The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1900-03-28
CITY IN BRIEF.

| Mrs. Lutte Spar Will ieace Ior elnnE
| ton this morning
| e. H Sumption has returned from 1
business trip to Oklahoma City.
| C. /. Seagraves of the Santa Fe sys
| tenn was in the city last night
Real estate men are looking for rust
| of business within the next month.
Mrs. William Hossfeld is convalescent
after several days very severe illness.
Judge Myatt has returned from a plea
SAINT stay in Colorado Springs greatly
| improved in health.
Mrs. J. A Wheelock Of Anthony Is Wis
iting her parents, Mr.. and Mrs. ]. J.
Short, 221 Ohio avenue.
Messrs. John and Henry Surbech, two
enterprising young farmers OF Cheney
were in the city yesterday.
H. A. Smyth has gone to Mt. Hope to
manage a branch house which Smyth &
Sons have established there.
The court mouse lawn is looking beautt-
full. It is said the grass was never before
so healthy as 1t is this season.
Yesterday was one of the good old
fashioned windy days, and the dust came
with the wind. 1t was very disagreeable
upon the streets.
Jim Howard had his whiskers cut of
yesterday and it changed his appearance
so that the bank wouldn't cash a che K
for him without Identification.
Mrs. James Allison took suddenly i'll
yesterday and was unable to start on the
journey to Paris, as was intended. They
will not go until she fully RECEIVERS.
The show windows at Earp's shoe store
are being renlodeled and part of a new
front is being put in. which will add
much to the appearance Of the store.
Geo. Spencer says he has reliable infor-
nation that Mumm's will not be used at
the Sunfower banquet because of the
Democratic objection to the word dry.
Mr.. ]. Jay Baker and family of New
Haven, Mich, relatives of Mr.. and Mrs.
J. NJ Knapp, have arrived in the city
and will make Wichita their future home.
The pavement on North Main street is
being repaired and put in first class
shape. There were many places on the
pavement that needed repairing very bad
".
Edgar A Barr of company F, Tenth
United States infantry, is hero on visit
to his sister, Mrs Gay D. Bertram. Mr..
Bars company is stationed at MatanZas,
Cuba
Since the new Pullman sleeping cars
have been put on the morning and even
ing Santa Fe trains people crowd around
the depot to see them. The cars are
beautiful to look upon.
Judge Ed Madison of Dodge City was in
town yesterday. He is spending most Of
his time between terms at home looking
after Mike Sutton's and his own law
practice Sutton in introducing Madison
used to remark that he captured him out
in the plum brush west of Dodge City
with larriat.
Tickets for the lecture, to be given by
Judge Wall at the Crawford opera house
next Friday evening on the subject Of
General Grant" for the benefit of the
Cemetery Improvement association, have
been sold in sufficient numbers to insure
a croy11ed house. The ladies managing
the affair are well pleased with their sue
cess.
The vice president for Kansas Of the
National Music Teachers association has
written Professor E. C. Marshall for
list of the music teachers of Wichita and
vicinity. If these teachers will cal at
Professor Marshalps studio, or mail him
their names, address, department, gradu-
ate of what school or pupil Of whom, he
will see that they are properly enrolled.
A three-ton safe was hofsted from the
sidewalk intothe fifth story of the Zim-
merly building yesterday which was an
interestin gand somewhat hazardous feat.
VIM Mckee had the contract and did the
work by means of a steam engine, and
the slow trip to the highest floor in the
tuilding was made without accident a
large crowd gathered to see the job per-
formed.