Wichita eagle., 1889-11-17

cess of an important exhibition like that
anyhow.
Senator John j. Ingalls, is to address
the State Teachers Association at their
meeting at Topeka on the evening Of Do
cember 9th.
Kiowa is now entering upon quiet lit
tie boom. Our stores are crowded and
business is increasing every day. says the
kiOwa Herald.
The Kansas State Horticultural society
will meet at Paola, Miami county. on De-
cember 5. 4 and ). All local organizations
| ought to have a representative present.
Atchison Globe: An Atchison man re-
| Gently had such small baby born at his
| house that he refused to acknowledge the
cigars, and is passing around cigarettes
Attica Advocate: Is Attica to so plod-
| ding through the winter without literary
society? Wake up, oh professor. and give
the dormant powers of our embryo Web
sters a show.
The Clearwater creamery IS clearing
about S125 per month now. If the farmers
and others furnishing milk, would put
forth little extra effort to furnish more
milk, it would pay dividend OF at least
per cent when year old. says the sun.
| A man passed through Kansas City
| few days ago on his way to Oklahoma who
is feet inches in height and weighs 80
pounds. He is said to be the taliest man
| In the United States. The next tailest
man is said to be the deputy city marshal
| of Strong City, Kansas. who Is : feet
| inches high.
| lola Register: The Kansas City Star
wonder if the actor who is studying up
Senator Plumb for the new play The
Senator" has learned yet to spit sideways
1t might be inquired also whether ne has
| learned to keep his right hand digging
down into the very bottom OF his breeches-
pocket while he is making a speech.
Last Friday morning the body Of Peter
Kelley, who lived one mile ana hall
south of Hollywood. was found in corn
field within about fifteen rods of his home.
The coroners inquest decided the fact that
the snow storm OF Thursday night was the
cause of his death. Tae deceased was a
man of advanced years. The funeral was
held Sunday at the house.-Cain City
News.
A certain young man OF Grenola INDUCED
in peculiar kind of amusement last Sun
day evening. He was swinging his girl On
the gate, she kissing him square in the
mouth each time the gate would SWING to-
ward him. He kept count of the aumber
and our informant heard him say 49, Just
as the girls papa appeared and handed
ulfD que Cu tuC SLUG VI VIC Acot ohN S~ANb
"453 and out. "-Grenola Chief.
OKLAHOMA OUTLINES.
Reno City will organize gun club, it is
said.
Reno City is contemplating "Sons of
VETERANS camp.
There will be lots of jack-rabbit tracks
In Oklahoma this winter if it SHOWS.
The Canadian Free Press says what the
Panh ,ndle needs at present more than
anything else is people.
Oklahoma City is enjoying season of
Donkey parties" at their churches. All
the principal officials and newspaper men
attend.
In Oklahoma they have their
southern cotton CROP and north
ern wheat but the universal
baby crop is the greatest.
The Norman Transcript thinks the Ok
lahoma country Is natural fruit land,
and every man who Intends to make
home there should plant trees for his fu-
ture benefit.
Tree planting is occupying a due share
of the attention. On every hand nice
thrifty young shade and ornamental trees
are being planted, says the Oklahoma City
Times.
The fair sex of Reno City have caught
the hunting fever 1t is said the sweet
Dianas shoulder their breech leaders and
go forth to slaughter as enjoyable as the
Sterner sex.
Planters in the Chickasaw nation are
paying cents bushel for husklng corn, |
and are scarce of hands at that. IL there |
is anybody in Oklahoma who is out OF en- |
ployment be can get plenty of work at |
good wages across the line in the Chicka- |
saw nation.-Journal
Reno City Eagle: An immense force Of
men and teams are at work on the Book |
Island grade near this city, and 1T is evil |
dent that the company will lose no time in !
building to the river south OF town. 1t is
now believed that trains will be running |
to this place by January l.
Frisco Herald: We have lived in many !
new counties. but this is the first one in |
which we have noted the absence OF
"croakers." Everybody seems to be salts
fed and delighted here. There Is no fault
to find unless it be the complaint that they |
did not get In soon enough.
Indians pass through here almost daily
hauling provisions from Oklahoma City to
Fort Reno. They usually drive four po-
MES. A buck drives the leaders and his
squaw the wheel team. We would dislike
very much to be either and Indians horse
and Indians wife Frisco Herald. -
Norman Transcript: 1t is only question
of short time until the establishment of
several star mail routes from Norman to
adjacent points will undoubtedly be made
since it is a very plain fact that the short
ening up of several routes could be ef-
fected BY making Norman a distributing
point. New towns and consequently mere
postoffices are being established all the
time in this country, and in the near
future we confidently expect to see Nor
man the extensive distributing point it
should be
The strong probability of the Chickasaw
lands being allotted and the residue sold
to the white settlers is the cause of an i'm
mense immigration 20 that country. The
belief is strong among the renters in that
nation that when the country is thrown
open to white settlement they will be al
lowed to hold the places on which they
live The nation already contains three or
four times as many white tenants rs there
are citizens, and this recent movement is
likely to double the number OF tenants
Oklahoma Journal
Reno City Eagle: A rumor is sfioat to
the effect that Senator Plumb visited this
place not to shake hands with the dear
psupln. but fu the interest OF the Rock
Stand riIroa1uIt -isnow known that = I
bill wal ~. In reduced ntocongress grant
ing that company twent y-ive acres of land
Oh the reservation. just west Of the city. to
accommodate the immense roundhouSe,
shops and side trscks-in short, TO afford