The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1900-05-10

Our old friend Matt Adams. at Ny
hart observes his yearly custom by
sending a remittance to The TIMES
for renewal.
Mrs. ID. A. Colver and children re-
turned from protracted visit TO rel
atives in Florida. on Saturday morn
ing.
A very interesting letter from J. (.
kretzlnger, now residing i'll Okla
homa, is printed on an inside page of
this issue.
The county court did not ask one
J. Frank Chambers as TO the al
pointment of institute instructors.
and the county court does not care Il
whit whether the appointments made
suit j. Frank Chambers or his patent
sheet.
Harry c. Dickinson. "a we'll known
saloon keeper of Kansas City com
mitted suicide by shooting himself in
the head Friday He was on good
terms with his family. OF a jovial
nature and it Is unaccountabl BILE Just
why he took his life.
r. L. Graves had a 2-year-old colt
badly injured the other day. 4 cash
four or five inches long and two or
three inches deep was cut between its
fore legs Whether the injury was
the result OF an accident ormaliciOus-
ness Mr.. Graves * unable to say. but
he Is of the opinion that il was not
an accident.
Dr. Boulware has temporarily
moved his office one stairway west.
He can now be found over Jim Smith :
grocery store, next door to the Mis-
souri, State Bank The store build
ing he was over is being re-mOdeied
and as soon as completed he will
move back to his old quarters. and
into one OF the neatest offices in the
town. az it will be fitted up especially
for his convenience.
The wind storm in our section OF
the county was pretty severe sunday
evening said Hub. Smizer. of Pleas
ant Gap township who called Tues
dav. There was cOnsidera bic dam
| dSt tltlIC anu tiilOliE ILV i'cEtlS war
LATE Cassitv. who had section Of
the roof of his barn tore off. Cass
Rains and Adalph BriXner. each lost
their hay sheds. the Nichols Bros,
on the DOnohue farm also lost two
hay sheds. At the residence of jim
| keeble two doors and a window We're
| blown out The people We're badly
frightened and those that had cell
ars sought safety. The leaves OF the
| growing corn was badly dashed and
some of the fields app cared to be
ruined but is coming out all right
| again.
To-day at high noon will be mar
ried VIM NJ. Arnold and Mrs. An
ME Smith. widow of the late Tilden
| H. Smith. The wedding will take
place at the suburban residence of
the brides mother Mrs. VIM. F Hem
| street. Only relatives and most in
| innate friends of the contractingI ar
| ties invited Mr.. Arnold is one of
our most worthy and successful
young business men, the bride was
born and raised i'll our city and is a
most anna bic lady. They both have a
|
in best wishes. They go to house
keeping at once in the home prepare
by the groom on North Main street.
W. NJ. Steffin. one of Bates county :
most successful farmers. called Satur-
day and had his dates set ahead
another year. Mr.. Steffin not only
understands farming but has decided
ideas on all public questions. He
came to this country from Kentucky,
whore he farmed syndicate land and
was taught that people had few rights
that corporations should regard
His Independent spirit rebelled
against the effort to dictate his vote
and although a strong republican
became convinced that that party
was but an instrument in the hands
of trusts He is convinced that the
salvation of the country lays in th.
SUCCESS OF the democratic party and
is strong for Bryan.
The body of Miss Eugenia Newman
who died at the residence OF :. W
DOolev, in this city Friday, was ship
ped to st. Louis Sunday for burial
She was 50 years old and her death
was due TO diabetis. of which disease
she had been a sufferer long time
Miss Newman was a particular FRIEND
of Mr.. and Mrs. Dooley and for the
past eighteen months has been max
ing her home with this family. DE
ceased was quite wealthy and highly
connected as the following sketch o
her family connections. taken from
Mondays st. Louis Republic will ex
plain: Miss Eugenia Newman, who
wa. cousin of the late Socrate:
Newman and also of ". y. Halde
man. editor and publisher OF thu
Louisville Courier-J surnal, died Fri
dar a R11t lor. An a ftar a lnoarlno