The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1897-05-05
Outlines Of Oklahoma.

The "Old Pond Greek Rustler" Is the
name Of new paper at Jefferson.
Luther Hord Of Ponca City has rug
made out OF the hide OF his fayori,e dog.
Perkins has asked the government to es-
tablish a weather bureau station there.
The Santa Fe is putting in new tracks
and lowering the old ones at Ponca City.
The last legislature was not wholly bad.
1t passed good school house insurance
law.
Part OF the Perkins bridge across the
Cimmarron went away during the receat
floods.
In the Guthrie food many found refuge in
school house. There is a text IN thai for
Sunday sermon.
Near Ponca City bolt of lightning melt
ed tin can. The Ponca City Courier says
that lightning always was hot stuff.
The railroads discovered during the last
week that some idle men would rather
watch food than work on a railroad
track for pay.
The real bravery during the recent food
was on the part of men in many town
ships who swan into raging streams and
secured bridges with ropes.
The word ''cataclysm' had very warm
run in the Oklahoma papers last week.
Pawnee has already subscribed $50 to-
wards telephone line TO Perry.
D. D. Pierce and Victor Payne of Blaine
county are out after office and the Wa
tonga Republican charges them with fight
ing the Republican ticket last fall.
Near Cheyenne a tornado played on the
open prairie for while and then shot into
timber and knocked the trees galley-west.
This happened a week ago Saturday.
Last Wednesday at Perkins the total pop
ulation, $40 suddenly disappeared at the
sight of a wind cloud. The local paper
the Journal. refuses to say where they
went
The Oklahoma School Herald is worthy
publication and should be supported by
teachers. Its standard is kept up TO a
standard equal to similar publications in
the state.
Jasper Sites at school teachers asso-
citation meeting at Oklahoma City gave a
flag to the county having the largest at
tendance. Kay county won it. The flag
was burned in the court house fire al
Newkirk.
There is nothing in a name. The Paw
nee Times-Democrat Is Republican paper
Callahan's friends claim that he has
great influence in the senate. While the
vote was being taken on the free homes
bill in the senate Callahan was al home.
He has a wonderful influence and 1t works
fine at long distances.
Perkins Journal: The city officials. real
izing the inconvenience that washout would
cause the travelling public, held a special
meeting and appropriated money 10 build
boat, which they have now placed on
the river and have employed Messrs John
K. Under and George McNa.r. two old
Missouri river boatmen. who were held
here by reason OF the food, 10 operate the
boat. The boat is doing good service and
will continue TO run until the waters have
subsidized sufficiently 10 permit ford.ng. A
hack TO convey passengers TO and fro I.
being run between the town and the river.
This is very commendable action of the
city council.
Oklahoma City Oklahoman: Bertha Suits
man was once handsome woman and
might be called fair yet. She appeared to
enjoy the attention she attracted as chief
witness for the prosecution and while de-
nying any carnal intercourse with her para
mour. Henry. still was unannoyed by the
close questioning in regard to the affair de
amour. by the defense on cross examina-
ton. She talked Familiarity with the judge,
the stenographer and other court attaches
and made the heart of Judge Brown palpi-
tate by one of her most bew.tching smiles.
For Horace Speed she had naught but hate
ard her terrible scorn will undoubtedly
haunt him for weeks.