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The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-11-01
MRS. ELLA GLENN Shields GOODBYE.

At the last meeting of the Ladies Aid
society of the Christian church at the resi-
dence Of Mrs. c. Reed, the members pre-
sented to Mrs. Ella G. Shields, their re
firing president, two beautiful books of
engravings and etchings as a gift of re-
membrance and appreciation.
Mrs. Shields has been an active worker
in the society ever since its organization,
twelve years ago. The success and
growth of the Aid has been largely due to
her perseverance ard executive ability,
and now when circumstances have neces-
STATED a change of residence for her and
her family, not only the ladies' society but
the whole church will feel her loss.
The presentation of the token of affec
ton and esteem was made and received
amidst tears Mr. Van Cleave in voice
broken with emotion, spoke the sentiment
of all in beautiful eulogy on the charac-
ter of their departing friend and the hope
of bright future before her Mrs. Singer
presented the books with the following;
"MY DEAR SIsTERS-I know we all par
take of the same feeling of sadness, when we
realize that the plea ant and intimate re-
latiOns so long existing between US and
our beloved president, are today virtually
S6NtIclr ludL her NOlC6 W al no BEdIu lO
more in our midst; that she will take no
part in our deliberation, nor give us the
benefit of her wise and ever efficient coun-
sell We are panied beyond expression
when we know that this is inevitable. Stern
duty, that srelentless :iaskmasJar has
hidden her leave her home, friends, and
her sphere of unselfi5hness here, to
seek among strange scenes. new
friends, establish new associations,
form new ties. and build for
herself a new home. | know | but
when | express the hope that she and hers
may soon RETURN to US IN the full enjoy
ment of health. And now my dear sister
a few of us whose names are inscribed
herein, desire to present you with this
slight, very slight, testimonial of our love
and esteem and as you, in your faraway
home of your adoption scan these pages,
and note with an artists eye the beauty Of
its illustrations, let us hope that we may
be remembered and that our faces may re-
cur to you as so many pleasant memory
pictures OF the past. If health and happi-
hes returns to you, we will rejoice in your
JOY. Should cares ike wild deluge come,
and storm of sorrow fall, we can only as
sure you of our earnest and loving
and point you to the Rock that
5 higher than l.
God be with you till we meet again.
Keep loves banner floating Ger you,
Smite deaths threatening waves before you,
iod be with you till We meet again.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-11-01

Mrs NJ. Fegtly of Butte City. Mon, IS
here visiting her son. Mr.. J. j. Fegtly, at
g43 South Main street.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-11-01

Business in the city yesterday was par
excellent. The streets were crowded all
day and up to 10 O'Clock last night. Every
store was crowded with customers all day
and both the merchants and their clerks
were kept on the jump from morning till
night. The dry goods stores reaped rich
harvest
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-11-01

The many friends of Mr.. and Mrs. Run
yam will be glad to learn that in the runs
way on Friday Mrs. Runvan and The baby
sustained ne injuries but some slight
scratches, The escape from fatal Injury
was almost miraculous Both the mother
and child have nearly recovered from the
shock, and anxious friends can rest easy.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-11-01

The hospitality of Mrs l. HAYS is a
weil-known fact. but her lat home" Of
Friday afternoon last, given in honor of
her sister and present guest, Mrs. Lambert
from New York, is certaini worthy OF
mention. A score of Mrs. Hays friends
PASSED most delightful time in social
chat music and dancing. followed by one
OF the most sumpJuous as well as dainty
coliauons OF the season. The lastly
arranged table, with its sppetizing menu.
was doubiy enjoyed by the eougeuial and
appreciatively assembly. while the assis-
tance Of the three little maids from
school" added greatly to the effect of the
pretty toast Ensemble"
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-11-01
GEORGE FEoRNroNs DEATH.
One of His Assistants Tells How the Brave ono.
er Fell

