The Butler Weekly Times Newspaper, March 24, 1910, Page 1

~The Butler Weekly wimes, -~i Soct Bistoric* VOL. XXXII. BUTLER, MISSOURI, THURSDAY, MARCH 24, 1910. a flying trip to Rich Hill Tuesday of last week. Mrs. J. L. Bell was a passenger east Wednesday. ~ A. H. Loyd was a passenger for Butler over the Pacific Wednesday. H. E. Proce and wife left Wednes- day for Peoria, Ill., which place they will make their home. Mrs. Frank Goodenough was called to Mound City last week by the seri- ous illness of her sister, Mrs. Chas. Blevens, of that place. I. H. Bodkins went to Mound City Wednesday on legal business. D. H. Arbogast was a business vis- itor to Pleasanton Wednesday. Elmer Loyd and wife were shop- ping in Pleasanton Wednesday of last week, James P. Thomas was an arrival on the Inter-State Wednesday morn- ing. Judge John H. Sullens and wife ar- rived home Thursday of last week from their southern trip. Mrs. Sul- lens looks to be enjoying the best of health, while the Judge is very feeble, which his many friends will regret to learn. Frank Goodenough was a passen- ger west on Thursday morning train to Mound City. Geo. Hartsock moved his family to Foster and now occupies the Cather house on Seventh street. J. M. Rowland, of Ottawa, Kan., is visiting his sister, Mrs. D. H. Arbo- gast. Rev. Keele and wife, of Butler, came down Sunday morning. The | Only a Few More — Days ’Til Reverend Gengtleman preached at 11 a. m. at the Christian Church. Mrs. J. B. Boatright and family left Sunday for Southern California, which place will be their home. Mrs. Dr. Rhodes and children visit- ed Sunday with her sister, Mrs. Ben- nett, at Stotesberry. " Mrs. A. H. Loyd last Wednesday entertained at dinner Mesdames Boat- right, Gray and Bassett. Mrs. Hiram Bassett ate dinner Sun- day with Mrs. D. H. Arbogast. Rev. and Mrs. Keele spent Sunday night with Mrs. Sarah Scott. As this is a busy time, news items are scarce and hard to gather. Geo. Brooks, of the Virginia neigh- borhood, was a visitor to Foster last week, . John Heckadon, of near Rich Hill, was up to see his brother, Jule, of this place, last week. Judge Jno. H. Sullens was report- ed as being quite poorly Saturday night. The Judge is afflicted with heart trouble, not being able to be down. Mr. Kennie, living on the Old Adam Frost place, east of town, is reported as being quite poorly. Grandpa Selders is quite poorly at this writing at his home, west of down;town. The new coal shaft at New Home is down about 15 feet, and the sink- jing will be pushed rapidly day and night until completed. Mrz. Mandy Webb was a passenger for Butler Thursday of last week to see her mother, who is quite poorly. Miss Ruby Gray was an Emporia; Homer Comer, who has been vis- | Obituary. passenger to Butler Thursday even- | iting his uncle, W. B. Miller, and oth-| The Briscoe Home in Sorrow and Tears |his home at Nevada Monday morn-|and died March 18th, 1910, being Last week while chasing a wolf ing. | nearly 90 years old. Was married to over in Kansas, their dogs caughta) John Lee and wife, of Butler, came | Polly Ann Banon Aug. 1st, 1848, who tween Prescott and Pleasanton. While | Miller Friday evening, and remained |0rm 3 sons and 2 daughters, one the dogs and wolf used the Frisco | until Sunday, attending the funeral of | 4@ughter having died at the age of 4 track for their battle ground, the | Uncle Joseph Bobbit Sunday. Uncle | ¥e@"s and 8 months. The remaining train plowed through the bunch, kill- | Joe was a nuncle of Mr. Lee. Clover | 4 2"@ yet living, Walker, who lives jing one and wounding two of their) well remembers that John Lee | at Sprague, at whose home his father best dogs. It is said the dogs had/came to this neighborhood in the | diedand Purkins, of Kansas, who was captured their 50th wolf, and will be| spring of 1875 with Joe Bales and &t the funeral, the other son is some- quite a loss to the Briscoe boys. Un-/ farmed on the Rhoades place, and on| Where in Colorado and Mrs. Prig- Gates, it is said, shed real tears over | They have lived in North Missouri for PFother, Eld. Mat. Bobbitt, of Em- | their loss, DINAH. | number of years and have done P0Fia, Kan., who is a worthy preach- “New Ho | well, but they now live in Butler and €T of the Gospel and was at the Tune |are very nice clever people. | eral, also one sister who resides in Clover did materialize last week, ; - _ | Wilson county, Kansas, and was not was about all in. Last Saturday