The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1898-07-07
Outlines Of Oklahoma

The 1hreshing machine boilers have be-
gun 10 blow up in Oklahoma
Mighty little Is heard OF cotton in Okla
homa papers this year. Why?
The new maps OF the Frisco show Okla
homa City as a western terminus.
Tom Butler has had postoffice estab-
lished at his home IN Custer country.
Creased pig was the amusement on the
Fourth at Hog Creek park. near Taloga-
The Yukon base bah club beat the Ok
lahoma City club the other day. q 20 -.
The Knights of Pythias OF Guthrie claim
they have the finest lodge IN the terri
tory.
Marshal Henry Thompson on his farm
near Enid has twenty-three hives OF
beeyes.
1t should not be forgotten that that
Dawes commission is still molly drawing
its salary.
Phil. Smothers and Ed. Harris OF Cush-
ing started TO tussie. They ended in 8
bloody fight.
Bob Loyery has telegraphed the govern
ment not 10 stop the war until he can get
to the front.
The Union depot at the junction OF the
Choctaw and the Lillian Russell Is
about completed
Sam Lee of Oklahoma City received from
China cracker q inches long. which be
fred on the Fourth.
Mr. Bates Of Oklahoma City viii estab-
hsh the Oklahoma Inn," an hotel for
colored people exclusively.
Grist Mill Jones of Oklahoma City may
get into the congressional convention and
organize the anti-Guthrieites for him.
self.
The Indians IN the Choctaw nation have
an election in August. The fight is be-
tween the Progressives and the Non-Pro-
gressives.
According to Leslie Niblack, the news
of the victory at Santiago erased several
lines Of care from the faces of the new
recruits in the territory.
The Chickasha Gazette says: 1.-THE
hanging Of Spanish sympsthizers is be-
coming quite fashionable" What rot!
Where mas any Spanish sympathizer been
hanged?
lot of the recruits at Guthrie have
become impa tent waiting for the regular
army recruiting officer to come and enlist
them, and some of the boys are talking
Of quitting.
Oklahoma City Times-Journal: Todd Nc
Twain. one of the Western Union mes
senger boys, was badly burned yesterday
| morning while firing small cannon. The
powder in can exploded enveloping him
in flames and causing painful burns about
the face and hands. The injuries are not
serious, but are quite painful and pre-
vented Todd from properly celebrating
SIMPSONS victory.
Ponca City Courier: 1t has been the
| custom of the Ponca Indians for ages 10
present q tOmahawk to a man when he
is made chief Nearly forty years ago,
one in this way and he has treasured il
ever since as one of his choicest posses
sions. 1t is also a pipe which he has
smoked for all these years. Yesterday
Harry got hard up and had a craving
for little cash, so he exchanged his
beloved pipe for the filthy lucre and o.
f. Keck is now the owner of the histori-
cal treasure.
Oklahoma City Times-ournal: Mr. Per-
rine has let the contract for the building
Of brick block on his property on the
corner of First street and Robinson. The
building is to be 100xl40, built of brick.
The Robinson street front will be made
into business rooms, one of which will be
a large room suitable for big grocery.
The others will be smaller, and will be
rented for meat markets, etc. Sixty feet
of the First street front will be used for
a livery and feed stable. The part facing
Robinson will be two stories high The
upper story will be cut up into sleeping
or office rooms