The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1896-07-21
CITY IN BRIEE.

DR.. Mann Of Cheney was in the city
yesterday.
Harry Slater of Newton spent Sunday
in the city with friends
". H. Fitch of Valley Center, called
on the Eagle yesterday.
Mrs. Harry Bowman Of Joplin, No,
| is in the city visiting friends.
Miss Lutte Lyman OF Winfield is in the
city visiting the Misses Hawley.
o. r. Salmon and Ella E Slower were
granted license to wed yesterday.
Josiah Foltz. district clerk of Harvey
county, was IN the city yesterday on
| business.
Mr.. and Mrs A. NJ Sturdevant leave
| for their new nome in ST Louis this
afternoon at 2:30.
Mrs. H. F. Stage has returned from
FL Dorado where she attended the fun
eral of her nephew's wife.
w. A. Ayres is reported to be in a
very precarious condition, and the at
tention of K. Ps are called TO the fact.
Mrs. Mary NJ. Jocelyn of 34s North
Wichita street was granted pension
| of $40 per month and back pay from last
| February.
Mrs. I. P. Tarter has returned from
Winfield after few days visit with
| friends. While here Miss Spruce Tarter
entertained in her honor.
J. D. Caldwell says that the personal
judgment record is now open in his Of
fee and wants those interested to call
on him for any information they may
| desire.
Sam Jones, the colored policeman.
| was acquitted by a jury in Justice
Glenn's court in minutes of the charge
of beating and assaulting Joe Dawson,
who had him arrested
Miss Cynthia Hall left last week 10
spend her vacation with her parents
near Wellington. She will Welt in
Geuda Springs and Medford, o. T., be-
fore returning to the city.
The funeral OF Mary A. ALL will oc-
cur this morning at the German Catho-
lie church at $50 o'clock. She was 76
years OF age and resided five miles south
of the city on Hillside avenue.
Councilman Daniels is lying in pre-
carious condition from blood poisoning.
He was some better yesterday, but Is not
out of danger by any means 1t all
started from little boil on his nose.
Mr.. and Mrs. Frank McHugh of
Kingman are in the city visiting Judge
Myatts family. Mr.. McHugh is Mr..
Myatts brother-in-law. He says there
are quite few silver men down in that
county.
George Matthews quit work yesterday
after six days steady work pumping
his mysterious gas into the atmosphere.
He says that he made two inches Of rain
and precipitated it over 125 miles of
territory.
II. A. Hill has returned from his out
ing in the wilds of Arkansas He is as
brown as a berry and says he can digest
anything from a smoothing-iron down.
He has fresh batch of yarns for the
boys of the West Side and has been kept
busy relating them.
A. NJ Denny returned Sunday from
Topeka and before he left Topeka he
had talk with the political leaders and
the figures he received were as follows:
Morrill, 2SS; Troutman So; Potter "a. and
Peters 81. 1t might be well to add that
these figures were made by the ad-
ministra ton managers.
Hardy Solomon was in the city yester-
day and has never lost his interest I'm
the Peerless Princess. He could pick
out many substantial improvements
since he left and predicted that Wichita
had seen its hardest day and that its
growth at the present time was ex
tremely hopeful for the brightest realiza
ton of its dreams
Mr.. r. Webb. president OF the board
of county commissioners. has returned
from Topeka, where he acquired some
fame as an orator before the equaliza-
ton board of the state. Mr.. Webb went
up there to see that justice was done to
Sedgwick county and in doing so he
saved 10 the tax payers exactly the
amount OF his salary for his term OF
office. That is pretty good. There WAS
a cutoff of enough TO save exes TO the
amount of 5000 TO the county.
hurry Meyers sent of for one OF those |
new fashioned trousers that all the |
high-toned people in the east are wear |
Ing He wanted the waist ~ inches and |
the length "a He reversed the figures |
and Sunday he got pair with the leg |
AZ inches long and the waist "a inches |
wide. To his wife's astonishment ne |
said ne was going TO church but when /
he took down his new pants he changed |
his mind. Instead OF going TO church |
he hunted up Farmer Doolittle and tried 1
to make a dicker with him.
Father Begley or KIngnan passed |
through the city last night on his way TO 1
Milwaukee, Wis, for a six weeks yaca-
ton He goes first TO st Francis semi |
nary on Lake Michigan, where his class /
OF 1855 hold their reunion, that OF /
twenty years. Father Ohm is mention
ed on the program in response TO the |
toast, ''Our Country" and he will do |
ample justice 10 the land of his birth,
and incidentally give Kansas a boost
He does not go for his health. "a from
appearances. he is its very picture. but
for recl eatton and palsttine 20 be spent
chiefly among his classmates OF twenty
years ago. This "a my first recres-
ton" he said. and mean to improve
it."
Last night the L A. & No. AZ met in
regular session az Garfield hall After
routine business. on motion f. was re-
solved to take 2 recess. Simultaneous
~ the stage curtain raised revealing a
table seated by the Sons OF Veterans
No. A. all business was suspend ed and
the evening with che accord vas de-
voted 10 social enjoyment. games. music
and the little f-ivoHtiss 50 much enjoyed
by the young A1tes an elep1e o.
short time the society were invited 70 |
pa-take OF refreshments consisting %
ice cream. cake. candy, etc. furnished
By the boys The /. A :. was con-
pletely surprised The sentinel and |
guard are liable 70 Azr1 martial FOR
being brS6-ed and letting the boys sip
up BY way OF the back stairway.
1epubiiean Poll EookS