The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1895-12-07
CITY IN BRIEF.

W. f Stanley is confined to his bed
with pneumonia.
Robert Payne is still on the lift-has
to lift himself around by aid of a cane.
Miss Blanche Barrett returned yester-
day from an extended visit in Illinois
and other eastern states.
Miss Pauline Meguiar, who has been
visiting her aunt, Mrs. L. G. Whittier,
left Thursday for her home in Shelby
Vile, Ky.
Funeral services of Mrs. r. z. Guth-
RE will be held al the family residence,
No. 404 Waco avenue, Saturday, Dec.
z, 1895, at o'clock p. m.
The deaf mutes of Wichita and vicin-
fly will meet at the Dodge avenue NJ.
E. church next Sunday. The sermon
will be interpreted in the silent Ian
guage as delivered.
The B. B. Circle Of Kings Daughters
will meet with Miss Ethel Van Derveer,
room Sc, fourth floor Fletcher block.
Saturday at p. m. Every member is
requested ITO be present.
The meeting at the First NJ, E. church
last night was well attended, and good
interest manifested. There will be no
meeting tonight, but arrangements are
made for a grand meeting on Sunday.
Abraham Bradley, the old gentleman
who fell from the south bound Rock Is
land train Thursday morning, died in
the Wichita hospital yesterday morning
from his injuries. His son. John I.
Bradley, Of Kingfiisher has arrived.
Wells Fargo & Co.'s express delivered
a very fine lot of strawberries in this
,oft inc
raised atJraquato, Mexico. The fruit
arrived in excellent condition. The
Mexican government charges q duty
on such business to the United States.
Windows was thes ubiect of Miss
HIS sermon last night at the Y. NJ. c.
A auditorium. The meeting was large
ly attended and the speaker held her
audience enrapt by her eloquence and
logic There will he no services this
evening, but regular meetings will be
held Sunday and cotinued throughout
the week.
Tom Mordy of Summer county was in
town yesterday with his two boys one
of whom was enroute TO LecOmpton
where he will enter school. Mr.. Mordy
tells some interesting facts concerning
the movements in politics il his county
From what he says the Republicans of
Sumner county feel very much like
those of Sedgwick.
Keene will play Hamlet here next
week and not Richard Ill The change
was made on the suggestion that Rich
ard III had been played here once or
twice by Keene. II would be a nice
thing for people who anticipate attend
ing The opera house on that evening TO
take UP their Shakespeare and be IA
miliar with Hamlet before seeing il in
terpreted by Mr. Keene. They then
viii see theirown false notions Of Shake
speare's master piece. Few people can
read Hamlet, much less interpret il
Their errors will be plain to them after
seeing Keene present il.
The Columbian whist club met at the
residence of Mr. and Mrs. {. ". Camp
bell. S34 South Lawrence avenue. Thurs
day evening. Those present We're:
Messrs. and Mesdames Charles Well,
G. Cheering. w. Z. Huffman. W. II. Her
bis. G. W. Sumption. ]. K. Knoblauch.
J.. Vogenitz. Mrs. 2. +. Allen. Mss Kate
Schwartz, Miss Laura Davis, Mr.. II. G.
ChipChsse. Mr.. G. II. Campbell ana
NJ and Mrs. c. W. Campbell The first
favors were won by Mr.. Herbis and
Mrs. Huffman. The BOBBY winners were
Miss Davis and Mr.. Sumption. An
oyster lunch was served at II so. fol-
lowed by a business meteing wherein
the club decided 20 hold 2 social dance
during rhe holidays and 4 committee
was appointed 10 arrange the details.
The following from the Eureka Mes
sanger viii be Of interest 10 local foot
ball players: We are very glad indeed
70 be able 10 report a substantial i'm
pr0vement in the condition OF Jesse
Jenne. who was injured in the football
game Thanksgiving day. Jenne's
head was doubled under his shoulder
in the fall and the weight Of the other
players who feli on him WAS 50 gTeaS /
that Il was al first thought his neck |
was broken While this did not prove |
70 be the case the spinal chord WAS in |
Jured IN such manner as 10 complete |
" paralysis from the neck down. For |
twenty-four hours the young man was |
unable 70 move hand or foot: then i'm |
proyemeRt began. slowly at first. and |
has continued until the present Now /
he is able 10 move both legs and one /
arm freely. The other arm has shown |
some Improvement and Dr.. Wakefield |
thinks that s. complete recovery = pro |
babe II was q very narrow escape |
from death. or entire heIpiessuess. watch /
would have been really worse than /
death.