The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1904-05-26
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teaching at Upper Altoona, Ills, has
returned home.
Lee Culver vi take your heath 2
stove for the summer and keep IT i'll.
saFed and return same la geeasAape
for 81 90.
Ex-Sheriff j. X. Simpson, who has
been serving on the Federal petit
jury at Kansas City for the past
month, arrived in Butler Saturday
on his way home.
Miss Anna Powers, librarian at the
Warrensburg school, who left War.
rensburg March 10 for a tour in
Europe, died few days ego at
Lacerne, Switzerland.
Our esteemed friend and patron, J.
NJ. Clark, OF near Nyhart, favored us
pleasantly and renewed on Saturday.
He is a member OF the regular petit
jury panel for this term OF court.
In his Kansas City speech last
week Mr.. Folk said that he would
appoint no member OF the state CON-
mittes to an office under his control,
as it would tend Is build a machine.
W. F. Duvall, vile and two boys,
Warren and Leslie, went to st. Louis
the last al the week to visit the Fair.
They staid over this week and Mr..
Duvall attended the Bankers conven-
tion.
Lee Culver has taken insurance n
stoves heldin trust or on commissi1 n
sold, but not delivered, l'you want
your heating stoves taken care of
through the summer, you will get
paid for them In case OF fire.
W. f, keyser, secretary ofMissouri
State Bankers Association, left for
st. Louis Saturday evening to per-
feet arrangements for the bankers
convention, held at the Worlds Fair
grounds on Tuesday, Wednesday
and Thursday OF this week.
The meetings in the big tent near
the west school building are being
conducted by a union OF the two
Methodist churches OF our city, but
all the denominations are giving it
encouragement and support, Every.
body invited to come and make this
the biggest revival meeting the city
ever had.
Our old friend James T. Aldermen,
Of Hume, was pleasant caller while
10 the city the last OF the week and
favored up with renewal. Mr.. Ack-
erman is an old settler and a sub
stantial and influential citizen OF that
section OF Bates county. He says he
doesn't get over to the county seat
very often OF late years.
r. T. Walls, OF Richards, killed by
DR.. Todd one day last week, was the
father in.law OF RUDE Walton and of
Ed. T. Steele, former citizens OF Bates
county. E. A. Ewing married q
daughter oiDr. Todd, after the death
OF his first wife. Thus is the interest
OF our people in the deplorable
tragedy increased by the relationship
OF former citizens.
Much speculation is being INDUCED
In as to the composition OF the big
four to the Democratic national con.
vention at st. Louis. 1t is pretty
generally conceded that Senator
Stone, Governor Dockery and Judge
DeArmond will be three Of them, the
fourth place seems to lay between
Congressman Champ Clark and Con-
gresham Vandiver.
In the case OF Hartsook e. Home
VS.. Craftsman, with Jno. F. Herrell rs
interpleader, the court sustained q
demurrer to the plaintiffs case, took
it from the jury and decided in favor
OF the interpleader. The suit was
brought to recover a commission for
q farm sold by Herrell but which had
been listed with Hartsook & Home.
The suit involved a commission on
SIS, 900, OF something over $500.
&C. Hilton, editor OF the Appleton
City Journal, has bought the Ell
Dorado News, and 1t is understood
that he will take charge OF the same
about the first of the coming month.