Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1905-01-12
Mapes, Photographer.

Bert Duncan is on the sick list
this week.
wilhoit's Parlor Light Oil 2Oc per
gallon at Cooper's.
Ia. McCune went to Oklahoma
Monday night on business.
A barn and some second hand
lum Der for sale by Daniels & Plumb.
A good fat widow wanted to rent
or buy the Springs hotel. Apply to
C. w. Daniels, agent.
Daniels & Plumb can sell you res
idence property on time at a rea-
sonable rate of interest.
Daniels & Plumb have number
of business houses for sale at a
price that will pay big interest.
Arther Peters in now night oper-
ator at Anna,a station on the Frisco
between Girard and Fort Scott.
Mrs. E. L. Thomas of Lyndon,
Has, is visiting her parents, Mr..
and Mrs. Milton Starbuck, in this
city.
Scores of inc fruit and shade trees
were broken down by yesterdays
sleet. The wreck in many instances
was complete.
a movement has been started to
build a fine Catholic church here.
And it may be that school will al
so be established.
Nobody WAS in from the country
yesterday. and very few town peo-
pie ventured out, unless their busi.
ness was very urgent.
The telephone company lost sew
eral poles as aresult of yesterdays
heavy sleet. The company is hav-
ing considerable trouble straight
ening things out.
AL Snelson a few days ago sold
his barber shop to Jno. McCammon
who will buy anything from a load
of wood to the presidency. Mr..
McCammon this week sold the shop
to Mr.. Leek. a Gentleman from Ill
inois. Mr.. Leek is good workman,
and solicits your business.
There were no light 'ast night
for the reason that to have turned
on the current would have been
very dangerous. The electric light
wires and telephone wires were
crossed in many places, and it was
deemed best by the light company
to not endanger life by turning on
the current.
There was another fire in town.
1t was Friday morning about 9
o'clock. a little stable on the back
part of Mrs. Golfers place, where
o. NJ. Smith lives. caught fire in
some mysterious manner aud was
entirely consumed. The fire depart
ment responded to the alarm and
saved big pile Of wood which was
in the building.
Mrs. Mary A. Beach of Baxter
Springs has received from the coun-
ty commissioner papers for her ad-
mission to the Mother Bickerdyke
Home at Dodge City as widow of
Stephen A. Beach, who was a sold
ier in the Goth Iowa Infantry. The
home is fine provision for soldiers
widows. Mrs. Beach is the second
to accept it's benefits from this
county.
The bridge over Grand river be-
tween Alton and Grove, 1. T., is re-
ported completed and it is said the
new structure will be open to the
public some time this month. The
finishing of this bridge is a relief
to many travellers. who make towns
above mentioned. The ford is both
deep and dangerous and the ferry
is likewise unsafe. The engineers
who have been working on the
structure have lost two stuctures
on account of the sudden rising of
the swift and treacherous river.
Seeley Smith of Melrose, VIM.
Shaffer of Columbus, D. S. Chubb
of Lyon township, L. L. Dean OF
Neutral and VIM. Buchan offspring
valley township held meeting in
this city on Tuesday of this week
on rural telephone business. The