evening Miss Jessie | presentat the funeral. Healso leaves Homer Comer, started to Mr. March’s, | of friends to mourn his departure. oats. Jessie to attend the reading circle and | 4 fessed his faith in Ch i b M. E. Cole and R. Hensley are/tiomer to see Miss Nellie. Some] ed to his authority and identified him: homing on @ large cone, ‘They are way east of Mr. Kasier’s they en-' self with the danas known as dis- pits dbertgeeagaae jcountered a wreck in the shape of a| ciples of Christ or christians and for If the sheriff or his deputy was to’ mashed-up buggy, and a little farther | 79 years, has lived a pure and clean make another night raid in these they found Mr. Kaiser lying at the| christian life. Bro. Bobbitt taught | parts, we don’t suppose there would roadside as a result of the wreck, just | school in his younger days, had farm- be any boys or young men left. It's | how bad he was hurt they could not ed some and had engaged in the mer- {@ pity to scare the boys so badly, /tell, and have not since learned. | cantile business some, had conducted | when they were all so innocent. We They: got the old gentleman in the by the assistance of his noble wife a | don’t know how: the girls will get buggy and brought him back to his grocery store most of the time that he jalong without the boys to take them house, but saw nothing of the team. lived at Spragne, Funeral services | buggy riding in the darkness. |He said that one end of one of the were held at the Christian Church at John Shannon has a brother-in-law | single trees got into the spokes of the Sprague by Rev. W. B. Miller Sun- living at Mound City, Kan., and his| buggy wheel and rattling scared the qay at one p. m. in the presence of a | wife came down Friday to visit them,-| team, and he could not manage them. very large audience. The body was jand they, with Mr. Shannon and wife, | The smash-up and their stopping to placed in a beautiful, plain walnut | went to Rich Hill Saturday. We pre-|care for Mr. Kaiser deprived Miss | ooffin made and trimmed by Henry sume that they went trading, as Mis- | Jessie of attending the reading circle | Pond, of Metz, who was the under- souri is a much better place to trade |and Mr. Comer of getting to see Miss taker. After services the remains than Kansas. Nellie. were borne away to the Rider bury- | wolf on the Frisco R. R. track be-/over to visit the family of W. B. | died July 14th, 1905. To this union | cle Charley Briscoe as good a man as 18th day of June he was married to | ™0re, the only living daughter, lives ever lived this side of the Peafty| Miss Annie Mooney, a little girl of 14. at Pueblo, Colo. He leaves also one Farmers are about done sowing | Miller, in company with her cousin, | a number of grandchildren and a host | NUMBER 22 ing ground, followed by an exceed- | Joseph D, Bobbitt was born in| ingly large procession and then laid ing. er relatives for the past week, left for | Pulaski county, Ky., Oct. Ist, 1820, | to rest by the side of his wife, who |had preceded him by nearly five | years, CLOVER. A Johnstown Wedding. At the home of Robt. Hurt the bride's uncle, Miss Myrtle Drake and Prof. J. C. Maxey were united in marriage by Elder S. W. Maxey at 7:30 p.m. Friday, March 18, 1910. J.C. Maxey is a son of Dr. S. W. Maxey, and is one of the leading educators of Bates county. He was born and reared in Johnstown, and has always lived in Bates county. Miss Drake is the daughter of Dallas Drake, of Johnstown, and was born and reard there. She, too, is a prom- inent teacher and one of the most charming young ladies of the county. The marriage was the culmination of a school day romance, they having been sweethearts since childhood. | They have the best wishes of a host A Guest. Bates Coutny Map. Bates county, we are proud to say, is one of the best in. Missouri and in this connection we are glad to know that an effort is now being made to publish a new and very complete atlas ofthe same. This will be drawn from the land records and personal by work on the groundand so become of permanent value. Such a work at this time is badly needed, if we take into account the great change in land ownership during the last dozen years, and judging from anew map of the city lately shown us and some new township plates, it cannot but be of immense value to any land owner, permanent resident or business man of the county. 22-1t of friends. 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