The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-05-26
OKLAHOMA OUTLINES.

The next thing will be to capture that
$40, 900 reward.
The Oklahoma farmer is devoting part
of his day to learn to swim.
The Choctaw grading has been COM
menced east of Oklahoma City.
Marshal Grimes is out in Beaver county,
but he left his charge in good hands.
The Catholic convent at Purcell was
shattered by lightning Saturday night.
There are several things man can do
in Missouri, that he will pulled up for in
Oklahoma.
The capture of the gang of robbers has
raised every mans personal safety 80 per
cent in Oklahoma.
Norman Advance: What duty is the
treasurer of the Oklahoma Press associa-
ton supposed TO perform?
A Guthrie straw berry arises on the tip
end of its stem to announce that it is 81
inches in circumference.
The next time, the gang wants to rob a
train, they will wait til. it gets through
Oklahoma, and into Texas.
Another sooner has been sat down upon
at Oklahoma City. The sooner is the most
popular cushion in the territory.
The longer Governor Steele remains in
They admire his manner of meeting a
bluff"
With the courts pounding away at the
perjurers and the authorities rak1ng in the
robbers. Oklahoma is coming mighty near
being Utopia.
The decision in the Chilocco stone
quarry case will be rendered in about two
weeks. 1t is generally believed 1t will be
adverse to the Cherokees.
1t is one thing to rob a train in Okla
homa and another TO escaped the authori-
ties The police service OF Oklahoma for
efficiency is not equalled in the west.
One of the Oklahoma City girls says that
an Oklahoma editor who danced with her
at the editorial ball, got Chickasaw scalp
dance all mixed up with a common waltz.
Oklahoma City has twenty-four doctors
and thirty saloons. The people down there
who prefer TO take their medicine of-hand
without prescription are largely ID the
majority.
Several leading farmers living near Ard
more have been arrested on suspicion
that they are the parties who took man
from his house and horse whipped him on
the night of the 18th.
Oklahoma City has a philharmonic
society that tackles Handel, Haydn, Bee
mix up senators and oratorios with pioneer
life. but that IS what they do.
Governor Steele has denied the story
that he will leave Oklahoma and become
a candidate for governor OF Indiana Gov
ernoT Steele VIII stay by Oklahoma. when
many others who now critlcise him are
gone.
Lexington Leader: The Pottawatonie
payment will probably not take place un-
til the actual number Of citizens Is fur
uished the government. The basis for
allotment. we understand. was placed az
l,i0a IN the event that the count ruDs
over that number the government was 70
receive 81 per acre for all in excess. This
being the case the actual status Will De re-
quired.
Wellington Mail: Engineer Charles
Weddle came in from Woodward, l. t.
Yesterday and reports having seen tie
self-styled Indian messiah ct that point.
IL will be remembered that this messiah
strolled into kingisher. Ok. few weeks
ago 80 scantily clad that be created de-
cided sensation, and was taken IN charge
by the officers He was kept for awhile
and then released Nh Weddle says that
the mess iah-crank. or whatever he -, Is
muscularly built white man. but SO dirty
and sunburn that he looks more Ike an
Indian than anything else EIs costuune,
too. was Of such nature and 50 airy that
his appearance IN society circles would not
be permitted When asked where be came
from he would answer from up tee road.
and when asked where be was so.ag, ne
would reply. down tie road he ap-
peaTesl 10 De = half crzZy, harmless sort Of
fellow ADD when last seen WAS going
down the road with couple Of cow
boys.