The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1898-03-09
Outlines of Oklahoma

Mr.. Makepeace of Kinghsher has orga-
niZed a brass band. and will disturb part
Of his name
| Free homes is having as hard time
as the property Of a nonresident in
Kansas town.
| Bill Bolton is the only editor in Okla
homa who can tell what crop the right
| and overbit the left ear" means
| The Kingdsher Reformer and the Impair
cial at Madrid both exclaim: How low
| has America fallen since Lineoln's time p
| The Wichita, Kiowa and Commanche
| countries have been leased 10 cattlemen
again, and another opening is long way
of.
The Arapahoe Bee says that ''the lead
| ing spirits" of Ell Reno have never missed
an oportunity TO stab Arapahoe in the
back.
If the Rock Island starts 10 build west
of e. Reno she will have the first mile
OF rails down before Jake Schweizer can
roll a cigarette.
Harry Gilstrap notes that Mulhall ba-
by was born on February . and escaped
the name of George Washington by be
ing born a girl.
Bill Dime, the one-legged cIog-dancer
last month found dead in his bed at Hot
Springs, Arkansas.
Just for the fun of the thing some one
telephoned Pawnee from Perry the other
day that Billy Walker had been appoint
ed for the Osages.
One of the citizens of Stroud. the new
town, has already married. His name is
Adelbert Nichols and he married Miss
n IL OF
Evan McMaster thinks that if free
homes doesn't pass Callahan may have
trouble in being renominated. He will
not. He will then have to be vindica ted.
It is the belief of the FL Reno Repub-
lican that O'RouTke is making a fight for
Callahan for congress with the hope of
keeping Judge Grigsby out OF the race.
The contractors and building commit
tee of the Methodist church at Arapahoe
have a dispute and in the meanwhile the
belfry of the church is hung UP and the
bell isn't.
Earlboro. the center of the Indian
burning trouble, was visited by a tenn
perance lecturer last Monday evening,
Tuesday evening the last saloon man clos
ed his doors and quit.
The FL Reno Star published an account
riot in Havana was on January Il How
ever, the Star is a good paper and doesn't
fall down, often, like that.
AS a rebuke to the town the editor of
the Pond Greek Vidette seeing that no
one knew 1t was Washington's birthday,
climbed to the dizzy pinnacle-of his office
and tackled the stars and stripes there.
Editor Walker of the Purcell Register
COY NIT
a policeman and then the people will have
some one to whom to tell their troubles
and can give the newspaper men a rest.
All over Oklahoma the atmosphere dur
ing the last week has been hazy The
same thing is true of southern Kansas.
1t looks like smoke and is supposed 10
come from prairie fires. That explana-
ton, however, is subject to doubt.
Oklahoma City Times-Journal: The
Republican has very properly begun war
on the licensing of a saloon at every
crossroads in Pottawatomie county. The
Republican calls attention to the fact
that the county has had several murders
recently. all due to those drinking dives.
Such dives no not exist in Oklahoma coun-
", and there is less murder there Yet
the people are the same in each. Whisky
drinking is bad everywhere, but it as
sumes a dangerous phase where it is sold
in places not under police surveillance.
Chandler Publicist: most distressing
accident, resulting in the death of Miss
GOvren, occurred on the school section
south of town this week. The family
had recently arrived here to work on the
railroad and were camped near the con-
tractor. On Monday the young woman
was lifting a kettle from the campfire
when the wind blew her skirts into the
fame and her clothing was instantly
ablaze. She was badly burned. especially
about the upper part of the body. and de-
spite medical care, died yesterday morn
ing. The case is sad one and much sym
pathy for the family is expressed.