The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1900-03-29

Cuarles TlGSiOTC, popular young
man of the neighborhood, favored us
with a renewal and had his paper
changed to Hamilton, Col, for which
place he left Sunday, with his brother
George, who lives there but has been
visiting relatives and friends here for
several weeks.
The republican national conven-
ton will meet in Philadelphia June
10. the populist national convention
in Sioux Falls. S. D., May 8, the mid
populists will meet in
Cincinnati on the same day, the pro-
hibitionists III Chicago June -, and
the silver republican and democratic
national conventions will be held in
Kansas City July +.
Messers James Shelley. F. NJ
Sheeley and Chas Clardy left a few
DAYS since for Webster City Iowa, to-
geather with their live stock and
household goods. Their wives and
Miss Bertha Magarrell left this morn
ing. These three families OF excel
lent people will make their homes at
the above named place hereafter
Their Successors. the purchasers of
the Shealev rancho, will take their
places here. Rich Hill Review.
We visited Captain johnson, a
brave soldier OF the Cuban war, at
his home in Butler last Sunday. He
looks we'll and is in almost perfect
health, but is nearly helpless. He
says he is going back to the hospital
about the first of May, with the hope
of being cured, or at least being ben
Gifted We do hope he will be benefited
so he can at least get around
"Gabe" in r. H. Review
Two miners. Pete PerettO. an Ital-
ian. and Seraphim kOeheteart. Il Bel
gian, working the Rich Hill Coal Co. 5
mine No. Il, were killed by falling
slate Wednesday night. Several
other miners were also hurt more or
less. The men had Just sounded the
roof and deemed it perfectly safe and
a force had been put to work clean
ing up and preparing to timber the
roof when the mass OF slate fell, kill
ING the two men named.
L
WISE of Altoona. was in the city Mon
day, and informed us that he had
lust returned from GAINESVILLE, Texas
where ne had been spending IL week
or so at the bedside of his sister Mrs
NJ. +. Glover, who was dangerously
i'll with pneumonia. When | left heT
Thursday morning of last week, said
Mr.. Wyse. she appeared very much
better. and when | arrived at Adrian
Friday morning | was greatly shock
ed on being handed telegram as
stepped from the train informing me
of her death,
J. B. Hays. the fine stock breeder
of eastern Bates, favored us with a
pleasant call Monday. He owns :
cows and ) bulls, registered Here
fOrds, = of the bulls he will offer fOI
sale. On last Tuesday he sold Il tel
months old bull for one hundred dol
lars He went to Kansas City last
week and purchased four Hereford
cows and one bull calf. He says he
bought a 2-vear-Old Hereford heller
three wears ago for S12O. During
the three wears he sold 1925 worth OF
calves from her and she is now with
calf. Who saws dealing in fine stock
doesn't pay when properly handled
When they cannot suppress an edl
tor in the SunfOwer State, they send
him to Jail and confiscate his plant
or assassinate him. Editor Poo
Grinstead was sent to Jail and his
printing office cOntiscated to pay the
court costs, and two attempts have
been made on the life of Editor Franz
W. Elliott, from the latter of which
he is now laid up with serious wounds
Freedom of the press is not one o
| the privileges of citizenship IN the
great state of Kansas. Grinstead
which he edits i'll Jail, and Elliott pro
poses to resume the tripod as sOOr
as his wounds heal-Nevada Post.
We wish to call attention to tn,
announcement of q. W. Clardy o
Mt. Pleasant township, as a candi
date for representative. Mr.. Clard,
is an old citizen, first coming to on
county in 1873. He has been a prom
inent and influential citizen of on
city and county for many years ant
at all times an effective worker in tn
democratic party. He was twic
elected mayor of Butler. on tina
ticket. the second time by the larges
majority ever given any candidat
for that office He has been a prom
inent real estate agent for numbe
of years and knows the values O
property and the needs OF Bate
county, as well as any man within
her borders. He is we'll qualified 10
the office to which he aspires and
nominated and elected would max
a representative second to none tn