The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1899-11-25
CITY IN BRIEF.

| Mrs. w. H. Church is visiting in To-
Deza
Governor Stanley was in the city yes
terday.
E. H Madison of Dodge City. was here
yesterday
Bruce L. keenan, returned yesterday
from a trip to Topeka
| Fred Koehler of Morton township. is
very sick with typhoid fever.
| Miss Lola Maxwell gave party at her
home. 917 North Market, last night.
The Y NJ. c. A. held reception at the
hall on North Main street last night
Mrs. E. V. WEIGH will go to Kansas
City Monday for a three weeks visit.
Mr.. Chas. E Cook and family left yes
terday for their new home in Neodasha,
Kan.
The Wellington football team failed to
show up for its try with Paramount yes
terday.
Mrs W. S. Hawk, 237 North Market,
has returned from a visit of several days
in Belle PLANE
Mrs. DR.. Stitzell of Kansas City is
visiting Mr.. and Mrs. J. H. Brown on
North Water street.
Marcellus Murdoch left on the Missouri
Pacific this morning for Coffeyville for
two or three days visit.
]. F. Andrews sold his farm near
Keechi to c. F. Johnson of Illinois, who
will move out west at once.
Miss Minnie RIGHT is visiting In FL
Dorado, the guest of Mrs. George AM
born, at the Metropolitan hotel.
Rev. Bruce Griffith has just finished
new house, the construction of which he
did himself, except the plaster work
T. C. Holcomb, of the newly named
town of Zenda, on the Englewood branch
Of the Santa Fe, was in the city yester-
day.
Miss Pearl Murdoch leaves this morn
ing for Little Rock, Hot Springs and
Pine Bluff, Ark for few weeks visit
with friends.
Long & Hites' Crystal steam laundry
will be repaired with all new machinery
and the business moved from 81 East
Douglas avenue to ia South Emporia.
Mrs. Jones and her daughter, Miss
Bertha, will leave tomorrow for their
home in Louisville KY. They have been
visiting Mrs. Jones' sister, Mrs. Jacob
Pittinger.
Ice cream is hot stuff in cold weather
if the fact that ten gallons of 1t was
sold at the entertainment given by the |
teachers at Lincoln school yesterday |
counts for anything.
A lamp turned over in Garfield hall /
last night and spilled out the oil, which
caught fire. There was evidence Of a
panic, but Father Then with word
got the crowd quiet.
Complaint was made at the police sta
tion yesterday of an outfit of movers
camped near the Second street bridge.
Captain Mcmillan went down and ordered
them out of the city limits. They were
Mexicans.
Pete Lyons, travelling passenger agent
of the Missouri Pacific, made Wichita
yesterday When the Missouri Pacific
builds its new depot Mr.. Lyons will be
one of the most popular railroad men
making Wichita.
Mrs P. w King, us Hinton avenue,
was 81 years old yesterday, and Mes.
danes w. L. Drake. P. c. Bristow and
birthday party. Refreshments were serv-
ed and 1t was pleasant afternoon to all.
Complaint was filed in the city court
yesterday, charging three colored boys,
Sam Shirts, Ed. Paul and Ben Tynes,
with stealing a large quantity of new tele-
phone wire from the telephone company.
The complaint was sworn to by E. Gem
eny.
Robert Finney, chief clerk Of the local
Frisco freight department. is said to be
kept very busy these days entertaining
book agents. 1t is said that Mr.. Finney
never turns one down. He even bought
one of Felix McNeaPs songs the other
day and will soon be able to sing it with
all the pathos the nature and sentiment
Of the song requires.
Marion Ray, the man who was found
acting so strangely on South Lawrence
avenue the other day and taken to the
city jail was yesterday removed to the
county Jail. 1t is thought he is insane,
and information to that effect viii prob
ably be filed today. The young man Is
said TO be part negro and Mexican, and
5 very peculiar case OF insanity.
A team hitched to a delivery wagon
to T. c. Rich became frighten-
ed near Emporia avenue yesterday after
loon about O'Clock and ran down Doug
as at break-neck speed until they
anne to Lawrence, where the pole of the
wagon was caught beneath another
wagon thus separating the horses and
allowing them to break away. They ran
,cme distance, but were soon caught.
The driver, Mr.. Rich held on as long
IS the wagon and team stayed together
md showed considerable courage. for L
ooke5 very dangerous for him. He was
Inhurt, however. and the only damage
lcne was % the circle Of the wagon,
which was broken
HIS LIFE WAS SAVED