The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1896-04-12
CITY IN BkIEE.

to Colorado
When it rains on Easter Sunday it
will rain for seven consecutive Sundays,
SO says the Dutch. 1t rained last Sun
day.
Invitations are out for the last party
of the season of the Owl and Crescent
club.
w. ]. Frazier has new beam of April
sunshine in his home at 127 North En-
poria avenue. Its baby boy two days
old today.
The railroads leading into Wichita
have made reduced rates for fifty miles
to parties attending Bond Brothers cir
Gus in this city Friday and Saturday
next.
Professor Blake said in his lecture
that man was just as apt to be struck
by lightning from the ground as from
the sky, or clouds. AIoral-put light
ming rod in your cellar also.
Mss Ruth Younger dided on Friday
evening alt the Wichita Hospital The
funeral win take place today from tine
residence OF DR.. ]. E. Oldham. corner
Of Market and Central avenue.
The practical joker wanted TO get in
his work on the reporters for the Eagle
last night but fortunately his joke die
not work. The practical joker IS as
bad sometimes as the gun that it not
loaded.
Last night Cash Henderson hitched
up his carriage and took all the girls
in his store home, thus saving their
trilbys from the mud and slush Cash
fills the Biblical injunction about how
a man should treat his employees to
dot.
The managers of the Wichita Madri
Gras carnival and ball have received
notice that a one and one-third fare has
been granted on all railroads for tine oc-
casion- The society of several cities
are arranging for large enough delega-
tons to chatter cars and special trains.
Great preparations are being made by
the Methodists Of this city TO celebrate
their first quarter centennial. The pro-
gram viii be four days long All the
former pastors. presiding elders, with
bishop if possible. Organ re0itals, lect-
ures by DR.. Berry, social, etc, will be
embraced in the week of festivities.
An effort is being made by Manager
MartEing to secure the celebrated Ellen
Beach-Yaw and her concert company
for a date at Wichita some time within
east and as she Will soon make a tour
TO California hopes are entertained of
securing 1.-The wonderful singer for Wich-
tia
Nearly two inches of rain fell last
night in less than two hours flooding the
streets and floating the crossings. FItz-
patrick was up to his knees in water
opening the manholes TO get a heavier
flow Of water into the sewers. This
immense rain will start all kinds OF
Vegetation growing. 1t will be worth
half a million dollars to SedgWick coun
ty.
Tomorrow night the great phono-
graph entertainment Will be given at
the First NJ. r. church Take the chill
dren and give them a rare treat and
learn them a lesson in science as well as
to give them a nice evenings entertain
menit II viii only cost 10 cents TO give
them a treat that will sharpen their
ideas; give them a recreation which will
tend to tighten their work in their
school hours.
Mrs. Reuben Roys entertained the
Conversations on Wednesday, when
Kansas authors were discussed az
length, several local authors receiving
considerable fiattering mention. The
lunch of whipped cream, Strawberries
and other delicacies was Of unusual de-
lfciousness. The guests were: Mrs. Lee
land, Mrs. FinEay Ross, Mrs. Kstchum,
and Mrs. Stoutenmyer. Miss Elvie
Walker will entertain the club next
Wednesday, subject THE Roentgen
Ray"
Mr.. J. C. Jenning, the longtime repre-
sentative of the Missouri Pacific traffic
interests at Wichita, but whose head
quarters are now ait Harrisburg, the
capital of Pennsylvania, along by
which flows the glorious Susqushanna
Of pIScatoriaI fame and name, has not
Forgotten his Old time Wichita friends
nor abated his love and loyalty for this
city. Yesterday mornings Pacific ex-
press brought J. c. CaSSell, w. T. Kyle,
W. E Bondurant, Thos- ]. Brook, and
the editor and business manager OF the
Eagle, each respectively, a splendid
specimen of SusQuelnan IA shlad, a fish
sought after at this season of the year
by every connoisseur of the finny tribe
Several years ago Mrs. Herman Piele
Of this city acct den'ually cut her hight
index finger with a piece of glass, a
fraction Of tho glass remaining in the
finger. This produced a calloused
BIUWUu OF VI liic OO4iC
tending over two joints OF the finger
The growth continued to enlarge until
The finger became twice its normal size
and perfectly stiff and was a source OF
great annoyance. Last Wednesday
DIR. Thomas removed the excessive for
nation completely, without the use Of
the knife and without henIoTrhage. The
wound began to heal at once, by first
Intention, and there has been no Supur-
alton A very remarkable operation
and entirely successful