The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1901-06-06

Plate Glass, Accident or Burglar In
surance. 14-tf
The Butler bali team defeated the
Nevada team at the Nevada Fair
grounds on Sunday afternoon last.
This being two straight defeats the
Nevada team will gracefully admit
the superiority of the Butler team.
The score for Sunday was as follows:
Butler....O 3 , / o o o 4 Sd
Nevada....1 O 0 | o Q , /
The Bank OF Commerce team of Kan
sas City. will play Butler at Lake
and Park grounds next Saturday.
On Tuesday of last week two Pleas
anton, Kan, boys were drowned III
the Marias DIES Cygnes river, near
that town, while in swimming. Ted
Baker, aged IL years, son OF the
proprietor of the Pleasanton mills,
was drowning and Harry Norman,
Is years of age, went to his rescue
and both boys lost their lives. Nor
man was a member of this years
graduating class in the public schools
and was a bright manly fellow.
MARRIED-At the residence of John
Argenbright, on West Harrison St,
this city, j. f. Argenbright and Miss
Dora l.. Browning, both of Bates
county, c. b. Lotspeich, pastor of
the Christian church. officiating. 1t
was a very quiet wedding, only the
immediate relatives of the contract
ing parties being present. After the
ceremony the newly married couple
left for their future home. near Al
tona.
From the Review we see that some
of Rich Hills prominent business
men had little set-tO on Thursday
evening which promised results for
awhile. but mutual explanation
smoothed grim visaged wars
wrinkled front and all ended as love
ly as a June day, and the city was
considerably enriched Those little
pleasantries come high some time
bat the citizens of that town must
have some kind of diversion. Like
most quarrels it all started in a Joke
DR.. Peeler, Il young gentleman who
grew to manhood in Bates county,
died in Denver, Col, last Tuesday of
consumption, and his remains were
brought home and buried from the
Pleasant Grove church, southwest of
Appleton City, on Thursday at 1OI
O'Clock. DR.. Peeler was a son of
David Peeler of Round Prairie. Bates
county. Deceased leaves a wife and
one child, besides many relatives and
friends mourn his death.-Appleton
City Tribune.
Our highly esteemed friend, l. F. |
Ellington places us under renewed |
obligations. Mr. Ellington is pros
porous farmer of Pleasant Gap town |
ship. He came to Bates county just
after the war and was one OF the |
strong men who assisted in enfran-
chising the ex-confederate and south |
ern sympathizers. He has always |
been q loyal democrat, active in par
ty councils. He is an intelligent, |
painstaking gentleman and would |
fill acceptably any office III the Gift of |
the people of Bates county.
Decoration day was generally OBJ |
served by our people and much inter
est taken in the ceremonies of honor |
ing the dead soldiers. At 10 O'Clock |
the procession was formed on the
square with the band, q. A. r. Post
No. IS, Ladies Relief Corps. childrens
flower brigade, X. of Z. and Com |
pany b. In that order the march |
was made 70 the cemetery. where APP
propriate ceremonies were had by
the Post. The X. OF P. decorated
Or. Ely's grave. \ salute was fired
over the grave OF W ". Eldridce.
the last comrade to die. In the al
ternoon Rev. Jones delivered the ad-
dress at the Opera House