The Wichita daily eagle., 1898-01-09
Outlines of Oklahoma


The Bank of Blackwell feels like strut
ting. It has ssi SOC in demand deposits
The Guthrie Leader predicts that the
statehood convention at kingnsher VIII
be failure
Ouanah Parker has been removed as po-
lice Judge OF his tribe on the charge OF
too much harem-
The Ell Reno Star calls the Choctaw road
the c. O. G. So far as that Is concerned.
the road neved slipped one
o. T. Bassett. who owned extensive
properties in oklahoma City. died at e
Paso. Texas the other day.
In Grant county good many of the far
u,ers are paying all their taxes and get
ting a rebate for the last half.
The Santa Fe will test the rock in the
Elmore quarries near Ponca City. and IL
il is any good will use IL for ballast
Maurice Neal. a fGwnee boy. fell from
a bridge. striking some timbers and run
ming nail into his temple. He died in
awful agony.
The Usage Indians are In debt 10 the
traders to the tune OF $50 a capita. The
trading infamy at the Usage nation should
oe broken up.
h. W. Latin. the new Republican post
master at Manchester. rather surprised
the Populists In that town by putting IN
q Populist for deputy.
Oficer Pen;ecost OF the Guthrie police
force, has been removed for apprcpriat-
ing butchers turkey and pawning him
for a drink. Policemen ought not TO
drink
The bar of Oklahoma passed resoiu-
ton demanding the establishment OF ap-
pellate courts in Oklahoma. Why doesn't
the supreme court set 4 move on itself
instead?
Upon the whole. Governor Barnes has
done pretty we'll In most cases when
newspaper in Oklahoma speaks. that Is
the opinion of the postmaster In the same
town. too.
Those judiciary appointments haven't
came yet. and Judge Strang is getting as
nervous as an editor whose contemporary
has taken a country drive with the eOun-
" commissioners.
The biggest hero at Newkirk Is tho man
who. on Christmas day. when the bush
serving as a Christmas tree took fire.
picked il up and fled with Il. His name
wasn't Moses. either.
Some OF the Hutchinson Southern grad
ing has been done through wheat fields
sown last fall II seems a pity to spoil
wheat fields for a measIey railroad that
may not pay dividends.
As is usual with rsw type-Setting ma
chimes, those on the Guthrie Capital have
set up in active opposition to Noah Web
ster and his great work. entitled: How
one word led 20 another"
The experiment station at saltwater has
now taken up sheep and will experiment.
with them. There is no reason why Okla
homa mutton should not become as IA
nous as Oklahoma wheat.
Prosperity" wrote the editor ot the
Hennessey Kicker the other day, wiping
his pen in his hair and looking dream
ily out OF the window. comes quickest
to the man whose liver is in good condi-
ton"
Windy Smith Of Grant county one day
last year sold his farm and coming into
town. got up on HIS wagon and said: 1t
hasn't rained in oklahoma for three years.
/ am going back 20 Missouri The other
day he returned and getting up In his
wagon. said: "In Missouri IL hasn't rain
ed for six years. and ! came back"
AIva Courier: Tuesday evening Fred.
Blue and a companion from the eastern
part Of the county were srresfcd while in
Alva overturning things and were placed
in the city tan on Wednesday they were
taken over 10 a restaurant for breakfast
and while the marshal was AZ the front
door Blue slipped out Of the back door and
skipped. At last accounts he was stili