Wichita eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1886-1890, 1889-12-27
OKLAHOMA OUTLINES.

Oklahoma had better look out for enc.
Ginty."
The new commissioner at Norman is
Mr.. A. L. Ross.
The most fashionable overcoats in Okla
homa at present are linen busters.
The Ell Reno real estate men have a
"snap." Lots sold last week down there
as high as $500.
Some northerners in Oklahoma perspir-
ed on Christmas, the first time IN their
lives, day before yesterday.
There is Latin name for every bird,
beast, reptile and insect, except the polly
wog and the Oklahoma sooner"
Sid Clark is down in Oklahoma City,
trying to make the people believe that
somebody wants to assaslnate him.
Agent Stansifer, of Kingfisher, says the
Rock Island receipts average 5000 per dav.
1t Is these kind of figures that talk.
The sexton of the Oklahoma City grave
ward has resigned. He wants to get into
a business where he can do something.
The militia raided the :Kingfisher joints
this week and irrigated the land around
about with good old high-iicensed red
eye.
You can always tell when a man stands
in with the newspapers in Oklahoma, as
his personals always appear IN long
premier.
A correspondent: FL Reno is quite a
stage center and soon will be railroad
center, we can see the smoke OF the engine
and hear the whistle.
Burlington is the name of new station
between Edmond and Guthrie. II this
thing keeps up much longer Guthrie will
be claiming Edmond as suburb.
An Indian dance has been in progress
| west of Reno City for several days. The
dusky braves and dark-eyed beauties cele-
brated Christmas in becoming style.
Reno City Eagle: Hon. VIM. Springer
has notion that Oklahoma should be
called Columbia All right, we'll lift up
our voices and sing Columbia the Gem Of
| a Notion.s
| The Oklahoma Times says 'Rattlesnake
| Jack" is full of bug juice" this after
noon. There is one thing about the Times,
| it will furnish the news, no matter how
great the cost or trouble.
| FL Reno claims to have the model school
| of the territory. With an enrolment of
| thirty-seven pupils, frst-class teacher
and above all its being a free school, no.
body will deny that 1t Is pretty nice
school.
| An Oklahoma item: Two deer passed
| by Lon Hyatt's door the other day and
stopped to look in. They had probably
beard Hyatt cussing because his gun was
not at home, and stopped there to aggra-
vate him.
| < G. Star: Jim Legate wants to be gov
e.Lor of Oklahoma He will probably Be
| opposed by Milt Reynolds, who is said to
be averse to bringing into question his su-
| premacy as the handsomest man In the
1 new territory.
Hon. David T. Littler, of Illinois is re-
ported to be candidate for appointment
70 the governorship OF Oklahoma when a
territorial organization Is affected Some
| OF the fellows who want to see fair play.
and who favor home industries, are think
| ing seriously Of calling halt
Two gentlemen OF kinghsher, who are
reliable and not given TO extravagan. sso-
ries, recently found IN q small cave thir-
| teen miles southwest OF king1sher the
upper portion OF sQaaws body. petrifed,
and consequently II almost perfect preser-
walton. They have refrained from bruit-
ing this abroad. as their act OF removing
il might violate some OF the customs Of
| the Indians and cause hostility. but 10 the
curious and skepticai. the body is on ex-
hibition at the kinSfsher New World Of
lice.