The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1900-04-12

/ We buy our hats direct from the
factory and can save you good
money. American Clothing House.
AGENTS wANTED-We want an
agent in every township in the county
to sell Old Settlers history which is
now complete, neatly bound and
ready for delivery. Call On or write
Otto Atkinson, Butler, Mo. 22-2t
C. c. Hanks. of Campton, KY, at
tended the funeral OF Mrs ". F.
Hanks last week. He left for home
Monday. accompanied by his brother,
W. F. Hanks, who will make his
home with him in the future. The
best wishes of the people of this
county attend the ex-sheriff.
J. L. Bruner, at the head of the
Immigration department of the X.
| c. & Southern, formerly the z. & u.
| Wednesday and complimented us.
Mr. Bruner has IA number OF strong
friends in this city who are always
glad to hear of his success.
On Tuesday night two shots rang
out in North Adrian. 1t was discov-
cred next morning that J. Fl. Kelley
had shot twice at his father-in-law, } &.
S. Cline. Fortunately the shots in
hicted only slight wounds. Nothing
is known of the cause OF the trouble
Adrian Journal.
Al Lindsay, who has been living in
the F. NJ. Wyatt property on Ft.
Scott street, moved to his farm near
Prescott, Kan Monday. F. NJ.
WYATT. his father-in-law, accOmpa-
MED the family and will make his
home with his daughter. THE TINES
regrets to see this excellent family
leave Butler.
s. B. Kash, of Deepwater township,
left Wednesday morning with his
wife and two boys for Granite, Ore
gon, where they go for health and
recreation. Jess Coleman, Z. ".
Price, j NJ. Mccormick and Lum
Smith, all of the same neighborhood,
went in party for the same place
They 90 with the expectation OF
locating.
j. B. Lotspeich, one of Bates
cOunty's prosperous farmers living
near Passaic, was in the city Mon
day and said to the reporter. just
tell them we farmers are going tc
raise big crop this year that have
all my oats and flax in and have
about finished planting corn. Yes
this will be Bryan year and yol
can look for a big crop all along thu
line.
The Amoret Beacon reports clever
cases of smallpox in the Roberts ant
HAYS families near Mulberry. DIR
Lamp, representing the state board
of health, was down and investigated
| the matter and established q quaran
| tine over the families The Beacon
saws 1.-The disease is in SO mild form
that the patients have been goine
about the country and exposed man.
persons.
Judge John F. Phillips. of the fede
raj court. was taken suddenly i'll a
his home in the Metropolitan hotel
e Springfield, Mo-, Friday and 1t i
g feared his case is a serious one. as tn
physicians say he is threatened wit
!. a severe case of pneumonia. He wa
at Springfield holding a term ofeour
and had finished the docket at moo
and adjourned court. He went t
his room after dinner to take a res
j when he was taken suddenly i'll.
Alb Cunningham is nursing a broke
y collar bone. The accident happene
@ several days ago and in rather
d peculiar way. Mr.. Cunningham wa
hauling some heavy TENDERS from
saw mill south of town and in cross
d ing a small culvert the hind wheel {
IS his wagon dropped over the end OF
re throwing the timbers up in front an
g before he knew what had happene
Mr.. C. was landed head first on tt
ground and in the fall he was hurt {
above stated.
s, DR.. Gilmore. of Adrian, spent Su
It. day in our city investigating the 5
called SMALLPOX cases. He called
several houses where the disease
rs said to exist and made close exar
Vi nation. We understand the doct
- was retained to come to Butler al
>" make a personal investigation I
the purpose OF reporting MS colci
al sions. DR.. Gilmore is one OF t
n leading physicians of the county a
ed his opinion in regard to a matter
ed the above nature is worthy OF care'
Ip- consideration.
One of our merchants inform
les that a customer from the count
he told him report was in circulate
10 in their neighborhood that l deaf
it from smallpox had occurred in But
lid the past week. How such a ride
lous story could gain circulation il