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

duced rates. If you wish loan call
and see this company and get their
rates.
Ball games and horse racing at the
Lake Park the 4th. That is the kind
of sport that takes and no doubt
Butler will have a big crowd.
j. S. Pierce represents twelve com
panies and sells insurance that don't
''bust' . tt
DR.. S. K Crawford, mayor of Sc
dalia, Mo, was stricken with paraly-
sis, Friday, his entire left side being
effected. His condition is critical
and his recovery is not expected.
DIR. Crawford was surgeon of the
Seventeenth Illinois cavalry during
the civil war and surgeon of the Sec
ond Missouri infantry during the
Spanish-American war.
James Walker marketed six ear
loads of fat cattle Monday night.
They had been prepared for market
on his farm near Virginia, and were
rs nice lot of cattle as one often
sees Mr.. Walker is an experienced
feeder, and always gets his stock to
the top.-Border Breezes
The Rev VIM. Wardjon, until re-
Gently pastor of the Baptist church
at Panama, and who has been in a
peck OF trouble for several weeks past
over a scandal in his church in which
his name figured prominently, has
brought suit in the Vernon county
circuit court for 81, 800 damages
against John H. Williams The rev.
erend gentleman alleges that Mr.
Williams accused him of stealing
corn and also that he had deserted
his wife and family.
When Missouri goes after anything,
she generally lands The Woodmen
of this state wanted Missouri man
as the head banker of the lodge and
went after the plum with a vim which
soon outdistanced all other candi-
dates in the race The Brookfield
man who won out, will handle about
SIS, 100000 annually, and it will be
a big thing for some of the Missouri
banks, where the deposits are made.
Jefferson City Press.
Kansas photographers must look to
their laurels, as hot rival appears
in Oklahoma in the person of the ed
itor of the Lamont Dispatch, who
perpetrates the following maiden eff
fort: "A gentleman living near here
owns bird dog which is especially
good at fetching things out of the
water. In order to show the boys
what the dog could do he threw a 80
cent piece into the water and told
the dog to fetch it. The dog dived
and brought back a two pound cat
fish and - cents in change"
The people of Spruce and vicinity
manage to extract good deal of
pleasure as they go along in this
workaday world of ours A goodly
number of the friends and relatives
or Mr. and Mrs. Nick Murphy met at
their residence with well filled baskets
to celebrate Mrs. Murphy's birthday,
which occurred June -. \ long Ia
BILE was set under the spreading trees
and after the baskets were unpacked.
not once were the words "hard times"
heard. With feasting and social in
tercourse the time was spent until
the hour came for departing. but
each felt that life was not "an work
and no play.
Columbus. Ga. Aug. II. 1S72.-Dr.
{. j. Moffett-Dear Doctor: Werava
your Teethina (Teething powders to
our little grandchild with the happi-
est results. The effects were almost
magical, aud certainly more salts
factory than from anything we ever
used. Yours very truly.
JOSEPH :. KEY,
Pastor of st. Paul Church.
NOW Bishop in Southern Methodist
Church, 34-2t