The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1908-08-06

Miss Alice Smith, OF near Rich Hill
was q guest OF friends in shis city she
first OF she week.
DR.. Harriet Crysler is attending
she National 0steopsthic convention
at Kirksvllle this week.
Harve Robinson and family OF near
Rich Hill, visited friends In the city
the first OF the week.
Mr.. and Mrs. Winchel Jamison of
Rich Hill we're guests OF Mr.. and Mrs.
c. &. Weeks the first OF the week.
Misses Kitty Ferguson and Lois
Tygard came up from Rich Hill Mon
day morning to attend she circus.
Adiutsnt General Jas. A. Dear.
mond has been spending the past
week with his wiie> and children who
have been visiting relatives here for
some time.
Robert Hawkins, OF Shreveport,
La, and l.. b. Hawkins, OF Denver,
Colorado, lefs Saturday morning Tor
Kansas City after a short visit with
their brother W +. Hawkins.
/ A telegram was received here yes.
serday that Fred Epperson had died
at his home near Glenco, Oklahoma,
Tuesday night. A couple OF weeks
ago he was stricken with typhoid
lever and although everything was
done TO save him his lie passed
away.-Merwin Clipper
Some unknown exchange dedicates
the following to the fisherman; "Be.
hold the fisherman, he riseth up early
in the morning and disturbeth the
whole household. Mighty are his
preparations. He goeth forth full OF
hope. When the day Is far spent he
returneth, smelling OF strong drink,
and the truth Is not In him"
! The White Horse Camp east of the
city was visited 10y marauders one
night last week, and the comissary
stores stolen. Not content with this,
the vandals took the trouble 80 fill
the spring near the camp with rocks,
cutting off the water supply. 1t is
to be hoped they will be caught and
punished.
The prospect for a magnificent
corn crop between Appleton City
and Pleasant Gap could not be more
promising than now. Other evi
dences OF thr,is, plenty and pros
perity are also visible on every hand
and cannot fail to impress every
stranger that comes this way that
we have here one OF the finest Sec
lions OF country in Missouri APP
pleton journal.
l.. NJ. Nreeland, as plaintiff. filed a
petition last week with she Cass
county circuits court, asking that n
receiver be appointed Tor the I'm
proved Scale and Foundryscompany
~ Harrisonville. The Liabilities OF
the company amount to about $10,-
O53 90 and the assets about S.,
600 90. George Bird was appointed
receiver and ordered to file bond in
.he sam OF s12, 100000.
Last week j. W. Chambers trade
his residence property in the north
west part OF Butler to Arthur pHRRaaAf
J for the Gench residence property in
J Rich Hill. The first OF the, week Mr.
Chambers traded his Rich Hill prop
erty to J. j. Richardson for his resi-.
dence on east Dakota street, in But
Ter, and Arthur Duvall traded the
Chambers residence TO Charley Argen.
bright, who recently sold his farm
and will move to Butler shis fall
All OF this is desirable residence prop.
erty.
J X. B. Hall died at ElDorado
Springs, where he had been making
his home for the past few years on
account OF Ill health, on last Sstur
day. The remains were brought to
Butler and funeral services we're con
Quoted from the home OF his sister,
Mrs. Lucy Msloney Sunday morning
by Rev. Criss. The body was then
taken to Mulberry for interment
Mr.. Hall was at one time a promi.
nent citizen OF this county and has
many friends In the western part who