Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1890-05-31

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BAXTER SPRINGS,
Strawberries six boxes for q quarter.
Homegrown peas appeared on the
market Wednesday.
The foundation for the new Chris
tian church is about completed. q.
E.O. Noble has accepted the agen-
cy for the "Victor" and "Yost" type
writers.
Elder +. ID. Petit will hold Chris
tian church services IN the city hall
tomorrow.
Fine new potatoes were put upon
the market the first of this week at 30
cents q peck.
w. B. Armstrong has removed his
feed store to the west side nearly op.
posite the old stand.
Anybody, man or woman, even 1t 1t
be her age, declining to answer the
census enumeratOr's questions is liable
to fine Of 500.
The Baxter Springs butter and
cheese factory is now receiving be-
tween $500 and 1000 pounds of milk
daily, which places it on paying
basis.
The Memphis train will return from
Joplin TO Baxter tonight after the
evening performance OF Sells Bros.
circus at Joplin. Round trip fare 80
cents.
We are under obligations to Thos.
Harvey for a box of the largest and
finest straw berries we have seen this
season. They were as large as hicko-
rynuts.
The south room OF the Beck build
ing on the west side is being fitted up
for j. j. Fribley's hardware store,
which will be moved into 1t the first of
next week.
On account Of Memorial Day occur
ring on Friday this year and also be-
cause of a rush of job work this week
the News is one day behind time.
Excuse us, please.
Phil. Pfenning's home in Joplin was
invaded by burglars last Friday night
who carried away his trousers con-
tanning some silver change, a bunch
Of keys aud pocketbook.
The Melrose band furnished excel
lent music yesterday and plenty Of II.
AS it was given entirely free the band
should be given big credit mark and
remembered in the future.
FoUND.-At city hall, a small size
silk umbrella or parasol with metal
handle. Owner can have same by
calling at this Office, proving property
and paying for this notice.
Has any effort been made to find the
man who told the Kansas City Globe
reporter Baxter Springs has . popula.
ton of 1000? He should be hunted
down and properly flogged.
w. E. Price will call on you with
pertinent questions regarding your
age, ancestry, health, financial condi-
tion, etc., next week or the week after,
and the joke is you've got to tell him.
The memorial services held at the
NJ. E. church Sunday last were quite
impressive and interesting. The
church was crowded and Rev. A. r.
Miller's address was one of the best
efforts of his life, interesting and In
structive.
Grandpa John s. Dill, one Of the
old representatives of the G. A. R., who
lives in the Keelville district, gave Us
q pleasant call Wednesday and left a
dollar for the NEWS the coming year.
Mr.. Dill is totally blind but never.
theless is usually jolly and apparently
happy.
A Baxter Springs negro tough was
fined e1O6.60 by the recorder last
Tuesday for insulting waiter girl In
Main street restaurant. He Will
serve the city for length Of time on
the streets.-Joplin Journal.
That's right. Go for 'em when you
catch 'em away from home.
The Joplin Sunday Herald says the
sale of the Frisco railway system to
the Santa Fe company almost assures
the building Of the Joplin Chetopa
extension the present year. It will
now be more than ever necessary for
the Missouri Pacific to protect lie In
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