Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1897-09-25

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next Tuesday and grant franchise
To the electric road people. The
old franchise has expired by limi.
tation. and the question of whether
Baxter gets the road or not ut pres.
ent lies with the council.
We hope the mayor aud council
will be in good health next Tues.
day and not fail to meet and attend
To this important matter.
Bert Durham is having hard
tusslc with malarial fever.
Miss Pearl Willis visited Mrs. {.
! ID. Ashley in Columbus this week.
Mrs. Chas. l.. Smith and children
visited relatives in Webb City this
week.
Mrs. Geo. W. Bigham is very i'll
with nalarial fever at her home in
Miami.
Harry Edmisten il very ill at his
home on East street and is not en-
pected to recover.
John Turley and wife of Noda'
way county. Missouri. are visiting
the family of W. ]. Turley.
Mrs. a. Macdonald wants a com.
petent girl or middle-aged woman
for general housework. Call at the
house.
q. y. Baldwin aud Vim. Overton
left Monday for Taney county. Mo-.
where the former has an interest in
a large stock ranch.
1t is reported that Vim. II. Gun
ter. mention of whom was made in
these columns last week. has been
seen in the timber ON Five Mile.
Mrs. Louisa Crane of Logan coun-
ty. Illinois, is visiting her brother,
W ]. Turley, in this city. Mrs.
Crane reports yield of from 30 to
so bushels of corn per acre in Lo-
gan county.
DIED. ON Thursday. September -,
at her home one mile south of town,
Mrs. Julina McGraw, aged fifty
seven years and six months. The
remains were taken to Castena,
Iowa, where they will be inferred
today.
Miss Rhoda ]. Bowers left Thurs
day night for Greenfield. ILL.,. to at
tend the bedside of Grant Twitch.
ell. who is not expected 10 live. Mr..
Twitchell went from here to Green
field with his sisters remains and
while there was stricken with typho-
malarial fever.
Free souvenir of waist and skirt
Innings. stays and thread with
every dress pattern sold during
our Dress Goods. Millinery and
Cloak Opening Thursday. Sept. 30,
and Friday, Oct. I. at l.. Baum's,
Galena. You are invited and ex.
pected, and # you wish to see the
latest novelties you should attend.
Remember the dates.
Sunday school rallying day at the
Presbyterian church next Sunday
at 0:45 a. M; review service. At
II o'clock a special service in which
the school takes part in recitations
and singing, followed by talk
from the pastor. At 7:45 p. m. the
school will hold an Offering service,
a special program having been pre-
pared for the occasion. Parents
and friends are cordially invited to
both morning aud evening service.
Col. l.. c. Weldy has started a
daily paper in Galena. 1t is called
the Galena Daily Republican, is a
seven.column folio and neat pa
per. The colonel has purchased
the plant of the Post, which sus-
pended couple of weeks ago, and
consolidated il with the Republican
plant. Willard NJ. Richart is city
editor and if Weldy and Richart
don't give the people of Galena a
good local paper we shall be disap.
pointed.
Miss Helen Wells of Paola and A.
b. Macdonald of Peoria, Illinois,
we're married at the home of the
brides parents, Mr.. and Mrs. L. II.
Wells, in Paola, by Rev ]. W. Hastie
at ~ o'clock, noon, Wednesday, Sep
tember Is. The bride is one of Pa
ola's most charming girls, being
possessed of lovely character and
disposition, and the only regret felt
in Paola at her marriage is her con-
seuuent removal from our city. She
was dressed in white Organdy
trimmed in Valenciennes over
white silk, white kid slippers and
gloves. Mr.. Macdonald is an in
structor in the Parsons Neurological
Institute at Peoria, and is young
gentleman of the highest charac-
ter. He resided in Paola for several
years. his father at one time own.
ing the Judge +. w. Robinson farm
north of town, removing from here
thirteen years ago. About forty
guests were at the wedding, includ-