The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1900-03-22

| NJ. r. Lyle, a prominent farmer and
influential citizen of Lone Oak town
ship, favored US pleasantly while in
the city Monday and renewed for
THE TINES.
Prosperity item from Appleton City
Journal: -. p East, one of Apple
ton City's most excellent and highly
respected citizens. went to Kansas
| City few days ago with the hope OF
finding employment until we have
good crops and business improves in
Appleton City
Herman E Taubeneck, chairman
of the national committee Of the pop
ulist party in 1898, died at the home
of his brother at Seattle, Wash, on
Monday, where he had gone for his
health. The body was shipped back
to Illinois for burial.
At Lyndon, Kan, Flora f. Egan
was awarded $4,000 by jury,
against her father-in-law, John Egan,
for the alienation of her husband 5
affections. Judge Thompson consid-
cred the Judgment excessive and cut
the verdict down to $4,000. The
case will go to the supreme court.
Chief HAYES of Kansas City. has
made arrangements with the head OF
the Pinkerton Agency, for eight or
ten detectives to be used i'll Kansas
City during the democratic national
convention, to pick up pickpockets
and sneak thieves. These detectives
will be brought from New York, Phil
adelphia and Chicago.
T. Mullis, an old and highly esteem
ed citizen of Walnut township was in
the city Monday, made us pleasant
call and had his name enrolled for
THE TINES. Mr.. Mullis located in
that township in 1866. He is in his
eighty-fourth year. is hale and hearty
and we hope he will live to round out
his century.
John b. Adair, manager of the Cash
Department Store. returned Friday
last from the home of his mother at
Aikinsville, near Upton, Mo, where
he had gone Tuesday to attend the
was afflicted with consumption and
had been sick for several months and
her demise was not unexpected to the
| family.
AS chief of police of this city the
past two years, Tom Kelley has made
a most excellent record as an efficient
officer and we do not believe the citi
Gems of this town will consent to g
| change in this office Mr. Kelley il
| one of our best citizens, sober, intelli
gent and very attentive to his duties
We predict his reelection by an in
creased aiOrity over two years ago
Uncle John S. chart, our venerable
aud esteemed friend from Nyhart
called Saturday and renewed. He re
ported his daughter, Mrs. Ben Creig
Ter, who has been very low with pneu
monia as some better and said the
family now had hopes of her early re-
covery Mr. Creigler is also quite
sick with stomach trouble. Mr.
| Ehart also reported Mrs. Jesse Smith
| of Nyhart, as being quite sick.
A terrible accident happened at
Nevada Saturday evening in which
| little Harry Waddell, son of A. A
Waddell, was frightfully mangled by
the cruel wheels of a freight train III
the south end OF the NJ. K. 4 T. rail.
road yards. The superstition was
that the little fellow attempted to
get on the moving train to take a
ride and lost his footing and fell un.
der the wheels.
The Kansas City courts are show
ing no mercy to foot pads operating
in that city. Last week four OF these
| highway robbers were tried and sen
fenced to the penitentiary as follows
Ed Simms, negro. forty years: Bert
| Hoskins, white, twenty years; Rich
ard Meyers, negro, thirty years. The
sentence amounts practically TO life
terms Simms, one of the men con
victed had only been out of the peni
| Tertiary two weeks.
Sheriff Mudd, says he is being great
lv annoyed by people with II morbid
curiosity to witness the execution o
| McGinnis. Every day he is receiving
letters from outside the county anC
is also bothered by people at home
Said the sheriff, should it become my
painful duty to carry out the man
dates of the law the affair will be ear
ried out with as much secrecy as it il
possible to do. Only a few person
will be admitted by card.
| Captain Vernon l.. J Johnson received
a letter from James A. DeArmon'
enclosing a notice to his father
Hon. d. A DeArmond. from H. Cla.
Evans, United States pension com