The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1892-10-23
SPOOK,S PkLAVER:
What He Found During His Meanderings About
the City.

A local sportsman killed sixteen "hedge
birds" at one shot the other day.
Theater box parties in Wichita are very
conspicuous by their absence.
"Nuptial tinklings" is the latest and OF
course the Wichita EAGLE is responsible
Kansas City Star.
| There is gentleman in the city who
has an cid letter from Horace Greedy
which up to the present time has never
been read by any one in less than three
hours time.
The worlds fair dedication exercises
did not draw as many Wichita people as
the Corbett-Sullivan mill. A pretty
status of affairs but for all it shows that
the true sporting instinct has not COM
pleteiy died out
A swell church wedding on November
49, but don't say anything about it yet
awhile.
A will was drawn up the other day at
Wichita in which the testator requests
that his friends cremate his body and scat
ter his ashes from the top of the court
house tower. He thinks that will be bet
ter than being buried to grow up into a
cottonwood tree and scatter fuzz all over
the town.-Kansas City Star.
A partial eclipse of the sun occurred
Thursday at II O'Clock, but could not be
observed here by reasons of cloudy
weather
The oldest, but at the same time the
youngest, bachlor in this city is said to be
writing little story Of his experience.
which will be a very full account of the
Wichita social world during the past five
years.
Nearly every girl In town can dance the
minuet. while there is only one boy who
can dance it correctly, and he is not going
out this winter.
Patti Rosa, almost by universal consent,
is rapidly taking favored place with the
people so long ably occupied by Lolita.
A good Presbyterian Republican elder,
who believes in mixing his politics and his
religion, marched in the parade at Wichita
last night, with Bible in one hand and
torch in the other-Leavenworth Times.
Will White speaks of the real es tate
aristocracy of Wichita"
Charles f. Schilling's minstrel next
Tuesday evening will attempt to give the
local experts a few points on the Pirates of
PenZance
The edict has gone forth from Topeka
that it is bad form to wear more than five
campaign badges at one time.
"Wait until after the election" is the
well worn expression that is fired at every
Que regardless of creed or occupation.
A veritable treat Friday and Saturday
nights at the opera house. Murray and
Murphy in Our Irish Visitors"
The old boat club is no more. Even the
old boats were shipped away this week.
The river where once there were exciting
races is now but little more than puddle
fit for tadpoles. Farewell to the good old
club that sent the famous crew, the
"Crescents," to Chicago where they came
in third in the race with ten OF the best
crews in the United States. Farewell to
the club that in its day led Wichita
society Farewell to the whole business
until we can find more water.
If you want to be in style give it out
Officially" that you do not intend enter
ing society this season.
There is an old poster on exhibition in
the Republican headquarters which
announces in glazing colors that there will
which will be addressed by Lincoln, Ham
lin and Curtin. Also that there is to be
wide awake" parade of the minute"
clubs and "coon" clubs, to end with big
barbecue. The bill is quite an interesting
rs well rs valuable relic of the exciting
of go.