Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1897-01-09

CHEROKEE COUNTY, KANS
Y. John Wiswell of Columbus was
i'm town Tuesday.
The newly elected county officers
:, will assume their duties Monday.
+. NJ. Tracewell of Columbus had
!. business in Baxter Monday even
ing.
- Deputy Sheriff McKillop was in
}" town Tuesday evening on official
business.
NJ This is the only season Of the year
when the ice man and coal man are
1t both happy.
Is this what Charlie Daniels was
:. wont TO call the "dry rotor what
is il anyway:
4 1t is said that J. II. Chubb has
paid his Indebtedness to Spring
valley township in full.
"a |. n. Lynch and family have
moved tn their farm three aud a
;, half miles west of town.
d Miss Pearl Willis has returned
from Waynesville, Illinois, where
n sine visited her grandparents.
A .l,s Hns l,a.. s,t Ia nj sa
with relatives in st. Louis, return.
;, ing home the first of this week.
n Corn is selling in some portions
of the state at eight and half cents
a bushcl. the lowest ever known.
Il Mrs. +. NJ. Congdon has returned
,. from Cherryvale where she went 10
visi, sister who has been quite i'll.
y Mrs. W. l.. Cavanaugh of Weir
{ City visited her parents, Mr. and
II Mrs. c. Watson, in This city the first
oi the week.
:, The case of the State of Kansas
- vs.. Bert Duncan. who was charged
n with violating the prohibitory law.
was dismissed in the district court
tuesday.
Mrs. Mary Banning returned last
;, Saturday from Wilson county, Kas,
u where she visited relatives during
the holidays. She had pleasant
n visit aud was well pleased with the
G country.
J., The case of the State of Kansas
i vs.. ]. G. Polstcr, who was charged
with violating the prohibitory law,
was dismissed in the district court
y Tuesday.
An Atchison man says the truth
about Ed Howe is that in his youth
:. he was Tilted by girl who loved Il
preacher better, and ever since then
Howe has been abusing love. wo
? men and preachers.
I ii. c. Commons returned Friday
> from Grcnola. Kansas, where he at.
u tended to some business matters.
= Mr.. Commons says the corn is rick
ed up like cord wood out there and
q brings only l3 cent? bushel.
Billie Morgan says: The young
i man OF Larncd who organized to 20
TO Cuba have accomplished their
: purpose. Their girls have wept on
,i,eir uec!;s and begged them not 10
>. go where thcy might spoil their
|, clothes and get shot"
= Leon Willard of this city went
: home with his sister, Mrs. Propp,
( who lives near Adair, |. T., a few
!. days ago to take a holiday trip and
hunt. Prepare for car load of
, game when he gets back. Boys, put
your guus away until next winter.
There will be no game in this par;
q Of the country when these fellows
/. get through.
1 The burning of the large zinc
snclters at Collinsville ILL.,, on last
, Friday night, entailing loss OF
:, over 100000 will not advance the
price of jack very materially in this
: section. Heretofore Geo. Braun, the
agent, has been shipping on an av-
: erage fifteen cars a week TO that
place, which means over seventy
: tons per week left for other buyers.
1t will take at least four months TO
}. rebuild the plant, but work will be-
e gin at once.-Galena Post.
, The Kansas City World has again
, changed hands, having been pur-
chased by what is known as the
. Scripps-McRae Newspaper League
which owns the ST. Louis Chroni-
Gle and papers in Cincinnati, De-
: troit, Louisville, Cleveland and
: other places. The price paid was
: about $4,000. All the other papers
I published by the league are penny
J, papers, and there is but little doubt
2 that th.. Wo,ld will be knovn as n |