The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1897-06-02
Outlines Of Oklahoma


| Callahan doesn't care much for criticism
| He is still IN Oklahoma
The Indians claim that no member o.
their race was ever struck by lightning.
Some of the Cheyennes. living In the Rec
Noon district, still refuse to take ailot
nents-
A merchant at Perry is urging peopl,
TO buy woclen clothing of him before tn.
tariff goes on.
n. f. Cheadls OF Guthrie. advertises
'wanted--Ten thousand 1--we bull-frcss
No questions asked"
The sanitary condition OF Perry is bad
and the board OF health. having. lost pa
thence, threatens arrest.
Sally Papes Steen of Enid has received
800 for story to be printed IN the Black
Cat. a Boston magazine
The latest arrow the Guthrie Leader has
tipped Is the charge that Frank Greer
wants the Guthrie postofice.
Perry is a town where no man has 10
travel far for relief. AT the public squars
there is a saloon on every side.
Judge Grissby. of El Reno. was the pr.n-
cipal speaker on Decoration day at Yukon.
Grigsby was Confederate soldier.
Victor Hugo. by many supposed to be
dead all these years, lives in Perry and
plays the slide trombone in the local band
The feeling that Barnes would bite hunks
out of all Flynn men he met after return
ing to Oklahoma, appears to have 6issspat-
ed.
1t is about time for Blackwell, Ponca City
and Kildare. as well as Newkirk. to cock
their guns and begin that long delayed
town fight.
F. NJ. Harrison Of Oklahoma City is hunt
ing for a prize-fght and Dick Plunkett is
willing to run a shan-a-boo on him and
poltogue his whiskers.
In last weeks issue the Cheyenne Sun
beam publishes a long report OF tho
Chandler cyclone. 1t was little late, but
its readers viii enjoy II.
General Miles has just paid $500 for 4
state room on an Atlantic steamer. while
at Fort Sill they are experimenting 10 see
how long they can make common soldier
live on one bean.
Captain AIitts came over from Seger the
and see what hope there was for him l..
turned home speedily.
One paper sizes Oklahoma up as fol-
lows: Southern and eastern Oklahoma are
famous for their cotton; central and north
ern Oklahoma for their corn and western
Oklahoma for its bull calves"
At Ponca City when Governor Barnes
passed through three cheers were gwen
him. Then Dave Donaldson up and holier-
ed: why don't some Of you Flynn men
shout for Dennis?" Four men in tAe
crowd were seen to hang their heads.
Clint Fox, the Alva boy who stole q
watch so he could be sent to the Reform
school, was tired last week. The Judge
heard his story and told him to go and
struggle along as best he could There is
no reform school in the territory and the
judge could do nothing for him.
Governor Barnes the other day made this
significant statement: The question
whether a man was for Flynn or for
Barnes for governor cuts no figure, but II
does make difference whether he was Tor
Mckinley or against him tn the campaign
last fall, everything else being equal ].
am opposed to the commercial politician.
want to say, however, that l have seen
who worked for Reed
Chandler News: A couple came in from
the Creek country Tuesday TO get mar
RED. The would-be bridegroom, we are
told, thought that since he was part In
dian he would have to be naturalized be-
fore he could get married. but learning
that there was no legal barrier to his step
ping off ar once, he repaired with his pros
pective partner to the office of Justice Dau-
ION, where the matrimonial knot was
quickly adjusted. Just after this, they met
"a terrible friend of theirs. as the briGe
afterwards expressed IL. and with him they
vent TO Becknell's saloon, where the we'd
ling festivities began. When they started !
home about SIX o'clock they were so full /
II spirits of various kinds that they could |
hardly stay in their buggy, but they were |
Vigorously plying the whip, nevertheless, |
nd were uttering war-whoops, while their |
iorses were running as hard as they could |
70. When they reached the north part OF /
own Marshall Randolph interrupted their
vely bridal tour to take them before Jus
ice Clark. Some great pleading was put
p by the fearful bride In behalf of her
darling old husband but Judge Clark
svied tribute in the sum OF five dollars.
he bride only had two dollars, and the
room had exhausted his financial resources
arier in the honeymoon, so the judge ac-
epted the proffered sum and gave them in
D the custody OF Marshal Randolph. the
ride solemnly voTing meanwhile that she
'ould not touch a drop OF liquor again.
Ir. Randolph drove them to the edge OF
1e towns!te and let them go on their way
sjoicing.