The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1897-10-14
Outlines of Oklahoma

Everybody but Shoestring Smith and
Grist Mil Jones have row been mentioned
for the marshalship.
Judge McAtee has granted an injunc-
ton against the collection of the equalizei
taxes in Woods county.
In the Kiowa, Commanche and Apache
reservation the births exceeded the deaths
by thirty-fiye during the last year.
Senator Ravens OF Enid is stiIl n pur-
suit OF that lost calf. He 3 now ssarch-
ing for il In the District of Columbia.
John Buckles. who Is editor of the Enid
Eagle and the new postmaster al that
place, lost $4,000 in the cattle business.
Major Woodson of Darlington Is at Mo-
hawk Lake New York, this week, giving
a talk TO the Indian commission on the
Indian.
No one seems TO know the reason for
the continued fall in the price OF cotton.
Everybody believes that il will soon have
a big boom.
The Oklahoman announces that Presi-
dent Robinson of the Frisco told Dennis
Flynn that the extension from Sapulpa
would be built at once.
An agent from Illinois came out 10 Enid
to sell the Hotel Rex. He came and saw
and the town conquered him. for he up
and bought the hotel himself.
The ladies' Of the Presbyterian church Of
Oklahoma City are preparing a novel en-
tertainment 10 be given this month and
to De known az the Frontier Fair"
II turns out that AL Jennings did lead
that band OF daylight robbers He IS
probably in Mexico by this time, as he
is credited with big lump of brains.
The Enid Wave says tina, the sorghum
boilers are having a hard t!me 10 ;aake
both ends meet, as the farmers are buy
ing hand-me-down molisses at stores.
The railroad officials expected another
hold-up on the Rock Island las; Saturday
night, and were prepared for II. II the
robbers had designs they gave the Job
up.
Jake Schweizer of the Kerfoot at El
Reno has invented a hotel register that
keeps the books, Is a calendar. wipes the
dishes and can be used in emergencies az
boot-jack.
1t is reported from Washington that
every man who is appointed Indian agent
is given a lecture and the substance OF the
lecture is that there are 10 be no rake
offs hereafter. a.
Mr.. Mckinley OF Guthrie is said TO be
noting down all he hears about public men
in Guthrie. John Golobe saw one Of these
notabons. 1t was this: Governor Barnes
is an excellent poker player"
Rome wasn't built in day; neither is
FL Reno's cotton compress. The Star. at
FL Reno, however, says that the cotton
e. ~
the time the demand is there TO keep 1t
busy.
Indian Commissioner Jones IS quoted as
saying that the first appearance Of crook
ed work on the part OF an Indian agent
hereafter will be signal for his immediate
retirement. The Indian agent who is not
square may as well prepare TO move.
Oklahoma City Times-Journal: Mr.. W.
T. McMichaels has at the Times-Journal
office a couple of stalks OF cotton OF a
remarkably strong and large variety. The
stalks are well frWted. and every boil Is
five lock, being just a fourth larger than
ordinary cotton. The staple attains extra
ordinary length. Mr.. McMichaels says he
has been working a good many years 10
produce this variety OF cotton. but he con-
s.ders that he is amply repaid, for the
seed is very valuable. Mr.. McMichals also
exhibits a fine tobacco stalk.
Perry Enterprise: An occurrence took
place in the city yesterday which deserves
the most severe condemnation and the
EXTREMIST penalty OF the law. Miss Ida
Summers, a sixteen-year-old young lady,
arrived yesterday on the noon train from
Kansas, to visit her step father and her
mother, Mr.. and Mrs. \. ]. Hartman. who
live seventeen miles west of the city. She
had written them she was coming TO make
them visit, but for some reason they did
not get her letter. and did not meet her
at the train, but slick young man named
Dick Lee, from Lamar. Mo. did. and she
states made indecent proposals TO her. She
reported the matter 10 the city authorities.
who arrested Lee and brought him before
Judge Enright, who fined him 80 and costs
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