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

Headache? Maedonsld's specially |
ground eye glasses will relieve IL.
letters iewelry store all next week.
Bates county was blessed with q |
glorious rain early Monday morning |
and again Tuesday morning which
were OF incalculable benefit to the
corn.
Miss Maud Smith, OF 81. Louis, is
spending the week with Mrs. ]. A.
Trimble. Miss Maud Is an expert
stenographer and is In a rail road
ONCE In that city.
Col. and Mrs. s. W. Dooley and
Miss Louise spent several days in st.
Louis last week, the Colonel on legal
business and the ladies visiting
friends and taking in the sights.
The W. C. T. U. County Institute
and Convention will be held In Butler
Tuesday and Wednesday, June 81
and 20, beginning at 200 p. m. Tues.
day at the NJ. E. Church, South.
Butler Encampmsnt No. 76 l. o.
o. F. held a meeting at Its hall last
Thursday evening, and several new
members were initiated, after which
light refreshments were served.
Thanks to the positive stand by
the city council, every walk that Is
thrown out Is being replaced by
concrete. AZ a consequence Butler
10 getting the best system OF side
walks Of any town its size in the
state.
The local option question was
defeated in Montgomery county
Saturday by small majority after
one Of the hardest fought campaigns
ever held in the county, says the
Intelligencer. All the towns went
for the issue with the exception Of
Montgomery City and New florence.
A reward Is offered for the arrest
Of two boys and the recovery Of two
horses which disappeared from
Kirksville, Mo-, a few days ago. One
OF the stolen animals Is a three year
old bay Ally, with double bar brand
o N left shoulder; the other Is a three
| y ear old chestnut sorrel stallion.
Stotesburg, Mo-, has inaugursted
a baby show, an ugly mans contest
and fat woman's competition to
draw trade to the town. These
things may have their effect on trade
but the merchants will find printers
ink the most effective, II handled
iudiciously.
In the circuit court at Osceola, Mo.
last week the negro who recently
assaulted Mrs. Mccoy, OF that town
pleaded guilty to the charge and wal
sentenced to fifteen years In the peni
Tertiary. He was also indicted OF
two other counts and given five year.
In each making twenty-five years II
all.
Mrs. A. f. Settle through her son
in-law, T. j. Duncan, iavors US with
renewal. Mrs. Settle Is wonder
fully we'll preserved lady Of II sum
mers. She hasconsiderable property
In Butler besides a good farm In
Kansas within the proved oil belt
She tends to her business with sbility
and Judgment.
All Butler will attend the 4th o.
July celebration at Rich Hill this
year and we want to see the town OF
the other side OF the river put the
big pot In the little one, throw tbt
g ates wide open and give US a roya
good time. Rich Hill can do this
when she puts on her Sunday clothes
and she must dress to vhe last motel
this 4th.
Seven years ago Miss Stella Gold
ing, Of Fulton, Mo-, ran part of 6
cambria needle into her right arm
near the hand. A few days ago thu
same piece OF needle was taken from
Miss Goldings leg, above the knee. L
gave her no pain except during tn
past year. While bathing the oths
day she found the point Of the nsedl
protruding through the flesh ant
pulled 1t out.
i E. W. Stephens, Of Columbia, Mo.
will sail from New York Saturday To-