Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1890-04-12

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BAXTER SPRINGS,
Corn planting has begun.
Fish are getting plenty in the mar
kct.
Oliver Edwards and son have taken
charge of the Baxter dairy.
Thursday was arhor day. How
many observed Il in this vicinity?
The board of county commissioners
met in regular quarterly session Mon
day.
De on the lookout for the handbills
of the play next Friday evening at the
city hall.
Messrs. Humphrey and Brown and
their wives are expected to return
from Oklahoma to-day.
The Baxter Springs butter and
cheese factory will be put in operation
for the first time to-day.
AT the recent city election there
were 36S votes cast in all-239 by
males and 100 by females.
u. s. Commissioner q. w. Daniels
has fitted up neat office in the south
room of the March building.
The Pittsburg, Columbus and Ft.
Smith right of way bill has passed
the lower house of congress.
Tarrence Conuor resigned as q men,
ber OF the board of education Tues
day and went into the council.
Enoch Williams sold his residence
property in this city the first Of this
week and talks of building anew.
Appropriate and very interesting
Easter exercises were given by the NJ.
Z. Sunday school Sabbath evening.
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The colorcd Baptist church of this
city baptized twenty-five members by
immersion in Spring river last Sun-
day.
Phil. Pfenning has had a new floor
put in and Il new awning added to the
building occupied by A. NJ. Peake
Il Co.
There will be Christian church SER
vices at the city hall this Saturday
evening and tomorrow morning and
evening.
j. NJ. Craig is having his stock of
drugs and entire outfit shipped TO
Guthrie where he will SOON engage in
business.
Ed. Hodgkins has purchased half
interest in j. NJ. Cooper's grocery de-
partment in this city and will manage
the store.
The Christian church people have
secured subscriptions to the amount
of $llO0 for the building of church
in this city.
The work of putting the butter and
cheese factory machinery in place was
completed yesterday and it is now all
ready for operation.
Benz. S. Warner coniemplates fur
nishing his residence with water by
means OF a windmill water works
system on a small scale.
The passage through congress of the
Quapaw allotment bill seems to be
fraught with obstacles and uncertain
ty as we have heard nothing from 1t
recently.
The new councilmen jumped into
their official harness Tuesday evening
aud moved off harmoniously, pulling
steadily and evenly together like old
wheel horses.
Special communication of Baxter
~ No. II A. F. and A. M. Monday
night, April IA, at 1880 p. IN. sharp.
Work in Fellow Graft Degree. BY Or
der of the w. M.
The Baxter Springs Mfg. Co. shipped
two large tanks and wind engine
yesterday to a prominent stockman
near Cedarvale which he will use to
supply water for 1000 or more cattle.
Pat Riley of the territory, who made
an assault on one Tiger last summer,
came in and gave himself up the other
day and was given hearing before
u. S. Commissioner Daniels yesterday.
While we have been reading OF ter
rible and very destructive cyclones
through lows, Illinois, Ohio, Pennsyl.
vania and other eastern states during
the past week the weather here mas
been generally mild and pleasant.
Easter Sabbath was Observed at the
..s..;.,, ,hupoh Cfln0aV evening.