The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1908-11-05

just as We go TO press a dispatch
so John c. Hayes conveyed she sad
Information that ". c. Burrus had
died at Roswell, \. Mex, on Nov.
18th. No particulars.
Grandpa" Frank Cheverton has
been informed OF she arrival OF fine
new baby at the home OF his daugh.
ter, Mrs. Ada Roy at St. Pau. Rich
Hill Review.
Judge Graves came home Monday,
TO greet his many friends and look
after his farming interests. After
casting his vote Tor good govern.
ment he returned to Jefferson City
Tuesday noon.
j. f. Hines and Mrs. Eta Sewer
were married at the home OF Louis
NJ. Deffehbaugh, in the southeast
part OF the city on Friday evening
last. Rev. Criss, OF the NJ. Z. church
performed the ceremony.
The city council OF Rich Hill has
ordered lights put In the alleys be
hind the business houses In order to
give the police fair show with burg.
lars and sneak shieyes which inst
now seem to be over.running that
city.
Mr., Boyd Williams for number OF
years resident OF Hudson town.
ship Bates county, recently purchss.
ed a fine 80 acre farm located about
Z miles from Butler. We understand
Mr.. Williams will move to his farm
In the pring.-Appleton City Tri.
bune.
Frank Axtell left AIMS. ordam last
week for Lennon, S. OAK, taking
along his live stock, farming imple.
ments and household goods. He
will locate on ranch there, where
his family will join him In the near
future.
The program for the annual ses
sion OF the Southwest Missouri
Teachers Association, to be held at
Neosho, November 26, ~ and %
has been Issued and received by
teachers IN Butler. Prof. A. W. Duff
is pi !sident OF the association.
The members OF the sig nal col ps,
ui Butler will dedicate their hall, In
the opera block, on next Thursday
evening with a social event. The
soldier boys will appear In full dress
uniforms. They are dc ,orating their
hall and exp, 1t to have big time.
Ira Patton and wife, OF Yucon,
Okla, visi' ID the family OF Judge F.
M. Steele last week. Mr.. Patton for.
merly lived In Hudson township and
we're neighbors OF the S"eales. They
left here about seven years ago and
are prospecting In the new country.
We acknowledge call from Mr.. Pa.
ton In company with Judge Steele.
Porter Midkiff sold to Wesley
Robinson his 100 acre bottom farm,
together with large amount OF live
stock. The house standing on the
premises has bt used as q club
house for considerable time and 1t
sud considerable portion OF the
land was leas,d by the Kansas City
Gun club rs 1t Joined their large
tract Rockville Cor. Appleton Jour
nal,
After about three months of hot
political campaign, to have It end
abruptly puts the newspaper man
up against q proposition. We might
talk about the weather and crops,
always a new theme, or the hunting
and fishing laws, but until we get
our bre8th and bearing we are afraid
our readers will have to bear with
us and over look our short comings
Rolon Smith, who has been visi~
ing the family OF his father, Recorder
| M. Smith, left for his home in the
Hawaii Islands the last of the weel.
Is was thought that Rolon might
take with him one of Ba- 20 county's
fair daughters to grace his Pacific
Island home. But for bis owniy
sons he postponed the suspicious Or
casion for his next trip
The F. & NJ. Bank corn contest at
Rich Hill closed Monday, and the
following prizes were awarded: LIST
premium, $40, to Charles E FerL /.
son; End premium, s., to Kirt
Lenve; Bird premium, 50 so, to S. r
McCoun In all there were forty.five
entries In the contest. The Judges
we're c. c. McGinnis, W. W. Chever-
ton and Paul Mclaughlin.