The Wichita daily eagle., 1897-12-18
Outlines of Oklahoma

The motto of the Normal school at Ed
mond is I'm Front"
Chancellor Snow OF the Kansas Universt-
ty. lectured at Kinghsher last night.
Thompson VIII be confirmed. Nagle need
not feel uneasy He viii not have 70 take
the office back.
The Kingfisher Reformer says that Han
mas prosperity IS in spots. Oklahoma IS
the biggest spot
The territorial teachers meeting at FL
Reno viii be the largest attended event in
the history Of the territory.
The editor of the Alva Review denies
the right of Republicans to admire Presi-
dent McKinley's late message.
On second thought, some FL Reno people
aren't sure whether they want that Choc-
taw road to built west or not
Never in the history of the territory has
any man received such a newspaper boost
as Bill Walker is getting for the Usage
agency.
The government would never attach the
| Indian Territory to Arkansas. The gov
ernment wouldn't even let Texas have
Greer county.
Legislator Tom Doyle was thrown on a
| train; Legislator Mouriquand has been
| knocked down. That last legislature was
sure a hoodoo.
A postmaster in Grant county complains
| that when the average man misses his pa
| per ne wants TO rip up hitching post by
| the roots and brain him.
Frank Edwards OF Oklahoma City has
| been sent to jail for five days for stealing
| cotton. What could induce man to steal
| cotton at its present price?
| The Oklahoma papers keep right on
| pumping il TO the farmers who are so
| shiftless that they will let their learning
implements stand out in the weather.
A man named Allen visited Oklahoma
| City recently with the announcement that
7 he was going 10 organize travelling d-a-
| matte company there. He worked the mer-
| chants for some money and then skipped.
| The skipping business is being overdone
| In Oklahoma.
In a pioneer country more than In set
! tied one, the man who is always cheerful
| and happy under any circumstances is the
man who prospers and lives long. The
/ snarler is the shortest lived in a new coun'
| try. People move to a new country from
| hope; they are fleeing from old sores.
| Senator Marum of Woodward recently
| wrote an important question TO young
| lady. When ne received the answer he
| was engaged in a trial. He did not oper
| the letter until he had finished the tria
| for fear it would unnerve him. Three day:
| later ne opened the letter. 1t said Yes.
The Canadian county commissioners have
1 issued the following: 1T having been cir
| culated throughout the county that in the
| failure of the Stock Exchange bank Of +
| Reno, the county treasurer had lost $780,
| 900 of the county's money, We, the under
| signed county commissioners. after an ex
| animation of the county treasurers book:
| desire to state that such report is entirely
| untrue, and that such failure viii not II
| any manner interfere with the running
| expenses of the county and that all de
| mands upon the county will be promptly
met, and that the county will not lose any
| thing by such failure"
| At Purcell the Review is printing let
ters from children to Santa Claus. Herr
| is one: Dear Santa:-I am not such {
| little boy now as l used to was, but dea
old Santa, / look for Xmas with just al
| much delight and pleasure as L did whel
| | was no bigger than minute. / VII
| tell YOU what l want: The first thing
| want is a moustache, / want a Fight blu'
| one. with a fieur de lis finish and a gooC
| box of brilliant.ne for the same. 1 wan
a "Bow-wow," nice little one that won
| bite or chew my playth!ngs up. I wan
| a. lot of things that don't expect TO get
| but anything that you may leave will b'
| thankfully received. 1 will hang my sock
I'D and if the lamp is blown out you cal
easily locate them by their queer Arab.ai
odor. Now, Santa, don't forget me. You
| I;ttJa hov WILLIE M'CLAIN."