The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1894-07-05

/ twice as good rs ever before.
| Those participating were Misses Grace
| Morr :. Ellie Yoenan, Anna Z-iniDger,
| Dollie Grove, Mary Kelly, Grace Thomp
/ son, Stella Thompson and Misses Beaver
! Messrs w T. Packet, Eugene Fail,
! Richard Bid and o. Boyle. Mrs Beaver,
| Ms Kelly and MIR. aud Mrs. Wallace
| Parkinson and Nr. and Mrs. J. NJ.
| Thompson.
AT TURNER HALL
| Last night he Turner's celebrated hide
/ pendence Day at their ball on South Main
street ana very enthusiastic aud merry
meeting it was. y fne fireworks display
was one of the features OF il. ImprOmptu
| speeches were made and patriotic songs
sung. 1t was decidedly a patriotic enter
| tainneut
at FIRE HEADQUARTERS.
There was only one fire Yesterday as
against five tue last Fourth OF July. Yes
| terdny's fire occurred in u ware room
owned by Mr.. kaut over Isl North Main
street. Some boxes caught IRE from some
cause and the flames were soon
extinguished by the chemical engine Of
the department. 1t was mean though
small fire and were it not for the prompt
ness OF the department il would have re-
suited, undoubtedly, in great loss.
AT TIE POLICE STATION.
The electric bell at police headquarters
tinkled many times yesterday. At mid
night fourteen arrests had been maize, out
with che exception of the fatal shOoiiu :
matter al: Of them had been for minor
offenses. Seven were arrested Ia Que
bunch for suspicious lettering. As usual
on national holidays the police allowed
people good deal ot latitude aud
only arrested unbearable vlOlators
of the city ordinances. The prisoners
brought in late last night were principally
respects BILE looking fellows who per mItted
their enthusiasm 10 get away with their
senses.
TENNIS PLAYERS
The tournament opened by the play of
doubles at 10 O'Clock. Five teams were
entered: PeaTce aud Cash. Kelly ami Larl-
mer, Dear and Vincent, Moffat and Ana
walt, Holloweli and Dyer. Inc last team
did not play, however. One of the mem
bsrs drove around TO the ground with a
young lady and begged off. and thus the
match was forfeited 70 Moffat and Ana
walt. Moffat and AGswait won the first
prizs, and Kelly and Larimer the second
prize in doubles.
The singles were commenced ct Q O'Clock
with eight entries: Vincent. Kelly, Dyer.
AuAwalt, Larimer, Pearce, Moffat and
Dean.
Much fine play occurred during the aft
eraoOu, the finals won by Howard Mohtt,
who beat Ben Anawalt, thus winning a
fine Sears special racket sent by Me-srs.
Wright and Dtsou Of Boston 10 be played
for III this tournament. The only matches
left uOplayed are those between LarImer,
Dean and Anawalt for second priz-.
IL has been thought by some that John
Kelly would play some tennis but lie was
not able TO play Auawalt TO win, being
beaten b. a score of >. SO, o , Auawalt
NJ nd off n Ia n
ming four out OF six prizes offered.
CASUALTIES.
An awning over IA North Main street
store was set on fire by lire Crackers and
was destroyed.
A little boy named Tom Ryan living on
South Emporia avenue had his hand badly
burnt last night by the premature exDlo-
sion OF d bunch OF fire crackers.
A horse belonging to J. H. Farmer wa,
struck last night III front of the Carey by
a INSTRUCTED rocket and knocked to the
ground. The wagon was filled with peo-
pie aud Il stampede followed.
Bob Tuttle Was the victim OF reckless
ness yesterday. He was carelessly holding
a canon fire cracker In his band when 1t
went off and severely burned his hand. i
doctor was called aud the hand dressed.
A little boy named Morris OF Waco
township fell from one OF the foot bridges
at Haysville into the COwskin and would
have drowned were il not for so many peO-
pie being present. one of whom RESCUED
him.
Jim Huges, a shoemaker on East Doug
las avenue was shot in the leg lus5 above
the knee yesterday. \ young boy was Gel
ebratIng IN his back yard with II SIX shoot
er AMI was having "a glorious time initial
lug Bill Dalton when Que OF the stray
bullets chased across The lot and Int Huges
just as he WAS coming out of IA door The
boy was extremely scared and soon dis
posed Of the six shooter.
Fred Mitchell had the first accident of
the DAY yesterday. The team of the
Riverside dairy scared at an exploding
fire cracker between Topeka and EmpO-
ria, on Douglas, and ran of. The hoy
who was driving the team held 10 the
lines manfuily aud while thrown from the
wagon was dragged the length of a whole
block when the team brought matters TO u
crisis. They jumped iIto the rear end OF
the wagon OF Fred Mitchell and smashed
the wagon bed aud broke the tongue and
neck yoke.
In the mile bicvclo race at Riverside yes
tsrday three machines and tneir riders
were piled up IN a promiScuous heap. j. l.
Burk holder, T. VI. Jacques and Amos
ing the last eighth, +. VI. Jacques over
took Burkholder and ran into HIM Burk-
holder ran his nose into the dirt aud
scratched his face considerably and JAG
ques fell so heavily To the ground that he
broke his shoulder blaie while Burns
joined tie conclomeraticn Of wheels aud
legs bv tumbling into the melee aad
spraining his aukle.
NOTES or The DAY.
All the pubic Offices were closed yester-
day.
The Rock Island sold about ! 900 excur-
sioa tickets to HaysviIie.
Editor Reynolds OF tie Newton Repub-
licau celebrated ia Wichita yesterday and
had good time.
Sheriff Royse had deputies at all the Gel
ebraiiOnS outside the city limits aud they
kept excellent order.
Col. WoOdcock captured twenty-ssven
nice cats IN the COW skin yesterday. bat
fifteen Of them were stolen from him.
Ching Wing. the East Douglas avenue
was the most enthusiastic ccls-
brant yesterday. He gave the American
boys Touch OF high life with some OF bis
own maze q nre crackers.
TIE Americans are generally agreed
TO have surpassed al other nations in
the invention and use q rapid-1re guns.
The young Of several species O,
retreat down the throat O!
the mother when pressed By sudden
danger
ABOUT the thi1nest thing IN the
world Is the film Of soap bubble. Of
which it would take Atty million 70
measure an inch.