The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1892-07-28
It is a neck and neck race between Frank

1t Is neck and neck race between Frank
Dale and Mr. McKennon.
The election bill provides that the iegis-
lature shall indulge in no capital lsgisia-
ton.
Hon. Joseph Wfsby will be known in
future as the Oklahoma politician who
pays the freight.
The territorial university building at
Norman is now up to the second story. 1t
is built of native red stone with white
stone trimmings.
The Times-Journal says Oklahoma
county has the largest population of any
in the territory 1t should have the largest
representation IN the legislature
Candidates for congressional honors on
the Democratic side are becoming nuner-
Gus. but out OF the lot available not one
can be found that can beat Dennis Flynn
in the congressional race.
Mr.. a. Jacobs of Oklahoma City has Just
returned from Stockton, Tex, where he
has been buying cattle. He bought LOCO
head. which he shipped into the Chicka-
saw nation where he will feed them next
winter.
II the train robbers are not all caugh
soon says the Transcript, it will not be
the fault of the deputy United States
mdrsbalS of the territory. They are fol-
lowing up every clew that comes to them
and are diligently working 10 rid the
territory OF Al undesirable class OF people.
The military reservation has been Sc
cured for fair purposes, the telegram OF
General Schofeid to the editors OF the
Times-Journal settling that question.
Now let US all work to make the fair a
greater success than either the Dallas or
Wichita fair.
Several calamity men have been in town
lately says the Clayton Standard They
complain that the heavy rain this week
has ruined the corn crop, there Will be so
much corn that prices will go down to
nothing and everybody will be ruined. We
are sorry for the calamityites but perhaps
the editor Will get fat
Sheriff Jess Graham of county z, brought
TO Oklahoma City seven prisoners yester-
day. Five of them are Indian horse
thieves and the other two are Frapp and
Wilson, the former under indictment for
attempted murder and Wilson for the
killing of man by the name of Peyton.
Lehigh leader: A colored man named
Griffin was recently ordained as minister
in the colored Baptist church. aud who
was to have preached his farewell sermon
in Lehigb, Monday night, came to grief
Monday by being arrested for horse-steal-
ing, by Officer Ruth. He was taken to
Atoka and tried before Judge Rails and
bound over to await trial He made an
excuse to go to the door of the court room
to talk to his attorney. He skipped He
will probably return when Gabriel blows
his trumpet His family live here and
were already to move His wife is still
here and her Reverend" husband is sup
posed to be still moving-to parts IN
known.
Times-Journal: Mr.. W. T. McCarter,
living eight miles west of the city, expert
mented with Prof. Shows chinch bug ex-
terminator a few weeks ago, and he Is
moro than pleased with the results, and
we'll he might be, for it saved him several
acres of corn When Mr.. McCarter cut
his wheat it was alive with chinch bugs,
which Immediately began pouring into
the adjoining corn field. He had his in-
fected bugs ready aud he scattered them
all along the edge of the corn. The result
was marvellous. 1t was but short time
until the bugs began to die in great mum
| bers, and in week it was diffic ult to
find single live bug in the field. We
visited the field Yesterday and found in
places handfuls of dead bugs Along the
edge Of the field we pulled down the leaves
aud there lay hundreds of them. We will
wager that there are not 100 live bugs in
| Mr.. McCarler's corn field.