The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1907-01-03

meeting of the old court and taking
notes.
F. 81. Glenn, OF the Goss & Glenn
Clothing Co., Nevada, Mo-, after
twenty years OF active business life,
retires from the firm and will take
life easy.
While cleaning riff, Lee B. Ssper
clerk OF the Clay county court, acct
dentslly shot and killed himself Fri
day at his home In Liberty, Mo. He
hal served as county clerk eigh Z
years and his second term ended wit h
this year.
o. L. Morris, one of THE TINES
printers, who had been spending the
holidays with hi parehts, Mr.. and
Mrs. W. Fl Norris, at Monett, Mo.
returned Monday. He reports hav-
ing had a 'humcomb' Christmas din
me- and o general good time.
Butler Camp No, 245S Modern
Woodmen OF America will hold their
annual open session at the court
house Thursday, January II, 1907,
at 7:30p. m. All Woodmen and
their families are invited to attend
this meeting. Program will appear
later.
At q late meeting OF the city coun.
ell Alderman Hupp was appointed q
committee to have charge OF measur-
ing the lots and numbering the
houses, preparatory to establishing
free delivery. The council paid for
the signs designating the streets,
but the property owners will have to
pay for numbering their houses.
Mrs. Emily Compton died at the
home of her daughter, Mrs. George
Frank, on East Dakota street Sun
day. She sustained a paralytic
stroke some time ago from which she
never recovered. She is an aged lady
and an old resident oil Butler. Fun
eral services we're conducted by Rev.
Barker on Monday, and the remains
were inferred in Oak Hill.
The request OF the State Board OF
Railway and Warehouse Commits.
sioners that the Legislature pass q
law making their orders effective
pending final decision after appeal, is
just and reasonable. AZ 1t is now,
every order by the Commissioners
objected to by railroads, is at once
carried to the courts and It's action
suspended as long as railway attor-
neys can stave eff q final deci .ion.-
Clinton Democrat.
War enemies will direct the Macon,
Mo-, church union OF the Presbyt e-
risn churches in that city. A soldier
under Gen, Sherman and n soldier
under Gen. Price, as representatives
OF the Presbyterian and Cumberland
Presbyterian churches respectively,
will receive the First Presbyterian
church into organic union with the
McGee Presbytery, which was Tor
merly an organization OF the Cum.
berland Presby terian church.
Charles n. Moore, assistant ca.h.
Ter OF the National Bank OF Com.
merce, OF Kansas City, and j. Fl
Jones, OF that city, came down Fri.
day and in comp any wish W. F. Du-
vail and R. r Deacon went out In
the country to meet Bob White. +"
They had two we'll trained dogs and
fine guns and enjoyed good days
shooting. That evening the visiting
gentlemen went to the club house at
Athol, to try their luck at duck
shooting on Saturday.
According to the Kansas City
Journal Hiawatha, Kansas, has q
landlady that Is a wonder. She has
seventeen boarders and each and
every one praise her table. She does
all the cooking by herseli-washes
the dishes-does all the work-hiree
no help. And she finds time to at.
tend church regularly and enjoys
lecture course entertainments aud
all the other events OF worth and in.
terest. We are not publishing thia
article with the view OF adding any
more burdens TO the already over.
worked b, usekeeper and any wife
has our sanction to paste the no