The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1897-08-15
CITYlN BRIEF.

last evening.
Mrs. Guey Reynolds left for Eureka
Kan, yesterday.
Sam P. Johnston OF Newton is a CUES
Of friends in the city.
Fred Siglinger, one Of Newton's hard
ware merchants. is in the city.
Miss Maud Parks has returned from q
two months outing in Wisconsin
Nellie Bly, North of Newton has re.
turned to the city TO spend the winter.
George Jones, son OF Mr. and Mrs. G.
P. Jones, is very sick with typhoid fe-
| yer.
Mrs. T. W. Van Derveer and daugh-
: ters have returned from a six weeks Wis
il in Iowa.
Mrs. E. W. Spofford left The first OF
the week for Boston 70 visit Mr.. Spot
ford's parents.
Mrs. E. B. Smith and son Edgar re-
| turned from a several weeks visit in
California yesterday.
Miss Jean Love Of Kansas City is in
the city, the guest Of the Misses Wrigt
| on North Lawrence avenue.
A. S. Parks has returned from a
months absence in Chicago attending to
personal and business matters.
c. A. Tanner & Co. have been ap-
pointed the Wichita and Sedgwick county
agents for the new school book commits
sion.
International Secretary Burt of the Y.
NJ. C. A, of Chicago, and Staff Secretary
Baird Of Topeka, were in the city day
or two this week.
At the social for the benefit Of the
Children's Home, Shaw's orchestra viii.
furnish music, having kindly offered
their services gratis
The Sheets property, corner Douglas
and Market, will be sold at sheriff's
sale on Wednesday next at 10 a. m. at
the west door Of the court house.
Policeman Billy Stewart, who has been
on vacation for ten days, came up from
Clearwater yesterday and will go on duty
today. He says Clearwater is on a boom.
Mrs. z. z. Keck and children will ar
rive home this morning from Quincy
H., where they have been spending the
summer with relatives and friends.
The directors of the Children's Home
Will give a lawn social Wednesday night,
Aug. IS. on the court house grounds.
Ice cream and cake will be served.
Miss Geohegan will sing The Holy
City" at the Presbyterian church this
morning, and Miss Mabel Larimer will
sing a solo at the evening service.
Miss May VI. Randall and Miss Ollie
Baker. who have spending the past two
Wichita, returned 10 their home in El
Dorado yesterday.
Mrs. McCrae and Miss Lee McCrae
leave Tuesday mornig for the east They
will visit in Chicago, South Bend and at
Niagara Falls, reaching Indianapolis about |
September LIST, where they will make |
their future home.
Mrs. ]. R. H. King has so far i'm? |
proved as to be able to enjoy a short |
drive, and expects to leave Tuesday for |
a visit with friends in Furley, Kansas. |
Her many friends wish her safe return |
and much improved in health and |
strength.
Mrs. and Mrs. Huse, Mr.. and Mrs. |
Myatt Mrs. Fifer, Mrs. Morris, Mr.. and |
Mrs. Howard and family, Mrs. Tartar !
and daughters, Florence Huse, Charlotte |
Charlasten, Annie Noel, Tom Sullivan,
VIII Morris, Bert White and Miss Tar
tar are camping this week at the Walnut.
Wheat took a decided upward shoot |
yesterday, soft selling for 70 cents and |
hard Y cents a bushel. Corn was off |
cents, selling for % cents a bushel. The
millers have advanced the price Of -four
10 cents a hundred, owing 10 the steady
increase in the price Of wheat.
II is proposed 10 make the social al
the court house grounds Wednesday night
next an attractive affair. The ladies will
do everything in their power 10 insure an
agreeable time. There will be music and
eating and all that with no expense eX-
cept to pay for what You may desire in
the way Of refreshments. The profits
are 20 go to the little ones on the hill who
haXe no home except as the good people
IF the city enable these ladies to provide
one for them. If you can't go yourself
send your children to the Wednesday
night social provided with sufficient
funds 10 pay for at leas; a dish of ice