The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1901-03-07
Mrs. Ben F. Richards is visiting
relatives and friends in Kansas

NV CO anu III hdA~dS.
Lafe Classify ii prosperous and in
fuential farmer, living southeast OF
Butler, made Us pleasant call on
Tuesday and favored Us substantial
ly. He had been summoned on the
special yenire in the Edwards ease.
Mrs Emma Walker writes us from
Saratoga, Wyo., toreuew, She SAYS
over one hundred houses have been
built in that town in year. She
says it il located in "a great copper
belt. which is being developed
Butler will gain another excellent
citizen, ". T. Johnson. OF Rich Hill.
tren-urer-elect OF the county in "a
few days Mir Johnson is now pre-
pairing to move 10 Butler uurrp he
and his excellent family VIII receive ii
hearty welcome.
Robert Fancctte was convicted of
murder in the second degree. in the
circuit court at Monert, No last
week tie killed lis cousin Robert
! Faucette, last August. The Jury
brought i'm verdict which sentenced
! him to forty five years IN the state
/ peultentiary at Jefferson Cityat hard
! labor.
With every house in town oecu-
pied, an ice plant and creamery near
! ing completion, IL new court honse,
municipal ownership of electric light
plan and IA county fair on tap, But
Ter is getting on a boom which will
Increase the value of real estate ma
teriaIly
DR. Foster, attending !. }. Mckis
sick who was stricken "A short time
ago with a stroke OF paralysis, the
entire right side OF his body being
effected, informs Us that the com
plete recovery Of the patient is a
hopeless one Although some better,
it is the opinion of the physician
that the leg and arm is permanently
paralyzed.
The republican convention held at
the court room Saturday evening
nominated the following ticket fol
township officers: Trustee. }. C.
Phillips: collector, b. F. Scott; clerk
and assessor, John Speer; constable
Decatur Smith; justices. A. ). Mill
horn. W. W. Ross. T. \ Irwin: mem
bers of township board, James Ali
son and T. n irwin.
The prohibition party has nomi
mated the following ticket for Mt
Pleasant township: Trustee George
Hardin, constable Ben +. Richards
assessor w. NJ. Roe, collector \. H
Peach. Justices ". G. Coulter. \. II
Wilson, .. j. Welton; members O
township board W. II. Holloway, }
T. Blpvins. The convention was helo
at fhe residence OF ]. NJ. Vaughan.
Bud TAYLOR shot and killed hi
sweetheart. Miss Ruth NOllard, Oh
| the streets OF Kansas City Saturda,
evening. He shot at the young lad.
: who was walking on the sidewall
} with her sister. three times with 4
: rife. two Of the bullets took effec
land death resulted in an hour, Tn
i early arrival OF the police saved til
O murderer from being lyuched b
= an angry mob.
g Fire was discovered about 1
O'Clock Sunday night in the milliner
2 store Of Miss Lutte Caruthers, on Ii
: north side Of the public square. I'll
a fire department was called out an
If the IRE, which had justsrarted in ii
building. was put out without diff
Guilty and with but slight damag
There had been nc fire in the buitt
=, inr since Saturday evening and iu:
:, how the fire originated is a myster,
The papers ought to letul OH thu
a canard story of ex-sheriff Mudd b
70 ing pursued by McGinnis' ghost,
n published in the st. Louis RepubI
.. some weeks ago. The story is
j. fake from beginning to end. Sher
Mudd did not 60 70 Rich Hill in bu
" on the date mentioned McGinni
an old farm is not on the Butler al
ct Rich Hill road. The ex-sheriff do
* not know the location of the McGl
Id mis- farm and does not remember
a ever having seen or passed II, Furth
more. he says the ghost OF McGinn