The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1903-09-15
City in Brief
Personal and other Items OF
Interest TO WjchItans.


VIM. GIauberg is in Kansas City buying
his fall stock Of millinery
Samuel Day is the name of a new
switchman in the Santa Fe yards
Mrs VIM. T. Kenshuer of Ration, N
NJ, is the guest of her mother at IA
North Water street.
Mrs. W. Morriston of Button. Ohio.
is visiting her cousin, Mrs. W. c. Beck
of 1875 Waco avenue.
Marriage licenses were issued TO G. H.
Smooks. age IS, and Miss L. NJ Gray,
age "A, both of Wichita
Frank l. Brown. president OF the
Wichita Telephone company, was a
Wichita visitor yesterday.
z. c. Giltner of Enid. 0. T., and Mrs.
Alma Sharp of this city were married
yesterday by Judge Enoch.
Earl Pyle has been given the position Of
assistant to A r Deem, city ticket
agent for the Frisco railroad.
Miss Hathaway of Wichita will give
silver medal oratorical contest at Furley
next Friday evening at the NJ E. church
T. n. McLaughen. Ben Hammers. Rev
Parker and E. II. Stevens. of Clearwater
were visitors at the court house yester-
day
Roscoe Piper, a clerk in the Santa Fe
freight offices, is expected home tomor-
row from an extended trip through the
east
Mrs. r. E. Downing has returned TO her
ar apxQ
visiting friends at Wellington for several
days.
J. A. L. Pinto has returned from visit
with friends and relatives in Cincin-
natl Mr.. Pinto is night clerk at the
Hotel Carey.
A Rock Island wrecking crew is max
ing Wichita its headquarters for sew
eral weeks while at work repairing some
bridges in this vicinity.
James Christopher. a former Wichitan
who has been living in Shawnee for the
past several years. has returned and will
make his home here in the future.
K. L. Steele. day clerk at the Hotel
Carey. left last evening for the eastern
part of the state for a several weeks
vacation trip. Mrs. Steele accompanied
him.
Miss Leda Pinkham went east on Satur-
day morning. 1t is Miss Pinkham's inten-
ton to make brief sojurn IN New York
and Boston and then to spend the winter
in Washington. d. c.
]. Henry Grother. formerly connected
with the Frisco railroad at this place.
is visiting friends in the city. He is now
a travelling passenger agent for the COM
pany with headquarters at Oklahoma
City.
AS the result of a lamp explosion at
the home of John Grounds, at the corner
of Nineteenth and Water streets, Sunday
afternoon the fire department was called
out. The fire was extinguished in a short
time with little damage.
Fred Burnett, formerly a ticket clerk
in the local offices of the Santa Fe. BIS
who is now a travelling passenger agent
fo~ the same company. is visiting friends
in the city for a short time. He has
headquarters at Cincinnati.
Lee Myers of this city, a former en-
ploye of the Wells-Fargo Express COM
pany, who had a run between Kansas
City and some point in Colorado. has
been given a run as messenger between
Newton and Purcell, l. 7.
Mr. and Mrs NJ. j. Hockenberry of
Kiowa Kan, who have been visiting
Mr. and Mrs. j. B. Cattell and Mr.. and
Mrs. C. r. Haratt of North Topeka ave-
nue. the past week left for Medicine
Hat Canada, Sunday. where they will
make their future home.
Rev. DIR. ]. w. Love. formerly pastor of
the Reformed church, corner South To-
peka and Lewis street, is in the city
looking after the interests of the Book
lovers Association OF Kansas City. He
thinks it probable that he will move his
family here about November l.
The Childrens Home Acknowledges the
receipt of S25 from Wichita Lodge No.
All of the Benevolent and Protective Or
der of Elks The board of mana gers are
working earnestly to raise the money TO
put heating plant in the home and all
donations are received with gratitude.