The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1899-10-19

t. d. Embree called and had TEE
TINES sent to his sister, Mrs Laura
Cole. at Calvin, l. T.
Our fall millinery is as handsome
as any We ever had the pleasure OF
presenting to our many and appre-
ciated patrons. The styles are right
and prices as low az can be had any
whore. We invite YOU to call early
and make your selection
NJ 4 y EVANS
Apt Opera House Block.
Dr. j. r. Tilton. of Carlisle. Ky.
arrived in the city Saturday. spent
the night and Sundaywent toAmster-
dam TO see his friend H. F. Nickel
DR.. Tilton has landed interests III the
this county and his visit is partly OF
business nature. He keeps posted
on affairs iii this county by reading
the booming TINES
Squire g. g. Parker, of Summit
township. who raised this season -
acres OF broom corn. was hauling his
product To market Monday. He
passed through Butler on his way To
the depot with several loads, all baled
in fine shape In the market broom
corn is quoted at $40 and SO a ton.
and the Squire raised the best, OF
course. and will get the top price.
A strange and fatal disease has
made its appearance among the
horses near Ellis. Vernon county.
and quite Il number of farmers have
lost valuable animals. The disease
is pronounced by the veterinary sur
geons to be lung fever, but the farm
ers are of a different opinion. Some
farmers have lost as many as six
head of horses.
For the first time in Nodaway
county's experience a steam engine
was used in grading roads there last
week. A traction engine was hitched
to a scraper and mile OF road was
''piked' in six hours. The road over
seer under whose supervision the
work was done. considers the expert
ment a success and says he thinks it
would pay to use engines altogether
for such work
Special credit is due J. NJ. Courtney
superintendent of the stock depart
ment. and also assistant marshal,
for the faithful and untiring energy
i'll which he performed his part OF the
labor Also. too much praise cannot
be bestowed on Judge Phillips, Joe
Smith, Frank LaFollette and l. $
Paddock. marshals and superintend-
ents OF different departments, for the
| fait hful and efficient manner in which
they discharged their respective
| duties.
Mrs +. :. Carrithers. who has been
spending the past two years in Colo
RADIO and Mexico for her health. and
who returned home week or SO ago.
left Sunday night for Shelbyville
KY. to visit her little daughter,
| Glessner and relatives of Mr.. {. Al
ter remaining in Kentucky a shoI t
time she will 20 south to spend the
winter. Her Soiourn III the west has
been of great benefit to her health
and it is hoped by her many friends
here that spending the winter in the
south will permanently restore her
| health.
During a recent campaign III Ohio
the advocate on the stump of Il GER
tain candidate, speaking to an
assemblage of farmers made the
following appeal to their good sense:
Friends. let us suppose that one OF
YOU farmers has hired man You
may feel a little doubt of him at the
outset. but YOU give him fair trial.
You like him SO we'll that YOU keep
him another year And he serves YOU
in such n way that he secures still
another Encouragement. Isn't that
d good business principle?, The
orator paused and smiled down at
his audience Before he could resume.
the shrill voice of one of the farmers
had interrupted him. Say, said
the voice. how is it when the hired
man gets to thinkin that he OWNS
the hull farm? En-.
Mrs t " Dobyns, living near FL
| Dorado Springs. met with a terrible
accident Friday. at the railroad