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

THE TINES regrets to learn that it:
good farmer friend C. Mckenna. Hv
ing south of town. is on the sick lis1
again, and hopes for his early anC
}. complete recovery.
Ex-Gov. VIM. j. Stone. in an opeI
letter to the BOonville Advertiser
denies that a politicalcOmbine exists
between himself and Governor Dock
cry for their mutual advantage He
saws that if he is a candidate be
would want the governors help, but
hash any assurances at this time
that he would get ii.
Following is little Holden girl
composition on boys: Boys are men
that have got big as their papas.
and girls are women that will be
young ladies by and by Men were
made before women. When God
looked at Adam, he said to himself.
Well, | think | can do better if try
again. and then he made Eve God
liked Eve so much better than dam
that there have been more women
than men ever since. Boys are
trouble. They wear out evervt hing
but soap. Ii had my way, half of
the boys in the world would be girls,
and the rest would be dolls. NV
papa is SO nice that | think he must
have been a little girl when he was a
little boy"
James Dun, the young soldier be-
longing to the First Regiment. who
| was drummed out OF camp Tuesday
for appropriating Fryer & Hutchins
| beer delivery wagon, was immediate
" arrested by Chief OF Police Moore
on a state warrant charging him
with malicious mischief.
He was arraigned before Justice
POage, who fined him S25. Not be
ing able to liquidate he was sent to
jail for five days. The officer had
warrant also for Carter, the other
member of the same regiment. who
was charged with the same offense. !
but the latter was not dismissed from
the service as was originally intended !
and the officer failed to get service on |
him. Nevada Post
Speaking of VI. V. Carrolfs retire !
chiaf Of ha | HOY,
the Jefferson City Press says: Since
his connection with the State Labor !
Bureau as chief clerk he has enlarged !
and improved the character OF its |
service to such an extent that the |
publications of the Missouri Labor |
Bureau now rank among the very
best in the United States and many |
OF the statistical forms and schedules !
constructed by Mr. Carroll have been |
adopted and are now being used by !
the Labor Bureau of other States |
While acting as chief clerk under !
Commissioners ROzelle and Rixey, he |
did most of the work in the prepara- /
ton and publication of the four an
nual reports and maps issued during /
this time. The matter in the current !
years map, showing the shipments
made during 1900, was prepared I'M
der his supervision and is now in
press.
Inc n no tiapcnst nd 4
structive fires that has visited this
vicinity for several years, occurred at
the Peter Alexander farm eight miles
due northeast of this city SUNDAY L
night. The fire was discovered bv
MIR. Alexander about II O'Clock.
when the blaze was comparatively
small. At that time it was leaping
up the corner of one of the barns in
which was stored so tons of hav.
This reached, the fire spread rapidly
and surely. and before it died down
had consumed property to the value
OF SIS, 000-Mr Alexander estimates.
He carried about $4,000 insurance.
The property destroyed consisted of
live buildings, viz: The COW house
35x1S feet in size: the main barn. :
60x6O; mule shed, 7Ox1OO; old barn.
fox4S; granary 25x25. 1t these
were 5000 bushels of corn. {
all the farming machinery, fine bull,
a number of hogs and chickens and :
other property, besides the hay pre-
Tiouslv mentioned. Pheasant Hill
Times