Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1890-03-15

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BAXTER SPRINGS,
Helmet Heine! Ho for Heinel
The Wallack Tripologue Troupe at
city hall tonight.
No council meeting Tuesday even
ing for want Of quorum.
Only a few days more in which to
register. Books close next Friday.
Get your seats at Tuttle's for the
Wallack Tripologue entertainment at
city hall Tonight.
Come out and hear the famous mu-
sical trio at the Presbyterian church
next Monday evening.
Baxter Springs is rarely favored
with such q treat as the concert to be
given by Josef Heine u Co.
The weather cleared up Wednesday
and there is some little hope now that
twill be summer bye and bye.
"Artistic, amusing, extraordinary"
is the way the concert is spoken Of
which is to be given Monday night.
We are indebted to Mrs. II. M. Ease
ley for a most excellent orange brought
from California by her son Albert
Perry.
The Austin shaft is over 80 feet deep
and still going down. 1t is rather
singular that the ground they are in
is as dry as a bone.
An interesting report of an inter-
view with Henry M. Stanley, the FAM
ous African explorer, will be found on
the opposite side of this paper.
Spring river was up about four feet
Thursday night and on account Of
running the -four mill the electric
light machinery could not be run.
Rev. F. d. Petit, the singing evan
gelist, has been holding series of very
interesting services at the city hall the
past week. They have been fairly
well attended.
David Powell says he did not leave
town last week to avoid Mr.. Ashley.
He says his boss told him he didn't
have any further use for him and so
he went duck hunting.
Rev. A. r. Miller left Monday for
Emporia to attend the annual confer
ence. We are told that for the first
time in several years the salary prom
ised in this charge was paid in full
before he left.
Messrs. Alexander Warner and II.
r. Crowell while out cunning for
ducks a few days ago succeeded in
capturing very fine specimen of the
grey eagle variety which measures six
and half feet from tip to tip.
The press of other places speak very
highly of Mr.. Watty Wallack, the
versatile comedian with the Wallack
Tripologue Troupe, which will appear
at the city hall this Saturday even
ing. See program on fourth page.
The recent discovery on the Moll
tract at Galena of a large body of a
substance resembling white lead is a
great bonanza. Over 1900 cubic feet
of it has been uncovered. It contains
94.66 per cent of pure jack (zinc) and
is worth as much as first grade white
lead.
There will be a meeting of the Or
der of Select Friends Monday evening,
March II. Matters of Importance in
which all members are interested will
be brought before the meeting. Re-
ports from the supreme treasurer will
be read showing the financial condi-
ton of the order; also the growth of
the order throughout the state.
Prof. E. f. Lyman of the art school
gave this Office pleasant call Tues
day. He has been having quite a Sc
we're tussle with rheumatism induced
by the grippe. He says the business
Of the art school has been good dur
ing the past year and is steadily in
creasing. Considering the many dis
Mr.. Lyman and family
have had to contend with here this is
certainly a gratifying report.
L. D. Brewster is now steadily forg-
ing ahead with his work of putting the
Spring Branch shaft down to. 100 feet,
having taken out several feet Of dirt
z.