The Butler weekly times., 1910-06-09

II. II. HaNeiy.
Paul Rowland, of Ottawa, Kansas
is visiting his cousins, Norval and
Rowland Arbogast.
Mrs. Frank Mace came down from
Kansas City Wednesday to visit her
father, c. E. West, southwest OF
town.
A. H. Lloyd, D. H. Arbogast and
wife, w. M. Collins and wife drove
over to Butler Tuesday as witnesses
in the Wilson-Shetron case.
w. S. James is minus six of his
Sunday School class. They left last
week for Warrensburg to attend
school at the Normal.
The infant baby Of Mr.. and Mrs. F.
R. Swarens was buried at Salem Fri.
day.
Robert Grant came in last week
from ElPaso, Texas, to see his moth
er, who is quite poorly.
A card from j. w. Darby last week
stating he would be at home on or
about June 9Th.
Miss Eula James departed Satur-
day for Warrensburg to attend sum-
mer school at the State Normal.
c. Lloyd, of Pueblo, Colorado, an
old Foster boy, who left here twenty
two years ago during Huldy's reign,
has returned to visit his brother, A.
A. Lloyd, and other relatives.
w. j. Parleir is repairing and pa
pering the hall in the bank building
he recently bought of w. A. Ephland.
He is fixing it up in fine shape for
entertainments. Mr.. Parleir is TAX
ing great interest in the advancement
of our little city and is bound to meet
with success.
Uncle Louis Jones and wife spent
Sunday evening with Mr.. and Mrs.
Badgett.
Quite a number of witnesses in the
Briscoe-Laughlin dog case, which is
set for Monday, June 9th, left on the
Comet Sunday for Butler.
j. R. Tolliver, the Mo. Pacific agent
at Pleasanton, came down Sunday
and called on D. H. Arbogast, while
waiting for the passenger west.
Roy Cox came down from Kansas
City Sunday to visit his parents, Mr..
and Mrs. F. M. Cox, southwest Of
town.
Mrs. A. G. Metzler was a witness
last week in the divorce case ol
Blanche Lloyd VS.. Glenn Lloyd. The
divorce was granted.
Frank Speace and son, of Coling
Kansas, came in on the 1880 pas
senger on brief visit with relatives
Matthew Lawrence, an old gentle
man, who has been boarding with thu
Williams brothers, of this place, wen
to Kansas City Thursday Of last weel
to get repairs for his engine. Friday
as he was getting ready to return
home, he was held up by footpads OF
Grand avenue and relieved of his sur
plus cash $3.50. Mr.. Lawrence
phoned to Foster for money to return
home and arrived Sunday evening
minus $3.50.
The sinking of the New Home shat
was completed last week distanc'
Of 273 feet and the sinking done ii
81 days, which was surely quicl
work and before many months tn,
black diamonds will be leaving tn,
New Home mine by train lords. Tn
miners are moving their familie
back and soon vacant houses will b.
scarce and hard to get.
| While in Butler last week attend
ling court divorce cases were granite,
labout as fast as a minister could ii
thelknot. II our courts would qui
granting so many divorces, peopl,
would soon learn the difference il
being in earnest and the novelty o
the thing.
| Saturday evening Foster was til,
scene of another scrap, which tool
Iplace in front of the Farmers Banl
between Henry Littlefield and Nathal
Carmichael. The trouble was owe
planting a piece, which Carmichae
had planted for Littlefield. Little
field claimed Il was a miserable jol
and refnaed N rov Camirhsel for "A