Herrman’s Historical Happenings week of January 15
1877 Mr. Shaw & Mr. Lansdown are arrested by Butler Marshal Herrell for selling unlicensed whiskey.
1882 A meeting is held in Butler to try and persuade Dr. Lee of Kansas to build his insane asylum here.
1895 The new Bank of Merwin opens. They are awaiting the 8,000 pound, burglar proof safe they have ordered.
1916 The Bates County Democrat newspaper reports several skating parties at Christy's Lake, south of Butler on the Main street road.
1920 S.O. Spring, of Clinton, sells his 346 acre farm in Mingo township for $10,000.
1924 At the regular meeting of the Rich Ladies Cemetery Association, it's reported the cemetery has become a 'spooners' paradise and crap shooters resort. The cemetery will now be closed at night and violators will be subject to a $50 fine.
1931 Highway 52 is now completely graveled from US 71 (I-49) to Virginia.
1935 Butler City Marshal Ross Williams is told to stop all children under the age of 16 from driving cars on Butler streets.
1988 Is the P&M mine near Amsterdam closing? The agreement extends through 2002 but rumors are flying. The mine has 191 employees and a yearly payroll of $6,000,000.
2000 The first Millennium baby born at Bates Co Memorial Hospital is Appachey Rian West. Proud parents are Jeramie & Delena West, of Butler.
