The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1905-08-10

Church Wort and vile have return
ed from their two weeks visiting Il
home folks at Foster.
There will be q moonlight picnic
at T. L. Fisk's in Summit on Wed
nesdsy evening, August 10. Ice
cream and cake will be served. Pro
ceeds for painting church.
The Bates County Sunday school
association will hold It's annual
county convention at Spruce, Au
gust "a and IS. Two sessions will be
held on Thursday and three on Fri
day.
Burglars raided Smithton. eight
miles east OF Sedalia the other night
and robbed four stores and size post
office. They secured only a small
amount OF cash.
Charley smith, an aged farmer says
an exchange, who embarked on the
matrimonial sea with q giddy young
girl at st. Joseph, woke up the next
morning with wife and cash and
notes to the amount Of "a, $50 miss
ing.
e. A. Harris "a years Of age living
on farm six miles east OF Holden,
Mo-, accidentally killed himself while
clearing a Winchester rife. The gun
was supposed not to be loaded. The
charge struck him In the breast. He
walked to the house and told
what had happened and died In about
fifteen minutes.
Says the st. Clair County Demo-
cat: "The papers have begun to
talk OF the successorship to W. j.
Stone, but bis successor has not been
named yet. Mr.. Stone is one OF the
shrewdest politicians In the United
States and 1t will be time enough to
speculate upon his successor after the
next presidential election"
The Lone Jack picnic will be
held on Wednesday, August 10th.
This event commentaries the an.
niversary OF the battle OF Lone Jack,
one OF the bloodiest OF the war, con-
sidering the number OF men on each
side. The picnic Is non.political and
Is always largely attended, men
travelling for many miles to meet In
reunion and enjoy the day In the
wooded pastures.
Ava A. Doolittle, OF Walnut town.
ship was brought to Butler Tuesday
and taken before Judge Of Probate
Silvers on the charge OF insanity. J.
G. Doolittle, a brother preferred the
charge. Mr.. Doolittle was injured in
the back by a fall from q horse about
four years ago and never fully recov.
cred, and 1t ia thought bis injuries
effected bis mind. He is q bachelor,
and has 80 acres OF land and some
money. DR.. E N. Chastain was his
family physician and testified as to
his condition. Judge Silvers set the
hearing for Friday and Doolittle was
put in in jail for safe keeping.
T K. Lisle, President of the Bates
County Fair Association, informs US
that they are making preparation
to open the Fair the second Tuesday
in October. The catalogues are not
yet issued, but will be in q short time
and sent out to interested parties.
All the stock has not yet been taken,
but enough to insure the success OF
the Fair. Farmers are earnestly re.
quested to come in and take some OF
the stock and help this laudable en-.
terprise along grand stand with
seating capacity of 1000, a floral
hall and other buildings, besides suf-
6cient stalls and pens are being built
to accommodate all stock offered.
Rings will be open for every class of
live stock, SO get your stock in con-
dition. Liberal premium will be
given.
Deputy Sheriff Miller, assisted by
Constable Otis Radford, brought
Ralph Holmes and Pat Grow to But
Ter Monday noon and landed them in
jail to serve q 80 days sentence i'm
posed by Squire Sheppard, OF Rich
Hill, on q charge of shooting turkeys
belonging to Robert McCulloch, liv.
ing northwess OF Rich Hill. 1t ia said
the boys feed up On bad whiskey
and could not distinguish between
tame and wild turkeys, and this can
readily be believed, when their condi-
tion Is considered, after being locked
up in Rich Hill calaboose from Sat-
urda evening until Monday, they
were still gloriously and fighting
drunk. II is said that both have
done timein prison. They will proba-
bly, have time to sober OF before they
leave Sheriff Morris hotel.
Mr.. and Mrs. C. A. Webb were
pleasant callers on Monday. Mr.
Webb returned the last of the week
from an extended trip through New
Mexico and the Pan Handle OF Texas.
he saw easel Hale, Sidney Hale, Ava
Page, W. c. Burris and other former
Bates county citizens at Roswell,
New Mexico. He WAS at Amarillo