The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1896-11-17
ADDITIONAL LOCAL MATTERS
CITY IN BRIEF.

CIA1 IN BREEf.
Mrs Sam McRoberts has returned to
her home. She will stop a Emporia and
Topeka enroute.
This office has a number Of racks,
single and double, that they viii dispose
bf at $50 to $500 per rack if taken al
Dnce.
The title of Mrs ]. NJ. Knapp's book
That will soon appear in print, is not
"Meriams Flower" but Miriam
Tower
The Lilac club will meet at the resi-
dence of Miss Lizzie Dickinson, 321 North
Topeka avenue, Wednesday evening for
reorganization.
Mns NJ NJ Murdoch and Miss Pearl
ieave this morning for Kansas City to
visit friends for three or four days.
they expect be back by Sunday.
c. Carpenter of Iowa, a brother OF
John Carpenter, with hish family or
wife, daughter and grand children, are in
the city visiting enroute to California
J. II. Hutchings leaves today with the
remains of his wife for interment in the
family lot at Crown Hill cemetery at
indianapolis. He will be absent from the
city two weeks.
noon for points in southern Arizona,
where he will look over some mining
interests in which ne is concerned. He
expects to spend narly a month in the
territory.
The West Side orchestra composed OF
come Of the finest musicians in the city,
and under the direction Of Charles Hig-
ginson, viii make their first public ap-
pearance at the floral concert TO be
given Friday evening.
Last evening Hon. Otto Eckstein, that
prince Of good fellows. and his party of
friends returned from the territory,
where they enjoyed a splendid hunt, in
which the got 300 quails, two deer,
several antelope and turkeys without
number.
Judge Mckay of Harper county was
In the city Sunday night enroute to To-
pelIa to see Senator LeeGy in behalf Of
the candidacy OF Harry Lands for war
den of the penitentiary. When Judge
Mckay is a friend to a man he is loyal
all over.
Almost 30 per cent of the sickness
among the children of this community
today is caused by the effects of that
Rbomnible stuff called al day suckers.
Notwithstanding this fact the children
will continue 10 suck, and the doctors
Will get the plums.
A horse attached TO a phaeton occu-
pied by two ladies, fell on North Main
street yesterday afternoon. He slipped
In some manner and fell fiat, getting up
again quickly. One shaft was broken
and some of the harness but otherwise
no damage was done.
Mrs. L. A Dockum, mother Of Harry
lfalr Of ~ as41 Il Il
Sunday morning and Will be buried II
Wichita today. She was a lady of re-
Gnement and culture and her death is
-mourned by large circule of her friends
Rnd the friends of her son.
Mr. Bolte was buried Sunday and had
the largest procession ever seen in Wich-
lta, over 200 carriages were in line MI
Bolte's son called at the Eagle office lass
night and stated that there was no truth
whatever in the statement of the after
noon paper that he or anybody else was
IL the stable when the father committed
suicide.
Mr.. w. F. Thompson, the official grain
inspector, did a great days work yester-
day, inspecting seventy-one cars of grain
which came in from Kansas City enroute
for southern Texas and Mexico. This
IS the largest days work done in the city
Cor a long period and shows both M
Thompson's efficiency and the improve
fI2ent in things commercially all over the
country.
The fire department was called out
yesterday afternoon about $3.50 to
snail house on North Meade avenue near
First. The chemical ana two hose wa
CONS responded. but found the blaze to
be eXtinguished before they arrived The
blaze was caused by heating some tar 10
put upon the roof. and in 50 doing II
caught fire. It was soon extinguished
with small damage.
Last Saturday the W. r C. No. 40.
made a raid on Derby. The raiders con-
sisted Of 1Iesdanles Mas0n, Buckwalter,
Lee, Little, Clark and Haskins. The OBJ
ject was the inspection of Baldwin corps
No. go by Mrs. Mason, assistant inSpec-
ton officer The Derby corps Were
loaded for them and after passing an
Inspection that reflected credit on the
corps. placed themselves on record as one
Of the best corps in the department. They
honored the sisters with reception and
banquet that insures an era of prosper
lily already "inaugurated" in Derby.