The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1901-08-22

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select company of friends TO dinner
on Thursday in honor OF her guests
Mrs. W i Bard and Mrs. J. q.
Walker. Of the western part OF the
county
The Rockville star edited by \.
VI Sehaumloeffel K J. " Carpenter.
new paper neatly printed and well
gotten up. has beeu received in eX-
change 1T this office The Star has
our best wishes.
\ Missouri farmer has lust sold lis
apple crop for $4,000. Yet the man
who works for 500 a month in the
city and lives in three little rooms
next to some alley wants to know
how people can possibly be content
ed in the country.-t hirago Record
Herald.
Mrs. J VI. Coleman. OF .Johustown.
and her guest, Mrs >. +. Porter, OF
Little Rock. Ark, spent Tuesday in
the city and compIimented THE
TINES pleasantly Mrs. Porter was
formerly a citizen OF Bates county,
and is daughter-in-law OF Judge J. l..
Porter.
Mr.. and Mrs. ". Z. Sewer. of sum
init township. left Tuesday morning
for Livingston. Montana, on a visit
to Mrs. Sewer father. Squire Lilley
and other relatives. Mr. Sewer will
be absent about three weeks. while
his wife expects TO make protracted
stay
YernoncouD has almost doubled
her output OF coal during the last 10
years. In 1900 it produced
322. S27 tons. and took the fourth
place among the counties OF the state
Its output was exceeded by Macon
Lafayette and Randolph. Bates is
fifth with 27O.712 tons-Schell City
News.
The BoOnville Democrat has adj |
vanced its subscription price to : 90 |
a year. 1t is close cutting To run
first-class weekly newspaper for a
dollar a year and il the average
country weekly had to depend on its
subscription list to pay expenses |
many OF them would not exist six |
months
A. l. Mcbride of this city, one of
the few lucky Bates county citizens
who drew farm in Oklahoma, has !
located about midway between Lone |
Wolfe and Hobart He has secured |
a fine claim and will 90 down next |
month and build a house and SOW |
a field of wheat After getting his |
farm in shape. he will move his fam
lily down.
THE TINES excellent Virginia CORE |
spOndent, G.. ". Park, gave lis Il |
pleasant call Tuesday. He has been |
a faithful news-gat herer for THE /
TINES in his section for years. no
happening in the neighborhood es-
Gaping his vigilant eye. His com
are always newsy, al |
ways correct and highly appreciate
by THE TINES
Miss Casselle Wild. daughter OF Ber-
nard Wild. living a mile and half
west OF Pierce City. Mo. while return
inc home from town on the railroad
track Sunday evening was assaulted
by negro. and because she resisted
her assailant drew a knife and cut
her throat killing her. \ telegram
was sent to Joplin for bloodhOunds
and the officers and citizens are max
inc Il bic effort to capture the brute.
Miss Nina Warnock gave an at
home" to large number OF her
Young friends and playmates. The
little misses and masters gathered in
strong force and had just lots Of fun.
The manner Of receiving and enter
tanning her guests by this charming
little hostess would have done credit
to one much older in years and eXpe-
riencp III such matters The boys
escorted their fair partners to a dain-
ty and delightful repast served by
Miss Nina II was an occasion which
will long live in the memory OF these
young people.
4 letter from our former citizen DR..
l. Orear now residing at Coal, Henry