The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1899-07-18

Mr.. H. L. Gordon. prominent cattle
man OF Medicine Lodge. is in the city.
Miss Carrie Bliss, cashier at Vein
schenks grocery, is taking vacation.
In business way last month Is said to
have been the most prosperous Wichita
ever saw
Mrs. R E. Torrington and children left
this morning for Riverview, Mich, for an
extended visit.
T. A Russell Of Belmont. Kan. passed
through the city last night on the way
to Kansas City.
Mr.. Boyle is making an effort to have
Senator Beverage of Indiana deliver
lecture In wichita
Mrs. ]. c. Casey and daughter Edna
left yesterday for st. Louis and points in
Illinois to visit for a month.
c. o. Garvey of Chicago is in the city
for a visit with Wichita friends. He Is
on his way from California east.
Mr.. Joe Carter. representing c. e. Potts
Drug company, is suffering from very
aggravating attack of hay fever.
1t will take two more big rains or a
lot of little ones to make the corn all
1t should be. 1t Is safe August Is.
Mr.. Andy Payne. route agent of the
Wells-Fargo Express company. left for
Kansas City last night on business.
The express business in wichita in June
was larger than it had ever been in any
previous month in the history of the city.
Mr.. Fred Dold, manager of the Dold
packing house at this city, left last night
for an extended business trip through
the south.
Mrs. Alexander and her daughter. Miss
Florence, left yesterday for weeks
visit with Mrs. W. s. Grosvenor Of King.
man, Kan.
VIII Pierce, who is now stationed in Ne
braska as district agent of his Insurance
company, is back for a few days visit
and vacation.
Colonel Foutz Of College Hill believes
he has a sure cure for chigger. He finds
the ,chigger and pours q drop OF cam
phor in on him.
Miss Josephine Wallace, 237 North Mar
ket street has returned from a months
visit with friends at Garden Plain. much
improved in health.
Mrs. Riley Sheldon and baby of Kansas
City, arrived yesterday from salina, and
will be the guest of Mrs. George Nor
gan for a few days.
The pension department has iadded TO
Pension Agent Newman's field twelve
more counties, all lying west Of the city,
along the Santa Fe railroad. 90
VIM. Simmons. one of the oldest SET
tiers of the county, who lives South OF
Andover, but is we'll known here, died
Saturday and was buried Sunday.
Winnie & Winnie were engaged yester-
day in moving their Office furniture and
effects from the Sedgwick block to rooms
on the fifth floor of the Zimmerly build
ing.
Mr. A. B. Wright returned from Excel
sior Springs, Mo-. Sunday morning very
i'll, with every symptom OF typhoid fever,
but DIR. Mlnnick reports him to be inn
proving.
A few days before Miss Belle slaven's
death she had some photographs taken
at Mr.. Sawyer's, Her parents did not
know of this. They have since taken
them from the gallery. 90
S. L. Maxwell had a letter yesterday
from Duncan Campbell, an old Wichita
boy, at Prescott, Arizona, in which Mr..
Campbell says the thermometer stood at
100 degrees while he wrote.
Mr.. w. A. Stewart and family and Miss
Jessie Stewart, niece. leave today for
Cincinnati, after very pleasant visit in
of L
ming. at 800 Mathewson avenue.
There Is a report out in Topeka that
Mr. Reed, chief OF the railway mail ser
vice here Is to be investigated on account
Of activity in politics. 1t is looked upon
here as mere Topeka space-filling story.
Freddie McCarty, little son of Mr.. and
Mrs. D. G. McCarty, died yesterday
morning at their home, 7H North Fifth
avenue Funeral will be held at the resi-
dence this morning. Interment In Cath
Ole cemetery.
Two corpses rested at the house at sos
North Main street, Sunday. One was the
body of Henry Allen, who died at 5
o'clock of consumption. The other was
the body OF a child born to Matte J.
Beasley at o'clock Sunday morning.
The following business men OF the city
have gone to New York to participate in
the Dewey reception: c. r. Fulton. as
spokesman; Newt Hockaday. of the
Hockaday Hardware company; Frank c.
Niles. the cigar broker, and Mr.. Chuck
Floyd
Mr.. Henry Schott telegraph editor of
the Kansas City Star. one of the b-aiui-
est young newspaper men in the west
stopped off in Wichita last night on his
way home from Oklahoma. where he has
been for a day or two taking look at
the wheat empire of the world.
The A. VI. r. Sunday school will picnic
at Lnwood park next Thursday. and are
preparing to have a great time. The
children and older ones will go out IN
wagons and other conveyances, and
there viii be plenty OF amusements dur
ing the day. They invite the public in
general 20 go with them and have a good
time.
The origin OF the old relics, human
bones, guns and knives. on exhibition in
Wichita, which were foun d near the
North Canadian. in the vicinity Of wau-
komis. Oklahoma. Is coming out. A band
of Mexican cattle thieves in 1sss were
overtaken by ca;tlemen. fight ensued
and the Mexicans were ann!hiIa;ed. The
relics here in Wichita are wha; is left
OF them.
Mr.. Dunno OF the Eagle. says there IS
a piece OF ground near BsiIvidere. KIoxa
county. which has been gradually sink