Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1896-09-12
KANSAS STATE NEWS.

Hutchinson will have poultry show
December ISIS.
Harper county farmers are shipping
corn to old Mexico.
A valuable vein Of coal has been dis
covered ten miles west of Emporia.
A farm Of $50 acres was sold ut sher
IFS sale near Hiawatha for SIC, $50 in
cash.
Midland college, ut Atchison, Is con-
templating the erection of $4,000
library.
Samples OF Reno county corn will
hereafter be represented ut the Chicago
board of trade.
A reunion Of the old Sixth Kansas
regiment will be held Mt Bartlesville,
September 2l-23.
Charles Good died at Waldo the other
day. He weighed 800 pounds and
measured o feet q
The republican women OF Oswcgo
have organized n Mckinley club with
membership Of over ESQ
The Hiawatha schools have discarded
the Spencerian system Of writing and
adopted the vertical system.
The American Aid association, new
faternal order with state headquarters
ut Topeka, has been chartered.
James r. Garfield, of Ohio, son of
the ex-prcsident, will make republican
speeches in Kansas from October i3
to IL.
Gen. Merritt, In command OF Fort
Leavenworth, says the troops Mt that
point will join the old soldiers ut the
Topeka reunion.
II is said Gen. ]. c. Caldwell, Of To
peka, will be candidate for United
States senator before tho next repub.
lican legislative caucus
DR.. w. c. Merrill, n leading physi.
clan Of central Kansas, died ut Enter.
prise the other day. He was prominent
In !. O. o. T. und A. o. U. W.
William Aaron and A. d. Gilkerson
each claim TO be the democratic nom
inee for appellate judge in the West.
ern division, Northern department
Topeka postponed her Labor day
celebration until carnival week, when
nll the labor men of the city will par
ticipate in day set apart for the &C.
casion.
The construction of the Kaw river
bridge and other public improvements
there will result in the distribution of
more than 500, 600 for labor in Topeka
this fall and winter.
II. S. Lands filed suit in the United
States court ut Wichita the other day
TO foreclose mortgage on land in Bar
Der county, and asked that tho judg-
ment be paid In gold.
Col S. W. Eldridge, proprietor OF the
hotel ut Lawrence which bears his
name, was 80 years old the other day
and his friends properly celebrated the
event He has resided in Kansas since
1854.
The oldest college in Kansas, Baker
university, at Baldwin, opened its
doors for the school year on Wednes-
day. Rev. Don S. Colt, of Wichita,
preached the opening sermon. Last
year the school enrolled $50 students
Following are dates for the joint
debates between Jerry Simpson and
Chester /. Long in the Seventh con-
gressional district: Hutchinson, Sep
TENDER 90; Newton. "a; Wellington,
20; Harper. 20; Great Bend, October !;
Wichita, 3.
The handsome home for disabled
Kansas mnsons ut Wichita was dedi-
Gated on the 10th. 1t was purchased
by the grand lodge from Robert L.
Lawrence for $4,000. During Wichi.
ts's "boom" days Mr.. Lawrence built
It for $4,000.
James Laughlin, Reno county
farmer, accidentally fell into thresh-
ing machine cylinder that was running
900 revolutions a minute. His leg
was torn into countless pieces and he
was mangled beyond description. He
died soon after being taken from the
machine.
A Wichita lad has received big
royalty from wholesale house on n
little paper bag he invented. The bag
Is fastened ut the top by metal strip
which holds it very tight, and no Irvine
Is needed. Irvine for 1000 bags would
cost II cents. The lad refused $4,000
for his right
There will be plenty of good speakers
ut the Topeka reunion and carnival
In addition to William j. Bryan, Gar
rett A. Hobart and possibly Thomas B.
Reed, the following have consented
to attend: Gen. Daniel Sickles, Gen.
Il A. Alger, Past Commander John L.
Rhea and Corporal Tanner.
II. II. Brown, n convict from Craw-
ford county, who was parioned from
the penitentiary the other day, was an
expert draughtsman. During his in
generation he had Furnished plans aud
the erection Of all new
at the state prison, saving |
the state thousands of dollars.
The farmers OF Riley county held q |
''corn carnival" at Leonardville last |
week In celebration of their immense |
corn crop. The occasion was made to
serve turn ut politics, one day being |
given to each party. The principal
speakers were Prof. Swenson, Rev. j.
n. Botkin aud David Overmyer.
Gov. Morrill, appointed orrin J. Pc
terson, son Of ex-Sheriff Peterson, q
police commissioner of Kansas City In
place Of o. Q. Claflln. resigned. Peter
son belongs TO the Buchan faction and
the appointment was made, II Is al
legged, TO restore harmony In the re-
publican ranks in Wyandotte county.
II Is said the o. NJ. b., IN anti-pro-
hibition secret order, will change its
ritual and pass words TO counteract
The exposure Of Col. Ellsworth, until
a lecturer Of the order
Miss Clara Fox made purchase OF
jewelry in Topeka the other day and
paid for II with q worthless $50 bill.
She was arrested, but returned the
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