The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1900-07-19

loF lana maS county TO spend lew
weeks visiting relatives and friends.
She was accompanied by Master
John.
The Vernon county fair will open
July 81, and promises to be a sue
cess. Already - horses have been
entered IN the races not including the
running horses.
The Free Press saws Z. II. Hol-
comb. nominated on the progressive
peoples party ticket for prosecuting
attorney, was not ii candidate and
refused TO allow his name To go on
the ballot, and il Is not certain that
he will stand for election.
Charles Van Haffel. the Belgian
miner who had his back broken in a
disaster at mine IL. Rich Hill, ON
March 22d, died from the effects OF
his injuries Saturday. He was %
years Of age and single and had no
relatives in this country.
J. F. Cotton. prominent farmer
near Amsterdam. complfmented us
with a pleasant call while in the city
the last OF the week and favored u
with a renewal. He said the pros
poets for big corn crop was never
better at this season OF the year and
the yield will be simply immense if
rains continue.
c. J. Schooley southwest of town
says the fine rain has put d broad
smile on the face OF the farmers The
rain. said Mr.. Schooley, came just i'll
the niche of time to save and, send
to maturity the early corn. The
ground was getting very dry and
few more days without rain the crop
would have been cut in half.
1t is announced that Eugene Y.
Debs, presidential candidate OF the
| Social Democracy OF America. will
withdraw October LIST in favor of ".
| j. Bryan. The reason assigned
therefor is that there are strong indi-
cations that the republicans will seek
| to use the Debs movement as a means
OF alternating the labor and railroad
vote from the democratic ticket.
The Nevada Post SAYS the overflow
| of the Marmaton river and the two
| Drywoods by the recent high water
was greater than has been known for
twenty years and thousands OF acres
of as fine corn as ever grew out of he
ground was destroyed. Among the
heavy losers was John Manson. who
| lost thousand acres of corn and
hay The loss to the farmers crops
along these streams will run up into
the thousands of dollars
Richard Jarrett of Pineyille, sheriff
of Mcdonald county, was shot and
killed by Ted Fisher, Monday. The
sheriff had Fisher under arrest on
the charge of highway robbery, and
allowed him to re-enter his home with
his handouts on. Fisher returned to
the door almost immediately and
began shooting at the officer. who
was taken unawares and fell before
he could protect himself.
Chas. Fuller of Adrian. was acciden.
tally killed last week. He hauling
logs and his team ran away, throw
ing him off the wagon under the hind
wheel, which passed over his body,
causing internal injuries from which
he died the next day. He was a
brother of ex-county Judge d. c.
Fuller, and was a highly respectable
farmer, and had been a resident OF
this comfy for fifteen years.
William Reed, of Pennington town
ship. twelve miles northeast OF Mt
Vernon, Illinois. was shot from am
bush and instantly killed Sunday
afternoon while driving in a wagon
with his family. His wife was shot
through the arm and painfully
wounded. The children were IN
harmed. 1t is thought the tragedy
grew out of the killing of William
Sogor by Reed two years ago. Reed
had recently completed two years
sentence in the penitentiary for the
killing.
Frank LaFollett and Joe i. March
returned from an extended trip
through the northwest the last OF the
week. They went as far west as
Oregon and Washington and visited
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