The Wichita daily eagle., 1897-08-31
Outlines of Oklahoma


place at Fort Reno September 4th-
Walter E. Younger, OF Woodward. Bill
Bottoms right hand man, has returned
from Cuba, unshot.
Oklahoma IS the only pebble on the beach.
but Oklahoma must grant that Kansas IS
a pretty big grain of sand.
The Woodward papers say that good
times have str:Iek that town hard. There
is not a vacant house in the town.
The Washita county fair. In which D
county. Day county and Greer county viii
join. VIII be held October 1914 and 15
Louis zeno has purchased the stock OF
merchandise Of David Lake at Pawnee
Transfers like this are becoming numerous
in Oklahoma.
The man who will strike Oklahoma with
line Of pocket-books with good, strong
handles on EN- VIII do rushing business
among the farmers.
Lizzie Steph. Of e. Reno, who has been
troubled with the effects OF brain fever
since childhood. has gone insane and has
been taken 20 Norman.
There are good many farms advertised
for sale in Oklahoma this last week. This
means that the men want 10 sell and get
another Oklahoma farm.
The most popular man in western Okla
homa seems 10 be John McGrath, the cat
tie inspector. McGrath. There is the
Irish in Oklahoma again.
Kay county raised more wheat this year
than all the New England states combined
That fact as an advertisement ought to
be worth Si.00o, 900 TO Oklahoma.
The Perry Enterprise sounds a sensible
note OF warning. II says: Don; go
crazy over wheat and put in all creation
TO that crop this fall. Diversity
Joe Henry, of Perry, who passed $50 IN
Confederate money for pair of mules,
has been let out of jail on 500 ball. and
he didn't put up Confederate money 10 the
Judge, ether.
1t is a positive fact that there has been
more notices Of new subscribers in the
Oklahoma papers this week than there
had been for year previous. The editors
must be in clover.
Frederick Cole, of Wellington, Kansas,
has sold his Sumner county farm for So
800 10 an Illinois man. and will buy an
Oklahoma farm. Lote Of the Kansas for
mers VIII do that.
The Pawnee dispatch takes occasion to
roast merchant leaving that city because
he did not advertise or subscribe for the
county papers. The roast looks bad, and
further than giving the editor little tenn
porary pleasure. does no good.
The white-cappers az Shawnee. or a man
passing himself off as white -cappers, orr
dered DR.. Dean TO leave town. The Law
and Order league denounces these letters
and high old and mysterious time is IN
progress which no one on the outside is
able TO understand.
The Alva Republican reads a citizen OF
that town a lesson because OF his actions
when the fire broke out there the other
night 1t says: "A man who gets scared
over little fire and jumps out OF bed
against the wall and knocks the plastering
off and makes big bump on his head
and gets his pants on hind-side before and
turns over the cradle and breaks the ba-
by's arm and runs into barb-w.re and
tears his pants and cuts a cash in his thigh
and scares horse that breaks loose md
kicks dog and cripples him. ought TO
take little nerve tonic and be sued for
damages"
Norman Transcript: In last weeks issue
of the Voice. OF this place. appeared an
article stating that NJ. l.. Bixler, formerly
of this city, had been whipped by citizens
OF Beaumont, Texas where he Is now run
ming paper, warned 10 leave town, and
otherwise showing him up in bad light.
The article in question has been extern
sively copied by the press of Oklahoma,
and from the best information obta:nabIe
the Transcript feels sure that great In
justice has thereby been done Mr.. Bxler
and We are surprised that so many of his
friends in this county gave credence 10 the
report, originating as 1t did in a paper
whose editor is best known for his scurril-
Gus attacks and his delight to feast vul-
upon offensive matters. Mr.. Blk |
ler's friends deny the story of trouble as |
stated, the fact being that an article in his |
paper asking enforcement of laws against |
gambling, did incur against him the en- |
nifty of a certain class. but the best peo-
pie, and a majority. sustain him in his |
efforts TO better existing conditions there. /
Mr.. Bixler while here was respected and |
valued citizen and ID is but justice 10 him |
Tow that he is starting in business In a
new place, 10 defend him from the at
acks OF character assassins.