The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1895-05-09
CITY IN BRIEF.

The Indian baseball team started for
Joplin last night
There is some lively rustling among
the candidates for Office.
Miss Mary Mathewson OF Salina IS
visiting friends in the city.
J. 2. Harris OF Riverdale was mar
keting in the city yesterday
Judge Sluss left last night over the
Santa Fe for Santa Fe, y. NJ, 10 hold
court
II. G. Chipchase's handsome resi-
dence on South Main street is nearly
completed.
The board OF police commissioners
will meet for the transaction OF bust
ness today.
Fenton Clark Of the register OF deeds
office IS laid up with dose OF poison
ivy. He was fishing.
B. B. wilkins of Zyba was IN town
yesterday looking for a span OF horses
that had been stolen from him the pre-
yious night.
Tramps are again infesting the city
and there is some more talk OF again
starting UP the rock pile industry at
the city jail.
Andy Richards, editor Of The yelling
ton Daily Mail. was in the city yester-
day on legal business before the ap-
pellate court.
The commercial travellers VIII leave
on a special train over the Rock Is
land tomorrow morning for Topeka
a big crowd will go.
The Christian Endeavor convention
one of the largest ever held in the
state, will be in session In Wichita
May %. "A. %. and 70.
James Lawrence OF Wellington was
IN the city yesterday on legal business.
as were Charles +. Elliott and w. W.
Schwtnn OF the same place.
John S, Stillwell OF Winfield was a
Wichita visitor yesterday. He says
little more rain in a day or two would
make things hum in his vicinity.
George L. Douglass is at Topeka at
tending TO cases before the state board
of railway commissioners Mr.. Lar
rimer is also there as "A witness
DR.. W. ID. McClees is reported very
sick with rheumatism. Friends are
at his room constantly 10 cheer him up
and Ii is hoped that he will soon be bet
ter
Dick Green, one OF the Dalton gang,
was captured yesterday and jailed at
FL Reno. Such was the information
brought IN by the Rock Island boys
last night.
Montgomery Halloweli will leave the
latter part OF the month for Chicago
where he will enter the law office OF
Peck. Miller & Starr. one of the lead
ing firms of that city.
Jack Clark Of New York is In tn. city
taking orders for fall goods from the
dry goods merchants. Mr.. Clark has
the edge on the trade in Wichita and
can sell more goods than all the men
who come here.
Isaac w. Phillips Of Alert. o. T.. is
in the city. He is representing town
ship - range s. I'm the Cherokee strip.
for aid. He carries credentials from
Lloyd T.. Smith. township trustee. and
viii call on the business men this
morning.
Otto Eckstein has returned to Tope-
ka, accompanied by his wife. to re-
sumo his duties as member OF the In
vestigating committee. His sDjOurn
at the farm and the consequent quiet
and rest improved him very much. but
his looks still show the effect Of the
severity OF his Illness.
George y. Bowen OF the opera house
left yesterday in front Of the Ponca
Indian baseball nine for Joplin where
he has them billed for today. George
is a shrewd man In front OF attractions
and he is bound 10 crowd fields for the
Indians. In his absence Mrs. Bowen
will take care OF the interests OF the
opera house.
Postmaster Fitch IS contemplating n
collection OF letters at s o'clock in the
evening to facilitate the transmission
OF mail matter His assistant. Mr..
Locke, was out at o'clock last night
inspecting the boxes and found that 300
letters had been mailed after the last
collection at S o'clock. This Will prob
ably justify Postmaster Fitch in max
ing an S O'Clock collection.
The following mares. all sired by
Joe Young, have been sent from Pea
body. Kan. 10 the Jewett farm. Che
ney. 20 be bred 70 Patchen Wilkes $3.50:
Spora Girl. Blossom, Wapsie Young.
Princess Young, Peabody Bell. owned
by George W. Shupe; Josie Young.
owned by DIT. l. a. Buck; ono mar.
owned by G. Rathbone. Mr.. Roth II
the gentleman that bred Joe Patchen.
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