The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1900-03-15

MISS Mary " hlte OF HarrisOnyllle,
spent Saturday and Sunday in the
city visiting her friend Miss Emma
Classify and meeting her many friends
in this city. Miss " hite formerly
taught in our public schools and was
a very popular teacher
J. F. Allen and son of Cedar
county, were severely whipped by a
mob OF citizens Il few nights ago and
given hours to leave the county. IT
appears that the Aliens are not de-
sirable citizens in the neighborhoOd
in which they resided.
I. }. llsOn was in TO see Us the
last of the week. He has been spend
ing the winter with his daughter.
Mrs. Collier, at Foster. He will leave
in short time for his farm near Colby,
Kan. where his son resides He ia
vOred us with renewal OF his sub
scription.
Geo. kapp, a wealthy German far
mer living near Ottawa, Kan. com
mitted suicide Friday. He had been
i'll for about week and at times was
practically demented. He had been
Respondent since his wife died four
years ago. kapp was % years OF
age.
William Gates. the Deering Harves-
ter man, formerly of this city,
now located with his family at
lola. Kansas, is in the county in
the interest OF his company. He gave
us pleasant call and renewed for his
paper He and his excellent family
have many friends in Butler.
| This is the last issue before the spe-
cial election on the court house prop
osition. This is very important to our
people and consequently we have de-
voted much space to its discussion.
to the exclusion of other matter We
trust that our efforts will result in
benefits to all, which will he the case
If the proposition carries.
| The {. F. missionary society at
Salem church in Foster will give IA
Demorest contest March goth, with
good music. Following are the con
testants: Ada Shelton. Ira BOsley.
Iva Swearens. Cordia Shelton, Una
Franklin, Marth Thomas. Hattie
Bell Dale Steele Everybody invited
to attend Admission 10 cents.
Our Young friend Ed Hook, circuit
clerk of St Clair county. is candi-
date for delegate to the national con
vention. Ed was born and raised in
this county, came OF good old demo-
cratic stock, was always active and
energetic in support OF that party.
and his many friends in this county
would be glad TO see him honored in
this matter.
Mrs Malinda Sweet, aged 1O2 years
and probably the oldest woman in
Missouri. died in the Pettis county
poor house the other day. She had
been a resident OF the county nearly
fifty years. John Pickett, her father
being one-of the pioneers OF Missouri,
Pettis county should not have al
lowed this aged lady and pioneer to
have died in the aims house.
Our old friend j. NJ. Hogan OF
Adrian. dropped in opay his respects
and dollar. as has been his custom
for many wears He has passed hls
allotted three score and ten, but is az
vigorous and stout as a man twenty
wears Younger He said that the
9th of April would be their Golden
Wedding. The TIMES joins with the
many friends of this excellent couple
in wishing them many more years o.
happiness and usefulness.
Frank Galloway, wife murderer
sentenced to be hanged, took poison
in the st. Louis Jail last Friday, and
when discovered was dead. His crime
was brutal. Heshot his wife to dealt
in a store in that city about a yeal
ago. Lately he has been wasting
away from what the doctors thought
was consumption. Postmortem ex
animation showed that he did not
have consumption. 1t was said that
he had been eating soaptO reduce his
flesh and produce the cOnsumptive
look He procured the poison by
soaking matches in water.