The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1907-12-26

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BOERB, ty day or week. Meals a !
speciality. los Ft. Scott street. But
Ter, Mo. ST. Mrs B. ]. BERRY.
Judge John ]. March was up from
bis New Home farm the last OF the !
week looking after business matters
Our old friend John Fischer, Of
Pleasant Gap, fsvors us with renew
al through the courtesy OF John T.
Yoss.
Ed. Williamson, Of Alvs, Okla
who has been visiting friends in the
county, was a pleasant caller at The
TINES office on Thursday.
Val Grfggs, formerly prominent
stockmsn Of near Appleton City and
later hardware merchant in Rock
Vile, died as the home OF his son,
Jared Griggs, Wednesday morning.
The Butler public schools closed
Friday afternoon for the holidays
and will open up again Monday,
Dec. 30th, giving one weeks vacs
ton.
Bates county, says the Globe Dem.
ocras, has gone dry, but this seems
so have nothing TO do with the fact
that Is Is digging csnalhslf as long
as that OF Psnama.-Appleton City
Journal.
Our esteemed young friend John T,
Yoss, of Rockville, who was on the
regular October petit jury panel and
was called back on the Bell case, was
a pleasant caller on Thursday and
favored us.
William L. Burns has been sp
pointed postmaster at Appleton City
to succeed Edward Myers, who re-
signed some time ago to take posi-
tion under the government as Post
Office Inspector.
l.. d. Dugsn, representing Pitts
burg, Pa, oil company, has leased
about 1000 acres of land In South
western Csss county for the purpose
of prospecting for oil. One hole will
!, be sunk on each farm leased.
8 Nevada claims the unluckiess man
. In the person OF Henry Reed. Mr..
= Reed was held up and robbed by a
;. negro the other night, and inside Of
a two hours had stepped into a hole
4 and broke both bones In his right
0 leg.
The Township Board, at a meet
3 ing Wednesday decided to build the
s approaches, to the new concrett
8 bridge this side OF the cemetery. The
o Board deserves the hearty co-opera
q tion OF all in doing this work.-Humt
q Telephone.
The Bell Miller trial drew many
. witnesses from New Home and Eos
ter. The parties In interest repre-
sent two Of Bates county's old anc
highlyLrespected families, and 1t Il
n deeply deplored by all good citizens
l. In that section.
> W. H. Bolte, OF Rockville, has hi'
name enrolled for THE TINES. Mr.
> Bolte came to Bates county from
Oklahoma about one year ago ant
bought fine farm near Rockville
: He is OF a prominent Missouri family
being q brother of ex-Lieutenan
. Governor Bolte.
Our old friend John H. McElro!
writes to have his paper changet
from Amarillo, Tex, to Elkins, New
:, Mexico. He says he supposes Aarol
!, Is happy since Bates county wen
dry. Said Amarillo went dry by on
= vote, Potter county by 81 votes
= They are having nice dry weather il
:. that country.
" Representative Booher, over who's
Of committee assignment the question
D Of verscity arose between Repre-
sentatives Williams and DeArmonG
says that he had no conversatio
- with DeArmond regarding his CON
> mittee assignments, and that Deal
mond could have had no reason 10
. saying what Williams quoted hin
=. and he believes Williams was In tb
wrong and misquoted DeArmond.
q. Frank Wise Miller, aged 81 year
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