The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1901-05-02

Robert Smith has moved his news
stand and confectionery store from
the west side to a room under the
Hotel Ross. Robert is now centrally /
located and ought to do a good bus Il
mess.
Rev Cobb. pastor of the NJ Z.
Church, South, exchanged pulpits
with Rev. Brown and preached at
Altoona Sunday last, baptising two
persons. Bev. Brown who is young
man in the ministry filled Rev.
Cobb's pulpit in this city and preach
ed two interesting sermons.
Col. \. A. Wade, g. B. Wade and
wife and Miss Lizzie Ross went over
to PleasantOn, Kan, Tuesday morn |
ing to attend the funeral of Miss |
Maggie Kennedy, daughter OF Robt. |
Kennedy The deceased with her |
parents formerly lived in Butler, and |
| the family have many warm friends |
here who will regret to learn OF her
| death.
Armstrong and Paddock shipped
495 hogs from the Butler depot 10
| Kansas City Friday evening. 1t
took six ears 80 feet long TO trans
port them These hogs were fed on
Mr. Armstrong; farm. Just north
west of the city limits. 1t is said
this was the largest number OF hogs
ever shipped from this depot at
single shipment.
Gottlieb Schoch, of Appleton City,
advertised for a wife and received an
answer from Emma Reutchauser, OF
Germany, which pleased him so
much that he sent her money t.
come over on. She arrived the other
day and Gottlieb hurried to Clinton
for a license to wed. GOttlieb is
nearly 90 while his lady love was
born ~ years ago.-Clinton Demo-
icrat.
Gov. Dockery has pardoned Chas.
Brown, an old soldier who has been
held in Jail at Harrisonyille the past
wear awaiting transfer to the penl-
Tertiary. The petition for his par
don was signed by Judge Jarrett,
prosecuting attorney Barnett, sherlfi
Woodbridge and j. ID. holland, the
prosecuting witness. Brown was
convicted of forgery.
r. NJ. Braden, who is attending
the normal school at Narrensburg
and who has been quite sick the past
two weeks. writes his father, RObt. l.
Braden. that he is much better and
hopes to be out again IN a few days
Miss Mary Bradden, also attending
the normal, arrived home the latter
part of last week to spend few days
visiting homefolks. She returns tC
school this week.
The Adrian Journal records the
sudden death of W. W. Rodman,
farmer living on the White place
two miles west of Adrian, Friday
morning last. Heart disease Is sup
IT posed to be the cause. He appeared
l. TO be in his usual health in the morn
l. ing and ate a hearty breakfast, afte
3. which he went to the hay shed wher
2. his dead body was found
n Albert A. Mossberger was brough
e before Judge Graves at Nevada, Sat
IS urday and plead guilty to obtalnln:
1T money under false pretense. A mn
v OF s. in one case and $40 IN anothe
was assessed against him and III dt
fault of payment he was sent to lal
&c .Iudoe Graves was "a { Nevada as spe
Sc cial Judge in the trial OF Pat Brod
II for the murder OF his wife.
q The funeral of ". F Eckels, VIII
died at his home in Lone Oak toWI
shin Thursday evening OF last weei
~ of pneumonia, took place Saturda,
He was "a years of age, unmarried
~ and was one of the prominent citizen
~ of that township, having been cleo
ed collector a second term on I'll
democratic ticket. Mrs. Rebecc
yh Eckels. mother OF deceased,
as reported dangerously i'll with Il
er same disease.
r. Y. Williams, prominent Iarm'
and breeder of fine stock, died qul
ar Suddenly at his home east OF Burdet
rk Saturday. Mr.. Williams fOrmer
be lived half a mile west OF Passaic- t
zee was a farmer OF thoroughbred hos
, and chickens and did quite on exte
siva business in that line. He hs
ouite an exhibit OF hogs and chicken
'u- at our street fairs and carried OH
Use number of the premiums. Inc II
- III merous friends OF the family Ill
M county viii be sorry 10 learn OF
:" death.
- 4 small house on Fl. Scott sire
~ owned by uncle Tommy Heath al
81; occupied by Mrs. Bishop. a wld'
- woman. who took in washing for q |
en ing, burned 10 the ground about
&C o'clock Sunday morning. When d
covered to be on fire the building "
ant too far gone to save any. OF I
household effects. Mrs Bishop a