The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1898-01-19
Outlines Of Oklahoma

There is one thing General Hews has
command of-the English language
Kay county has the right idea The
thing 10 do is TO agitate free homes again
outlaws steer clear of Woods county.
No outlaw has ever been taken alive out
| there.
President Mckinley has given position
In the land office at Mangum TO Can
ton man.
The Enid Wave saw farmers daugh-
ter on the street the other day wearing
s14 hat
1t looks very much as if Judge McAtee
would be a candidate fer congress on the
| fusion ticket
| Dennis Flynn writes from Washington
| that the prospect to pass the Tree MONIES
| bill is very good.
1t is now positively stated by his rela-
| tives that T. J. Virgins OF Norman olo
not commit suicide.
1t is said that Governor Barnes has de-
clared that the newpostmaster at NOR
| man will be an old soldier.
| A man who attended Christmas services
| at bridgeport says three-fourths OF the
| audience was made up of Indians
/
yer county the other night just wnen me
water question was becoming serious.
man at Cloud Chief undertook TO
shoot up the town He fired his revolver
| lust once, when he was collared and fined
SIS.
The Cloud Chief Sentinel says the cot
ton crop of Washita county was twice as
big as expected and lots OF it is not yet
picked.
There will be a general sigh Of relief
| if Clyde Mattox will publicly announce
| that he does not intend to return TO Ok
lahoma-
The commissioners of Washita county
will sell part of the public square at
Cloud Chief and use the money received
to build a court house.
Colonel Jim Smith of Norman has
bird dog called Rex" Governor Rem
frow offered Smith s. for him the Other
day, but Smith refused.
A circular is being distributed showing
that the lands in the Cherokee strip are
not as productive as reported. This Is
a poor idea and the circulars should be
torn up.
A report from Beaver says that or
Christmas eve a lot of cowboys took pos
session of Christmas tree and divided
the presents among themselves This
story is probably fake.
The Enid Wave was given the county
printing over a Populist paper and the
Wave is backing up its right by publish
ing cards from Popuists approving the
work of the commissioners.
Ponca City Courier: BIanch Won Loon
aged 80 years, died at Mrs. Clark's hote
on First street yesterday after few days
illness. The remains will be buried in Ode
Fellows cemetery. Blanch may have
been more sinned against than sh wa'
sinful Who shall be the judge of he
life? Surely not those who have onl!
known its worst phases, and not thu
causes which led to them.
! Oklahoma City Times-Journal: Mr.. w
A. Mcbride, who handles Dold's Packing
house products in the territories, was II
Fort Smith at the time of the tornado
He declares that he has all the tornado
4 experience he wants, and that he has no
regretted that he did not get to observ'
more closely the inner workings of tn,
monster. He was three blocks from tn
center of the storms path, which wa
about 300 feet wide. The hotel trembleC
and a few window panes broke. but be
yond that, nothing was injured there
Mr. Mcbride says the mutilation of thu
victims was awful to behold. Some wer'
crushed out of resemblance to a human
being, others were burned until nothing
was left but the trunk. while others were
mangled by falling glass and timbers.