Baxter Springs news. [volume], August 30, 1890, Image 5

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TliKKK UTTLK TADS FltOH I10MU.
Wednesday evening about dark
(hero arrived In liaxter Springs throe
lililu Iiuvh nainod Harvey Kayuiond,
Fivd.li.j'Ailiclifll and Hainan Barley,
aired 11, 10 and 6 year respectively.
Tuey ntaiuliud into Olilon't reatauraut
mid inquired abuut suppeT and lodg
ing. Ohlen Bald ho could feed them
nt had uo place for them to Bleep nn
leN it be on tho roof. IL- Seaman
was ihcro aud learning that tho little
fellows were strangers took them to
J. Null's hotel where they got supper.
They said they had Marled from Col
umbus about o'clock to go to the
sawmill of tho Mitchell boy's father
near Peoria, I. T. It was soon loam
cd, however, that they had been play
ing together at a barn at Columbus
when borne larger colored boys came
by aud commenced killing some chick
ens belonging to a neighbor who was
away from home. These boys threat
ened to tell on thorn when some of the
colored boys started to town after the
marshal and soou returned saying he
told the marshal that the white boys
were killing the chickens aud that they
had better pull out or he would arrest
them. Tho little fellows' folks were
all visiting In another part of the town
and naturally they became terrified at
the prospect of being taken to jail.
They at once 'pulled out" as they said,
and after a long, tiresome tramp dur
ing which the Httlo Ave or six-year-old
urchin became quite foot-sore and was
several times forced to weep. After
getting their supper and telling their
romantic story several times over for
inquiring frieuds they were prevailed
upon to accompany J. P. McNaughton
back to Columbua on the midnight
train. The smaller one gladly took
fiosession of the sofa at the Springs
totelaiid slept souudly until traiu
time. About 2 o'clock that night two
men arrived from Columbus in search
of the wanderers. They said the
mother of the little fellow was almost
frantic with grief over hia absence.
HOT ASHLEY'S FUMEBAX.
If report are true the trick played
on Mr. C D. Ashley at Baxter Inst
week, is such as to do very little favor
to those engaged in it. We have been
informed that on a day when Mr. Ash
ley wm iu Baxter, an invitation was
sent him to attend the funeral of the
"Kangatoo Guards," at the hall of that
order. He did not go. Those engaged
in the mock affair then put a skeleton
into a coffin and marched to the hotel
where he was, singing "We'll hang
Charley Ashley on a sour apple tree,"
and afterwards went through the cer
emony of a burial.
A while ago the Star-Courier in
dulged some criticism ou Mr. Ashley's
course as county attorney in certain
prosecutions under the prohibition
law, criticisms which we regard rea
sonable and concerning which we
have no occasion to change our mind.
He was the immediate cause of a good
ieal of hardship, and of damage to
the character and property of respect
able citizens through his efforts cer
tain citizens in the conuty, as honor
able and high-minded at any who re
main, are "fugitives from justice,"
while the others are put Into prison
for trifles and branded with disgrace
which neither they nor their families
can outlive, but we question very seri
ously the propriety of burying hun in
effigy for the course he has taken.
Such thing are a poor comment upon
civilization, and they should be dis
countenanced. Star-Courier.
The proceeding referred to above
was,as the Star-Courier suggests, such
an one a always tends to make re
spectable citizens look down their
noses, but we do not think It was
meant for Mr. Aahley's funeral. Mr.
Ashlov was not at the hotel to bear the
"serenade" which some of our local
foghorn vocalist intended for an in
nocent Joke on him. He was absent
Whether Intentioually or not we do
uot know. However, Mr. Ashley nor
the Star-Courier whose commentary Is
not very complimentary, to say the
least, need have no fears or any such
proceeding doing them an injury so
long as they do not participate in it.
THE BECmON WATER WORKS.
A anaguiflcent wind engine mount
ed on an elegant tower sixty feet high
baa been erected by the Baxter Spring
Manufacturing Company over the
well fust east of J. W. Morrison's resi
dence on east Elver street, which will
pump the water to supply the reunion
grounds. The structure is the largest
aud handsomest yet erected by this
company, and In order that iu beauty
may be seen at night as well as in the
daytime the Baxter Springs Light and
Power Company will place fonr elec
tric lamps on the comers of the top
platform, thus making the structure
as complete and beautiful as It could
well be madoJUarge tank will be built
near the center of the reunion camp
and pipes laid In various directions so
that those la attendance will have the
advantage of an abundance of pure
water supplied from a real water
works aystem. This will certainly be
one if the most enjoyable features of
the renulon and give Camp Logan the
advantigeuover any other in the state
la this respect at least.
