The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1910-05-26

Miss Sally Curry has returned from
an extended visit to Independence.
Ed Heavlin was in from Elkart
township on business the first of the
week.
Elmer B. Silvers arrived from Kan
sas City Monday to attend circuit
dourt.
Mrs. Ellen I.aswell of Kansas City
is the guest of her daugter, Mrs, DR..
N. +. Scott.
Mrs. Mary Lane has returned to
Drexel after visit with the family
of d. d. Mccain.
County Treasurer S. L. Coleman
made Il business trip to Kansas City
the first of the week.
Road Master l.. Mead, of the Inter-
state, is making three days in
Spection trip over that line.
N. D. Price has retumedt to Pueblo,
Colorado after visit with the family
of his sister, Mrs. w. Ii. Bush.
c. A. Allen, of the Walton Trust
Company, purchased 1910 Brush
automobile, which he received Tues
day.
Misses TresSa Warner and Jennie
Fitzgerald of Kansas City are guests
of the family Of }, S. Voris south of
the city.
Frank Fix, of Rockville township,
candidate for Judge Of the southern
district, was county seat visitor the
first of the week and made us
pleasant call.
Mrs. S. F. Warnock and daughter
Marion left Monday -GeffeypiilliieJ
Kansas, for a visit with Mr.. and Mrs.
Clarence Kenney,
W. w. Ross, o. d. Austin, and
John Deerwester as delegates attend
ed a meeting of the Grand Comman-
dairy of the Knights Templar lodge in
Hannibal this week.
RUDE Walker, (colored) was placed
under arrest Saturday by constable
w, F. Jackson, charged with wife de-
sertion. He will be tried before
Judge B. F. Jeter June 3rd.
Corbley Garard, formerly of the
Missouri State Bank and son of NJ.
c. Garard, of near this city, has been
selected cashier of the new Leeds Ma
tional Bank Of Kansas City, recently
opened with a capital of 5 5000.
The moon went into total eclipse
Monday evening, starting into the
shadow of the earth at 946, and be-
ing completely eclipsed at ll:09. The
night was ideal and many stayed up
until a late hour to witness the beau
tiful phenomenon.
Mrs. James Brown, aged SO years,
of Spruce, died at her home Saturday
afternoon of heart failure. Funeral
services, conducted by Rev. Liggett,
were held at the Pleasant Ridge
church Sunday morning at II o'clock;
interrment in Meyers cemetery.
Geo. T. Phillips, of St. Louis, AS
sistant General Attorney of the Mis-
souri, Pacific, and Levi Scott, of Neva-
da, were in Butler Monday on bust
ness connected with the proposed
new depot. The work of moving the
buildings now occupying the site will
be begun within the next thirty days.
Ezra futile suffered an attack of
apoplexy at about 9 O'Clock Wednes-
day morning at the east court house
door, which resulted in slight pa
ralysis of the back. He was placed in
Harry Wyatt's automobile and taken
to his home, where physician at
tended him.
Lion Brand shirts Black & Arnold.
N. R. Word reports drillers on his
place having gone through a A foot
vein of coal at a depth of Sc feet. He
stated that the drill went through a
thick strata of lime stone before the
coal was reached.
Fancy color shirts Black-Arnold.
Miss J. R. White, of Rich Hill, aged
rs years and 4 months, died Sunday,
May %, 1910, at the home Of her son,
Lee White, in Mulberry, Kansas. The
funeral was held at the family home