The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1903-12-24

Harrisonville was visited by a IRE
last week which destroyed q lumber
yesrd, tWo store buildings q saloon
and one dwelling house.
I. E. Beard was a pleasant caller
and subscribed for his trother-ip-laW,
John Phsris, son OF our old friend
George Phsris. Both Of the young
men are prominent in their neighbor-
hood.
Some apprciative scribbler, who
Is no doubt elose observer, has dis
covered that the girl with the red
hair is it," All girls with fiery red
hair arr snatched up 10y vile hunters,
he says, because they make the best
wives The red headed woman makes
her home bright, happy place. She
ia warm h,arted, aft ctiouate aud |
demonstrative. Her nature is ~
bright as her hair.-Ex
X. A. Hockensmith, talented
young newspaper man of Columbia,
assistant to Walter Williams, super
intendent Of Publicity Worlds Fair,
WAS in Butler the first oil the week
gathering material for the Missouri
book, which MIR Williams will pub
lish. He secured pictures Of num-
Der OF farm houses and farm scenes,
besides the public hull iings of our
county. We Acknowledge a pleasant
cnll.
The Plsasanton Hereld gives an
account of the nc 'idental killing OF
Hen.'y Thatcher and Mack Stone,
8 miners, In the Jewett coal mine near
= that town last week They were
Z found the morning after the accident
= cold in death, the bodies horribly
i mangled. 1t is supposed it was a
premature explosion, as they stayed
In the mine the evening before to do
b the shooting Tor next day.
e Near Elsberry, in Lincoln county,
= John Vaughan and VIM. Karnes,
% two farmers had misunderstood
o Ing over six shocks OF corn fodder,
y when Vaughan shot karnes In the
breast and face with shotgun. By
.. the time the lawyers and courts get
"a through with the case, and the doc
O. tors ara paid ieF-Pielksiae-laafF shut
. out OF karnes' face the ak shocks o
70 fodder are liable to prove expensive
" Chas. j. Hunt, the Hudson town
: ship farmer, stockman and Goa
~ operator, one day last week sold {
young mule OF his own raising tina
J., WAS worthy of special mention. Hi
II, muleship has reached eighteel
a months down the journey OF life, tip
Y ped the beam on the stock scales tn
i'll day he changed owners and beam
he the property OF ". P. Cole, OF thi
OF city, at l O0e pounds. For thi
amount OF mule fash the said Col
=, handed to the said Hunt his chez
20 for $4,000 Appleton City Journa'
ls- H. E Green, OF Kirksville, is tn
ey best butter maker in Missouri. S
ne said the annual Meeting OF the Stat
ey Dairy Association which met in Cir
he. ton last week by awarding him tn
n gold medal Tor his product. Onl
last spring Mr.. Green began the dair
th business. In January and Februar
tn he took the short coursn in dairyin
,s- at the state university, and in Mare
nd went home and stocked up with cow
m He now has a fine herd and takes
re great interest in his business. He
all Justly proud Of being 1.-The best butte
nd maker in the state"
ng Thomas Conner millionaire mir
owner of Joplin, and the wealthie'
"a man in southwest Missouri he
N, adopted Agnes o Heron, an orpha
no girl of 10 years old OF Joplin, an
ia made her heir OF his estate. The Ii
;he tie girl has been making her hon
ore with the Sisters Convent for sewers
,tv years. Mr.. Conner has had poo
1t health for the past two years an
X the child carried a pail of milk to h
room at a hotel, and in this way b
came acquainted with her, III
!, girl is said to be very bright for h
~ age. Her parents were very poo
VI and her father was a laborer. NJ
'ne Conner has no children and on tn