The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1905-07-13

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John 81. MeElroy, another old
friend, now located at Amarillo,
Texas, sends us remittance for renew
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Secretary E. B. Childs received q
telegram from H.G. Cook at Buffalo,
N. Y. that the charter committee OF
the Grand Lodge B. P. o. Elks had
recommended a charter for Butler
Lodge 95S. This practically assures
that Butler Lodge will get It's
charter.
Twelve car loads of fast horses ar
rived over the Mo. Psc. last night,
and several other cars arrived dur
ing the day, SO Secretary Tygard OF
the Fair Association tells Us. There
will be more fast horses here this
year than ever before In the history
OF the iair.-Rich Hill Review.
Our old friend p. II. Famuliner,
who owns q fine farm west OF Butler
was q pleasant caller on Thursday
and had bis dates set ahead into 1906.
He said the storm which swept
through that section something over
q week ago, creating so much dam
age, virtually ruined his orchard, be-
sides damaging his corn. Mr.. Fam.
uliner is a practical and therefore
successful farmer and always raises
something II anybody else does.
The Cass County Democrat in COM
menting upon the capture OF farmer
Hensley, who had broken jail at
Harrisonville, says: One OF the
greatest helps to the officers through
out this section is the Central Pro-
tective Association, or &C. P. A." as
they are better known. This Is CON-
posed almost entirely OF farmers who
make 1t point to run allaggressors
to cover, and capture them. This
organization volunteered their ser
vices to Sheriff Smart, claiming they
could turn out one to two hundred
men on a very few hours notice.
Clifford Wear, who resides at Ovid,
was injured In runaway accident In
Rich Hill on Thursday, caused by
couple Of cur dogs running out into
the road and barking at the horse.
The Review says Drs. Allen and
Delameter dressed his injuries and
found one shoulder to be out OF place,
one knee badly sprained, besides be-
ing skinned up all over by the buggy
running over him. The buggy was
torn to pieces, every wheel broken
down. Marshal Bankson and q dep
uty, with a couple OF shotguns. set
tied the score in full with the dogs.
The Nevada Post is responsible
for the story that Big Charley John
son, a merchant from Clayton, cam,
into Nevada at 1 O'Clock Monday
morning, sans coat, shoes and ha'
and startled Sheriff Moore by th'
announcement that he had killed {
man. An investigation developed
that johnson had shot through tn
door OF his store at q supposed in
truder, after which he climbed out O
a back window, hitched up his team
and drove to Nevada to give himsel
up. He told the sheriff that h
knew he killed the man. He said, 4"
just blew the top OF his head off,"
The applications OF Seese 4 Mai
bott, for a license to run saloon i
their new brick building on the south
east corner OF the square and that OF {
W. Boswell to run a saloon in the oil
LaClede hotel building, were refuse
by the court on last Thursday. TIL
court holds that the buildings !
which the saloons are desired to
run are located on parts of block
while the petitioners claim they al
full blocks as shown by the origint
: plats Of the town of Butler. Remol
strances to both petitions were file
with the court.
Joe T. Smith, one OF Walnut tow
ships old settlers and prominer
citizens, called and favored us viii
in the city Friday. He was befol
the county court on the drainas
question. Uncle Joe but recent
returned from a protracted visit I