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

ballard and Dir. Albert BAKER. an
nouncement OF which was made in
THE TINES last week, has been indef-
initely postponed. We are indebted
to ]. P Edwards for the above in
formation.
The wind storm Saturday did con
siderable damage at Nevada. The
roof of the round house was neatly
all blown off, several windows and |
doors were broken and about 40 /
feet of the big smoke stock at the
water tower was blown down.
The city authorities can maeada-
mize Ohio street from the public |
square to the depot in thirty days
by putting the tramps TO work on a
rock pile. The town, for the past
week, has been overrun with these
gentlemen" of leisure.
Ex-county clerk w IL. Crawford
made his final settlement with the
county court last week. During his
four years he paid into the county
treasury S1,667 So as overpIus of
fees James Drysdale, for the four
years preceding, paid S9lG-70.
W. W Jackson, pioneer citizen
Of Clinton, died Thursday night OF
last week very sudden. He went
home from his place of business in
the evening, ate supper, went to bed
about $50 o'clock, and in the course
of couple of hours he was dead
man. Mr.. Jackson had been in the
undertaking business in Clinton for
the past thirty years.
| The appointment by the Mayor
and couciI Of NJ S White as sexton
Of the cemetery was a good one and
meets with the appreciation of our
citizens generally. Mr.. White has
had nearly sixteen years experience
as assistant sexton and no doubt Is
the best posted man on cemetery
matters to be found in the town.
Holt county farmers expect to
form an organization for the pur
pose of draining bottom lands. They
hope in this way to reclaim about
10000 acres in that county. The
farmers and owners of bottom land
in this county could do likewise
were they disposed to try the ex
pertinent.
@. j. Jones, for the past year o.
so farming near Johnstown, has pur
chased the old Henley farm of ~
: acres seven miles east of town ant
y has taken possession of the same
Mr. Jones Is a young man full o
at grit and energy and is making a sue
~ cess at farming.
The republicans fooled the popu
q lists and nominated republican 70
~ school commissioner, and the pOpu
lists fooled the republicans an
nominated populist for school con
missioner. At least, that's tie wa
botn parties console themselves owe
the nomination Of Burr Ray bourn.
~ Mr.. and Mrs w F Duvall lei
II Saturday evening for San Antonio
~ Tex to spend few weeks for MIR
DuyalIs health The TIMES wishe
be them pleasant sojourn and thf
an their best expectations may be rea
he lied 10 the benefits 10 be derive
from the trip.
or Rev. ". f. Jones is attending tt
er. conference OF his church at St. Lou
act this week We understand that b
congregation through the churC
~ cficials have petitioned for his
nd turn. Rev. Jones is not only an sb
in divine and popular with his oV
neople but is held in the highest I
:, gard and esteem by all our citizen
ID, who will be glad to welcome b
return.
IDS II. C. Poyer, living near Richard
in Vernon county, has trapped ov
fifty wild geese in the past mont
inc His method of catching them W
nus to build log pen in his field al
Que make a trail of corn leading into
P The gee se took the trail and WALK