The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1901-08-01

Hope and good cheer was written
on the face OF every farmer in town
on Tuesday. The elegant showers
had set him smiling again.
THE TINES take pleasure in enroll
ing the name OF J. Frank Chambers.
late editor OF the Bates County Re-
publican, now engaged III the stock
business with headquarters at But
Ter
The Nevada Post reports that
Ezra, the seven-year-old son OF An
drew Hamaker, living near Deerfield.
Vernon county, was shot III the head
with d target rifle Sunday and dan
gerOusly wounded.
The day OF prayer, designated by
the governor and generally observed
over the state by Christian people,
might not have had any connection
with the splendid rains in less than
a week, but the proclamation was
made, the prayers said and the rains
followed
Approaching the condition OF the
farmers owing to the continued
drought. the NJ. X & T. railroad has
made a half-fare freight rate for all
feed products shipped on its line to
supply the wants of the people caused
by the crop failure, says the Mont
rose Recorder.
John L. Lay, a farmer residing five
miles south of Knob NOster, had his
barn fired by lightning and lost three
horses. 500 bushels OF corn. ten tons
of timothy hay, two surries and a
LOT of implements. He had 800 in
surance on the barn. The contents
were a total loss.
NJ. Y. Gideon, receiver at the land
office has received but one home
stead application since July - and
says that such a thing has not oc-
Cured before for a period of % years.
He thinks the rush for homes in the
new territory is responsible for the
decline in demands for land in south
west Missouri Springfield Record.
Postmaster Wheeler, of Know.
Dade county, shot and badly wound
ed Herman Akers and Erman Smith.
With "a crowd of young fellows who
had filled up on bad whisky, they
were pelting the postoftice building
with stones. They paid no attention
to a request to stop and the post
master fired into the crowd with a
shot gun with the above result.
The 'Divine Healer business fre-
quently gets a hard Jolt in this cOun-
try There is Francis Schlatter,
commonly known throughout the
country as ''Schlatter, the Divine
Healer, was arrested in " ashingtOn
City on the 18th and locked up in the
police station on a charge OF va
grancy. Schlatter is the king bee OF
that class OF frauds.-ClintOn Demo-
crat.
Carrie McFarran, aged >, and her
brother -, and Carrie Baldwin. all
cOlOred, were drowned in the Usage
river near OsceOla, one day last week.
They were out gathering blackberries
and concluded to wade in the water
to cool off, when one ofthem stepped
into a deep hole and pulled the other
two after. 4 smaller child witnessed
the accident and gave the alarm.
The bodies were recovered.
\ Jury in the circuit court at
Waynesville got the idea that the
constitutional amendment adopted
at the last election gave three-fOurths
OF them the power to return verdict
of guilty. and ten of them returned a
verdict against Daniel Bryant for
arson and fixed his punishment at
five years in the penitentiary, says
the Lebanon Republican. The jury
was discharged. but the verdict was
set aside as soon as the iudge learned
of the mistake
The ladies OF some OF our sister
towns have been conidenced by a
willy stranger who represents that he
is an agent for the Woman's Home
Companion and for every one dollar
subscription. cash in advance, he
agrees to send a 81 dress pattern or