The Wichita daily eagle., 1894-01-21
OKLAHOMA OUTLINES.

The occupation tax at Perry has reached
$500.
Oklahoma City acts like it had a vario-
loid attack Of hoom.
The Second Baptist church at El Reno
has been chartered.
George Derr, who killed Foss, used to be
in the regular army.
Another railroad is on foot. It is called
the Oklahoma Central.
Oklahoma City has a resort called the
"Dizzy Four Hundred"
They are going to name the first baby
born in Round Pond 'Hoke."
The business of the Tecunseh postoflce
has doubled in the past year.
There is a poet in Pond Creek who
writes stanZas two columns long.
Lack of rain never prevents the papers
of Tecumseh from throwing mud.
A family of Brazilians with three bears
and two monkeys are doing Oklahoma.
McMasters is expected to roast Swine
ford at that Perry statehood convention.
If this weather keeps up there will be n
sale for fly paper the year round in Okla
homa
When Clyde Mattox was arrested he
had to show the officers how to put on
the handouts.
Secretary Lowe, it is said, has write n
to Washington, asking that Horace Speed
be removed.
There is enough fight in the Perry coun-
Gil on sny night, as rule, to fit out six
teen Brazilian wars.
After little while the Oklahoma papers
will drop the Rev" from Sam SmalPs
name and tack on Hon"
Two new steel cells are to be put in the
county Jail. They will cost 1898, ac-
cording to the Enid Wave.
Two young Ell Reno men deposited s.. 50
with the police judge Friday in proof
that they both love the same girl.
Pond Greek Echo: Our Italian climate
has suspended temporarily this morning
Old Boreas being appointed receiver.
Guthrie Capital: The story that the
Dalton gang want to give up aud get two
years has a loud smell of fish about it.
Superintendent Mallory says that the
present year in the Guthrie schools has
Occu lilOI Q SuSSCSSiui
one.
Chief Justice Dale has dissolved the in-
junction against the commissioners OF z
county preventing them from building
Jail.
Bert Greer Of the Perry Times has con-
fessed to the authorities that years ago be
did write poem. The state will not push
the case.
kingfisher Free Press: The kingfsher
pOstofiice is now before the president. the
postmaster general refusing to recommend
a successor to the present incum bent.
Enid Eagle: Wa are informed that
man by the name of George Pearsons,
alias Wild Horse George, living on Indian
creek, township 81, range 10, is doing II
wholesale business of branding cattle. His
brand is cross and combined o III L,
and he puts it on all cattle he
can find in his neighborhood. he has
possession of large tract of land and will
not let anyone trespass thereon by threats
of killing them and other intiniidations.
He will not allow campers or hunters on
his domain. not long since having gone to
a camp when the man was eating supper,
kicked the fire out and made the man
leave before he finished his meal. He is a
terror to the settlers in that community
and they are afraid to bring complaint
against him. He wears two revolvers and
a Winchester and seems 10 feel very proud
OF his being called Wild Horse George.
The officers here have written to Speed |
about the matter but be informs them
tina, it is out of their precinct and the |
authorities OF Kingfsher county should !
look after the scouudrel and stop his wild |
career