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Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1891-09-05
DANCING PLATFORMS MUST GO.

DANCING PLATFORMS MUST GO.
It has been decided unanimously
that the dancing platforms will be
ruled out of Camp Logan for all time
to come. There can be no harm in
innocent dancing when it is properly
conducted and under The influence and
control of respectable men and wo-
men, but the beastly performances OF
this year have disguised everybody
who had any sense Of shame left, and
it is a relief to know that they will be
seen and heard no more in our beauti-
full park. We may not have quite as
big crowd aud we may run a little
short in our funds, but if we cannot
have a soldiers reunion without the
assistance of those soiled doves and
decollette gents from the suburban
towns we had better tie up and let it
go to some other city. Every foot Of
Camp Logan should be held as sacred
ground and only those who are pos
sessed of the principles of honor, i'm
tegrity and morality should be per-
mitted to obtain privileges In the
camp.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1891-09-05

allow every farmer bounty for every
acre of artificial water he will put on
his farm. This is not scientific, but 1t
is common sense. We pay q bounty
for wolf scalps, coyotes and jack rab-
bits-why not pay for water, which is
needed in our business?
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1891-09-05

Shawnee county, Kansas, republic
cans put prohibition plank in their
platform this year in spite of the pro-
test of Bill Higgins and other party
leaders. Republicans throughout the
state arc generally of the opinion that
Shawnee county is making bloom
ing idiot of itself.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1891-09-05
MEMPHIS ROUTE.
Kansas City, r. Scott g. Memphis
Railroad.


Offers you the most pleasant and desirable route
to Kansas City and all points east, north and
west; to Memphis and all points south.
At Kansas City connections are made ut I'm
ion Depot with all through trains for Chicago,
ST. Louis and the east; to st. Paul, Denver, San
francisco, Portland and the west and north
west. Via this line, entire train with Free Re
clining Chair Car and Pullman Buffet Sleeping
Car runs through to Memphis, Tenn. Through
Reclining Chair Car tseats ffee) Kansas City 10
Birmingham; through coach Kansas City 10
Bristol, via Chattanooga and Knoxville; Pull
man Buffet sleeping Car. Kansas City to New
Orleans. There is no other direct r0utp from
the west to Jacksonville, Pensacola, Nashville,
Chattanooga ana all southern cities.
This route, via Hoxie, Is over one bandred
miles the shortest to Little Rock ana Hot
Springs; the short and cheap route to Fnyette-
vile, Benionvillc, Eureka springs, Fort Smith
and all points In Arkansas.
Write Tor large map and time tables, showing
through connections.
Before purchasing your ticket call upon
ticket agebt of this company or write TO the I'M
dersigned for rates. Special rates and arrange
mepts for parties and their moyables going
south to locate.
send for u copy OF the Missouri and Kansas
Farmer, giving iull information relative 10
the cheap lands Of southwest Missouri. Mailed
free. j. e. LOCKWOOD,
Kansas City, Mo.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1891-09-05
We have been favored with a com

We have been favored with COM
plimentary ticket to the Vinita fair
which occurs Sept. %, "a and %
The managers will spare no effort to
make this meeting one of the grandest
exhibitions ever held in the Indian
territory. The premium list is more
extensive aud the prizes greater than
ever before.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1891-09-05
For the editors.

The worlds fair managers say they
still lack five million dollars to perfect
their plans and they propose to ask
the government TO loan them that
amount, taking the gate receipts as
security.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1891-09-05

The San Francisco hotel and sew
eral other buildings in Vinita, Ind.
Ter, were totally destroyed by fire
Tuesday morning. w. G. Patton &
Co. were the heaviest losers. No in
snrance.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1891-09-05

Balmaceda, the fugitive president OF
the republic of Chill, is not dead as
reported. lie has been taken aboard
the steamer Condell aud expects to
disembark in San Francisco. Repub-
lies and Empires have hard time in
South America.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1891-09-05

portant question at issue and II is sim
ply matter Of who will get the Of
fee. We hope the best men may win,
no matter what political party they
belong to.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1891-09-05

Mail and passenger trains run daily ire,s na
daily except sunday. Natl closesat poSt-o"i0e
10 minutes before train time: ,,,,.y;..
Baxter and Chetopa Mail anu hIo Caves Rnx-
Ier ~ M; Keclviiie $50; Melrose - anu
arrives AT Chetopa ate o 'clockp M
Middletown transcript., 1891-06-25
Tax Collectors Settle.

