The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1896-01-17
CITY N BRIEF.

! James W. Grier of Burnside, spent a
j busy day in the city yesterday.
The big river was raising very fast
| Yesterday which is an Unusual thing
! in January.
( DR.. Schultz was up on the Little
I River yesterday making il not for fell
Z lows who We're spearirg fish.
! George Mold is still laid up at St.
: Louis where he had case of hemorr-
hage caused by the strain on his lungs.
/ Mrs. Wilson, who has been taken care
I Of for some time by the Ladies' Aid So
! ciety of the West Side, died yesterday
/ in the Stanton block.
! Marriage license was issued yester-
/ day in the probate court to ". W. Coch-
rane of Fall River and Miss Ida May
Spangle Of the same place.
| Gus Hill while practicing catching
| ball yesterday was struck in the mouth
! with the ball and had one of his front
/ teeth Knocked completely out.
/ The Ladies' Aid society of the Central
| Christian church Will give a luncheon
/ at Mrs. Kerfoots, 426 North Emporia
avenue, Friday evening. Everybody
/ invited.
/ DR.. Cave made one Of his ministerial
/ friends of this city present of fine
/ silk hat yesterday. which was a surprise
/ to the minister but none the less ac-
J ceptable or appreciated.
/ There We're forty-three divorce cases
! on record at the beginning of the pres
! ent term Of court. Twenty-Five of the
/ ases were disposed of in one day which
/ leave eighteen yet to be tried.
The way Judge Dale is wading
/ through the docket at the district court
/ and diSpOsing of court cases is a eau
/ ton to attorneys and requires their a L
! tendance. Since court convened he has
! disposed Of over 500 motions.
On recommendation of County Su-
/ perintendent Mackey the board Of
county commissioners yesterday ap-
pointed o. W. Jones of Mulvane and
! A. D. Taylor of Derby Is board Of eX-
! aminers for teachers certificates.
! Will Marks and wife are happy over
/ the arrival of another new boy at their
home. Will says that when he gets
old he wants TO have plenty of boys to
/ help him along the downward journey
of life. The boy is buster" and the
/ cigars are good.
/ f. z. Bleckley received telegram
! yesterday from Superintendent Webb
/ notifying him of the hold-up of the
Missouri Pacific train near Nevada, Mo.
with a request that he notify the Off
| GERS to keep a lookout for the thieves.
/ The railroad check taken was numbered
6725.
| Queen City lodge No. 20 Degree Of
! Honor will hold a very sociable social
| on Tuesday evening, January q, 70
| which all A o. u. w. members and
/ their wives, mothers, daughters, sisters
and sweethearts are cordially invited.
/ Il will be a gem andrto miss 1t will be
/ to commit a grievious offense.
County Attorney II. L. Woods and
/ Attorney James Lawrence were in the
| city this morning from Wellington en-
q route to Guthrie, says the Winfield COu-
/ rier. Some time ago the three men
suspected Of buncoeing Henry Stunkle
a wealthy Sumner county farmer out Of
/ S, 600 were arrested at Oklahoma City
and the Sumner county officials won the
/ habeas corpus case before Judge Scott.
| The defendants appealed 70 the supreme
! court and the appeal will be heard at
| Guthrie today.
J. w. Watkins, cashier of the Dexter
| bank, came up last night. says the Win
! field Courier, and this morning swore
! out a warrant charging j. II. Baker
with forgery. This is the second charge
! of forgery against him and il Is thought
/ there will probably be others as there
were four blank money orders in the
depot at Tisdale when II was burned
and while Mr.. Baker stOutly denies the
| existence of any more outstanding
| forged orders II is thought more than
| probable that there are others yet 10 be
! heard from. In addition TO the two
! charges against the much prosecuted
| Baker, Detective z. Small. of the Mis-
! souri, Pacific today swore out COM
| plant against him for burning the Tis-
/ dale depot and he will be given hear
| ing on both Of these charges in Justice
Douglass court tomorrow.