The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1904-06-30

day.
Mr.. and Mrs. Shafer and daughter
Irene, returned from the fair Satur
day evening.
The honor OF seconding the nomi-
nation Of Roosevelt at Chicago, was
delegated to a Msrylsil negro.
Mrs. Hollenbeck, living on the old
Dudley farm near Knob Noster,
johnson county, Mo-, was struck by
lightning the other day, and instant
ly killed, while standing In her yard.
Quite a number ofiormer Butterflies
now living in Kansas City, took ad-
vantage Of the excursion rates and
came down to our city Sunday and
spent the day with friends and rela.
tives.
The Clinton Democrat says:
evolves are more numerous over the
county than for many years past.
Seven miles west Of Clinton they have
created havoc with poultry and
young pigs"
DR.. j. ]. Kelley, 65 years OF age
and one Of the best known physicians
In Argentine, Kansas, suicided by a
hypodermic injection Of morphine
Sunday, because respondent over the
death Of his wife one year ago.
The biggest rain OF the year fell In
Butler Friday night according to
Mound branch, which went three ieet
above previous high water marks.
The creek In q very short time went
out OF Its banks and all over the low
ground along the stream. Parties
that crossed the cable bridge, south
Of town, Saturday morning, said the
water was within six inches OF the
floor.
The Hebrew preacher In a debate
with John Dunn and the patent med
icine man with his coon jubilee
singers on the northeast corner OF
the square Saturday evening, made
things pretty lively In Butler, and
the way the crowd swayed from one
to the other put us in mind of street
fair times.
The insurance companies have
raised rates at Nevada out of all
reason and in many instances the
insurance amounts to prohibition OF
business, says the Mail. One big
firm claims that il the rate IL not
reduced they will close out business
and seek another field, as their profit
will not justify them in paying SIG
for insurance.
David Seeley, 80 years OF age, is
under arrest at Kalamazoo, Michi-
gan, charged with bigamy, it being
alleged that he has nine wives living.
He has wives in Chicago, Cincinnati
and Kalamazoo. Six years ago he
married Lucy Kiliam, Of Kalamazoo,
and a short time later was sent to
the Michigan penitentisry for four
years on a charge Of bigamy. In the
two years he has been free he has
been married five times.
Jas. 81. McAninch, 70 years Of age,
was accidentally killed in Nevada
Friday night. With his two grand
sons the old man had been to Green
river fishing. Returning home one
OF the grandsons dropped the lines.
This frightened the team and they
ran away. The old gentleman at
tempted to get out OF the buggy and
was struck by one OF the wheels and
was thrown to the ground in such
manner that his neck was broken.
We are In receipt OF courtesies from
the Cliff Dwellers Concession at the
Worlds Fair. This exhibit correctly
portrays the Cliff Dwellers OF Colora-
do, New Mexico and the great south
west The solid rock cliffs Into which
these strange people have cut their
homes, their manners and customs
are admirably reproduced. ]. A.
Norton, formerly Butler boy and
who worked for the Missouri State
Bank, now Secretary Of the North
American Invest. Co., is treasurer
and part owner Of this company.
The Cliff Dwellers exhibit is worth
seeing.
. Uncle George McKissick, living
southwest Of town about Eve miles,
was In the city Monday and was
boastinQ that he had made tho f3rat