The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1907-02-07
JUDGE cox CALLED
To Preside in All Cases Grow
inu Out of Bank Failure.


ing out oi the Bates National Bank
allure. Judge Cox will be here next
Monday, Febru .ry 18th to hear
these cases. Judge Denton took this
,tep because, while in the practice
and associated with t. j. Smith, he
was attorney for all these parties
and FOR the further and personal req.
son that bis association with those
q ltlemen have teen such that he
d ~ not care Ia preside in a case
where there Is. or any likelihood OF
here being any criminal charges pre-
Erred
D. not forget you get gallons OF
oil for zoe AT j Il Williams
The senate has ordered an inquiry
INTO the operations OF the lumber
trust, which Senator Kittredge, OF
South Dakota, declares Is the king OF
a | trusts IN restraint OF trade.
Harry Hastings big burlesque at.
traction, the "Black Crook Jr", will
be the Offering at the Opera House
next Tuesday, Feb. 18th. Thiscom
pany Ia said to be entirely different
from anything on similar lines, for
besides being original In conception,
1t IL replete with new aud up,to date
ideas intelligently carried out by gu
perior artists.
George Naples, living In northwest
Barton county, close Ito the Vernon
line, drove Tom Van Kinks COW into
the barn few nights ago, knocked
the animal In the head and skinned
her for the price Of the hide, which he
sold for "a IS at arcadia. Naples
has been arrested and lodged In jail
at Lamar.
Governor Folk has appointed Judge
James A. Daugherty, OF Webb City
as one OF the regents OF the south
west normal school OF Springfield
The Governor could not have made
a better selection. Judge Daugherty
is one OF those old,fashined conscien
tious gentlemen that have becom,
40 rare in this age Of commercialism
Lamar Democrat.
Supreme Judge Graves has beer
, spending the past two weeks hard q
workin his rooms in this city prepsr
. ing and writing decisions. The worl
OF the supreme court Is reported Il
be far behind. II all the Judges hat
the same capacity Tor hard worl
as Judge Graves, there would b.
no necessity for Supreme Cour
, Commission.
T. H. Tilson was In town this after
noon from the country northwest
He will take the train here to.nigh
for Galveston, Houston and othe
points in the Lone Star State, ii
, which country he owns large trac
OF land. Mr.. Tilson will probsbl,
find the climate in that section at tn
/. present time much more agreeabl
than here. He will be absent thre
weeks. Rich Hill Review, 4sh.
The body Of Walter Connolly, tn
Pilot Grove young man, who wa
killed In the disastrous NJ, K. & I
r wreck at the Big Drywood Thursday
t, was taken from the river Friday ever
0 ing at about $50 O'Clock The bod
D was first taken to Deerfield and aitel
b wards placed In q boat and brough
J across the river and placed 10 th
} caboose OF the work train and sen
/, to Nevada, says the Mail OF Satul
. day.
George b. Robinson died on JAM
, afy Both at the home OF Sam L Col
man In Deep Water township, in b
73rd year. He had been membt
r OF the Coleman family from choi'
:. from bis seventeenth year. He We
e an ex-conisderate soldier, wounde
:, In line Of duty as such and never full
b recovered. The funeral service VIC
;. conducted by Rev. 8. W. Maxey, Q
d February End and the remains lal
n to rest In the Coleman lot In John
II town cemetery. We will publish q
d obituary next week by zone VII
n loved him."
Of The Republican central committ'
, has issued Q call for township col
ventions on the 23rd and q count
It convention on the 26th Of Februar
>. to nominate candidate for count
, school euperinteudent. II the ran