The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1895-10-19

CITY IN BRIEF.

Kansas City last night on business
]. H Jones of Medford was in town
yesterday having come up on business.
Judge ]. d. Wall went down to King
fisher, o. T., yesterday on legal bus
mess.
Miss Mollie Ryan of Louisville, KY,
is in the city visiting friends and rela-
tiVes.
Will H. Lowe OF Newton was in wich-
ita last night having come down on a
pleasure trip
Frank Etter, formerly of the Union
depot ticket office, was visiting from
Kansas city yesterday.
James Maloney was overcome by the
temperature and registered at the police
court under the heading drunk"
Fred Bentley leaves today for ST
Paul where he will attend TO legal bus
iness in United States circuit court.
The revival meetings held at the
Dodge avenue Methodist church are
said TO be growing in interest nightly.
Hon. Edgar Jones, clerk of the su-
preme court Of Oklahoma, is up from
Guthrie spending few days in the city.
Mt. Olivet commandry did work last
night on the order Of the Red Cross
and Temple and then INDUCED in lit
tie spread.
The case against Charles Shoots for
cutting Perry Allen was cont inued in
Justice Jones court yesterday for two
weeks by agreement
Henry Strong has sold his stock of
lumber and machinery at the corner of
First and Fourth streets, to the United
Sash and Door company.
n
ers will meet with Miss Jean Thacher
525 North Fourth avenue, Saturday at
p. m, instead Of p. m
Professor G. w. Hoss returned yester-
day from an extended tour throughout
southeast Kansas in the intesest of the
Western School of Oratory Of this city.
Fortman e. Alexander returned to the
city yesterday from a cattle buying tour
They bought sixty-four head during
their trip which they will market here
The Epworth League of the First
Methodist church, gave a pleasant So
cial in the lecture room of the church
last night. An excellent musical pro-
gram was rendered.
Mrs. J. F. O'Connor and daughter
Delphine of Galveston, Texas, is visit
ing her grandmother, Mrs. Susan Rod
ney, having returned from her summer
outing in the Catskills.
The funeral of Sarah Nichols, aged
seven years, was held yesterday after
noon from the family residence, 217
New York avenue. The death was
caused by typhoid fever.
The funeral Of G. II. ROUGH of White
water occurred yesterday. The deceas-
ed was fifty-two years of age, an old
soldier and well acquainted in this city.
His disease was consumption.
The statement appearing in the Eagle
of the 18th inst, regarding the amount
of business done in the last thirty-1ve
days by Burwell & Kerfoot should
have been 100000 instead Of 100000.
Mrs. J. T. Ludlum is entertaining Mrs
A. Busley and daughter Lottie. Mrs.
Busley is visiting her Wichita friends
for a few days and will then leave for
California TO spend the winter with her
brother.
Wichita had a prize fight yesterday
afternoon in the rear of Herron's store
and there was no Interference by the
officers. This encouraging sign should
be wired to Dan Stewart Of the Florida
Athletic club.
John Derby was up from his farm last
night. He says they are not taking
much interest in politics down his way.
John is so busy that he has had no time
to even talk with his neighbors for al
most three weeks.
Captain J. 3. Thompson of Tarkio,
Mo-, was a visitor in the city yesterday
He has some property intesests here
that he comes to look after annually.
He very positively pronounced himself
against prohibition.
The police commissioners received
letters yesterday from Governor Nor
rill. Police commissioners are afraid
OF letters. Jones, Pra.t and Husey be-
gan eceiving letters about three days
before they were fired.
1t is said that 800 per cent more Kaffir
corn was raised in Sedgwick county
this year than at any time in the past
The yield is from so TO 125 bushels per
acre, and the grain is said to make
excellent feed for stock.
Jim Williams, S. W. Bailey and J. B.
Brinley are in Arkansas and were to
have returned before this, but their
friends are of the opinion now that
they will not return until after the Cor
bett-Fitzsimmons mill has been decided.
A jury has been engaged three days
in trying a case arising over the es-
tate of Sarah Kennedy in the probate
court. The cost of the case will doubt
lessly cut a large hole in the property
OF the deceased. The poor have none of
this trouble 10 leave their heirs.
The attention Of policemen is called,
by a citizen, to an ordinance of Wich-
tia, making it fine for persons leav-
ing horses unhitched on the streets.
There is not a day but a dozen horses
~ fr, hot
Douglas avenue and the court house.
This state OF affairs is very dangerous
to both life and property.
]. NJ. Sommers of Wichita was elect
ed great sachem of the Great Council
OF Kansas at the annual meeting of
the Imperial Order of Red Men at
Hutchinson. The sessions Of the coun-
Gil closed Thursday. Mr.. Sommers
was junior sycamore last year and the
Wichita contingent are naturally elated
at his success and the honor conferred
upon our city.
The Central Baptist church have
moved from Garfield hail to the COM
modious brick edifice known as the
Friends church. built in 1887. and To-
Gated on East Douglas and Cleveland
avenues. The Central Baptist people
have leased il for number OF years.
Paper hangers and carpenters are at
work on the interior. getting IL ready
for Sunday. At which time all the reg
ular church services will be held at the
usual hours.
It was refreshing yesterday TO go up
10 the court house and talk with the
farmers. They are feeling better than
they have been for a long time. They
think the prices OF crops viii keep UP
pretty well and hence most Of them
are cribhiag their corn. II Is no uncom-
mon thing for a man 70 walk in upon
Deputy County Clerk John Chain and
ask him 20 figure out how much lumber