The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1905-12-21

with his many friends In Butler the
last OF the week. he is living at
Kiows, Ind, is well pleased with the
country and is q firm believer shat
this Congress viii admit the present
Indian Territory into the union as
the Estate Of Sequoyah."
Sam E. Hsinlsin, manager Of the
Midland Manufacturing Company, Of
Kansas City, Mo-, sends Christmas
greeting to TIE TINES and has his
dates set ahead. Mr.. Heinlein is one
Of the most genial OF gentlemen, q
number one business man and ts meet
ing with the success be 90 richly de-
serves.
Earnest Merryfeld, q young man
23 years OF age, committed suicide
at the homo Of bis parents In Osceola,
by shooting himself through the
head with q shot gun, while on a
drunk. The Osceola Democrat states
that he had q suicidal mania
whenever drinking and had twice
before attempted to kill himself nm.
der like conditions.
General and Mrs. Fl. c. Clark enter.
tanned a party OF friends at six
O'Clock game dinner on Saturday
evening. A fine Canadian goose and
speckled brant, killed by the general
ON his recent southern hunt on the
Gulf coast, furnished the meat for
one OF those delicious six course din
ners for which Mrs. Clark is Justly
famous.
A writer in the Pleasanton Herald
Is agitating the question OF straight
ening the channel OF the Marias Des
fCynes river through Linn county,
Kansas, to conform to the work be-
ing done in Bates county He thinks
the river could be shortened by one
half and that sixty thousand acres
OF overflow land redeemed at cost
OF about 50 90 person. II that's true,
IL would Get ainly beat to death the
best offer Bates county has been
able to secure.
News was received In Butler the last
OF the week that Jim Potts and fam.
lily, colored, who had been living on
q farm Ave miles south OF Butler,
moving to Kansas, when near the
state line discovered that an idiot
child, three years old, had been smoth-
cred in bed, and without reporting
the matter to the authorities they
nrceremonionsly buried It by the
road side, seemingly glad OF the rid
dance. The authorities ore investi
eating the matter.
The smooth agent is after the
or this time wish "A sto K water tgpk
that preserves the water from 'r.ez
ing IN the cullnst weather -. arm
or is cautioned from sigairg Hav pa
per for him Il he w;shr- 10 have ID"
tank on trial. a receipt is uuIfc, $
sary, for it is iihS,e t. tuyu up ia tie
hands OF an innocent purchaser in
the form OF a promii Try note Rut
we DO not eXnPct this warming to
reach The right p7"tia. Visions #
these kind OF swindlers rarely ii eve:
take hon" paper.
We understand an eif)rt il hoinu
made 0est9tlish whultsal grocery
store IN Butler George GiIkerson
and z. j. Williams are working up
the enterprise Bud are interes' ins-
our businees men and cam'niiS's.
Those who have given the
mottar dra c~nsi'ora'ion ''i' 7,
it would he . god t'l'or for beth
the tOrn and stl.Lhoidsrs. Tu:
TINES wonld like III see the gauti
men succeed even beyond their eX
pectations.
Henry Martins tenn ran 0f in
Butler Thursday last, he was thrown
from the buggy and badly bruised.
He was taken to DR.. Chastain's office.
patched up and his family notified.
The accident happened on North
Main street. The team was 30 loose
ly hitched that In going over the
crossing at Bennett Wheeler Mere
Co.'S store the tongue pulled out of
the neck yoke. When in front OF the
Senate Saloon the tongue ran under
a crossing and threw the buggy high
in air. The top was up and Mr.. Mar
tin was fortunate In escaping with
his life and limbs intact.
The Journal says that for the first
time IN her history Adrian is In debt
The management Of that town IN the
past has certainly been good and her
citisens are to be congratulated.
But q reasonable debt, which can be
promptly met, 10 not the worst thing
that can happen to town. Her in.
tsrnsl improvements should be kept
up, the streets, alleys and sldewalke
clean and in good repair and the
town given q healthy, Wide awake
appearance. 1t 10 unqusstionsbly q
good thing to keep out OF debt, but
the best interests Of tho town should
not be neglected to that end.