Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1893-04-22

District court convened at Column
bus yesterday, but Judge McCue is
not able to attend.
The Pittsburg Headlight says the
Kansas City, Pittsburg and Gulf road
will be completed TO that city by May
lst.
Joplin Is to have first class hos
pital. The ground for the building
and $4,000 in money have been sub
scribed.
Kelly Carmichael has accepted a
position with the l. n. Lynch grocery
house, while w. w. Smith succeeds
him at G.. H. Mobiles.
The many friends OF Mrs. G. w.
Daniels, who was injured in Il runa-
way last week, will be pelased to learn
that she is improving rapidly, and will
soon be able to be out.
ut ICt CTcdUu sOCiui w
he held at the residence of w. 5. Nor.
ton, on Wednesday night, was post
pcncd until some future time, on ac-
count of tie rain and wind storm.
The Advocate speaks in very flatter-
ing terms of the address of Col. Alex
anlcr Warner of this city at Column
bus on Friday evening of last week,
while the comments of the Modern
Light are most vile.
A merciful providence saved the
fruit "Wednesday night. Ii the wind
had quit blowing heavy frost would
have been the inevitable result OF the
cold snap and fruit would have suf-
fcred, but it didn't frost, SO what is
the use OF dalki"g about III
If your neighbours hens trespass on
your garden don't get wrathy and
throw clods at the chickens and bias
pheme your neighb0r. Fix up some
nests in convenient places. An Arkan-
sas City man does that and his family
has eggs for breakfast every morning.
DR.. A. ID. Lashbrook, a well known
veterinary surgeon of London, Eng
land, has located on Cedar street, and
will attend promptly to all cases in his
line al lowest prices and promises sat-
isfaction. He claims to make horse
get up and howl for so. No cure no
pay.
We acknowledge receipt of the pro-
gram for The seventh annual "owl
shoot of the Southeast Kansas and
Southwest Missouri Sportsmcm's As
ISOLATION. to he held at Weir City,
Kansas, April 26, 81 and %, under the
auspices of the Weir City Business
Mems Gun and Rifle Club.
April 1lth 5. l.. Cheney of Lyon
township had two horses stolen. Post
al cards were sent out and the thief
captured and horses recovered at Len
apah, /. T., south of Coifeyville, on the
18th. The thief gave his name as Geo.
Shepard of Chetopa and pleaded
guilty at Columbus Tuesday.
The Star. Courier says: "Now that
Columbus has a mayor, let the city
take a bath and put on clean clothes"
II would seem from the above that
Columbus never had q mayor before.
But as to taking bath aud putting
on clean clothes, no one who has Wis
tied Columbus lately will deny that il
needs all this and more.
II il believed that the coal miners in
Weir City and vicinity will 90 out on
u strike either on way l or September
|. II the strike takes place on May |
few people will be affected by the
scarcity of coal, but if il takes place on
September | great hardship might fol-
low. The screen law passed at the
last session OF the legislature is the
cause Of the disscnsiou.
An exchange gives the following
recipe for deh0rninS cattle: A stick
of caustic rubbed on the button Of a
calf Immediately after birth will COM
pletely dehorn it, and you will never
more be troubled with horns on that
calf. Ten cents buys two sticks aud
that will dehorn many calves. Wet
the end of the caustic and burn the
horn button. 1t will disappear for
ever.
LEGAL Blanks,
1,be Nrws iob office now has ON