Ex-Tax Collectors A. w. Webster,
of Blackbird Hundred, and James M.
Pierce, of Brandywine Hundred, res
pectively, paid $464.11 and $796.41 on
Tuesday to County Treasurer John
T. Dickey for taxes due the county,
and their bondsmen were released.
The Levy Court postponed until July
2S action on the request of Robert L.
Truax, ex-Collector of Appoquini-
mink Hundred, that he be given
until October 1 to collect $199S.16,
taxes which farmers owe. 1t is claim
ed that if the delinquentsl are now
proceeded against they will become
financially embarrassed. Ex-Tax Col.
lectors George w. Mckee, of Will
mington, and Israel Ridings, of New
Castle Hundred, are levying prop
critics for unpaid taxes. They may
be able to settle with the county in g
week or ten days.
Middletown transcript., 1891-06-25
A Broken.Hearted Father.

Joseph Bartlett of New Castle, the
father of Anna Bartlett, who eloped
with married John H. Reed, of the
same place, on Monday of last week,
was taken violently ill Tuesday morn
ing and his recovery is doubtful. The
father is heart-broken with grief.
Ever since the affair occurred he has
paced up and down his room at night
and wandered about the streets during
the day almost wild with grief, and
loss Of sleep and constant worry has
brought on his illness. The elopers
have not been heard from for week
or since the girl wired from Wheeling
that she was coming home.
Middletown transcript., 1891-06-25
ADeliehtfu1 Evening Dance.

Miss Blanche Cochran gave very
pleasant dance at her home on South
Broad street, last Thursday evening"
in honor of Miss Anna Matthews, OF
Galesburg, ILL.,, and Miss Nellie Wills,
of Mt. Holly, N. j., who were
her guests at the time. Dancing
began at o o'clock and continued
until a late hour. Refreshments were
served during the evening.
The lady participants were Miss
Nellie Wills, Miss Anna Matthews,
Miss Blanche Cochran, Miss Mary
Brady, Miss Clara Brady, Miss Fannie
Derrickson, Miss Flora Bean, Miss
Edith Reynolds, Miss Bessie Foard,
Miss Bessie Conrey, Mrs M. L. Hard
castle, Mrs. w. P. Mif1in, Miss Ada
Cochran, Mrs. E. R. Cocharn, and
Miss Edith A. Derrickson.
The gentlemen present were: E. H.
Cochran, Jr., Howard A. Pool, Wm'
g. Lockwood, Frank Watkins, W. r.
Reynolds, Cuthbert Green, George
F. Wilson, NJ. L. Hardcastle, DR.. Il.
Vaughan, Alex Evans, Henry Brady
and Thomas Conrey.
Middletown transcript., 1891-06-25
Meeting of the Levy Court.

MGGClnS AONy SVuAos
At the regular session of the Levy
Court Tuesday afternoon, satisfac-
ton was ordered to be entered upon
the official bond of William G. Bigger,
collector of Pencader hundred, for
1890, he having settled in full.
Mr.. Jolls offered the following,
which, after discussion, was adopted :
Resolved, That the receiver OF
taxes and county treasurer be, and
he is hereby requested and directed
to demand in settlement with the late
collectors of taxes for the year 1890,
the costs Of execution on the official
bond, together with interest on bal
ances due, from June 23d, 1891.
1t was directed that satisfaction be
entered upon the bonds of the follow.
ing collectors of taxes for the year
1891: Frank C. Stidham, Northern
district, Wilmington: g. w. w.
Naudain, st. Georges hundred
William M. Brackin, Christiana
Henry s. Webber, White Clay Creek,
and Abram Staats, Blackbird. These
are the collectors elected by the Levy
Court last February, who were legis
lated out by the Five Commissioners
Bill
The following, offered by Mr.. Jolls
was adopted:
Resolved, That the Sheriff of this
county be and he is hereby directed
to charge in his bill the accrued
costs in the case of the late collectors
William c. Bigger, Joseph M. Pierce
and Andrew W. Webster.
After allowing number OF &C
counts, the court adjourned unit
Tuesday next, June 30th.
Middletown transcript., 1891-06-25
Petitioning to Set Aside a viii.

