The Butler weekly times and the Bates County record. (Butler, Mo.) 1918-1950, 1922-07-13

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here they owned the residence no
occupied by Mrs. D. A. DeArmon'
Judge DeArmond purchased the prof
erty shortly after he moved her
After a few years Judge DeArmon
erected a new house and had tn
street widened and it was through hi
efforts that Delaware street wa
opened through to Mill street.
| WV. Lollar will open up cream
station in the old Pyle building O.
South Delaware street July 18th. w
believe Mr.. Lollar will enjoy goo
business.
Bert Seese has opened up his new
drink parlor in one OF his building
on East Dakota street. Bert has ;
nice place and sure has good drinks
We enjoyed his hospitality one da,
and can recommend his place to al
the thirsty people.
On Wednesday, July 18th, 1922, N
B. Jeter celebrated his 4oth ami
versary in the jewelry business in
this city. He located here July 18th,
1873 and has been in continuous
business ever since. Few men have
enjoyed a business career of half
CENTURY. He is the only man now
in business in Butler who was here
forty-nine years ago. There are
some living, but retired We hope
he will enjoy many more years of
successful business.
Forty years ago last Saturday,
July 9Th, 1882, a tornado swept over
Bates county. The 1883 History of
Bates county gives the following ac-
count: AT 6:3o on Wednesday af-
ternoon dark red cloud was no.
.iced in TIC northwest. 1t spreai
rapidly and soon the heavens were
1t was cyclone
and people became excited and gath
,red in groups to watch its. course.
The opera house sustained some
damage, part OF the wall being blown
Town. Sprague and Hunter had sent
heir wagon out in the country with
III organ and on The way home the
wagon was overturned and the driv
RS thrown out. The cypress wagon
lriven by Mr.. Wainscott's boy had
topped in front OF the post office
nd the boy had gone inside and the
Wind blew a plank down and the
orses ran away. Master Wainscott
moving the importance OF having
he mail at the depot jumped on a
orse and overlook the runaways in
he southwest part of town, taking |
he mail sack on his morse and car
ying it to the depot through the
torn. NJ. l.. Wolfe, acw house
orth OF town was blown dowa.
1cCoy's barn was torn to pieces.
B. D. Morley had one thousand
abbage plants ruined, besides forty
ores Of corn. VIM. Horns house
'as moved about one foot off th-
w. NJ. Walls was
iught in the storm and his buggy
As aslled all to pieces. Lewis
age lost SIX steers. Heckler's house
Id Snyder'> barn were blown off
e foundation. Al Slayback was re-
lrning from .Iohnstown with his
all and he hurried home as fast as
S horse could take him and he got
ome just in time and his barn was q
IDLY damaged destroying 100 buush-
S OF apples and his flax and oat a
op. Mccormick barn was over ?
rned and his fences damaged. G..
:. Bourland's barn was torn to
eces and covered up several horses
d injured his crop. Samuel
nith's house was moved several "
Ell, the kitchen demolished and fur t
ture ruined. ]. " Snodgrass was b
t IN the yard and was Struck by d n
ling plank and knocked down. "
IS Kitchen was blown from the t,
undation and overturned. ]. T. n
'cks barn roof was torn off and a
.chen overturned and apple trees e.
IN from the roots The farm of o.
los. Davis was swept clean, also
: farm OF S. NJ. and a. H. Jen- c;
Is. The farm OF George Alsbach lie
S devastated. Mr.. Alsbach was in d
wagon and when the storm over V
ok him his team became frightened
1 he was thrown against barbed K
re fence. His team was badly cut NJ
the wire and Mr.. Alsbach sus-
ned few bad cuts. The crops on
. farms OF James Robinson, Miles =,
rms and Chas. Etzlers were de- ~
Dyed. The farms of Green Wal :,
J, A. Stuckey and T. T. WeMott r,
re struck by the tornado and crops -
lily damaged. This was the most o