The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-01-03
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/ A reporter on an Oklahoma paper was
/ stricken with tit the other day. lie hap
pened 10 find news item.
The Guthrie Capital thinks Governor
/ Steele should tell the truth even If IL is at
the expense Of the territory's reputation.
| 1t is debatable.
The Oklahoma City Gazette:-Even
some of the leaders among the colored
, element took decided stand IN favor of
/ separate schools
The editor of the Edmond Sun j. not
/ feeling very we'll and he thinks tina. one
/ dollar and a half subscriptions i'm large
doses is the only thing that viii restore
him.
/ FL Reno Eagle: W. T.. Mccartney, who
/ is now imprisoned in the Lansing peniteu-
/ tiary, wrote very pitiful letter 20 friend
/ in this city recently. euquirng Tor the
! health and general welfare Of his children.
/ and stated that he prayed for them night
/ and morning IL is indeed, sad that Mr.
/ Mccartney should suffer for ayenging the
( wrong done his family aud it is the uni
/ versal opinion of those acquainted with
/ the facts in the case that he shOu Id and
/ viii be pardoned a petition is now being
! circulated in his behalf, asking the gov
erDor that he be pardOned.
! The Atlanta Constitution on Oklahoma.
.
/ tiOn caused by the failure Of the first croO
/ planted by the new settlers are enough 20
/ deter sensible people from jumping at hap
I hazard from "A comfortable home into the
unknown fortune of an unknown country
| II is not 10 be assumed because one crop
I has failed. that oklahoma j. 70 failure.
I Crops fail sometime ia every other section
/ of country, but ia Oklahoma. where there
/ j. no reserve supply 20 draw from in time
/ Of need such failure brings on direct
[ consequences. Du general principles, a
man u safer and more comfortable at
home than anywhere else. Certainly he
takes an unwise hazard and puts cruel
hardship on his family when be moves %
strange country with no money ahead.
Edmund sun: Last Thursday evening
"a Hugh Montgomery was going home he
was OyertAkeu by an Indian. who rode
along behind him for quite distance j The
Ind al acted very strangely, and As he was
well armed, Hugh became little uneasy
and made up his mind 90 get rid Of his uu-
welcome companion Arriving az Mr.
Campbell s. three miles east a. Edmond
Hugh turned in and The Indian rode Ou.
After remaining 40 Campbeil's about
twenty minutes, Dc again resumed his
journey, cGEZratulafiuZ himself upuu the
easy manner in which be had freed him
self from the Indian >Ib-.qIeut events.
however. proved that the Indian had
"hankerin for BIS pale face brother and
wanted him % join the ghost dancers in
reality After tra~eiirya short distance
from Mr. C1upheIl'-. The crack ~ a rev0l-
yer aud o singing pain Dol che back cau-s.i
Hugh 10 look around NhcE Dc eep 81 the
Indian crOueteJ down iu Ice 5asar- about
fftv feet away getting ready fer suCtrer
shot. To take .g tle situation and tumble
Of hts blackboard was Egf tae work u
moment his horse. which was going M
q good rate o. -ptCd. checked uD at the
first shot. and G le second shot -frurk her ip
Tire hip Seeking safety il the timber
Montgomery ma1e lIs way 20 Eturld and
reported what bal happened our people
became little b.t excited oF-T ere affair
aud poe was soon GA tE- huut for fh9
Indian. bat b. Fa- not o. b. found TIE
Indian that did the shooting was .u town
81 day thursday aad made repesfcd A.
tempfs 20 Ect whisky. cGer.ac different
parties SO o. yet it f-r BIN. pm exam
nation 10 Wa found that the bali bal
struck NonfEor1ery iu tbe right shouioer
making oslly q fe~a wound