Petitioning to Set Aside a VIII.
Register of Wills Cooper has been petit
toned to set aside the will of the late
Geo. W. Cummins of Smyrna. Under the
terms of the document the two daughters
of the deceased have life use of the prop
erty, and at their death it reverts to neph-
ews and nieces. The caVeators, who are
the four children, want the estate to be
equally divided between them. The estate
is valued at 100000. Hon. Thomas F.
Bayard, Senator George Gray and N. B.
Smithers are the attorneys for the will,
and James L. Wolcott and Edward Ridge
ly represent the caveators. The case will
probably come up in the Kent county
Superior Court in the fall.--Doyer Index.
Middletown transcript., 1891-06-25
Death of Ex-sheriff Ford.

Thomas Ford, ex-sheriff of New Castle
county and a well-known citizen, died
Friday night at the residence OF his father,
Peter Ford in Wilmington. For more
than year past Mr.. Ford was so seriously
i'll that on several occasions his life was
despaired of. Some months ago he moved
to his farm near Kirkwood. His health
improved, and on Tuesday last he felt well
enough to drive to Wilmington with a
span of horses. He was taken with q
severe illness soon after reaching his faith
sr's house and fingered until 11.45 O'Clock
Friday night, when death ended his suffer.
ines
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faets,,nai Nfentieti,

: Harry johnson spent Sunday in
Milford, Del.
= Miss Bessie Morton is visiting
friends in Baltimore, Md.
Miss Ethel Crouch of Millington,
is the guest of Miss Lettie Price.
Herman Cochran has returned
home from school for the summer
season.
- Miss Berenice Metten is spending
the week with friends and relatives
in Smyrna.
The Misses Naudain of Philadel-
phia, are visiting at the residence OF
r. A. Cochran, Esq.
- Miss Harriott of Chesapeake City,
is visiting Miss Annie Flintham at
her residence near town.
-E.A. Perkins, formerly of this
town, but now of Camden, N. j., was
in town on Monday.
w. o. Stack, the obliging ticket
agent at the depot, spent Sunday in
Philadelphia and Wilmington.
Miss Bessie Foard, who has been
attending school at Morristown, N. J.'
has returned home to spend vacation
Miss Anna Matthews of Gales
burg, Ill, returned home Monday
from a visit to Miss Blanche Cochran
Mrs. Thomas Frame and son,
Thomas C. Frame of Dover, are the
guests of the family of Richard Clay
ton on Cass street.
Miss Nellie Wills of Mt. Holly, N
J., who has been the guest OF Miss
Blanche Cochran, for the past few
days, returned home yesterday A. M
R. Thomas Cochran and John A.
Eliason Of Philadelphia, have come
home for the summer season. They
will return to their duties in the city
about September 1st.
+ Rev. R. C. Jones of Odessa, who
recently married Miss Maggie Hill
daughter of Rev. Charles Hill, oi
Elkton, has been ordered by his ply
sician to take foreign trip for the
benefit of his health.
Middletown transcript., 1891-06-25
commencement Exercises.

