Wichita daily eagle., 1886-08-01
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ANNOUNCEMENTS.
To the Editor of the Eagle.
Please announce c. H. Luling candidate
for clerk of district court subject to Republic
ran convention d5S-3m
To the Editor of the Eagle.
You are authorized to announce that will
be a candidate for the Office of county attor-
ney subject to the decision of the Republican
county convention CHAS HATTON.
To the Editor OF the Eagle.
w. T. Buckner viii be a candidate for
probate Judge before the Sedgwick county
Republican convention.
To the Editor Of the Eagle.
| am candidate for clerk of the district
court, subject to the Republican nominating
convention, September 4, 1856.
d. T. DUNBAR
To the Editor Of the Eagle.
Please announce me candidite for the
Office of clerk OF the district court. Subiect
TO the decision of the Republican county con
vention =. B. WRIGHT
To the Editor of the Eagle.
announce myself as candidate for county
superintendent of school, subject to the
Republican convention.
j. ID. CALDWELL
To the Editor of the Eagle.
Please announce d. S. Pence, of Wichita
township. candidate for the Office OF county
superintendent, subject to the decision of the
Republican county convention
To the Editor of the Eagle
c. W c. Jones is candidate for County
Attorney subject to the decision of the Re
publican county convention to be held in
Wichita, September 18th, 1856.
Mr.. Z. N. Carr has bought the Kansas tea
store OF East Douglas avenue.
The river is on quite high and many Of
our people are afraid that il win get higher
Quite q number of the painters in the town
complain that the late heavy rains did con
siderable damage to late painting.
Bookkeepers were busy yesterday making
out bills The collector Will be around with
his budget this week.
Mr.. c. W. Morrison, OF the furniture house
of Kendall q Morrison, will start east the
first of the week to rcplenisb stock for the
house
Maud Arlington was arrested and brought
before Justice Walker yesterday for general
crookedncSs and given SO and trimmins,
with instructions to leave the city
Mr.. McComb, Sr, father of j. c. and John
McComb, died yesterday at his residence. six
miles north of the city, between the rivers. !
The funeral services will be conducted from
his late residence by Rev. W. f. Harper at
2:30 this p. IN.
Comrades of Forest City Legion No. 40;
you are earnestly requested to assemble at
the hall on Monday evening. August 2nd. to
take definite action in the premises and for
drill BY order OF j. W. Wingard, COM
mander.
The little child of Mr. j. r. Shone died at
the family home. on North Main street yes
terday. A heavy shadow pals their home,
while loving parent hearts feel woe unspeak-
able.
Mr. Cornelius Scott, who lives five miles |
north of Wichita, had black horse stolen |
from hitching post in the city yes
terday afternoon. He offers.a reward for |
the return of the horse. See notice.
The Clearwater Times comes out with a |
scheme for a street dummy railway from
Wichita TO Clearwater The Times says as
Wichita must inevitable and soon reach a
population of one hundred thousand Clear
water will be popular place for residences |
Charlie and Frank Koeneke, of St Louis |
are in the city the guest of their cousin, Mrs |
VIM. Kassel The young gentlemen were
honored with an informal reception last |
evening at Mr.. Kassers cosy home, on South |
Main street, goodly number of young folk
vieing to make the occasion a pleasant one.
Mrs A. A. Wood received letter from
her husband in Vermont yesterday announc- |
ing that his mother breathed her last three |
hours before he reached the old homestead |
But for the lack of the delivery of telegram
on time 10y the office here he would have
reached her bedside in time to have seen her |
once more alive
waterworks service ought to read some of
the compliments coming from other cities
caused 10y the late long dry spell The En-
poria News is out in three column article
against the works and water up there, claim
ing that the principle ingredient sent through |
their mains is the extract Of rotten hog
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Nh Joseph Nixon and son. of Altoona.
Pennsylvania, are numbered among the late
arrivals in the city. Mr. Nixon was here
about three years ago and invested quite ex-
tensively in farm lands in this county He
expresses himself as agreeably surprised with
the growth of the city. He will probably re
main here two or three weeks.
The statement of.thelBank of Colwich pub
lished in pursuance of law. will be found
elsewhere in this issue For a banking insti-
tuition but a few months old founded in a
town which itself is less than year old, we
can but congratulate its officers and stock
holders on the favorable showing made by
this their first published statement.
Quite number of the property owners on
Main street have replaced the old wooden
sheds in front of their buildings with nice,
tasty awnings. Why wouldn't it be a good
scheme for the council to order the removal
of all the cumbersome, unsightly wooden
sheds from the principal business streets and
lat them be replaced with awnings! The lat
ter are entirely out Of the way and present
much neater, city-like appearance.