The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1892-01-16
ODDS AND ENDS.

W. W. Hays is making ice while the sun
don't shine. He sputting the goods up in
an ice house on Fourteenth street
Two prominent city officials INDUCED in
a few hot words yesterday. the cause of
which was personal and could not be
learned.
/ Two more weddings in high life are
talked of in society circles They are ex-
pected to take place about the middle of
! February.
Business was a little duller than usual
in the registers Office yesterday, but never
theless quite a number of instruments
were filed.
| Half of the first month OF 1892 has passed
and the fire department. has not been
called out to put out fire. This is an ex-
| ceedingly good record.
Secretary NcNair OF the Southern Kan
/ sas Fair association is at Topeka, where he
was billed TO read paper before the meet
| ing of the state board of agriculture.
/ Mrs. Judge Reeds many friends will he
! glad 10 learn that she is almost well again
after severe attack of the grip which she
| has suffered from for two or three weeks
/ Quite a number of people are voting for
their choice for governor and congressman
at the court house and postoffice, where
ballot boxes have been placed for that pur-
pose.
The old Hamilton building on North
Main street is being torn down rapidly to
make room for a more imposing structure
| Work on the excavation will commence in
Ii few days.
! A warrant was issued last night out of
Justice fuckers court for young man
named Smith, for assaulting a farmer
named Bob Johnson few miles north of
town yesterday.
| The board of county commissioners are
| in session, but the president, Mr.. Randall,
is sick and for that reason the other two
members of the board are not transacting
any important business.
| j. d. Caldwell was so sick with the grip
| last night that he could not be present to
recite at the Womans' Relief Corps enter
tainment, and therefore that part of the
program was not rendered.
w. W. Cook of Medicine Lodge. well
| known old citizen of Barber county, and
| one of the principal men in the Sugar
Manufacturing company at that place
spent yesterday in the city.
United States Marshal, Dick Walker,
is in town on official business From the
movements of Mr.. Walker it is easy to
infer that there is hen on somewhere but
he won't say anything about it.
Mrs Renfrew and her children of Kan
sas City, who have been in the city for the
past two months, the guests of Mrs.
Dodge, returned home last night with
pleasant memories of the Peerless Prin-
cess.
Travelling Passenger Agent Humphry of
the Lake Shore line is in the city on bust
ness connected with his road and compli-
ments Wichita very highly on the evil
dences of life and business activity seen
on every hand.
Rev. Mr.. White, D. D., of Arkansas
City, who is spending few days in the
city is school mate OF Dr. Stevenson's.
DIR. White is very interesting gentleman
to meet rs he had considerable experience
in foreign travel.
One marriage license was issued yester-
day in the probate court in opposition to
the prevailing idea that Friday is hang
mans day and that it is not lucky to take
out marriage license on that day. 1t is
a very unusual thing.
Sheriff Ault was down town yesterday
for the first time since it was reported he
was dead He still feels weak, but is
mendinG rapidly and is able to do business
with the promptness and accuracy of an
old experienced hand.
A decision in the Mattox case is expected
-, ~
preme court in few days, but it is doubt
full whether the young man will be hung
in the event of an adverse decision, as be
is said to be in the last stages of consump-
ton.
a team belonging to Nicholas Wolf OF
Kechi township ran away near the West
Side elevator yesterday, and one of the
horses WAS so badly hurt that he had to be
shot to get him out Of his suffering One
of his hind legs was broken in two places.
The animal was valued at $780,
Yesterday Judge Reed declared the re-
cognizance of Nellie Sparr forfeited. She
was charged with embezzling watch
sometime ago from one Mr.. Churchill. In
the meantime she has assumed an entirely
different bond, that of wedloc&. and now
signs her name Mrs. Aaron McKinstry.
Fred s Pates will leave today for Dallas,
Tex. to visit his wife and daughter He
has been stopping at the Carey for he past
two months in the interest of a large life
insurance company, and while in the city
he made number of warm friends, par
ticularly in musical circles for he is an ex-
cellent singer.
A letter was received YESTERDAY from
Wichita lady who is visiting at Grand
Rapids Michigan, and she tells terrible
story about the cold and disagreeable
weather existing in that section of the
country. She ayers that the snow on the
streets was foot deep the day the letter
was written.
An English gentleman who is spending
a few days in the city was well acquainted
with Cardinal Manning. and. although lie
is himself Protestant he says he had :
very high regard for the pure Christian
character Of the dead prelare. He tells
many interesting stories about the cErdi-
mai work amou2 the siums of London.
r. l. Merrill. residing near Farley in
Lincoln township, a well known and pros
porous stock raiser and farmer Of that 10 /
cality, Was transactiog business a; the
court house yesterday.
The West Side Dancing club gave an
other very pleasant dance al their rail ia (
the Stanton block, on the West Side. last i
night The attendance was good and all 4
had very pleasant time.
Ice men are busy putting up zee at pres (
eat Some are At work a. HufTs pond 4
and Others al Chisholm creek and on The