The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1894-07-24
from very successful fishing and hunt

| from very successful fishing and hunt
| ing trip To the Walnut.
John Sites of this city and John Davis
of Trinidad, Col, ran foot race at Oak
street park yesterday for purse OF 500.
Sites won by ten feet.
Invitations have been issued for the COM
| meucement exercises of the SickDer con-
servatory of music next Friday evening at
| the Presbyterian church.
Merit Burt, the Wichita bicyclist, is now
training at Holton, Kan. In "A trial heat
yesterday he came within three-fifth OF q
second OF tying the worlds record.
H. e. Higbee aud Mrs. Turner living on
the COwskiu sent in samples of corn yes
terday which are as fine as anything ever
! seen here. They are on exhibition in the
EAGLE doorway.
Frank Baldwin, detective for the Rock
Island railroad, passed through the city
| for Round Pond yesterday. He was for
nerly scout for Colonel Miles during the
Indian troubles.
Joseph Rosenthal of Perry was in the
city yesterday accompanying his wife who
was going to Joplin. MIR. Rosenrhal says
| he is about to move to Kansas City where
he will make his permanent home.
z. {. Blanchard, manager of the Kansas
illuminating company announces that the
company commenced operations making
rain at O'Clock last night aud predicts
that rain will fall inside of four days.
Lottie Bowes. the young lady who was
taken home to Topeka from Wichita last
winter aud who was a dancing girl in the
Black Crook drama, Is reported as having
Joined the Episcopal church IN Topeka.
Bert Reeves has gotten up hayride for
his friends. TONIGHT they will start out
from the home of Miss Lizzie Hamilton on
South Lawrence avenue and wilt proceed
to Linwood park where they will picnic
Frank Burt. while at church Sunday
night, lost set of harness from his stable.
IL he catches the man who did it he will
give him a very realistic imitation or how
jim Corbett knocked out Charlie Mitchell.
Supt. Richardson will deliver lecture
this evening before the Teachers Institute.
at Lewis Academy. Subject: The World
Before the Flood" All interested in this
subject are invited TO attend. The lecture
is free.
s. T. Jones returned from Cheney yes
terday. He says that the locality about
that place was visited by so great rain
that blowing is impossible. He says the
average ear Of corn will measure eleven
inches.
Fred Mccain, Bill Stafford, Ed Hyatt
andLee MonntZ while engaged in good old
time scraDping match, the police stepped
in, scooped the outfit and landed them in
the police court, where they were each
fined ten dollars yesterday morning.
The CITY is going TO ask o. c. Daisy to
repair that part of the jasperite pavement
under the goose necks where he gets water
for sprinkiing the streets. II is also prob
able that he will be required to put the
azores aid goose necks on side and unpaved
streets.
Mr.. Il. A. Campbell, one of the prominent
citizens of Pratt City, and for years reg
MAR reader of the daily EAGLE, although
an uucompromising Democrat. was in the
city yesterday. de was on his way down
to Perry, Oklahoma. Mr.. Campbell says
that Pratt is gong 10 have some fine corn
although a rain is needed right now.