Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1897-11-06

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enjoyable time.
A meeting is hereby called to b'
held at the city hall next Wednes
day evening. at which time dane
ing club will be organized. Mem
bers of last winters club and thei
friends are invited to be present.
Mrs. ]. n. Mcdonald aud daugh
tere, Misses Pearl aud May, visited
in Galena Tuesday.
The price of corn in Galena hal
dropped to rs cents. As the farmer
can sell his corn in Baxter for 2
cents there is no inducement fol
him to take IL to Galena. Remem
ber this.
The Pittsburg. Frontenac and Su
burban Railway Company, which Il
trying to get right of way into
Weir City, has announced that the
road will be built from Weir City &c
Cherokee. II is only a matter of 6
few months when the whole lead
zinc and coal districts of Southeast
Kansas will be belted by an electric
railway system.
A Floater: A Kansas paper re
Gently gave notice that in case q
stolen buggy whip was not return
ed to a certain place before it's nex'
issue it would publish the name oi
the thief. The place designated was
a certain back yard. The next day
after the notice came out-the nigh,
being very dark - n whips were
picked up in said back yard.
In Meriwether county. Missouri
the people are in a state of excite
ment bordering on frenzy over a
baby which was born lately with
full grown whiskers. The baby
lived only a few hours, and just be-
fore it died, spoke the following
words: There will be no more
rain in this county for seven years.
The long continued drouth of late
has strengthened this belief and
runs high.
A little child of ]. r. Hays, living
near Colquitt, Ga, overturned a pot
of boiling water, scalding itself so
severely that the skin came off its
breast and limbs. The distressed
parents sent to Mr.. Bush, mer-
chant of Colquitt, for a remedy
and he promptly forwarded Cham.
berlain's Pain Balm. The child
was suffering intensely, but was re-
lieved by single application OF
the Pain Balci. Another spplica-
ton or two made il sound and we'll,
For sale by W. E. Price.
Our prediction is that ol. Sparks
will make a first claes sheriff. He
takes a pride in everything he does
and there is every reason to believe
he will conduct the affairs of his
office in the same way. Of course,
now that he is elected, there will be
all kinds of figuring ON who his
deputies will be, but the hundreds
Of friends of Jim Chew of this city
expect him to be jailer under Mr..
Sparks. Jim Chew is fitted for the
position and we'll bet he gets 1t.
1t often happens that the doctor
is out of town when most needed.
The wo.year.old daughter of ]. Y.
Schenck of Caddo, Ind. Ter, was
with Group; he writes:
MY wife insisted that I 60 for the
doctor at once; but az he was out
Of town, purcha sed a bottle OF
Chamberlain's Cough Remedy, and
Il relieved the child Immediately"
A bottle of that remedy in the
house will often save the expense
Of a doctor bill, besides the ankle
lies always occasioned by sickness.
When Il is given az soon as the
croupy cough appears, 1t will pre-
vent the attack. Thousands of
mothers always keep Il in their
homes. The 25c aud Soc bottles are
for sale by W. +. Price.
Joe Kennedy, the negro who was
killed by his colored mistress, Miss
Hicks, at Fleming, on the 2lst of
October, is again the chief topic of
In that locality, says
The Columbus Advocate. After the
inquest, Kennedy was
buried in the Cherokee cemetery.
farmer who happened TO
be passing by the cemetery noticed
4 coffin lid lying alongside of an
open grave. His curiosity led him
10 investigate, and upon going up
10 the grave a horrible sight met
mis- gaze. 1t was the partly decom-
posed body of Kennedy, and the
authorities, who made further in.
'estigation, found that the little
inger on the left hand and the
snee cap of the left leg had been
,ut of and carried away. Other
xise the body was not disturbed.
Who committed the deed and why
L was done 10 a mystery.
Something 20 Know.
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