The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1897-06-26
Outlines of Oklahoma


10 McNeal 10 doing finely. He was the
first man to congratulate Amos Ewing.
Kinshsher also saw the meteor which
appeared north to the people OF that town.
Carloads Of watermeaons are passing
through Oklahoma for the northern mar
ket
At the risk Of not getting into the hnd
office Jake Admire opposes 0cKin1eyS Ia
" allan policy.
One Of the dead game sports a. King
fisher lost 81 ON q crap game the other
day. He Is roaring.
Governor Barnes has given Il out cold
that when he visits Kingdsher July srd. he
win not listen to politics.
Mr.. Scott, Indian. died the other day from
q rattlesnake bite. the Medicine Mans bic
medicine doing him no good.
Several Of the Oklahoma towns ere hav-
Ing serious attacks OF an entertainment
called Tom Thumbs Wedding"
Professor Cline and his dog viii make
two parachute leaps from the sky abutting
on Kingisner the Fourth Of July.
The Supper Bell daily paper at Fl
Reno which you can carry in your vest
pocket. sells for one dollar a year.
The look the abandoned wives must give
a Cheyenne buck when he chooses which
squaw he viii keep. must be awful.
Miss Loro Beck should quit trying to
commit suicide. 1t Is against the law and
it is overworking the Perry physicians.
The follows do not appear to be onto the
fact but Kay county is superceding King
fisher county on luck at the pie-counter.
An Industrial teacher of the cheyennes
took out 1000 pounds Of Irvine from e. Reno
the other day to tie up the Indians wheat
with.
Little Joel Johnson of e Reno. IS months
old, got a dose of carbol,c acid the other
day and died before anything could be
done for him.
Two travelling men got on loot WITT two
girls at Ell Reno the other evening, were
warned. arrested. jailed and putting up
bond of $35. forfeited it by not appearing.
The Rock Island line politicians have got
a geography OF their own Since Pugh's
appointment they declare that Woodward
is not in western Oklahoma, but in north
western Oklahoma
1t is one Of 1senberg's convictions that .
man can make local paper pay by work
ing hard. 1t Is true he can. The trouble
is that the average local paper devotes too
much time to local politics and not enough
to news
Governor Seay is getting back his health.
The other evening he drove out of King
fisher with fish-pole sticking out the back
end Of his buggy. A man who can In
dulge in night fishing must have consu-
tuition like an iron order.
a.
prosecute the successful Perpetrators the
Oklahoma law against sli:c-,ie is funny.
Oklahoma City Times Journal There is
q postoffice north OF Ell Reno which bears
the name Of Geary-probably on account
of James Geary's experience UP in that
country in 1872. Jim was up in that coun-
try endeavoring to make something out of
a government hay contract, but prairie
fire burned him out and he was obliged 20
turn his attention to other matters. The
soldiers had been sent down TO where -.
Reno was aftesward located. and all freight
ing had to be done from the nearest rail
road in Kansas. When the army wagons
went south 1t became necs ssary TO build
bridge across q little stream about midway
between Fl Reno and Kansas. This the
freighters had continued to use. Jim hit
upon the happy idea OF turning II into
toll bridge. The first freighter cursed q
good deal and declared that he wouldn't
pay the dollar, but Jim's forces were too
much for him. 90 be paid his dollar and
went his way. Others cursed when they
we're forced to pay. but business was brisk
enough to give Gearys company a grub
stake. But they we're prudent enough to
move before a company Of soldiers could
come from Ft RenA