The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1900-04-15

1888 there were 30 marriages.
Chief OF Police Cubbon's father was
Manxnlan. He was seacaptain.
Councilman Charles LulinE started in
life as a printer up in Wisconsin.
Ashland Wilkes is the father Of ten
horses which are IN the 30 class.
-Four people have committed suicide in
Wichita in the last twelve months
Wichita carpenters figure that for small
houses, residences cost TO build $50 per
room.
Everybody is in favor Of the band COR
eerts in the parks during the coming
summer.
The new street car service has already
caused three persons TO sell their horses
and buggies,
From March 30. 1883. to March so. 1909,
there were twenty-five deaths from old
age in Wichita.
Considering the weather the sale Of
bicycles this year in Wichita is better
than in former years.
The chainIess wheels never caught on
locally There are only about six in
actual use in the city.
There IS a guage al the power house
which shows how many horse power Il IS
taking to pull the street cars.
In Sedgwick county in the last twelve
months there were e64 births, included in
which were eight pair of twins.
Of the babies born in Wichita and
Sedgwick county in the last twelve
morths 331 were boys and $50 girls
Wichita IS passing through a wave Of
spiritualism. The believers are enthusi-
astic and the incredulous are seofHng-
The old street fair arch is saIi stacked
up in pieces on South Main The plan
to move it to the park has been given
up.
The county Offices TO be filed this COM
ing fall are probate judge. county al
torney, district clerk, county super-nten-
dent
It looks a good deal like Bob Nef,
formerly Of Wichita, would be the fu-
sion candidate for Congress n Oklahoma
this fall
Wichita will get to see ony a partial
eclipse Of the sun next May. The eclipse
is total IN New Orleans and in New
York and the points between.
In Wichita last year there were 127
young ladies' married who were not TWEEN
ty-one years Of age. Only thirteen men
under age were married in the year.
tits estimated that on the paved streets
one fourth of the weight Of the old street
car rails had rotted away. The irons
dissolution was caused by electrolysis.
Just before the electric lights are turn
ed on the engineer at the station blows
the steam whistle This is a warning
to lnemen TO get away from the wires.
The era when houses were bought
TO move in Wichita is past. In former
days when a man proposed to buy your
house ''to move" he meant that he want
ed it dirt cheap.
Mr. Nelson, of the street railway, says
that some years ago when he took charge
OF the Springfield. Ohio. railway it was
almost in as bad a condition as the old
system in Wichita
Zoe Anderson Norris. formerly OF this
city, writes from Paris to the New YORK
Sun. The Sun is looked upon by writers
as one of the hardest papers in the
world to write for.
Farmer DooHttle notices this peculiari-
" of some Wichita folks; that If they
have fine buggy they are satisfied even
If their horse is worth only s25 with an
g harness on him.
Mr.. Duggan, the telephone man who
was recently promoted TO a fine place
at Kansas City. started in the telephone
business ten years ago b. sweeping out
the telephone office at Winfield.
Mr. Stones livery stable on First
street was formerly theatre and the
ceiling Is made of scenery. The former
prison, the garden, the cottage and the
street scene repose side by side.
Mrs. Hartman formerly Of Wichita now
Of Mexico. recently had occasion in Chi
hauhau 70 drive a spirited team up the
street. Spanish society was stunned at
the sight of a lady driving her own
horse.
\ southern lady who is now living in
Wichita SAYS that her father who had
several daughters. always compelled
them 70 gather around him once q year
and listen TO him read the presidents
message clear through.
There are boys in Wichita who will
make their mark. They are working
their way through college here and live
on as little as $3.50 week One young
man IS living today on 500 a week IN
order 70 get an education.
Robert Bean. now OF Zacateca=. Mexico.
formerly OF Wichita sent 10 the Eagle
{ recently a resurrection plant. II was q
dried tan-Ie % roots ahou- The size II
tennis bali L was placed in water
and has spread our fat and is a. large
as pie plate
Samuel :. Wcolard has a unique book
ANY time he sees a piece Of poetry or
! excellent prose which he likes he Is
! II copied of. by The typewriter On piece
I Of paper. He has been doing this fo-
months. and has lately had all the pages
/ bound into 4 book.
! Ernest" who fo- 50 many years stood
on the corner Of Douglas and Main anI
/ transferred street car patrons. is now
running a restaurant down in the Metro
pole TIE new system VIII r5t have
street car transfer man Bet th= tow1
doesn't seen natural with Ernest Of
the corner.
( That mysterious person. e D Gil
bert" has written ia-.e- - Z. r
+ Delarev encouraging him 81 his Dewey
sentiments Z n Gilbert has long writ
/ ten c7Duuaicaro-s % the Eagle There
IS re such nan br thst name. AMI WIN
usez p y Gilbert as q pen name has
: never been discovered
when small pox d-St 5-oE= cut II
Wichita = man was sent with = -5a -
cal 70 -he tenpe-a-v 1e=- house. ro-
+ knowing T. vas Tho 7ese house Wien
. he arrived the nan havT-E -he disease
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