The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1898-12-29
Outlines of Oklahoma

! It is plain to be seen that Oklahoma IS
preparing 70 feed the world its peanuts
The Donahue Brothers. whose cotton
I gin at Perry was burned the other day.
| viii rebuild.
| The fall OF the chimneys IN the new
school house at Shawnee resulted IN ST.
/ 600 damages.
The physicians Of Perkins have sent for
vaccine to be ready should smallpox come
that way.
The city council of Purcell have cor
rallied the town COW and the lawns and
trees are recovering.
c. J. Jones Of Oklahoma City is rustling
just as hard for that speakershtp as
he did for the Sapulpa-
The Christian church at Perry gave
Christmas cantata entitled santa
Claus Arrival" Monday evening.
zFive farmers in Perry got into quar-
rel the other day and the police court
baled the pockets Of three Of them.
The Dawes commission has ruled that
aliotments can not be made of separate
tracts not contiguous TO one another.
Bert Randall, who was once in the
weather bureau at Oklahoma City, Is now
in the same service in Santiago de
Cuba.
Senator Haven OF Garfield county has
his presidency aspirations about finished
and they viii be on exhibition within
few days.
A merchant OF Perkins IS distributing
among the merchants of the town indi-
viduaI fre-exingu ishers which he gives
them for cost
The only peanut thresher in the terri
tory is owned by Sam Atherton and John
burst of Perkins. and it is in demand al
over the territory.
Maud Miller OF Perry. a denlzen OF the
underworld, died the other day of pneu-
mona, made fatal by the excessive use
of cigarettes. she was only years Of
age.
The colored people at Fl Reno gave
a ball Monday evening. The hall was d.
vided into two parts. one part for whit
dancers, the other for the colored trip
pers.
The Beaver Herald chronicles the fact
that a set OF false teeth was recently
found IN a sand-bar out there. The
prehistoric man apparently suffered from
dentists. too.
Judge Tarsney and Cassius Barnes both
have a similar habit which is praise
worthy. They never get out of the ter
ritory th:t they do not boom, in inter
views, Oklahoma.
At Newkirk recently woman IS said
to have followed her husband to a coll
ored womans house and hired a broad-side
through the Misunderstanding. The hus-
band fed and as he fed his wife took
a shot at him. In all shots she missed.
The Oklahoma City Times-Journal tells
this incident: An incident took place a
few days ago at NOrman's jewelry store
which proves that not all of the lies sworn
to the United States land offices of Ok
lahOma were intentional. a young man
handed Mr.. Norman a watch TO be re-
paired, remaTking as he did so, Mr.
Norman, you ought TO fix up fathers
watch for nothing this time, because
it hasn't been six months since you over
hauled it." Mr.. Norman looked at the
watch and replied that he was greatly
mistaken as to the time. as it had been
two years since the watch had been re-
paired. THAT can't be- was the re-
ply, because father was not in the coun-
try at that time" An examination Of
Mr.. Normans record followed, and it
showed that the watch had been left with
him more than TWO years. That's
strange" said the young man, and what
is of much more Importance. II your rec
ord is correct father is about TO swear
to lie in the United States land Office"
The young man hurried out without more
discussion and soon returned with his
father. The old gentleman was positive
that he was not here at that time. lie
was shown the record which showed the
entries made consecutively as the work
came in. He pondered a few moments.
and then a peculiar expression spread
over his face as he said: 81 give up.
passed through this town two years
ago. and stopped here three days. but the
incident had completely escaped my mem
Dry" He modified his testimony in the
land office