Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1891-07-04
KANSAS STATE NEWS.

The Meade Republican COM lains that
The catfish are injuring tho corn in
western Kansas.
Mrs. William Deering took chloro-
'orm Monday night, in order to free
herself from an abusive husband.
The people OF Kansas City, Kansas,
are severely discussing the propriety OF
the city purchasing their water works
and electric light plant.
An Arkansas City man has field OF
wheat that will yield fifty bushels to the
acre. The ground was we'll manfred
before the grain was sown.
The probate Judge OF Ottawa county
refuses to grant licenses to druggists tc
sell Intoxicating liquors who are in the
habit OF using liquor themselves.
During the last two months there
were twice as many releases OF real es'
tate mortgages filed in Marshall county
as there were mortgages recorded.
A Hutchinson Justice OF the peace has
decided that q city has no authority to
kill unlicensed dogs even II the owner
will not take them out OF the pound.
President Hogelahd OF the boys and
girls national home and employment
association, organized the Kansas divis-
Ion of the association at Topeka A
state convention will be called soon.
Arthur Capper, formerly city editor
0: the Topeka Capital, has gone to New
York to get pointers on metropolitan
journalism. He will act as Washing
lon correspondent of the Capital when
congress meets.
There was man on the jury last
week in Osborne county who had form
erly been in the insane asylum, and the
strain of being compelled to sit on the
the again unbalanced his mind and he
went home and tried to murder his
family.
Many Harper county farmers are list
ing corn on their wheat stubble this
year. They use what is known as the
ninety-day corn which natures early,
and they are thus enabled to harvest
two crops of grain of one field in the
same year.
W. B. Kelly of the Kelly Hardware
company OF this city, has been ap-
pointed superintendent Of the state re.
form school at Topeka. He will move
to that city In few days, and will take
charge of the position July 6th.-Pitts'
burg Kansan.
Luke Herring of the Wellington
Standard, who recently submitted to
very delicate operation, for the removal
Of o cancer in hospital at Chicago Is
convalescing and is in fair way to re-
cover. He hopes to be able to return
to Kansas in O few weeks.
Rev. ]. G. Dougherty, OF the First
Congregational church Of Kansas City, |
Kansas, started Wednesday for London,
England, where he goes as o delegate
70 the International council Of the Con- |
Rregational churches of the world to be
held in that city, July 18th to 22nd.
Mr.. Betton, Kansas labor commits
sioner, has just returned from nation.
al convention Of labor commissioners at
Philadelphia. He was elected secre-
tary and treasurer OF the association
and Is charged with the important
work OF preparing the annual report.
The Champions accounts from all
over north and northwestern Kansas
represent the best wheat crop in pros
pect ever harvested in the state and all
talk to the contrary Is all moonshine.
The corn is backward, but little good
weather will bring it out in good shape.
-Atchison Champion, June 23d.
A scufle ensued at a ball game at
Downs between the umpire, Fred House,
and bystander named Frank Burton,
in which House was the victor. Later
Burton stole upon House unawares and
struck him with bat. The blow re-
suited in paralysis and the condition Of
House 10 very critical. Burton Is in
Jail awaiting the result OF the blow.
The following distinguished lawyers
have been secured by the board OF
regents OF the Kansas State university
to deliver lectures before the law school
next season: Judge s. o. Thacher on
Equity and Jurisprudence" Judge A.
W. Benson on ''Pleadings and Prac'
tice," J. Willis Gleed on "Real Prop
erty," and Samuel A. Riggs whose
subject has not yet been chosen.
Senator Ingalls,, as noticed in the
Champion yesterday, will deliver ad.
dresses on the social and political prob.
LENS OF the day at Glen Echo, near
Washington, D. O., June 30. Crete,
Neb., July 4; Council Bluffs, Ia, July
16. Madison, Wis, July 30; Staten
Island, August i, and Atlanta Ga,
August 4. During the following week
after his Atlanta address he will speak
In Knoxville and Chattanooga BE
har accepted invitations to deliver ad.
dresses at Cleveland and Cincinnati,
and will fix the dates in the near future.
Mr.. Ingalls, Is daily in receipt Of invita-
lions, among other sections, he will, !
early in the fall, visit among his friends
IN northwest Kansas.-Atchison Cham.
pion.
Benson had his hair clipped and was
shaved In the dining room Of the coun.
~ jail yesterday by George Harrison.
colored barber who works In q shop on ,
Shawnee street. The barber did his