Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1896-12-26

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is, CHEROKEE COUNTY, KANS
McAboy & Meads shipped hogs
to Kansas City Tuesday.
Stray hogs at A. W. Abrams. See
,,lr,,, notice elsewhere 10 this paper,
TIE. Anderson, the grocer, Is via.
-, II, iting his parents and other relatives
at Lamar, Mo.
v.,r Philip Bulger sold last week to
N. d. Hileman fifty head of fat
steers for $2.100.
C posi-.
Mrs. L. C. Goodner and Mrs. C. E.
Goodner visited relatives in Sar-
Iontay 'o' ''o'' '-e- -
.s Miss Bertha Scninmon and Miss
Edna Bliss of Columbus attended
the dance of the Leisure Evening
= ~. Dancing Club in this city Tuesday
evening
John Robbins, n professional foot
one racer. well known In this city, shot
sPend and fatally wounded Dick Webb,
notorious bad man, at Cherryvalc
Office last week.
ishing Galena is to have full hedged
Mist. variety theatre, the old Stone opcra
m. house having been leased for that
r. with purpose, but the public is promised
~,n, that the new venture will not be
"rank."
10 Briggs of Joplin was in Baxter
Monday on business for the Frisco
',' railway, with which he is con-
'""'' uected. Mr.. Briggs is one of the
directors of the Interstate Reun-
lose of ion Association.
by ----., -. ,,,o ,,,,.
- '''' invitations, the Knights of Pythias
ball which will be given at the
Fort Baldwin opera house next Tuesday
ie evening. The Knights are striving
ir. to make il the social event of the
season.
furn. When n Columbus editor writes il
hat "kintcrscope" we know he means
iiabil. kinciiscope.- Republican.
,OOOO And when Col. Weldy OF the Re-
as in Il. ,,..rs L;,..,osron. Nex,
the
- An exchange has discovered that
ssaul, defective cycsight is caused by
reading newspapers on which the
subscription hus no, been paid.
ould Acting on this hint long-headcd
. publishers will compel short
n the sighted subscribers TO pay in ad-
Ived vance
oo"'u Ira C. Perkins, at one time cashier
of the Baxter bank is now number
.le. ed among us, having become inter
n. ested in the Galena foundry of this
,usi. place. His family will remain in
pres. baH'er' ior awhile at 'eas' dc 10
win, impossible to secure house here.
-Galcna Times.
a bill will be introduced in the
Pennsylvania Legislature soon pro
=. viding for executing condemned
&C.,. criminals by asphyxiation. The
,:,e scheme is 10 turn ON the gas in
..s : the condemned prisoners cell
while he il asleep. This would GER
tanly be more humane than the
pass old way.
ter, Many of the old residents of Bax-
'ass- ter will remember old man Crock
not EFT. n colored blacksmith who lived
or, here several years ago. The Galenn
OF papers report that lie died at that
more place Sunday morning. Mr. Crock
have .tt was one of the most highly re-
ID. spectcd colored men of this county.
=, Tie left large family.
IN, Why don't the metropolitan press
is." give us good picture of Queen
cr is" Lii They give us cartoons repre-:
in senting her as a great big fat
tits wrench. We have a curiosity to
II il know how she looks, and in justice
you to Grover the world should have
Price. chance to pass Judgment -Galena
Republican. We would like to see
ony- what the fat "wreuch" looks like, too.
Ic-
"a On the fourth page of this paper
me-: will be found the introductory ad-
IS8 vertisement of Messrs. Gould &
,give Thompson, who have succeeded
,lan. The White Implement Company in
!. we the implement, wagon and carriage
ord. business in this city. These gentle
ty." men come well recommended 10 US
and we ask our farmer friends TO {
deal liberaily with them. (
III At the election Nov. 3, Mckinley
r,;s carried the city of Lynn, Mass, by
nd plurality of over 1900. On Tues
90 day of last week candidate for
a mayor, running on free silver
platform, defeated his Republican .
. In opponent by plurality of 100.
ma The newspapers of Lynn attribute /,
lie the great change to the fact that :
a the big shoe factories of that place
h.