Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1895-02-16

BAXTER SPRINGS, CT
All persons holding invitations
to the masquerade ball February 2,
will please secure tickets at McFad
den * Prices drug store.
Do you want water works!
Do you want the city to own an
electric light plant?
How would you like to get watei
for S. per year?
Wheat is selling at 80 cents pei
bushel in Webb City.
Don't fail to attend the musicale
at the College tonight.
The ground is frozen TO the
depth of sixteen inches.
All kinds of weather Thursday
Five SHOWS fell during the day.
The musicale at the college this
Saturday evening will be grand
Don't'miss il.
Gordon Boughton of Galena at
tended the funeral of Isaiah Cooper
in this city Sunday.
"
Ezra Henshaw came in Wednes
day evening from Bloomington
ILL.,, TO look after property interests
The celebrated Fraker life insur
ance case has been compromised
and the Fraker heirs will receive
$30,0lS.
The editors of the NEWS received
some very fine valentines Thursday
and hereby express sincere thanks
to the scnders.
Invitations are out for the masque
ball which will be given on We'd
ncsday evening, Feb, %, at the new
Baldwin theatcr.
Manager Moore of Cooper & Co.'S
mercantile establishment of Galena
attended the funeral of Isaiah Coop.
er in this city Sunday.
"
John Jones. Al. Diveley, ]. c. Nay
lor and \. Willard have returned
from TT. Smith, Arkansas, where
they attended United States court.
\ bill has been introduced in the
Legislature providing flor the fur
nishing by the state all school
books necessary to be used in the
public schools free of cost TO the
pupil.
Mrs. W. III. Hornor and Mr.. and
Mrs. W. l.. kean arrived in the city
Monday night from Fort Worth,
Texas. Mr.. Kcan has been and is
yet very i'll, but he stood the trip re-
well.
Jacob Rossman has brought suit
against A. B. urick, postmaster, for
clerks salary. He claims that Mr..
Urick has not paid him as much as
he should. We refrain from com.
Inent at present.
The east bound ST. Louis and San
francisco passenger struck a
broken rail near Crcstline Wednes-
day and the mail and baggage cars
and two coaches and u sleeper left
The track. No one was seriously
hurt.
Hicks and the other weather
prophets predict all manner of cy-
clones and wind storms after the
severe winter, and advise every one
to call on Daniels and insure
against cyclones in his old reliable
Always get the best.
No wild cats.
The Republican says chunk of
he NEWS subscription list has fall
en-. 1t may be news for the Repub-
lean, but nevertheless fact that
he gain over the loss in the NEWS
subscription list within the past
hree weeks has been over one
per cent.
We understand a poor old farmer
living west of this city is about to
DC evicted from his home on fore
closure of a mortgage. Well bet a
title that he is entitled to few
yet in which to redeem his
lome. Who but hard-hearted
nan would want TO turn an old
couple outo of doors such weather as
his.
We see from one of our exchanges
hat new game has made it's ap-
,earance and is going to be the
age. 1t is called "The Onion So
:ial," and is played as follows: Six
'oung ladies' stand in row, one of
hem bites a piece out of an onion
md the fellows pay ten cents each
o guess who bit il. The successful
.uessers kiss the other five girls
yhile the unsuccessful kiss the one
Who bit the onion.
"No ma'am, said clerk in hard
vare store, making great clatter-
ny among the tin, 1--WE have coffee
'ots and tea pots, but there isn't
uch thing as a jack pot in the
tore" "I'm so sorry" walled the
'oung wife; "you see we haven't
'cen married long, and my hus-
'and's mother has always cooked
or him, and when heard him talk
ng in his sleep about jack pot
I'd get one, for he men,
ions IL so often he must be used to
/. Can you tell me what they cook