Deputy United States Marshal George
Thornton who was killed in the Sac and
Fox country Friday morning WAS well
known in this city and had many friends
here. He was here about week ago and
an EAGLE reporter had long talk with
him in which he expressed himself fire.
quently that he expected TO die with his
boots On" as he himself expressed it. He
seemed to have a premonitlon of the man
ner of his death but it never seemed TO
bother him. He was very agreeable fell
low and was always very courteous to re-
porters when he came to Wichita ia the
line OF giving them information about the
charges against any prisoners he might
have brought up and the details connected
with them. He was a hale fellow we'll
met and all the officers here liked him not
only for the traits mentioned but for his
devotion to duty. He was as brave as
lion and was such another man as
Ed Short, who met with such a tragic
end in the Cherokee strip a few months
ago. He had been an officer in Texas and
New Mexico and always distinguished
himself for his nerve under all circum-
stances. His remains were brought to
Guthrie yesterday and were soon after
wards shipped to Oklahoma City where
they will be buried today. One of his as
sistants who was with him has made the
following statement concerning the
tragedy:
We left the Sac and Fox agency on
Tuesday night about midnight aud went
to Captain Willey's house, a full blood
Creek Indian. We bad a warrant for the
arrest of Sam Lacky, known as Niger
He'll SAM" for horse stealing, and q war
rant for man charged with murder for
killing Creek Indian on Indian creek last
January. We went to WilleY's house
and found him absent His mother told
US he went north in the bottom After
searching his house we went to another
house about fifty yards south, but finding
ing no one there we went
toward Sam Lacky's house about
200 yards distant. When we were within
about seventy-fve yards Of the house a
party of three opened fire on us from diff
ferent directions. We returned the fire
and rode up within about twenty-five
yards of the house and dismounted and
commenced firing. Thornton fired three
or four shots when he was hit by Win
chester rife bullet. He at once said, L am
sick He lived about a minute. After be
was dead l brought him to the Sac and Fox
agency, and United States Commissioner
Lee Patrick and Claude Parker, sheriff of
County A, brought him to Guthrie. l
notified his uncle, who lives in the Sac and |
Fox country. then went to Oklahoma |
City aud notified his family.
The Press., 1891-12-17

low, hoping to peek under the barrier of millinery not an atom of the stage could he see. With the politeness of q Ches- terfield he went forward asked the wear CTS of these hats to remove them, whereat
 one of the wearers drowned at him scorn- fully, and the other .sgiggled." Again he begged for just glimpse of what he had
 paid his hard learned coin to see, only to
 be met again with frown and giggle.
 Gradually Mr. Hilbert felt his wrath growing until, overmastered by 1t, he left the shadow of the hats, sought the man. ager of the theater and demanded seat where an exhibition of millinery was not the only thing visible in front of him, or the return of his money. Both reques ts were refused, and after nursing his wrath over night MT. Hilbert got himself to a lawyer and sued, not the obdurate wear CTS of the hat, but the manager, for the cash he paid for his ticket. MT. Hilbert deserves we'll of all theater-goers for his courageous deed; itisonly to be regretted that the innocent manager is the one to suffer. Perhaps if MT. Hilbert wins the case some one else will vicariously attack through the managers these other nuisances which interfere so much with
 the enjoyment of others at plays and con- certs-the people who come trotting down the aisle after the play has begun, and those who chatter to each other through out the whole evening"
The Press., 1891-12-17
Gf1NEn{1sRx.
COVENTRY. A. 8. PARKER, Local Editor and Business Man agerof Coventry Local Register.
 South Coventry.

COVENTRY. A. s. PARKER Local Editor and Business Man
 agerof Coventry Local Register.
 south Coventry.
 Mrs. Sarah Wolf and daughter sailed for England, Tuesday.
 IA tree and concert in the Methodist church Thursday evening, Dec. s4th, and la supper at the Congregational church Friday evening are among the entertain ments of next week.
 Monday night pane of glass was re- moved from window of F. E. Williams store; the money drawer was visited, but fortunately the cash was in a more secure place.
 Schools in Dist. close this week. {
 Miss Julia White is to continue the school in Dist. 4 this winter, and Miss Mary White will teach in Eagleville.
 The senior partner of the firm, Stan ley Bros., has taken partner in "home building,n and at this writing the new firm Is absent on wedding tour.
 The grange was inspected Monday evening by Deputy s. C.. Lewis of Housa- tonic grange, ,79. x
 The remains of Mrs. Sarah Freeman Grant, who died in Hartford Thursday morning, were last Saturday conveyed to South Coventry for burial in the family yard. The bearers were Albert F. Grant, Little Falls, N. Y, William R. Grant, Bolton, Henry Osborn and R. D. Dow, Hartford, Samuel P. Swift, Willington, and John A. Perkins, Springfield, Mass, sons and sons-in-law of the deceased.
 Trains now leave South Coventry de- pot for the south-at 9.46 a. m., 3. 04, 8.31 |p. m. Going north-6.42, 11.42 a. m., 3. .51 p. m. $
The Press., 1891-12-17
ANDOvER. lCorrespondenca.l


