The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1896-05-24
CITY IN BKIEE.

J. s. Carson will deliver the address
on Decoration Day at Benton.
Ida A. Hug, aged %. died Friday at
her home in Kansas City. The inter
ment will take place today.
Miss Emma Hill one of the city teach
ers, will begin a summer school at the
Webster building on Monday, June l.
Ceramic Art reception June 5th and
9th, Friday and Saturday, by Miss Sa-
die Kaufman and pupils to which all
are invited.
Miss Margaret Brown went 10 Hutch
ison last evening for weeks visit with
Miss Broadwell and incidentally TO take
in the jubilee.
Died, May %, at Sis p, m. Jennie c.
Christopher, daughter of Mr. and Mrs.
John Christopher. aged IS years. Fun
eral services at the First NJ. Z. church
Monday afternoon at O'Clock.
The name OF Charles Robinson circle
No. 50 Ladies of the Grand Army, was
omitted from the program published
yesterday morning. They are invited
to take their place in the column at the
entrance TO the auditorium at o'clock
today.
Mr.. Frank Jones left last evening
over the Santa Fe for Chicago, where
he has gone to accept q. position. Frank
has been an employee OF Coler L. Sim
for ten years. He will be greatly miss
ed by his many friends as he was
great favorite.
A meeting of the Grand Army post
commanders Of the county was held yes
terday with ]. NJ. Minick as chairman
and Charlie Duncan OF Valley Center
as secretary. j. b. Kirk was recon-
mended for Aid and J. r. Brown for as
sistant county inspector.
Mrs. DIR. ]. W. Minick and daughter,
Miss Jessie, returned yesterday from
Sherman, Tex. They report the cy-
clone as being terrible. They stood
spell bound within 200 yOrds from its
path and saw the fearful effects of as
well as the whirling mass OF buildings,
trees and human beings; 81 were in
stantly killed and 80 have since died and
many more will die.
The finest and altogether the choicest
hpx of strawberries that we have seen
this year, IL not in a life time, as they
are the largest and most uniformly
ripened and lucious altogether, comes
to this office from the hands Of Mrs. II.
w Morgan and were raised ar her home
1857 Park Place in this city. Each
berry is the size OF a large plum or an
ordinary Seeding peach.
DIR. Schultz says a conductor reports
that the mad dog at FreepOrt bit three
| other dogs in that town. Then the
dog lit out and they could not trace
| him. This morning the people took
his trail again buggies. They have not
| caught him yet, but they have found
where he has bit several dogs at farm
houses along his track. When last
heard from the dog was travelling south
from Freeport.
Postmaster Sigismund OF Fort Reno
called yesterday and In conversation he
said: My business has kept me Trav-
cling almost constantly for the last
seven years, in the United States, and
| l have seen all the towns said TO be
handsome and desirable 10 make a
| home in, and really 1 think Wichita is
equal to any of them. Kansas today
| Is certainly one of the most beautiful
/ countries on the earth, and this little
| city adds beauty and freshness 70 the
| landscape Of this valley that is 10 be
| greatly admired"
! Some twenty or thirty statesmen trav-
cling for grocery houses met in this
city yesterday. A reporter talked with
a number OF them at the Carey hotel
| last night. They claimed 10 have or
ganized an association among them
selves under the rules Of which they
would give six members SIS per week
| not TO exceed ten weeks. They said
they were here 70 push the interests OF
| the organization among the grocery
| statesmen living in this city. one tray
| cling salesman told the reporter that
| the meeting was in the interest OF main
/ tanning prices. L seems from what the
! gentlemen said that the statesmen have
/ recently been cutting prices in many in
/ stances at their own expense and that
/ the object Of the meeting was 10 bring
I the boys together and Do away win
/ the cutting of prices.