The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1901-01-31

The poor az The towns and 81 the
country. too. have teen favored with
exceptionally pleasant weather. Had
II been otherwise there certainly
would have been much suffering.
Our substantial farmer friend u.
II Cherry called ana renewed his sub
>,ripsion. He San old urighbor and
friend al the gr.at tommouer ". j.
Bryan aui hat "a personal letter
from him this fall
There must not IL. 81 vote against
the court house proposition cast
Ia Mt Pleasant township this time
AMI thrr. ou-at nrr To be IN the
s. hole county. The court house II a
public necessity
T II T!mmous. q prominent
~tp kmau uf Kansas tItN. spent
Monday ma the city visiting az the
E>--i l-as,- uj G. r. Mcfarland Mr.
TImmou- = am uncle al Mrs. McFar-
land
The county court has called "A
~rlr,.Ill yItr.tiol to De-. held uu Feb.
-. 1901. ar uhiJHtareNtrh taN .eyv
ur.,ve~4ry 10 Tii-y funds for icw
teutt house " I'D again tr submitted
- the voters. w have for several
wears realized th- Ilet that Bates
county must have 80 new court house
aud ~ also h,Hev. Jhat the PROPOSE
tiuu submitted uy turc court. Nhich J.
the Same as brtDr' voted ou. meets
with general approval Amsterdam
Breeze.
J 4 Trimhlr auuouuce> this week
a. a candidate for collector of Mt.
Pleasant township. subject 10 the
. Democratic primary Mr. TTWblc *
orc al il- substantial men az our
rirN. beng "A lralu-iru@gIs lie
a life long democrat and has al
+ WAYS taken uu motive, interest ~ his
party.s >uc,,--- lie i We'll qualified
Tor The office ami li- p'aeruf business
would l,e easy al access To AL tax
. PAYERS He - - clever. courteous
. and accommodating gentleman,
would make a strong candidate and
if elected would fill the office accept
ably.
The Nevada Mail publishes some
interesting fncts concerning the an
tecedents Of Mrs. Carrie Nation, the
lady who has gained "a national rep
| utation in her raids with "A hHtchet
on the saloons of Wichita. Kansas,
smashing the bars and plate glass
mirrors and wrecking the saloon fiX-
lures generally. According To the
! Mails report OF her family, Mrs. Ma
tons mother. Mrs Moore. who for
merlv lived in Cass county, died in
the Nevada asylum, Sept. "a, 1898.
The ASYLUM records also show that
Mrs. Moore's mother, her brother
and one sister had been insane.
Sheriff Joe T. Smith returned from
Kansas City Monday, bringing back
! with him JAS. ChOwning. who ia
charged with being impl Gated in the
theft OF lot Of hnrners from T.. J.
Williams in 1897 who at the time Of
tie stealing resided on his farm south
west Of town The harness were
stolen by Dick Darden and his wife
and Chowning Darden and wife
We re arrested in Kansas md brought
back. but Chowning made his escape
and has been at large ever since.
Sheriff Smith found him at work in
/ lie @hliilbui l'tA' MINK ii'NffF ~ 'h''h
sas CITY He il now locked in jail
awaiting his preliminary trial.
The question is raised that the
county court should have called the
. court house election on the same
date as the township elections ia or
der to save expense. The law re-
quires the county election to be held
: under the Australian system, conse-
, ouentIv there would have to be sepa-
! rate Judges and clerks for the county
and township elections, the costs 10
each would be the same as # held
separate. and it would bring the two
r sets Of Judges and clerks into conflict
: in the use OF the rooms. ballot boxes
!, ere. 1t the two elections could have
) been held together to any advantage
= md divided the expenses II would
have been done.