The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1901-06-27


court ward for hosting the heavy
rock.
Brick for use i'll the partition walls
OF the new court house are being
stacked in the court yard.
The TINES returns many thanks
to Mrs Carrie Hoagland, residing
near Virginia for a renewal OF her
subscription.
Mrs. Kate Crawford. a former citi-
zen OF Rich Hill and who owned the
land on which mine No. 2Ois located,
committed suicide i'll st. Louis the
other day.
William Farris. on trial at Sedalia
last week for brutally numbering
Laura King, a negresS, with whom
he lived was given two years III the
penitentiary.
j. +. Armstrong has returned from
his trip to the Pan American eXposl-
ton at Buffalo He says the eXposl-
ton is immense and we'll worth the
time and expense to see It,
County School Commissioner II. ..
Maxey. and assistants used the west
school building last week examining
teachers. There was a good attend
ance and much interest manifested.
The TINES faithful and punctual
subscriber j. H. Allison, residing
west of town called and renewed
Mr.. Allison is a pioneer reader OF THE
TINES and the paper has no better
friend.
If possible the artesian well at the
lake should be thoroughly cleaned
out, now that pump has been put
in and at cOnsidera BILE cost, Il bridge
has been built over the lake to it.
Bates county has few better citl
zens than T. ID. Embree. residing
near Ballard and THE TINES is proud
of his friendship and glad to RECORD
his name among our renewals thu
week
Jaw Gordinier and Andy Deacon
went to Fl. Smith. Ark, las
week to attend the iremen
tournament Butler fire department
expected to send a team, but 10
some season did not GO.
Mrs. O. l.. Griggs and children LEI
Monday evening for Yakima, WASH
ington. at which place she will lol
her husband, who left Butler severa
weeks ago for the west for the benz
fit of his health.
Squire c. b. Parker Of SUNNI
township. was in the city Monda
M and in speaking OF the drOuth sal
corn was all right yet and good &c
o. two weeks longer should the Or
81 weather continue.
J. W. Green, now residing at Me
,o not. North Dakota, who returned
81 Bates county last week on bushes
"a sold his S0-acre tract OF land
Deenwater township and will retuI
TO his western home the last OF Il
week
,st
:, The Adrian Journal reports Il
death of Mrs. Margaret BlOcher
that city the 18th inst, aged
or wears and months. She had be-
aF q resident OF Adrian since Oct. lSS
tn She was the mother of thirteen chill
rem. two OF whom died in infancy
M The strange disease with which
ere {. Walkers cattle have been affect
he in Mound township. Vernon count
turned out to be hydophobia,
aen has been learned that one OF y
am Walkers dogs went mad and bit
, a cattle. 1t also bit a fine COW for
Cheney OF the same neighborhOod-
nj W H. Holloway. one of our pro
Is. inent gardeners. reports the cabba
Law lcrop almost total failure. The
matoes are still holding up but a
-, more days of dry weather he 81
would settle them. and without II
bv the last of the week garden tn
" will be a thing of the past.
The room of one of the waiter 2
- at the Pierce boarding house on
northwest corner of the square, '
' entered Tuesday night about
o'clock and 81 in money was stC
-pat .,,,, bor +ruDt 4 watch and reN