The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-12-15

than seven J0OuSdUu - -
beautiful place ard well worth the money
party of young ladies gathered at the
home of Mr.. George Dold on Fairview
avenue last evening, and set to manufac-
euring fine Christmas candies. From the
amount of tarts, chocolate creams, candy
hearts etc. to be seen around one would
be led to believe that Wichita was to have
another candy store. 1t was sweets max
ing sweets.
Notice was received from Topeka yester-
day accepting Samuel Swanson as patient
to the insane asylum. Mr.. Swanson be-
came Insane by too close study OF astron-
omy and and other deep questions such as
religion and the tariff. He has lived for
many years in this county and until re-
Gently was very ind 5rioui All pro s.
porous.
AS was expected the reserved seats Tor
the Sam Jones lecture on "Wednesday
night have been selling more rapidly dur
ing the last day or two than before. Only
q dav or two remains to secure your re-
served seats and the number of choice
seats is growing beautifully less every
hour. Call at the Wichita Book store and
see the chart for yourself
The ladies of the West Side Presbyterian
church will have a fair and social in the
Enterprise Block on Maple street, Tues
day and Wednesday evenings of this week.
Tuesday evening the gentlemen will serve
pancakes in bachelor style" Wednes-
day evening the ladies will serve oysters
and a dainty lunch. All are cordially in
vited to attond.
Rev Sam Jones is maintaining an or
phanage in Georgia, at an expense of over
$500 per month, so that if you pay 81 to
hear him next Wednesday night at the
First Presbyterian church you will receive
200 cents on the dollar in return-in two
hours lecture-and help a worthy cause
besides; and then you will help one of our
struggling city churches.
Frank Shearman, deputy clerk of the
United States district court, has caught
the kodak craze, and is now fullyequipped
TO take a mans picture on sight. He had
1t with HIM on his recent trip to the terri
tory, and used it freely. for he made pic
lures of at least 100 different scenes in the
Indian country. He is said to have pulled
st on an Indian chief one day and came
within an ace of getting scalped for his
pains
a gentleman who came up from Kiowa
last night reported that another outbreak
of hostilities between the feminine mayor
and the Joints within the next few DAYS, is
not at all improbable. The attorney gen.
eral, upon the petition of Mrs. Paxton, has
instructed the county attorney of Barber
county to look into and investigate
the matter and enforce the law if it is
violated
The following is the programme for the
West Side C. L. S. c. for Friday evening,
Dec. IS. 1891.
Roll Call-Answered by giving an
event of the past week.
American History. Mr.. Lawrence
Paper Thomas Jefferson and Aaron Burr
Social Institutions. ..........,..Mr Blake
Reading. ...................S Selected
Mr.. Shane.
Hale Cowley arrived last evening with
another installment of Indiana people,
who are settling in Sedgwick county.
This smacks of good business Judgment
on their part, and of the correctness of the
position Mr.. Cowley has always held to,
that if the proper effort is made and the
facts impaired to the eastern farmer, it is
not a hard matter TO locate them here
where they can improve daily in all their
surroundings
The Christmas number of the American
School Board Journal contains the pic
lures of the members of the Wichita
school board and has given them the mid
die page at that. The photos of many
other school boards are also given but none
of them show up better than the twelve
who preside over the school affairs of
Wichita.
The fact that girls in Wichita are getting
scarce was fully demonstrated few DAYS
since, when in organizing young ladies'
club, 10 became necessary to install few
married women aud a number of old
maids. The fact is IA deplorable one, but
as several more marriages are on the taps
within the next fortnight, the matter
seems TO be getting worse.
A very pleasant surprise party was given
Mr.. Clarence F. Jackson at his home above
222 North Main street last night A very
enjoyable time was spent in playing Nc
Giuty, high five, music and dancing. after
which an elegant lunch was served Those
present were Mr.. and Mrs. S. ID. Jackson,
Mr.. and Mrs. A. f. Fanstock, Mr.. and Mrs.
J. F. Dearborn, Mr. and Mrs. j. H Gift
ford, Mrs. f. 2. Hovey. Mr.. h A Carlton.
Mr.. Cash Shireman of Kansas City. Mr..
and Mrs. c. f. Jackson.
Cash. Taylor of the Pantagraph was
down from Sedgwick last night but could
not wait to see Non Yonson as he is up to
his eyes in business at home this week
getting out two additional pages of his
paper in order TO accommodate the thriving
advertising merchants OF Sedgwick. Cash
informed a EAGLE reporter that the mer-
chants and business men of Sedgwick are in
better circumstances this winter than ever
before in his recollection. The Paragraph
is an evidence of the truth of this state
mene for it is full of advertisements.
Editor Bast of the Conway Springs Star
was visitor in the city yesterday and
brought with him the glad tidings that his
city is enjoying a boom of the genuine
type; not windy boom, but one based on
solid prosperity. The railroad division
having been moved from Winfield to Con
way Springs caused. also. the removal Of
about seventy-fiVe families and the r,-,-