The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1901-11-03

&c committee meeting.
". J. Duval Of this city will speak CT
''Pythianism" at the Sterling meeting
Of the Knights Of Pythias Of the Seventh
district, November Is.
Ralph Balm has purchased and leased
the Santa Fe hotel furniture and building
The deal was made Friday and he as
sumed charge yesterday.
Bacarat. the favorite game Of King Ed
ward the Seventh, is becoming very popu-
lar in Wichita. It is gradually superced-
ing black dame hearts.
Lulu and Fred Elliott of Braman came
up yesterday and viii spend today and
tomorrow with their Shields grandparents
at S02 South Water street.
Mr.. Frank Butler and wife Of Block
town, Ia, are here on their honeymoon
trip, visiting his sister Mrs Frank OK
ley. at 116 West Lewis street
George AIcNeal has partially retired
from active work in his barber shop and
spends nearly all Of his time at the cigar
case and looking after customers.
Orie Morse has been in the city from
Hutchinson during the past few days.
1t is limited that he is figuring on nov
ing here. but he viii not confirm it.
Mrs. Kramer. of Chicago, who has been
visiting her sister Mrs. DIT. Mclaughlin.
in Norwich. has returned, and is at the
home Of her parents on Fairmount.
a fine 1900 monument has been pur-
chased from the Wichita Marble com
pany 10 erect over the grave Of Mrs.
Noah Shellhammer. at Conway Springs.
Clarence R. Fulton has received a beau
tiful new delivery wagon during this
week. He is now running a regular de-
livery, with George Sestrung in charge of
/ it.
Dr. Shuts Is quarantining every family
! that shows up with scarlet fever OF other
! contagious disease. The rules Of the
! board of health are being enforced very
strictly.
Mr.. Bennett Allen says that the far
mers in the southern part of the county
are pasturing their wheat too hard. lie
says that the rain of yesterday was need
ed for it.
Citizens are now having an exemplihca-
ton Of the fact that all things are NOR
tai They are busy trying to keep their
v
dead leaves.
Thomas McDermott will soon go on his
beautiful farm near Arlington, Oklahoma.
He has fine land, with timber and running
water, less than four miles from rail-
road station.
Thomas Shaw says that the demand for
good pianos is better now than during
the celebrated boom times Farmers are
buying them instead Of organs. The organ
sales are lively, too.
The restauranteurs of the town are
excited over a new lunch c,1nter. which
is yet to come. which is to serve nothing
but lunches-a cup of coffee ahd a bread
sandwich for cents.
Miss Maud Nichols left this morning
for Galveston. Texas, 10 visit her sister.
Mrs. R. S. Rowland, and family. Miss
May Dester will take Miss Nichols place
at the Rock Island
Mrs. r. P. Shields and Miss Hattie re-
turned TO the city yesterday from their
visit of two weeks with their sisters, Mrs.
Bevis of Winfield and Mrs. Wommack
at Braman. Oklahoma.
Mr.. S. H Thomas. the man who fur
in the city on business yesterday. Mr..
Thomas says the wheat is simply i'm
mense IN Sumner county.
J. W. Chandler. formerly OF Clearwater
but now an employee of the state house
at Topeka. is in the city, visiting his
many old friends, or as many of them as
he can get around to see.
Arson Free and lady. an honored citi-
zen of independence, Iowa. is here spend
ing several days with j. T. Frances and
family. They go from here TO Texas,
California and other states.
No record is kept of thunder at the
government signal station. hut 1t is cur
ious fact that there has been less thunder
and lightning this year IN Wichita than
in any year since the town began.
The Mccormick building on Santa Re
and Douglas is in some respects the finest
structure ever begun in Wichita The
joists are massive timbers twenty-five or
thirty inches in width and are heavily
bolted.
The Wichita man who has the largest
cash balance in the local banks is a res
taurant man. well run restaurant IN
Wichita-where the proprietor IS not
"grouchy." IS better than clothing
store.
Clarence Fulton" broke his buggy &C
cidentally at St Louis. during the week
and IS result ne got only second prize
instead Of frs;. at The horse show. Wich-
ita's former horse is dandy, but he
is having bad luck.
Mr.. Plummer. the venerable Jacksonian
Democrat. wei known in old soldier cir
cles was afraid yesterday that he would
not live to see another Democratic presi-
dent Ee was feeling adly. although not
confined 10 his room.
5. w Cooper and o. 3. st0cker have
pianolas automatic piano payers. They
belong % circulating club which ca
tends all over the United Sta.es Rolls
Of music are passed around from sub
scriber TO subscriber.
sam Timmors and wife came down 1
from Valley Center Yesterday 70 photo (
In the Timmons family che three married p
sisters having no children. They had
enough pictures taken N So around
Sir j. q. Middleton -f S. Louis. AMI
his private secretary. az walsh. were .
mere yesterday visiting the wholesalers I
and ulaslng @ business trip over tte sys-
tenn. ar 1Ii65l- ton is the general frelEht f
assent 81 the s. LOUIS & san Francisco +
railway.
Cards have arrived III Wichita from IN T
dependence, Kan, announcing the birth 4
81 a me baby boy 70 Nr. AID AIRS Chas- F
1cAdsms. This makes Dr. NcA6ams of 4
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