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

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The court house lawn received It's first
trimming Thursday
One thousand Democrats viii sit down
to the Sunfower League banquet.
The Green & Culver elevator, between
the Santa Fe and Rock Island tracks, IS
nearly completed
The name Of Court street was changed
to Main street By ordinance approved by
E. 3. Allen. mayor, May 18th, 1871
There viii be twenty-nine tables at the
Sunaower banquet this month. four Of
them the full length Of the building
Lawrence avenue north Of Seventeenth
street has been used as public road for
nearly twenty years. but is still private
property.
Some of the fans in town would Ike
to see a professional base bail club or
ganized here this summer, but the pros
pect is poor.
One Of the Santa Fe switch engines is
kept busy nearly all the time hauling the
cars at the stock yards and the Dold
Packing company's plant.
Arthur Davidson viii serve the Sun
flower banquet and he is studying over
whether he dare serve Dewey sausage
with one OF the courses
The Santa Fe is preparing to construct
subways under its tracks at Newton to
accommodate traffic Several accidents
have happened there Of late.
Owing to the bad track north Of Thir-
teenth street cars have not been run
ming to the stock yards over the Topeka
avenue line for several days.
The railroad detectives VINO are work
ing on the D. {. Goats murder case at
Winfield claiP that they have been IN
able 10 unearth a single clue.
There is a man in this town who IS
said 70 be an eternal and unrelenting
kicker II is claimed he was never heard
10 say a good word for anything.
Many people do not know that it is
violation of the city ordinances to carry
deadly weapons unconcealed, and that it
is likewise an orense to carry or use a
bean snapper.
J. X Brown Of the Missouri Pacific
is one Of the hardest workers in the city.
His business is at the Twelfth street
depot and he never gets down town more
than twice a week Il that.
The location south Of the bod Packing
plant, where the old stock yards used u
be situated, is overlooked nearly every
spring and water stands three feet deep.
The present location is high and dry.
It IS contrary to the provision of the
Wichita ordnance for any one to hitch
any horse O. team TO any shade tree, or
to any railing made TO protect such shade
tree. The penalty for such offense is q
fine not 70 exceed 800.
The police are on the trail of a number
OF chicken thieves who are doing a thriv-
ing business They have discovered that
one man last week disposed Of a wagon
load Of chickens every morning for four
days and pocketed therefore nearly 500.
In numbering houses the Wichita ordi-
nance begins with Main and Douglas as
100. increasing by loo for each block from
the basing point The odd numbers are
on the west and south side Of The streets.
a number for each space of twenty feet.
The trap shooters Of the city intend to
pull off a shoot in this city April "A. 1t
is expected quite a number Of out Of
town men win be here. But few. how
ever. of the prizes viii leave here as
there are too many good shots living in
this city.
The present ordinance prohibiting
chickens to run at large between the first
days Of March ard November is not
very different from ordinance number
1929. which was championed by Frank
Goode then, 1891 q member of the council
from the Fourth ward
Some Of the policemen in this city have
more than earned their salaries this
month in fines assessed against parties
they arrested for various causes. The
fines collected by the police judge from
parties arrested by one policeman dur
ing three days amounted to nearly 500
In quarantiuing private buildings the
police act as officers for the board Of
health and the board Of health being in
law what IS des. grated rs a quasi cor
poration it is the opinion Of lawyers
that neither the board nor the city IS re-
sponsI5lc for damages on account Of an
unnecessary quarantine.
The suit between Judge Mitchell and
judge Euoch for the Office Of police
Judge. viii soon be deciad by the supreme
c7ur.. The same question arose in Kan
sas CITY. Kansas. One man was elected
and the other appointed and boch claimed
the Office. This case is now in the su-
prene court and the ruling on it VIII
decide the Enoch-3itchell sui-.
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