The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1896-04-30

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Miss Grace Hatton is visiting friends
out at Furley this week and is spend
ing her vacation very pleasantly in thai
way.
DR.. J. H. Quinn OF Arkansas City
rwas among the many noted physicians
who attended the Medical association
Tuesday.
Mrs. Carrie B. Hume, who has been
spending the winter IN California win
her brother. Lea Blakemore, returned
TO Wichita yesterday.
Mrs. Judge tBonsall and Miss Boyd OF
Arkansas City were in the city Tues
day, the guests Of Miss Shawhan. OF the
Western Newspaper union.
Thomas FenneIl was taken to the in
sane asylum by Sheriff Cone. He made
considerable resistance and caused
good sized crowd TO assemble at the de-
pot.
Mr.. and Mrs. W w. Smith OF St
Louis, former residents of Wichita on
South Lawrence avenue. are visiting
Mr.. ]. NJ. Moore and family al SCI North
Topeka avenue.
B. r. Grimes. one of the best known
cattle men in western Kansas and son
OF the former dry goods prince of Kan
sas City, was visitor in the city yes
terday. He lives at Ashland.
John A. Osler and wife returned from
Cimarron, Colo. yesterday. Mrs. Osler
was formerly Miss Bessie Dudley Of
this city. They will spend the summer
here preferring this state 10 Colorado.
Mrs. NJ. E. Reynolds. who has spent
he ct civ n re1a la.
the city, left last evening for Talmage,
Neb., where she viii remain month.
thence TO her old home in Ottumwa,
Iowa.
George Russell, who has been in the
city on business during the past few
weeks, left last night for Providence.
r. L, to become a Yankee again. He
will accept a position with the Brown
Milling company.
The custom of passing water TO the
audience at the opera house every night
has been instituted by Manager Mart
ling and is calling forth many comDli-
ments and favorable comments TO the
new management.
Mrs DR.. s. A. Bass and Mrs. Prof.
George w. Hoss VIII assist Mrs. l.. s.
Garter in receiving her friends and
friends friends at her rooms 504 and
SOC Sedgwick block. from to 10 this
afternoon and evening.
The social to be given by the Lilac
club at the Central Church of Christ to-
morrow evening bids fair to be quite a
unique and pretty affair Quite an in
teresting program has been arranged.
and all who attend will have an enjoy
able evening.
Judge Tucker has sent letter to the
county commissioners advocating the re
lease from jail of Kay" McCla4n, who
is in jail for cutting a. white man with
a knife. Judge says that he learnei
the facts after trying and sentencing
McClain and thinks he has received
punishment enough.
Harry Bowman, for several years the
mailing clerk of the Eagle, left last
night for Joplin, No, 10 go into bust
ness with his father. Harry is all
right and the good people of his new
home can place absolute reliance in
what he says and does. His wife and
baby accompanied him.
The last card received from George
Mold was dated ait Elwood, Ind, and
he came near speaking out in meeting
when he received a telegram from
Cash Henderson saying 1T is a boy"
He didn't, but he made his dummies
both say they wished they We're in
Wichita to smoke one of Cash's 2Sc
cigars.
In the hallway leading to the office
of DR.. Bennett a lamp exploded last
night and a fire alarm was turned in,
but the flames were extinguished be-
fore the arrival Of the department.
Some one telephoned TO Cash Henderson
that his store was on fire and he came
up the street like CREASED lightning.
No particular damage was done.
Mrs. Hattie Mcdonald. wife of the
man who killed Tom Patterson, and
for whom Anderson Gray was sent 90
the penftentiary for life for having
hypnotiZed Mcdonald. was in the city
yesterday and visited Mrs. Gray. Mrs
Mcdonald is now living in Kansas CITY.
and she is doing everything in her
power TO have Mr.. Gray pardoned- She
made an affidavit in the case and ap-
pearN before the board of pardons.
Mrs. George B. Dean, nee jeanette
Ross, died at her home at Wellington
yesterday morning after several weeks
illness She was the oldest daughter
of William Ross, one of the early SET
tiers of the county. and has been a res
ident Of Sedgwick and Sumner counties
since 1870. The funeral will be held at
Wellington this afternoon at 2;30 o'clock
The ceremonies viii be conducted by
the Degree of Honor lodge, OF which
she was an active member, being one
of the state lecturers. She was a sis
ter of Mrs. NJ A Carvin OF this city
and A. F. Ross Of Clearwater.
Yesterday George Newal ran a knife
into the body Of John Cheney, a little
boy living near the Lewis street bridge
He was promptly arrested and a great
many people think he ought 10 be pun
ished severely, for II appears the stab
bling was uncalled for and not in the
least deserved. The doctor who dress
ed the boys wound says that the knife
suIoS % UlpDsIQ sIIgg uIulIA 5uIBo
through the heart and killing him in
stantly. Newal is a grown boy, while
Cheney is a little fellow The people
who live IN the neighborhood say that
there was no provocation 70 Justly an
assault Of any kind, much less an as
sault with a knife. Bond was given
last night and Newal was released.
A day or two ago one OF the High
school boys rendered one Of the girls OF
the same institution a fun and COM
plete account OF the situation % M
heart toward her. Apparently from
the tenor Of his epistle Cupid had dump
ed his entire spring supply of dart.
upon his palpitatiug and yearuiug Elz-
zErd- The young lady after receiving
the inventory aforementioned. sent hin
back IN reply her opinion mat be Vas
suffering from a severe y not dangerous
attack q delierum tremens. OF some
other disease. whtch Rontgen rays hat