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The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1894-11-24
STRUCK NATURAL GAS.
Ga. Found on the Farm "f F. II. AL
bright Near sIulvane.

J. D. Smyth, residing near Nulvane,
was IN the city yesterday, iuQu!ring rs TO
the estimates made by The city engineer as
70 the cost of boring for gas. He said:
The people OF Cowiey county are greatly
worked up on the subject of natural gas
A mai named Fletcher hsd been engaged
by Z. H. Albright, who owns IA farm near
Rock, n station in Cowley county, to bore
n well on his .arm for the purpose OF
securing water. The drill had struck a
rock when the attention OF the man was
called to the peculiar rumbhug AMI
wnistliag noise that came from the well,
aud be was afraid t. go further and sent a
messenger to Mr.. Albright. Mr.. Albright
has had considerable experience in natural
gas wells aud will have the gas well shot
today.
The entire neighborhood about Dexter
in Cowley county, is also aroused by tie
finding of what seems TO be natural gas IN
that vicinity. The water IN the town well
at Dexter has peculiar taste and persons
who have had experience with gas wells
ray that the water Is impreguated with
gas Asa consequence the town company
OF Dexter have made arrangements with
an expert at Neodesha to have the well
shot.
Mr. Smith believes there is no doubt bu'
what natural gas Can be found throughout
Sout hern Kansas. and says that several
wells will be bored this winter IN the
Southern part of this county, II the cost l.
not found TO be too great.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1894-11-24
A POINT OF LAW.

Corporal J. d. Caldwell of the Sixth
ward, is up to his eyes in the Jurlspru-
deuce of The Australian ballot Law. He
WAS one of the judges of the recent el-c-
ton held in the first precinct Of the : xth
ward, spd during the counting OF The bal
lots Populist Insisted on Being present 10
supervise matters The Populist in
question and one Of the Republicans of
tue board had some words about the right
of the former To De SO officious and they
pulled each others whlsheTs for few
minutes in a genial manner. The Pop
had the Repuhli ,su arrested aud the tri Il
will come up today before Judge Babb.
Corporal Caldwell INSISTS that there was
no law authorizing sDybady 20 b. in the
room bur the judges and clerks while The
vote was beius counted. He says hat the
rep.nI of the old law Carried everything
with il. including the provision that
allowed representatives o! e"ch political
Marty nre~rnJ. IL the case goes against
Caldwel.'s friend &c VIII Dc appealed TO a
higher court.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1894-11-24
MIR. sTEwARrs DEPARTURES.

r. c. Stewart aud fl mi.y viii leave this
morning for their new home at Cincinnati,
where he, with his brothers, have engaged
in business. The departure OF Mr.. aud
Mrs. Stewart is deeply regretted and t1e
best wishes of thousand friends go with
them. Mr.. Stewards departure will b.
especially regretted by the business men
of the city, for in every enterprise he took
a most active interest. He WAS, himself. a
solid, progressive business mau and mis-
advice was always sought after and valued
highly. Among all Glasses he was quite a
favorite and esteemed very highly tor his
manly qualities aud broad and liberal
spirit. Mrs. Stewart was lady highly
esteemed and will also be missed by u
large circle of warm friends.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1894-11-24
SHOT THE SHERIFF..
Tom MCGEE OF Canadian Mortally Wounded by
Outlaws.

4 message was received in this city late
last night from Canadian City IN tue Pan
handle OF Texas that Tom McG-e, sheriff
wounded by outlaws. From what partc-
ulars could be learned In railroad circles
the facts are as follows:
For some tiuIe large sum of money had
been expected TO arrive at Canadian from
the east. Immense shipments of stock
had been made from there and the returns
meant vast sum OF money.
there and a large sum of money was
taken out of il aud locked up III the safe
at the depot. Whether trouble was an
ticipated or the sum of money was 50 large
that extra protection was deemed ndvis
able is not known, but at any rate Sheriff
McGee was cslie 1 upon TO keep All eve on
the depot. At $50 last night he visited
the depot and found three desperate look
ing characters in the act OF breaking open
the safe. When they discovered MIN they
fled aud he followed them. When they
had lured him far enough iato the dark
ness they turned around upon him
and opeued fire. One bullet struck
him on the hip AMI another
penetrated his bowels. His death was eX-
p.cted at auy moment when the above in
formation was sent. 1t was also stated
that further trouble was looked for durin Z
the night as it was thought that tue three
men working at the safe We're only part
of a desperate gang that intended to rob
the depot and perhaps loot the town.
Tom McG-e was We'll known to the
writer. He has been sheriff of that county
since its Organization some seven or eight
years ago. He WAS ihe most popular mau
in the 2 .nhandle and one who had no SUI
perior for those win qualities of al offic r.
personal bravery ana devotion to duty.
He was about middle age. of fine and man
" bearing and had heart as true as steel
and that reached ont 10 everybody. He
was given fire education in frontier life
in the Panhandle aud Was splendid type of
he manly genial fellows WHO are so NUN
erous in the Panhandle.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1894-11-24
JEwETT HAS AN OPINION,

