The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1897-04-01
Outlines of Oklahoma.

The business men of Oklahoma City
have organized a social club.
Powell Clayton says that he will land
Barnes in the governors chair.
Governor Seay OF Kingfsher is now on
his way 10 Washington TO see about L.
The Guthrie Capital which published the
Oklahoma statues has a copyright on them.
In the graveyard of Pauis Valley ma
jority of the dead. & men, met death In
fights.
Callahan has introduced bill TO enable
Pottawatomie Indians to secure patents 10
their lands.
The Comanche lands have been with
drawn from leases and the people think it
means a near opening.
Il is said that 1t was Jake Adnire's brave
defense of that fagpole which won him
Mark Hanna's friendship.
There is hot postoftice fight in waton-
ga. Watonga is a good town but il has
too much politics for good heath.
The report has reached Oklahoma that
Mark Hanna keeps a photograph of Jake
Admire on his desk all the time.
Jim Kelly didn't do al that bowling n
the Oklahoma City Republican for McKin-
ley for nothing. He has job already.
Mrs. Robert Martin and Mrs Brooks. her
daughter, have left Oklahoma permanently.
They are now living in East Liverpool. o.
Martin Bentley. agent of the Kickapoos.
has started out in search of that band
which disappeared so completely some time
since.
Isenberg and Niblack are now talking
about the elephants check. Both are well
connected and should be ashamed OF them
selves.
Mrs. Mary Ann Arnett. one OF The Oldest
inhabitants OF Kingfsher county, is dead.
She was a Kentuckyan by birth and was
aged 81 years.
McKinley's policy is to divide patrona se
equally between two factions IN state or
territory. 1t viii not be one-sided by any
means in Oklahoma.
1t is charged that the illiterate colored
people of Oklahoma are being taught by
the Republican candidates 10 distinguish
the letter r from other letters.
the strain no longer. He has pulled out
for Washington TO put salt on the tail of
the United States marshalship.
Last week Watonga joined several other
Oklahoma towns with jail-break. II is 50
hard for the prisoners not TO break out
when the spring sun invites them.
Mrs. Hampton of Chickasha recently gave
horseback party 10 introduce TO society
her young friend Miss Nall of Caddo.
Twenty-Five young men and women rode
horses.
Adam Swigart of Hennessey recently
traded his farm in Oklahoma for a farm
in Tennessee. He packed up and moved
and is now kicking. The Tennessee farm,
he says, is not as good as it was described.
Jim Kelly was candidate for secretary
of the territory. Cy Leland has promised
10 do something for him and when the
Greer county land Office matter came up
Leland put nj his oar for Kelly and Sc
cured him a place.
Judge Keaton has sentenced prisoners as
follows at Tecumseh: H. c. Ellis. man
slaughter. four years in the pen.tentiary;
William a. Bryant manslaughter, two
years in the pentitentary; William Doug
HIT. Billy Sundy, w. C. Clawson, and
Charles Compton. each one year and one
day for horse and cattle stealing.
Judge Tarsney tells US a good story, He
says while ne was out in the western part
of the territory holding court. fellow was
charged with cattle stealing and when the
case was called the prisoner was brought
forward and asked If he was ready for
trial, 10 which ne answered that he didn't
know whether he was or not, as he had no
lawyer. The judge then said TO him. Il
have appointed two OF the best attorneys
of the bar TO defend you. are you ready for
tr;al?' The prisoner scratched his head and
said: your honor. If you will allow me
the privilege Of trading one of the lawyers
for witness. l viii be ready for trial in
fifteen minutes"