The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1899-07-27

Our friend, j. j. Cameron, than |
whom there is no better man in this
township, renews his allegiance of
many years standing with the TINES.
Such friends are very highly regard.
ed by US.
The following persons have gone
to Monegaw Springs to spend a |
week or ten days: z. j. Williams, |
wife and children, j. IL. Vaughan |
and family, @. B. Mcfarland and |
wife, Mrs. Norton and daughter,
Miss Lille. The TIMES wishes them
pleasant time
The preliminary trial of Dave Ed
wards, Jr-, for shooting Shaffer took
place at Altoona Saturday. Edwards
was bound over to await the action
of the grand jury in the sum of
$4,000. The State was represented
by county attorney Fl. 9. Clark, and
the defense by Thos. J. Smith aud
I. W. Silvers.
The wall to the new addition
being put to the Butler Cash De
partment Store building is about
half completed. Mr.. Adair. who is
to be manager of this store, hopes to
throw the doors open for business
about the middle of August, provid.
ed the improvements being made to
the building can be completed in
time.
While the Mayor is ordering
the weeds cut. which, by the way, is
very commendable, likewise,
should order that the trees be trim
med. On many OF the streets the
limbs are so near the ground that one
can scarcely drive a buggy along.
Then, too, the street is 80 shaded
that it takes week to dry cut after
rain. The trees should be trim
med as well as weeds cut.
A warrant for the arrest of Gov
Tanner, of Illinois, has been issued
by the game warden of Colorado. In
violation of the game law, the Gov
ernor, while hunting in that state, is
accused of killing one four pronged
buck and one young deer out OF sea
son. The penalty for each otfense
is Jail sentence of from ten days to
, six months or fine of from SO to
$500 or both.
A fire supposed to have been
I caused from spontaneous combustion
destroyed the g. 81. & D. elevator at
Toledo, Ohio, Sunday. The less on
the building and contents will reach
nearly S1,0OO,000 There was 900,-
900 bushels of wheat in building at
the time of the fire. The company
will loose about $4,000 on the
building, while the consignment of
wheat will be almost total loss.
The Beacon says Robt. Pearson,
3 of Foster, has been leasing land east
! of town for the purpose of sinking q
3 deep shaft to secure coal. It is said
the vein of coal lies about 100 feet
from the surface. Work on the
Crawford farm will be begun with
out delay and sixty miners put to
work. MIR. Pearson, it is said, rep
resents the Missouri Pacific Railroad
a Co.
3 By order of Judge Graves, Sheriff
Audd has placed guard at the jail,
. j r. Angle being the man selected.
, A large number of prisoners are
o confined in the Jail aud several OF
q them are desperate fellows. One oil
@ the prisoners confined has escaped
g from Jail four different times, so al
y a precautionary measure the judge
and sheriff thought it best to take
no chances of Jail delivery.
8 DR.. A. P. George, superintendent
J. of the Missouri Sunday School As
}. ISOLATION, spent Tuesday in the city
n and held three meetiDgssin the Bap-
. fist church. At $50 q children
4 mass meeting, at $40 a chalk talk
and at s he delivered an address
The doctor in one of the foremost
Sarday School workers in the state