The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1900-06-14
The senumeratorsa are at work

ent Indications will be short, not
more than half a crop. Wheat is
looking fine and harvest will begin in
a week or ten days.
Judge Graves held court on Mon
day TO rule on some motions carried
over from the February term, and
on Tuesday commenced the regular
June term of court.
Memorial services of the Odd Eel
lows will be held at Baptist church at
: O'Clock Sunday evening. A special
musical program has been arranged.
Services will be conducted by Rev.
Jones. The public is invited to at
tend.
The small city OF Sprague is labor
ing under the stain caused by a
small pox scare. Three we'll devel-
oped cases of the itch is reported
and an application has been made to
Sheriff Mudd and the state board of
health for the immediate quarantine
of the patients.-Rich Hill Review.
A severe hail and wind storm at
Mcpherson, Kan, Sunday, did great
damage to the wheat crop in that
locality. In Mcpherson the hail
stones smashed the large windows
in the store buildings and the side
walks were rendered impossible by
broken limbs from trees.
Jas. HI. Prather, of LeavenwOrth,
Kansas, aged - years, five months
and six days. while visiting his |
daughter Mrs. French, northwest of
town four or five miles, was stricken |
with paralysis at the breakfast table
the 9th inst and died at 10 O'Clock |
the morning of the 18th. The remains |
were shipped to his home at Leaven
worth for burial
As THE TINES went to press yester
day evening our fellow-tOwnsman
John l.. Ludwick, father-in-law OF
Judge Graves, who has been very Ill
for the past two or three weeks. was re
posted to he very low and his death
at any moment would not be unex-
pected by the family. Mr.. Ludwick
is the oldest resident settler in the
lcOunty.
Zera RaybOurn. superintendent of
the dining hall at the penitentiary,
was a pleasant caller at THE TINES
tOlIlCe the QUIET 11t IbI ptCh
attending the state convention in
ksnsas City and dropped off here to
see old friends. Zera owns a nice lit
tie farm in Homer township. He went
out to Join his wife, who had been
visiting friends in the county for sew
eral DAYS.
The Bates county jail now holds
| i s.. = h. f.y.x-
as follows: Fred Tusher, horse steal
ing, two years; Gus Mills, burglary,
three years: Geo. Grover, incest, five
years: John Faulkner, bank robbery,
= seven years. The four last named
i were convicted and sentenced at the
7 February term of court, but were held
a on account of quarantine regulations
at the penitentiary.
The police of Clinton have finally
II captured ''Jack the PEPPER" who,
~ for several weeks has been greatly
, annoying the homes of unprotected
Is women by his visits after night and
peeping into the windows. The fellow
turned out to be Sam DOdson. who
4 is mentally unbalanced. He was ia
q ken before the county court and sent
g to the asy lum.
We don't want to list Brother
Hardy OF the Rockville Reflex, as
he kicker. He had fair show before
"a the primary, which was conducted in
IT a fair and impartial manner. Bro.
ef Hardy made good race and, like
the balance of the BOYS who lost out,
a he should take his medicine and he
" should do so gracefully.
in Miss Ida Whitsitt, who for the past
two years has been holding a posi-
ton in the public schools at Spring
&c field. No, has been elected and ac-
a cepted a position in the Butler
As schools. Miss Whitsitt has had sew
ne eral years experience in teaching and
is reckoned among the best instruct
II ors. THE TINES hopes to see the
/ schools prove a great success this
an year.
Oh Prof H. O. Aaxey of Amsterdam
and his brother K. \. Maxey, oil
ms Johnstown, complimented Us with a
Is. call on Monday. Prof Maxey has
ut been retained to teach the Amster-
ne dam schools for the sixth term. hav-
ing lust closed his fifth year in that
town. r. \. Maxey is bright, ener-
1y yetic young gentleman and will prob
Is, ably soon accept a position with a
ks commission firm in Kansas City
Tn which has been rendered him.
ID.
The June term of Circuit court was
Sh convened by Judge Graves Tuesday
n, morning. The docket for this term
ia is very light and contains few cases
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