The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1907-08-01

for Napton, No., to visit relative
and friends for some time.
Our good friend John Utley, on
on Route 8, ives q pleasant Gale
and had his dates set ahead. 81
ssid be had finished hsying and hi
nsy q OF the finest quality. Th,
prospects for corn are very bright.
willst Brown, living northwest o,
Rich Hill, was the victim Of q var,
painful accident, says the Rich Hill
Review. He was working in the hay,
and In some manner ran two prongs
OF Q pitchiork through bis foot. BE
will be laid up for several days AZ 4
result.
The real estate business Il very
dull but II you viii liz. your farm
With rs at fair price we will do our
BEST to start something that will sen
IL. IL you want TO buy q farm In
Bates county or elsewhere it viii Day
you TO come in and talk with us
about Il.
81 w.O. ArKEsoS, Butler, No..
The following party has been In
camp at the Christy Lake Grounds
thepast week: Mesdsmes Ed. Snider,
Joe Meyer. W. e. hampton, Z. A.
Bennett, J. M. Chris.y, George Gilke-
son, Mrs. Morris and Misses Mar
guerite Snider, Classic Meyer and
Mildred Schoenielt, of 81. Louis.
j. W. Corbin and John Hines, of
West Boone, were in Butler the last
Of the week and favored ne with q
pleasant call. Mr.. Corbin is On old
settler In that community He is
a brother OF Dan Corbin, who owns
nearly the whole Of Merwin. Mr..
Corbin Is q clever gentleman and a
good neighbor.
Frank Curry was installed as agent |
at the depot here to I'm the place OF
E. G. Vandervoort, who has been
given a three months vacation.
Mrs. Vandervoort is In bad health.
and they will go to the Mountains
and possibly as far as the Pacific
coast, to try the efficacy OF that eli
mate.
A fire swept Coney Island, the play
ground OF New York, Sunday morn.
ng, and seven blocks were destroyed.
\ lucky shifting Of the wind aided
The iremen, but 1t was not subdued ,
Until over a million dollars In prop /
'rty were destroyed. All the freaks ,
we're saved. This is the fourth big 1
Ire that has swept Coney Island the {
asst ten years. 7,
The name Of Col. Ed. Harder, of
irundy county, is receiving fav orable
nention by the press Of the state for I
'overnor. Col. Harder is a lawyer | I
1 marked ability. He has taken a 4
rominent part In every Democratic Q
tate convention in the pasr twenty b
ears, and there are few politicians b
Tho do not know him personally. u
le would make a strong race and an Q
bic execution. I,
The Fulton Sun says that the first :
hrsshing machine in Galloway coun. :, =
was brought there in 1s4s BY =
lenry Ssults. It was what was
nown as a ground hog" because n
be straw wheat and chat were q
lrown out together on big sheet I
ack OF the machine. The charge for b
lreshing was six cents per bushel, fl
nd the average crop was about fifty CT
ushels to the family. B
A reunion and picnic was held By hl
10 Walker family at Whites grove, CT
ct east OF the city, Tuesday. Those NJ
'esent were: Dan K. Walker and OF
mily, Mrs. Anna Pyle, Miss Mary p'
alker, A. B. Walker and wife and
N, Of Columbus, Ohio, Mrs. s. D. q,
rain, Of 'Fairplsy, No., Mrs. Eva Of
1num, Of ElDorado Springs, Mo, a
ID Miss Hattie Deacon. n
The Appleton City Journal Is boom. th
yaproposition to sell stock in q cor. ell
ration formed for the purpose for ae
100000. This money IL to be on
edin purchasing grounds and erect lee
J new and modern buildings for the at
The Journal seems conf tn