Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1897-01-16

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CHEROKEE COUNTY, KAN
Notice to Pay Occupation Tax.
All persons doing business In
this city for which an occupation
license tax is required to be paid
will please pay same at once.
BY order of city council.
JAS. I. RYoN, City Clerk.
Try stock food-at Pinnick's.
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See Pinnick for -four and chop.
Caples' Collie Cure cures. w. +. Price
Will Martin is tenching school at
Weir City.
Mise Edith Bratlon visited friends
in Columbus this week.
And now it is said shorty" Ham
il.on is sorry. Well, we'll!
Winter seems 10 be as much OF a
farce as the prohibitory law.
Could & Thompson received a car
load of implements this week.
]. \. Cook has sold his interest i'm
the Galcna Times 10 his partner,
". l.. Burke.
Constable Salisbury of Columbus
was in town yesterday morning on
official business.
Weir City has about $1,000 in her
city treasury and there are no out
standing warrants against il.
Chas. NJ. Tarr of McCune was in
town Tuesday and Wednesday. Mr..
Tarr attended the club dance Tues.
day night.
Invoicing has been in order for
several days past and many of the
merchants are not through taking
stock yet.
Mr.. and Mrs. b. II. Gibbons remov.
ed to Galena this week. Mr.. Glib
hons is employed in the store Of
NJ. b. Fox at that place.
Representative J. ]. Lambert of
Lincoln county will introduce a
bill in the Legislature in few days
TO prohibit the manufacture and
use of boomers.
Mr.. Ed. Casseday, Mrs. Alexander.
Claud Jones, Harry March, Grace
Doiy and about dozen pupils from
the public schools are new students
in the college this week, and several
others will eater next week.
ID. NJ. Lower of Kansas City has
commenced suit for possession OF
the business part of Eldorado, kas.
Lower claims that his father, who
formerly owned The land, was in
sane when he sold il.
The Easy Chair Club met Monday
evening at the home of Mr.. and
Mrs. I. u. McEi!iney ON Chouteau
avenue. Refreshments were served
at a late hour. and the evening was
spent in most enjoyable manner.
l. y. Lynch. dry goods, and Ren-
del Il Son. dry goods, of Baxter
Springs, failed last week and made
assignments. We DIP not recognize
these firms as extensive advertisers
in the Baxter papers. See:-Miami
Herald.
Don't let the young people run on
the streets the balance of the year.
The rates in the college are so low
that all can attend. Students can
enter at any time and pay from the
time they enter, and those who are
patronizing il will tell you the work
is excellent.
Charles Stevens, county attorney,
informs the Post that he will not
appoint any deputy for Galena.
Persons having business with the
county attorney will therefore have
to go 10 Columbus or write Mr.. |
Stevens and he viii come to Galena
when his services are required
Galena Post.
Sometimes il pays man TO keep |
his wife fully posted as to his bust
ness, says an exchange. Not long
ago a man advertised in local pa
per that he would like to buy a sec.
and-hand lawn mower, giving the
initials "X. Y" He received an
answer which struck him favorably
aud after corresponding some time
through the newspaper Office, found
put that his wife was trying 10 sell
him their old mower.
An interesting case was called for
rial in the district court Wednes-
lay wherein David Treat of Spring
'allcy township asks the county for
$4,000 damages sustained while at
to cross bridge in that
ownship on Nav II, 1896. 1t will be