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


Nix.
Ray g. Sons took possession May
LIST of the transfer line recently sold
them by j. R. Thomas.
Judge w. F. HemStreet has re-
turned home after a visit with his
daughter, Mrs. NJ. Martin, of Webb
City,
NJ. S. Clay, accompanied by his
granddaughter, Nadine Daniels, has
returned home from a visit in Kan
sas City.
Mr.. and Mrs. j. w. CHM, formerly
of this vicinity, have returned to their
home in Buffalo Park, Kansas, after
visit here.
Mr., and Mrs. Walter Pierce and
daughter of Rich Hill visited at the
home of Cap. V. L. johnson the first
of the week.
Mrs. c. V. Huffman and baby have
returned home to Erie, Kansas, after
visit in this city with the family of
Rev. a. S. Gwinn.
D. d. Peeler, prominent farmer
and Influential Democrat of Hudson
township, was transacting business
in Butler on Wednesday.
Mrs, Walker Steele of Foster died
at b hospital in Kansas City Monday
afternoon following an operation.
Mrs. Steele was about As years of age
and is survived by a husband and two
daughters. The funeral was held at
Hume Tuesday afternoon.
Judge A. D. Hyde, of the Southern
District, was in the city the first of
the week attending the May term of
Of the county court. Judge Hyde is
a candidate for the nomination for
presiding Judge of the county court
and will make a Strong race.
Oscar l.. Hill, a brother of w. +.
Hill of this city, has received an APP
pointment which will place him in
charge of the passenger traffic of the
Illinois Traction Company which OPP
crates 1870 miles of electric road. AT
the time he accepted this position Mr.
Hill was northwestern freight and
passenger agent for the Chicago &
Alton,
| Massachusetts is counting its
sheep. 1t will not take long. Sixty
years ago according to the Philadel-
phia Record, there were $4,000
sheep in the state, but now there are
not enough to enable the Republicans
to pull the wool over the eyes of the
voters in the Fourteenth District.
There are supposed to be about
twenty-six thousand at present.
The residence of A. L. Rush, of
Rockville, was entirely consumed by
fire Friday evening, says the Apple
ton City Journal. The house was a
two story structure and one of the
Oldest houses in town, having been
erected by Matt Millering over 40
years ago and in the history of the
town was a historic building. By the
aid of the telephone the neighbors
reached the place in time to save most
of the contents on the lower floor,
but nothing in the second story and
as the rooms were stored with valua-
BILE things the loss will be quite
heavy. The insurance was very
small, SO the loss will mean hundreds
of dollars.
Russell Ellis, of Hudson township,
this county, has been appointed City
Engineer for the City of Columbia,
Missouri. This is position which
ordinarily carries considerable re-
sponsibility, and at this time is of
especial Importance, in-as-much-as
between $4,000 and $4,000 will be
spent during the present year in GER
tain public improvements, which will
be carried on under the supervision
of Mr.. Ellis. Mr.. Ellis is a son of
Hon. Geo. B. Ellis, who for number
of years held the office of Secretary
Of the State Board of Agriculture,
and who at present is devoting his
time to his farm paper, the Farmer
and Breeder.
A seven-fat years and seven-fat
kline story from the Alma, Missouri,
Enterprise: Here is a little cow