The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1900-03-29
j. ID. Allen traded his residence
property on Ohio street for Mrs. T.
W. Chllds property on Quality Hill "

d. L. Allen traded his residence
property on Ohio street for Mrs. 7.
W. Childs property on Quality Hill !"
The city election will be held next
Tuesday and it is the duty of all
good democrats to turn out and vote
the straight ticket, from top to bot
tom.
Mrs. A. WEIGH, who has been spend
ing the winter with her daughter,
Mrs. Sells at Deep Water. Mo. re-
turned to Butler Tuesday and will
make her home here this summer
Lewis Deffenbnugh, a number one
harness maker and a whole-souled
young gentleman, was over from
Foster on Monday and favored us
with pleasant call and renewed.
For the past two years Mr. Kelley
has made this town an efficient Off
GER and, knowing this fact. We have
no doubt that the voters OF this city
will re elect him by an Increased ma
jority.
F. H. CrOwell received a telegram
tue i1SN vi tut Nt-tk IliiOIiiilil2 MN
of the serious illness OF his mother at
her home i'll Boston, Mass. Mr.. and
Mrs. CrOwell and little daughter
Gertrude left the same evening for
that place.
Deputy sheriff d. ID. McCann spent
several days last week in Rich Hill
assisting in invoicing the stock OF
goods of T. BellOmy, levied on by
Sheriff Mudd, under execution in
favor of c. A. Bird The goods. con-
sisting of book and notions, will be
sold Friday, April 9th.
Putnam Fadeless Dye. Brown, is
| the fastest known dye stuff to light
and washing ever used III package
dyes and is very strong, one package
producing a medium brown on three
pounds of goods Zoe per package.
Sold by FL. l.. Tucker.
Jesse Bunch, a young man - years
of age, son OF George Bunch, we'll
TODD farmer and coal miner, residing
near Mound City. Kan. committed
suicide Sunday He shot himself iii
the mouth with a pistol and died in
stantly. No cause is known for the
young man committing the rash
| act.
| Work on the new school building
in the north part of town isprOgress-
ing very satisfactorily. The excava-
ton for the basement was completed
last week and Monday, T. j. Day,
who has the contract for building the
foundation walls, put a force of ma
sons to work. 1t is hoped. with ia
vorable weather, to have these walls
completed in a week or SO.
Mr. Gus Opel of this city and Miss
Annette Foster of Springfield, Ill.
were united in marriage at the resi-
dence of Mr.. and Mrs. H. II. Lucking
Saturday evening, the ceremony
being performed by Rev Divinna. o
the Cumberland Presbyterian church
Mr. Opel, the groom, is here closing
out the Max Weiner stock of goods
| James Simpson, formerly OF New
Home township. has his paper
changed from Independence to Kan
sas City. He holds a responsible
position in large wholesale hard
ware store in that city. Among
other things he writes: How do your
Mckinley farmers like the prices or
wire and nails? We are selling barb
ed wire for 81. 30 wholesale and wire
nails for 81 60 per key. These same
nails sold in 1897 for $2.1 and wire
at S2.15. The pipe you set youl
stove up with last winter cost q
cents per Joint; in 1897 the same pipe
sold two joints for % cents. 1t takes
lust three times as much farm pro
duce to buy these things as it die
three years ago. wish | was in oil,
Bates to vote for the court house
Bates is one of the best counties il
the state and certainly deserves {
good court house"
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