The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1894-10-03
CITY IN BRIEF.

Mrs. Anna Diggs will speak at the audi
forum tonight.
Robert Carson has returned from his
visit to friends in Pennsylvania.
Miss Warner and Miss McClay of st.
Louis. are visiting Miss Larimer.
s s. Woodcock, sheriff of Sumner
county, was in the city yesterday.
E. c. Shannon, marshal of Wellin gton
Is taking in the fair aud police meeting.
Ross Miller will make five mile I'M
paced worlds record at the fair grounds
Thursday.
Mrs. ]. d. Olinger and Mrs. James
Shultz of Lsfountain are visiting friends
In the city.
Arrangements were perfected yesterday
for holding the annual state military ball
at Wichita.
Miss Daisy Bird is very sick with
typhoid fever at, her home, 1ll7 North
Market street.
J. D. Swan of Warren county, Ohio. is
in the city with view of locating in the
Arkansas valley.
Merchants were all happy yesterday and
were kept busy trading. 1t was one OF the
best DAYS for trade this fall.
w. III. Fogg was down from Kansas
City, and was accompt nied home by Baby
Eogg and Miss Moliie Ross
The school board decided not to have
school children TO attend the fair.
During the cyclone Monday evening the
clouds hung so low that at times the face
of the dial on the county building was OBJ
scured
The funeral services of II. J. Highly will
he held from the residence, No. 194S North
Lawrence aYenye, Thursday morning at
o'clock.
P.D DiIday. one of the EAGLE travel
i.a hat ha
storm in time 10 90 10 the cellar. He read
IL in the EAGLE.
Mr.. o. -Haythorn formerly of Belle
PLANE, Kan takes charge of the Central
Clothing house of this city. His family
moved here yesterday
Len Dunlap had his preliminary hearing
Yesterday before Justice Tucker. He was
bound over in the sum of 500. The testl-
mony was very damaging.
Marriage license Were issued yesterday
10 O. p Racker and Kate Petrie; George
Sander and Grace NJ. Thomas; Patrick
Gray and Maggie Hughes
The most disappointed man in the city
Monday evening was DR.. Johnson OF the
weather bureau, because he did not have
the twister on his program.
Miss Mollie Ross has gone to Kansas
City to attend the p. of j. ball. and to
visit Mr. and Mrs. w. II. Fogg. She ex-
poets to remain some time
Miss Minnie Lahme and Miss Maggie
Demer left yesterday oyer the Missouri
Pacific at ! o'clock for St. Louis to visit
relatives aud attend the fair.
United States Marsha, Medley came in
on the Santa Fe last evening and will be
in the city for some time attending to
business at his office in the federal build
ing.
Rev. J. n Howard and family have
moved from the Palace block to tue Allison
r~sidence. No. 1927 University avenue.
where they will be pleased to see their
friends.
John A. Ratliff of Hennessey, o. T., is
in the city attending the fair and visiting
his many Old Wichita friends John Is
engaged In the grocery business, and says
it beats politics.
Miss Nina Hatcher of Neodesha, and
Miss Irene Martin OF Crane, Kan, two
graduates OF the Kansas Deaf Nutes iu-
stitution, are ia the city, the guests OF the
deaf mutes of Wichita.
Colonel Hutchinson was in town yester-
day aud reported u good deal OF damage
done TO property in kechi township by the
tornado of Monday night, which had ce-
veloped into a regular twlste- by the time
IL had reached his place.
Yesterday two vagabonds went into the
store of Herman & Hess. One of them
went to price articles while the other COM
menced stealing goods. Fred Stucky
Caught him in the act and in the coutro-
yersy was struck in the eye. The thief
then ran for the door. when San Hess col
Jared him and gave him an artistic slug
ging.