The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1901-10-10
Miss Clara Dugan and Miss Bean

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/ kilograms received in this city by
relatives Tuesday morning from
Westvllle. Indian Territory. reported
Mrs. Albert LaFollett TO be at the
point OF death. Later news, however,
reports Mrs. LaFollett as being bet
ter, all OF which her many friends in
I this city will be glad TO learn. Mr..
and Mrs. LaFOllett moved to the In
dian Territory from this place about
month ago.
Dixie l.. Haggard writes us from
| EIDOrado Springs that Eli Brown
ing, formerly citizen OF thiscounty,
| living near Altoona. dropped dead on
| the streets OF that town on Monday:
the cause was supposed To be heart
failure Mr.. Browning was we'll
| known in this county and regarded
very highly 10y his neighbors. He
| leaves II large circle OF relatives. ac-
| qualntanCes and friends.
The four-year-ol daughter of
| Clements Springer at Panama met
with a frightful accident late Friday
evening, While playing around a
fire which had been built in the yard
to boil water. the clothing OF the
child caught fire and before the flames
could be extinguished by an older
sister the little one was dreadfully
burned and little hopes OF her recov-
cry were entertained.
On big days in Butler the. mayor
looks after policing the town. This
Is a matter the county court Is not
interested in in the least, therefore,
| had nothing to do with the appoint
ment OF the police force show day,
and the Joke is on the silly editor
making such a charge. The fact is,
there was only one or two extra Off
| GERS on that occasion and the bench
eyed editor must have sighted Rich
Hills force up to see the show and
| charged their presence up to the ac-
count OF the county court.
Miss Birdella Dalton and James o.
Miller were married at the home of
the brides mother, Mrs. VIM. NJ Dal-
ton, on North Main St, Wednesday
evening, Oct. 2nd, by Rev. j {. Kirk,
brOther-in-law of the bride. Only the
immediate relatives of the contract
ing parties we're present. The bride
is n daughter of the late Judge Dial
ton, Il very pretty. accomplished and
amiable young lady. The groom is
worthy young man, son Of Judge
q c. Miller. THE TINES adds its con
CALCULATIONS to those of their numer-
Gus friends.
Now that the ladies are about
| through putting up fruit. announce
ment is made that the sugar trusts
are at war and down goes the price
of sugar. The American Sugar Re
filming company began the fight by
cutting the price of granulated sugar,
delivered at all Missouri river points,
from $40 to $3.50 per hundred
| weight. The cut has caught the Kan
sas City iobbers with large stocks ON
hand. and there is general indigna
| ton In camp. Now how long will it
take the country merchants to learn
that the price of sugar has dropped?
Gabe in his Cab in the Rich Hill Re
view, makes the following pertinent
suggestion with which We agree: A
correspondent in an agricultural pa
per suggests that this winter. after
all other birds are gone, everybody
make an effort to poison Engllsh
sparrows. 1t would be an excellent
idea, and, by a united effort, lOts OF
them could be killed A small scat
fold could BE- put up, and, by feeding
them poisoned wheat or kaffir corn.
they could be killed by the thousands.
FThA,- bo hox-n of
excepting chinch bugs, and we sug
gest that we make united effort this
winter to destroy all OF them We can.
A delightful reception was given by
| Mrs. A. l.. Mcbride and Mrs. E. ID.
kipp, at their elegant home on Pine
street, to their lady friends on FRI
day afternoon OF last week. The
spacious hall, parlors and dining
room were beautifully and tastefully
decorated with American Beauty
roses. asparagus fern. saliva and
| delicate vines: the sitting room and
library with saliva and green foliage,
The charming hostesses and their
| lady assistants were brilliantly and
becomingly gowned and allpresented
a most charming appearance. De-
| lightful piano numbers were rendered
throughout the reception. The re-
| freshments were delicious. 1t was
| memora BILE society event.
In the evening the ladies with their
husbands entertained a party of la
dies and gentlemen at cards. when
delicious refreshments were served.
TIE good people of Fulton enter
tanned the members OF the Hospital
for Insane and Deafand Dumb boards
with banquet and card party, at
their meeting last week. This kind
of treatment being out OF the Ordi-