The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1897-01-15
CITY IN BRIEF.

| j. y. brown or PnltaQelp1la Vas AT the
Carey yesterday.
/ F. c. Miles was down from Leaven-
| worth yesterday.
Fred. W. Bentley is in Topeka attend
ing to some legal business.
II. P. McColloch and wife OF Anthony
| are registered at the Carey.
]. : Hutchinson of Emporia was reg
| istered at the Carey yesterday.
T. W Rauze of Lyons was about the
| streets and hotel lobbys yesterday.
| Miss Harriet Moves is visiting this
| week with Kansas City, Kansas friends.
| A. c. Davis of Hutchinson is in the
| city and is stopping at the Manhattan
| hotel.
Judge S. w Shattuck, Jr.. left last
night for Topeka 20 attend the supreme
| court.
| Miss a NJ. Schaffner of Lewis Acad-
envy is suffering with a severe attack OF
| Ia grippe.
Judge c. A. Leland left yesterday af-
| .ernoon for ElDorado. where ne will
| spend a few days with his family.
C. ]. Mayer, one OF Newton's promi-
| nent citizens. was in the city yesterday
| looking after some personal affairs.
Mrs L. A. Duriey of North Fourth
| avenue is in Topeka this week, attend
ing the temperance meeting in session
there.
Miss Matte Young of ST. Louis is in
the city visiting her brother and sister.
Mr. and Mrs. T. c. Young of the Sedg-
wick block.
J. r. H. King secured a pension yes
terday afternoon for Mrs. Mary E. Rath-
bone, of s12 per month and back pen
sion of s205.
Attorney Earl w Evans has been elect
ed a vice-president Of the State Tenn
perance union for the Seventh congress
sional district.
The Dodge Avenue Junior League will
give social tonight at the church. All
are cordially invited to come. A very
pleasant time is anticipated.
Major Ewing left this morning for
Kansas City, where he has gone on bus
mess connected with the receivership Of
the Wichita National bank.
Ex-Probate Judge a L. Wyatt will re-
sumo the practice of law. He has pro-
cured the offices occupied by Harry l..
Gordon at ZIG and 21s North Main
street.
The funeral OF the late Judge Shields
VIII take place this afternoon at o'clock
from the residence. No. 712 North To-
peka avenue. Friends of the family are
Invited.
Postoffice Inspector W. E. Cochran OF
Hutchinson, Kansas. was in the city yes
terday looking after the local Office. He
was highly pleased at the condition of
affairs at the Wichita Office.
George p Dold of this city is attend
ing the meeting OF the Kansas State
Board of agriculture at Topeka this
week. He is on the program for an ad-
dress entitled, Some Views Of a Pack
err
Probate Judge Haymaker issued his
first marriage license yesterday. There
were two couples who decided to jour
ney through life together. They are ].
w. Beams of Belle Plaine and Miss Kate
e. Wylie of this city; and VI. +. Ward
and Miss Francis l. Warren, both of
Wichita.
Judge D. NJ. Dale has so far recover
ed from his attack of the grippe that he
expects to convene the district court next
Saturday morning at 9 o'clock. The
days proceedings will be largely devoted
to the dispensing of number of divorce
cases which have been on the docket for
a long time.
When the Frisco train came in yester-
day the engine was armed With a small
snow plow which was bolted on before
the Cow-catcher. the engineer said that
they had encountered no snow as yet,
bat put il on anyhow for precaution.
so that in case they did get into trouble
:hey would have it along.
The Christian Science Dispensary and
Reading Room society have presented
the public school library with copy OF
Science and Health" the textbook or
Christian Science. also a siX-months sub |
scription of journal published i'll the |
interest of the cause. The textbook was
presented 10 the Y NJ. c. "A library sew |
eral years ago. These were all CRATE |
fully received.
Quite a unique and modern program |
will be given at the Reformed church |
this evening. Mother Goose. with her |
troupe of fantastic personages. will be |
on hand and entertain the guests. The |
events will take place in the lecture |
room of the church. The Ladies Aid !
society have gone to considerable pains |
to arrange things so that they viii be /
agreeable for those attending.
The ladies of the Cooking club met yes
terday afternoon, with Mrs. Ralph Nil
lison, at her rooms in the Sedgwick block |
where they employed their time in max
ing caps and aprons for The children who
club The ladies have procured a large
room on the first floor of the Fletcher
block. where the lessons in cooking and
the culinary art will be given in all their
detail. Ire first lesson will be given
afternoon.
Father Benedict, who was the first
to enter the Masonic Home. has been
confined 70 his bed with a severe attack
Of pneumonia, for the past ten days. is
now out Of danger. DR.. Perdue has been
attending him twice a Gay during his
Illness. Father Benedict is over 81 years
# age. and during the fire at the Home
some months ago, he climbed DOWN the
fire escape IN his stocking feet. He IS
quite proud OF this feat.
The futile Library and Lyceum soci-
ETY. have removed from the southeast
corner of First and Market street - 125
North Main street. over carp & wick
arsham's shoe store. where they have
secured rooms for their library aa3 an
audience room for their lectures. The
first meeting al the new location will be
held sunday, Jan. 17th. al 3 O'Clock p.
n, AZ which time a lecture viii he given
1n the subject, rs there God?"
There has been considerable complaint
here lately Of the Eagle. which is circu-
ated every morning by the carriers. De-
ng stolen by noSs- VINO. i = INFERRED
-eturn 10 the city and sell them upon
he street The complaint comes from
he suburbs of the city principally. and
several persons have been making ef-
orts TO apprsheni the purloineT OF news.
)ut as Vet unsuccessfully- One lady On
he West Side told an Eagle reporter
yesterday that about a month o. - sco
certain boy moved away from the
andthe paper was left u
nolested Cor a week or ten days there
lfter. but the trouble began after that
inle expired. Some % the people think
: < the tricks OF some dog. and threat