The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1901-12-24
TOPICS OF THE TOWN.

Roy Leonard is badly bruised up an
has his face badly cut IN smash-up. Hi
horse dragged him about fifty feet befor
it could be stopped.
DR.. Jones Of Bentley was in the cit.
Saturday. and looking around for q hcus
that he could purchase for a home as h
intends to move to this city.
Mr.. A. T. Payne. the assistant superin
tendent for the Wells-Fargo Express Co.
was in the city yesterday. Mr. Payne
headquarters is at Kansas City.
! Miss Bessie Means and brother, Jay
/ have returned from Lawrence, Kan.
where they have been attending the uni
versity. They will remain during III,
| holidays.
Mr.. D. H. Nichols. formerly genera
| manager for the Pecos Valley system
/ has been transferred to the Kansas and
Southwestern road, with headquarters al
Arkansas City.
Thos. G. Bushby and Matilda Smith
Robert Ball and Susie Bursel and Vivian
c. Busbee and Laura CLANCY, all Of this
| city were granted marriage licenses by
Judge Wilson Saturday.
Mrs. Irma R. Powers of Des Moines
Ia, will arrive in the city Tuesday morn
ing, December "A. for two months visit
with her parents, Mr.. and Mrs. Geo. W.
Bristow, of College Hill.
In the suit brought for alleged assault
the name of the young lady is mistaken
for Miss Nettie Freeman. through a sim
ilarity Of spelling. Miss Freeman is in no
way connected with the case.
J. ". Silver of Bartlerville, Ind, left
yesterday on the Frisco. He has been
the guest of J. F. Stanley, 1915 North
Market, the past week. He was very
much pleased with the western country.
Robert Williams of Quincy, H., arrived
here Saturday, and viii be chief engineer
at the power house of the Wichita Street
Railway and Light Co. he is brother
Of Superintendent Williams of the street
railway.
J. ". Wilmore. who has served ~
Friends church on Cleveland avenue, will
preach his farewell sermon today at II A.
m, having resigned his position as pas
tor. but VIII continue for a time in gospel
labors in this city.
John Cudahy bought his first car Of
hogs for his packing house in this city
on the Ord day Of last February of A.
B. Moore, ard now the products of this
Wichita plant are in demand in this
country and Europe.
Mr.. and Mrs. Charles r. McCandless.
together with their daughters. Misses
Fannie and Kittie, came up to attend the
marriage of their daughter, Miss Mary
e. to d. NJ. Dixon, Thursday. and re
turned TO their home last evening.
". W Hockett yesterday purchased Of
J. ". Knapp a lot on New York avenue
in Mathewson's addition for four hundred
dollars. The lot has q fifty foot front.
and Mr.. Hoekett viii erect a fine cottage
on the property as soon as the weather
viii permit and make 1t his home.
On Wednesday evening at o'clock
Maynard c. Hart and Miss Sadie Hitch
cock. both Of this city. we're married in
the presence of a few friends at the home
of Rev. Bruce Griffith. on South Law
renee avenue. The young couple will re-
side at No. 601 South Lawrence avenue.
J. r. II. King has received notice from
the pension department that the follow
ing pensions have been allowed. Samuel
N. Spear. pension raised from S 70 81
per month; Thomas T. Westfau. pension
raised from $ TO SIC per month: Charles
Striplcr. original pension OF 5 per month
and back pay 10 the amount OF t7s2: An
drew Seawright. original pension % So
per month: Nary II. Rosedaie. widow
pension u = per month; I'd Morgan.
original pension OF SIC per month.