The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1894-07-19
CITY IN BRIEF.


II. H. Harris Of Atchison was in the
city yesterday.
Miss Mary Murphy of Wellington is WIS.,
iting friends in the city.
Ed. Madison, one of the prominent citi-
zens of Dodge City, Is IN the city.
c. T. Tuning Of Wellington returned
yesterday after short visit IN this city
Mont Jacks is on the sick list since
Sunday. He was reported better last
night
Painters are at work giving an artistic
touching up 10 the roof of the old Turner
opera house.
J. B. Mfllsap, prominent citizen OF NJ
county. Oklahoma, was doing business IN
the city yesterday.
The express companies say that their
business between Wichita aud Oklahoma
has never been so great.
George Mathews commenced last night
to experiment on the fine Italian atmos-
phere of Wichita. TO make rain.
Fred Alderman was around last evening
with ii broad smile on his face and plenty
of cigars in his pockets. Its u boy.
]. S. Cohn of Lawrence, prominent
business man in the classic city, is in the
city visiting Mr.. and Mrs. Henry Wallen-
stein.
Miss Maxwell, Judge Wallis expert and
obliging stenographer has returned from
a very pleasant though brief visit with
Newton friends.
Robert W. Craig is home on vacation.
The past year he has been student IN the
Rush Medical college at Chicago. lie
stood second IN class OF 100 students
A very pleasant lawn social was given
last evening at the residence of Professor
e. l.aV, Of f.aan hars h.
normal institute. The social was well AZ
tended and all had d glorious time.
Fred McClain got into trouble with his
sweet heart, Maud Mason, down on Fourth
avenue yesterday, which resulted IN Fred
being escorted to the city prison 10y Officer
Woods. The Charge placed against him
was assault.
Charles +. Carr Is after Charles Wick
ham. lie claims that Wickham did MAIN,
wound and kill certain animal of his. to-
wit: turkey, and he wants the said
Charles Wickham 10 be punished 10y the
stale for the same.
When the wind IS from the south the
gentlemen who have offices il the Sedg-
wick block hold Indignation meetings.
The smoke from the stack of the Kansas
Steam laundry causes It, When they
want rari1ied air they get smoke.
John w. Blades was taken in charge by
Policeman OttO kocu yesterday and con-
Quoted TO the city prison, John l. a lover
Of the bottle and WAS recorded as a drunk.
He gave the policeman a tough struggle
and was very abusive in his language.
This will be the seventy first birthday of
Mrs. Rachel Harris, mother of Mrs &. Il.
Burrows aud according to her custom she
will give her children and grand children
picnic and dinner at GrlSwold'S park
Three generations will sit down together
10 feast of ice cream and angel food.
The police have put the Second street
bridge and the rlYer adjacent thereto
under martial law in hopes of preventing
boys from swimming there. The first boy
that Is caught swimming within 20 yards
of the bridge on either side viii be arrest
Ell before he has time To dress himself.
The lawn social given last night 10y the
ladies of the Catholic church was attended
by an estimated crowd Of >, 1000 persons.
The lawn WAS lighted by electricity and
the knights of Macabees full band fur
niSbed the music. II was a very success
full social and very profitable enterprise.
Mrs. B. L. Eaton while out driving last
evening had her carriage run into by
another team at the corner of Market and
Douglas. The other team frighted at the
street car and backed into Mrs Eatou's
buggy Two wheels of the buggy Were
broken, the shaft split aud the bed
scratched.
Suiiyau's dam was the scene of a merry
picnic party yesterday. The woods shook
with merry making and the fish We're
drawn TO land with a vengeance. The
party consisted of Mr.. and Mrs. c. NJ.
Irwin, Mrs. II. II. Richard, Mrs. A. II.
Irwin, Mrs. +. N. Brown and family,
Misses Lena and Clara Richards and Rev.
Bruce Griffith.
Yesterday Senator Bentley and wife,
Mrs Harris, Miss Richardson. Mrs. w lSh,
Miss Barbour, Miss Gertie Moore, George
Lewis and Carl Neiderlander returned
from Maniton and GlenwOod Springs,
Cal. Senator Bentley announces She fact.
as far as fish stories come under ;hat head,
that ne captured and landed trout that
weighed 21S pounds n he scales.