The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1900-04-26

The district conference of the NJ. E.
church, south, will convene in this
city on Tuesday next There will be
a number OF prominent ministers in
attendadce and We hope our citizens
will give them a cordial welcome.
Jones, Riley and Sneed. the three
government prisoners held in our jail
on the charge OF having robbed the
post office at Pittsvilie, Johnson
county, were taken to Kansas City
Tuesday by Sheriff Mudd and Payson
Hartwell. They were a hard lot of
prisoners and the sheriff is glad 70
get rid of them. Jones is the man
the sheriff was compelled to iron in
order TO subdue.
Our handsome young bachelor
friend and good subscriber q. II.
Nichols called Saturday and renew
ed There are four in the family. the
father and three sons and they reside
on the Capt. Donohue farm, six miles
southeast OF this city. They do their
own cooking, washing and ironing.
and have Just finished planting 100
acres of corn. Under the circum-
stances, said Mr. Nuchols, We enjoy
life to certain extent, but il would
be much nicer. | imagine. TO have
calico dress about the house. The
| boys are all grown and ready for the
matrimonial market, SO girls. here :
your chance.
Robert E. Johnson has made Bates
! ~
veyOr and bridge commissioner. He
is young man OF brains and energy.
sober, industrious. painstaking and
accurate in all his work and calcula-
| tiOns. lie Is courteous and gentle
manly in his intercourse with his fell
low man. He came of good old dem
ocratic stock and has been an active,
| faithful worker in that party since
| his majority. There is very little
compensation in the office and il
looks as il Mr.. Johnson will be re-
nominated without opposition. which
is as it should be-
Sheriff Audd is pretty thoroughly
convinced that after so long a time
| he has finally laid hands on the parties
who have been stealing chickens in
this section. He has the parties sus-
picioned, man and two women. I'M
der arrest at Nevada. and went down
Yesterday to bring them back TO But
Ter The parties under arrest it is
asserted were using a spring wagon
and pair OF horses in plying their
business which they had procured OF
George L. Smith, liveryman of this
city. They had disposed of the spring
wagon and had two horse wagon
when arrested.
Jack Rippetoe, the negro so serious
" wounded in the shot gun duel will
| Doc Harris last week, is reported to
| be mending slowly. Jack received a
full charge of No. 4 shot in the face
and neck, and owing to the fact that
the doctors were unable to remove
them or dress the wound properly
hopes for his recovery were extremely
slim. For two or three DAYS his neck
and face were so badly swollen it was
feared he would choke TO death This
trouble is now about over and he has
been able to take liquid nourishment
and if blood poison does not set in
Jack is in a fair way to recover. Har-
ris was arrested by Sheriff Mudd
shortly after the shooting and is now
nursing his broken arm behind the
bars in Jail.
| Uncle Bill Hedden arrived in town
Monday morning and reported for
| Jury duty at the court house. and
then a little later. being excused for
a few hours. gave THE TINES a very
pleasant call Uncle Bill owns and
operates big farm near the Vernon
county line, is a rip-roaring democrat
with lots of ''fiuence," but some how
or other he said the candidates had
given him the shake for the past six
years, not one OF them had brushed
the dirt off his feet on his door sill, or
taken a meal at his hospitable table.
| " nv this was so he was unable to
tell. as he only kept a small shepherd
dog, which was perfectly docile, and
| had not had a box of rough on rats
in the house for ten years past. All
| Jokes aside. Uncle Bill Is one OF the
best and iolliest men in Bates county.
notwit hstanding ne is authority on
corn pones and water MELONS at the
county fairs.
". 7. Meglassen. for thirty years a
resident of this county, died at his
boarding place in this city Wednes-
day of last week of pneumonia. The
body was shipped TO Nayview, La
Favette county. for burial beside the
remains OF his wife, who died in 1892.
Deceased was 6S years of age. and a
native Of Kentucky. Four children
survive: Coun and Eliza A. Prairie
township, this county Walter j..
Neevah. Wis, and Flora j.. Chilli
cothe. No. Mr. Heglassen owned a
fine farm in Prairie township where