The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1897-02-14
Outlines of Oklahoma.

| A Washita county man makes special
| ty of selling soft water.
A man at Newkirk advertises in the
papers as horse dentist"
| There is grist mill at Medford that is
patronized by people living in Kansas.
A lemon tree bearing the fruit is an at
| traction in an Ell Reno show window.
The east-s.ders went to the Woodward
| cattlemen's convention In special car.
popular vote for postmaster at Chelsea
resulted in the selection OF Miss McSpid-
cen.
The chances are that Harry St John viii
never be any "deader'' than j. Wilkes
Booth.
ed at some point for the education of en-
crossing clerks.
The building in which the various lodges
held their meetings at Fit Reno was burn>
ed down the other night
y Medford man lost horse and tracked
ii about 15o miles and recovered ii. How
much is he out on the trip.
Is there any real objection 10 being buried
in Oklahoma? Hundreds OF bodies are
taken east every year from Oklahoma.
The Tecumseh plan of giving a court
house to the county is bad one. The
county should pay for its own buildings.
A. A Byers will put touch on the COM
missionership TO the Centennial exposition
which Tennessee Will not forget in years.
John NJ Shoop has been appointed post
master at Speer, Lincoln county. He is a
Republican and the first one TO reach the
pie-counter.
Oklahoma people are looking forward to
the Inauguration principally because If the
free homes bill IS not passed by then, il
never will be.
Mr.. Trosper of Oklahoma City IL IN the
race for the governorship to stay until he
can see which man is the winner. Then
he will withdraw.
While Frank Greer says he has no fears
but that the free homes bill will pass the
house he doesn't say what he thinks about
Growers vetoing IT.
Sly Overland has gone back 20 his farm
with the remark that farming Is more in
tellectuaI than chaperoning the present Ok
lahoma legislature.
A mans horses at Oklahoma City ran
away. The man dropped the reins and
jumped in, took the reins and stopped the
horses.
In jack-rabbit hunts the BOBBY prize Is
given to the man who captures the small
est number In Garfield recently two men
got one each, but one caught cripple rab
lit and got the prize.
At North Enid the other day a woman
got off the train and started TO walk to
South Enid. The buss driver hailed her.
Il do not want to ride" she said. 81 want
to walk for my health. But will give you
a quarter just to show you I am not too
stingy to ride" The bussman took the
quarter.
A girl in an Oklahoma town loves a man
in Eureka. Kansas. A spiritulaist came
along and a number OF questions were ask
ed of the living and dead. The young
lady timidly asked about her sweetheart in
Kansas. He's married" said the spirit
uaEst. The girl wrote scorching letter to
her fellow and he is now hunting for the
spiritualist.
Pond Creek Vidette: The county COM
missioners have employed a Mr.. Beard Of
Anthony, Kansas as an expert 10 examine
the county records for a fee OF $500 and
contingent fee Of the same amount, MAX
ing a total OF $500. Mr.. Beard is said to be
a clerk in good standing in dry goods
store in Kansas. and will probably be able
to wade through the county records. No
one expects him to find any irregularities.
If there had been any crookedness in the
affairs Of the various comfy offices It
would have been an easy matter for the ex-
county officers to have wiped out all traces
of the same. The alleged investigation
simply means a fee Of $500 for the pockets
OF a Kansas man, and the taxpayers OF
Grant county pay the bill. There would
have been less kicking il the job had been
given to a resident Of the county and the
$500 have been kept at home