The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1915-06-10
Miami and Marias Des Cygnes.

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behind with their work.
Miss Pearle Adams spent Saturday
evening and Sunday with Leila Smith.
We hear that Miss Laura Bolin has
the CORTLAND School.
Mr.. and Mrs. Thos. Flannery and
family visited her sister, Mrs. frankie
Medley and family, Sunday.
Mrs. Simpson and children attended
Memorial Day in Butler.
Fanny Calvin spent Saturday night
with Gladys Morrison.
Miss Bessie Fox, who is staying in
Rich Hill, spent Sunday with home
folks.
Messrs. Henry Medley, Frank
Smith and Lomer Medley spent Sat-
urday night at liza Medley's.
Andy Lyons spent Sunday with the
Morrison boys.
MIR. and Mrs. j. j. Nickel were
Butler visitors Tuesday.
1t is reported that little Florence
Young had the misfortune to get her
nose broken last Monday by falling
off the woodpile. She was out where
her father was loading wood.
Edward, the small son of Mr.. and
Mrs. Jerry Callahan, is quite sick.
DR.. Foster was called Tuesday even
ing and Wednesday.
We are glad to state that the high
waters were not so bad in these parts,
as was reported at first. No lives and
no stock was lost. Some. lost few
chickens, and the crops. Where the
water got over, there will be some
corn to replant. Lots of it, it never
hurt, was left standing and in good
condition. AS to the wheat, it was
all for the better, as it washed off and
drowned scores of chinch bugs, and
wheat was left standing up, only
little dirty. OF course, it got over
any hay land, that is damaged. Some
few families had to be boated out,
butcould have been avoided, as they
had plenty of time to get out after the
water began spreading, but put con-
fidence in it not getting up far enough
to reach them, as there had been no
overflow for five or six years, conse-
quently they were caught surrounded
Fred Medley and family stayed few
days at his sisters, Mrs. Nora Smith
The Calvin family stayed at the Me-
Clintoc home. Fred Medley lost Is
or 80 bushels of old corn, also, Lyon
Bros. lost quite bit by having it
cribbed on low ground. The low
lands looked like a perfect sheet Of
water last Thursday and Friday, but
it soon went down. There would
have been lots more damage if the
sun had shone out hot, but thanks to
Providence, it stayed cloudy and cool.
Hurley L. Spicer left yesterday for
Washington, D. c., to resume his
work in the House Document room
at the Capitol, after a two months
vacation spent here with his parents,
Mayor Lee Spicer and Mrs. Spicer.-
Cass Co. Democrat.
Friday afternoon loud report was
heard in the court yard. It was first
thought Zeppelin had dropped a
bomb but on investigation it was dis
covered that young man named
Mustard had accidently discharged a
revolver he was playing with. He
was promptly nabbed by Officer
Braden and taken before Squire Hem
street and in default of bail was
placed in Jail to await the action of
the circuit court on charge of car
rying concealed weapons.
Rev. r. M. Shelton went to Valley
City in johnson county Sunday to fill
his regular appointment and the close
Of the service, he with another gen.
tleman and two ladies' started to
Knobnoster in an automobile. AT a
muddy place in the road the auto
skidded and upset, pinning Rev Shell
ton, who was sitting with the driver,
underneath breaking his collar bone
and right shoulder blade. Rev. Shell
ton reached home Monday.
During the storm Thursday after
noon lightning struck the Tom Cur
tbs home, south of town, setting it on
fire. It ran in on the telephone wire,
melting the connections. Mrs. Cur
It's succeeded in putting out the
flames, narrowly averting a confla-
grafton. She and the children were
alone, Mr.. Curtis being in town at
work at the Bakers elevators. One
of the little girls was badly shocked.
1t was quite a narrow escape all
ound.-Border Telephone.
j. H. Burnett, of Pittsburg, HAS,,
appeared before the Hume city coun-
Gil Tuesday night, says the Border
Telephone, and asked for a franchise
to construct and maintain water
works system in Hume. The council
voted to take the matter up at once
and as soon as an ordinance can be
passed a special election will be held
to vote on the same. With water
works, electric lights, modern high
school, etc., Hume will be some town.
As a result of number of years