The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1909-11-04

eral services from the home on Fiji
day and interment in Oak Hill GENE
terry. Mr.. Nash has been a resident
of Butler for more than forty years.
Sheriff Bullock went to Jefferson
City Monday with three prisoners for
the penitentiary. They were John
Witherspoon, ten years for forgery;
Herbert Thomas, two years for for
gerry, James Williams, two years for
burglary.
County court convened Monday
for the regular November term, with
Presiding Judge Harper and associ-
ate Judges A. D. Hyde and L. S,
Paddock present. A full docket will
probably keep them here most of the
week.
FOR SALE.-Improved 81 acre
farm adjoining a railroad town in
Bates Co., Mo-, location fine as silk
For description and price, address,
j. p. Hart, Butler, Mo. 5l-4t
We were complimented by pleas
ant call from Hon. Luther Hardwing,
chief clerk in Superintendent How
ard A, Gass' office in jefferson City,
who was in the city the last of the
week to attend the county teachers
association.
l., E, Hubbard, of Deep Water, was
pleasant caller the last of the week
and had his name enrolled for The
Times. He recently purchased 9
farm near Blue Mound, Kansas, tc
which he expects to move about the
first of December.
Our esteemed old friend DR.. j. N
Bricker, the popular druggist of AID
rian, sends us remittance for renew
al, making about the 3lst time he ha:
so favored us. Dr. Bricker is a pic
neer citizen of Adrian and always
prominent man in the county.
The Military Euchre Club, the old
} est card club in the city, met for The
first time this season Monday even
} ing and entertained by Mr.. and Mrs,
Robt Deacon. The forces of Ft
! Riley, repeatedly repulsed last sea
son, succeeded in planting their flag
square on Fl. Sumpter's ramparts.
A little daughter of Mr.. and Mrs
Chas. LaFollett had the end of the
fore finger of her left hand cut of
Sunday morning. She was assisting
her mother in grinding pumpkins il
small meat and vegetable cutter
when her forefinger was caught il
the mill with the above result.
Mrs. Geo. M. McKissick called or
Saturday to renew for their paper.
She reports uncle George as getting
along as well as could be expected,
in his paralized condition. He was
afflicted about four years ago. He
keeps cheerful and is able to help
himself considerable.
Fred w. Jewett, who has been in
the Uuited States Navy for the past
four years, returned home the last OF
the week and says he expects to
settle down on the farm. Has had
enough of government service to last
him for awhile. He is bright young
man, has seen big slice of the world
and we are glad he has concluded to
settle down in Bates county.
C. ]. Schooley writing US from
Ki0wa county Kansas says it has been
50 excessively dry there this summer
they had to throw their hogs in tanks
to soak up their hides so they could
hold slop. The thermometer reached
100 in the shade. Their wheat, in
iured by hail storm in May, made
91-2 to 10 bushels. They have
put in 545 acres of wheat for next
year. He says they raised $50 acres
Of corn and have just begun to gath
er il.
Jerry Culbertson, a mining inves-
tor, bought for home the 7-room
stone and frame residence at 1915
Avenue from S. j. Hamrick, build
er. The lot has a frontage of sixty
feet. overlooking the Cliff Drive. It
was built in the summer. The con-
sideration was SO, GOO. Kansas City
Star.
Jerry Culbertson is a-Bates county
boy, born and raised on a farm near
Rich Hill, educated in the public
HchoOls of that town and at the state