The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1908-06-18

udu UcTe iDT sut past hhO weeks, lcit I
Tor home Wednesday. Miss Hsines
leaves shortly for an extended visit |
80 friends In Oklahoma
The first cultivasor ever used In the /
vicinity OF Drexel. Missouri, accord /
Idg 30 she Star, was brought there
from Springfield, Illinois, by Jesse B. /
stuart, thirty.eight years ago. The
settlers there, like true Missourians,
had to be shown before they would |
believe that IL would do any work !
whatever.
The Roller Mills OF Stockton, Mis-.
souri,, burned, together with about
, 900 bushels OF wheat In storage,
saturday night OF last week. accord.
ihg to the Colorado Sua The prop
rty was insured for about $1,000
which will not nearly cover the loss.
rhe mills will probably be rebuilt.
Up TO June lst there had been a
total OF iorty.two cyclones this year
causing All deaths and injuring
1900 persons; SO towns were de
-troyed and many rural district,
storm swept. II has been year OF
unusual disasters. From many
p 'ints uniavorsble crop conditions
we're reported,-Ex.
The Carpenter. Shaier Co mpany has
discontinued the practice OF blowing
iis big whistle three times day be-
cause 1t had a tendency to scare
\ farmers teams on the square. The
whistle, sounding at 7 In the morn,
ing, at noon and 6 In the evening
had become a great convenience TO
our people and will be missed.
Miss Gladys Groves, Of Drexel, was
thrown from a buggy Sunday Of last
week and sustained a broken leg.
Miss Gladys and Otis Groves and
Miss Hazel Hunziker and sister we're
driving, when the horses ran away
throwing out the occupants. Miss
Gladys was the only one sustaining
Aerious injuries,
The continued rains have become
quite discouraging to farmers. The
crab grass In some sections is taking
, the corn. The ground is so soft that
It's is almost impossible to get into
the wheat fields with binders. The
wheat is safe so far, ia not hurt by
rust and the heads are we'll filled out,
A few days sunshine would prove a
great boone.
| Memorial services OF Bates Lodge
1901. Q o. +. will be held at the M.
E. church south next Sunday evening
June 9th at 8 o'clock, prompt.
Rev. Vivion will preach the sermon
Rebekahs and Odd Fellows will
meet at their hall at 7 o'clock
and march to the church. All men,
bers take notice.
Since the settlement OF the cosl
strike, the various mine operators
with properties adjacent to Rich Hill
have been busily engaged cleaning up
their mines and In a number OF In
stances taking out OF coal has been
resumed. The demand for coal at
this time OF the year is not heavy,
and for this reason several OF our
mines are still Idle. Review.
Ira Wiser, a farmer OF Summit
township, brought his ten year old
, son to Butler for medical attention
Friday afternoon He was suffering
from the effects of a rattle snake
bite. The little fellow was reaching
under a brush pile for some eggs
when the snake bit him in the left
! hand. His hand and arm were badly
swollen and very painful when Dr.
. Lockwood's office was reached.
Since deciding that white children
were almost good enough to 90 to
school with those OF color, that Is al
long as the whites behave themselves
the Illinois supreme court has decid
ed that the fifteen citizens OF Alton
who were members OF the schoO
, board who refused to admit the chill
, dren OF the negro Bibb to tht
/. schools, must pay the costs 10 thu
case. The costs amount to 50,
{ 053.97.
Bert Seese has become the solt
}. proprietor OF the business. block on
, the south east corner OF the square
! The partnership existing betweer
, Seese 4 Mabbott was dissolved; Mr.
' Mabbott took the saloon fixture.
!. and MIR. Seese the buildings anC
meat market. He assumes all thu
indebtedness and expects to contlnut
: in the butchers business. Rumor hat
q 1t that Mr.. Mabbott expects togo tC
> ElDorado Springs and go into tht
4 saloon business In that town.
!. Wade Hampton Ellis, Attorney
General Of Ohio, now serving his sec
ond term, drafter OF the Taft Roose
n welt platform adopted by the Chi
. cago convention this week, Is 6
q brother OF Mrs. John w. Alternately
a now Mrs. VIII Miers, of Kansas City
He ut one time lived in Butler, stud