, den, No. and to visit his daughter
Mrs Ollie Raiford, east OF town
| He came back with the intention oil
, sewing wheat On his farm and NOV
, ing back in the fall But locking
} the ground over and the failure Of
, the crop this season, he concluded
! to spend the winter in Indians, and
will come back here in the spring
, Since living in Indiana he has beer
, railroading. He said the best crops
, in Indiana this year were wheat and
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