Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1891-10-31
Election next Tuesday.

Election next Tuesday.
Vote early, but not TOO often.
Vote for the men who represent
something.
J. y. Clark is the happy father of u
IL pound boy.
Tommy McAboy is The happy father
of II pound girl.
Every voter should vote for some ono
or give up his citizenship.
Il. j. Hedges who has been danger
ously sick for some time past is slowly
recovering.
The Woman's Christian Temperance
L, I'm will meet at Mrs. G. NJ. Polsler's
bari..s every Friday at 3 O'Clock until
further notice.
Baxter lodge No. II, a. +. and A. NJ.
will meet Monday evening next for
degree work. Visiting brethren cor
uihlIN WtICOHitus
Mrs. Mary Miller is Offering her
brick home ON River street and will
sell the contents at public sale today
at 10 o'clock a. m.
Rev. Marshall, the Presbyterian
minister, has accepted Il call lo a
church in north Missouri and will de-
part for his new field next week.
The thermometer stood at 50 last
Sunday and ran above summer heat
for several days, but the prophets say
we will have 1t cold enough byandhy.
Horace Austin has gone down 232
feet with the drill and tonnd some lead
near the bottom. but no; sufficient
quantity to justify him in sinking u
shaft.
The registration books show the
number OF voters in Baxter Springs
for the election next Tuesday To be in
first ward 1SG, in second ward l72.
The women are not In il.
Col. Weldy claims to he protection
ist, yet he wore hat al The Columbus
rally that was never made in this
country. We understand some Of the
Jewish eXilcs smuggled it over from
Russia.
We have as vet received no saddle
of venison, bear steak or wild turkey
from any of our hunting parties who
went out last week, but possibly they
have had no chance to send us up any
thing, or possibly they have not killed
anything.
How would IL do to put few more
chairs in the city hall so that at least
half the audience at public meeting
could be seated? The city setiees will
not be very badly needed in the park
this winter and they might be used
temporarily.
Will Propp, who left this city about
u year ago to settle in the Cherokee
nation near Adair, has just lost his en-
tire crop of hay, corn and oats by
prairie fire. His barn and cribs were
burned and he barely succeeded in
saving his house.
Mrs. II. B. Webster OF Slater, Mo-,
who has been in our city the past two
months under treatment by DIR. Dun
can for the removal of large cancer
under the right arm, expects to return
10 her home in few days cured. The
cancer weighed nearly two pounds.
Col. Cheshire stated in his speech
Friday night that owing to the high
tariff he had 10 pay IS for a pair Of
undershirts. Any clothing otore in
Baxter would he glad to duplicate his
shirts for 70 cents each, but we will
admit that Baxter is selling goods
pretty low.
Since the wires announced the birth
of baby Cleveland nearly every DEM
ocratic lady in Baxter Springs has en-
joved the same blessing. 1t is need
less TO say the Republicans are dis
mayed, but as one of them remarked:
"There are lots of men left in the Re-
publican party who have brains. even
il the Democrats do have all the
babies"
A gentleman who has travelled all
over Kansas said there were more
teams OH the streets of Baxter Satlr-
day than he had seen in any town in
the state. Military street at one time
was absolutely packed, and there was
unusual going on either. We
attribute our increased crowds to the
fact that our merchants advertise in
the News.
The young ladies Of Baxter met at