The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1907-02-28

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night. They report Mrs. E. A. Ben.
nett as much improved In health.
She remained there with her daugh.
ter, Miss Helen.
Uncle Lewis Jones, Of Foster, drop.
lped In TO talk over old times and help
the printer man to continue to ge,
out the best county paper published
now on earth.
Our old friend j. W. Darby favored
US, while over from Foster as acourt
witness the last OF the week. He has
been justice of the peace OF shat
township for years and dispenses JUS
tice with equity.
Miss Cora Whitsett, on her way
from California TO her home in Chi
csgo, stopped off at Butler to visit
her parents, Mr.. and Mrs. ] Y v his
sett, the last OF the week Miss W hit
sett is professional trained nurse.
While some young folks were out
for a hayride Friday night, Lorraine
Kinney, son OF NJ. +. Kinney, was
pulled from the wagon by a compan-
ion, and in the fall to the ground
Sustained fracture OF his arm ut
the wrist joint.
Judge VIM. T. Kemper, OF Prairie,
was a delegate to the county conven.
ton Saturday and dropped In to say
"howdy" and help the printer along
substantially. Judge Kemper served
the county with fidelity In the posi-.
ton OF Judge OF the south district.
A young man giving bis name as
Com. Sharp, says the Higginsville
Jeffersonian, fell from a freight car
at Myrick, Mo, and both bis legs
we're badly mangled by the cars.
Sharp said he lived In Kohomo, Ind
and was cumming his way to Kan
sas City, where he expected to hunt
work.
| W. H Lowdsr and Emmett Nc.
Laughlin, OF New Home, were pless-
ant callers on Saturday. Mr.. Lowder
was a delegate to the county conven.
tion. He has been a prominent citi.
zen OF that section most OF bis life
and at one time made a creditable
race for the Democratic nomination
for sheriff.
j. E. Clemens and Charley Hunt, OF
Hudson, were callers at The TIMES
office Saturday, and the former IA.
vored US with renewal Mr.. Clemer 9
came to Bates county from Iowa a
few years ago and bought a farm on
Round Prairie. Both gentlemen were
delegates to the Democratic conven
ton.
| We learn from Lewis W. Jones, OF
Foster, that grandma Caldwell, wife
OF Uncle Ben Caldwell at New Home,
was seriously i'll, at her home, with
pneumonia, the last OF the week and
shat her life was despaired OF. Grand
ma Caldwell Is 80 years old, an early
settler OF this county and has many
friends in that section.
Governor Folk has offered a re-
ward Of $500 for the arrest of Ste.
phen Hall, charged with attempting
to assassiDate Lewis W. Moore, edi-
tor of the Hume Telephone, by shoot
ing him through the window. BCiti.
zens Of Hume have offered 500,
making a total reward OF $500. That
ought to fetch" him.
There Is good money in hogs. W.
". VIM, OF Monegsw township, St.
Clair county, sold four head OF hogs
In Appleton City the other day, and
received for them 1855 10. The same
day Chas. Richards, another farmer,
sold three hogs to the same buyers,
and was paid $175, The price paid
for the hogs was Sc 60.
A delivery team belonging to J E |
Williams grocery store, ran away |
Monday and threw the delivery boy, |
Wesley White, out on his head In |
front Of the post Office. Wesley was
painfully but not seriously burt, with |
ascalp wound and numerous bruises. |
The same team ran away on Satur.
day with another boy, but did not
do any damage.
Miss Lulu NJ. Berry and Roy NJ. |
Lightner were married by Judge Of
Probate, John A. Silvers, at bis Of
fee, Saturday afternoon last The
bride, whose home Is In Los Angeles,
Cal. WAS Waiting hep aiatars. MIRA |