The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1900-12-27


to his good health.
Bob Ewing, one of the most active
and influential democrats OF eastern
Bates, called to see us while in the
city Wednesday.
Fire the other day at Golden City,
Mo. destroyed W. F. MorrOw's big
Touring mills at that place. The
contents also went with the mill and
the total loss is estimated to be $50
600
just to please old Santa Clause
and enable him to get around better
on his annual visit to the children.
it started in to snow Monday, but
thought better OF it and let up after
few fla es had fallen.
Our young friend l.. {. Culbertson,
OF Summit, favored US pleasantly,
renewing for his paper and the copy
sent to his father at Quincy. Ill. Mr..
Culbertson will shortly build on his
place in Summit. He is an energetic
relia bile and deserving young man.
Mike Curry came home to spend
Christmas with his family. Mr.. Curry
is holding the position of rOadmas
ter on the NJ. X. X T. with headQuar
tiers in the Indian Ty. His daughter,
Miss Sallie, who has been attending
school at Carthage, also returned
home to spend the holidays.
Sol Blatt & Son. who about
month ago filed a British govern
ment contract for one hundred mules
for African service, last week con
trdcted for fifty horses for the same
purpose. He shipped the first car
load OF twenty-siX animals under this
contract to Kansas City to-day
Clinton Democrat.
Ernest Roberts. son of Willis Rob
erts prominent farmer living near
Richards, Vernon county, came near
being killed at Richards the other
day by the cars He was jumping
on the training while in motion and
fell under the wheels He was cut
and bruised and his clothes were lit
orally stripped off OF him.
G. b. Wade and wife left on Mon
day to visit relatives and friends i'll
Kansas City. st. Joseph and Mary
vile, Mo Crpston. Fl. Madison and
Burlington, Iowa. They will be gone
about three weeks. THE TINES wishes
them IA pleasant time and safe Jour
ncy.
Mrs. Alice C.. Dyer. of Vancouver.
= Wash sends remittance for renewal
to THE TIMES. She is a daughter OF
". T. CoffeIt, and formerly lived il
this county. Their friends here will
: be glad to know that Mr.. and Mrs
Dyer are prospecting III their western
home.
q. NJ. Casey shipped the carcasses
OF two fine bucks to the Kansas
> City market to-day. He has between
7 two and three hundred deer on his
t eanch in the north part of the county
The animals are practically in a wild
: state. and the vicious bucks arr
killed off by shooting them.-ClinUor
Democrat.
p Mrs. Srhillin@er. of Deepwatel
e township. called and renewed for hel
son, ". @. Schillinger, Co, d. 2Otf
{. :. Init. Manila, 7. |, She sale
that her son received two copies o
The TINES every fifteen days. anC
~ they were like letters from home. H,
II thinks they will be brought back tC
y the United States about the first O
July.
Jas. II. Park. who made visit tC
T. Detroit hog ranch at Aberline, Kan.
It last week. returned Saturday Will
le three blooded female hogs OF the Du
d rock Jersey red breed. They were
pictures of beauty. q. W. and JAS
10 H. Park have gone into the breeding
of red hogs in earnest and are stock
inc their farm near Virginia with thu
of best. The Jersey red cannot be beat
= The Adrian Journal reports thu
!, death OF Mrs. Laura II. Smith. wife
OF Attorney A. ]. Smith of that city
She died Monday. December 18th
IN 1900. The deceased had been an in
Y Wild Tor a lone time and only recent