The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1900-06-28

Ernest Reed, negro. shot his wife
to death near the Frisco shops. at
Carthage They had not been living
| together and on the streets and quar-
relied when Reed pulled his pistol and
shot her.
Mound City, Kan. Standard: Sher-
| iff Morrison sold his fine bay team to
Frank Potter of Butler. last Thurs
| day at a fancy price. Frank is a
good Judge OF a horse and is always
willing to pay all he can see in an an
imal.
Three or four members Of the Sal
walton Army held religious services
on our streets at the Ross Hotel cor
ner Monday evening. In their way
the Salvation army has done great
| deal of good in this old wicked world.
The Record office has been moved
to its new quarters on the east side
OF the square over the store room
formerly occupied by Max Weiner.
Bro Austin now has much better
and more convenient quarters.
The republican central committee
of the county will meet in this city
Saturday TO arrange for holding a
county convention to nominate
| ticket. This time they say they will
ask the middle OF the readers no
boot, and intend to go it alone.
The ministers of Sedalia have ask
ed the mayor to close up everything
in the town on sundays. except hO-
tells and prescription drug stores.
Go the whole hog. preachers, close
the hotels and drugstOres and make
EN- all 90 to church.
There will be a Sunday School Con
ventiOn at Spruce next Saturday and
Sunday. June Both and July LIST
Rev. ;. T. Divinia will be in attend
ance both days. preaching a Sunday
School sermon Sunday morning and
holding Sunday School rally Sun
day afternoon.
Sheriff Morrison. of Washita coun-
ty, oklahoma. and posse were am
pushed Friday night by the Casey
gang of horse thieves for whom they
were making a search and the Sheriff
was dangerously wounded and two
OF his deputies White aud O'Donnell,
were killed.
The German editors of national
prominence have formed a commit
tee to furnish German political mat
ter for the democratic national com
mittee i'll support OF Bryan. -Four
OF these editors opposed Bryan IN
1896. Another straw indicating the
drift of public opiniOn.-EX.
A company has been organized at
Merwin to prospect for gas. A steam
drill outfit will be used and hole
300 to 100 feet will be sunk. There
would be nothing remarkable in this
company lighting Kansas City in
the near future with natural gas No
telling what is i'll the earth in Bates
county.
R. Davis. OF Denison. Texas. is Wis
iting his sisters Mrs. J. r. Jenkins
and Mrs J. c. Hayes. Mr.. Davis
holds a position with the NJ. X. Il T.
railroad as conductor of train rum
ming south from Denison. He for
merlv lived in Butler and worked at
the printers trade, holding cases on
the Democrat.
Eddie Page, 8 years OF age, kid
mapped two years ago by man and
made to beg for him. has returned to
his home at Wichita, Kan. The boy 5
. father rode thousands of miles in
search of the boy and spent every
dollar he had. The boy is bright and
tells a thrilling story of his two years
of enforced begging.
James L. Shubert, of Summit, com
. plimented Us pleasantly and substan-
italy the last of the week. Mr.. Shu-
, bert is substantial citizen, and an
active and influential democrat His
name is frequently mentioned in con-
: nection with some county office, but
he has never asked anything OF his
partv He is a good man and would
acceptably fill any Office in the coun-
ty.
Uncle George Nckissick presented
: THE TINES office with a sample oil
: wheat Yesterday grown on his farm
west of town. 1t is of the Harvest
King variety. and the seed was secur-
: ed by Mr. Mckissick in Indiana last
: spring. If the crop is as good as the
sample the yield will be all that could
, be asked and will certainly not fall
short or 30 or 30 bushels to the acre
We extend congratulations on his big
crop and hope to see the price CORE
spond.
Mack Greer, prosperous young
farmer of Summit township, compli
, mented us pleasantly and renewed
. for his mother-in-law, Mrs John
. Evans paper. Since the death O
Uncle Zohn, several years ago, Mrs