Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1893-07-29

The coming reunion at Baxter is
being thoroughly advertised and tho
prospects are very bright for larger
attendance than ever.
It Is reported that the new electric
car line between Webb City aud Jop-
lin Is crowded with business and that
there is more talk Of the proposed ex-
tensions than ever.
McFadden & Price furnished the
plato glass for tho front OF w. Fl. Hor-
nor's new business house an Military
street. The glass is extra thick and is
as nice as any we have ever seen. The
glass for the display windows is 59x79
inches and about half All inch thick.
C. S. McFadden put the glass in po-
sitiOn.
The editor of the Chetopa Democrat
is beginning to worry over the tinan-
cial situation, as is evidenced by the
following: "If times continue TO get
harder and money scarcer, we don't
know where the money is to come
from TO buy the property offered at
sheri0's sale. These sales must he at.
tended with the cash"
The Vinita ChIcituin thinks il would
be difficult Ia discover a more profit
able crop than timothy. Two tons to
the acre can generally be gotten the
first wear. while in succeeding. years
three tons are not impossible. The
price in ST. Louis during May is usu-
ally about $l4 per ton. What can be
raised that will beat this?
The following appeared in the To-
peka Daily Capital of July rs: "The
Grand River Mining and Smelling
company of Columbus filed charter
yesterday. Capital stock $4,000.
Directors, W. F. Thorno, E. G. Cor
pony, ID. Z. Finn, A. j. Mudeater,
Charles French, A. 5. Dennison, w.
II. Barr" James h. Moore, j. G.
Geyer and A. d. G. Harvey are men,
bers of the above company.
Mrs. II. E. Humphrey of Bloom
ingion, H., accompanied by her sister,
Miss Grace Doty, departed Wednesday
morning for Kansas City. Mrs. Nor
ris Do,y will join them in Kansas
City Monday morning, when they will
all leave Tor Chicago and the White
City, where they will be met by Mr..
Humphrey. After two weeks visit
in Chicago Mrs. Doty will leave for
Indiana and Ohio 10 make an extended
visit.
Councilmen Mike Clary of this city
is in charge of squad Of men al
Weir City which is protecting the
property OF the coal mine operators
and, according TO the Kansas City pa
pers, he is doing good work. Mike
has had considerable experience in
strikes, having been instrumental in
breaking the great Burlington strike Q
few months ago and the big Missouri
Pacific strike in 1856 when the strikers
were led by Martin Irons, the great
labor agitatOr, who is now running
peanut stand somewhere in the South
he"Dcvil's Causeway%( p alias the
streets running from the northwes
corner of Springs park TO the new de-
DO: site is about completed. The
streets have been placed on grade b.
the city and the railway company hal
put gravel on the entire distance six
teen feet wide and six inches thick
the railway company is also building
the sidewalk along the same streets
similar to that built Oh Sheridan stree
to the old depot. 1t is probable thu
new station will be occupied the frs
of next week. The News has reason
to believe that a good many people
both white and black, are going TO b.
accommodated by these Improvement
and more about them will appear il
our next issue.
The following from the Kenney
Illinois, Gazette, has reference to tn,
sImmortal j. NJ" who has been IL
this city several times: "The I'm
mortal J. N" who has visited thi
place, is no more. He has gifted tn
veil" in nearly every city from Main
to Oregon. He is all Obioan by brit
and when the war broke out he lef
the law practice and went to the from
as a newspaper correspondent. HI
was a man of much learning and al
ways believed the war could hav
been averted and the same results at
tanned without the loss of so man,
Lives. Through the excitement he los
his mind and has been wanderer Of
the face of the earth. He travelled
from Maine TO California and neve
paid any railroad fare or hotel bills
Every railroad in the country fell vic
tim to his wishes, he always carrying
q pocketful Of passes"
Miss Alleelah knight celebrated he
ninth birthday anniversary Thursday