The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1900-01-04

BIOS. O-oC
General and Mrs. H. c. Clark re
turned home from jefferson City
Tuesday.
We take great pleasure in setting
| W. N, Hardinger's date ahead ar
other year.
J. Dark favored us with a renewal
] OF his subscription, for which he will
accept our thanks.
Through the courtesy of Virginia q
popular postmistress, we add the
name of C. A. Jackson to our list
The trials of McGinnis and Ed
wards, charged with murder, go over
to the February term of court.
Ira hardin favored us with re-
newal of the paper sent to his brother
Geo. w. Hardin, at Sweetwater, lii.
j. j. Wolfe of Charlotte township,
favored US pleasantly and renewed
his subscription for his brother j. L.
Wolfe, at Burlington, Kan.
Our highly esteemed lady subscrib-
er Mrs. Eva " ills, of Lone Oak, ia
vored us with q renewal, which has
been her annual custom for many
years, and for which she will accept
our thanks.
We are in receiI of friendly letter
from Capt Geo. A. Todd, from Taco
ma, Wash. He is visiting his brother,
Hon. J. C. Todd at that place, He is
going to make trip soon through
British Columbia, and has accepted
an invitation to take trip to Cape
Nome in the spring. Capt. Todd asks
to be remembered to his many friends.
THE TINES had apleasant call from
T. C. Robinson and three children.
Glenn, Maud and Leda. The three
children are attending college at
Camden Point. Mo-, and are doing
we'll. Mr.. Robinson who has been
travelling in the north and east for
the past year, came down to look
after a fine farm he owns near
Sprague, and brought his children
along to spend few days with their
acquaintance in the west part of the
county.
A political barn stormer puts in
about three days getting up speech
and then he goes tramping around
over the state delivering the same
studio old speech in forty different
towns. The same gestures, the same
wailing OF the eyes, the SAME flop of
the ears and the same worn out
stories; and the people congratulate
him at each closing upon his wonder
full craftsmanship. But the editor,
that's different. If he don't get up
columns OF bright, fresh original
matter every day in the week, his
threaten to come around
and set fire to his office.-Ex.
Our highly esteemed lady friend
Mrs. Martha Oldham of Virginia,
favored us with a pleasant call and
renewed for The TIMES. She had
brought her brother James Ritchey
to town to take the train for his
home in Riley County, Kansas. He
has been visiting his sister and rela-
tives during the holidays. Mrs. Old
ham informs us of the death of
Williamson Keeton, at his home four
miles north of Virginia on last Tues
day. He was 80 yeare old on Christ
mas day. He died in his chair He
was an old resident, having lived at
the same place before Bates county
was organized.
In the Circuit court at Warrens-
burg, suit for $4,000 damages
was fled by Myrtle Blackwell. of
Iowa. against Guy V. Hall, of Kan
sas City, for breach of promise to
Soon after the suit was filed |
Sheriff Lear received a telegram from
Chief Hayes, of Kansas City, order |
ing him to arrest Hall, who is wanted
in Kansas City on a charge OF Sc
duction. Hall is wealthy young
man, and formerly lived in Holden,
Jonson county. He was at Warrens
burg attending the final settlement |
Of the family estate in the probate
County Democrat.
Our substantial old friend G. Nc
living q short distance south