The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1906-03-22

age matter before the county court.
Our old friend ]. NJ. Green, Of Mn
go. was q pleasant caller while in
Butler tbslast OF the week. Jake
Green is snearly settler and strong
man In northeast Bates.
| Col. Jas. N. Sharp was at pleasan
caller the last OF the week. He sold
his hogs for Sc 10 per hundred, the
top notch up to date, Ave hogs
brou ght him $3.50. Who says It
doesn't pay to raise hogs.
Andrew Carnegie has given fifty
thousand dollars to Drury College
at Springfield, Mo. The gift goes to
! the endowment fund, and was made
public Saturday BY ]. Edward Kir.
by, president Of the college.
| We are In receipt Of a letter from
Rolon Smith, at Msksweli, Kansi,
IT. Il. with remittance for renewal.
He is q son Of l. n. Smith, Of Deep
Water, and was formerly q promi.
men I teacher in Bates. He has been
in Honolulu about eight years.
J. R. Cobb, who Was undergoing
treatment at Hot Syringe for rheu.
matism, returned home the last OF
the week, owing to the serious illness
Of bis father, Fred Cobb. Doley had
improved so as to be able to discard
his crutches, but was compelled to
use cane.
From Elder Wix, who was In But
Ter on Monday, we learned OF the
dea tn OF Mrs. Dora Bohsnnon, wife
Of E. NJ. Bohannon, which occurred
at their home in Deep Water town.
ship on Sunday last Of pneumonia.
She was twenty seven years old, q
good woman and popular in that
community.
Andy B. Owen, present mayor OF
Blu tier, was renominated at that
city's Democratic primary. Mr..
Owe has made good, progressive
Mayor. He Is q safe and conserva-
tive man, and the people Of our SIS
ter city can do no better than to re-
elect him.-Rich Hill Review.
The heaviest snow OF all the past
winter fell here Sunday afternoon
and night. We haven't heard from
! the cid settler yet, but expect he will
have to 20 back into the sixties to
beat it. Think OF snow nearly 8inches
on the level the 10Th OF March, in
the year OF our Lord 1906.
=, Joe S. Franklin, the Worland coal
and grain shipper, was In Butler
, Thu rsday on bis way to Kansas City,
5 to answer subpoena to give depo-
siti on in law suit. He said he had
con tracted bis entire spring and
, sum mer output Of coal at satistac.
tory prices to rail roads preparing
7 for the contingency OF a general
strike among coal miners.
The merchants OF Butler are now
writing editorials for the local press
describing the great bargain PUSHES
In their stores, in language graphic
enough to employ in writing up an
eruption OF Vesuvius. They use as
strong language in condemniDg the
J shoddy stuff offered by their COM
petit ors as rival politicians use when
di scussing the dement's Of each 9th.
er. -Je fferson City Tribune.
! Butler Lodge No. 958 B. P. o
Elks at last meeting granted demits
to eighteen members from Rich Hill.
About twice that number secured
demits from Nevada lodge. 1t is the
intention OF the Rich Hill Elks to
form lodge in that city and apply
for charter at the Grand Lodge,
, which meets In Denver this summer.
Butler Elks will grant them all the
assist ancs possible in the undertak.
ing.
Mrs. T. E. Order died at her home
mort beast Of Amsterdam, on Thurs
. day morning last, Of pneumonia.
!. Mr.. Order at the time was I'll with
0 | the same disease. This makes sever.
al deaths which have occurred in that
neigh borhood Of pneumonia In the
:. last few weeks. Mrs. Order was a
! most excellentlady and welded much
o L. a rorn> &c. <vood IN khot poiohhop