The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1898-01-21
Outlines Of Oklahoma

An alligator gar measuring six feet in
length was caught in the Usage country
this week.
An extended book on the Wichita noun
tains. with a splendid map, viii soon be on
the market.
Mr. Farrar OF Kingfsher expects TO be
assistant United States district attorney
for Oklahoma
Jim Duffy at FL Reno IS anxious that
Oklahoma should have an exhibit at the
Omaha exposition. He is right there
Oklahoma has had another big rain and
snow IT looks like 1898 will be such big
wheat year that everybody viii forget
1851
The experiment station at Saltwater
goes on record against the probabilities
of success from spring wheat put in In
February.
II would be interesting TO hear from
Governor Barnes-if he regarded the night
convention at Kingfisher as an inter-par-
tisan affair.
lake Roberts of Kingfisher and Judge
Conkling of Enid are now both giancing
at the same judicial chair and glowering
at each other.
A fake Uncle Toms Cabin company
walked out of Ponca City the other night
with $50 net nesting in the inner pocket
of the manager.
The Dallas, Texas. News says that the
talk about the Indian race dying out Is
all poppy-coek, as they have Indians 10
burn in Oklahoma
Joseph Donahue of Ponca City, not be-
ing allowed to vote for governor for
Oklahoma, has decided 10 support John
Seaton for governor of Kansas
The next ten years in Oklahoma are
going to be booming years and there is a
whole universe OF opportunities for the
average Oklahoma banker to be conserv-
alive.
When the first train on the Sapulpa
branch comes into Oklahoma City it will
be a shame II the people do not see that
Grist Mill Jones is given seat on the
cow-catcher.
Governor Barnes is all right. but he
wants TO put mis- foot down softly on the
habit the Republicans have of indorsing
him every time at least three or
them get together.
Bill Grimes says that Dennis Flynn is
the man for the Republicans to have in
congress to help Callahan with free
homes 1t is still Damon Grimes and
Pythias Flynn, all right
Everybody who endorses Bill Walker
for agent of the Usage nation does so
with the distinct understanding that they
are to visit Bill when he gets installed.
Up to date only about 11,00o people have
endorsed him.
Jake Admire is so sure that the state
hood convention at night at Kingfisher
was an inter-partisan affair that he prob
ably overlooked the fact that his good
and great friend and political confrere,
Governor Barnes, was not present
Jake Admire should some day get up
a little convention by himself, elect him
self chairman, pass resolutions euIogizing
Jake Admire indorse President Mckinley
for appointing Jake Admire and then ad-
journ and let Jake Admire write the con-
vention up himself.
Purcell Review: Geo. W. Willingham
and Miss Ora B. Foster, the former q
and the latter 10 years of age, were yes
terday granted license by Deputy Green,
to join IN wedlock. Purcell is a veritable
Eden for the bashfuI Oklahoma swain
to he transformed to the ranks of mar
ried life in"
Ponca City Courier: "a very regrettable
case of INSTRUMENTATION occurred yester-
day evening at the school taught by Hen
~ McGraw, west of the city. Two or
three pupils attacked their teacher, and
were very severe in their treatment of
him. From the information at hand, 1t
would seem that the teacher was en-
tirely in the right. Henry McGraw is a
fine young man, and would not knowingly
wrong anyone