The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1903-06-18

The committee to solicit funds for
the food sufferers Of Kansas City, i
Kansas. sent 1925 on Saturday, be. !
sides a large amount OF clothing and |
bedding.
Thelake and park was well patron.
lied Sunday by our people. The
pump at the we'll was running and
the little pleasure boat on the lake
had up steam.
The court house OF Pulaski county
was destroyed by fire Sunday morn.
ing at three o'clock All records ex.
cept those in the probate office were
a total loss. Origin OF the fire not
known.
Mrs. j. NJ. Christy left for Warrens.
burg the last OF the week to join her
daughter, Miss Stella, who has been
spending a vacation there with
friends. They will visit in Sedala
before returning home.
Ex'circuit clerk Jno.. C. Hayes ia.
vors us with a renewal. Mr.. Hayes
was appointed public administrator
by Governor Dockery last week to
fill out the unexpired term OF Judge
Brown, deceased.
The celebration of the 4th at But.
Ter is an assured fact. The money
has been raised and arrangements in
the hands OF competent parties who
will prepare and announce n splendid
program OF amusement. Look out
for the bills and programs and come
to Butler.
Squire o. NJ Burkhart, of Pleasant
Gap township, was u pleasant caller
on Tuesday. He had brought in
some old wheat for which he received
SO cents per bushel. Mr.. Burkhart
said he could have sold at time OF
threshing for so cents, but is salts
fed.
The oil excitement in Vernon coun.
ty still prevails, and three more drills
will be sent down on an investigation
in the neighborhood of the Bellamy
farm. The drills are being shipped
from Bakersfield, California. The
companies who are to enter the field,
says the Nevada Mail, are the Union
Oil, the Three s. and the Santa Fe.
The thirteenth annual meeting of
the Christian Endeavors of the Sew.
enth district, composed of the coun-
ties OF st, Clair, Hickory, Polk,
Dallas, Laclede, Pulaski, Greene,
Webster, Christian, Stone and fancy
will meet in Osceola on Thursday
and Friday, June % and 26. 1t is
Expected that from 10 to 100 dele
gates will be- present.
Mrs. Ford and her daughter, while
passing through a pasture in the
northwest limits OF Sedalia, came up.
on the remains of baby in some
bushes. The dead baby was near a
culvert, and while the two women
went to summon the officers q dash
ing rain came up. On their return to
the spot the body OF the infant could
not be found.
Childrens Day was observed at
both the First Presbyterian and
Baptist churches on last Sunday
The churches were beautifully decor
ated for the occasion and very inter
estiug programs had been arranged.
The day was bright and pleasant
and delightful time was had. These
occasions are always looked forward
to with pleasure by the young peo-
pie.
A storekeeper of Nodaway county
in attempting to move barrel OF
linseed oil the other day broke off the
faucet and was compelled to hold his
hand over the bung hole three quar-
tiers of an hour before customer
came in and assisted him. Had the
storekeeper been regular advertiser,
the customer would probably have
been there when tine accident happen
ed.-Ex.
The officers are hot on the track OF
the third man who took part in the
robbery Of the Johannes store at
Rich Hill the fore part OF last week
and made his escape. He was track
ed to lola and Gas City, Kansas. At
Yates Center, Kansas, a deputy
sheriff undertook to arrest him and