The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1905-02-02

ana the hOeslans we're cOmpelleu 10
retreat after loosing thousands of
men.
Representative ". Fl. Prewitt, OF
Vernon county, spent Saturday and
Sunday at his home in Nevada. To
a Mail reporter he said: There Is
very little chance to elect a United
States senator at Jefferson City,
either Republican or Democrat"
Mrs W. A. Downey and charming
daughter, Miss Kitty, graced our
sanctum on Friday and had THE
TINES sent to little Miss Tootsy
Downew, who is attending the ID.
and d. school at Fulton, where sheis
meeting with marked success.
Thirty-six indictments have been
filed at Stanberry, Mo-, by the
prosecuting attorney OF Gentry
county against frequenters OF gam.
bling houses, and more are promised
to follow. In "A small town this ap-
pears to be bad state OF affairs for
the morals Of the piece.
| W. NJ. Arnold received a telegram
from jim Winsett, Miami, Texas, an
nouncing the death OF his iather.in-
law, H. c. Patten, Of paralysis. Mr..
Patten accompanied Mr.. Winsett
when he moved his family to Texas
less than year ago. He was rs
years Of age, was an old citizen OF
this county, and leaves many friends
here,
Four men killed 1913 rabbits near
this city Monday in five hours time.
The rabbits were brought to town
Tuesday and shipped to Chicago,
there being a full wagonload oitnem
In the bunch was "a black rabbit, as
black as anything you ever saw, 1t
is supposed to have been crossed
with a tame rabbit.-Odesss Demo.
crat.
f. o, Talbot, superintendent oil
the Adrian Electric Light plant, met
with serious accident in that town
Friday. A horse he was riding be-
came frightened at the cars, ran
away and in turning corner slipped
on the ice and fell, catching Mr.
Talbott's right leg, breaking the
bone between the hip and knee joints
MIR. Talbot will be laid up with the
injured limb for some time.
Mr.. and Mrs. o. P. Couchman, pop
ular young married people of Elkhart
. township, complimented US pleasant
ly while In the city on Monday. They
think OF shortly moving to Eureka
California, where a fiattering position
r awaits Mr.. couchman's acceptance
e and where Mrs C.'s brother, Mr.
Holloway, formerly an old Bates
h county boy, lives.
Representative Edwin Silver, o
:. Cole county, introduced bill in thu
!. legislature Saturday for $1,000 al
lie part payment OF costs in calling ant
1. maintaining grand iuries, n mum
Der OF petit iuries, and in bring
\, ing witnesses from all parts OF th'
state and sending them home again
in connection with the Doodle cases
= Geo. ", Daniel, a successful farme
" ana an old settler, living south o
town where he owns a fine farm, fav
- ored US pleasantly and had his date
set ahead. Mr.. Daniel Is very mucl
W interested in the good roads question
and thinks a law authorizing tn
m county court to make Is special lev,
III for permanent road fund would b
At a good thing.
81 John Dugan, a miner at the Bart
lett mine south of Amsterdam, fe
Dc down the shaft, a distance OF % fee
and sustained q fracture OF the sKu
and three ribs. The Enterprise say
DR.. Amyx tended him, and while hi
Il injuries are not necessarily fatal, the
i. are very serious and will probabl
u lay him Up for several weeks.
An old gentleman named Jane
living at Calhoun, Henry count,
~ accidently killed himself the oth'
~ day. Mr. James was going to Il
a. country and in extracting a loa
iu from his gun the charge went off an
passed through his heart killing hi
On instantly. Mr.. James was an o.
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