The commencement exercises of the
Middletown Academy will be held in
the Opera House tomorrow evening,
when the following interesting pro-
gram will be given. There will be no
admission fee charged, as has been
stated, and the exercises will be free
for all who wish to attend.
PROGRAM:
Invocation KeV: r. ID. moore
Announcements By the Principal
instrumental Duet, Grand yalse de Con-
Misses eses Lena PIeasanton and Estelle Cochran
Defamation, Independence Bell"
Recitation, 1.-THE Relief of Lucknow"
Vocal Duet. 1.-The Land of the swallows" !.
Misses Lillian Budd and Alice Wood.
Essay, "Great Naval Battle 8"
Essay inventions ofthe 18Th centpry,";
ouartette annie Laurie" 4 Gei6el
Miss Allie Mckee, Miss Ethel Paryis, MI
Harry J.. Clayton and Mr.. F. N. Howell.
Essay" Developments OF Modern Weapons
of Warfare -. Samuel Rothwel
Grafton and vaiedictory, " Little Things.
Pres entation OF Certificates MI. A. G. Cox
Instrumental Duet, +" II .Trovatore, Verdl
Miss Allie Mckee, Mr.. H. L. Clayton
Address, " instruments of Progress,
Prof. z. b. Waples
Vocal Duet, "See the Pale Moon" CdmpanC
:. Misses Allie Mckee and Ethel ParVls
Middletown transcript., 1891-06-25
STATE ftssilsl

1'schhdy 6 Cats of Smyrna are
making 10000 peach baskets day.
Over ninety tents Have been taken
for the Camden camp, which COM
mences Tuesday, July 81.
Mrs. Anna Wharton of Dover sailed
from New York on Friday, June 10,
for a three months visit in Europe.
The Wilmington City Passenger
Railway Company will expend $4,000
in an iron depot and other improve
ments.
Leipsic's creamery was failure.
The stockholders were paid 81 cents
for each share of stock, which was
originally worth $25.
Dover Methodist Protestants have
bought the old school buildings ana
lot on Governors avenue and New
street, and will remodel them into a
church.
Senator Anthony Higgins and
Wayne MacVeagh will sail for Europe
from New York on Thursday. On
July Senator and Mrs. George Gray
will sail for European shores.
Newark Presbyterians are divided
between Revs. Branch, of Ellicott
City, Md. Miller, of Osceola, Pa,
and Milliken, of Fox Chase, Pa, as
pastor to succeed Rev. ]. L. Malone.
The first peaches of the season were
taken over the Delaware railroad on
Monday, crate being sent from each
of the following places: Parksley,
Va. Princess Anne, Md, and Laurel,
Del.
Timothy Hartnett, aged II years,
who is confined in Dover Jail to pre-
vent him from marrying Jennie
Sudler, colored, is obstinate. The
boy is Catholic; and Father Quig-
lev, of Dover, is trying to make him
agree to give up the dusky damsel.
The latter swears she will marry
Timothy.
The shipment of strawberries over
the Delaware railroad, to June 13, is
reported to have amounted to 1854
carloads. Counting $50 crates OF
thirty-two quarts to the car, the total
number of quarts shipped would be
2S, ,672, 900. At 2 cents quart the cost
of picking this enormous crop would
be $573, ,440; at a profit of cents q
quart the growers would receive
$1,146.88O
Laura Waites, colored, who was
found dangerously injured along the
line of N. Y, P. and N. railroad on
Sunday morning, June 81, died Mon
night. John Gordy, colored, oi
Salisbury, is in the Wicomico county
| Md, jail, charged with having caused
the death of the girl. Gordy surrend
| cred himself to the police, but denies
that he assaulted the girl.
The school teachers of Bancroft'i
Banks. Miss Elizabeth Briscoe, Princi
pal, competed for an alleged hand
some silver tea service offered by a
publisher to the person coming the
largest number of words from the
title of a paper. They all worked
together and won the prize, which il
a tin cream pitcher and sugar bowl
Word contests are now dead ISSUE
in that locality.
The body of Count Reinhold
Abraham Lewenhaupt was disinter
red from the Bayard family vault in
Old Swedes burial ground Monday
afternoon, and on Wednesday it was
sent to the relatives of the deceased
near Stockholm, Sweden, for final in
terment, in charge of the Counties
nee Ellen Bayard, youngest daughter
Of ex-Secretary of State Thomas F
Bayard, and her brother, Thomas F
Bayard, Jr., on the North German
Lloyd steamer Werra, which sail
from New York.
Middletown transcript., 1891-06-25
Tbev aResolved ;, Partnershin,

A blacksmith near Laurel, this
State, few days ago posted the fol-
lowing on his shop door:
Notes.-The co-partnership here
tofore resisting betwixt me and Nose
Skinner is hereby resolved. Them
what owe the firm will settle with
me and them what the firm owe will
settle with Mose.n
Middletown transcript., 1891-06-25
Townsend Topics.

