Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1891-08-08
Help the library Monday night.

Help the library Monday night.
Mr.. John D'Ormond appears az
Rienzi, the wolf, Monday night.
Sec the bewildering sash dance al
city hall Monday night, Aug. 10.
Quite a delegation from Baxter
went to the circus at Joplin Tuesday.
Henry Ohlen gave bail in the sum
of $1,000 and came home Wednesday
morning.
r. p. McGregOr has been quite sick
during the past week, but is recover
ing rapidly.
Let the people of Baxter turn out
Monday night and show what they
can do when a worthy charity asks
for help.
We notice an unusual number of
lawyers in town lately. Wonder what
they are after? Guess it must be
watermelons.
Col. VIM. March has been appointed
q member of the school board to fill
the vacancy caused by the death of
G. w. Koontz.
There has been a good deal of grain
thrcshed in this section and some ship
ments arc being made, but as a rule
farmers are holding for better prices.
With five lawyers on one side and
two on the other it looks as If between
the upper and the neither millsiOnes
there wouldn't be much left Of the
mill.
The Baxter Springs reunion posters
eclipse anything In the printing line
ever put ont in this section and the
reunion itself bids fair to eclipse all
former meetings.
City Marshal Frank Hemstreet
made four arrests Saturday, Chief
Justice English made four assessments
and four disorderlies went home poor
er if not wiser men.
The Seneca brass band of Is pieces
has been engaged TO play at the re.
union, so that with the OronOgo band,
the Baxter band and Dad Wahl's fife
and drum corps the boys will not lack
for music.
Dad Wahl, the laughing drummer, is
organizing fife and drum corps that
will astonish the natives. He will be
on hands ut the reunion with full
band, every member of which Is q
war veteran.
Geo. w. Koontz nade no will and
the widow, Mrs. Ida Koontz, has made
application to be appointed admins
tratrix. The estate consists entirely
of Baxter real estate aud is valued at
about $4,000.
Preston Kendall, who has been here
several days rehearsing our people in
Gipsy Queen, goes out with the cele-
braled Janauschek next season, play.
ing "Tom Carroll" in her new piece,
"The Harvest Moon"
Oscar Mcdowell is manager of the
Pittsburg Times and knows some
thing about the newspaper business,
but he is the boss at q reunion and
must spare the time to meet the boys
In blue at Baxter this year.
Josiah Baker, Jr., Ia loading today
15 palace stock cars with cattle. They
will 60 straight through to Chicago
without change and are expected TO
arrive there 26 hours from the time
they leave Baxter Syringe.
H. r. Crowell and family have gone
to Columbus to reside for q few months.
Owing to the absence of John Tuition,
who is working for the Miami town
Co. Mr.. Crowell's banking business
will require his constant attention.
We have just learned of the death
of Earnest Lowe, Q son Of j. G. Lowe
of SpriDgvalley township. Earnest
was well known in Baxter Springs
and was q member of the Z. p. lodge
of this city. He always bore q good
reputation as boy and man and will
be sincerely mourned by his many
friends in the city and country.
Some went to jail and some went 10
the circus, but they all bought q nice
necktie Of Tucker before they started.
The finest line Of neckties ever in Bax.
ter just received at fuckers.
Everybody call at Mrs. Stark's and
get new hat and new dress ar your
own price.
We arc wearing one Of fuckers un.
laundered White Shirts. It cost 49 |
cents and is equal In quality to any
dollar shirt.
We are on the market for 10000 bu.
good Wheat. VIII pay zoe.
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