Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1893-05-20

BAXTER SPRINGS,
Harness thieves arc again getting In
their work at Columbus.
Sour & Duchan shipped hogs to
Kansas City on Monday.
The population of Pittsburg is s, lao,
a gain of 1918 within year.
Meads, McAboy u Naylor shipped
hogs to Kansas City on Tuesday.
The band did not picnic at the Dev-
lis Promenade last Sunday-rain.
The north end of town certainly
caught tue crowd last Saturday night.
A man named Faley caught five
young wolves near Columbus last
week.
Harry Conlcy, formerly Of this city,
died ut his home in Columbus last
week.
Walt Naylor sold his fine black
horse to Gus Wheeler of Carthage on
Tuesday.
Alex. Macdonald is wearing button
hole boquets which came from Hous-
ton, Texas.
Tom Griffith shipped three car loads
OF cattle and one car load of hogs to
Kansas City on Tuesday.
Mrs. ID. NJ. Wright is seriously Ill of
of ftypho- -malarial fever. She is at pres
ent at the home OF j. II. Tucker.
The cutters along Military street
have been cleaned up in good shape
this week. Keep the ball rolling.
Y. +. johnson has the finest crop of
oats we have seen yet. The oats are
knee high and as thick as desired.
The farmers are wearing long smiles
on their faces now. The ground is in
good shape 10 work in some places.
II is rumored that Samuel Ii. Smith
is after q judgeship IN Alaska. 1t is
to he hoped lie will succeed in getting
il.
The managers OF the new Polytech-
nic Institute at Lowell expect 60 begin
their first term Of school therein early
the coming fall.
The roads in Springvalley township
have been undergoing marked i'm
provemenis. They will be in pretty
good shape after awhile.
1t is reported that the Kansas City,
Fort Scott and Memphis railroad will
be extended from Baxter Springs to
Miaml! in a very short time.
Columbus is talking Of having a
scavenger wagon. According 10 the
Star.Cuurier of a few weeks ago Col
umbus needs something Of the kind.
McFadden u Price have on exhibit
tion the skin OF an unusually large
rattlesnake. The suake was Eve feet
long and was killed Oh Five Mile
creek.
The city ordinances should he over
hauled and revised. Some Of them
should be repealed or enforced, but we
believe a revision OF the ordinances is
necessary.
The editor OF the ChetOpa Democrat
is hopeful. He says: "The iudica-
tions now are that the Missouri Pa
cific extension to Joplin will be built
this season."
A chunk OF lead which will weigh
1900 pounds is being taken out OF the
Peoria mines. 1t will be sent to the
worlds fair and will be great adver-
tisement for the Peoria mines.
There is no town in this section that
has better trade than Baxter Springs
mining towns aud county seats not
excepted-and we don't have to pay
customers railroad fare either.
While ont west of this city the first
of the week we saw fine crop OF
cookie burs in corn field. AT least
we suppose it was corn field, but the
cookie burs were in the majority.
Baxter Springs Lodge No. III, X. Of
p, conferred the rank of Knight upon
Fred l.. Erwin of Keelville, Kan, on
Thursday night. The newly dubbed
Knight says the order is dandy.
d. NJ. Bliss, H. B. Henderson, r. NJ.
Williams, II. NJ. Shackle and Joe Ar