Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1892-01-30

barn on Second street 10 L. NJ. Perkins.
Eleven car loads of live stock was
shipped from the Fitzer stock yards
Thursday.
w. c. knight has purchased the
Fribley residence IN the western part
of the city.
Mr.. Henry Scott is preparing to
build a modern eight room house near
the Springs hotel.
A. Willard has sold u lot on First
avenue to G. A. Dickey Oh which he is
putting up . fine barn.
If we only had plenty of pleasant,
comfortable boarding houses huudreda
Of people would come to Baxter 10
spend the Summer.
7. E. Needs and Tommy McAboy
are right into the shipping business
and are buying all the live stock they
can get. They shipped four car loads
Of hogs this week.
The Methodist church was not be-
hind on the Sam Jones lecture as Mr..
jones kindly refused 10 accept any
thing more than the receipts after all
expenses were paid.
The rumOr on the street Thursday
that Minister Egan had been assassin
ated at Valparaiso, was stock mar
ket report started by some Baxter hoy
shippers to affect the market.
Elder D. NJ. Harris went TO Melrose
Yesterday where he will preach Satur.
day evening and SUNDAY morning aud
evening. The services will be held in
the public hall. All are invited.
Through an error we omitted last
week to mention the departure oi
Frank Il. McGregor for Indiana on
"Wednesday where he went to visit re.
latives aud friends At his old home.
The death of T. j. Hedges was cur
rently reported on the street the 4 rel
of the week, but proved to be false
Mr.. Hedges has been very sick, but IL
improving rapidly and will undoubt.
edly recover.
John McFadden, the secretary oi
the creamery, thinks from 5000 to TO-.
600 pounds Of milk will be received
daily during the spring months. The
creamery will commence work on the
lst Of February, or next Monday.
John M. Cooper, DR.. Duncan, John
Patton, Preston Button, Isaac Lynch
and A. j. Parsons started Thursday
to the territory on a deer hunt. A
number of deer have been seen lately
in Devils Hollow q few miles south
Of this city.
Alderman l.. NJ. Perkins has hand.
ed his resignation to the mayor. Mr.,
Perkins has made a good councilman
but his business again calls him east
aud he thought best to resign. His
place cannot. be filled till the regular
spring election.
Miss Eldred Haines royalty enter.
tanned at her home Wednesday even
ing with high five complimentary to
Miss Grace Hanback, of Topeka
The guests were Miss Daisy Caruth,
Mr.. &. S. McFadden, Mr.. G. e. Collins
and Mr.. f. d. Price.
Frank Bahr left Friday night with
the remains of his father John n,
Bahr for Louisville, KY, where he was
taken for final interment. The funer.
al was held In st. Boniface Catholic
church aud was attended by many
friends of the deceased.
The News was in error last week IN
stating that DR.. G. E. Smith was q
graduate of the Louisville medical
college. He is q graduate Of the
University of Louisville, quite diff
ierent school, a. those acquainted with
the city will understand.
There was moro or less agitation o.
the water works question this weeE
brought out by the burning Of dwell
ling house. II the people Of Baxter
would be willing to put up with sec
Ond hand goods, no doubt the Colum
bus water works conld be purchased
at considerable discount.
j. w. McClung Of Columbus camI
down Wednesday to figure on thu
erection Of q couple OF brick stor
buildings on Military street. Mr.. Nc
Clung is the man who built the larges
part OF Bakers brick buildings ant
we are glad to see him starting In OF
some more Of the same sort.