The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1900-01-14
ADDITIONAL CITY NEWS
CITY IN BRIEF.

Gil tN 0fiEr.
Miss Sadie Joseph of this city is in
Newton visiting friends.
John Mahan returned yesterday from a
! business trip to St. Louis.
| Sheriff Simmons took Mrs. Lauck to the
osawatomie asylum yesterday.
| Postoffice Inspector ]. R. Harrison OF
ST Louis is at the Manhattan.
Charles Well has returned from a
weeks visit in Kansas City
Clarence Fulton leaves today for the
east to purchase seasonable goods.
Miss Sarah Billings Of Kingman is in
the city visiting Miss Elizabeth Staley.
E. w. Phillips, one OF the prominent
merchants of Mulvane, was in the city
yesterday.
Mrs. F. c. Kirkpatrick left for St.
Louis yesterday to attend the funeral of
| her brother.
Miss Alderman, accompanied by Mrs
Laura Sawyer, left over the Missouri Pa
ciic for the east last night
Miss Katie Wigs, head trimmer for
Wallenstein & COIN, leaves this week for
New York to buy spring millinery.
Harry Slater and Herman Means of
Newton, are visiting friends in the city.
They Will probably remain several days.
Mr. Harry Stinson will leave Tuesday
night for Chicago, where he has accepted
position in large wholesale shoe house
Miss Jasmine Wilhoite came down from
Newton yesterday evening to spend Sun
day with her parents, az POI South Main.
Mrs. J. E. Williams of Valley Center
came UP Friday to attend the recital
given at the Kelso school Friday evening.
Miss Della Lemon and Mr.. Roy Shannon
of Harper county are visiting with Mr.. r.
G. Below
The annual club quartette of Hutchin-
son gave the Eagle some excellent har-
mony last night over the long distance
phone.
Everett Maggard. postmaster at Ok
ford, and one of the first white children
born in Sumner county, died last night
of pneumonia.
Mr.. L. L. Crossfield one of Ponca City,
Oklahoma, most prominent citizens. was
in the city yesterday and made the Eagle
a pleasant call.
W. e. Graham has resigned his po-
sition with the Wichita Gas, Electric
Light and Power company to take charge
of a stock of groceries.
Frank Callahan passed through the
city yesterday on his way from Independ-
ence. Kansas, to Pond Creek, Oklahoma.
where he has accepted a position
been visiting her aunt, Mrs. VIM. Black,
and cousin, Mrs. Frank Fullington. the
past three months, has returned to her
home.
Miss frankie Murphy has returned
from Fulton. New York, where she has
been visiting for several months Miss
Murphy says that there is good sleighing
in New York now
Captain Burgess has received notice of
the death of his brother, Rev. Oliver Bur
CESS, in Cleveland, Ohio. Rev. Burgess
was a noted Methodist minister and was
81 years old at his death.
Mrs. J. NJ. Hoff, who has been in the
st. Francis hospital for treatment for
eight weeks, was removed to her home,
sos South Topeka avenue yesterday,
much improved in health
D. C. Bates who was formerly a letter
carrier in this city under Postmaster
Frank Smith, is now in Olympia, Wash
ington, where he is engaged in the furni-
ture and undertaking business. From all
accounts Mr.. Bates is doing we'll
r. s. Cook has returned from Topeka
where he went last Monday to attend the
annual meeting of the Kansas Improved
Stock Breeders association. He reports
a jolly good time, which ended with an
elaborate banquet which was given by
the association with compliments of the
Commercial club of Topeka.
At 9 o'clock yesterday morning the de-
partment was called out to a fire at l13
North Charles street, on the West Side
When they arrived on the scene they laid
1,450 feet of hose and still needed 100 feet
more. The firemen then carried out all
the furniture and let the house burn. The
loss was covered by insurance.
Hiram Norcross of Monmouth Ill, was
doing business with Messrs Freeman &
Freeman yesterday. Mr.. Norcross is a
rising young attorney He has made sew
eral trips here and is more in love with
Wichita every trip. He and his father
are heavy land owners in Sedgwick coun-
ty Mr. Norcross returned home via the
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