The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1898-02-17
Outlines of Oklahoma.

Shawnee viii vote upon the proposition
to issue $4,000 bonds for water works.
Frank Fillmore of the Arapahoe Bee,
has lost his black sow with white feet
and curly hair.
Answer to correspondent: M McBryar
OF Kentucky did not attend the Wood
ward convention, but he sent his regards
Jacob Admire says that he supported
Barnes for governor against the precon-
ceiyed notion of 50 per cent of the people
OF his county.
The Guthrie Leader says that Hainer's
success was one of buying chips and buy
ing chips and staying in the game until
the lights went out.
The Ponca City Courier with post
office look in its eyes, calls the passage OF
the free homes bill through the senate
"a victory for Barnes"
From the published reports the wife Of
Reverend Onstott at Perkins, in exposing
her husband because OF a milf, Will short
" see the day when she will regret her
folly.
Colonel Blackwell offers free homes in
Blackwell TO all negroes. The people there
do not want the negroes TO come TO town
1t is not unusually Colonel Blackwell
custom TO stir up row.
Governor Barnes did not indorse Jake
Admire for the Kinghsher land Office IN
ii latter Jacob had been appointed Some
more alleged Oklahoma political history
is consequently knocked sky high.
Acting Governor Jenkins has pardoned
the Behrend brothers in Payne county
who were in Jail for selling cholera hogs
at Perry. Jenkins should avoid the par
doning habit of Lowe, his predecessor.
When Oklahoma has the free homes bill
tucked away in its inside pocket with that
Sc. 900. 600 it doesn't have TO pay to the
government it should clear its mind Of
other objects and remember that if Pet
tigrew had not been in the senate the
free homes bill would have never become
law.
Two young people at Hennessey slipped
out in the country the other day ana had
a minister marry them. They then re-
turned to Hennessey, the bride going
home and the young man TO his hotel
A week later they announced sheir mar
riage. They did it just to surprise the
community.
Enid Wave: Governor James Steen is or
the opinion that the best mode Mckinley
could adopt TO get out OF tIe JuuSSSlliP
muddle would be to order a cake walk
between Roberts. SwitZer. Conkling ana
the eastern candidates, with Major John
Pitzer Col. Bill Walker and Judge 50
Oberlander as referees.
The editor OF the Gushing Herald re-
ceived a comic valentine and II made him
hot. He said: 1t is to be regretted that
at this. the close of the nineteenth CEN
fury, the barbarious custom of ctrculat-
ing so-calIed comic valentines still pre-
walls If fun was their whole mission.
they would not be so bad; but how often
behind the mask of levity do they hold
the yenomous shafts of sarcasm and NAL
ice Mans deformities, inconsistencies,
pecuIiarities and excentricities are eXag-
gerated and distorted until he beholds
himself pictured too horrible for descrip-
ton. as a driveling idiot, hcenttous
brute, bloated inebriate or a sneak
faced rascal. These venomous missiles
are transmitted through the United States
mails and no effort is made on the part
of the government to stop their circula-
ton They are a menace to god society
and the disgusting custom should be Wig
orously discouraged among civilized be-
ings.