The Wichita daily eagle., 1901-06-06
CITY IN BRIEF.

Miss Emma Iauchland was a contest
ent for the interstate prize at Hutchi1-
son on Tuesday.
Mrs. Hattie Jones and her sons. Fay
and Charlie, started TO Newton and Ellin-
wood TO visit friends and relatives.
The officials of the tailor's organization
OF this city disclaim any part in the ad-
vertising scheme that IS being worked IN
the city by some travelling gentlemen
/ Camp No. 1881. N. W. A. has decided to
send their drill team 10 st. Paul. TO at
tend the meeting OF the head camp, N.
W. A. in that city.
J. 3. Chandler VII ship his horses to
Davenport, Iowa, Saturday morning for
the edging-up work preparatory to the
early summer racing season.
Mrs. A. ". Mccoy, Mrs. Grant and
Mrs. Callahan, with little Margaret
Grant, are spending the week IN Hutch.
ison. Miss Margaret viii be a contest
ant.
Mrs. 8. 3. Adams and Mrs Edward
Forsyth Of Clare. 0. T.. returned to their
home yesterday morning after a weeks
visit with Mrs. P. N. Randall OF s43
South Topeka
Wnl Alter. the barber at the Hamilton.
while riding a bicycle. a stick caught in
the front wheel throwing him off ana
sprained both wrists and one ankle. He
viii be laid up for some time.
Dr. Jordan, city physician. who has
been III for some time at the Wichita
hospital. was removed TO his home on
North Market street the fore part Of the
week. and IS now rapidly recovering.
The commencement Of the Sickner Con-
servatory Of Music win take place to-
morrow evening at the First Presbyterian
church. The tickets are selling rapidly
and the abundance viii be greater than
ever.
Judge ns'e has desiglAted one week
fiom next Saturday as motion Gay in the
h:strict court and attorneys arc expected
to have their papers all ready for busi-
ress on that date. If any Of the atto--
neys have arguments to make they can
prevent delays by having their law look
ed up, as Judge Dale desires 10 rush
business and dispose OF a large number
o. cases. It has been his policy eve
since he has been on the bench to prevent
the accumulation of cases. He wants to
keep the docket cleaned up.
Fritz Schnitzer Wichita's famous
heavyweight, indulged in burst OF speed
Tuesday morning that is still the talk or
Market street. When the FIRE bell rang
somebody told him that the blaze was at
his house on Rlverview. He grabbed his
spectacles, raammed 'em into his pocket
and made a dash up -,-arket street thaT
would have done credit to a professional
sprinter. It was an awful sight and the
people in the Smith-Skinner block say
they heard the dishes IN their cupboards
rattle When the sidewalk inspector
came along an hour afterward the pave
ment was still so hol mat it had to be
sprinhed
The National Bank of Commerce has
received some nice furniture from Gin
ciunstl made to order for the bank. They
now have one of the finest letter fles in
the city. It is five ana half feet high
and six feet wide and contains an even
hundred compartments for letters. II
was placed in the bank yesterday and
viii be used 70 preserve business letters
received by the bank, ard by It's arrange
ment and lettering any letter can be
found with little effort. The bank also
received a fancy typewriter table for the
stenographer OF the bank Both articles
Of furniture are made OF three-quaTter
sawed oak and present a rich appea rance