Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1893-05-13

market at u quarter box.
Miss Laura Person is teaching Sc
lcct school nj her home on Main street.
Columbus is erecting some new
business blocks oil tho sites Of those
reccn,ly burned.
Il. G.. Robson has sold the Weir
CITY Journal and will seek pastures
new in Nebraska or Dakota.
Our base ball boys should hereafter
conlinc their visits within the borders
of Kansas where they may not be
tempted with "red Ticker"
The people OF Melrose are "sort o
skcrrcd up like" over the prospects OF
getting the Missouri Pacific road and
have held meeting on that subject.
The little girls of The city arc kindly
requested To meet at the city hall next
Tuesday afternoon at 2 o'clock 10 pre-
pare for Decoration day.
Mrs. w. S. NORTON.
A biz grading outii, from Texas
passed through this city last Saturday
en- route to Joplin 10 work Oh the
Kansas City, Pittsburg and Gulf road
now being constructed to Joplin from
Pittsburg.
At Kingman last winter a man was
sold some liquor by a joint keeper, and
while drunk he attempted to go home.
He was badly frozen and his child
sued for $1,000 damages. The jury
awarded $500
Our officers were hot on the trail OF
Il boot logger named sleepy Tom"
Monday night, but. he got away. 1t
is unfortunate that such a miserable
wretch, who is without influence or
should be permitted to es-
cape.
Chronic candidates for Office and
others who desire 10 obey The law
strictly would do well to read the new
election law passed by the Kansas leg.
islaturc recently, which will he found
on the opposite side Of this paper.
Preserve it for reference.
We have received volume l, No. l,
of the Western Kodak, humorous pa
per published at Pittsburg, Kansas.
The paper, we presume, aspires to
crowd Puck, Judge and Others of that
kind ont of the field, but we do not be-
lieve that it will fiji a long felt want.
There will be basket meeting at
The West End school house on Tenhes'
see Prairie on May u. Preaching al
lO:3O a. m. by Rev. NJ. K. Bramhal
aud at . 80 by Rev. J. NJ. Crawford.
The public in general is invited to at
tend. Bring Gospel Hymns.
NJ. +. BRAMHALL.
Attention Is called to an article
which appears in another place Gu
titled "The Hay Industry" from the
pen of +. NJ. Davis, formerly OF This
city. Mr.. Davis has made the hay
business a study and his ariirle con-
iains many valuable and useful sug-
gestons as well as being very inter
es,ing all The way through. Read 1t.
Prot. G.. 5. Bowman now has charge
Of the Galena Times, having been
selected ny the company rs editor
Instead of G.. T.. Dana. 1t is 10 5e
homd Mr.. Bowman will improve the
appearance ct that paper aud We have
every assurance that he will. We
wish Mr.. Bowman success IN Ms new
field and welcome him 10 the Journal
istic arena.
OSwego Independent: Rev. j. NJ,
Crawford and wife, who have been
residents at Bartlett, this county, have
removed to Baxter Springs, where
Rev. Crawford has accepted the pas.
torate of the Presbyterian church
Mrs. Crawford will be remembered Il.
Miss Agnes Baty, who served thi;
county with signal ability as superin'
tendent of public instruction.
We were out in the country the first
of the week aud to say that we found
things wet is putting 1t very mild in
deed. We found il very juicy. MosI
fields were almost covered with water
and corn is very backward. Wheat
is looking first rate, while the oat crol
looks very fair. May fields, how
ever, have not been seeded TO corn yet
The outlook though, is encouraging
and we found the farmers hopeful 81
good results.
Prof. Hicks. the celebrated weather
prophet. says that the l4lh and l1II
OF May will bring sudden and exIrem'
warmth, with much tendency 10 ry'
clones ON or about those dates. Thu
atmosphere viii 10 cooler up to The
next Storm period, running from The
18th TO the ODD. About these day'
there will he very warm weather, Il
end IN hard storms. The mouth o