Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1900-09-01

The latest sensation-Bosco was
bitten by snake Thursday night.
Col. Vim. March and Major A. G.
Han back. reception committee, are
doing good work.
Exclusive right of the perfect
ion" canned goods.
BURTON SMITH.
BoRN.-To Mr.. and Mrs. Frank
Ray of the >Quapaw mission. on
Wednesday,. Aug. q. twins.
Tombstone Jones of Columbus
was in camp Thursday looking for
n chance to sell monuments.
Robert Younger of Dennison,
Texas. who was a member of Troop
A. of Teddy's Rough Riders. is in
camp.
Some Mrdoc items were left ut
this Office Thursday, but they were
lost in some way. We are very
sorry.
Geo. h. Dent. solicitor for Dents
Cash Grocery, reports Thursday H.
a record breaker for business at
that store.
Mrs. Maude Hollomon and
daughter. Mabel. who have been
visiting in Pennsylvania, arrived
home Tuesday morning.
Fif,y.seven rigs from Galena fol.
lowed the remains of Mics Edith
Smith Of that city TO the Baxter
cemetery Sunday. The Uniform
Rank Knights of Pythias also came
over.
Ella X. Ewing. the Missouri tall
girl ia on the ground. She il eight
feet four inches tall, only two feet
four inches taller than the tallest
man on tho grounds. This 10 tall
item. but il IL all true.
Joplin's Chicago river. better
known "a Willow branch. got on
tear Saturday evening during the
storm asd business houses on Main
street. where the branch CROSSES.
were several inches deep in water.
Dad Leonard and his daughter
from Chetopa. visited us Thursday
morning and showed us an ostrich
egg. II is a whopper and contains
as much substance as two dozen
ordinary hen egg.
Tuesday evening Walla Convey.
son of Mr.. and Mrs. Ed. Convey. fell
from n house and broke his left
leg between the knee aYd hip joint.
DR.. Dewitt reduced the fracture
and the little fellow is getting
along as well as could be expected.
A fakir doing business near thir
office forgot himself Sunday morn
ing so far as to roundly curse the
woman who is with him. We sup
pose she is his wife. but we don't
know. Al any rate, she is az good
and perhaps better. than he lie.
A two.year.oId daughter of Mr..
and Mrs. David Swrejson of En-.
pire City died in Camp Logan Mon
day morning about q o'clock The
little one was i'll of membraneous
cronp. Funeral services will be
held Tuesday and the remains in.
TERED in the Baxter cemetery.
10000 bushels Of fine apples blown
off my trees. Will sell parties all
they want al &c per bushel in my
orchard. One aud one.haIf niles
east of McCune, kansas. For par.
uouiars address u. Il. Jordan. Me-
Cun-. Kansas. Mr.. Jordan has 200
acres of orchard aud estimates his
yield of apples at 5000 bushels.
Edith Smith, u highly respected
young lady of Galrna. died at her
home in that place. Saturday,. The
body was brought to Baxter
Springs where funeral services
were held, aud the remains interrvd |
in the Baxter cemetery. Mas Smith
was at one time deputy recorder OF
deeds under ]. Fl. Abbott.
During the storm Saturday even.
ing lightning struck the residence
of John Davidson on the corner OF
Military and North streets in Bax.
ter and damaged il considerably. !
One flash from the lightning se.
verely burned six-year old son OF
Mr.. Davidson and also l5-year old
daughter. DIR. Dewitt was sum.
moned aud fixed the victims out all
right. The house was all split up.
In Penns, lvania several year,
ago farm hand defended AN old
maid, Miss Sabina Beers. from rob
bere, who were after her known
wealth. The other day the old lad,
died and when her will was oprnrd
il was found that she had left hei
relatives 81 each. To the man who
defended her she left a valuable l4l
acre farm and gold and bank noies
to the amount Of $4,000. Now, we
are ready TO defend any wealthy
old maid. Fetch 'en along.
An unusual sight was witnessed
in Joplin Saturday, the object be.
ing the Missouri giantess. Ella
Ewing. She is over eight feet tall
and for several years was a leading
feature with the Barnum & Bailey
show. Miss Ewing came to Joplin
on the Missouri Pacific train at 2:30
o'clock in the afternoon aud re-.
NAMED in the Joplin Hotel parlor
until 5 o'clock when abe left on the
Memphis for Baxter Springs as an
attraction with one of the aide
shows to be there during the re.
union next week. Miss Ewing's
father is with her.-JopIin News.
Herald.