The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1901-07-18
The Bates County Oil and Mineral


mitted suicide by the morphine route
in Kansas City Monday. The young
wome came 10 Kansas City from
Grain Valley. Mo. wher,. her mother
resides and j. w-II-to-Io and highly
respected citizen.
\ dispatch from Marshall. Mo.
says the greatest revival ever held in
that towns going onata large gospel
tent. conducted 10y II VI Wharton,
the great revivali~t Two services
daily are attended by from two To
four Thousand people from the town
and country, ami hundreds ara being
converted
Owing 10 the drought and scarcity
OF feed We are informed that Judge
Porter ri D-epwatrr twp, has sold
oil most Of his Thoroughbred white
face cattle. This i, "a piece OF news
We are sorry to learn. as the Judge
was breeding quite "A herd of these
famous cattle and had gotten good
start and was taking great pride in
them.
Charles +. Scott, the popular pos
tai clerk on the Interstate Division.
Mo. Pac, favored US pleasantly. Mr..
Scott might be termed one ofthe old
est postal clerks. figuring from time
OF service and not from age, a. he Is
a young man. He is clever and ac-
commodating in his relations TO the
public and very efficient in the serv-
ice.
Squire J. W Darby and his nephew
W. 5. DuvaI. OF Foster, were in the
city Monday and complimented Us.
The squire said that little railroad
talk is heard. and Fosters expected
boom had been temporarily side
tracked, but they had no fear but
what it would come later The
drought furnishes a very interesting
theme to discuss.
We are indebted to county clerk ;.
T. Broaddus for u copy of the cata-
logue of the Missouri State fair 10 be
held at Sedalia, September 9th to
18th, 1901 This is the first annual
exhibition of the state fair, provided
for by legislative enactment, and will
no doubt be literally patronized by
our people.
Quintus kaune. the bright and in
dustrious son of the late Peter
kaune, favored Us pleasantly. Mr..
kaune holds responsible position
with the Farmers Bank. He attend
ed commercial school in Kansas
City and was steuOgrapher and book
keeper for a large firm in that city up
to the time of his father : death when
he came home to assist his mother
in handling the estate
We assure Bro Wade that we deep
| Is regret that Governor Stephens, in
writing d notice of US in the Boon
willie Advertiser. failed to mention
the fact that We learned the trade
under that able exponent of the art
OF Gutenberg. Col. y. A. Wade" The
governor tells a good story about
the parrot that wanted them to
come zone at a time, SO it Is posi-
BILE he didn't want to get the big men
mixed. and the Colonel's time will
come later
The Clinton Democrat reports the
death OF Mrs Parks, wife OF Judge
James Parks. of Clinton, No. The
deceased was the daughter OF Robert
Allen, a pioneer OF Henry county. and
in his dav one OF the most influential
and prominent citizens of the coun-
tv. Mrs. Parks was born near Ashe-
Vile. North Carolina, November /.
1882. and was at the time OF her
death 6S years, : months old. She
was married TO James Parks Deem
Der "A. 1850. and TO this union one
son and five daughters were born.
The son. P. A. Parks. is a prominent
attorney of Clinton, and Is one OF the
leading figures in the counsels of the
democratic party of the state One
of the daughters is the wife OF Hon. {
c. Dickinson, present representative
OF Henry county.
| THE TINES regrets very much tC
learn that ]. r. Young, manager o
the Farmers Exchange, a grocery es
Establishment at the depot, lost hi