KOTO HXXSELF TO A TREE.
Last Saturday evening George Gar
!ey, a re'ident of Pleasautview towu
ship aged IS years, was found hang
ing to a tree near where he had been
left the day before working on prop
timbers Tor the mines. He hong him
self with common trace cbt.(n..to
the limb of a large tree. An iu
qnest was held Saturday night and
the remains burled Sunday afternoon.
No cause is aasigned for the rash act.
except that ft might have been caused
by lils broad ing over domestlo and fi
nancial trouble. Uo was working
with his brother-in-law, John Butler,
who left him at work in the wood at
11 o'clock Friday. Butler, his wife
aud nearly all the people of the neigh
borhood attended a grand picnic on
Spring viver Saturday where they ex
pected to findGarley, but as he did
not appear there a search was made in
the afternoon with the result above
mentioned.
BITTEN BY A HAD POO.
Last Sunday morning while a son
of Mr. Darnell, living three and a half
miles south and east of Baxter, was
going along the road to a neighbor's
he was met by Mr. Ltthrop's shepherd
dog and bitten twice In the lott leg
and arm. The alarm was given and
the dog soou lied. The dog was not
known to be mad at the time and the
boy was brought to tills city for treat
ment. The next day he was taken to
Seneca where a madstone was applied
and adhered for thirteen hours. The
dog did not show much indication of
being mad and was rather carelessly
handled by Mr.Latbrop, who came
very uear beiug bitten by him also.
He got awaySuuday night and ran
about the neighborhood, but was fi
nally killed on Five Mile creek Mon
day. Several other dogs in the neigh
borhood havo been killed and the tal
auce tied up.
HYMENIAIa
Mr. James T. Bryan and Missie C.
nnriiott nfthUeitv were wedded on
Monday, the 25th inst., at 11 o'clock a.
m. at iho A. M. E. Church. Rev. A. M.
Ward officiating. Though 9 a. m.was
the time agreed upon, a delay was
caused by the tardiness of the groom.
Immediately artertne marriage cere
rrmnv wan com nleted the initiatory
couple and party took hacks and other
vehicles and betook themselves to the
home of the bridegroom, which is four
miles north of this place, where a
sumptuous dinner was spread before
the mirthful company. Mr. Bryan
has a fair education and is one of our
most industrious and energetic young
men. The bride is a magnetic force in
the literary circles or tnis city, iney
havo the best wishes or many warm
friends in their new life.
Short Creek Republican : Mrs. W.
P. Stough arrangea ana man sue
jiaaofiill tr nAltSlimfl aA ft nlflftftint tar
lyOOOlUiaj wuowsmwww m 4 Z
prise to her husband on Monday last,
his 44th birthday, fine mvuea a num
har nf frtAtidt and made everv oreDar
ation for their entertainment without
ha hnehanA'a bnnwledire and it was
not until they had assembled at his
home that be even suspected me aci
that the anniversary of his birth was
kindly remembered, lie had arrang
ed to go to Joplin, expecting to return
on the midnight train, but missed the
train by ten minutes. His son had set
his watch back Just ten minutes.
Th ainndoHn club were Dresent and
contributed greatly to tho success of
tUa nniaalnn RV tllCir excellent Hiuoit
and all seemed to enjoy themselves
thoroughly. Mrs. Stough spared no
ofTff in Anfprtatn the flieilds Who
shared with her the enjoyment of a
complete surprise ana wno win jam ub
in th hntui that Mr. fitousrh mav en
joy the companionship of his estimable
wire for at least anouier j caio.
rn vnn Vnnnr that bv a verv little
effort you can contribute very largely
toward beautifying the city. A rank
growth of weeds and grass does more
tn Wrart from the aDDearance of s
place than almost anything else. A
couple ofhonrs out of each week will
suffice to keep all the weed smowed,ai d
by sowing blue grass, which is very
prolific here, you can within eighteen
months nave your piace na biujubicu
HwivnrvMdL Tho Dlantine of a few
shade trees (fruit trees if you prefer)
will also amply rewara you ior iue
slight effort. within a very-short time.
Vnthinor imnraieB a stransrer with a
town quicker than clean streets, well
kept lawns tna piency ai euauc new.
