Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1884-1886, 1885-01-24

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eraoosgAL AND LOCAL ITEMS OF NEWS
The prisoners who broke Jail the other
day haze no. been captured ct last accounts
Tie amount of grain sold in The market
yesterday was very large, and trade in con-
sequence is rapidly reviving.
Mrs. Gaffeny, wife of General Roadmaster
Gaffeny, of the Sunfower road, died iast
THURSDAY at her home, in Toronto, and VIII
be buried to-day.
The advance sale If tickets at Kingmsn
for the Timer company, who play there to-
night under the management Of J. A. Ask,
is reported as being large.
There will be teachers examination at
the Fourth ward school building on Satur-
day, the Slst of January, SO We are informed
by Superintendent Hammond.
Douglas Donnelly is very efficient bailifl
and deserves the thanks of the press for his
efforts to provide accommodations for the
reports during the United States court ses-
sion.
Married in this city on Thursday. Janu.
AIRY 22d, 1885, by II. p. Tandy, pastor Of the
Christian church, Mr.. Samuel Balm 10 Miss
Ida Thorn, all of this city; ceremony at the
pastors residence.
Chas. Firebaugh has withdrawn from tht
firm of Harris & Harris, and is now located
in the basement, of the Citizens bank, wher,
he can be found by those wishing his pro
fessional services as an attorney.
The stand, fixtures, good will, etc, Of thu
Royal Oil Co. have been transferred to w
]. McCarty & Co.. and will henceforth b
run as the Wichita Oil Co. It is located a
319 Douglas avenue and the delivery Wagon
will make regular daily trips.
The fellow that goes around and solicit
your advertisement TO go on hotel card Il
be placed in each room, is in the city again
All money spent in that way is simpl,
thrown away. The advertisement is no
worth the card that it is printed upon.
Prof Buster, the great Indian club artist
gave an exhibition with pair OF clubs weigh
ing twenty pounds each, before large au
dience at John Clayton's place of bushes OF
Douglas avenue night before last, and vii
probably give another tonight if his healtl
continues good.
Mrs. DIR. Sexton has been treating the littl
thirteen-year-old daughter of Mrs. Dorems
who has suffered almost constantly from he
birth, and medical skill had heretofore failet
to do anything more than relieve the pan
for short time. After nine treatment
from Mrs. Sexton, the child is well.
Major Penn, whose eloquence and man
ner sttracts so many nightly TO the Baptis
church, called yesterday, in company will
Reverend Harper. There appears Dothin.
sensational or extravagant in the private
manner or speech of Major p. whom we fine
to be pleasant, well informed gentleman
who has seen much of the world.
II has been splendid slcighing here, thai
is for Kansas. for month, but few sleigh.
were TO be seen, probably one or two a da,
on an average. Everybody appeared to b.
afraid OF the expense of getting up such :
rig. But the fresh snow night before les
brought out fifty rigs yesterday. Stimuli
taneous with their appearance soft wint
came up from the south, and the snow los
its sickness and crispness.
Every conceivable kind of sliding arrange
ments in the shape Of sleighs were brough,
into play yesterday and the clatter of COW.
bells resounded all over the city. Men
women and children, muftied up like Rus
slams or Laplanders scudded up and dowr
the streets in these outlandish rigs all day
long, and appeared TO be in the very zenitl
of their happiness. They didn't care snaI
whether school kept or not. .
Something new is reported in the way o
speculation, It being nothing less than &
rattle for farm. Somebody has hit upor
this devise for disposing of his improved
and valuable quarter section. and is nov
disposing of the tickets in this city. Tn,
farm is valued at 5000, and there will b,
issued 1000 chances at So each. The ordi
nary manner Of drawing will be adopted
and the holdor of a particular number viii
get a farm for V.
Quite little nutter of excitement was
caused on Douglas avenue yesterday after
noon about a mare driven into town in q
team BY farmer who lives in this county.
Mr. A. W. Lynes, of West Wichita, identi-
fed the mare As one that strayed or was
stolen from him last fall. A discussion arose
as to the ownership of the mare, which is
worth about 500. 1t WAS agreed between
the parties 10 put the mare in a stable and
try the right of property. The man who
sold her to Mr. Lynes identified the mare,
so did two Others, as being the property OF
Mr. Lynes.
c. B. Northrop. of the Royal Oil Co., left
town last evening for Kansas City. where lie
goes to travel for the Cleveland Oil Co., of
Cleveland, o. This should be first-class
situation as the firm of Shermer, Teagie &
Co. is an immense affair, and the first and
only company that ever downed the gigantic
monopoly, the Standard Oil company. Mr..
Northrop is young man of great populari-
ty in the city and his many friends arc sorry
to lose him, though as it was one of the in
evitables, they all join in wishes for his un-
bounded prosperity and hope that he will
visit them often.
Prot. Theo. Price, who went north last
night to meet the Fay Templeton troop at
MCPHERSON. met with a narrow escape yes
Ierday morning. He boarded at the upper
depot as he thought the down Santa Fe ex-
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