Ex-Postmaster Ed Jewett was down
from his farm near Valley Center yester
day, disposing of some eggs. butter and
other raw material. He made good
trade Oh the rec procity idea, after which
he went around TO the government build
ing 10 discuss the situation with Tom
Fitch.
Il see,'' said he to a reporter for the
EAGLE, "that there are lot of candidates
for office in Wichita. l saw the list In the
p per "a day or two ago. and they seemed
TO me to very familiar. l am inclined to
think that many of them are too previous.
Us farmers have had our ears to the
ground and the electric current that is
radiating from Topeka tells Us that there
will not be any police CON omission appoint
ed tor Wichita; that the authority over
the polics department will revert 20 the
mayorn
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1894-11-24
ONr ON FITCH,

County Treasurer Doran yesterday re-
ceived large official looking envelope mp
on which was stamp demand, - cents
for ov.rweight" The treasurer promptly
paid the Carrier the amount demanded,
but imagine his surprise on opening the
envelope to recognize the signature of
Thomas 6. Fitch signed to the letter. Mr..
Doran and his assistants are at "A loss to
understand the matter. They declare If
any one in the city should understand the
overweight law il would be the posi- mas
ter, and can only solve the problem on the
theory that the Democratic postmaster Is
determined to raise the revenue OF the
postofiice By collecting extra postage from
Repu blican officials. They say that Tom
Will not catch them again, because they
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1894-11-24
INVITED ,HICAGOIANS.

Yesterday Mr. Jobes telegraphed the
gentlemen who passed through here
Thursday enronte to Waco, Tex, inviting
them when returning u stop off here and
receive the hospitality of the Peerless
Priacess The gentlemen are all promin-
eut business men of Chicago. most of
tn-m the head of large commercial es'
tablishments. If they accept the invita-
ton the people here propose TO meet them
at the drpot with carriages and give them
A glimpse of the best city III the sout IA.
west, city that l. the best lmitator @!
Chicago in the west They will be here
about Monday, and will make their return
over the Santa Fee
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1894-11-24
LINING piITIRI.S.

The Living Pictures gwen ut the Unity
Chapel st night by the Unity Guild were
very successful aud beautiful. The statu-
ary WAS the finest ever seen IN the city aud
many of the pictures were gems oil arr IN
color and posing The Cairo band took
the audience by storm and had 10 respond
to several encores The whole affair was
80 entire a success that the management
has decided TO repeat he performances wit
new musical attractions Monday evening.
The quartet ny Mesdame- Hughes. Chllde,
aud Messrs. Childe aud Ren>hsw Was ex
tremelt pleasing, rs was the 1uet oy Mes
DANES Bryant and Childe, aud the solo by
Miss Galloway
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1894-11-24
WILL IIiiilGAl +.

charles Wolf OF Illinois township, pur-
chased a large irrigating pump yesterday.
The wheel is 10 feet in diameter. with u
6xl4 inch cylinder. aud 4-iucn discharge
nine. Mr.. Wolf has one of he best farms
in Sedgwick county, aud has not had AN
entire crop failure since the place was pre-
empted in 1873, buJ he believes he viii
make money by irrlgating lie expects TO
irrigate Ten acres with this pump next sea
son and if il proves the success he anticl-
pates he Will put in other pumps IN the
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1894-11-24
MANY AND BUYkRs.

Fifty lanl buyers were IN the city nur'
i,. me week which IS ri spleudid evidence
of The favor with which the decision #
th- people at tie polls were received by
investors. They came here with H. =
Trlce. They came FROM hrDivE.- +.
WLi,eSiie, aud Buresn counties, ia llli'
nols. and represent over S2sO. 90. lt i ~-id.
\ similar crowd came from lows. All or
them returned well pleased with IN Hlsas.
it, climate, soil, society aud POLITICAL COM
pl.xlon. Most OF them made yrry good
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1894-11-24
SABBATH EVENING SERVICE.

The evsngelistic services on Sabbath
evening will be held as follows: In the
First II. T. church att O'Clock, where
Major Cole will speak The overflow will
be accommodated in Plymouth Congrega-
tional church. Services in the First Pres
byterian church will begin at $50 aud
Major Cole will speak Mt D IN. Admis
sion 10 the Presbyterian church Will he hy
titket. one TICKET admitting a Christian
and one other or TWO Don-professors. The
overflow meeting VIII be held in the y NJ.
C. A auditorium.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1894-11-24
RnIRED A STOKE.

Tae Wakefield general merchandise
store at Cheney was broken into Monday
night by burglars. The thieves only Sc
cured few uoles and tax receipts and a
small amount of 20 DIS. The matter has
been pl ICED in the hands of officers of the
county and CITY, and il II believed arrests
WI be made in a f-w days. 4 portion of
the stolen property has been recovered and
a strong clue 10 the perpetrators OF the
deed has been found.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1894-11-24
The railways eente-ing at Pitts

The railways eentering al Pitts
burg carried very heavy passenger
business on the occasion OF the recent
Grand Army reunion in that city. On
Tuesday. the 1lth- the Pennsylvania
railroad brought into the Union sta
ton So. go people, through and local;
in the first four days % the week the
Baltimore & Ohio, including Pittsburr
& Western. brought in 81. OJl. and the
Pittsburg & Lake Erie about 5000,
through and local On Monday and
TUESDAY the Pittsburg & Fl Wayne
brought Ie.e4l. and the Panhandle
1854. The other lines also did a big
business.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1894-11-24
INTERESTING ENTERTAINMENT.
Very Credit BILE Anar ven by Pupils OF the
Normal -chooL.

