The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1897-01-30
Outlines of Oklahoma.

| Garfield county last week shipped $500
| worth of stock-mostiy hogs
Dave Morris says he regards Callahan as
| a dishonest trickster, calumniator and a
faud
H. B. Martin and Miss Bessie Kirkpat-
rick had swell wedding at Perry the other
evening.
The Guthrie Building and Loan associa-
ton has declared per cent semi-annual
dividends.
is a great traveller. He recently returned
from Port Arthur.
John Richardson has been jailed a. Cloud
Chief for horse stealing. He made fight
but the sheriff took him.
The Jail al Enid is empty and the Enid
Wave suggests that the county commits
sioners i'll it up with ice.
A charter having been secured from the
Chickasaw government, Ardmore viii soon
have a telephone system
The Perry Enterprise calls him Jay
Yuseless Callahan" That name, if it sticks,
will kill Callahan forever.
Mrs Ed S. Donneiley has sued her hus-
band for divorce at Guthrie. The Capital
says meddling gossips are to blame.
Some Oklahoma people viii go to Gal
weston to see the citizens OF Texas present
the Texas battleship with silver service
Some Of the Populst papers in Oklahoma
are scoring Reed for the very purpose of
keeping up his enmity TO the free homes
bill
The Jenkins boom for governor should
put up a fence If 1t wants to keep the
Barnes and Flynn boom out of its front
yard.
Snow is SO rare in southern Oklahoma
that when some fell the other day the
Cloud Chief Herald referred to il as white
moisture"
If Reed finds out that the Populist papers
of Oklahoma are anxious Off him to fight
free homes he will take off his coat and
work for 1t.
The Democratic and Populist politicians
of Oklahoma do not want free homes. That
is becoming clear and it is enough to damn
them forever.
The Kay county bank has turned over
enough to the county to insure the county
against its loss of the deposit il had made
about ST., 0Oe.
If the complimentary notices In the Guth-
RE papers of saloons are each represented
by drink the Guthrie editors must have
a warm time all the time.
Dennis Flynn writes to Oklahoma that
the fact that the free homes bill IS now
general bill and not one for Oklahoma alone,
it is very fact that is now liable to de-
feat ii.
The Ell Reno Star says that Flynn could
really stop Reeds opposition TO the free
homes bill. 1t is pity that the editor of
the Star has not hitherto read more OF
Thomas Bracket Reeds disposition.
Enid Eagle: A number of outfits are
busy on the ice ponds this week. Ice five
and six inches thick is being put up, and IL
the present weather continues few days
the home supply will be abundant for next
summer.
Oklahoma City Oklahoman: The local
sports who were expecting to see Corbett
and his company here next month are
doomed to disappointment, as the COM
pany Will disband "a the end of this week.
and Coroett will go into training for his bat
tie with Fftzsimmons.
Medford Patriot: Why would it not be
a good idea TO so amend the statutes as TO
have the county treasurers succeed to Of
flee the first Tuesday in March instead OF
January, as now? 1t would enable the
treasurer to collect and apportion the De-
cember tax before turning the Office over
to his successor. AS now, he can collect
the tax. If the tax roll reaches him in time
from the county clerk, but he can not COM
plete the collection by placing the delin-
quent notices in the hands of the sheriff.
Being versant with the tax roll he could
better complete the work than new Of
flcer unacquainted with it and the Of