The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1901-09-26

: L "O DOSS Oh W = >. hOFst, near bo-
Soto, rented thirty-two acres of land
from their father, and planted it in
potatoes. They have already Melted
81 500 in cash from their crop, and
will get about $500 more.
d. {. Morris, Merwin's popular and
efficient tonsorial artist, compliment
ed US on Tuesday and had his dates
set ahead He said they are still tax
/ ing out a mighty fine quality oflubri-
eating oil near that town. They
haven't struck a ''gusher, but are
| prospecting in faith.
The Missouri Oil and Development
company OF Stotesburg. Vernon Co,
has received certificate OF incOrpOra-
ton from Secretary OF State Sam b.
Cook. The company is capitalized
Tor one million dollars. The purposes
of the company are TO locate and de-
velop oil wells.
The regular monthly meeting OF
the Bates County Sunday School
executive committee met Monday
night in the study OF the Christian
Church, this city and made arrange
ments to attend conventions in the
following townships: Pleasant Gap,
Spruce, East Boone. Walnut, How
ard and Homer.
G. ". Park and son have a lot OF
thoroughbred Duroc Jersey pigs and
shOats for sale Parties desiring to
purchase pigs or shOats can see these
by calling at their farm half mile
east OF Virginia There are no better
hogs than the Jersey red and Park
& Son are selling them cheap.
A small frame residence in West |
Butler, occupied by Peter Dorm, burn
ed to the ground Wednesday morn |
ing about 3 O'Clock. The fire COM |
pany responded promptly to the call
of the big bell, but the run was near
ly a mile, and the boys could not |
make it in time to save the dwelling. |
f. r. Idol, late of the Cass County |
Leader. has purchased the Democrat,
the leading and official democratic
paper OF Cass county. The Democrat
is rated at this office as one OF the
best exchanges and Mr.. Idol is an
newspaper man the Dem
ocrat will lose none OF its prestige.
Paul Czolgosz, father 81 the assassin
Of President Mckinley, accompanied
by his son Waldeck, and his unmar-
RED daughter, Victoria, left Tuesday
for Buffalo, New York, to
see his son. The old man says, if
permitted to see his son, he would
make every effort to get a full con-
ession of any possible plot from him.
The people of Ninden, Mo, are very
Indignant toward the Western Coal
L Mining Co., for importing a hun
ired negro miners to that town to
AXE the places OF the white miners
working in mine No. 8, adjoining the
own. No colOred miners were EN-
)loyed or lived there until this con-
ingent arrived. The whites working
n the mine all quit and trouble {
nay be the result.
Fit. Scott Tribune: Capt. II. c.
'henicie, the dairyman, has ten acres
If alfalfa which has yielded him the
quivalent of about $40 per acre this
eason, and is not through yet. The J.,
aptain has had three cuttings from
he field and the total yield has been ,
laps $40 per acre Is too low value
o place on the hay, and il so it has
made him more than $40 per acre.
The city of Fl. Scott is drilling for E
natural gas. Several years ago when I
he excitement for flowing we'll was E
IN in Butler. we'll was sunk on the 7
henry farm just north of the city :
limits and a strong flow of gas was
truck When lighted, it would send i,
stream OF fire up fifteen to twenty p
eet. Perhaps had not the drill got .
lstened a flow of gas sufficient to =
ght Butler might have been struck
We were complimented by pleas
MT call from W. H. Mendenhall, ad-
ance agent for the proprietor OF the
}. X. Mercantile company, which has :
ented the large Catterlin storeroom
outh side of the SQUARE and pxDects