The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1901-02-28

ianitor.
Jim $ Specials next saturday will
he the largest sale in the history of
the c. q. ( NJ. NJ.
Mrs III. L. Bohm formerly of Bates
county, now living at Joplin. favored
Us with Il Renewal
Park Hail. one of the four iorni-
tories Tor Young women. of Park col
lego. at Parkvilla. Mo. burned Mon
day morning, None OF the - girls
in the building were injured. The
personal effects of all on The. third
floor Of the building were lost.
We see from the Clinton papers
that the abdnctiou story OF Young
FariS, near Lewis station "a short
time ago, was "a fake When the boy
returned to his home from Clinton he
owned up to his parents thar he had
manufactured the abduction story.
Col }. VI Courtney left for .Ieffer-
son City Yesterday morning to spend
II week or so ut the capital Col
Courtney is one of Bates counrv'S
most prominent stock shippers and
influential democratic politicians.
He did not state his business AT jeff
erson. but We expect TO hear from
him later
Vim. FL. Wallace. OF Kansas City,
wants to be Vests successor. and it
isn't probable that Stone. DeArmond.
Dockery or Champ Clark would oh
iect TO the senatorial toga BY the
way the Little Giants subsidy
speech looks as ii he himself might
have further use for his own shoes
Pleasant Hill Post
5. L. Wallace. from Worland. made
us 1t pleasant call on Monday. He
showed Us a Keepsake, he had in the
hand of a ieweler for repair, i'll the
shape OF a gold ring, made from a
coin, taken from the pockets of his
father in-law, Eben Dewese, after he
was killed at Lone Jack, on the 10th
of Aug. So
The republicans of Mt. Pleasant
township will hold what they call Il
citizens convention at the circuit
court room, Saturday, March, ,. at
| o'clock, to nominate a township
ticket. The republicans Of this town
ship ought to have spunk enough To
get out from under cover of citizen
and go it straight or not at all
Judge w. W. Graves. Thos W.
Silvers. F. H. HOlcomb and JnO. :.
| Francisco, composed the committee
of lawyers that examined j. Z. Thur
man and {. H. Rucker for admission
to the bar. Both gentlemen stood
the ordeal for three hours and passed
very creditable examinations. being
admitted to the bar and licensed tC
|
Lone Oak No. / wears the laurel'
for being the banner precinct voting
on the court house proposition. L
was the intention OF the boys dowI
there TO bring up a solid vote in in
vor of the proposition but one go
away. The vote stood - for,
against. North New Home came
next with 40 TO >. One OF those vot
ing no. did SO by mistak or that pre-
cinct would have carried of tn
laurels
We are in receipt ofcards announc
ing the marriage OF Miss Josephin
Parsons to Mr.. jerry CulbertsOn. a
Harrisonville on Febv Doth. 1901
Mr.. Culbertson is prominent youn:
attorney OF that city, is prosecuting
attorney OF Cass county. He wa
born and raised in this county an
our people have watched his advance
ment in the legal profession Wit
great interest. In his advancement
to the degree of benedict we hastei
to offer our congratulations.
One thousand soldiers passe,
through here Tuesday on route iron
| Columbus. Ohio. to the Philippines
There were eight car loads OF them
They will travel over the Missouri
Pacific and Pueblo X Rio Grande t
Salt Lake and on to San Francisco
where they will board ship for Ma
Mia. They seemed To be in ga
spirits while in Pleasant Hill. Tn
train only remained here a few min