- Band festival July 2 and 3.
= Farmers are busy in their wheat.
- Rain played very interesting part
at the Union festival.
= Mr.. James Willis was the guest of Mr.
Geo. N. D. Hart several days last wee X.
: Miss Mary V. Watts and Miss Emma
Choate are in Wilmington to-day visiting
friends.
- Mr.. and Mrs. Charles F. Hubbard
spent Saturday in Wilmington, the guests
of friends.
- Miss Eta Morris was the guest OF
Middletown transcript., 1891-06-25
For Sale.

BRICK DWELLING AND STORE at
A tached, situated on the corner OF Main
and Scott streets. Location most desirable
irhe nroperty is I'm first-c lass order and viii
he soid on reasonable terms, as the under
signed expects to leave the State.
mI2tf Apply to ID. L. DUNNING.
Middletown transcript., 1891-06-25

Davis Bros. have on hand very fine lot
OF early Rose seed potatoes raised in Hol-
ton county, Maine. They are able to sell
at prices which are satisfactory because
they bought at first hands.
Middletown transcript., 1891-06-25
TEACHERS EXAMINATIONS.

Examinations for second and third grade
certifica will be held as follows Newark,
June 26th; Wilmington, Saturday, june
27th. in School Building No. ], 9TH ano
French streets.
HID. GRIFFIN, SUPERINTENDENT.
Middletown transcript., 1891-06-25
House for Sale

TIME STORE AND DWELLING combined
on Main Street, near the depot, now occu
MED by the undersigned. Excellent site fol
good business location.
iaue9 Gm MRS. THOMAS MASSEY.
Middletown transcript., 1891-06-25
Church Directory.
MIDDLETowN N. L. CHURCH.
Pay NM. RrnMn. Pastor.

: MIDDLETOWN M. *. CHuhCh.
Rev. N. NJ. Brown, Pastor.
Preaching every Sabbath at 1870 q. m. and
7.3O d, IN, Sabbath School every Sabbath at
d. M Alfred G.. Cox, superintendent
Prayer meeting every Thursday evening at
7.30 O'Clock. The class meetings are neio as
follows: Sunday, q. M, NJ: ID. Wllson:
Leader; Monday evening as 100 O'Clock Two
classes. W. II, Moore and John B Roberts
Leaders Tuesday evening at I'D eo Ie1
by the pastor Wednesday evening az I.V
O'Clock two classes, Rev. Alfred smith ana
Alfred q. Cox, Leaders. The seats are
free and all are welcome.
FoREsT PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH.
Rev. Francis H. Moore, Pastor.
Services held every Sabbath morning at
10 so O'Clock, and every Sabbath evening at
7.30. Sabbath school will be held every SAD
path morning at 9,l5 O'Clock. Harry Ellison
Superintendent. Prayer meeting every
Wednesday evening.
Services at Armstrong; chapel tne nrsI
Sabbath OF each month at 2.3O p. m.
ST. AKKR's PROTESTANT EPISCOPAL CHURCH.
Rev. J. Beers, Rector.
Divine Service on Sunday mornings at
I half past ten o'clock and in the evenings at
balf past seven. Sunday school at2 O'CLOCK
services Friday afternoon at 8 o'clock.
Middletown transcript., 1891-06-25

Marshall Ell. Prettyman of Milford,
has been appointed a special agent OF
the Bureau of Labor, and will report
at Washington for duty July lst.
Middletown transcript., 1891-06-25
The Celebration ON July 4th.

