The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1901-08-29
WANTED-A good cook at the Jail.
Apply to Mrs Joe T. Smith.

! ANTED-A good COOK at the IdlI.
Apply to Mrs Joe T. Smith
! II. Reinheimer. of Shelbvville No g.
was in the city the first of the week.
/ Mr. Reinheimer was d former citizen
| and established the Butler and Rich
| Hill telephone exchange.
Well. butler Is to have a big circus
the oath, and on that day it is safe
to predict everybody will put on their
Sunday clothes, forget the drouth
and come TO town tosee the elephant
There is one choice and npedful
crop that the farmers OF Bates failed
on completely this season. and on
| account of this failure We are now
paying $50 a bushel for shipped in
potatoes, which ought to be selIingf for
| 80" bushel
OFT Thomas. of Marshall, Mo,
aged u years. was killed at Nelson.
Saline county. Monday night, at
which place he had gone on Il visit,
His body was found i'll an alley. He
| had been knocked in the head and
robbed.
J. b. Armstrong and L. :. Pad
dock shipped car of heavy hogs to
Kansas City Tuesday evening. The
top price for hogs in Kansas City
Monday was $50. This is the high
est price paid for hogs in August in
many years.
The 23rd annual meeting of the
state association of Mexican veter-
ans of Missouri will be held in indie
pendence, Jackson county, Mo. the
| 18th and 18th of this month. Thos.
Z. Hoy is president of the associa-
ton and Jas Marion secretary.
| SO far as we have heard Isaac
| Lockridge in entitled to the belt on
| fax raising this season. From eight
acres he threshed 5Sk bushels and
sold his crop at s % a bushel. Good
for Ike, and the only harm THE
| TINES wishes is that he didn't have
| q hundred acres.
| A. H. Culver and wife, Mrs T. ".
Legg and daughter, Flora, of Butler,
| and Miss Bailey, of Foster, and Mrs.
Eta Sewer, of Summit township, left
Monday on the evening train for
| ChillicOthe, Mo. to attend State Sun
day school convention, as delegates
from this county.
Jim Settles u farmer living a few
miles northeast OF Clinton lost his
barn by fire Saturday night. The
contents, lot of valuab bile imple
ments. vehicles, etc. about 30 tons
of hay and 1900 bushels OF corn
We're also destroyed. The fire occur
red about II OclOck at night. The
barn and contents were insured.
Appleton City is in the throes OF a
postotfice fight A number of appli-
cants are after the ripe peach. The
most prominent is John \. Gilbreath.
In the charges and cOunter-charge
the boys in their desperation to serve
Uncle Sam. will be moderate and
considerable for each other feelings.
\ message to THE TINES from Nan
sas City announces that Colum bus
Orear. former citizen OF Summit
township. this county, died in that
city Tuesday OF typhoid fever. At
one time Mr.. Orear was quite a poll
tician OF this county and on one oc-
casiOn made creditable race for the
nomination for sheriff, being defeated
by Mr.. Simpson.
We understand tie water in the
river at the pumping station Is get
ting quite low again. The company
is opening a channel in the bed of the
river above the pump TO "A deep hole
and will let the water down. 1t is
said the supply in the river is sutfi-
cient for about a months draft Vet.
Surely by that time we will have rain
sufficient To start the river running
again.
Ed Snyder and wife. who have been
visiting home folks at Bonneville,
Mo. for week OF ten days. returned
home Monday evening. He brings
back a sad story Of. the effects OF the
drouth i'll Cooper county. The past
ures. said Mr.. SNYDER. are as dry and