T ikvnm A him sit AflftA thftt ihfi DCO-
tf ouwwv w - "
pie take pride In their surroundings,
aud if be wishes to invest, you may
depend upon k he will where every
thing la nmm t and and orderlv much
Quicker than where the indications
show tumbie-aown ana negiecieu ur-
rounding. Mace your place oeanu-
fnL
TTm ! what J. Frank McDowell's
Webb City Dally Crusher says about
f ha lucent funeral of the chieftaiu of
the Rangatoo Guards:
And this i Kansas i uaxier oprmgo
I,.. haI a olnh tf lllfthinff VOUIIIT fel-
Iowa who organized nuder the name
of "Rangatoo uuara." ine coumy
.MMnn. n. Ahlev had the club
tVi liv; v " "
room shut up. A few days ago Mr.
Ashley was In .Baxter epnngs, auu
r.. invitad tn a mock funeral of the
ui7.tm.fm ftuarda." which was de
clined. The members of tho club put
a skeleton In a comn aim marcueu w
tk hntt rhr Mr. Aahlev the countv
attorney was stopping, singing, 'We'll
hang Charley Ashley on a sour appie
tree' and afterward went through
the ceremony of ,a burial. Such a
scene is a disgrace to Baxter Springs.
TTarild ! Two electric lizht plants
and an electric street railway will soon
K MfflnlttMi in Jonlin. and an im
mense electric power pW is. building
tn annnlv nower to drive the machin
ery of the mines, mill, factories, etc.,
... . .a Jll
the whole Involving me expeutmurc
fir hair a mllllnn dollars. This is why
Joplin has been named the electric
city.
A Horrlbla Crlma.
Tha.Tnnlln Rnndav Herald (fives ail
accouut of one of the most diabolical
crimes ever comnltied In Newton
county. Conflicting stories are told of
a foul murder and horrible butcherintr
of a negro in t ho neighborhood of Af
rica, a colored settlement xi mnes
aontheaftt ot Jonlin. The report given
tha most credit ia that riven by E. D.
Demostus who lives in the set I lenient
IT aava that he found OHO Of the legs
of a colored person just over tho field
fence on the outside of the farm owned
and cultivated by Charley Thomas.
Out In the field an arm was found.
Not far away the head was discovered
and further on tne iruna. me uouy
was gashed to shreds and the face was
horribly cut up, but not so badly bot
that the features could readily be rec
ognized. fc
riwaldent'a Mansion to b Enlarged.
A local paper publishes details of
plans for additions to the presidential
manalnn nronarad hv nrnmlnpnt arrh.
itocts aud engineers from suggestions
ny airs. Harrison, ine proposition
looks to the construction of two large
wings on either side of the present
white house, thus preserving the pre
sent historic structure. One of these
wings is intended for the use of the
president's family aud forpublicand
private eutertainmeuts by the presi
dent and family, and the other is to be
for official use, certain portions being
available as a promenade ou state oc
casions. The theory of the enlarge
ment of space for official aud family
uses is the preservation of tbe present
mansion in all its stately simplicity
and historio Interest untouched aud
the addition of wings on the east and
west attached to the present building
by artistic colonades and connected ot
the south by wide structures of glass
and iron, forming a spacious winter
garden and conservatories on tbe south,
thus completing the enclosure of a pri
vate court. The classic Catonian stylo
of the present structure will be ob
served tbroughtout tbe extensions.
In tbe center of the court yard it is
proposed to place a memorial fountain,
allegorical of the discovery of America
by Columbus, and to perpetuate the
historic fact that on October 13, 1492,
the great navigator passed his first day
on the soil of the new world, and on
October 13, 1792, jnst three centuries
after, the corner stone of the executive
residence of the dominating power of
the western hemisphere was laid.
A Monitor Pleee of Granite.
Vinalhaven, Maine, claims to have
produced the largest stone ever brought
to light. The Bod weJl.Granite Compa
ny recently quarried a shaft of granite
which is the largest piece of stone ever
quarried anywhere, and if erected,
r i n ha thn hlorhnnt. larcresL and heavi
est single piece of solid stone standing,
or that ever stood, so far as any record
can be found. In height it considers
of the EsrvDtiau obe-
lisks. The tallest of these, which was
brought from Heliopoiis to Aiexana
rta hv Kmncrior Constautine. and af
terward taken to Rome, where it Is
still standing, is 105 feet 7 inches high,
nrhtlA thn Vinalhaven shaft is 115 feet
long, 10 feet square at the base, and
weighs 830 tons. H is nuuereiuuu,
say Stone, tnai me company quimeu
this immense monomu oi uieir own
accouut, not having an order for any
thimrnfthA kind, and ther suggest
that it would be a fitting contribution
from Maine for tho monument to be
erected in honor of General Grant.
