The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1899-09-14

A0AAoS GOu, nO. Ills Is becoming
a very noted Military school.
Mrs. p Kaune had brother visit.
ing her last week, whom we had the
pleasure of meeting, but whose name
has slipped our memory. He was
distinguished looking gentleman, is
an editor and of course appears well
fed and prosperous.
Our friend Billy Tyler never fails
to remember the printer when he
has anything good Last week he
brought to our sanctum a lot of de-
llcious eating apples, the best we
have sampled this year, grown on
his fine farm in Summit township.
We have on our desk what is said to
be the full peach crop of Bates
county for 1899 It is a diminutive
specimen, picked by Mrs. L III
Burkleo, from a tree in her yard
Ii another peach was grown in the
county this year, we have failed to
hear of it,
Judge Stith made US a pleasant
call on Monday. He was on his
way home from Kentucky, where he
had spent a month on a business
and pleasure trip combined. He
spent very pleasant time among
old neighbors and friends.
Ed Robinson and AL. Palmer, two
young men of our city became in
volved in a quarrel one day last
week, and the former was stabbed
by the latter three times. The most
serious entering the lungs from the
back. Young Palmer skipped and
has not been apprehended.
The school board will submit a
proposition to build q new four
room school house on the McCuan
property in north part of town. In
our judgement this is very good
location, and as we are badly in need
of the rooms, we have no doubt the
people of the district will vote a
reasonable amount for that purpose
The Bates Zinc Mining and Devel
oping Company is a new corporation
in which a number of our prominent
citizens are interested. 4 new char
ter was received from the State the
first of the week. It was organized
for the purpose of developing some
mineral lands near Joplin, on which
the Company has secured lease.
f N Warner has returned from
Marshall county, Kansas, where he
spent ten days looking after his
large farm. As samples of the corn
crop raised in that section be
brought back with him several ears
of corn which measured 121 to IL
inches He says the big corn crop
in Kansas this year is not sxagger
ated.
Henry Frye shot and killed W. G
Pape. park superintendent OF St
Louis, Friday, because he had not
been given position. At the time
of the shooting Mr.. Pape was stand
ing in his yard with his family
After shooting Pape, Frye ran dowr
the street a short distance and ther
put the muzzle of the pistol in his
mouth and blew out his brains.
S. W. and J. R. Carroll, brothers
of Lone Oak township, made the
TINES a pleasant call on Monday
and favored US with a renewal. S
". Carroll purchased the old home
stead where they are now living
They are prosperous young farmers
clever and accommodating young
gentlemen and the TIMES is glad t.
number them among its stauncl
friends.
Public Administrator d. V. Brown
who has taken charge of the estate
of Martin I Shafer, killed by young
Edwards near Altoona some time ago
has fled suit against G F. Shafer
brother of the deceased. The peti
] ton of the administrator allege
f that G T Shafer has taken charg'
} of his deceased brothers propert,