BU Butler County, Kansas, was established in 1855. It was one of Kansas’ original 36 counties and named for Andrew Butler, a U.S. Senator from South Carolina who promoted Kansas statehood. The county seat of Butler County is El Dorado, Kansas.
Butler County Old News
courtesy of the Kansas Old Newspaper Transcribers Guild (KCGS)
Hoddick Killed After Betrayal
MOBERLY, MO. Jan. 22. Shot From Ambush. Last Saturday night David Mason, from ambush, shot James Hoddick, wounding him so that he died yesterday. The cause: Hoddick’s alleged betrayal of Mason’s daughter. Hoddick returned Mason’s fire, but without result. The...
Great Bend Band Report
The band boys of Great Bend have practiced on their new music book and pronounce themselves satisfied. There is a yawning chasm however, between their feeling and that of the great throbbing heart of the people. The Hutchinson Gazette, Hutchinson KS. Thursday, January...
Kansans In Oklahoma – 1895
One half the members of the territorial legislature of Oklahoma are formally Kansas men, says a Kansas paper. Well, what do people suppose they went there for, any how? The Hutchinson Gazette, Hutchinson KS. Thursday, January 17, 1895. Page 2. (c) Transcribed by...
William Boone’s Trial
WICHITA. County Attorney William Boone done his own pleading in the disbarment trial against him at Wichita this week. It is said that his oratorical ability gained him several points. The Hutchinson Gazette, Hutchinson KS. Thursday, January 17, 1895. Page 3. (c)...
Thieves & Police Numerous
WICHITA. The police of Wichita are having trouble with housebreakers. They seem to be pretty numerous – thieves, not police. The Hutchinson Gazette, Hutchinson KS. Thursday, January 17, 1895. Page 2. (c) Transcribed by Darren McMannis for the Kansas Council of...
Ed Clark Dead
WICHITA. Edward Clark, a prominent ticket broker and business man of Wichita, died in that city of apoplexy this week. The Hutchinson Gazette, Hutchinson KS. Thursday, January 17, 1895. Page 2. (c) Transcribed by Darren McMannis for the Kansas Council of Genealogical...
Carved Music Rack
SILVER LAKE. A Silver Lake girl has carved a music rack which sold for $ 65. She will probably marry a man who can’t find the second joint of a duck, and she’ll have to keep on carving all her life. The Hutchinson Gazette, Hutchinson KS. Thursday, January 17, 1895....
Jim McKinney Captured
Jim McKinney, a bad man from Illinois, and wanted in that state for crimes committed several years ago, was captured in Wichita last Friday. He was taken to Illinois to stand trial. The Hutchinson Gazette, Hutchinson KS. Thursday, January 17, 1895. Page 2. (c)...
Does It Pay?
A Wichita minister took for his text last Sunday, “Does It Pay.” From the number that are in operation and the number anxious to start, we should answer in the affirmative. – The Peabody Graphic The Hutchinson Gazette, Hutchinson KS. Thursday, January 17, 1895. Page...
Deadbeat Bill
A bill is being prepared to make the hotel deadbeat a felon. The author of the bill is a green-eyed Wichita tavern keeper who thinks he is slamming the patrons of the Topeka taverns. – The Kansas City Star. The Hutchinson Gazette, Hutchinson KS. Thursday, January 17,...