The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1902-11-20

Drug store.
The Democrats carried Vernon
county by 1,026 votes.
Kansas City and jackson county
now constitute the fifth congression-
al district. Hon. W. S. Cowherd,
Democrat, is reelected over Van
Horn by plurality OF 6,029.
The Commoner has this significant
comment: 81! yon read that Mr..
Bryan's precinct went Republican by
sixteen majority, just remember that
Mr.. Roosevelt's precinct went Demo
cratic by thirty one."
County Clerk Broaddus informs US
that he certified up the full returns
FOR this senatorial district to the
Secretary Of the State this week.
| Hon. {. G. Dickinson's plurality over
Mr.. Huckeby was $50 and his ma
iority was 96l
John +. Herrell, handsome and
popular county clerk.elect, moved
his family to Butler last week Mr..
llerrell will arrange to keep up his
farm insurance business, which he
has been twenty years in building up.
The headquarters OF the firm will be
at Butler instead OF Adrian.
The secretary's report shows that
the Rich Hill Fair Associations last
meeting was a success, and that II
balance OF S5l4, 73 remains on hand
after all expenses have been paid.
This insures another meeting to the
association, which, il as successful as
the last, will soon result in one ofthe
finest lair grounds in the state.-Rich
Hill Review.
In the circuit court Tuesday d. V.
Brown, administrator of John Fry,
deceased, was given a verdict for
81, $50 against Martin Luther and
Albertus Fry. The suit was for
wages due John Fry. W. o. Jackson
and Francisco 4 Clark represented
the administrator, and p. ii. Hol-
comb and W. o. Atkeson represented
the Fry brothers.
Admiral Dewey, who will have SUI.
preme command of the combined
fleets engaged in the Caribbean sea
maneuvers next month, will hoist his
four starred flag on the Mayfower
at Washington navy yard December
LIST, and will sail the same day with
his large personal staff for the naval
base at Culebra island.
The Adrian Journal reports the
death of Uncle George Sears in that
city Nov. Z, at the age of ~ years
and one day He was born in Saline
county and came to Bates with his
parents in 1894. The Journal also
reports the death on the 9Th inst. If
Mrs. Lydia Hudelson. Deceased
was born in Orange county, Ind,
Nov. %, 1916, and came to Bates
county in 1867.
The supreme court of Missouri, in
banc, on Saturday, appointed Hoo
I. j. Smith, of Butler, a special com.
missioner to takeevidence in the case
of Garner VS.. the Mo. and Kansas
Telephone Co. The suit is brought
to compel the defendant to reduce
telephone rentals in Kansas City to
those fixed by ordinance Of th1tcity
This is-a Just -reeegHitieH-eff NJ Mr.
Smiths fairness and ability, and
came as surprise to him. :
Considering the well-organized, con-
centrated and, in some places, vicious
and disreputable fight made on T.
K. Lisle, evidences of which are still
coming to light, it is somewhat re-
markable that he had a majority at
all. Mr.. Lisle throughout the cam
paign carried himself in a manly,
dignifed manner, refusing to engage
in the same kind OF methods used
against him, and thoroughly demons
trating to the public, that the claims
OF his friends that he was clean,
sober and Industrious citizen, we're
true, and his conduct OF the office
will be entirely satisfactory to the
public.
Mr.. John Powell and Miss Nellie
Kinney were united in marriage by
Rev. Chambliss, pastor of the Bap-
fist church, Tuesday evening. The
ceremony was performed at the resi-
dence af Mr.. and Mrs. James HALO
way on Dakota street. The happy
couple took the 1890 train for Il 9
east. The groom is a son of Judge