The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1898-10-19
Outlines Of Oklahoma

II the election IS close Il viii be a week
before the final result is known
In Grant county one SIDE calls the
other the dirty smear That's nice.
Albert Hammer has gone into court af-
: ter part OF the townsSIe OF oJnesv1lle, near
Ea5d.
The hottest county ticket fights in OK
laaoma are in Lincoln and Grant coun-
ties. Mud IS as free as water.
Oklahoma is always in the swim. Il
has been brought Up against Populist
candidate that he IS q tax-dodger.
An Oklahoma teacher asked little girl
what Jefferson City was the capital OF
and she answered: show me"
The county commissioners OF Lincoln
urer 10 give an additional bond OF s.. :
00o.
J. 5. Newly. Republican. and B. A
Robertson. PopUltst. candidates for coun-
ty attorney. are securing Lincoln county
in joint debate.
Hereafter at Enid the clarion tones OF
the curfew VIII belch forth at eight
o'clock every evening and the boys mus,
scoot for home.
Little Eva held the boards at Pond
O4tNh O ACNCAN evening anu NAiC CNlNOR u
the VidetIe says he hasn't aged bt in
,he las; thirty years.
Some day the Oklahoma City papers
Will discover that the publication Of the
name OF every arrested Drunk hurts the
town. and will quit IL
Flynn Is stronger than he was two years
ago. II Keaton is not as strong as Gala
han he is a goner. and how can he be
. and ElyOn Sf-
Delegate Callahan has given notice that
a competitive examination will be held
al Kingfsher on November Is for all par
ties who are seeking appointment 70 West
Point
cial Travellers parade al Oklahoma City
last Saturday every marcher carried a
candle. Guthrie probably couldn't hold a
candle TO that parade.
Thomas r Foyles. Of Lincoln county.
who died last week had been married
three times. but al his families. except
one daughter. had preceded him to the
grave He was seventy-seven years old.
Last Saturday night a member OF the
company OF L. 5. regulars encamped al
Ardmore married a soled dove, His fell
lows took his uniform from him and
drove him from the city. Is he now a
deserter?
The postoffice department offers TO give
Chandler a small service on the Frisco al
once If the citizens will pay the expense
Of carrying the mail 10 and from the de-
pot. The town will refuse as most Of its
mai comes from the west. anyhow.
There is a good deal Of talk about The
party whip in Oklahoma Here is
party whip" in the Jefferson Rustler:
1T is folly for man with any political
ambition 10 fight candidate when ne is
the choice of a majority" This trouble
with this statement is that a history Of
American politics viii not bear IL out.
Watonga Republican; The other day
an officer from D county came TO Wa
tonga en- route to FL Reno. He had Ed
Mahaffle, the murderer of Mcdonald. in
charge Instead of taking IDS prisoner
to jail for safe keeping he took him TO
the saloons and allowed him the freedom
of the city. The affair reached Judge
Tarsney. who used expressions that may
cause him to be turned out OF Sunday
school when he goes back TO e Reno.
He went TO the D county office and told
him he would give him just five minutes
to get that prisoner in Jail or he would
have the sheriff of Blaine county put
both the d county officer and the prison
er in jail. There was hurrying to and
fro. and in almost less time than II
takes TO write It. Ed Mahaffle was placed
in the Blaine county jail. Judge Tars-
ney will beyond question point out their
line of duty to certain D county officials
before the Mahaffle trial is over. He has
started in to break up some criminal
gangs IN this western country and IL
allowed to remain on the bench long
enough he will do II