 Rev. E. D. Shull, from Pennsylvania, occupied the Baptist pulpit last Sunday, and will remain two weeks, holding meet ings nearly every evening.
 -Olin Matson had his arm caught in the gearing at the paper mill last Monday, and narrowly escaped most serious in- jury.
 Fred Mcclellan is attending com mercial school at Hartford. IF. A. Sackett has built an addition to his store. Contractor J. W. Smith and J. Marsh did the work.
 Rev. Mrs. c. N. Nichols, formerly of this place, now of Bozrah, has been calling on friends in town.
 Mrs. Eli Perkins was called to Hart ford last Tuesday to attend the funeral of her sister, Mrs. Baughton, a former resident of this town.
 Rev. Mrs. B. F. Chapman, who has been to Hartford on visit to her son, has returned.
 - Miss Leah Perkins is quite i'll with the prevailing distemper. Dr. Higgins attends.
The Press., 1891-12-17

The legal rights of the theater- -goer who is forced to be content with a view of an exaggerated hat in front of him in- stead of the stage are to be determined by the Pennsylvania courts. Henry Hill bert bought a.seat in the Berwick (Pa. theater and occupied it intending to see the play, but his intentions were thwarted by two hats on the heads of two young women directly in front of him. These hats, MT. Hilbert swears, were each 213 inches across, making hat barrier 43 inches long between him and the stage.
 In vain he wiggled and twisted and craned his neck to the right and left in vain he lifted his head high in air and bent it
The Press., 1891-12-17
ELLINGTON.

Crystal Lake CorreSpOndence.)
 Some times the little fellows greatly please us by their remarks. A Crystal Lake four-year-old seeing man the other day whose teeth were all gone, sympa- thizingly said to his mother, Probably they will sprout again" A little West Stafford boy once told the writer about a hill of potatoes which he had planted, that they were little ones because their mother was little.n
 We hear with sorrow of the severe illness of Mrs. O.. o. Smith, of South Windsor, and, also, that of Clifton Chap man, in Rockville. Sickness is extensive ly prevailing.
 The children, both of a larger and a smaller growth are anticipating favors from Santa Claus in the Methodist church !at Crystal Lake on the evening cl VT 24th inst. Santa says that he means to make all merry who will attend
The Press., 1891-12-17

Manchester Mirror Miss Florence Parsons, of Stafford Springs, telegraph operator at Rose's, is back at her post after vacation of month. She was compelled to leave her work on account of weak eyes.
 The following is g one weeks record of milk from three cows in the Wood lawn (Hon. Julius Converse's) dairy herd. Lottie and Johanna are thoroughbred Holsteins and Brownie grade Ayrshire:
The Press., 1891-12-17

A Chicago company, which makes a specially of manufacturing sermons, claims to have on It's rolls the names of 1000 clergymen whom it regularly supplies with sermons, including ia New York minister who gets $1O,000 year." The charge is only $1 6 week, and the ser mons areprobably very cheap. .- EDchoasge.
 And we might safely add that the story ia mainlv-Ga
The Press., 1891-12-17
M. G. MOORE.
Forbes j. a1eaHare's $

Springfield, December, 1891.
 ppt.on q shopping expedi- ton }
 So is everybody just now, and fetching up right here. Anything going on?
 One would think so. The store has been turned into a magazine of gifts for Christ mas and New Years. There is apt to be a block before the windows. The street in front has come to be a big electric car center, where every con ductor stops to let off or take on a load of passengers.
 Crowded inside?
 Well, yes; there are sew |eral crowded centers. That can't be helped; but they are kept apart some of them quite apart. Three quick ele- vators, clear aisles, broad stair cases and the new upholstery hall, lets us receive comfort fably 5000 more people than in the olden times.
 So don't fear a great jam for, if worst comes to worst, we shall close our doors part lof the time, as we did last year, and receive only such
 numbers as we can serve comfortably.
 It is a time to be obliging and patient as possible. Have the kindness to turn out to the right, distinctly to the right, and the store will hold twice as many with less in- convenience.
The Press., 1891-12-17

If you want to see handker- chiefs as you never saw them before, look now. No room seems big enough for them. They occupy a large space; and the counters are thick with sales people; yet buyers waiting to be served throng the aisles all day long. The crowd will be even larger the last few days.
 FoRBEs & WALLACE, Main and. Vernon streets. Springneld, Mass.
The Press., 1891-12-17
WALES. {Correspondence.)

