The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1909-04-08

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neg OF Csss county took a two year
old baby girl away from a Gypsy out
tit OF beggars camped hear Harrison
vile last week. Parties In Ihe neigh
borhoOd OF where they camped,
reporsed 10 she officers thai they
had been abusing she child shame.
fully. Sheriff Hamilton took she lis
tie girl so his home to keep until the
county court can secure her home.
Roy Baker, OF Deep Water, had his
leg broken In a runaway Saturday
afternoon. He had started home
wish load of lumber, Driving a
span OF spirited mules, when near the
Sewer place in Summit township she
mules sook fright, ran away and
caught Roy between the load OF lum.
Der and telephone pole. The limb
was fractured between she knee and
ankle. DR.. Lockwood was summon
ed and reduced the fracture after
which Roy was taken to the home of
his father, James Baker, on the ex-
Sheriff Beard farm.
Collins Ewing is the proud posses
cor OF an unusual hen, a young BAN
tam pullet. One Sunday morning
she went on the nest and arranged Is
10 her satisfaction and came off
cackling jubilantly. Every day since,
without u break Tor elk weeks she
had done the same thing, remaining
an hour or SO and coming off with
violent Mysteries, but never an egg.
Now after the six weeks she is indus.
sriously setting and doing q good
job OF Is too without ever >having
laid an egg In her lie. Can you
match it?-Missouri Ledger.
Chas. q. Hunt, rustling Hudson
township farmer and stockman, ls
reported TO have in his pens 100 fine
young lambs that have tome into
she world within the past two
months. Charley Hunt is u natural
born sheep man, Is we'll fixed for she
business and knows how 10 handle
them to the best advantage, said
his neiyhbur, j, f, Clemons lew
days ago while talking sheep TO the
journal MIR, Clemons recently sold
to Mr., llunt "a fine bunch OF sheep -
Appleton City journal.
Hon, l.. NJ, Griihth,s tax bill pro-
vides for the substitution OF March"
and July" for June and Jan
uary" AS the dates OF assessing and
collecting OF revenues; also she inser-
tion OF the word "market" in connec
tion wish the values Of property, and
provides for various other whole
some changes In thepresent tax laws.
IL all the people were dispose to be
tair, it seems shat our tax laws could
be greatly simpliiied and much i'm
proved, and Mr.. Gritfith's bill IL n
move In the right direction Rich
Hill Review,
BY some oversight the judges In
the north precinct OF Mt. Pleasant
township failed TO number the ballots
as they we're voted. This oversight
has raised hopes In the breast 81
some OF the local Republicans, who
think they see an opportunity to get
a few Republican township officers
without the iormsllty of electing
them, by simply contrasting and hav.
ing the full preclnc. thrown out.
That would be mighty easy way
to steal a few offices, provided the
courts took that view OF 1t. But We
have an idea shat proceeding will
not be resorted TO, no matter how
strong the desire, for at least few
level-hesded leaders could see how
such proceeding would rise up to
plague them In the future.
A severe hail storm visited this sec.
tion Monday night, following a
strong wind blow OF As hours dura-
ton. The size Of hail stones are look
ed upon like fish stories, but these
we're big ones, possibly not so large
as iull grown goose eggs, but when
coming down on tin roof one
thought more of brick bats or fat
irons. Considerable damage to glass
is reported from the Kinney hot beds
In the south east part OF town. A
number OF window II ghts were broken
over town. Severalo OF the large lights
were broken at Liddle's photograph
gallery and the room WIS flooded,
causing much damage. The rain fol
lowing the hail was a blessing to
this section as 1t was getting dis
tressingly dry.