The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1917-03-08
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died at his home in the west part
of the county Tuesday Of last
week.
According to the Journal APP
pleton City has the distinction Of
having two bands. Appleton City
can always be counted on to be
right up towards the front in the
procession.
John l.. Lyle, who was formerly
manager of Hurley lumber COM
pany at Amorct, died in a Kansas
City hospital February g.. Mr..
Lyle has not lived in Amoret for
several years.
Leopold Hess died at the Ne
vada hospital Wednesday morn
| ing, February %, 1917, of pneu-
monia fever. The body was
brought to Adrian Thursday
Adrian Journal.
Mrs. Ed Shideler, Of old Urich
has been keeping an egg account
| this winter. She has 80 hens and
from Dec. 2 to Feb. % she sold
1O2 dozen eggs the income from
which was $29.21.-Urich Herald
Verla Fay, wife Of William
Wilson, died at the family home
five miles southeast .af Adrian,
Friday, February %, 1917. A ba-
by was born to Mrs. Wilson Feb
ruary II, and died February 20.
Adrian Journal.
Mrs. Viralla Morrison, age rs,
died of pneumonia at her home
here Friday afternoon after a
short illness. The funeral was
held Saturday afternoon and bur-
ial was made in West Point Gem
etery,-Merwin Sun.
The dredge boat has completed
the work from the starting point
to the county line, about one mile
and last Sunday it dropped back
to the starting place and began
excavating. basin large enough
in which to turn the boat around
and start on the main lap of the
work.-Urich Herald.
In view of the present prices fol
live stock, a market report from
the National Stock Yards, under
the date january %, 1899, is inter
esting. The top price on cattl
was 1905 for 81 native steers. av
eraging 1,143 pounds. Ten native
cows sold at 5000 per cwt. Bull
of the hogs went at $4.75, ant
sheep at $500 to $3.50 per hun
dred.--IIume Telephone.
For a long time Appleton City
in st. Clair county, and Appleton
without the City, Of Cape
GirarGeau county have been get
ting their mail mixed. The APP
pleton City folks finally took tn,
matter up with the post office de
partment, and as neither 'towr
wanted to give up their name the
matter was settled by christening
the Cape Girardcau county burs
Ola Appleton.
| George Began, who lives on thu
old Thompson Began place OF
Pryor Greek, met with ii painful
accident, Monday evening. FL
was was on load of hay whel
the pitchfork he was using start
ed to fal! off the wagon, handle
downward. In reaching for it h.
lost his balance and falling npo1
it with all his weight, one of tn
tines penetrating his bladder. A
last accounts he was suffering
considerable pain. The attending
physician says if infection sets il
he will have to under go an opcr
alton. Hume Telephone.
Rube kesslcr, over east, wa
tpicking cockieburs from mule
tail last Tuesday, says the Merwil
Sun. when the animal lowered it
long ears and planted both hin'
feet against RUDE with whack
cutting a long, deep gach on tn
back of Rube's left hand and dis
locating Rube's appetite or some
thing else in that vicinity. Pick
ing cockleburs from a mules tai
looks to be about the limit of haz
ardous occupations, beside whicl
such insignificant stunts as smok
ing while seated on key Of dyn
ANTE or riding a ship thru thu
war zone pale into insignificance