The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1901-06-13
Virginia Items.

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Finder will please leaveit at Virginia
post office.
:. +. Jones returned home last
week from Crown Point, Ind. where
he had been visiting his mother and
sister.
Clarence Coulter and wife OF near
Butler, and Thomas Swagerty and
wife OF near Amsterdam. attended
childrens day here, sunday.
Quite a number OF our people at
tended the Christian Endeavor con
vention ut Butler
Miss Matte Park attended chill
drens day at Amsterdam Sabbath
T. l.. Pettys and wife OF Butler.
passed through our city sabbath
Ilb Williams of Butler. was in Nir-
ginia Sunday afternoon.
+ Misses Media Quick. Carrie Neil
! roy and Leda Wallace and Mr.. John
Burk have returned home from War
rensburg, whore they have been at
tending school the past year
Rev Niblack preached here Sab
bath night.
Childrens day at the NJ f. church
was we'll attended last Sabbath Ey-
erything was beautifully arranged.
Charles Cowan and Hampton Nick
ellis, master workmen. made the arch
and the gates and put it on the plat
form for he little folks to stand un-
der to deliver their speeches. The col
lection taken amounted To 50.
Last Sabbath some one passed
through our town in cart his feet
hanging over the dashboard. shout
der against the seat, Jug between his
legs. horses tail for lines.
Gas and oil is still the talk around
Virginia. We are now passing
one of the periods of the world that
comes about every % years. This
time the main thought is gas and
oil. Gas agents have been around
here TO lease land for oil, gas and
coal. Geo Rubel has his gas well
burning most every night. 1t makes
Il very good light. Ii it was confined
and brought into our little village it
would make light for our merchants
and churches. \ number of wears
ago Alton and Wilbur Park drilled "A
we'll for Mr.. Kent on the farm where
Lee Simpson now lives and the flow
of gas was said to be stronger than
the one here. 1t is reported that at
Charley Lee : northwest of here. gas
was found. ON the Washington Park
farm north of the Miami, plenty OF
signs of oil exist. Why not some of
the agents investigate that section?
With the oil and gas excitement
the wolf hunt. We learn that a com
pany was out short time ago on a
chase. The dogs soon struck a trail
and chased a wolf into a pond. One
OF the company went III and got the
wolf 10y the tail, threw it out and the
dogs soon killed it, The company
skinned it. Next morning there was
a shepherd dog missing, the owner of
the dog examined the wolf hide and |
it turned out 10 be his dog. The |
world moves largely by impulse
Last week there was a fight i'll the
timber northeast OF Virginia. one
fellow got his spade. The doctor was
called: nothing serious.
Ed Thornbrough first lawsuit is
booked for next Friday.
A few good showers would quiet
the nerves OF the people. The people
are moved by the Influences Of the
times.
Elder Roe will preach Sabbath at
II a m and at night
e. 4. Wallace, wife and daughter,
Miss Lottie, visited their son Gordon |
and family at Kansas City last week.
Owing to the illness Of Mrs. Maxey
H. 0. Maxey could not teach his
school at Virginia Monday Guy
Park filed the vacancy.
Dee Wheeler is going 10 school at
Columbia.
Miss Ethel Dill of Pleasanton. Kan.
is visiting the family OF Ed Thorn
brough.
Rev. Carpenter OF Independence, is
his brother and old friends.
Rev. Carpenter preached al Virginia
a number OF years ago. AARON.