Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1901-02-16
KANSAS ITEMS CONDENSED.


Reeder win each control the appoint
ment of cadet to the naval academy
at Annapolis.
The state convention Of Royal
Neighbors at Topeka elected Mrs.
Jennie Walker, Of Goodland, state
oracle; Mrs. Lou c. Kent, Of Pleasan-
ton, vice oracle and Mrs. Ella Dock,
of Centralia, secretary.
Wilbur Green and wife. aged 90
and IS, of Wichita, last week cele-
brated the sixty-fourth anniversary
of their marriage. Five generations
sat ut the table and representatives
OF three generations were white
haired.
OF the III travelling libraries in
possession of the state library. 40 are
in actual use and about 25 orders are
on hand untitled. Within the past
IS months the libraries have been sent
to 1873 towns in &c counties.-Topeka
Mail and Breeze.
l.. NJ. Erb. OF New York, has asked
the Lawrence city council for n
franchise to build an electric street
railway system. Mr.. Erb proposes to
build over five miles Of track, rum
ming the line to the state university
and Haskell institute.
In the heat of passion Jacob Geb-
hart, well-known farmer near Sa-
lima. shot his son In the face. inflict-
ng serious wound. lie then turned
the gun upon the hired man and shot
at him. the bullet striking n suspend
er button and CHANGING off.
Editor NJ. NJ. Beck. of the Holton
Recorder. thinks It is disproportion-
ate that the senate, with 10 members,
should require the services Of s door
keepers, sergeants-at-nrms, 4cloak
room guards, 9 postmasters II jani-
tors, 40 stcnographers and clerks. and
only one chaplain.
Capt. Charley Hale. who was put in
the poorhouse in Chautauqua county
this week, Is a brother of Senator
Hale, of Maine. He was once n sea
captain, and has for years been PEN
sioner on his family. and n heavy
drinker. and his relatives recently quit
sending him money.
Secretary Stephens, Of the Kansas
States Temperance union, issued a
manifesto recommending and urging
immediate and persistent law en-
forcement action in regard to clearing
out the joints in every part of the
state. following the example of the
citizens OF Topeka, Holton and other
cities.
Smith county claims to have the two
largest girls for their age of any
county west of the Mississippi river.
The girls IL challenges any other coun-
ty to equal are Misses Mabel and Der
tina Hammond, IL years and 3k years
old. respectively. Mabel weighs 300
pounds and Bertha tips the beam ut an
even 100.
Grcenleaf claims that the oldest
triplets in the world live there.
They are Mrs. John Tegethoff, Mrs.
J. ]. Mexican and Harrison Aldrich.
They are 81 years old. The children"
have been healthy all their lives, but
are rather under the average size.
The two women are five feet tall and
the man is five feet two.
Stories are in circulation that the
rafting of chains can he distinctly
heard near the place where Alexan-
der. the Leavenworth negro, was
burned recently. Many adults. who
chide their children for dread OF
ghosts, believe the yarns and stay
away from the 'hanted" spot after
dark.-Topeka Mail and Breeze.
last week woman wrote to q
prominent attorney of Pittsburg to
leave $500 at certain place. or she
would see that his wife was informed
of sundry pieces of unwritten his
tory. A decoy letter was sent and
great was the surprise Of the attorney
when he discovered that the woman
belonged to one OF the respectable
families Of the place. The matter was
hushed up.-Topeka Mail and Breeze.
In Osborne county j. N. Sherman
was married to Miss Minerva Drake.
While the happy pair were in the
midst of their honeymoon Miss Mary
Babcock filed two suits against the
groom--alleging in one that he owes
her balance Of $3.50 for wages dur
ing the six years in which she served
ms his housekeeper. and asking in
the other for $1,000 for trifling with
her observation-disclosures City Journal.
The sixtieth wedding anniversary
of Mr.. and Mrs. ]. p. Mather. OF En-
poria, was celebrated Monday by a
big sleighing party. On their we'd
ding day 60 years ago ut Spring
Creek, Pa. they drove to their home
in Columbus followed by long train
Of sleighs in the wedding party. The
event was arranged TO initiate that of
60 years ago. Mr.. and Mrs. Mather
nre Sc and 81 years old respectively.
1t Is reported that gambling to a
SnOCkInK eNtCut 10 INV OCiiB AhuusENA
in by Leavenworth society women.
The story goes that young lady OF
q neighboring town recently went to
Leavenworth to buy her bridal trous-
seau. A select few got her into poker
game and when the sitting adjourned
the visiting girl found that she Ind
lost 1894, and had gambled away the
last cent of her bridal money. She
went home in tears and despair. and
ever since certain society people in
Leavenworth have been trying to hush
up the story.
William Ringeison. of Elk City, was
arrested two weeks ago charged with
stealing n horse from Chris Weber,
and held for "a hours, when he was
released by proving his innocence of
the charge. Now Ringeison has sued
Weber and the officer who arrested
him for 5000 damages.
The old Western Star mill ut Salina,
which has been idle several years,
will be opened up by company with
ern mn s4.l T1.t. ..,flI x..oI.o C.lf