The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1905-08-17

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Carroll left tuesday for Amarillo,
Texas, where they contemplate In
vesting In real estate.
Booker Heath, aged IS, who was
on trial at Lebanon last week for the
murder OF bis father last Christmas,
was convicted OF msnslsughter and
sent to the penitentisry for two
years.
Dick Lisle, the popular express
messenger on the Madison, Kan,
run, mashed bis hand between an ex.
press box and the car door. He Is
compelled to lay offfor awhile and is
at the home Of his father, Recorder
T. h Lisle.
Captain Holly P. Nickel. Of Lees
Summit, was in Bates county last
week buying mules. Said he Just had
to shut his eyes and pay when 1t came
to the price. Captain Nickel said he
expects to come down to our big
fair In October.
R. +. Maxwell, q farmer OF johnson
county, Mo-, living about two miles
east OF Fayetteville, lost his present
crop Of wheat and oats In stack by
fire Friday night. The fire 1t Is said
was undoubtedly the work Of an
incendiary.
The annual reunion OF the Grand
Army OF the Republic is being held at
Elk Springs, Nevada, this week. The
Attendance Is very large. Nevada
seems to be getting all the goods In
this line. Last week the town was
hardly able to care for the immense
crowd at the log rolling.
The TIMES job office, will, In few
weeks, print d revised or second edi.
ton OF the Butler Rural Route Di-
rectory. The names will be revised
and corrected to date and will be a
complete directory OF the eight
routes out OF Butler and two at
Spruce.
Miss Helen Smith of Adrian, spent
q week visiting her sister, Mrs. Geo.
Herrell Miss Smith is q charming
brunette and IL a vocalist OF merit.
She sang at one OF Miss Appy's
entertainments In Butler, and met
with favor OF our people. She is now
prosecuting her musical studies.
J. H. Lafferty, a conductor on the
Lexington branch out OF Sedalia,
was slashed with a knife by an OBJ.
streperous passenger last week and
was seriously wounded. His assail.
ant, one Jesse Crews, an epileptic,
was arrested. LATELY was taken
to the hospital at Sedalla.
W. F. Graham about 20 years old,
helper at the Missouri, Kansas 4
Texas railway station at Windsor,
Mo-, was drowned while bathing In
the Rock Island park lake near
Windsor the other day. Frank
Thompson who was In the water
with Graham attempted to help him
to shore, but failed.
The rural carriers hereafter will gel
, six holidays during the year, al
order by the department having
D. been issued lately to that effect. The
holidays will be New Years, Wash
- ington's birthday, February %
3 Decoration Day, May 30; Fourth o
July; Labor Day, September 4 anc
' Thanksgiving day the last Thursday
y In November.
Gable & Groves, the west side gro
Gerry merchants, disabled The TIME
u force on Monday with mammotl
v watermelon that was simply out OF
sight," or 1t was when the boys 60
a through with it. Those gentlemen
o certainly know the blind side OF tn
printer, and II the one we got was {
fair sample we can heartily recon-
n mend their stock.
d The cemetery association Is put
(. ting the cemetery In fine shape
Three men with lawn mowers hav'
q are at work, and the grass i
It being clipped, and the grounds ar
n being put In elegant shape. A few
more years with the splendid work o
this association, and Oak Hill GENE
n terry will not be surpassed by an,
D, burying ground In the state.
y Ernest Todd, living east ofNevad'
B. was aroused a few nights ago by 1
noise In his chickin house and wen
a, out with his gun to see what was tn
ID trouble. He first saw dog ant
k took q shot at 1t. The dog ran /,
t. short distance and fell dead. Thel
the owner Of the dog ran out of tn
, chicken house and Mr.. Todd triet
~ the other barrel Of the gun on him
o The man yelled but got away.
g. Several hundred Butler people at
tended the big woodmen log rollin,
III at Nevada Thursday. Butler drill
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