The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1905-06-22

DR.. Foster IL using anti-toxins in
treating the little nveyesr-old son
of T. ]. Wright, living south Of town
for d,phtheris.
Rev. T. B. Wadleigh, OF Du Quin,
ILL.,, the temperance Avivslist, viii
hold services for ons week, commenc-
Ing Monday evening, June 26. at
Butler Court House. Everybody In
vited to attend.
An excursion train viii run to
Kansas City next Sunday, June 25th,
over the Missouri Pacific. The train
will leave Butler about 8 O'Clock a.
m, and the fare will be f1.50 for
round trip.
REV. s. d. Jewell left last week for
New York to attend the 30th ami
versary OF his college class reunion.
He Is now In Philadelphia and will
not be home before the last OF the
month.
Mrs. j. W. Smith and daughter,
Myrtle are visiting relatives at La
Hsrpe, Kansas. On their return to |
Butler they will stop off at Nevada
and visit Mrs. Smith's son John, In
that city, for week or 80.
County Superintendent Of Schools
A. L, Ives vent to Independence the
first OF the week 10 attend q meeting
Of county superintendsnts Of the
state. One OF the purposes Of the
meeting was to agree on uniform
course Of study for the counties un-
der supervision.
A. K. Keeser, section foreman for
the Mo. Pacific with headquarters at
Butler for many years, was a pleas.
ant caller, favored US with renewal
and also for his father Jacob Keeser
at Sundaville, Iowa. Mr.. Keeser Is q
very clever gentleman and has an
interesting family.
Rev. Stanley D. Jewell has been In.
vited by Butler Lodge 254 A. F. &
A. NJ. to deliver the st. Johns day
sermon. Rev. jewell has consented
to preach this sermon on Sunday,
July End, 1905, at 8 O'Clock p. m. at
the Presby terrain church. Allmasons
In the county will hereby take notice.
Wesley Badgett, while In town this
afternoon, stated that the Exchange
Bank OF Macon, O. which owns
nearly a section OF lane In Howard
township, was at work prospecting
Just east Of the Badgett farm, two
miles veat Of Sprague. Geo. Cope
land, the coal driller, Is doing the
work.-R. 81. Review, 18th.
This paper is . great friend and
admirer Of our public schools. We
} would like to see an evolutionary
contest between Rich Hill and Butler
schools, We may offer cash prize
to stimulate such meeting nextiall.
Havea meeting at each place so that
the public may have the full benefit.
Such a contest would certainly be
very beneficial to the schools. Rich
Hill Enterprise.
The large barn belonging to Jas.
McKitterick near Greenwood, Mo,
was completely destroyed by fire, says
the Pleasant Hill Local. The loss
D besides the barn vas ten head OF
horses and mules, two fine stations
and two jacks, six sets OF harness,
about ten tons Of hay and q lot OF
farmimplements.- The structure Was
1884 feet. It is not known how the
fire originated.
So far no preparations have been
made to celebrate the glorious Fourth
In Butler and as hardly time remains
! to get up creditsble celebration, 1t
looks like our people will have to 60
to Rich Hill or some other point to
r hear the eagle scream. This is the
r first time, II our memory serves us
Q right, in twenty years that Butler
has failed to appropriately celebrate
the 4th OF July.
DR.. Harriet Frederick, who had
{ built up an extensive and paying
Q practice in osteopatby in Butler, sold
her interests to Dr.. John A. Bell, OF
H annibal, who has located here in the
praotice. I'll health was the reason az.
: signed for DR.. Frederick's selling. She