The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1909-09-30

MIS-. =. A. hemper ana son, I. A,
of Prairie township, were in Butler
on Tuesday. The Probate court
granted letters of administration to
Mrs. Kemper on her late husbands
estate.
Our esteemed friend A. ]. Wright,
of Chicago, sends remittance for re-
newal, a custom he has punctually
observed for many years. He and
his esteemed father j. A. Wright left
Butler many years ago and have been
successful in the metropolis of ILL.,
nois, but have never forgotten their
old Butler friends.
st. Louis and vicinity was visited by
violent seismic disturbance at S+5
, O'Clock Monday morning. Two dis
tinct shocks were felt, the worst that
| has occurred in the middle west for
, many years. Earthquake specialists
2 claim il to have been the effect of n
. great earthquake somewhere on the
= Pacific coast.
S. w. Carroll was pleasant caller
on Saturday and had his dates set
ahead. He had but recently returned
, from trip through the northwest,
? and is greatly pleased with that
e country. He visited Portland, Sc
y attic and most of the big towns of
: that section. He thinks il offers
great advantages for money making,
: and he expects to try it again some
S day.
j. Emmett Hook was in Butler Mon
y day with two teams, after sand,
' cement and block moulds for his new
? house in Hudson township. He is
> building IL room house, concrete
' basement, with rock and concrete
, porch. The porch will be II and Ii
D feet wide and of modern architecture,
Fred Gilbert has contracted for the
carpenter work and John Rocks for
IS the cement work When completed
st this will be the finest country home
al in that section of the county,
i Charley Lane was down from But
. Ter again Tuesday afternoon, and We
- learn on the q t. will soon become ;
permanent resident here, having pur
- chased the Judge Armstrong farm
just west of town, and resigned hi
position in the bank at Butler Mr.
& Lane is an all-round good man anC
IT will make a splendid citizen. Judg,
III Armstrong, who is also a thorough
4 bred gentleman and fine citizen, ha
III not made any declaration of his futur
d. intentions, but we hope he will ais
IN remain here. Rich Hill Review.
G. M. Pfifer, an old and highl,
, respected citizen of JohnStown wa
. in Butler Saturday and favored IL
: pleasantly. He is about the younges
:. old man we know of, having the ap
! pearance of being about GO years old
although being in his S0th year. H
y was born in Van Buren, county, Ohio
u in 1880. He is an old line Democri
-, = and never voted any other ticket
u and it is his boast that he neve
~ scratched a Democratic ticket no
a voted for Republican. Is there an
a, wonder at his youthful appearance.
;;S Judge John A. Lefker came in o
- old settlers day and was meeting hi
- friends of a quarter century age
:: Few knew him; not that he ha
&c grown old in appearance, but he ha
" shaved off his beard and looks like
statesman. He was Presiding Judg
"a of our county court and a prominen
st business man of Butler. He left her
p about twenty years ago.
The county court on Monday az
" pointed the following delegates to tn
X State Water Ways Convention GALE
h. by the Governor to meet at Sedali
n on October 7th: j. F. Kern, E. b
10 Boron, j. H. Etter, Jno. D. Moor
and Judge A. D. Hyde. This is
very important matter to our county
y and all the above delegates are ex
- pected to go and take active part
n Thomas Wilkes and Mrs. Mary Fo
IS were married in Independence, Kan
.e sas, Monday afternoon, and arrive,
" in Butler Tuesday morning. Tn
s. marriage is the elimination of a cor
at respondence romance, neither havin,
ut seen the other until they met on thei