The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1897-02-20
ADDITIONAL LOCAL MATTERS
CITY IN BRIEF.

County Commissioner Sealock is in To
peka.
Al ounser and Hank Heiserman wen
hunting yesterday.
John Doran is steadily improving, but
the process is quite sow.
Ed Hoover. an old Wichita boy, Is ur
from Texas for few days
Henry Schnitzler has returned from a
business trip to Kansas City.
Deacon" Wilson of the county CON-
missioners board, has returned from To-
peka.
Judge Dale Of the district court is home
again after quite sojourn at the state
capital
'Miriam's Tower" Mrs. J. NJ. Knapp's
new book, is now on sale at the leading
book stores of the city.
A boozer went into a joint Tin Topeka)
yesterday and called for a potation of
red liquor. After he had gulped it down
he said: Charge it to the dust; the rain
will settle it,
The First German Ladies' Aid society
will give masquerade ball on March .,
times" ball, says the card. How could it
be otherwise?
j. F. Craig, who recently went from
here to South McAlester. 1. T. writes an
interesting letter to Judge A. P. Olinger,
showing the lay of the land in that new
and fertile field.
Mr.. c. c. Cotton of La Belle, n. NJ.
Of tha iobt
ing company, is in town for severa! DAYS
IN connection with the company's bust
ness. Mr.. Cotton stops at the residence
OF Mr.. F. Menu.
Mrs Ada Fletcher, wife Of NJ A.
Fletcher, died a her home in the Fetch
er block a. o'clock yesterday morning
and will be buried this afternoon at 2:30
o'clock. Her maiden name was Parker
and her parents reside near Bayneyille.
this county.
Joe Fennell has only one arm but he
can do two mems work when it comes to
managing 2 dance. The hop given by
him on Thursday night at Oak Street
hall was fine success. Joe proposes TO
keep up the Terpsichorean meetings I'M
til the robins nest again.
John Noble, the artist and "blue-eyed
boy of destiny" is fitting up studio at
205 North Main street. He has a number
of orders on hand and VIII soon get down
to artistic work. In his recent trip to the
Walnut river he secured some fine
sketches-snow scenes N the deep for
eStS.
j. j. Arnold, the eloquent auctioneer, |
was in town yesterday with his throat |
tn a sling. He had cried the big sale for |
Frank Means, near Goddard. He said !
there were fully 800 people at the sale |
and everything brought good price. One |
jack. (whatever that may mean brought |
$500 and one span of mules sold for S19o. |
The two lectures by Professor Dyche |
yesterday afternoon and last night were |
very interesting. The children who at |
tended during the afternoon lecture were |
equally as well entertained as the house |
full of grown folks in the evening. Pro
fessor Dyche's excellence as an entertain
ing instructor is too well known for any
comment.
Entering the probate court room yes
terday, an Eagle reporter asked for news.
Not a thing going on said Judge Me-
Canless. Then he looked at a knot-hole
in the floor for a few moments and re-
marked: Cupid has got Ia grippe or else
is attending the Kansas legislature The
little rascal is not getting IN his work at
all in this office"
Farmers are coming in with hay and
grain, having four horses hitched TO their
loads on account OF the muddy condition
|
day had three horses abreast in Roman
chariot fashion. He said It was tough,
but there was one consolation-the earth
Of this valley was soaked to the bottom
and the crops of Kansas next summer
would be immense
In the probate court yesterday after
noon, Attorney Brooks leaned back in a
chair and said: 1T is a miracle that any
sheriff Of Sedgwick county pulls through |
4 term without being caught on some of
these judgments. The law and its raml- .
fcations render it very unenviabIe po-
sition. 1t swamped William Hays. and
he man who holds the job has to be alert
keep clear Of trouble
John Mahan. one Of the Guatemala !
writes home that the Wich-
"a boys are enjoying life in that salubri-
'us cline. He describes the salt water
,aths in graphic language. giving q pen
picture Of the natives who have no re-
gard for our dudish formalities, and who {
lrop their duds on the shore and plunge
nto the surf. cutting al kinds of didoes
n the saline tide. What seems to worry
'ohn most is the fact that sex does not
igure in the exercises. In the language /
Il Mark Twain, it makes his heart bleed,
nd he was 10 start for home on the 18th {
to keep from bleeding To death. I
I have given Chamberlain's Cough a
remedy a fair test and consider il one
T the very best remedies for croup that {
have ever found. One dose has ALWAYS y
cen sufficient, although I use 1t freely.
Any cold my children contract yields a
cry readily 10 the medicine / can con-
cientiously recommend il for Group and 5
olds in children.-Geo. E. Wolf. Clerk
+ the Circuit Court, Fernandina, Fla. p
old by druggists.
COMING LOCAL EVENTS d"
tonight at the Y. NJ. c. A. the High
chool team viii contest with the Y. ". c. (
l. team at basket ball No admission will c
e charged, and good time is expected. c
All travelling men are requested 10 at Il