The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1915-04-22
MISSOURI NEWS.

Dr.. ]. M. >Bollinqer, a prominent
physician of Ell Dorado Springs died
at his home in that city Wednesday of
last week. ~
|. William Lewis Miller, 1Ol years
old, and Mrs. Nancy Pike, 60, were
married in the parsonage of the South
Methodist Church at Joplin Thursday
morning. It is Miller's third mar
riage.
H. 7. Burkhartt sold the Fayette
Democrat-Leader last week to Frank
P. Briggs, student of the school of
journalism, and B. F. Blakey. Mr..
Burkhartt will retire from the news
paper business.
William F. Bell died Friday night
at Liberty. He was a resident of Clay
County eighty years, coming with his
parents from Barren County, Ken
lucky, when he was year old. He
was banker and capitalist. One
child survives, Mrs. E. C. Yancey.
Elsa Britton, l6 years old, of Joplin
went to an abandoned shaft to play.
He started to decend on a ladder and
fell a distance of los feet, and was
killed. A fireman using a pulmotor
braved the bad air and brought the
body to the surface.
An estimate of the strawberry acre.
age near Monet this year places the
figures at 800. This is an increase of
80 1-3 in the acreage over last year.
There will be about $50 acres of
blackberries this year. 1t will take
between ten and fifteen cars to ham
die the blackberry crop.
A message from Los Angeles, CAL,
says U. G. Garrison, who moved
there from Kirksville recently, had
shot and killed his mother, Alice
Clarkson, and then committed suicide.
1t was said he suddenly became in
sane. Clarkson was son of J. B.
Clarkson, an old resident of Mont
gomery County.
The johnson County Farm Bureau
has hung up list of prizes aggregat-
ing 1900 for the boys of Johnson
County who will plant and cultivate
an acre each of soy beans. The bu-
reau will furnish the seed. The pur-
pose is to encourage the raising of
soy beans as a standard crop.
Aleck Gilstrap, rs years old, died
at his home in Bevier Wednesday
morning from pneumonia. Mr.. Gill
strap was born on farm in that
township and lived in that immediate
vicinity all his life, with a few trips
outside the county. He never crossed
the state line. His wife died forty
years ago and left him with nine chill
dren.
Miss Mary Waddell found her little
brother, John, l8 months, dead in a
swimming pool a short distance from
the farm house, two miles south of
Sedatia, Monday morning, following
a search when the child had been
missed from the house. The child is
a son Of j. Frost Waddell, who is
wealthy.
j. T. Walker, 81 years old, one of
the Oldest employees in Inc United
States Internal revenue service, Thurs
day retired after holding the position
of deputy collector at Springfield for
more than 16 years. He is to be sue
ceeded by Mrs. Herbert Pigg, whose
husband is field deputy internal rev.
enue collector at Springfield.
Prosecuting Attorney McKittrick of
Charlton county, assisted by Special
Prosecutor John D. Taylor, former
representative from Charlton county,
Thomas Karcher of Sails
bury for violation of the local option
aw on forty-six counts, the fines ag-
yreoating $13, 900 and costs. w. P.
Thrash Of Keytesville was convicted
m one count and fined $500.
Caught at Rich Hill.
A stranger who gave the name Of