The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1899-04-27

All implements sold on a guaran-
tee at Williams Bros. II not the
best you ever used return them to us.
We see from the Record that since
January 23 five members OF the G
A. r. post of this city have answered
to the last roll call. They are, Henry
Speer, NJ. Deffsnbaugh, Capt. Free
man Davis, j. A. Briggs and John
Huffman.
A democratic convention was held
in Nevada yesterday to nominate
candidate for representative OF Yer
non county to fill the vacancy caused
by the death of the late j. D. Ellis
The republicans have nominated
Judge II. L. Tillotson.
| Frank Smith, Capt. Abel, Frank
Mabbott and @. Hagedorn have re.
ceived their new shotguns ordered
from the Remington factory, New
York. The guns were made to or
der and cost S75 each. These
sportsmen will have lots of sport
snipe shooting on the bottoms.
The little town of Centralia, Boone
county, is making an affort to secure
the state fair. Fifty five of her citi-
zens have made a guaranteed offer
of 100 acres of land adjoining the
city as a site for the proposed fair.
They also offer to make q liberal
cash donation in case the fair is To-
Gated at that point.
j. W. Mcclure, the popular head
miller for Power Bros, returned the
last of the week from Looksprings,
Mo, where he had been with his
wife, who will visit her parents for
few weeks before returning home.
He is the most genial of gentlemen
and always remembers the printer,
which he did the TIMES this week
Friday evening last Mrs. j.
Everingham and Mrs. John Steele
entertained large number OF their
friends at luncheon at the home OF
Mrs. Everingham. The afternoon
was delightfully."- spent. At O'Clock
the same evening Misses Everingham
and Eakin entertained the young
folks to the queens taste.
Judge Graves, who has been hold
ing court at Warsaw, is home will
his family for a couple of weeks
when he will GO to Clinton to holC
court. While here the Judge is EN-
ploying his time selecting shade anC
ornamental trees to beautify trac
I. OF land he bought in the south
west limits of the city, on which h'
proposes to erect a handsome resi-
dence in the near future.
n The funeral of Jehn Huffman
who died at his home about three
miles west of this city Thursday o
last week, took place Saturday anc
the body was laid to rest in Gal
Hill cemetery. The services were
conducted by the G. A. r. Post o.
this city at the family residence
Y The deceased had resided in Char
lotte township, this county, for thirt.
Y years, and was held in high esteem
y by all who knew him.
The Legislative solons, out on
g iunket through the southwest, pass
a ed through Butler Sunday morning
8 on their way back to jefferson City
{ The party was composed OF Il ssna
{ tors and 20 representatives. The.
? had visited Rolls, Springfield, Car
thage and Joplin, and were to max
o a halt at Nevada for breakfast AM
L to visit the Asylum, but misundsr
d standing with the railroad compan.
q forced them to forego that pleasure
Elder Dawson, pastor of tn
+ Christian cherch of this city, VIII
had previously rendered his resigns
ton to the official board, took hi
IA final leave Sunday in farewell sci
10 mon that brought tears to the eye
% of many of the large congregatio
" present. We understand Eide
y Dawson intends to locate in th
Indian Tarriknrv where in Additiol