The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1900-01-24
CITY IN BRIEF.

Henry E. Eberhardt of Salina is here.
G. w. Kanavel of Sedgwick was in the
city yesterday.
H. T. Kicker came in yesterday from
Council Grove.
the city yesterday.
Will Dyer of Nardin, o. T., is in the
city visiting friends.
Frank Smith of Cheney has come here
to reside. He will attend school.
The fire department made a fine run to
the rear of 254 North Main street last
night.
at her home on Central avenue yesterday
afternoon
R. ]. Livingston and Miss Margaret
Pearl Dobbins, both of Viola, secured a
marriage license yesterday.
Dan Boone, county treasurer elect, came
down from Colwich to attend the state
county treasurers association.
P. ]. Conklin has fitted up temporary
! offices on North Market street in the
Fourth National Bank building.
BY order of the board of directors of the
Masonic Home, the building will be clos
ed to visitors until further notice.
Harry Titus, travelling live stock agent
of the Santa Fe, was in the city short
time yesterday from Topeka on business.
A NJ Sutton has been appointed a pa
trolman on the police force He has been
working as an extra man for some time.
Mr.. John Lynch, Santa Fe train dis
TaI1f in, he
yesterday as a guest of the Santa Fe
boys.
Mrs. W. B. Quinn of Beaver, Oklahoma,
is visiting her sisters here, Misses Jennie
and May Weir. students Of the High
school,
The police have received, It is reported,
several pieces of the rope, which was
used at the hanging in Fort Scott Satur-
day night.
Mr.. Raymond C. Wright came in Mon
day from Chicago, called here by the We
ry serious illness of his sister, Mrs. Eff
fie Sheppard.
Mrs. James Terrell, who has been Wis
iting her mother, Mrs. e. NJ. Brown, for
several weeks, returned yesterday to her
home in Colorado Springs.
Judge P. B. Gilett. judge of the dis
trict court for KingmAn and Harper
counties. passed through the city yester-
day on his way to his home at Kingman.
Mr. Hal Mccoy and Mr.. Yost furnished
some very nice music with mandolin and
guitar for the patients at the Wichita
Hospital Sunday afternoon, which was
very much appreciated by all.
Some excellent grading work is being
done on Murdoch avenue, and to add to
the coming beauty of that thorougfare
many of the surplus trees are being cut |
down and others trimmed up.
A letter received from ]. C. McNaght- |
en- at st. Louis states that his wife, who |
is at the Baptist Sanitarium of that city, |
has greatly improved which will be good |
news to her large circle Of friends.
Johnnie Bloom, a little boy whose home |
is southwest Of town, was brought to |
DR.. Horner's office yesterday to have /
his arm set A horse which he was rid
ing fell upon him while crossing a draw !
and broke the little boys arm.
Dr. J. c. Wilson is a little absent
minded on occasions. but 1t was mainly /
the very warm weather that caused him
to get almost ready for a trip to the 1
mountains the other day before he re-
membered that this is the middle Of jan
uary.
Sheriff Simmons has one of the fastest
teams in Wichita. He was seen sailing
up Market street yesterday and people
ran for the sidewalks thinking that it was
the fire department coming. The team
is young and pretty and the sheriff. is
very proud of it.
Lewis Aspey. captain; Harvey NJ Cain.
first lieutenant, and Guy F. GascoiSne,
second lieutenant, have received their
official papers as officers in Battery a.
The papers are signed by Governor Stan
lev. Secretary Of State Clark and Adju-
tant General Fox.
Col. Fred Van Duyn says he can't see
that there is any thruth in all this talk
that the quarantine and small pox scare
in southern Kansas has forced travelling
men into a vacation He says there are
more men on the road now than there
were at this season last year.
Tony Weinschenk. besides doing the
right thing in the grocery business. phil
osoph:zes bit occasionally. He saws,
remarking on the weather OF the last
week. That beautiful weather n
beautiful country has the cash value OF
materially reducing expenses
John Tracey. who has been IN The en-
ploy Of the Van Zandt Impieuen COM
pauy for several years past and ar ex-
perienced implement man, has accepted
q position with the Reeves Thresher com
pany as manager OF the southwest terri
tory With headquarters in Wichita
John Clayton. whose word is good. says
that while he was driving over in East
Wichita yesterday. ne saw on gate
post al a nice looking house sign which
read: Il milk cow FUR sail" Nr. Clay
ton also AIDES that whether q cows f1-
sails o. not depends on the temper g
the man who does the milking.
Dancing seems 20 be al m q this
~.zter. and Is the most pogusr auase-
nent- The hoys OF Battery 4 have got
a rev piano IN the arDogy. ans are 60
ng 20 make Il a part OF The regulations
that every member mus; b a good dan s
,er. The boys have already given Two !
ianoss that hare been great successes- !
md IS soon as they have taken a li;tiA ]
more Iigas-soot drfu they NJ. give a. 9
'ther.