The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1904-08-25

The Democratic State committee
met in st. Louis Monday.
Ice cream and cake will be served
at the home of W. B. Tyler, 4 miles
east of town, Wednesday evening,
Aug. 31st for the benefit OF Summit
Center Sunday school Everybody
invited.
TIE Elizabeth Cherel will give an
ice cream supper at the church, Fri
day, Sept. End. Everyone is invited
to come. and notify all friends whom
you may wish to enjoy the supper.
We acknowledge iavors Of Chas.
W. Ross, of Auburn, n. Y, travelling
representative of the big shoe manu-.
facturers, Dunn & Mccarthy. Mr..
Ross was formerly proprietor OF the
Ross Hotel in Butler and it was for
him the hotel was named.
Capt. Tygard, accompanied by his
nephew and niece, Ray Mccullough
and Miss Nellie Orr, left for Califor-
MIA on Saturday last, where tley
will attend the Knights Templar con.
clave. They will visit the National
Park and other western points before
,rsturning home.
]. f. Ritchie has fled suit against
the Mo. Pacific railway company In
the Vernon county circuit court for
$4,000 damages. He alleges that
he was permanently injured while
working for defendant and that his
injuries we're due to iuferior tools fur
nished by the company.
Superintendent, E. B. Mitchell, OF
Casey's herd of famous shorthorns,
is arranging to show fifteen of the
finest blooded animals at the World g
Fair. These will be headed by "Choice
Goods" indicated champion Of
three countries and Roberta" the
cha mpion cow.-Clinton Tribune.
Mr.. and Mrs. NJ. NJ. Tucker, for.
merly Of Altoona, now OF ElDorado
Springs, and daughter, Mrs, Frame,
visited their daughter, Mrs. Dixie L.
Haggard the last OF the week. They
will spend week or ten days at the
Worlds Fair before returning home
The years rest lightly upon the shout
ders OF these estimable old people.
Our esteemed friend T. E. Order
OF northwest Bates, was a pleasant
caller while in the city the last OF the
week. Mr.. Order was the first man
in the county to utilize natural gas
for heating and lighting his home
He struck strong vein near the
house and has been using it Will
/. satisfactory results for several years
He owns a fine farm and has it wei
g improved.
, J. R. Ford the last of the week re-
:, ceived word of the death OF bis mother
- Mrs. Mary A. Pierce, which occurred
at her home in Colorado Springs, a,
the ripe old age Of 80 years, she hav
n ing been born in 1919. She had beer
d married twice, Mr.. Ford being a Sol
D. by the first husband. Mrs. Pierce
J. had visited her son here on severa
occasions.
's Geo. Hess, Is years OF age, has
y been arrested and locked in jail al
10 Lamar, Mo-, on suspicion of having
y been the person who shot his father
and mother near Sheldon, Saturday
h night Of laet week. 1t is beiived that
.. young Hess, who Is his fathers only
!. child, wanted to get the elder Hest
% out OF the way so that he could gel
It his property, which amounts to sew
? eral thousand dollars. The wound
ing OF his mother Ia believed to b.
Il purely accidental.
70 For some reason the candidates
p over In Kansas are certainly giving
W. O. Atkeson the cold shoulder
He says in his paper, the Independ
o emit Journal: "We have been in OF
70 tawa most Of the time now for three
70 weeks and have not seen to oul
Q knowledge single live candidate o.
% any party for any Office in Franklin
county" At. had no business going
70 over into bleeding" Kansas.
OF B. F. Richards, chairman OF the
n Prohibition county committee, re