The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1902-07-10

I'M -AAs - q A0AAs Ol @NCh Duus
was shot il the leg by Ray Harris
horn the 4th The wound is not Sc
riOus, and the boy claims hethOught
the cartridge was blank.
DIR. j. b. lohanan. a native OF
Persia, preached at. the Baptist
church Sunday morning and evening.
Tuesday evening he gave very liz
teresting illustrated lecture.
Mrs A. F. Criswell, of Clutter.
Iowa. orders TIE TIMES sent To her
address, Mrs, CriSNell has bought
an excellent harm in this county. and
We are gl1d to rnow 1t is her inten-
ton To become Il citizen of ouE. coun-
ny,
Il. \. Whitsitt spent the 18th at
the place of his birth and the home
OF his boyhood days in Clinton
county, is home again. He said
many changes had taken place at
the old stamping ground and he
found lew people he used to know.
Rev. McGee, of the Z. church,
and Rev. Pickett, OF the South Meth
odist church. exchanged puipits SUP
day night The change was an agree
a ole surprise to the congregations.
This kind Of christian fellowship is
commendable and should be more
frequently practiced.
The improvements at the lake and
park having been completed the re-
sort was thrown open to the public
Tuesday evening. The band went
down and delighted the crowd with
sweet strains OF music from the bow
OF the "Nlay Queen, as itsailed over
lake. The pyrotechnical display was
also fine and enjoyed by all,
John Scott, running a lunch count
er at Nevada, attempted to cut his
throat with II pocket knife Saturday.
The knife did not penetrate his throat
deep enough To cause serious injury.
At the time he was walking with his
brother, Frank, and John Campbell,
and was going to his place OF bust
ness. He has been a great sufferer
from neuralgia, which il il thought
| tTHy rrurrpt MS MIMI
Bates county'S delegates TO the
judicial convention lett for Spring
field Sunday noon in order to be on
the ground early Monday morning
to doyeomnn work for Judge Graves.
The delegation was accompanied by
j. d. Allen, who goes to lend help
ing hand So, VIVA, the booming
TINES lacks i'll quality and quantity
this week charge the deficit to the
foreman, who is holding the editors
chair down
In the death of j. NJ. Kendall, But
Ter has lost n most excellent citizen.
The funeral took place from the fam
| ily residence ON Mechanic street Sat
urday morning at $3.50 o'clock, con-
Quoted by Rev. Melee, of the e. ?.
church, and was largely attended.
The deceased had been afflicted with
rheumatism for IA number of years
and SO severe was the disease it had
rendered him cripple and finally
caused his death. Mrs. Kendall and
children. son and daughter, have the
sympathy of all i'll their ailliction.
Nevada Mail..The small boy who
has toy pistol will do well To dis
card the pistol, for Mayor Wight has
instructed the officers to take up all
of the supposed-to-be-harmless weap
ons. The modern toy pistol is now
made to shoot blank cartridges, and
after these are gone, the small boy
shoots the real thing and thus en-
dangers his own life and the lives OF
his friends. The officers will confis.
rate all sorts Of toy pistols and none
will escape
The mayor of Butler coul! well az
ford to issue similar orders for this
place.
r. l.. Braden, accompanied by his
brother-in-law, Dr. NJ. ). Leech, of
Chicago, were i'll the city Monday
and the doctor put in his time pleas
antly shaking hands with old at
luaintances. He came to visit his
wife and daughter, who are spending
the summer with her brother d. l..
l3raden, out in Homer township. DIR.
Leech formerly lived at Mulberry,
this county, where he practiced medi-
cine, but for the past twenty years he
has resided in Chicago.