The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1901-09-26

death OF J. A. Coulter, one OF the
towns most prominent and best cit
liens. Death was due to fiux- Mr.
Coulter had been identified with the
town since it's organization and was
an enterprising and valuable citizen
Fred Young, a merchant at Spring
field. Mo, was knocked down and
severely whipped for distributing
anarchist papers, and for being
charged with saying he was glad Me
Kinlpy was shot, but this he denied.
The mayor advised Young to pack
his goods and get out of town as the
feeling was bitter against him. h.
NJ. Tichenor, editor OF New DISPENSE
ton, a publication with anarchist
tendencies, left Springfield on advice
OF the police.
and general store with a large stock
of goods will be opened in the Cater
lin building on the south side of the
square. Some of their goods arrived
Monday and were placed in the room.
When store opens, every building on
the south side will be occupied. The
gentlemen at the head of the new
store are enterprising, their stock
will be complete. and no doubt they
will get good share of the trade.
In a difficulty. near the old Acade-
my grounds on Tuesday evening,
John Mansfield, a young man from
Burdett neighborhOOd, was pretty
roughly used by three town boys,
Dick and Olive Collins and VIII Fer
guson. He was first knocked down
with a brick. and then Ferguson cut
him three times with knife, once on
each arm and then in the side, Just
above the hip, which fortunately
did not penetrate the hollow. Fer
guson skipped as soon as the cutting
was done and officers have been I'M
able to apprehend him. The two
Collins boys were arrested. War
rants were sworn out before Squire
Hemstreet for all three of the young
men.
From S. 5. Speer we learn of the
death and burial of George Drake,
son of BAL. Drake, which occurred
last week. George was % years old,
and very promising young man.
He had been engaged to teach the
Amorett school and was to have be-
gun this week. He was stricken down
with fever and died on Thursday last.
Funeral services we're held Friday I'M
der the auspices of the Masonic lodge
at JohnstOwn, of which body he was
member Rev. Vivian preached the
funeral sermon. The death of this
young man cast a gloom over the
entire neighborhood.
A representative OF the Macon Re
publican asked the members of the
Teachers Institute who was the
greatest woman in history" A ma
iority of answers were favorable to
Queen Victoria with Helen Gould as
second, but Miss Vickery gave the
correct answer by saying: The wife
OF the Missouri farmer of moderate
means, who does her own cooking,
washing and ironing: brings up a
large family of boys and girls to use
full members of society and finds time
for her own intellectual and moral
is the greatest woman
in all history"
The Jefferson City Tribune says:
The friends of Ex-Governor Lon V.
Stephens in Jefferson City will be
pleased to learn that he will not, at |
least for the present, accept the pres
idency OF the Mississippi Trust COM
pany OF st. Louis, which is capital |
lied at $4,000 900, recently rendered |
him. but will remain here. The gov
ernor has to an unlimited degree the
OF the business world, as
shown in the stock OF this trust COM
pany jumping up 10 points on the
dollar when it was learned the posi- |
ton had been offered him.
Hatchechubbee, Ala, June 30. 1875 |
DR.. c. J. Moffete-Dear sir: can as
sure you that your Teethina Teeth
ing Powders is Indispensable to US, |
and in no single instance has it ever
proved a failure. We have tried |
soothing medicines, and everything
lpourr, To IL, {.