The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1896-07-25
CITY IN BRIEF.

Mrs. Elizabeth Henderson of Derby
is visiting in Illinois.
Miss Emma Johnson OF Winfield is
visiting relatives in the city.
Contractor Madison Of the gas well
has returned from Neodesha-
Riverdale will play baseball with Null
vane at the latter place today.
Ten thousand bushels of corn were
marketed al Muivane this week.
Mrs. B. S Bridges Of Carbonate, III,
is visiting relatives on South Emporia
avenue.
G. r. FoIiett a hardware merchant of
Newton was doing business in the city
yesterday.
Sumner county reports large ship
nents of grain TO Galveston during the
past week.
Miss Nora V Cooper of Galena, IL,
is spending the summer with her sister
Mrs. G. T. Cuboon.
Miss Mollie Rawson of Peabody is
visiting friends in the city and will re-
main until Sunday
During the week forty-nine cars OF
corn were sold at Conway Springs.
Syl Dixon must have been there.
". VI. Paugh and family will leave
for Ohio in few days for an extended
visit among friends and relatives.
w. S. Rogers the photographer has
returned from Denver and went down
to his Pond Creek farm last night.
DR.. Pratt's picture appeared in the St
Louis Pos1eDispetch yesterday men
toned as candidate for vice president.
At the Union Stock yards yesterday
the price of hogs advanced from TO Is
cents. Prices for cattle remained steady.
Colwich beat Cheney in a baseball
game yesterday. the score standing %
TO Z. II was dead easy game for the
Colwich boys.
The Leap Year lawn party to be given
on the lawn Of Dr.. Fabrique Friday ev-
ening, has been postponed until We'd
nesday evening.
The child of Mr.. and Mrs. Howard
Case died last night The father is alb
sent in Colorado and could not be
reached by wire.
The Sedgwick County normal will
meet next Monday at Lewis academy.
There will probably be $50 teachers and
students in attendance.
Attorney Genera GaIbraith of Oklaho-
ma was in the city last night returning
from the meeting of the National Com
mercial Law league at Omaha.
T P Davis, formerly of Wichita but
now of Grand Junction, Colorado,fs Wis
iting in the city. He IS talking about
remaining in the Peerless Princess.
George ". Norton of Valley Center
died yesterday at the advanced age of
81 years and will be buried today. He
was the father-in-iaw OF Al Johnson OF
that place.
John Swanson of Marshall county,
who was here some time ago looking
for a lost son wrote TO the Eagle yes
terday saying that he had found him at
Randolph.
The united choirs of the St Paul A
II. Z. and the Second Baptist churches
will sing at the Y. NJ. c. A. 4 o'clock
meeting Sunday. Rev. D. W. Oak, (col-
oredJ will speak.
Mrs. D. r. Allen who moved from
Wichita TO Valley Center fast May, fell
tina next day after arriving there and
disiocated her shoulder. She has been
disabled ever since.
Rev. Beach says that the announces
ment that he will preach at Waldow
Lake Sunday IS a mistake as ne expects
TO ill his pulpit at St Pauls church both
and evening.
The ST Louis Republic thinks young
Mr. Bryan looks like George Washing
ton 1t is almost the universal opin-
ion around here that ne resembles Far
mer Dooiittbe very much.
The General Guild OF ST. Johns church |
will meet ct the church Saturday July |
% est. James day. at 3 p. m, ell secre- |
taries and treasurers will please be pres |
ent and have their reports ready.
Better have big crop Of corn and a |
poor price, than a poor crop at a big |
price" is an old saying. and a true one. |
because when a farmer has a poor crop |
he has none 10 sell. It takes IL all for
feed.
Cattlemen have met with disappoiut- |
ment so far this year. says the Burton |
Graphic. A large proportion of the |
feeding steers bought last fan have been |
marketed att loss. notwithstanding the |
cheapness OF corn.
J. o. Gilbert of $40 North Main street |
returned home yesterday morning after |
/ months sojcurn in northern Iowa and |
Minneapol His father, T. G., accom-
panied him from the latter place and ex-
poets TO locate In Wichita in the near
future.
Sam Ergenbright an engineer on the
Frisco, between Neodeshe and Monet, |
we'll known and the poSsessor OF num-
.rous friends in Burton. says the Graph
c. met with a painful accident while in
pursuit OF his duties few days ago.
His fireman in the discharge OF his du-
les, caused the igniting OF some oil in
some way in the cab OF their engine |
hat proved fatal 20 rae fireman. Mr..
Ergenbright IN the rescue OF the body
= the fireman. suffered many severe
burns about the face and arms. We
'egrst that our information * so rnea-
ger that We cannot supply his many
trends who are our readers with more
definite information.
The Garden City Imprint has the fol-
owing complimentary notice of Mss
Stella McEihaney who graduated at
ne Lewis academy Of this city: Ire
eachers insurIte closed on Friday
light OF last week with a literary and
musical entertainment at the Presbyte-
ian church Standing room was very
carce n the building and the 600 opera
hairs were completely filled with a<ten-
i've listeners 70 the well selected pro
ram Excellent songs and duets were
andwiched between the orations and /
lions IN very pleasing manner
irs. Il B, Scott and Mss Mary Upton
avored the audience with duet. and
Hiss Stella. McEihsney o. Grant county
ave a recitation thar secured her TIE
old prize as graduate OF Lewis acad-
my. Wichita The young isdy Is Z
ne eiocucolist and now holds a teach
- y,rs<fr{or in -Nsa School y, --As.h 49, /