The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1900-11-08

j. NJ. Wells purchased the C. D.
Fisk farm, north of town, paying
$40 per acre. Mr. Fisk will move to
! town.
Our friend s. NJ Talbot orders his
paper changed from Rich Hill to
Upola, Kan, where he has located.
Mrs. j. &. Clark, nee Miss Lizzie
Harris. left last week to join her hus-
band in Kansas City, where they will
make their future home.
President kcKinley for the nation
and Governor Stephens for the state |
have issued Thanksgiving procla |
tions for Thursday, Nov. Doth.
| W. +. MOsier, a substantial and in |
fiuential young farmer of the Ballard
neighborhood was in the city Mon
day and complimented us with call.
He had the dates on his paper set
ahead
At the football game Saturday at
the race track, between the Butler
and Nevada High School students,
the former had Il walkOver. the score
standing 10 to Q. We understand
the contest will be renewed at Nevada
in short time,
| The two young men who were IN
| Jail on the charge OF assaultlng the
fiambeaux boys and a policeman at
Rich Hill, on the night OF the Dockery
and Flory rallies, were acquitted on
the charge of assault but We're re-
arrested on the charge OF disturbing
the peace.
Marshall l.. Wolfe. who is back for
a few weeks with his family on bis
farm near Passaic, dropped in to see
us Oh Monday. He said he would
proba bly, return to his mountain
ranch about the first of the year.
Marshall is looking much better
than he did when here about Il year
ago
W. \. Weston, a substantial far
mer of the western part OF the cOun-
ty, favored us pleasantly and had
his dates set ahead into 1902. lie
said he tried doing without The
1 TIMES for three months and found
4 he couldn't very well do without 1t.
: This was very gratifying to us, com
inc from so substantial a source.
. A. J. Smith and wife returned last
Friday from Colorado Springs. where
: they had been for the benefit OF Mrs.
Smiths health. The many friends
: of the family will be panied to learn
4 that her condition is extremely crltl-
cal. Little il any hope OF her per
manent recovery is entertained. She
! is reported quite low at this time
and is gradually losing strength
a Adrian Journal
. We have had season OF pOhtlcs
= now let us buckle down to business
4 for a season. We have given oul
| Il
I. have most of the papers, now we VII
r devote more space to matters Q
news. This week, however, you cal
o. hear nothing but politics. If muir
der was committed and you met
= witness an hour afterwards he woult
~ want to talk about the election O
his favorite and forget to tell you o
the murder.
20 Col. Billy O. Jackson WAS in tow
Y. last Saturday night and the presenc
of this genial gentleman, for tn
time being, seemed to dispell the az
athv that has prevailed during tn
campaign. and started the tin hor
I'd brigade. There are many peopl
I'd who differ with the Col. on polltIc
IL and religion, but they all like hin
and heartily appreciate his keen WIT
% The Butler Glee Club came with hll
v and enlivened the meeting with som
r oood music.-Adrian Journal.
so 1t is announced that Miss Mario
Cockrell, daughter of Senator Cocl
ur rell. of this state. will be married
at few weeks to Professor Benjamin ID
wear Woodward, of Columbia tnlve
sitv. New York. Miss Cockrellis no
in Paris and with friends, has bee
nv travelling for some months in foreie
. countries. Professor Woodward HI
been in Paris on leave as assistaI
Commissioners General OF the I mite