Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1892-10-29

BAXTER SPRINGS, {
Register today.
Thursday was an ideal day.
Well, what about that hotel?
Election one week from next Tues
day.
The coal business was good this
week.
The political campaign is almost at
an end.
Hogs are hogs now, and corn a
raisin' 40 cents.
W. S. Norton aud family have all
been quite i'll this week.
Alton and Fairland, l. T., each
sport u newspaper now.
Register now before you forget 1t
and il is forever too late.
Main street Is being brought TO
grade and otherwise improved.
Wheat ia about the only product Of
the farm that Is cheap these days.
McAboy & Meads shipped car load
of fet hogs to Kansas City this week.
W. A. Doty will erect residence on
his lots in Warwick addition this fall.
The workmen are rushing things on
the new building south of the postof-
fee.
Next Monday night is Halloween.
Better take everything in out of reach
of the boys and houdlums.
Some parties are feeding wheat to
their horses, il being cheaper at 30
cents than corn at 40 cents.
Rev. L. A. Rorick of Columbus will
occupy the pulpit of the NJ. E. church
in this city Sunday night.
If you don't register today you will
he barred from voting at the election
one week from next Tuesday.
The fourth quarterly examination
of applicants for teachers county GER
tificates will be held in Columbus to-
day.
The cut stone columns in front OF
the new Daniels building came from
Miami, and there are no flies on them
either.
T. j. Hudson, peoples party candi-
date for congress, will speak at the
city hall this Saturday evening at 8
o'clock.
Mrs. Lula Statzell. wife of II. E.
Statzell, editor of the Columbus Re-
porter, died at her home in Columbus
on the Goth inst.
1t would be a good idea to have
those mudholes here and there along
Military street covered with new side
walk before cold weather.
It is feared that the Baxter Springs
division of the Bandtii of the Prairies
will meet Jones of the Miami Chief,
and If they do-God help them.
U. T.. Gaba s. Co. are building q
very handsome hardwood mantle
which will be on exhibition in The
Kansas building ut the worlds fair.
A disgraceful fight occurred west of
town last week between couple OF
young farmers because one had shut
up some calves belonging to the other.
Bob Sands SAYS bald headed man
is easily amused. Why does he think
so? Because il tickles him TO have
fly creeping around the bald spot on
his head.
John NJ. Cooper will erect hand.
some residence OIL the lots opposite his
residence on River street and is having
the old building moved to his lots east
of Military street.
Don't let this fine weather 60 by
without making an improvement OF
some kind, Do something, If 1t is
nothing more than to clean up your
yard or build q railroad.
Never has a political campaign been
90 quietly conducted as has this one.
The outcome in this county is very un-
certain. You cannot tell how your
next door neighbOr is going 10 vote.
Preaching at the city hall Tuesday
evening, Nov. !, at 1880 o'clock by
Rev. /. N. Clark of Kansas City, dis
trict secretary of foreign missions OF
the Baptist denomination. all are
invited.
II Is said that parties living in the
territory intend voting here at the
coming election. In another column
will he found a notice uuder the cap
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