The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1900-06-28

The population of Osceola will not
exceed ,2po souls. SAYS Mrs. era
ham, who has just completed taking
the census OF the town.
An excursion trip up the Marias
DIES Iygne river from OsceOla to Mon
egaw Springs was made Sunday last
by the little steamer, Osceola:
The TIMES office extends its thanks
TO our efficient ami popular circuit
clerk J ?. Thurman for favors ex
tended the past two or three weeks.
Kansas City is not satisfied with
getting the national convention but
wants about hall of the tickets to
the convention. Visitors should be
ia ken care of first.
John Shut. one OF our up-to-date
farmers says the late rains are help
ing out the hay crop wonderfully. and
after all the Indications are Il two
| thirds crop will be raised.
The section hands on the l.. & :
| branch of the Missouri Pacific. who
went on strike last week for a raise
III wages from S1.10 to S1.35 per
| day We're successful and have returned
| to work.
| OsceOla has a stone cruSher and
| Butler ought to have one. With a
| good crusher it wouldn't take long
to macadamize all the important
streets OF the city.
Rich Hill will celebrate the Fourth
of July on a grand scale this year
Racing matinee at the Fair grounds
at 2 clock. Fire works by the
| FlambePu Club in the evening Go
to Rich Hill and have d big day
Ben L. Welch. one of the wealthiest
and most successful live stock com
mission merchants of Kansas City.
spent Sunday and Monday III the city
with his wife. who Is visiting her
mother, Mrs f. Morrison
Ii Mckinley j. credited with pros
peritv he must also be held RESPONSE
BILE for the failure of the wheat crop
of the northwest. IT is absurd to
give him credit for the one without
responsibility OF the failure of the
other.
A first mortgage for $40, 00O. 900
was given by the Kansas CITY 4
southern railway company to the
Mercantile Trust Co, and filed for
record in the recorders office at Ne
vada Monday. So. 900 in revenue
stamps were attached to the mort
gage.
The instructors for the Institute
are A. c. Gwinn, principal OF Butler
High School: 4. l.. Ives. l.. T.. Rob
inson, Y W. Pendergast and W. j.
" right The Institute will open al
Adrian Monday. July Both and it is
anticipated that it will be largely at
tended this year.
Adrian and Rich Hill have posted
Butler with flaming posters, adver
Using the entertainments to be held
in those towns on the Fourth. But
Ter will not celebrate this year and il
is highly probable that most OF ouI
people will 90 TO Kansas City on that
day to witness the nomination of the
next President of the United States
Half of the business section oi
Bloomington, ILL.,, including five
squares OF the finest blocks of the
city and the court house, erected al
a cost of 800. 900, was destroyed by
fire the 10th inst The fire depart
ment was handicapped by an almost
total failure of the water supply and
the firemen stayed the progress o.
the fire by blowing up buildings with
dynamite. The loss is estimated tC
be from $500. 900 TO 50, 600, 900.
S. F Harris. Co. d 37th [. 5. Vol
Infantry, now soldering in Manila
writes THE TINES an interesting
Communication. descriptive OF the
country. habits and condition OF the
people. etc, which will appear next
week Mr. Harris is a Bates county
bOv. his father J. g. Harris, resides
near Aaron. which will lend in
terest TO the communication. as ht
has many friends in Bates, who vii
be glad to learn his opinion OF that
country.
J. Y. Snodgrass, one of Bate,
cOunty's most prominent and lntiu
entail citizens, dropped in 10 see u
on Saturday. He came TO Bates
; county with his parents in 1910
when but child. and mas lived her
constantly since, barring the fouI
years he was in the confederate army
: where he was IA brave soldier. HI
has seen the suns OF sixty summer
and vet no one would ever suspect i
by his appearance, as it would b
hard to find a gray hair is his head
: He had The TINES sent to his broth
er Isaac Snodgrass at Waverly
" ash.
Brother Hardy, editor of the Re
. faN a staunch and relia bic demo