The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1897-03-21
Outlines of Oklahoma.


John Golobie is the only candidate FOR
territorial librarian.
Wells recently put down at Manchester
70 depth Of Is feet give four feet of water.
Under the new school book law no books
new in use can be changed for five years.
There Is scheme on In Woodward to
unite all the Sunday schools into one big
one.
The Free Homes League will meet IN
Enid April Z, for the purpose of electins
officers.
Jake Admire says of his old friend Cap
Ia in Baker that he died twenty-five years
too soon.
An Enid man travelled away up into Kan
sas. as far as Emporia recently to- buy q
fire grade bull.
Logan White has removed the Western
okiahoman tnewspapeD from Taioga to
Higgins. Texas.
Bill Cook has been so awfully good that
he is now trusty in the Albany. New
York. penitentiary.
Andrew j. Huntington of Manchester is
dead. He was born in Ohio and lived for
some years in Rice county, Kansas.
No one has yet discovered what Franklin
Head wants with the governorship of Ok
lahoma. He is rich enough without II.
The Purcell Register. which is & specta-
tor, says it looks like Dennis Flynn had IL
all his own way in the governorship mat
ter.
The papers made so much fun of Ightn4
ing-rod peddlers that il IS fact that there
is not a lightning-rod peddler in Oklahoma
today.
Don Lawhead of Newkirk was in Guthrie
this week advising with Cassius Barnes
They decided that the heavens were badly
overcast.
Mr.. Crow of Okarche is preparing boom
circular which he will distribute in the
east. Real estate firms in Oklahoma should
do more Of this.
j. C. Liner, Texas cattleman. has fet-
this winter Maybe that doesn't improve
the local grain MARKETS.
Major J. P. Allen win be the Free Silver
candidate for mayor of Oklahoma City. He
has promised not TO veto any free silver
bills passed by the city council.
The train OF the Hutchinson Southern
going through Manchester the other night
frightened two teams and they both ran
off side by side ali around town.
There are nine newspapers in FL Rem !
and the Hennessey Kicker says there are
some few people in the town who think
there is an opening for another.
The Alva Normal school was a good thing
and is another indication that Oklahoma is
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state institutions. Western Oklahoma will
have.
The Perry Enterprise devoted its entire
first page TO the prize-hght and on the sec
ond page denounced other newspapers for
devoting so much space to it. Consistency
is not found in the same vein with that
gold at Perry.
Both the Guthrie papers printed special
dispatches from Carson several columns
in length. A special telegram from Car
son of 1000 words would cost 500. The
st. Louis, Cincinnati, New York and Chi
cago papers were the only ones in the coun-
try which could afford II.
The Newk.rk Republican denies that the
legislature disregarded the wishes of Okla
bona editors IN toto and says: THE COM
tinuous publication law was the principal
boon asked for by the editors and 1t be-
came a law. After supper the night the
legislature adjourned, We looked up the
situation of the bill. Representative Doyle
Of Perry had the bill in his pocket as
chairman OF the house conference commit
Zee. The council had amended the house
bill by providing the bill should not become
operative till August /. and also that the
plaintiff could designate the paper for pub
ication. Many thought the last provision
killed the good intent of the bill. Doyle
-ried TO find the council conference COM
nittee, Marum. chairman, but could not
20 about o'clock, as he was busy. ne
.urned il over to Editor French Of the
Chandler Publicist. TO hunt up the other !
members of the committee TO get an agree |
nent This was finally done and the re! |
BORT signed and agreed to in both houses |
lbout 10 o'clock. The council receded from /
Is amendment providing plaintiff could |
designate paper. We followed the bill 10 |
he enrolling clerks room and the COVER |
lors office and rejoiced 10 find each step |
O success completed. Great credit is due |
Doyle. Councilman Marum
md Mr. French for getting this important l
Measure up and passed in the rush OF the
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