The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1896-04-04
or of Oklahoma and Miss Alice N.

| Special Lenten deVOtlonal service:
have been held at the cathedral during
the past three days.
There has been no fight so far dur.
ing the campaign but one or two were
threatened yesterday.
Judge Ed Marchant is rapidly recov.
| ering from the effects of a painful and
critical surgical operation.
Governor Lewelling has moved to
South Main street and not South Wa.
ter as heretofore stated.
Men were out yesterday hanging bills
announcing tn opening of McMaban's
| circus in this city April II.
| ". II. Wilson of Arcadia, y. Y, is
spending a few days in the city He
has large property interests here
Clarence Whitbeck has moved his
| stock Of groceries into the room for
| merly occupied by him on South Main
street.
The funeral of Harry fuller will be
| held at the First NJ. E. church Sunday
afternoon at 4 o'clock All friends are
| invited.
William Davis is the proud possessor
| Of a new buggy with rubber tires,
which he had manufactured by Bloss
1 & ~ 1OuTht
! For sale next Wednesday morning a
dead cinch" on carrying four wards
/ in the city. Apply to George Locke at
| the pOstoffice.
| No Republican should allow the red
waist sisters, Democracy and Popu-
! ism, TO lure him away from the straight
and narrow path next Tuesday.
There will be some swell dresses seen
in the churches tomorrow. One young
lady attending st. Johns church will
wear a dress trimmed with 102 yards of
ribbon.
H. G. Toler is being groomed by the
Demo-Pops as a candidate for state SEN
ator on the mongrel ticket, providing
the ring can bring forth such a mon
strosity.
The West Side Prohibition ticket has
withdrawn for the purpose of beating
Ben Mclean. In some unaccountable
reason the Prohibitionists are always
trying to defeat temperance man.
The jury in the Hillmon case at To-
peka was discharged yesterday. They
stood eleven to one in favor of the in
surance company. This was the near
est point TO an agreement ever reached.
County Attorney Jones of Anthony
was visitor in the city He came up
on business and for a little recreation
after four or five days work in the ex-
aminations in the murder case held
there.
Mrs. Phoebe Weaver. daughterint
law of Captain A. ]. Weaver, died yes
terday morning. She had been mar
ried about seven months. This is the
second death in Captain WeaVers fam
lily recently.
James B. Goodwin of Lake City, Bar
Der county, was in the city yesterday.
He says that Barber county is returning
gradually to a cattle standard and thai
there is more money than ever invested
in steers there.
By a typographical error yesterday
the Eagle was made TO say in a head
line that George L. Pratt had come out
for Mckinley, Protection and Prohi-
bition. 1t should have been Prosper
ity," instead of Prohibition"
The Epworth 1ague of the First NJ. z.
church will hold a sunrise prayer ser
vice Easter morning from TO a. M,
led by John Coldwell, general secretary
Y. NJ. G. a. An invitation is extended
TO all young peoples societies of the city
and TO all young people.
Let it be a clean Republican sweep
in all the wards and precincts next
Let not the old hog Of De-
fasten her tooth in any part
of the Peerless Princess. Say to the
world that you are tired of hard times
bond issues and increased tax burdens.
From all reports there is a healthy
or rather unhealthy row in the Metho-
dist church at Kingman, and Presiding
Elder Martindale was called to the
scene to try and patch up a truce Of
grace. He then went before Bishop
Andrews who is now at Salina holding
conference.
The following dispatch will be sent
out from Wichita next Tuesday night:
1.-The Republicans of Wichita swept
the city today with an increased ma
jority, beating strong fusion Of Dem
ocrats and Populists. Wichita is for
protection and prosperity.
Great applause all over the state and all
over the country.
Wichita Populists are awful hot be-
cause of an interview in a Topeka pa
per by John Briedenthal in which he
refers to that Lewelling crowd" They
believe that John is playing the sneak
in the grass preparatory TO playing the
dark horse act at the state convention.
Governor Lewelling made Mr.. John
what he is. oh, ingrati-
tude.
Item in next Wednesday mornings
Eagle: Every ward and precinct in
the city went Republican yesterday for
the first time in history. The citizens
ticket was not in it. George Cone and
Rufe Locke committed suicide from
caused by their defeat. |
The people sat gloriously down on the |
twin bosses of Populism and Democra- |
~. Farmer Doolittle was around all |
night saying II told you so"
Giles Smith actually believes that |
he will beat that grand man William |
hines at the polls next Tuesday. A |
man who can so easily persuade him |
self TO believe in a thing so improha- |
bic Is not the kind Of timber Wichita |
wants in the city council Next Tues |
day Giles will awaken 10 a realization |
Of the fact that in politics there are |