The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1909-01-14


rolled on County Clerk Week. Regis
ter as the name Ter she home ole r
Dsrnell, whose farm i,iBs she cor
pnrste limits o, Rich Hill on th-
south. Mr.. Darrell has quite a rep
utstion as a breeder and raiser OF
stock and especially Of fine horses.
Miss Elsie Brown has resigned her
position wish she Sam Levy Mercan
tile Company, and will shortly .esve
for Los Angeles, California, 81 visit
her brother, A. 0 Browa Miss
Blown Is very efficient aud accom-
nodating clerk aud will be greatly
missed by her many Butler friends.
( Congress did very graceful acl
when Is passed d special act granting
the franklng mail privilege to Mrs
francis Folsom Cleveland, widow OF
,hs late tx President Grover Cleye
and, during DER life time. This same
privilege has been extended to she
widows OF all other ex presidents
Who occupied the White House wish
heir husbands.
James Coin, a young son oil Jack
Coin, had narrow escape from seri.
Gus injury, II not death, Wednesday
afternoon. He became entangled In
The betting and machinery At the pr,
vate power plant AZ the rear OF the
Chss. Price bakery and most OF the
clothing was torn from his body, He
was not injured. Review.
The county court OF Henry county
has refused to license saloons In elm.
ton on account Of she inability OF the
proprietors to secure she necessary
number of signers to their petitions,
There are five saloons In shat city
and they will all be compelled to
close within the next thirty days.
Don Depew, the young son oi Mr.
and Mrs. Ben Depew, who was acci
IDENTIFY shot by his little brother a
short time since, Is able TO ais w
and is reported as recovering nicely,
The rife ball passed through the lef:
eye, destroying the sight, and rang
ed downward into the mouth. |,
was a narrow escape Tor the young
man Review.
W. W. Ferguson, retiring Consul Of
the Rich Hill lodge Of N. W, A, was
, presented with handsome elk um
brella with gold mountiugs, inlaid
. with pearl by that lodgea at banquet
In Rich Hill last Thursday night
Mr.. Ferguson had held the office o
Consul for nearly ten successiv,
years.
J. W. Wainwright, Co. NJ. 1st L s
Infantry, writes to have his address
changed from Vancouver Barracks
Wash to Monterey, CAL, where h
has been ordered to attend a schoo
Of musketry for three months. II,
says 1t Is delightful climate, locat
!. ed about one hundred and twenty
q five miles below San Francisco, oil
o the coast.
y The Rich Hill Natural Gas Com
u pany received by Mondays Frisc,
Z freight the first shipment-swo ca
loads-oi the pipes to be used Ia con
a veying natural gas to Rich Hill. Tn
q work OF unloading and hauling th
d mains out will begin at once. an
@ just as soon as the necessary prelim
d naries can be made, the work ofplat
r. Ing them In position and connectin
them up will be started, Review.
!, Col. James Arthur Trader, OF Kan
,. sss City, was looking after his trad
Il In Butler on Tuesday and favored u
n pleasantly. As a born-in the lies
4 Republican he was naturally elate
O. over having a Republican governor
but says he has TO be mighty Garrett
about expressing himself aroun
10 home, as his wife and mother.in,la
y are such strong Democrats that the
Z even hold him responsible for Lii
e coins proclamation freeing tn
- slaves.
The beautiful country home ,
James Gragg, 3 miles south OF Az
- rian, was the scene Of q double we,
r ding Sunday, January Bird, 1909, Il
x contracting parties were Arch
~ Gragg and Nina F. Chambers; Gle,
T. Chambers and May Gragg. Re-
y Weir Off ciated. The contracting pa
Vi tioa NJ prominant families and "A,