The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1897-07-15
Outlines Of OkIahoma.

Mrs. Cassius Barnes and her daughter
Miss Bessie Barnes win spend part Of the
summer in Manitou.
Logan county Is the one pebble. LAYER
ty, the new Populist territorial chairman,
is from that county.
The Woodward News says that Washing
ton Irving used the word Oklahoma" Can
1t name the page and the chapter!
Twenty Indians waddled into Ell Reno
the other day and fell on the editor Of the
Stars neck and begged him to help them
retain few OF their wives.
Callahan has seen his best days in the
Populist party. Leo Vincent didn't even
have to make a fight to down him AT FL
Reno and beat his man Bray for chair
man.
Callahan is said to be back in Kinghsher
II that is true Callahan Is spending his
salary on railroad fare. He Is not ten
dered passes between Chicago and Wash
ington.
Ed Packham shows up as among the d.
rectors of the Blackwell road 1t Is PLAN
ned as soon as the road Is built to give Ed
a private car over the line drawn by two
locomotives.
The Populists Of Oklahoma seem to be
evenly divided on the question of fusion.
and this means the politicians are in favor
of fusion and the Democrats viii capture
the Pops next time.
Party lines have been lost on the state
hood question again. Some Of the Repub-
licans who were against one state out OF
the two territories because it would be
Democratic are now talking the other way.
Only one Indian was converted to Christi
anti hx-N lot he "a Ert<
palian Of Gushing, last week. He had two
Indians who were ready to be confirmed
but one Of them didn't get her dress finish
ed in time.
There ought not to be q man in the terri
tory who could help admir.ng Dennis Flynn
for his manly conduct since he was knocked
down and tramped upon by the national
administration. Flynn has acted wisely
and admirably.
Major woodson's friends should not get
excited about false reports Of an Indian up
rising. The average newspaper CORES
pondent thinks there is only one good rea-
son for the Indians existence-the news
value of his uprising faculty.
Harper Cunningham viii soon visit Major
Woodson's Indians and persuade them that
polygamy is wrong. But he might better
nave d care. OIu -hculClue lOIse - dEulSu
with copy of the Bible and VIII spring a
section of the history Of King Solomon on
him.
Henry Asp is of the opinion that in eight
years Oklahoma will be state. Gentle
men from Illinois, Kansas and Nebraska
as well as Ohio should get into Oklahoma
quick for any one coming in later than
next January will be ruled out of the sena-
tor:al race as carpet-baggers.
This is probably a fact: "a White Rock
man loved Perry girl and gave her a
plain gold ring. They fell out and the men
started in to replevin the ring through the
courts. The girl sent the ring back and
prevented him from making a large green,
corrugated monkey Of himself.
Perry Enterprise: The man who promis-
ed his wife he would come home early Sat-
urday night, and was afterwards caught
by the seductive influences of poker game,
and stayed out all night, is some better to-
day. With good nursing he may be able
to get out the last Of the week.
Mr.. Colwell of Perry was walking up the
street the other day with a baby on one
arm and bicycle on the other when
Mrs. league attacked him with patent
and improved carpet sweeper and pounded
the daylights out of him. She claimed
Colwell had talked about her. Mrs leagues
husband pulled her away from Mr.. Colwell
and allowed him TO escape.
Oklahoma City Oklahoman: James Grant
of Mustang precinct, Canadian county, Is
fitting upp a summer resort right. He
has dug, dredged and damned until he has
make two lakes of about three acres each
in extent and twenty feet deep, and has
lon nHaI thnxx xnfa tor
trees on their margins and stocked them
with fish. He Is spending a whole lot OF
money in his effort to make it the prettiest
Mace in Oklahoma