The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1899-11-05
ADDITIONAL CITY NEWS
CITY IN BRIEF.

| Miss Edna Sdllwen is visiting friends
in Winfield.
Misses Sadie and Bertha HeTbert of 2S7
North Market. are visiting friends in Null
vane
The hall of the city library is being re-
paired and the library will not be open
until Wednesday of this week.
Aubery Francis, Jr., partner of the
grocery firm of Francis & Francis, is able
TO be out again after two weeks illness.
1t is reported that DR.. Berry of Iowa
has purchased the Hardy Solomon prop
erty on College Hill and will occupy it.
Frank H. Farris will go out towards
the vicinity of Belle PLANE on a hunt to-
day.
W. D. McFadden, who has been in the
city for several days visiting relatives and
friends, returned yesterday to Denver,
Colo.
Miss Maud Girty, formerly of Wichita,
is TO be married Friday to Louis c. Van
Ness of FL Reno, at Miss Girty's home
in Urbana. Ill.
Miss Anna Mclean returned home from
Chicago last Saturday evening, where she
has been visiting relatives and friends
for several months.
Died. Friday morning, November 3.
Mrs. T. ]. Burgess of ST. Joseph, Mo.
Mrs. Burgess is the mother Of Mrs. Jas.
H. Berry Of this city.
Mrs. J. P. Burrell, who has been visit
ing Mr.. and Mrs. c. H. Luling for the
past ten days, left yesterday for her
home in Seattle Wash
Ernest Ransom has resigned his posi-
ton with Longsdorf & Sturgeon. He
leaves this week for Chicago, where he
has a position offered him.
A F. Johnson, who has lived so many
years at and near Valley Center, has
bought a residence on Mathewson ave-
nue. and moved to the city.
The special cap sale at the Golden
Eagle yesterday was a sensation on East
Douglas avenue. The crowd was so large
that it was impossible to supply all the
trade.
Mrs NJ. L. Strowe has quite a collection
Of old coins made by her husband. One
other 1872. All Of them are French pieces
well preserved.
The city library is undergoing repairs,
made necessary by the falling of a great
slice Of plaster the other day. The
library is not open for visitors and will
not be before Wednesday.
Mrs. Lincoln Smith, formerly of the
Chicago Art Institute, has a beautiful
display of water colors in Martins win
dow. Mrs. Smith is at present with her
uncle, Mr.. F. A. Temple of Eureka, Kan.
While in the city she was the guest Of
Mrs. T. B. Wall.
Emmor High, who for the past several
years has been ]. S. Crouch's assistant
in the grocery business, leaves Tuesday
for Chicago, where he intends 70 go into
the jewelry business. He goes with the
highest recommendations and every as
surance ot success.
Plymouth Congregational church will
be dedicated next Sunday, November Z,
at 10 80 a. m. Rev. D. NJ. Fish, D. D., of
Topeka will preach the sermon. There !
will be several visiting brethren in at
tendance. A cordial invitation to the gen
eral public is extended.
+Ihe stockholders OF the crystal Ice
company, after hearing a satisfactory re-
port of the business. for the past year,
have ordered a general repair and new
machinery for the plant and have favor
ably considered the addition of twelve
ton machine. This will make an output
Of forty-two tons per day.
D. c. Simmons returned yesterday from
a trip to Ossawatomie and Ottawa. At
the latter place he witnessed the recep-
ton of the ottawa company of the Twen-
tieth Kansas, which he describes as a
most magnificent and stirring scene. Fun
ston was there and created great enthus-
ism by his appearance. The city was
damned with people.
The police, in searching the effects of
George Carter, who was arrested the
other day for stealing a set of fine single
harness from Mrs. Rinckle, found a fine
new Bible with morocco cover. Consid-
ering the nature of Carriers alleged Of
tense the officers are at loss to know
what he was doing with a Bible. They
think it has been stolen and request that |
if any one has missesd such property to !
notify them.