t -
 GOLDEN WEDDING. - A very pleasant and enjoyable occasion was the celebra- tion of the 5Oth anniversary of the mar riage of MT. and Mrs. Ira F. Thompson, held at their residence Tuesday, Dec Sth. The children still living number five, four of whom with their families were present, also other near relatives, during the af- ternoon, and invited guests and neighbors swelled the company in the evening, well filling the house. Four generations were represented. Prayer was offered by Rev. Wm. P. Blackmer, pastor of the M. B. church, of which the worthy couple are members. Appropriate remarks follow ed, during which the brides cake, inlaid with five BIO gold pieces, was presented to them as the offering of the children. Other valuable presents, with good sum of money, was left with the couple as tokens of the esteem and good wishes manifested by all present in their behalf. A bountiful collation. was served, and every one made happy, even to the little bright eyed great grand child. Many were the wishes, as the guests departed
 that many more anniversaries of theil welded life may be enjoyed by them. {.
The Press., 1891-12-17
SOMERS,

sl $
 The trial of the Gleason divorce case will begin to-day at Rockville before Judge Fenn in, the superior court. The case has been on the docket for some time, but was not ready for trial until last June, the pleadings not being closed be- fore. Rev. 0. H. Gleason, who was for many years pastor of the Somers Congre- gational church, seeks a divorce from his second wife, Fannie, on the ground of in- tolerable cruelty and adultery. Mrs. Gleason denies all the allegations Judge D. B. Bennett has been counsel for Mrs. Gleason, but owing to press of business has given the case into the hands of Law yer Charles Phelps, of Rockville. Bris- COG and Andrews of Hartford, and B. H. Bill of Rockville, are counsel for MT. Gleason. Dr. H. s. Pomeroy, of Boston. is named as correspondent Charles J. Cole is his counsel.
The Press., 1891-12-17
MANsFIELD.

John Costello, brother of Mansfeld's "terror," was in Willimantic last Satur- day, and during an interview positively asserted that neither his brother, James Costello, nor any of the brothers, had anything to do with the murderous as- sault on young Phelps, Sunday night, and in fact knew nothing of the affair until 1t was reported about town. He further states that the dastardly crimes are false ly charged to his brother, but thinks they were perpetrated by some other scOun- drel who takes advantage of the indigna- tion of the people by using Costello fora scapegoat. There are other people who endorse this opinion, says the Hartford Post correspondent
The Press., 1891-12-17

The store of Geo. w. Lynn at Pomfret Landing was burned last Friday morning. Loss $3;OOO.
The Press., 1891-12-17
MnNsnN.

nfONSON.
 Mrs. Henrietta Baker, colored, cook |in the Monson House, was found dead on the floor of her room Sunday morning. Cause, heart disease. She was 50, and a |native of Monson.
 The Maxham Club will give supper and entertainment this evening at the Universalist church.
 The case of Mrs. Mary Daley, of |Willimantie, charged with the murder of James Cochran, was to have come up in the superior court before a jury and Judge Prentice, Tuesday morning, but was post poned until to-day. sDr. White, who, as an expert, is examining the shears with which 1t Is alleged the crime was commit ted, has not had time to complete his in- vestigation, and the defense asked for a continuance. w. A. King is retained in defense of Mrs. Daley.
The Press., 1891-12-17
UN1ONs (Correspondence.)

tCorrespondence)
 - Robert and Willie Webster have moved on to the Whipple place, which they purchased recently. A
 There is to be Christmas tree at the Congregational church, and the invitation to attend is general.
 -G. A. R. social at George Thayer's on Thursday evening.
 The fine weather has been favorable for the farmers, and some are making visible improvements large wood piles are seen around our homes
 Our cellars are full, and apples and cranberries are rotting.
 Mrs. Julia A. Walker, of Union, died at Chicago, at the home of Prof. Samuel Ives Curtiss, Sunday, Dec. 18th. Mrs. Walker was daughter of the late Moses White, Of Westford, and widow of Har- vey Walker, late of Union, who will be remembered by many of the older citizens as largely interested at the time of his death in the manufacture of leather and boots and shoes at Mashapaug village more than thirty years ago. Mrs. Walk CT had very recently gone to Chicago to spend the winter with her daughter, Mrs. .Curtiss. The funeral was attended at the Congregational church at Union, on Wednesday last, Rev. Mir. Howard and Professor Curtiss officiating. She leaves three children, Laura w., wife of Prof. 5. I. Curtiss, Josephine w., wife of Hon. Wm.M. Corbin, and Frederick H. Walker, who lives on the home place in Mashapaug. Her only brother, Merritt White, came on from Elmira, N. r., to attend the fu- neral. Her age was 75. Her interest in the church of the town of her residence was manifested on all occasions in tangi- ble forms, and very noticeably so when the church was rebuilt some years ago. Each succeeding pastor has found in her Ia sympathetic and liberal co-worker. In her will she further remembers the church by bequest of $500, to be added to the small endowment fund 1t already has.
The Press., 1891-12-17
WELLINGTON. fCorrespondence,)


