The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1904-07-14

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Lieut.. Ben Wade and wife, after
visit Of thirty days in Butler, have
returned TO Fl. Crook, Nebraska, TO
join his command.
John Steele, while moving h,sysrd
became overhested, and il is thought
his injuries may result In the loss OF
one of his eyes. The eye is very sore,
and the sight is impaired.
The American Clothing House has
a bargain counter this week and fifty
or sixty suits have been put on sale
at just hall price. II you miss this
sale you don't want clothes cheap,
that's all.
j. I. Alderman and his son.in.law,
j. p. Adams, OF Hume, were in the
city Monday closing up a deal with
John Pitman for 50 acres OF land
near Hume, for which they paid So
400.
f f, Booi, OF Amoret, and brother,
Chas. E. Boot, OF Dansforth, Ills :,
were pleasant callers at our office the
last OF the week, They are very clev-
er gentlemen, and well posted on the
current events of the day.
Cole Younger is reported quite i'll
at the home OF his niece, Miss Hall, in
Pleasant Hill. His illness is the re-
suit OF acute stomach trouble, which
has been troubling him seriously for
the past two weeks.-Cass Co. Demo.
crat.
There Is no division In the Demo-
cratic party this year and from the
north, south, east and west a solid
front will be shown and with "a united
party working in harmony, Alton B.
Parker will be landed in the White
House.
j. W. Sheriff., charged with killing
j. M. Laughlin, was released from
custody Thursday Of last week on a
bond OF 81, 900. Mr. Sheriff. regrets
the unfortunate affair with which he
is connected as much as he can He
was glad to get out OF Jail andreturn
to the bosom OF his little family.
A number OF boys were shooting a
target rifle at mine No. 81 two miles
southwest of Panama Sunday morn,
ing, when a lad named Jiminet, 7years
OF age was shot accidently by small
boy named Cid Leslie. The ball took
effect in the groin Of the Jiminet lad
and he died hall an hour late.
i For the third time this summer Fl.
Scott, Kansas, suffered from the
~ foods. The entire north part of the
city was under water last week, and
e hundreds Of families were drivenirom
J. their homes. For two or three days
neither the Mo. Pacific nor the NJ.
3 K. & T. could get trains out west OF
!, the city.
Henry Kinzie, negro, was arrest.
9, ed here last week for forging check
3 on q woman in Rich Hill for whom
L he had been working. The check was
for IS 90, and Henry isnow languish
y ing in the county bastile. When ar.
y rested, he had another check ior
$1,000 in his pocket, with the same
name forged to it.
lie Bates county after all is going tc
l. raise lair crop of corn. That is
with favorable weather from now on
Corn ls quite spotted, however. One
. will see on one side OF the road corn
!, too high to cultivate and the Other
|. side not more than six to eight inches
high. OF course, there are low wei
fields that won't make stand.
. The farmers went into their fields
> Monday morning to complete theil
- wheat and oats harvesting Both
" crops are dead ripe, but can be saved
with q few days Of sunshine. The
it crop, however, will be slightly dam
l. aged by the wet weather. The hay
a. cropis also ready for the mower, AND
10 for the next two weeks the farmer
will be busy man.
a. DR.. NJ. P. Overholser, OF Harrison
10 vile, organized the Bates County
8, Medical society In this city on last
If Thursday. The following officer,