The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1904-06-16

names was organized at Clinton to
bore for oil. The stock Of the CON-
pany is 1000 paid up.
Robert Poffenbarger, OF West Vir-
ginia, who has Jeen visiting his |
brother, j. W. Poffenbarger, for sew.
ersl days, left for home Saturday.
He was accompanied by Mr.. Potfen-
barger'slittle daughter, Mildred, who
will spend the summer withher
grandmother.
Mr.. and Mrs. Harry Jenkins, living |
north Of the city, brought their little !
daughter to town to test the merits |
OF the maidstone in possession OF the |
mayor, the child having been bitten
by a dog. The stone refused to adj |
here to the wound.
Frank Allen, secretary Of the Wal
ton Trust Company, has let the con-
tract for a handsome two story
dwelling in the north part OF the
city near the stand pipe. The ma.
sons are putting In the foundation,
and AlfWyer has the contract for do
ing the carpenter work.
C. c. Poage orders his paper
changed from Butler to Marshall,
where he purchased property and
moved his family. Dummy Poage
was born and raised in this county
and stands among our foremost
citizens. He sold his large landed
interests In Spruce township last
year, when prices we're about right.
Thos. A. and Fred Scully, with
their civil engineer, l.. j. Simms, OF
Lincoln, Ills, are In the county look.
ing over the Scully lands, with a view
Of tiling where necessary. They have
tiled their lands In Illinois with great
success. They are the guests OF Ma
jor F. II. Crowell, manager oil the
Scully interests In this county.
Lieut.. Ben R. Wade, who has been
serving Uncle Sam In the Philippines
for the past three years, arrived In
Butler on q visit to his mother and
other relatives and to join his wife,
who has been here for two or three
weeks. From his appearance army
life certainly agrees with him, and he
is enjoying his visit at home meeting
old friends Of his boyhood days.
The advertising man Of the Ameri-
can Clothing House, gets quite poet
ical this week in his ad. Take Mr..
ICook up one side and down the other
he is not only q frst class business
man, an ad writer, but he has the
goods to back every word he Gays,
aud in buying suit OF clothes no
more reliable business house can be
Hound in the state. Great is the
American and greater is the superb
stock OF goods carried.
DR.. J. T. Allen, 81 years of age,
born and reared near Lamonte,
Pettis county, Mo-, was arrested and
ljailed at Sedalia the other day on
charge OF burglary and threatening
the ,lives OF others. He wanted to
marry the 16-year-old daughter OH.
A. Baker. She refused his offer; and
he threatened the life OF the girl and
her father. Then he broke into the
house and was found with a murder
GUS dirk knife in his hand. The doc
tor had gone to the depths OF the
morphine and cocaine habit.
Elder W. B. Miller was a pleasant
caller on Monday and favored US
with renewal for himself and his son,
W. H. P. Miller, at Ellsworth, Kan
sas. Elder Miller came OF sturdy
pioneer stock, and all his life has been
spent in New Home township. He is
one Of the county's most honorable,
upright citizens, has been powerfor
good in the ministry, but has devot-
ed the greater part Of the past few
years to farming. He has raised an
interesting family Of six daughters
and two sons.
, Walter Sumner, employed as Q
, Asgmah on the grade Of the Mo. Pa.
, ciflc railroad over the bottoms just
north OF Rich Hill, damaged by the
! floods, fell asleep on the track from
! exhaustion Wednesday OF last week
and received dangerous, II not fatal,
IL. A.. l..