 The pastor of the Congregational church expects to resume services in the church the first Sunday in January, 1892. Maria, daughter of the late Peter Deming, died in Mansfield of heart dis ease last week. She was buried in the family lot in the old cemetery, Rev. MT. Smith of Spring Hill officiating.
 The health officers have been after delinquents of late in the matter of the proper burial of dead animals. There should be no partiality shown in such cases-all to be served alike.
 Miss Georgie Leonard is recovering, 1t is to be hoped, from 8 severe attack of acute bronchitis. She is under the care of Dr. Watts of Stafford Springs.
The Press., 1891-12-17

Call at LATHROP'S and get a free sample of Pheney'o Caffein Pnls.
The Press., 1891-12-17


 The indebtedness of the borough is now $9,385, against $10, ,385 last year. There is due from the town $1OO for rent of court room for two years, and from col lector $86.61. Of the list of 1890 given the collector, amounting to $4,985.84, there have been statements of $29. 50, about all to soldiers exempt by law, and $86.61 above remains uncollected. The expense of street lighting this year has been less because of no new lamps or posts being required. This year Grant Avenue, which has recently been built up, and perhaps other streets, twill call for additional lamps. The sewerage expense in 1891 was $435.55; that for 1890 is in- cluded in the report for highway expenses. In addition to the debt reduction of $1OOO, there is $973 in the treasury, against $247 one year ago.
 Another hunt has been arranged for between sides as follows, to take place tomorrow, the supper to come of at the Central House on Wednesday evening:
The Helena independent. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1891-01-26

THE only objection offered to the state
inspection of burning oils is that it
would entail an expense upon taxpayers
to create and maintain u new office.
That is an objection which can be easily
s~urmounted. Let the law provide that
the cost of inspection shall be paid by
the dealers, as is the case in Minnesota
and other states. Where the oil is in
spected in large quantities the fee need
not amount to half a cent a gallon. The
fees would amount to q sum sufficient to
pay for the services of inspectors and
leave a balance in the state treasury be-
sides. There is not the slightest neces
sity for making the people bear any adj
ditional burden in the matter, nor will
the imposition of a petty tax on the
wholesaler make any difference in the
cost of oil to the 1t will not
cripple the Standard oil monopoly if il
has to pay a little toll to the state as a
sort OF insurance of public safety.
The Helena independent. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1891-01-26

heosmlng larger, although this II \ time
III prace. Tim expenditures fW tina IN
rnI yenr tspi nye greater by 70 par cent
shan fvr tho prccedIug yemr, although
tina population han increased only ~
umr eent. IN 1871 penslcrH consumed
only e.s,a, tNA,.Oon. HIT III lspu this WIN
Increased 10 FinlivHi.0ttt Thi1 yenr II will
be el.Iiun.u0J, aand thu country" naya
senator Carlisle, twill lw unexpectedly
fort Il nnte II thu expenditures Tor this
purpose atop short IT s2ou.0p0,1OO ter
annnm,"
senator t'artIHle'a conclusion Ia this,
NJ IN The confirmed and ineurable habit
~ tho party now In pewer ~ dispose of
the public money IN n waateful md q \
traypgnnt manner, and there ~ no rem.
son 10 suppose that IL viii coase 10 p.ir.
sae this course until the treasury n ex-
hansted. What VIVA two yenfa ngo tho
richest treasury In the world will 10
substantially bankrupt long before the
torn " tho present administration OK
pircss"
No wonder the feckleBA republican
Icadera In congress- are retarding tho
progress Of Legislation by partisan meas
ures like the force bill md are plotting
TO precipitate IN extra session Of 0 u
gresp In order to throw upon q demo
cratic house Of representatives the duty
of providing to carry on the
government.