The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1909-07-29

ANO' VI NClC plSdoeilit SdAlCAS VII huil-
day. 1t being their father, E. L.
Gains birthday, they ordered The
Times to his address for one year.
Mrs. F. H. Crowell and daughter,
Miss Gertrude leaves to-day for the
west for several weeks vacation.
They go to Walla Walla, Wash,
where they have relatives and other
points and will spend some time at
the Seattle exposition.
A dispatch from Fl. Scott, Kan,
reports that eX-Judge Timothy Hack
EFT, is near deaths door from a stroke
of paralysis. Judge Hackett is a
brother of Pierce Hackett, has been a
very prominent man and Democratic
leader He had appeared in court
here at different times.
James NJ. Chambers, of Elkhart,
was in to see us while in Butler Mon
day. Mr.. Chambers says his inten-
tons are to run for the Democratic
nomination for Recorder next time.
Mr., Chambers is an old citizen OF
Bates, has ever been a loyal Demo,
cratic worker and would make 4
strong candidate if nominated.
The signal corps boys and Com.
pany B. returned home, from week S
stay at Camp Hadley, near Nevada,
They say they did not have quite SC
much fun as at former encampments,
but they know more about military
matters. From all accounts this en-.
campment was run on business
principles, and il was hard work dur
ing the whole time, making soldiers
oil raw recruits.
A prominent citizen of this city
adopted the desperate means of pour.
ing carbolic acid on his pillow with
the hope of bluffing the Usage mo-
Squito which is interrupting the SOM
Violence of our people at present, to
some extent. He then went to sleep
and rolled over into ii and has been
carrying a vivid burn on his mug
ever since. We don't need mention
any names his face will give him
away. Rockville Booster.
Miss Eliza Tharp departed this life
at the home of her brother, Henry
Tharp, in Charlotte township, Tues
day morning. She was a long and
patientsufferer with malignant cancer.
Deceased was born in Boone county,
Indiana, in 1915. She removed to
Missouri in 1869, and came to Bates
county in 1885 to live with her broth
ers, Henry, Peter and William Tharp.
Funeral services were conducted
Wednesday morning by Rev. II. |.
Ogle and interment made in Oak Hill
cemetery. She was a most exem-
plary lady and favorite with those
who knew her.
Hadley rode five miles on horse
back Tuesday! My, what a wonder
full man he must be. 1t was noble of
him to take that ride for it furnished
the metropolitan press a column of
copy, and also gave him an opportu-
nifty to utter those memorable, states
man-like words, isn't this fine?"
when he rode, a dust-covered hero
into the camp of the National Guard,
near Nevada. There's nothing to it,
our Herbert is there with the press
notices, and he does such grand
things, too. Rode five miles and
said it was "fine. Hadley is GER
tainly all the candy. '-Warrensburg
Star.
Fred hammers, prominent far
mer living a few miles north of Pilot
Grove, met with a peculiar expert
ence Friday of last week during a
storm. He was in the barn lot in
which were some cattle and was near
a milk COW which was struck by
and killed outright. Mr..
hammers was quite severely shocked
by the force of the electric current,
and after recovering from the ap-
parent effect of the shock he discov-
cred that he had completely lost the
vision of one eye, which was sound
before he received the shock from
the lightning. He has since been un-
able to see with the eye. No further
injury was done to his person.-War-
rensburg Star.
A Frenchman, Louis Blerist, flew