The Wichita daily eagle., 1894-02-07
OKLAHOMA OUTLINES.

| The Pawnee Democrat burned out last
Friday.
Like the cat, the Oklahoma sun has
come back.
Pawnee has the first free reading room
| in the strip.
| Duncan ships about 5000 car loads ol
cotton yearly.
| The editor of the Enid Wave calls plow
"sod-slasher."
Saltwater had an election for post
master last Saturday.
Tug Wilson was present at the prize
| fight in Perry last night.
Over 10000 words were typewriter in a
contest case at Newkirk.
At the Darlington agency and Fort Reno
! 125 beeves are consumed weekly.
The formal announcement is made that
the Perry minstrels are on earth.
The semi-annual burst of the Wichita
mountain gold fever has come again.
Governor Renfrow is galivanting around
away out in the western part of the terri
tory.
Sam Small's Oklahoman gives the i'm
preston that it is unanimously stuck on
itself.
A crazy Ell Reno man by the name of
Muzzy tried to kill himself with an ak
Sunday.
Henry Asp has sped away to Washing
ton to help Dennis Flynn and Sidney
Clarke rescue the statehood bill.
r. L. Lampert of the Langston City
postoffice has been arrested ON the charge
Of ripping open registered letters.
The treasurer of Canad an county is daily
receiving from 800 to 800 in taxes. The
penalty attaches the first Monday in
April
''Reno Kid" Of Ell Reno says he is get
ting tired of the bluffs of galoot down at
Chickssha and challenges him to fist
fight.
The Ponca City Courier has raised Its
voice against the wire from baled hay on
the main streets OF that city. Eternal
vigilance is the price of liberty.
There are some funny fires in Oklaho-
ma. At Pawnee last week a man saw that
his house was doomed, With great pres
ence of mind he called three other men to
ChO iCoCuC ohN thOy OIL PiChCu GuC 1OGSC
up and carried it out into the street.
There are some Of the good old-fashion-
ed kind Of editors in Oklahoma who love
their family and like to notice them occa-
sonally. Editor Miller of the Hennessey
Clipper is one of them. This week be very
prettily says: Our little girl has just
passed through her most exciting exper
fence. Last Friday was the fifth anniver
sary of her birthday and her mother gave
a little dinner party to which she invited
eight or ten Of her playmates. Her pleas
ure was unbounded, and her big brown
eyes opened wider and shone brighter than
ever when she saw number Of mementoes
and presents brought by the children, for
she had not thought of such thing as re-
ceiving presents. The children had nice
time. She will long remember her young
visitors
WOODWARD, o. T., Feb. 8. 1894.
To the Editor OF the Eagle. Wichita. Kansas.
Ia you issue of the 3D. instance. under
the heading "W oodward Items" you re-
fleet against DR.. Milton, and in order that
a wrong impression may be averted we
respectfully present that the person. men
toned lone G.. w. Milton" Is our pro-
visional mayor and lac is the man who |
organized the Denver colony and caused
them TO settle here. He has twice been |
sent to Washington in the interests OF our |
people and he has we'll and faithfully pro- |
tected their interests and the present |
flattering prospects for onr town are |
largely due to his enterprising efforts IN |
our behalf
The probate judge is exceedingly anx- |
ious to prove us up but DIR. Milton con- |
tends that the act of September /, 1893. |
took the Jurisdiction over town sites out |
OF the hands of probate judges in the |
strip. hence the disquiet Of probate judge /
of IN" county. The people are with DIR. |
Milton. MASY CITIZENS.