The Wichita daily eagle., 1896-01-18
CITY IN BRIEE.

IHe WHISKY IGldlS VIII DcSlu III InS
district court January %.
Mat Rounds of ST. Louis was register
ed at the Carey last night.
]. B. Swinford of Chicago is spend
ing a few days ait the Carey.
H. A. Ledd of St. Louis was doing
business in the city yesterday.
S. S. Ashbaugh of Kimgrnan was in
town yesterday on legal business.
H. F. Floyd of Omaha was one of the
business visitors dn the city last night
Mrs. Sam Fenton was notified yester-
day that she had been allowed pension
Of SS per month.
John Heron returned yesterday from
Cripple Creek and will remain in the
city for some time.
JF. Corndell and wife. both of North
Wichita street, are said to be very sick
and in need of help.
Fred W. Bentley is entertaining his
father, W. P. Bentley of Edgerton, Wis,
who is here on visit.
Tonight Adjutant Smith and wife of
Texas will conduct the services at the
Salvation Army barracks.
The Germans of the city will hold a
social meeting tonight in commemOra-
ton of the coronation of Emperor Will
lam
Mr.. S. A. OIdfeld, formerly with Bald
win & Son, has gone to Fort Smith, Ark,
to accept a position in a photograph gal
lery.
Joseph King received a letter yester-
day saying that the pension Of Judge
Lauck had been raised from S12 to $3.50
a month.
c. W. Biting has now full charge of
the Auditorium and contempla'tes max
ing some needed Improvements in the
building.
John Heron has returned from a
business trip to Cripple Creek and found
it a very hard matter to get a place to
do business there.
Ex-Register of Deeds S. L. Barrett
contemplates taking a whirl at Cripple
Creek where he expects to deal in
stocks and mining shares.
Adjutant and Mrs. Smith, district Of
ficers of Texas, will conduct meetings
at the Salvation army hall on Doug
las avenue Saturday night and all day
Sunday.
Whit Hereford became tangled up in
Judge fuckers court yesterday for hav-
ing broken the peace. The specific
manner in which he did it was not
learned.
Mr.. w. L. Dowden, representing the
Church, Arm and Hammer brand of
soda, was ''penciling" his customers
yesterday with the handsomeSt and
largest pencil ever made.
George Ham was released yesterday
from the county jail by order of the
commissioners, who thought it a bad
80 - 60 =,
any longer. He was sent up from the
police court.
The city offers to give the street clean
ing to anybody willing to cart it away.
Paul Millinger says it is just the thing
for lawns or for filling lots. Any can
didate for it can apply to the street
commissioner.
Frank Stuff, who threw ashes on an
other mans lot last Wednesday under
the mistaken idea, no doubt, that it was
Ash Wednesday, was hauled up before
Judge Tucker yesterday when his case
was dismissed.
Pastor Sims of the Central Christian
church has planned Ito hold a special
service at his church Sunday evening
for ,the members of the A. o. U. w,
and their families. All are invited,
and attendants will go direct to the
church at the usual hour for service.
Pervin Dewey, a young man of the
West Side who loves his wife not too
wisely but too we'll was arrested yes
terday for disturbing her peace and for
general domestic unpleasantnesS. Mrs.
Dewey is entirey too fond of attending
the Salvation Army meetings TO suit
Pervin who at present, prefers a happy
home in this world TO one in the next.
Officer Hams made the arrest.
Elgie Grant, one of the young men
for whom a warrant was issued for dis
turbing a social at the residence of j.
w. Speer, came in yesterday and enter
ed a plea OF guilty and was fined 81 and
costs. Stanley Haden was arrested
by Constable Russell and entered a
plea of not guilty. He will be tried in
Judge Glenn's court today and a large
number of witnesses viii be present.
r. B. Wallace, the druggist. hailed
reporter for the Eagle last night and
wanted to know why a certain young
man who gave out so many checks pre-
vious TO Christmas against a blank ac-
count in the Sedgwick bank, was not
exposed. According TO Mr.. Wallace's :
story this young man did him up for
some money and also viCimiZed John
Braitsch, Abner Mills, a trusting tailor
and some Others. Mr.. Wallace natural
ly thinks that there should be some
law to punish one who gives his check
on a hank when he has no money and
in this belief he is not alone.
NJ. l. Campbell OF COS South Main
street, says that he has nothing to do
with the Topeka photograph swindlins
outfit which We're exposed by the Eagle
and has not been connected with them
FOR several weeks. The rush of people
TO the place yesterday was extremely
large and there was some talk among
those who had been dupei 10 raise a
fund and start a detective after the
Swindlers. The enlarged phOtograPE
Of one of Wichita's counCilmen was IN
plain view OF an Eagle reporter when
he called yesterday. 1t was somewhat:
the counCilman's father.
Lieutenant Governor James A Trout
man Of Topeka was in the city last
night. He was at Hutchinson on legal
business and took a run down 10 see the
Peerless, but by no means beerless
princess OF the plains. When invited
TO participate in a roond among the
Joints % demonstrate their existence in
large numbers he excused himself say
ing that he would take the mans word
for II Mr.. Troutm9n has a mighty
conservative neaQ on nlS Slpul0SfS ana
the people down in the lobby OF the
Carey said 'fthey may talk as they
please about Jim Troutman as q Prohi-
bitionist. but he is a mighty white fel-
low and there is no hypocrisy about
him. which is a great deal more than
can be said about the SO-called liberal
end Of the administration Mr.. Trout
man VIII leave for Topeka this morn
ing.
san Francisco, Jan. 17-George Green
Zweig & Co, wholesale jewelers., have
failed Today attachments aggrega-