The entertainment given by the students
and graduates of tue city Normal school
at the city building last night was quite a
success. The rooms We're beautifully deco
rated in pink and white, while large palms
adorned every nook and corner. The
rooms were much too small to accommo-
date the large crowd assembled, but every
body WAS good natured aud did not see III
TO mind being jostled. The retreshment
table was loaded with good Things pleas
ing to the palate. Dickens Odd Curl
osity Shop was quit. at racrion, pre-
sided over by Lutte Nil. Meg Merriles,
the Gypsy fortune teller, revealed the
mysteries of the fortune to youths and
maidens. The musical and literary pro-
gram alone was fully worth the admis-
sion fee, and was as follows:
PROGRAM.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1894-11-24
The duiea a1u Eagle Saturday ornims gonemer a. 1884
4 Hantink Outf&.

A Detroit man the other dsy received
Q sudden invitation from Kentucky
friend of his to come down and join a
hunting party about to start out for
the mountains The Detroit man
wanted to go. but he didn't know what
kind of game was to be the object, so
he sent this telegram for instructions:
''All right What shall bring9"
A few hours later he received this
reply:
"Corkscrews; we have the rest-"-De-
trot Free Press.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1894-11-24
Reached Her Ten-Word Limit.

This is the message the telegraph
messenger handed to him:
Come down as soon as you can /
am dying-kate."
Eight hours later he arrived at the
hotel, to be met on the piazza by Kate
herself
"Why-what did you mean by send
ing me such a message?" he asked
"Oh." she gurgled, Il wanted to say
that was dying TO see you, but ny
ten words ran cut AID had to stop q.
indianapolis Record.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1894-11-24

J.sPEE-''Whv are you roViuC m your
trunk: You are not going away I'll tO-Iuo--
row" Jumouppe-'-SO II have time e
fiud ali the things have forgotten q put II
il one never finds those things until after
hi> trunk i locSed and ropei. Harper :
Weekly
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1894-11-24
investments in farm lands. Huudr,

good men are anxious 10 come from the
eastern aud mi Idle states and viii do so
whe.. the inducements are properly lad
before Them The visitors were all fine
gentlemen who are substantially situated
in life Oscar Smith. who saw aud talked
with them says they as fine a lot OF
men IS he has ever seen seeking invest
mentS here.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1894-11-24
In the Saue Box.

"You have been in the army great
many years, but ! have not heard Of
your capturing anything" said an old
Washington coquette to a somewhat
venerable officer of the army.
You ought to have fellow feeling
for me-" was the reply.
How sop
Because we both know what it IL to
grow old without making any con.
quests. Alex Sweet, in Texas Siftings.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1894-11-24

WaEN Johnny was aroused from rs
morning nap by his pspA's heavy hand q
understood what was meant 5y beng
rapuei u G--cer.-Bossoa transcript
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1894-11-24

On tic IOunGary Line.
"Is he a criminal lawyer?'
"Nol quite; he stops just short Of It |"
-Vucb.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1894-11-24
ZEAL ESTATE TRANSFERS

Furnished by The Wichita Abstract
and Land Company
The records IN the register Of deeds Office
show the following transfers:
The Alliance Trust Co wd hf OF Sc
or sec Z - e. ...................s 2l5
c 4 Hopkins Sc or sec 50 - lw.-.. 100
A T Carpenter O c d lot l05 Texas Az. /
J q Steffae tHNd lots - 20 80 Mar
tinson ave LawTence's ,4fh. =
J A Mitchell wd tract 2JXsJ rods
comm.aciuy % rods W 0: 5. cor OF
nv or sec 81 - le....-.-.-........
Amount Of morlgag,s released. $50
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1894-11-24
Chapman
g. walker.

In looking for Winter
Wraps these days do you
have trouble in finding just
the right thing" Even in
looking through the So
called largest stocks, after
looking all over town, come
and see us. We may be
able to please you. Ii its
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NEW PUBLICATIONS.

EYES LIKE THE SEA. Novel BY Maurus
Jokai Translated from the Hungarian by r.
Nisbes Balm. (G p. Putnams Sons)
KITTY ALONE: \ Story. Of Three Fires BY s.
Barring Gould. Oodd, Mead Coz
A special value and Importance attach to Maurus
Jokais Ewes Like the Sea- which has been
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The author calls 1t a novel. but the photographic
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s Barring Goulds story Kitty Alone intro
duces a scoundrel of the first rank in Pasco Pep
ner,u the uncle with whom Kitty lives in the Eng
lsb country village. This worthy. finding himself
deeply in debt conceives the idea of retrieving his
fortunes by burning his property and collecting the
insurance Success at first attends him. but nnaiy
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