The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1917-12-20
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Mrs. Hannah Presho, aged S6
years, died at her home in Urich
Tuesday Of last week. =
The Amsterdam Enterprise got out
their Christmas number last week. II
is beauty. Eight big pages with
colored cover.
Mrs. John Gilbreith, pioneer cit
izcn OF this county died at her home
! in the Round Prairie ncishborhood
Sunday morning Of last week.
The good old days were not so
worse The Hunc Telephone in its
"Twenty Years Ago" column says:
"Dr. ". A. Williams brought in a
bag Of 100 quail Saturday
Joseph Askew died at the home OF
his brothers. Oscar and Boone AS
kew, in East Boone township, De-
cember the 9TH, at the age OF 50
years,---Adran journal.
Mr.. and Mrs Elias White, who
|
| hotel at Amsterdam for the last two
years. have sold out and last week
returned to their home in Indiana.
Appleton City has risen to the dig
nifty Of Chamber OF Commerce. At
It TT tit fftuw1rrg Off
GERS were clcctcd President, L. f.
llcrni vice president K. n. Burns;
end vice president, w. N. Watkins;
treasurer l.. Shultz; temporary sccre-
tary, G.. c. Shanholzer.
! Last Saturday Earl Hess accident
ally discharged a. rifle i'll the Hess
home and the ball lodged in Mrs.
Hess left limb, just below the knee.
Yrs. Robinson and Bates were called
to dress the wound. A probe OF the
wound failed to locate the ball. 1t is
feared that the bone was shattered
by the impact. MI hope that Mrs.
tIess will soon recover from the m
lury and be herself again.-Adr'an
Journal, ~
Dr. J. N. Jerome, the veterinarian.
informs It's that about : head of cat
! tie have died recently in the territory
contiguous to Urich, caused by stalk
tield poisoning, says the urich Her
aid. DIR. lcromc's theory is that a
number oi corn fields were just at the
right stage when hit by the frost for
freezing to develop an arscnicu poi
son OH the stalk near the base of the
corn blades. A kind of white sub
stance is easily discerniAlc, some oi
which he sent to a laboratory ior cx.
animation and which proved to be
arScnlouS substance.
Gottleib Scholz, pioneer citizen of
st. Clair county, was found dead in
a narrow lane about 100 yards from
his home just north OF Appleton City
says the Journal. With his son-in-
law, Pete Tschannen, Mr.. Scholz had
been over to pasture to look after
some stock and in returning, Mr..
schanncn did not go direct to the
house. and upon his arrival there Mr..
Scholz had not returned and upon in
he was found dead as re-
ported above. The body was lying
in the snow and there was no evil
dence OF any struggle, which indi-
Gates that his death was quite sud-
den.
The regular monthly meeting of the
Board of Supervisors of the Grand
River Drainage District of Cass and
Bates counties, Missouri, was held in
Jacksonville Thursday of last week,
Jays the Cass County Democrat. A
inal rejection oi all bids for the con-
truction of the ditch was made
natter of record, but no action for
he future in the matter was taken
t this meeting. Other routine busi-
less was transacted and the board ad-
ourned until the next regular meet
ng on the first Thursday in January,
oIS. at which time it is likely. def
lite action will be taken as regards
he construction OF the ditch.
Rev. H. ]. Crockett, for the past
ear pastor in charge OF the Christian
hurch at Harrisonville has resigned
nd accepted position with the
merican Extension University of
os Angeles, California, says the
ass County Democrat. His work
i'll consist of enrolling students in
e correspondence law course of the
stitution, and his territory will in
ude Kansas, Oklahoma and Arkan-
S. For the present, at least, his
mily will remain in >Harrisonville,
1t eventually they will make their
'me in some Eastern Kansas town,
'ssibly, but not probably, at Bartles-
lie. Okla. where he owns a fine
me. The Reverend Crockett's en-
cement with the University is on a
basis. with a guarantee of
90 per month.