The Wichita daily eagle., 1897-04-08
Outlines of Oklahoma.

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| Governor Renfrow's resignation has been
in Washington since March 1.
! Enid has caught the cellar fever and may
build couple of big pubic retreats.
Hennessey is already preparing for the G.
A. R. reunion in that city in May.
Judge Burford is cand:ate for United
States district attorney in Oklahoma.
The Perry Academy has opened for its
spring term which viii last ten weeks
In all about 5000 has been subscribed
for the relief of the Chandler sufferers
The people Of Chandler were indignant
over the report that the militia was needed
there
FL Reno has prepared for the Wichita
/ opening boom by electing a Republican
| mayor.
| A great number of papers are copying
Roy Hofman's account of the Chandler
cyclone.
| Besides groceries and clothing the peo-
! pie of Edmond contributed sl4i 10 the people
of Chandler.
A movement is or in Enid TO appropriate
/ 800 out OF the city treasury for the reiie;
of Chandler.
Barnes viii not return 10 Oklahoma uEt;l
| he brings with him h.s own commission
| and then some.
| In about three weeks the Chandler papers
| will be out claiming that Chandler IS hav-
ing a building boom.
| Henry Asp is back from Washington He
thinks William Jenkins will be the next
secretary of Oklahoma.
The little town of Langston in Oklahoma.
| oF
worth OF provisions TO Chandler.
! It is a fact that Secretary Bliss says that
the Indian commissioner has been decided
| upon but viii not give his name. Il may
| be Flynn.
The Perry Enterprise thinks the Kansas
airship is q diadem on the forehead OF an
angel sent to earth to find out what the
/ last Kansas craze is.
| An Is-months-9ld child Of Mr.. ,Cinnaman
of Enid has died from the effects of an op-
Grafton undertak TO remove q grain Of
corn from its wind-plpe-
Creighton Foraker was not in the In
| dian Territory TO investigate Freeman. For
| aker's wffs's folks live at Blackburn and
| Foraker was merely visiting them.
| The Perry fire department occupies SAL
walton army barracks. The departments
seeks to rescue people from the fire and the
army strives TO keep them from going
| into II.
The governor of Texas vetoed bill pess-
ed by the Texas legislature paying the
Greer county school teachers for services
rendered before the annexation OF that
| county by Oklahoma.
Four men have been arrested by the Of
| hcers of Cleveland county and will be tried
gers in the Chickasaw country s,c0 worth
of stolen goods have been found.
| Enid Wave: a large portly darkey was
on the street today; he had cultivated ap-
| petite for booze The boys loaded him with
couple of two ounce slugs and persuaded
him to go up 10 the Fifth ward and vote on
Dick Kennedy's name. He pranoed into
the polls when Judge Clevinger enquired:
Whats your name?'
''Dick Kennedy
"You are registered as R. Kennedy. Is
| that right?"
''Yas sah-dat am right"
He's a voter" said Clevinger.
The ballots were passed TO the negro and
| one of the judges gave him lengthy and
! explicit instructions how TO vote. Just as
| he was going into the booth Colonel Frank
Purcell yelled to him where do you live?"
II lbes at Pom Creek, sab
The judges of the election caught on and
that darkey was hustled out in the cold air
! in a jiffy. Thus Dick Kennedy came near
! losing his vote.