The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1901-03-21

See those regular 81 Madras shirts
we are selling at Toe, at the American.
The maple trees are budding out
and the blue grass lawns are green.
Bring yourpoultry. eggs and other
truck to Jim's {. q. & NJ. NJ.
Thousands of bIackbirds have ar
rived from the south, which is an in
dlcation that spring is here.
Geo. f. Ruble, a wealthy and high
ly respected farmer OF western Bates.
favored us the last of the week.
i The ordinance against selling or
giving away cigarette papers ought
to be enforced or scratched OFF the
| books
a boiler room for the ice plant and
creamery is being erected. The ma
sons are putting in the foundation
walls.
Nate Silva is still boarder at the
| Jail. Sheriff Smith will take him to
the penltentiary as soon as the quar-
antlne at that Institution is raised
o. II. COuchman writes from Hele-
ma, Mont, that they have had an
open winter. and that ii mineral
boom is looked for in the spring. He
RENTS for renewal
! DR.. BOulware returned home vester-
day morning from Fulton. Galloway
county, where he was called Sunday
evening on account OF the serious
| illness OF his sister
Another shipment OF our famous
"Walk-Over' shoes lust In and they
are 'beauts. Best shoe on earth
for the money. S3.5Oand 81 Amer
| lean Clothing House
This is the time OF year to primp
| up your home Nothing adds more
to the appearance OF home than
paint, nice blue grass lawn. flow
ers and ornamental trees.
Sandford Hardy has started the
| Reflex, at COmanche. |. T. We wish
him success and hope he will line his
pockets, and advise him to fight shy
OF controversies with preachers.
The body of a white man about
40 years of age, with a sixty-pound
stone tied around his neck, was
found in the river about four miles
below Lexington, Mo, a few days
ago.
Go to your school election on Tues
day, April ,, vote for every PROPOSE
ton that tends to improve your
schools and vote for Fl. O. Maxey,
democratic nominee for school com
missioner.
Our popular young friend Joseph
Reeder, called and had The TINES
sent to his address at Adrian. He
and his beautiful young wife have
located on a fine farm in Mound
township.
The prisoners in the jail at Clinton
are being worked on the roads. The
last few days the sheriff has been us
ing them breaking rock on the pub
lie square and filling up the holes
about the hitch rack.
More than half of the town of Bis
marck, Mo, was destroyed by fire
Monday night. The town has no
fire department and the high wind
made it impossible for the citizens to
stop the flames.
c. r. Radford. who has been quite
sick for the past two or three weeks,
is a BILE to sit up Mrs Radford, who
has also been critically ILL., is not do
ing SO we'll and is still confined to
her bed.
J. 5. Pierce is the democratic nom
inee for township trustee. No better
man lives in the township. He is
honest and conscientious in all his
dealings Everybody knows Polk
Pierce and he will be elected by a big
majority.
Thomas FentOn, member of the
grand army, and an old and esteem
ed citizen of Shawnee township, died
Friday morning Funeral services
were held at Mt. Olivet church Sun
day. and was largely attended by
neighbors and friends.
Henry Goodwin performed the du-
ties of the office of constable SO salts |
factorily for the past two years, that
his party renOminated him for
another term. He is a good man
for the place and should be reelected.
The Hume Telephone says: eve
publish the Telephone for the benefit |
OF our readers. Those who are not |
readers are OF the opinion the paper
is published for the benefit of repub-
lican candidates. At least that is |
the conclusion to be drawn in the con-
test for school commissioner
Lieutenant Edward DeArmond, |
son of congressman DeArmond, who |