The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1895-04-26
CITY IN BRIEF.

Miss Ella Tuhig of Kansas City is
visiting friends in town.
DR.. H. L. McIlhenny of Norwich
KAN, was a visitor in the city yeSter-
day.
Major John Caldwell of St Louis was
in the city yesterday for a few hours
on business.
Mr.. and Mrs. Thomas Watkins are
rejoicing over the arrival of fine baby
at their home.
Miss julia Cooper of Manhattan is
in the city visiting her sister, Mrs.
Fred II. Smith.
Sportsmen say that this is the best
shooting season in Sedgwick county
for a long time.
Henry Billman was down at Win
field and Arkansas City yesterday on
business trip.
Biting Brothers are putting in A
large window on the east side of their
business building.
The members of Peerless lodge A O.
l.. W. held a very social time at their
nall night before last
Miss l Duie Waggoner went yesterday
to Viola to visit her sister, who is
teaching school at that place.
]. d. Miller OF Caldwell was in town
last night and reported fine rain
down there the previous night.
J. H King of Neodesha was in town
yesterday on business. He reports
lots of oil and gas at Neodesha but not
much Of a boom.
Thomas Shaw VIII conduct the free
class in voice music at the First NJ. Z.
church tonight, beginning at $50.
Everybody welcome.
James a. Turner Of Bonnett's Mil.
Mo. is in the city and has concluded
to locate here. He is wagon maker
and Will open a shop here next month.
Commissioner Harmon is beautifying
and Ornamenting his home quite extern
sN-ely. BY the way Topeka avenue is
coming TO the front quite rapidly in
this line.
y. e. Wood of Pittsburg passed
through the city yesterday enroute
from Oklahoma TO attend the ODD Eel
lows anniversary for that district in
Kansas.
Dan Robinson Of Waterford. n. J.,
has taken the advice of Greeley and
mover west. He will make his future
home in this county. having bought a
farm of 24o acres near Cheney.
Mr.. 5. E. Noyes returned, Thursday,
from an extended business tarip east.
He appears somewhat invigorated by
the trip, but expresses degree of
pleasure at being back in Wichita, at
Mr. and Mrs. Asa Markell and little
daughter Faith, of Lafayette. Ind, sur
prised their relatives By dropping in on
them unexpectedly last night. They
are stopping with their parents, NJ.
nnd Mrs. J. Markell, on Hillside avenue.
Charles H Merrill of Dallas. Tex. is
spending q few days in the city. He
says the Democracy Of Texas split
wide open on the silver question and
that the people down there would as
leave welcome Bill Cook to the state
as Grover Cleveland.
P J. Leonard, a discharged convict
from the penitentiary, was in the city
last night enroute to Texas where his
narents reside. lie was in the peHi-
tertiary for nine years, and although
he is only 50 his hair is white as snow.
He was sent no. from Kansas CITY.
Kan. for ten years for burglary. bat
earned rebate of a year by good be
haVior.
Rev. George r. Smith. pastor. viii de
liver lecture at the Lincoln street
PRESBYTERIAN church this evening. his
theme being: "GlimpSes Of Italy. Rev.
Kingdom a few years ago, visiting We
suvius. the ruins of Pompei, and other
points Of special interest and his lee
ture will be in the form OF a narrative OF |
his travels and what he saw while in |
that country. To commence az
o'clock.