The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1895-04-06
CITY IN BRIEF.

Syl Dunkin of Haysville was in the
city yesterday.
DR.. Noble of Caldwell was in the city
fora short time yesterday.
There will be no session of the dis
tricvt court before April 10.
s. S. Graybill of Hutchinson, drug
gist, was buying drugs yesterday in
Wichita.
Rev. Vail will preach Sunday morn
ing on ''The Influence and Powers of
Ideal Life
Yesterday Mr.. and Mrs. E. L. Macken
Zieand their little boy sailed from New
York for England.
There was quite a heavy windstorm
on the West Side last night that blew
down several trees and sheds.
DR.. Johnson, the signal observer.
thinks the temperature will fall to the
freezing point by tomorrow noon.
4 Wichita woman sold her vote at the
late election to her husband for piece
of statuary at Martins Art Store.
This weeks Weekly Eagle contains
the county treasure-Doran's- notice of
unredeemable town lots and lands sub
ject to tax deed.
Mr. T B. Bradford has accepted Il
position in Allegheny City, Pa, and is
closing out his stock of shoes prepar-
atory to going there the 5th of May.
Phillip Butler of Mound Ridge was
in the city yesterday, the guest of Hen
ryBillman. He came oyer to participate
in the installation services of the Sons
of Herman.
Sam Hewey, who has been sick with
the grip since Feb. /, was reported to
be much worse yesterday. His friends
are becoming unesay over his prolong-
ed sickness.
The board of education will meet in
the council chamber, city building, Sat
urday evening. April 6, to canvass the
election returns for school district No.
l, city of Wichita.
A large pelican was shot and crippl-
ed on the Little River yesterday and it
is now cocped up in the Occidental
grocery. It is estimated that the bird
is over 100 years old.
All members and friends of the Chris
tan Workers union are earnestly re-
quested to attend the regular weekly
prayer meeting this evening in the par
lors of the y. NJ. G. A, at 7:i5 o'clock.
library fund. Miss Niederlander fur
nished the music for the opening drill.
The cowboy quartet, four High school
boys appropriately dressed for their
part, simply brought down the house;
and responded to several encores.
a widow stood at the corner of Third
and Main night before last until a
young man came sauntering along at
a late hour with her daughter. The
widow hit him three times with her
good right arm for keeping the girl out
so late.
The retailing of oranges by the peck
60, I, lob to
gests that the destruction of the orange
crop by the winter freezes wired over
the country at the time, was a very
cold fake, and belongs to ''the fruit is
all killed" joke in this latitude.
The 'Milkmaid's Convention" pre-
scented at the Garfield hall last night
by twenty-four young ladies, neatly
dressed in appropriate costumes, was
listened to by a large and appreciative
audience and, best of all, Melted very
handsome sum for the Webster school
Rev. Don s. Colt will deliver the next
address in the Missionary Extension
course under the direction of the c. f.
local union. His subject will be, The
Methodist Church and Foreign Mis-
sions." The addresses will be given in
the Plymouth Congregational church
Monday night at S o'clock.
Quit a change is about TO be made in
the Rock Island train service. Com
mencing Monday April s, trains and
viii run daily instead of daily except
sunday" Train No. will leave for
the soath. commencing Monday, at 4:52
a. m. and train No. 4 for the north,
commencing Tuesday. at 1915 a. m.
II. II. Fair Of Barber county and his
bride are in town returning from their
honeymoon. They We're recently mar
ried at st. Louis and are stopping a
few days in Wichita before going TO
Mr.. Fairs fine country home al Sharon
Mr.. Fair has numerous friends in
Wichita and is receiving their congrat-
ulations.
Windmils and engins are getting as
numerous and varied in their designs
and construction as agricultural imple
ments and machines. The latest is
the production of a Sedgwick county
farmer named Sherman. Having been
a sailor in his early manhood, the set
ting of the sail 10 catch the breeze gave
him the idea of adopting that method
of Harvesting the wind. He has Secur-
ed letters patent on his application of
the principle TO the propulsion Of mach
inery and has constructed one Of the
machines on his place two miles south
OF the city, Of sufficient size and capa-
city TO demonstrate its practicability as
a motive power for driving mill mach
inery and pumping water. In opera
ton itresembles a merry go-round under
full sail. Il is as novel as unique.
Hunting with a Camera
There are a great many hunters