Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1893-07-15
A few of the weeds should be cut.

A few of the weeds should be cut.
Lots of wheat coming into town
these days.
Wheat is being sold On our streets
at IS cents per bushel.
Mcads, McAb0y u Naylor shipped
hogs to Kansas City Thursday.
Mrs. w. w. Scott, who has been
quite III, is much better at this writ.
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Work on j. NJ. Cooper's new dwell.
ing house on River street is progress.
ing rapidly.
The Baxter Springs Implement Co.
shipped Thursday the sixth car OF
goods within week to Smythe " Son
Of Wichita.
The new comet was visible 10 the
naked eye Thursday night at 3 o'clock.
II was near the lower LETT hand corner
OF inc ois upper.
Rev. Drainhall will occupy The pull
pit Ut the NJ. L. church tomorrow.
Morning subject "Liberty." Evening
subject "The Wonderful"
BoRN.-To Mr.. aud Mrs. Hugh
Lehman Of Galcna on Monday, June
Is, 1898, a bouncing boy. All parties
interested are doing well.
The thief who stole Chas. l.. Smiths
clothes and valuables while the latter
was bathing in Spring river on the
evening OF the 18th Of last August
has been captured.
Bills are out announcing a reunion
to be held al Pooler's Grove on Neo-
sho river in the Indian territory on
July 81. A good time is anticipated
and all are invited.
Real estate is booming. Several
transfers have been made this week
and il Is believed that when the finan.
cial scare is over property will change
hands very rapidly.
The persons who took Squire Eas-
icy's bucket Of butter from bis well
the other night are welcome 10 the
butter, but had better bring the other
articles back and save trouble.
August Rehm kept pretty quiet
about receiving complimentary key
of beer from friend in Joplin on the
4th-which turned out to be water
but we found !: out all the same.
The new buildings at Camp Logan
are completed and the water pipes
have been laid to different parts Ut the
grounds. Camp Logan is in better
shape this year than ever before.
Harvey Il Son made two mammoth
picture frames last week to 60 10 the
worlds fair, one tor the oil painting
OF Gen. John A. Logan by MIR. and
Mrs. L. +. Lyman (size AZ ks feetD and
the other for large portrait in pastel
from The Lyman Art School.
After figuring with Columbus, Ga.
lena and Kansas City houses the com
mitiee appointed to buy carpet for
the X. OF p. hall of Baxter decided il
could save money by buying OF Har
vey s. Son OF This city. Pa,ronize home
industry and waste no time or money
going away from home.
MARRIED.-At the Calvanistic Bap.
fist church IN this city on Sunday
evening, July q, 1898, at 10 o'clock, by
Esquire Thomas II. Williams, VIM.
Butts TO Mrs. Levina Rees. The con-
tracing parties ara we'll and favora.
bly known aud have n large circle OF
friends WHO wish them all the happi.
ness possible. A large number of
white people attended the wedding.
The NEWS extends congratulations.
Tuesday was the fifty-seventh an.
niversary OF the birth of Morris Doty
and IN commemOration OF the event
Mrs. J. b. Opperman and Mrs. II. Z.
Humphrey, at the home Of the former,
gave Mr.. and Mrs. Doty a most
sumptuous dinner. Beside the men,
bers of the families mentioned Mr..
and Mrs. NJ. 4. McMickle participated
in the pleasure of the occasion. The
event was one of much enjoyment for
all concerned. Mr.. Doty received
some handsome memcntOes.
Rev. NJ. +. Bramhall was an eye
witness of the awful fire which oc.
Cured at the worlds fair Monday last
aud gives a most vivid and interesting
descripiion of the heartrending scenes