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

her parents, Mr. and Mrs. John
HAYES.
Mr. and Mrs. j. A. WoodSOn and
son have returned to their home in
Chattanooga, Oklahoma, after two
weeks visit with Mr.. and Mrs. T. d.
Embree.
Ed. Griffith, a prosperous farmer
and Stockman of Hudson Township,
sold two pairs of extra fine work
horses to Rich Hill parties for 500
cold cash.
Henry TilSon, of Rich Hill, was
called TO Kansas City last week on ac-
count of the serious condition of his
nephew, c. o. Bailey, who was hurt
by being thrown from a street car
W. F. KeySer, of Sedalia, formerly
4 resident of this city, was reelected
Secretary of the Missouri Bankers
Association by reclamation at their
10Th annual meeting, in st. Louis,
Thursday.
Phillip Engle, a l9-year-old boy of
Buffalo, Dallas county, Mo-, was
thrown beneath the wheels of a
freight train at Harrisonville and
killed last week, when attempting to
beat 4 ride from Kansas City to
Joplin.
Twelve lives were lost last We'd
neSday night when the Mississippi
river steamer, the City of Saltillo,
bound for Tennessee river points
from St Louis, struck a rock near
Glen Park, Missouri, and sank.
W. f. Kelley, cashier of the Mo.
Pacific in this city, resigned May oath
and will enter the company'S train
service either out of Nevada or on the
White River division. Mr., Wander
WORT has appointed J. S. McNamar,
formerly of this city, to succeed Mr.,
Kelley
We are in receipt of a package of
about rs fine raSins as has ever been
our good fortune to eat, sent by Lii
Ian Macy of King River, California,
with the compliments of the Fresno
Chamber of Commerce. The Cali
fornia folks may well feel proud of
their products.
The Nevada Post sizes things up
about right anent the coming prize
fight. IT." il says, "JeffrieS kills
johnson, il will be one white man
less, who does not know he is better
than 4 Niger. What's the use of
making big fuss when the chance
to lose is SO small"
Robt. Dean, Associate Judge of
the county court of Vernon county,
died at Nevada Thursday morning
after long siege of dropsy and
Bright'S disease. Mr.. Dean was
elected Judge of the county court
in 1908 and had announced as a can
didate for reelection.
a number of cases have been re-
ported of boys throwing rocks at
passing automobiles in and near the
city and only good fortune has pre-
vented several people from being
seriously injured. This is most dam
gerouS for the youngsters, and unless
the practice is Immediately stopped,
the authorities will take hand, and
some one will be severely punished.
j. w. Bolles was last week award
ed verdict of $500 against the
Kansas City Southern Railway Co. in
the circuit court of Cass county. This
case has been of about years dura-
ton. Mr.. Bolles' basis of action be-
ing his allegation that he sustained
injuries through being pushed from
the steps of a train on defendants
road. He was awarded 81 800 dam
ages in the Bates county circuit court,
and the case was appealed to the
Kansas City court of appeals and was
remanded to the lower court for
new trial, being taken to Cass county
on change of venue.
At a baseball banquet in Cleveland,
Neal Ball, the famous ShortStop, who
made the only unaSsisted triple play
in the history of the major leagues,
said: Women are more intelligent
ON the average than men. OF that |
am convinced. Why won't women,
then, learn to understand baseball?
| have never succeeded i'm mokino