Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1884-1886, 1886-06-23

7lailn89 Eagle,
n. N. MURDOCH 4 sRoTAEs. Proprietor.
PERSONAL AND LOCAL ITEMS OF NEWS
TIL Randall, of Mount Hope. was in the
city yesterday.
O. d. Kirk sold his residence to Abe
Smith for $1,000.
Mr.. Taylor Price, an ex-deputy collector,
from Irvine, Ky, is in the city.
The city engineer was locating the cor.
ners of the Carey hotel yesterday.
r S. Gates, of the Davidson Loan Com
pany, went out TO Kingman yesterday.
Mr.. Burnie Closer will leave today fol
Colorado. he will be accompanied by hi
sister.
Judge William Howard, of Mulvane, Wal
in the city yesterday, and gave the EAGLE q
pleasant call.
Mr.. Post, the pawn broker, who keeps at
the corner of Emporia and Douglas avenues
is now able to attend to business again.
The police have crowd of gentlemen Of
the tramp persuasion doing editorial work
on the Topeka avenue sewer.
Fred Baldwin left the city Monday morn
ing for St. Louis to attend the Photogra-
piers convention in session there this week.
Mr.. Thornburg, of New Kiows, but
formerly resident of Wichita, arrived yes
terday and is circulating among his many
friends.
The Santa Fe railroad people are testing
@ smoke-coneuming locomotive with view
to placing them on their lines if it proves
satisfactory.
Miss Mary Cleaver, who has been visiting
Mr.. and Mrs. A. w. Biting for some weeks
left yesterday morning for her home In
Ashland, Pennsylvania.
Mr.. j. Hudson, of Fredonis, was in
the city yesterday morning en- route to
Kingman, where he is conducting some law
suits before Judge Wall.
Mrs. Blackburn graced the editorial rooms
Yesterday morning by her presence long
enough to leave the EAGLE two large boxes
of beautiful Gregg raspberries, for which
she has our thanks.
The Baptists of Anthony dedicated their
new house of worship last Sunday with ap-
propriate and impressive ceremonies. Rev.
WI. Harper, of Wichita, delivered the
dedicatory address. The building and
grounds cost $1,000
The ladies of the Guild will give social
at the resid ence of DR.. Sherwood, corner Of
Fairview avenue and Thirteenth street this
evening. The street cars will run so as to
accommodate those wishing to attend, and q
cordial welcome will be extended to all.
There was slight mistake about the item
in this paper few days ago saying that d.
L. Green had gone TO Kingman to live. He
went there on VISIT but having taken an
unusual quantity of baggage along for trip
of that kind, people naturally thought he
was emigrating. He is going 10 build a
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renee.
As pointer to the way the location of
institutions of learning booms land in their
vicinity: Mr.. p. L. Dougher;y sold three
acres Just west OF the piece he donated to
the Sisters seminary, for $500 per acre for
which he could not get more than 500 per
there, and when the immigration society
begins to get in its work lots around there
will sell like hot cakes.
Mrs S. l.. Davidson left last evening for
Kansas City, where she will be i)ined by
Mr.. A. H. Gossard and family, and the
whole party will embark for Boston this
evening, where they will visit about two
weeks aud then return. to New York, where
Mr. Davidson will meet them about three
weeks hence and he and Mrs. Davidson
will spend the summer in the east, visiting
the White Mountains, the Catskills and
other summer retreats.
1t is reported that Deacon w. b. Smith,
Mrs. Granger and Son, Rev. Mueller. and
others, who started down the river on .
boat, met with a mishap. The report is
that the vessel upset and that the passengers
had to pull for the shore in u different
shape. We are glad to learn that they all
escaped wstery grave and got back on the
train last evening, and that they are not am
bilious to pillow the raging main again.
Mr.. G. Gebring, of the Wichita cracker
factory, will leave to-day on an extensive
business and pleasure trip east. On leaving
here he will attend cracker meeting at
Desmoines, Iowa, and from thence will 60
to Chicago. He will then go to Ottawa.
where he viii visit relatives for some time,
and on returning will be accompanied by
his family. Before leaving, however, he
was careful to make arrangements for the
DAILY EAGLE.
Young McCafferty and the other man i'm
plicated in the horse poisoning case at VAL
ley Center have had preliminary examine
ton, the county attorney conducting the
case for the state and W. E. Stanley defend
ing. The examination was completed and
the squire took the matter under sdvisement.
A gentleman who was present told re-
porter that the Judge may bind them over to
the district court but the case against item
looks very slim.
Rev. F. NJ. Rains, of Topeka, and rep
ressntative of the Christian Standard, Gin
cinnatti, Ohio, preached at the Central
Christian church, this city. Sunday morn
ing, and at the Mission church in the after
noon. Mr.. Rains will be in our city till
altar Inlv lth and IN that day no will dedi-