The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1890-12-18
OKLAHOMA OUTLINES.

IL is FL Reno's turn now
Kingfsher county is $4,000 in debt.
Oklahoma City has organized an immi-
grafton society.
Norman will soon have its turn at the
capital bill of fare.
In Kingfisher grammar. Governor Steele
is an objectionable case"
A pail has fallen on the progressive In
dian of the Chickasaw nation.
If Terrill once drove dray, his opinion
of the omnibus" will be interesting.
Soup will no longer be served at the
Kingfisher hotels-it is too suggestive.
Walter Ellis, of the Kingfsher New
World, wants to trade turnips for potatoes
The legislature will not be in session a
week from today. This is its last Thurs
day.
Dyer. the first mayor of Guthrie, had
some money in the Commercial bank that
failed.
"Sine" means without" Still il is to
be hoped that the legislature will adjourn
sine die.
George w. Steele's portrait and a short
biographical sketch appears IN last week S
Police Gazette.
MISS 10y CUeBO Is Jnt UtiIlc VI u young
lady who lives at Oklahoma City. She
must have hobby.
Guthrie's possession of the capital is a
good deal like fine fish before you have
landed him. He may get away.
The legislature passed the libel law just
in time to check Kingfisher leveling mean
things at Governor Steele's head.
What relation is Santa Claus TO Tom
A Nrv1l fry f0l
figure this out in Oklahoma, next Thurs
day.
The possibility of an extra session may
make it necessary for the legislature to
take steps for the prevention of mob vio-
lence.
Is there nothing new under the sun. A
member of the Oklahoma legislature
openly complimented Governor Steele,
Tuesday.
Neal believes that the Kingfsher capital
bill has become law because the govern
or failed either to veto or sign 1t, accord
ing to law.
The capital legislation is having dread
full effect on the poultry of the territory.
They are expected to crow one week and
die the next.
If the legislature should locate the cap
ital at Orlando, the governor would have
to sign it. This is the only way open TO
him out of the territory.
The Oklahoma City Journal must have
underground communication with Gov
ernor Steele. The day before the return of
the kingtisher bill it told it all in an edl-
torial just as it happened
The Choctaw company Will leave the
matter of the right OF way through Okla
homa City entirely with the people, and
ha Ia
mauded by Maj Shellenberger within
thirty days or the road will go elsewhere.
Territorial Advocate: Tom Kennedy has
made six trips to kingfisher with the little
mules (about $50 miles round trip and
says he Is going again as soon as he hears
the Kingfisher capital bill has been passed
by the council. Tom has number of
good lots in that city.
Territorial Advocate: 1t seems strange
that the gray rat SO common almost every
where, is not found in this section. We
have the kangaroo or sand rat, and mice
without number, but during q residence
of over three years in this place we have
not seen nor heard of an old-fashioned
barn rat. But speaking of rats calls 10
our mind the curious rats which are at the
same time the pride and pest OF Guthrie
During the early days some fakir brought |
to that city a cage of white rats, and, be |
them out in the street. The result is that !
the city Is now overrun with white and /
spotted white and gray rats. They are |
quite pretty, and are sometimes caught 4
and kept for pets.
kingfsher Democrat: The story Is go |
ing the rounds that up in Kansas recently |
a young couple were engaged To be mar
ried All went well up TO the day when /
the couple were to be joined in marriage. |
When everything was ready for the cere-
mony the young lady approached the 4
groom, and with tears in her eyes startled 1
her lover by announcing the fact that
there was dark spot in the history Of her
family which she had heretofore kept Sc
cret. and said il would be best TO let the
go by default. Not so. said
he groom Il. too, have dark spot in
my family, and, perhaps. II we both ex-
plain the facts, the one will offset the
1ther." After being pressed, the young
ady stated that she had two brothers who
we're sent TO the penitentiary for horse
stealing We'll ;" replied the would-be
groom. Il have brother in the Oklahoma
legislature" At this announcement the
ady tainted. and, after recovering, At the
request of friends, agreed 10 let the two
sins balance, aud they were
married