The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1912-03-07
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on business mission the first of the
week.
Deputy Game Warden John Harper
transacted business in Kansas City
Saturday.
Ora Hardin and family on Nevada
are enjoying visit at the home of
w. j. Crews.
Mrs. W. H. Sherwood of Kansas
City is visiting at the home of her
sister, Mrs. j. S. Piece.
Miss Sallie Frazee of Rich Hill en-
joyed visit at the home of B. F.
johnson the last of the week.
Mr.. and Mrs G. A. Short of south
east of this city are rejoicing over the
birth of fine boy, Sunday, March 3.
.. A, Heinlein of the Bennett
Wheeler Mercantile Co., transacted
business in Kansas City the first of
the week.
H. H. Harshaw, district agent for
the Mitchell Motor Car, transacted
business in Kansas City the first of
the week.
Mr.. and Mrs. Herbert Clark have
returned to Rich Hill after visit at
the home Of Hanley Clark, east of
this city.
A. j. Erhart & Sons have been de-
laying all the daylight passenger
trains for several days on account of
, loading hogs into the express cars
Adrian Journal.
Mrs. w. L. Pierpont of Wichita,
Kansas, accompanied by her little
daughter Evelyn, in enjoying a visit
at the home of her parents, Mr.. and
! Mrs. T. w. Silvers.
IA births and no deaths during the
past s months is the somewhat I'M
usual record of Grand River town.
ship according to U. S. Blankenbak-
enbaker, register of vital statistics.
Found-Diamond ring in Geo. w.
Ellis box. Owner may have same by
calling at Geo. w. Ellis the jeweler,
Adrian, NO., describing property and
paying for notice. colt.
) Geo. w. Ellis.
Mr.. and Mrs. j. w. Cole Of this city
left Tuesday for Los Angeles, Cali
,, fornia, where they will enjoy an ex-
tended visit with relatives and friends.
They expect to be in the West about
! six weeks.
Hon. j. Wallis Lewis and w. r.
Lewis, collector of West Point town.
ship were in Butler, Wednesday on
business with the county court, and
while in the city favored The Times
with most pleasant call.
The stock of dry goods and fix
lures for the new store Of McKibben
& Son, arrived here the first of the
first Of the week and they are now
being rapidly installed in the former
McCary stand on South Main street,
Eldorado Sun.
The will of the late Holly P. Nick |
ell, formerly of this county, was on
Saturday upheld by jury in Judge
Thomas Seehorn's division of the
Jackson county circuit court. The
case grew out of the attempt of Man.
uel P. Nickel, whose share was $1.OO,
to break the will of Holly p Nickel,
which allotted $500 to each of his
other four children and the balance
of the estate of $4,000 to his widow.
Newt Conyers was in from Sprague
this morning, complaining of the con-
tinuous cold and stormy weather like
the rest of US. He stated in the course
of conversation that several cases of
scarlet fever had developed in his
section. The families of Mr.. Gordon
and Ernest Swarens had children
afflicted, but it was hoped the dis
ease was in mild form and that
favorable weather conditions would
ensue. Review.
Miss Myrtle Blount of this city,
who is attending the Academy of
Music in Kansas City, took a promi-
nent part in program rendered at
Washington social at the M. E.
church, South, at independence by
the Womans' Foreign Missionary
Society, rendering piano solo, "The
Star Spangled Banner" followed by