The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1897-03-12
Outlines of Oklahoma.

Senator Piatt of Connecticut Is backing
Dennis Flynn for governor
George yickers has been faithful to that
majority of ten in his district
Many of the Oklahoma schools are now
closing. Those OF Manchester closed this
week.
George Utterback of FL Reno has me-
nagerie He has just added bear cub to
| his show.
| Alva appears TO have a large chuekiins
horse-laugh charged UP TO the debit. side OF
| the book against Edmond.
| The AIya Review warns President John
son that he Will never get Galatians place
because he fought the Alva Normal.
Langston is to get her colored univers;-
~ unless Renfrow should take a notion 10
veto it. which he will probably not do
The legislature Will probably allow coun-
| ty clerks to charge $40 for licenses to sa-
| Icons Hitherto they have charged only S.
| Frank Greer predicts that the first Nc
Kinley appointment IN Oklahoma VII DC
the receivership OF the Oklahoma City land
Office.
| The ST Louis Globes correspondent N
Washington believes that Flynn is practic-
| ally agreed upon at the White House for
| governor.
| As soon as the legislature adjourns I;
| will be deluged with a great roar OF tndig-
| nation The roar Is coming. 1t is already
IN the air
| Major Baldwin Is good fellow and he
ought TO let the prospectors alone and find
out II there Is really gold there in paying
| quantities..
| A. Z. Newman. a prominent citizen o!
| Watonga. whom Tom Ferguson used to
lick every three days. has left that place
for Texas.
| Dad Echelberger Of Oklahoma City 4.
dead, aged II. He was member OF Payne's
original colony. having Joined Payne from
| Emporia. Kansas.
| II IL true that there IS some excitemen;
in the Wichita mountains. But the num-
Der OF miners in there is exaggerated. They
n;';nb.r in all about livery.
| While Mckinley is slashing around for q
| good man for the supreme bench he Nigh,
look at Sam Oyerstreet's tongue. Over
street would make a daisy.
| Tie South Canadian aas on a tear The
other day and the United States mail re-
NAMED on the other side OF the river from
| Taloga for twenty-four hours.
| The Wichita mountains extend intc
| Greer county. Why don't the prospectors
go out there and carry on their work? The
Indian agent could not touch them.
| No one should rush into the Kiowa coun-
| try in search of gold. The soldiers will be
able 10 put all corners out and an expedi-
| ton there at this time would be a clear loss
| of time.
| The editor Of the Taloga Advocate still
| has It in for the English language. His
latest utterance is this: Facts regarding
| ne dcviltry Of tn. pas. are being d:rude
every day
| At South McAlester an interesting ha-
beas corpus proceeding was tried this week
| in which B. F. Gookin OF Colgate sued FOR
| the possession Of hts wife. Margaret Goo
| kin. nee Barr. Gookin married his wife a
| few days ago against the wishes of his par
| ents. The old folks afterwards obtained
| possession OF his wife and refused to sur
| render her, hence the proceedings. There
was no contest and the court granted the
writ.
Hennessey Clipper: Postmaster Baldwin
was in K.ngflsher Monday. and while there
| met William Cooley former luaintance
| In Caldwell, Kansas. Mr.. Cooley Is an old
"49-er'' California gold miner. and has Just
l returned from the Wichita mountains. He
| has with him q number OF specimens of
gold bearing ore that he secured in those
mountains and says there isn't a particle
of doubt In his mind that plenty OF gold
can be found there