The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1900-04-05

one OF the HealthIeSt farmers ana III I
fiuential citizens of New Home town !
ship. accompanied by his pretty /
daughter. Miss Martha, and little /
son Arthur, made us pleasant call
while in the city Tuesday.
Louis Deffenbaugh, who has been {
running "a harness shop at Foster for
seyera months has moved back to
Butler and accepted a position with
Mcfarland Bros. Louis is n splendid
mechanic, an excellent citizen and
a hearty welcome is extended him and
his estimable family III their return
to our city.
DR.. c. 4. Lusk cOmplimented III
pleasantly on Saturday. Tie said
that ne had moved his family back
to Nvhart, where he IL engaged III
the practice of his profession. The
doctor will be a candidate before the
democratic primaries to succeed him
self as coroner. He has performed
the duties of the office faithfully and
satisfactorily to the people and 1T is
customary under such circumstances
TO give second term in a twO-year
| Office.
Our populist friends are having
hard time They have called their
committee meeting for last Saturday
and although the weather was all
| that could be desired, only four mem-
| hers were in town, and two OF these
were here on other business. Per
haps it NAV vet be necessary Tor
| Chairman Hughes to arm the consta-
bles with a distress warrant and
bring the recalcitrants In.-Oceola
Democrat.
The foreman of the booming
TIMES and wife had a very pleasant
| visit with G.. W. Park and family
Sunday afternoon. Mr. Park is the
excellent correspondent of the TINES
land resides in n coy home about hall
mile east of Virginia, town with
less than | 900 population IN the
west part of the county aud while not
blessed with water-works, electric
lights. etc, is a thriving little village
all the same. Mr.. Parks and son
lanes have gone into the hog busl-
ness quite extensively and are breed
inc thethoroughbred Jersey red. We
we're shown through the different
uans and looked at red hogs until
We were color blind The whole place
,nneared to be lined with thls
splendid breed of hogs. which ar
, pronounced by hog men TO be unsur
: nassed for breeders. weight and lat
! teninp Qualities. We had delightful
visit at this hospitable home and Oh
taking our leave, Jimmie, Just ioI
t meanness, chucked a thoroughDret
}. Jersey red pig under the seat OF on
@ huopv and made US bring 1t home al
g a souvenir. The country aroun'
t Virginia almost as for "a the eye cal
{ 500 is rolling prairie land and III
L hipb state OF cultivation, but tn
II farmers were not "a far advances
Y With their spring work a. thos
l. nearer town.
Mrs Hanks. wife of ex-sheriff W. +
l. Hanks. died at her home IN this en-.
4 Tuesday morning at i O'Clock. In
IF cause OF her death was heart dlseas
e and dropsv. The decreased had Dee
is sick for several months. aud SIX
e eight weeks ago was taken 70 hansil
q Cifv to consult "A specialist. The Tn
is did her no good however. and on ne
a return home she gradually gre'
worse until the end came Tuesda
morning. In the past two weeks sh
5 suffered greatly, great portion
Y the time being unable TO lie down o
D. ret rest in any position placed .
K tho nurses. Mr.. and Mrs. Hank
IL have been residents OF this city an
= county for the past twenty year
$ Mr., Hanks served two terms
Is DEPUTY sheriff under jas. SinpsoI.
G and AT the expiration OF that ofilcer
II +erT,, was elected sheriff and held III
ID n4fica for two terms. The family he
moved 70 Indian Territory "h%r
they remained about a wear: Dul
= ing their residence in the IeTr'1or
= Wr Hanks went through a sever
10 a+tact of typhoid fever. from n
"a "a o+fects Of with he is still sufferln
~ mentally. and the death of his dev'
- rod wife at this time owing 70 his III
a ae tomato condition l. the more lamel
q tsbIe Mrs. Hanks was a most est
~ - m.hle LADY and was held IN the hIg
" est esteem by all our people