The Butler weekly times., 1905-12-07

MIS-. LOUIS hedlord went 20 Jasper
county Sunday on account OF the
serious illness of relatives.
Joe Meyer left for ST. Louis Tues.
day evening to be on the market q
few days. he was accompanied by
bis niece, Mildred Poffenbargsr, who
was on her way to West Virginia, 70
make her home with her grandfather.
The city authorities announce that
directly following the holidays the
electric light plant viii be shut down
TO make needed repairs, which will
probably take ten days or two weeks.
Coal oil lamps win have TO be brought
out for that period.
DR.. John r. Hull and Miss Jose
Iphine Walters were married in Adrian
last week. DR.. Hull Is q popular
young dentist Of that town and the
bride is a handsome and accomplish
ed young lady, very popular in that
community. The TINES extends
congratulations. .s.s,., ...
X. r. Deacon and the editor ofTHE
TIMES enjoyed the hospitality, of Mr..
and Mrs. j. G. Walker, to magnif.
cient Thanksgiving dinner, at their
delightful country home, six miles
southeast OF Butler. They went out
to enjoy a field day with "Bob
White"
| Mr.. and Mrs. Henri l., Gaddis, OF
Seymour, Iowa, arrived Wednesday
night and remained until Monday,
visiting at the country home OF Mr..
and Mrs. j. A. Padley. MIR. Gaddis
Is editor and publisher OF The Sey.
m our Press and is a brother OF Mrs.
Padley.
| We are in receipt OF a letter from
our old friend j. s. Arbuckle, Clovis,
Cal, who is enjoying health and pros,
lperity on the Pacific coast. He de.
plores the act OF Grand Old Missouri
| in last years election and asks to be
remembered to his many Bates coun.
ty friends.
John Barnhart returned from Cres.
ton, Iowa, this week and brought five
registered Percheron brood mares,
bon ght Of f Fugier & Son. We are
glad to ZEE this splendid stock
brought into our county. He now
has one Percheron stallion and eigh.
teen mares.
The Fraternai Inn Company has
closed contract for 100000 press
ed brick from Coffeeyville, Kansas,
firm The rough lumber for the
building was purchased of the
Worlds Fair. ,Wreckipg Company.
Work will he pushed just as rapidly
as the weather will permit.
Mr.. Ira Il. Jones has resigned his
position as assistant cashier with
the Hume Bank. Mr.. Chas Horton,
jr has been elected to FIJI the vacancy.
and entered in upon the duties of
that office, December 1st. Mr.. Jones
has not yet decided what line OF bust.
ness he will pursue, but will likely re-
main in Hume THE winter.
Telephone.
Chas. Kaufman, the retired groce
who had been in the business In this
city close onto forty years, met with
a serious and probably fatal accident
at Richards, Mo-, yesterday after
noon, says Mondays Fl. Scott Tri
buue. He jumped from a buggy
which be thought was everturning,
and sust aimed q broken leg near the
thigh.
A Hume boy left his home some
time ago to seek his fortune in Kan
sas City, says the Telephone. For
six months not q word was heard
from him. About three days ago his
father received the following brief
letter: "Dear Pa: Meet me under
the old bridge to morrow night after
dark. Bring with you a blanket or
q suit of clothes. l have hat"
Sam. L. Coleman, OF Deep Water
with his son, John, a youth sixteen
years Of age, passed through Butler
Monday on their way to Colorado
Springs. The young man is suffering
from pleurisy, and Mr.. Coleman is
taking bim there in hopes that the |
change of climate will benefit him.
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