The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1899-07-09
Che gus;hia Daily EasIs Sunday BIoruug gury 1soo

turned on in Wichita the first electric in
candescent lights ever seen in Wichita
The citizens along Market street were
petitioning like mad for q pavement
There was little else than paving talked
in the town in those days
Two hundred men were employed at the
car works by the then new manager. ]. T.
Chamberlain.
It was reported from Kinghsher that L.
r. Cole had been elected mayor. E. c.
Cole. ]. H. Gillespie. Morgan Cox and DR..
Crabtree councilmen. all Of whom were
Wichita men.
Joe Coats received an old newspaper
which had been through the Johnstown
flood.
A st. Paul paper published statement
that Wichita had been struck by a cy
clone and the people here were very in
dignant.
A crowd Of Wichita men went down to
st. Louis to confer with the business men
of that city looking to commercial reci-
procity between Wichita and st. Louis.
The new firm of Blackwelder & Hol-
brook, real estate. was announced.
Mr.. and Mrs. James Parks gave a tea.
Their guests were Reverend and Mrs.
Winters. Mr. and Mrs. Kos Harris, Mrs.
Judge Harris. Mrs. ]. F. Harris, Profess
scr and Mrs. Hayford. Mr.. and Mrs p NJ.
Dill. Mr. and Mrs. G. w. Larimer and Mrs.
Anawalt.
Captain Shields, the local wrestler and
stone mason, went to New Orleans TO at
tend the Sullivan-Kilrain fight.
Mr.. T. G. Long gave a party. The
guests were Mrs. Anna Core, Ella Long,
Libbie Pool. Belle Webking. Alice Pool,
Anna Long. Cora Beaver, Lizzie Long.
Katie Beaver, Ida Lane, Emma Polls and
Mrs. Knights. and Messrs John Pool, X.
Minnick, Joseph Hinkle. Charles Park
hurst, John Everett and J. Skinner.
There was an excursion from Wichita to
Medicine Lodge.
S. B. Amidon gave a party. His guests
were DR.. and Mrs. E. z. Hamilton, Mrs.
Boyd, Misses Ida Benn. Jennie Weeks
Eva Bonn. Dr. H. c. Hood. and Messrs
J. II. Mccall, Boyd Mcknight and Car
! ney.
John w. Mercalf, Miss Blanche New
comb, and Miss Alice Hutchins. the mu-
| steal faculty Of Garfield. were touring
Kansas with concert program.
party was given c. A. Rose. the
florist. Those present were Mr.. and Mrs.
A C. Mueller. Mr. and Mrs. A. Reed Mr..
and Mrs. c. Mueller. Mrs. J. Longmire.
Miss Minnie Longmire, Mrs. McLaine,
Miss Matte Bailey, Mr. VIII McLaine and
Z. ]. Mueller
Mrs Anna Ward was given a party. The
guests were Mesdames W. S. Neeld. NJ. A
Baker, 1. Barrick. c. Mccall. NJ. L. Smith.
NJ. Campbell. Bell Salisbury. C. Renfro,
Mr.. and Mrs MARCUS Ward. Mrs. Ada
Barrick. Maggie Garwood, Grace Maxwell
Matte and Minnie Couch, frankie and
Dora Davis. Cressie Barice. Jessie Short,
Cena Ward, Messrs. James Breidenstein.
! Will Marks, Lewis Short, Al. Goodin and
| Lewis Ward.
Mr. and Mrs. ]. D. Houston gave a
| party for Mrs. Beaumont Smith. sister
| OF Mrs. Lee Hall. The guests were Mr.
and Mrs John Alexander, Mr. and Mrs.
| Harry Hess, Mr.. and Mrs. A. l.. Craw-
ford, Mr.. and Mrs. C. W. Bergman. Mr..
and Mrs. Hatfield. Mrs. Dickson. Mr.. and
| Mrs. Lee Hall. Mrs. Beaumont Smith.
| Mr. ard Mrs. Arthur Allen. Mr.. and Mrs.
G. C. Matthews, Mr.. T. II. Robinson. Mr..
Rumsey, Mr.. W. C. Voris, Mr.. Jeff Hous-
! ton and Charles Ferguson.
Robert Maloney committed an assault
| on a child near the stock yards and came
mighty near being lynched. He was given
twenty-one years in the penitentiary.
At her home on Fairmount Miss Jessie
Lewelling (spelled Lewellyn them gave a
party. Her guests were Misses Sallie
| Downing. Corwin. Lemon, Mabel Sande-
| fur and Mary Hall, and Messrs. Huse
| Taylor. Marcus Cossitt and VIII McNeal.
H. -tar o.nfrV me
| in those DAYS was that of Hamilton
| Schooler.
BY vote Of eight 20 four az a special
| meeting Of the city council the city build
| ing was located on the corner of Emporia
and Douglas avenues Afterward this &C
ton was rescinded.
John F. Eabs Of Provo. Utah, and Miss
Libbit Butler were married.
| A. ]. Applegate returned from the east
where he had gone as a delegate TO the
national convention OF railway tele-
| graphers.
| The telephone company sued the Fair
| mount electric line because the electric
! line impaired the telephone service.
| Misses Mary Kelly. Ella Hellar. Anna
| Burr and Minnie Miliison were at Provi-
| dence Wells.
| The city directory fo- 1899 showed that
| Wichita had 10 lawyers. 81 doctors. II
| architects Q banks, 2 harness shops,
! universities. colleges and academies. pub
| lie school buildings, furniture establish
| ments. printing offices. IS dry goods
| stores, SO barber shops. u blacksmith
shops. "a bakeries. 5 book and stationary
| dealers. Il clothing houses, express COM
| panies. % -four and teed stores, l5 hard
| ware stores, IA jewelry establishments, i
| newsuapers. 9 Gueersware stores. II tall
! oring establishments. &c dry goods stores.
! IS grocery stores, Il shoe stores. 81 hotels,
and public houses. and IS lumber yards.
The young people Of the Baptist church
gave a lawn social at Miss Dovie Robin
| s0r's. Those present were Messrs. +. a
! NORTH. ]. {. South, F. II Stuckey. Ernest
/ Hin. Fred Hill. A. II. Lauck, Wait w.
/ Jones. Emery Elliott. c. o. Forby. F. z.
! A Smith. ]. z. Osborne. s. d. LAeurance,
! g. W. Kimbrel ". +. Mark. Charles
! Sharpe. W. 5. Gold~o:thy. Luther Burns.
| ]. Y. Montague, VIII Osborne. J. w. Dy-
! er. w. @. Noel Vic. Washburne, Lewis
/ Ward. George Boone. John Pool. II w.
| Simmons. r R Crane. V. L Alexander,
y E. burlington. w. s Biddle b Robin
| son. Grant Yeakey. ". T. Davis. Lewis
Short. w. T. Dando. g. V McCianahan.
| r. E Richards @ 3. Sawyer. c. z. Jones.
J r. Adams. 5. :. Billingsley. c 5. Cr-
| ban, WEI II. Dovden. A C. Mueller. 2.
| W Robbins. Phil II. Alexander. VIII
walter. J. :. Coe. VIII Garrison, Frank
| Duncan. sherman Gates. James l. Mead.
! John Andrews. 9. r Martin. II. H Pope.
I Charles =. CONN. Dr Wells. John ".
| Moore. and Misses Edith Mason. Dov!e
/ Robinson. Frances Foster. Sarah Foster.