The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1906-07-12

work on the building by the last Of
the week.
Mrs. j. E. Arnold and daughter,
Miss Agnes are visiting relatives and
friends in Odessa and Independence,
Missouri.
Miss Anna Lyle, Of Wahoo, Nebr.,
Is here on q visit to the families OF
her uncles, DR.. E. A. Lyle, OF Butler,
and NJ. R. Lyle of Lone Oak town.
ship.
W. B. Tyler has just completed the
erection OF a fine barn on his farm q
short distance east Of town, and we
understand il Is his intention to
shortly begin the erection of q fine
dwelling house.
The Merwin Clipper reports the
death Of Uncle Geo. Roster, a resident
OF that community since 1865. He
was 80 years Of age. His death was
caused from a complication OF dis.
eases. He leaves four daughters and
three sons.
Monday the county court OF Vern-
on county held meeting at Nevada
to consider bids for building the new
court house for that county. Three
bids we're filed and all we're rejected.
The people voted $4,000 to erect
the building and the lowest bid made
was $S5.S47.
The employees OF the Herald Office
at Nevada, Mo-, went out on strike
Monday. The hands took a holiday
on the Fourth, and Saturday even.
ing the amount OF the days work
vas deducted. The hands objected
to being docked for a holiday lay of
aud quit.
A dispatch from Osceola to the
Kansas City Journal, dated July
4th, says: "Charley Summers, aged
1S, OF Morgan Valley, who has been
acting queerly for q month past,
was forbidden by his parents to
leave home. He went to the house
procured a shotgun and blew his
head off,"
Rev. W. C. Heiskill, at Sheldon,
Mo-, in celebrating the 4th Of July,
made himself a cannon out OF q piece
oigas pipe. Loading 1t with pow der,
the cannon was set of prema turely,
and, Of course, the preacher was bad
~ hurt about the hands and face. A
piece Of the gas pipe was picked up
the next day in q lumber yard a hun.
dred yards away.
A. j. Smith, popular and success
full attorney Of Adrian, was pleas
ant caller while in the city on Friday.
AL. Smith is q Bates county boy, to
the manor born. He has spent bis
whole life among our people and has
made q success in his profession as
we'll as financially. He Is Of genial
and is very popular.
Come and see US, AL, the latch string
always hangs on the outside.
The Review is not at all pleased
with management Of the big celebro.
ton at Rich Hill on the 4th, and
comes out and says 80 in pretty plain
words. The people OF Butler who
attended the celebration, with almost
one accord, agree with the Review
that there was something radically
wrong with the program OF the affair,
as they were disappointed in
the entertainments.
The Republican-Press publishes
several columns OF comments made
by the Republican papers Of this sec
tion respecting the nomination Of
W. o. Atkeson for Congr ess. At.
should cut these out and paste them
In his scrap book and all other nice
things said about him during the
campaign, so he will have something
tangible to refer back to as the time
when he "slso ran for Congress-" 1t
is all he will get out Of the race. :.
P.J. Jewett, Q successful farmer Of
Summit township, favored us pleas
antly and had The TIMES sent to bis
son, Fred, who is in she U. s. Navy,
on Battleship Rhode Island. Fred
f3rat want IN Kansas Citv. WHARF, he