The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1890-09-27
OKLAHOMA OUTLINES.
Guthrie has a national colored guard.

| Guthrie has national colored guard.
The cat, they say, always jumps the
other way.
Frisco will have its cotton gin and press
! ready in about a week.
| The cracks in the north side of the
shanty have begun TO grow.
| Governor Steele has proclaimed Okla
homa city OF the second class.
| Two weeks from today the Republicans
choose their candidate for congress.
! The Oklahoma City town-site contest
| case has been granted a rehearing.
| Everybody knows who the ugliest man
in the legislature Is except his wife.
The Oklahoma City Journal doesn't look
| for frost until from October 20 TO Novem-
| Der l.
The capitol question hangs back The
| coalition seems to be something OF a
| sooner.
! The Oklahoma City Times is working
/ mp mail route between Oklahoma City
and Frisco,
j. Ed Jones, of Oklahoma City, member
of the territorial relief board, Is very sick
at Guthrie
The docket for Canadian county at the
! October term of court will be the largest
If you will watch closely, you will soon
see the fine Italian hand of railroad in
huence cropping out.
Eastern papers like to slap Oklahoma
and its reputation. They are now joking
| about the first bank failure.
People have been witnessing this parrot
and monkey show about long enough 10 be
able to pick out the monkey.
lasts of the territory meant 10y not enter
ing protest against letting the game bill
go through without including bats.
Pittman and MacCartney are said to be
showing signs of affection for each other.
Their smiles are about the same size.
The Guthrie News has put font Of
larger type on its editorial page. This
was probably for Speaker Daniels benefit.
Orlando Campbell spoke of ''procrustean
rule" Thursday. This must have made
confusion out of chaos" Terrill awfully
jealous.
The colored Baptists Of the territory are
holding convention in Guthrie. Ten or
twelve churches are represented by pastors
and delegates.
There has been a great amount of eX-
element over the capitol question, still 1t
is doubtful whether anything bigger than
jack-knives have been put mp.
The NJ f. church at Kingfsher will be
dedicated tomorrow. A number of minis
tiers from neighboring towns will be pres
ent. Prof. w A Quale, the young presi-
dent OF the Baxter university.
A stalk of tobacco grown by Dick Mar
tin on Deep Fork, measured five feet
across between the extremeties Of its up
per leaves. The larger leaves measured
sixteen inches in width. Mr.. Martin says
he has been raising tobacco all his life,
but this is the largest stalk OF il he has
seen. He thinks Oklahoma is "a splendid
tobacco country.
Lawrence Journal: They are building
new town in Oklahoma which is called
Tohee and it is expected the capital will
be located there on account Of the fight be
tween Guthrie and Oklahoma City. TOhee
is about a week old and has several hun
dred people. The one thing about the new
town that will astonish every body Is that
there was room enough in Oklahoma to
lay out another town.
New York Press: II went down to Okla
hOma during the boomt here, " remarked an
adventurous young Eel ow last night u
was in Oklahoma City the fourth day after
the territory had been legally pried open
by the president wandered into a tent
one morning 10 get shaved. There were
two men ahead Of me. The town was only
three days old, and the tonsorial facilities
were crude and scarce When my next
came I saw man who he'd Just been
shaved lay down a dime and a nickel
sat down on the head Of a nail key and
was shaved When got up handed the
barber 10 cents. What's this fOry he
asked surlily. For the shave ] replied
1t quarter. he retorted, whetting his
razor suggestively. Why, the man before
me only paid - cents ! exp0stulsted
We'll the barber SAID looking me in the
eye, he's an old resident paid the ex-
ira dime"