The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1902-02-27

'o'N ~ 'iNS' NlllIc holhluS Ill a
rock quarry near Kansas City last
September, otherwise he is the same
York as before.
Mrs. VI. :. Leech and MissI Anna,
wife and daughter of DR.. Leech, of
Chicago, gre here on a visit to r. l..
Braden. They will probably spend
the summer in Bates county, on ac-
count of the health of the Young
lady. who has been an invalid for
several years,
The city council OF Adrian has
granted "A franchise to the Austin In.
land Telephone company for a term
OF fifteen years. The system is to be
completed within six-meHtAs,-Hur--
rah for Adrian, she is coming to the
front. Now for waterworks and
street cars.
DR.. j. W. Choate remembers us
pleasantly and substantially. He is
one OF our most prominent and in
tlnential citizens. He ably represent
ed Bates county for two terms in the
state Legislature, and has been since
his majority factor in county poll.
tics.
Chas. f, Price, formerly promi-
nent young gentleman and successful
teacher OF our county, now living at
kingfsher, Okla, remembers us with
a remittance for renewal. He is a
member of one OF Bates county's old
est and best families and was held in
high esteem here.
Gabriel W. Ison, formerly SUBJ
stantial farmer and popular citizen
OF Summit township, who now owns
fine farm near Pleasanton, Kan,
was in the city on Monday and ia
vored us pleasantly. He has been
a subscriber for 25years and we hope
to keep him % years longer.
W. ID. Rich, prosperous young
farmer, influential and popular citi-
zen>of Deepwater, favored THE TINES
with Very pleasant ea4lll, while in the
city Saturday and renewed for his
mother, Mrs. Carrie Rich. The Richs
are among Bates countys best citi-
zens and THE TINES appreciates their
friendship.
Farmers tell us that it is almost
certain that thousands of quail have
persisted in the county in the past
four weeks, on account of the deep
snow, extreme cold and for want of
nourishment. Those left are so weak
and annotated they are scarcely able
to fly. Squirrels and rabbits are
also half starved and unfit for table
use.
W. G. Hedden of Fairview, Bates
county, is prominently mentioned as
a democratic candidate for the pre-
siding judgeship of the Bates county
court. No man in all Missouri would
better grace Imposition or discharge
it's difficult and responsible duties
with greater satisfaction to the peo-
pie We all know him down here. He
is all wool and a yard wide. Nevada
Post.
Baron Bum Bum, who was given a
sentence of six months in Jail at the
last term of circuit court on the
charge of having given farmers
worthless checks for horses bought,
was paroled by Judge Graves Satur-
day morning and the young man
took the noon train going north.
Bum has been i'll Jail nearly a year
and has been quite an expense to the
county in the way OF board bills and
his departure is without regrets on
the part of the county.
Two masked burglars, tall and
short man, attempted to rob the
residence of J. H. Jackson at Nevada.
but were frightened away by the
screams of a lady who ran out the
back door. Miss Nettie jackson met
the robbers in the hall way at the
front door and one of them pointed
a pistol at her head and demanded
money. Judge Z. p. Lindley's resi-
dence and Mrs. Goodwin's on the
same street were robbed the same
night.