The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1890-12-19
OKLAHOMA OUTLINES.

Mort Bixler is in favor of an extra ses
sion.
Joe Paul, the boy who was shot, is still
living
Oklahoma is nineteen months old next
| Monday.
The Oklahoma City Journal is talking
! "Vigilant committees"
The first regular election Of county Off
GERS will be held Feb 2.
| The Baptist church at Oklahoma City
will be dedicated next Sunday.
| Pretty soon Another rain will in
sure the corn crop" will commence.
The Hennessey Clipper says old people
are unusually numerous in Oklahoma.
In Oklahoma it is better to be elected TO
county Office than to the Legislature.
The streets at Guthrie will look twice as
broad after the Legislature has adjourned.
Fl Reno was to prove up its towusite at
the Oklahoma City land office, Tuesday.
There is Cleveland county hog that is
only thirteen months old and weighs 625
pounds.
The last vestige of snow left Oklahoma
Immediately after the Gazette issued its
roast"
The newspaper men of Oklahoma City
| have offered the Cherokees 0,OOO, 900 for
the strip.
In one respect this has been an excep-
tional week with Oklahoma. Not paper
has busted.
The last veto is the longest. Kingfsher
is not expected TO get much comfort out OF
that, though.
The people of the territory will never
forgive the legislature for not taking that
trip TO Galveston.
Governor Steele, perhaps. considers it a
lucky thing that u kingfisher man Is not
in the presidency.
Terrill denies that he wants to be gov
efnor of Oklahoma. Maybe it is the pres
ldency that he is after.
Topeka Journal: The next thing for the
United States army to put an end to- Is
the Oklahoma legislature.
The Norman town site commissioners
have completed their work at that town
and will 20 to Noble or Lexington.
With the exception of few private in
stitutions, the only things that go in
schools in Oklahoma yet, are the fish.
Judge Clark has library at Oklahoma
City containing 1000 law-books. 1t is sup
posed to be the largest in the territory.
Norman Transcript: Our postmaster
his safe door. The owner can have the
same by applying at the postotfice
One of the members of the legislature,
according to the Guthrie News, IS prepar-
ing to jump his board bill. This, how
ever, is not as easy as jumping lot.
Kansas City Star: From all accounts,
setting forth bribery. immortality, gamb-
ling and political intrigue, the Oklahoma
legislature is fully qualified TO proceed TO
the election of United States senator.
The census takers have reported to the
executive department. Their figures show
the following results: Cherokees, 1889;
Delawares, al; Shawnees zoo; Negroes =, LIZ:
whites, 1870, Greek, 1856; orphans, 49l.
Total, 24,0S7.
Governor Steele and Chief Justice Greene
are in Geographic communication with the
president and attorney general in refer
ence to an extension, by congress, of the
Nebraska laws over Oklahoma in case the
legislature fails to adopt criminal code.
Hennessey Clipper: The bottom drop
ped out of the post market last week. The
ground having frOZe up shut off the mar
ket. The merchants of Hennessey ought
to organize post exchange and buy up a
few Thousand posts This would make a
market for those who have them to SELL |
and by all going in together they could af- |
ford to pay fair price and make those !
who buy pay accordingly.
Bee Guthrey in Payne Hawk: When |
you 90 into printing office walk up to the !
exchange table, open all the late papers |
and read them aloud TO the editor, then it !
is customary to speak of the weather and |
tell some long winded story about storm /
that ragged in the Seventeenth century. |
Moan awhile about some lost relation that |
has been dead in the grave fifteen or TWEEN
ty years, pocket all the best and latest |
papers and walk off. The editor never !
cares to read papers and has nothing TO do |
but listen TO you read aloud, to have the /
papers lying about the table is great /
and you are performing an act of |
kindness when you carry them off.