Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1891-09-19

BAXTER SPRINGS, CHI
The Baxter water power -four mills
are running steadily, night aud day.
Important meeting OF members of
Baxter Post G. A. r. this Saturday
evening.
DR.. j. w. Reynolds has moved into
the residence property of P. J. Pfen-
ming one block south Of the Christian
church.
Ex-Gov. Click has promised to de-
liver an address IN Baxter Springs
about the 23d of October OH the polil-
ical issues of the day.
Shelby johnson has succ ,ssfully
launched his river craft or bum boat
and will have the cabin all complete
by the date of sailing, October 25th.
Josiah Baker, James Moore, VIM.
Burchard and VIM. Rush have ship
ped about seven trains of cattle from
Baxter Springs during the past week.
II. M. Bacon has purchased resi-
dence on Spring street and will make
his permanent home in Baxter
Springs.
The Dalton boys are still on deck,
having held up another train about
60 miles southwest Of Baxter Springs
Tuesday night.
Divine service at st. Marks Epis-
copal church Tuesday evening next at
8 o'clock. Sermon by Rev. John Bell
nett. All are cordially invited.
Mr.. Harland, from Carthage, Mo-,
was here Wednesday looking the town
over, and will be back again next
week with q view of buying resi-
dence.
LOST DoG.-JOhn Patton will pay a
liberal reward for the return of his
black setter dog. One year and a half
old had leather collar with j. S. Pat
ton cut In 1t.
The Quapaws only received one-half
of their annuity last Tuesday but the
balance will be paid as soon as pay
rolls eau be forwarded TO Washington
and returned.
Our lawyers aud sherilf's officers
have been attending court at COlum-
bus most of the week and we note q
scarcity Of arrests law cases and gen.
eral cussedness.
John Norris was brought before
Justice Williams Monday charged
with stealing corn from j. r. Harmon.
He was let off with fine and costs
amounting TO $500.
The library, social at Prof. Mobiles
Wednesday evening was a success
socially and financially and the pro-
ceeds were sufficient to place Harper's
Monthly on the table for the ensuing
year.
Prof. Bowman Is getting well settled
in his school duties and will no doubt
not only bring order out of chaos, but
with his efficient corps Of teachers
make 4 good showing to parents be-
fore the end of the term.
Some parties from Miami were
around town this week asking for.
donations 10 build q church at that
place. The paper was headed by
subscription Of forty eight dollars by
the Miami town site cOmpany-in lots J
II Asa receives another "pOem" 10
print we would advise him to put her
In 'just as she is wrote." 1t is better
to knock off or add on q foot or two
and have the thing rhyme than to
butcher It up trying to make sense Oft.
Alderman Humphrey, chairman Of
the committee on poor, says he has had
his hands full for the past week fur
nishing relief to the widows and
orphans of the men who have recent
" been sent to jail for violations Of the
prohibition law.
A correspondent wants to know the
difference between dogrObber and
spy. There is no great social distinc-
ton between the two, but according to
army regulations spy must always
be hung, while q dogrobber is frequent.
ly given the privilege Of being shot.
DIED.-At her home one-half mile
south of Baxter Springs, at 4 20 o'clock
q. m, Tuesday, September 18th, Mary
e. Mead, aged sixty years. The funer-
al services were held at her late resi-
dence on wednesday morning at 8
O'Clock, Rev. NJ. E. Bramhall 0fiiciat-
ing.
The circulation of the News is
rapidly increasing, but we would be
glad to see II scattered more pr0fusely
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