The arrangements for the Fourth
Of July celebration are going steadily
on and each day strengthens the
belief that it will be one of the great
est events in the history of the town.
A meeting of the committee having
the matter in charge was held
on Monday evening and the COM
plete program for the day was made
out. The parade, marshalled by Mr..
William R. Reynolds and several aids
on horseback, will move about ten
o'clock in the morning.
AS the list is now made out the
following organizations and bodies
will take part in the parade and move
in the order given Marshall and his
aids, Citizens Cornet Band, Eureka
Council, No. /, of Wilmington, W. R.
/ Reynolds float, battery, Volunteer
Hose Company, hook and ladder
truck, New Era float, band wagon
with girls representing the colonies,
minstrel float, wagon with girls rep
resenting the States, G. NJ. Strangers
float, Sons of Veterans, Major John
Jones Post, No. %, G.. A. R., Elkton
Council No. %, and a line of carriages
containing the speakers, the Board
of Education and the Board of Trade
bringing up the rear. This is by nc
means all those that will take
part as several more will secure places
before the 4th. The parade will be
quite lengthy.
Immediately after the parade the
ceremonies attending the presenta-
tion of the flag by the Junior Order
of American Mechanics to the Board
of Education will be gone through
with, and will prove very interest.
ing part of the days program. The
staff on which the flag will be placed
is on the top of the Academy building
and when in position the stars and
stripes will be about 100 feet from tn
ground. The presentation speech il
behalf of the Order will be made b.
Gustave Bacharach, Of Philadelphia
and Hugh G. Browne of this place
will receive the flag in behalf of tn
Board of Education. The schoo
children will sing some patriotic air
and the band will discourse appropri
ate music.
Middletown transcript., 1891-06-25
gtlistelianeeus aAas.

Good style. good ouali-
ty, and good, reliable
methods all around in
Clothing and Furnish
ings for Men and Boys.
Mems Suits for $40 up.
Boys from SO. 80 up.
Middletown transcript., 1891-06-25

"Atlasn and "Wadsworth" Paints are the
best therefore, the cheapest.
G. E. HUKILL.
Middletown transcript., 1891-06-25
JACOB REEDS SONS
sls, 92o. s22
CHESTNUT STREET.

Mr.. NATHAN PEACOCK is still with
the above named firm, and solicits q
share Of your patronage.
Middletown transcript., 1891-06-25

/. The contract for the printing
OF the Senate Journal has been
awarded to the Delaware Democrat
Publishing Company at Georgetown,
Del. There were but three bids for
the job.
George V. Massey, Esq, has been
rendered the position Of head OF the
Bureau Of Foreign Relations Of the
Worlds Fair. The position pays
81, 500 for four years, but Mr.. Massey
declines to accept.
Middletown transcript., 1891-06-25

MAILS CLOSE GOING NORTH $40, Ills a. m
40, p. m.
MAILS CLOSE GOING SOUTH 800 o. m. anu
s. 30p.m.
once hours from O'Clock A. N. to7PM.
Middletown transcript., 1891-06-25

driving and when near Frogtown
crossing the horses became frighten-
ed at north bound train and start
ed to run. The neck yoke broke and
made matters worse, and the driver
found it impossible to guide the
animals. They ran up the lane on
the Ash property and into the Dayton
hedge, upsetting the carriage and
throwing the occupants out. Mr..
Othoson was thrown against the
wheel of the vehicle as he fell and
sustained several severe bruises, but
Mr.. Biggs was more fortunate and
escaped injury. The horses became
entangled in the wire which is part
of this new tangled hedge, and were
both slightly cut. The carriage was
a new one and was not damaged.
i During the severe thunder storm
last Wednesday evening lightning
struck the telephone wire along the
main road nearly opposite Mr.. How
ard Poole's farm, between Drawyer's
Church and McDonough, and ten poles
and the wire which was fastened on
them were completely demolished
In some places pieces of the pole
were scattered all over the road
There are three poles standing alone
. uninjured, while several on eithe
side are wrecked, and it looks al
though the lightning passed owe
them on the wire. The latter o
part Of it is missing and the genera
supposition is that it was torn K
minute pieces by the electric Dol
and scattered broadcast. The pole
, were torn to splinters and only tn
llower parts were left standing. Com
} munication over the line was at ono
r cut off, and the break has not ye
been repaired.