The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1897-05-04
In I. Towns About
Arkansas City.

Arkansas City.
From the Daily Traveller.
]. B. Woods went to Wichita this
morning to join the Vivian De Monte
company. In two weeks he will go to
Colorado.
s. L. Maxwell left for Wichita this
morning where he has been checked in
as Wells Fargo agent His family will
remove there in few days. Our kind
es, wishes follow the Maxwells in their
new home.
DR.. Williams Of Guthrie was in the
city today. He visited Geuda also. The
doctor informs US that the telegraph dis
patches sent out from Guthrie in regard
to the food were greatly exaggerated.
He thinks that not over six people were
drowned.
Sam and Will Smith have got in their
work again and it looks like the people
ought to become sufficiently aroused TO
capture these embryo desperedoes.
Saturday night they went to the home OF
Johnson Leeper, father of Edgar Leep-
er. of this city. and held the family up.
securing over 50 in money.
We are Informed that Amos Fits,
has been indicted by the grand jury on
the charge of embezzling $1,000. Fits
IS the man who sends all of them fake
dispatches from Perry.
a night or two since burglars entered
c. T. Atkinson's house through the
kitchen window. The noise they made
eating in awakened Mr.. Atkinson. He
go up and lighted lamp. The burglars
hearing c. T, decamped without any
booty.
Saturday night coach load Of United
States prisoners from Ardmore, o. T,
passed through the city en- route to east
ern penitentiaries. The gang was rough
looking and contained all sorts of GRIM
i1ais.
Yesterday Will McGovern took party
of young folks to Winfield in his picnic
wagon. There were fifteen in the crowd.
They took their dinners and ate in the
parry. They had a very pleasant time.
N. Baumgartner, who makes spe-
eialty Of spraying trees at Cedarvale,
says in spraying large trees the spray
should be made stronger. One pound Of
London purple to 100 gallons of water is
not strong enough 10 injure large trees
and is effective.
DR.. L. D. Hodge left last night for the
annual Kansas Dental convention at To- |
peka. DR.. II. believes the only way a |
man can keep in touch with his profess |
sion is by meeting others interested in |
The same line. He has never failed to
attend these conventions since he left |
college. /
Henry Simpson is back from yelling |
ton. Last week Henry was arrested in |
this city charged with stealing horse |
from Jake Rarick. He was taken to |
Wellington and locked up. Saturday he |
was locked up as the officers had no evil |
Hence against him whatever. A damage
suit against thes heriff of Sumner coun-
ty is talked Of
Hutchinson.
From the Daily News.
The Associated Press announces today
The appoin're of John B. Vincent as
postmaster a Hutchinson. Thus endeth
a lively contest IN which good candi-
dates were engaged and which was car
red on in friendly manner. Mr.. Vim
cent was endorsed by eX-Congressman
Long and Senator Baker, and after that
was decided, which was known some
time ago, the contest narrowed to him
and Mrs. Brown, the latter having a
very strong backing from personal
friends of President Mckinley in Ohio,
rho hopepd to override the Kansas en-
dorsement. But politics is politics"
and the rule that is almost inviolable is
that the recommendation OF a United
States senator for an appointment in his
own state cannot be turned down. And
it wasn't
Judge Simpson will hold court at New
ton this week, beginning tomorrow
morning.
The experimental Y ray lecture on
next Thursday evening will be an in
teresting event.
/; will soon be warm enough for the
Hutchinson NJ wton crowd to meet at
Ciaesens Eli!.
D!s.rics cour. has adjourned until
May eith, when session Will be held
TO finish up business.
The resignation of Superintendent J.
c. O. Morse had hardly reached his
beard OF managers when the resignation
Of Assistant Superintendent n. L. Hal
lowell and s. c. Hogue and Z. S. West.
guards. went 10 me SUpS- AiS
board of man gers will meet at Topeka
May II. in the governors office, and it
IS understood that every appointment
viii be directed by Governor Leedy.
/; takes time 70 do business, especially
when a bank is closed and the officers
don't have TO hurry. The delay OF max
ing definite announcement about the
affairs OF the Bank OF Hutchinson is
causing righteous complaint on the part
OF depos:tors.
Wellington.
From the Daily Mail
Saturday evening the Smith brothers
WHO caused so much trouble IN the
south part of the county held up man
sud woman near Arkansas City and
-obbed them Of So. Sam Smiths house
hold goods are now standing in a wagon
al the farm Of his father-in-law. Tom
Hicks Wright, but the location Of the
Smiths is still unknown.
Frost appeared again last night in the
lew places. but not in sufficient quantity
n do much. if any. damage. There was,
however, the heaviest frost which there
has peen during the past week. Every
me would little rather il would let up
on this kind of weather. Those who
have growing crops at least would feel
e afe- d,