Value of Paaaenger Train.
But few persons who view a paswn
eer train as it goes thundering past
have an idea that it represents a cash
value of from $75,000 to $120,000, but
such is the ase. The ordinary ex-
Dress train represents from f8d.uw io
$90,000. The engine and lender are
valued at smow me oagjrage car,
$1,000: te P0,',, c,r 200; the
8inokliigcar,o,wy;iwo oruiuary pas
senger cars, $10,000 each ; three palace
n firm l-
cars, fia.uw cacu iviai,
$83,000. Many ofthetraius
which pull up to or out of
the Graud Central Depot are
EIGHTH
INTERSTATE
TRY
WATER
GU8KN
fiOAP.
worth $150,000.
Pronounced Hopeless, Yet Saved.
m . nrlt.in hv Mra. Ada
K. Unrd. of Gorton, 8. D.. we quote:
Was taken with a bad cold, which
settled on my Lnngs. cough set in
and finally terminated lu Consnmp-
. r. - J..IA.. rwA ma tin iiv.
UOn. tduruaswn niu
r 14 iluliiit m ahnrt ttmo I
gave myself np to my Savior, deter.
mtnea li i comu uut - "
i Am a.iiOi I vnnld mt mi
absent ones above. My husband was
advised to get Dr. King's New Die
covery for Coasumptien.Cougbsand
i i. I. . lal r.lr In all
UOIua. a M-yc hii
eight bottles; it has sured me and
thank God I am new a well and
hearty woman." Trial bottles free
at roister s irug aiorc.
Tinea and cattle are zolnz on aud
an la tha nrlce of all kinds of rrain.
The Kansas farmer, ia all right this
year.
T?nnrta frnm the rrain and mill
Ing centers say that the new Kansas
wheat i the best ever raised in me
state, wblth.l certainly, saying a good
ocai. 4 .
The ex-Soldiers and Sailors of
Southeast Kansas, Sonthwest Missouri.
North Arkansas and Indian Terr'y
tegethcr with their wives and families, Worn an s
Relief Corps, Sons of Veterans and friends will
hold their eighth annual reunion at
CAMP LOGAN
Baxter Bprings
Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday,
SEPT. 23, 34, 25, 26 and 27
and Union Church Services Sept 28.
V
CAMP LOGAN is one of the finest camping; grounds in
the State. Plenty of shade, wood, straw; water ana
tents free to yisiting posts, comrades and their families-
BRASS BANDS, DRUM CORPS AND GHEE CLUBS'
will contribute to the pleasure of the occasion.
CAMP-FIRES -:- EVERY -:- EVENING-!!
cSftRnnfi fpnra Actual Atttitt
illustrated by Court Martials, Buck aud Gagging, HangingJsertion audi
ueain, xuuamg, juk.
Invitations have been extended to the following comrades, .wb have.
accepted and will be with us:
Senator JOHN J. INGAUiS,
Hon. B. W. Perkins,
Hon. E. IL FnsrsTOK,
Hon. Willi Ait Higgiss,
Hon. Tim McCarthy,
Hon. Noble Pbestiss,
Gov. L. U. Humpheet and Staff,
Col. J. E. Lockwood,
Col. J. BUNTLIKG,
Sekastoi PBESTON B. .PLTJUB.
CoL B. HisBuroiOK,
Hon. Ax B, OBXE2TE,
Hon. Gaixs Sfextceb,
Gen. IbaiB. Ooluks and Staffs
CoL J. B. Cook,
CoL AiaXAJTOTB WAMtEB,'-
Capt Hugh Ebwiv,
and otherprominent oomradesi-
(FnU program of exercises will be given here next weelc)
J. J. FRIBLEY,
HABDVARE, TEK1ME, ST0VE0 ezi COTIOY-
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Gires Lowest Prices on Barb and Baling Wire and altt
Classes of Hardware.
WHEN YOCJ 'WAJNT
Iiimc, Goxncnti Iiliscd Paints
AxD IN FACT
AnTjihlnn s in i the s BuildinQ : Lino
loiig-pll Xumbar. Co..
as they are always ready to give yon.
a square deal. They are prepared to
furnish on short notice anything in
their line as cheap as any, as they
buy in large quantities.
CITY HEAT riARKET!
JfcM. English .& Co.
FRESH AND SALT: MEATS
ot U Kiadi ComubOj ea Had.
Ppaltxy. Fish- and Gssie in
Their Season. .
Cash Pau re Uwu ak Pllts.
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mm-Uj h itu it a auvax.
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