The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1898-05-25
Outlines Of Oklahoma.


Ths Buffalo Courier recently had a very
out.
oklahoma's Rough Riders are called the
".Grays." Their horses are nearly al
white.
AS far north as Dallas, Texas, cats
are being cut. Oklahoma viii follow
shortly.
Corn stalks, when eaten, are supposed
TO be poisonous. Oklahoma catfish should
take notice.
A man caught in Black Bear creek near
Pawnee the other day catfish weighing
thirty-f7ve pounds.
Judge Burwell is holding court in Greer
county. The first grand Jury Cor that
county has been sworn In.
An uppe--air tornado made everybody
at Cloud Chief last week stand with one
hand on the dug-out door,"
Sacred Heart Abbey was founded by
some monks who were passing through
the territory on their way TO Arizona
Lots Of money Is said TO b kept out Of
Pdnca City by reason Of the absence OF q
bridge over the Arkansas near there
Each Oklahoma Rough Rider Is provid-
ed with a lunch pan" which opens out
and makes plate. skillet and side plate.
People seem 20 like tie old towns IN Ok
lahoma pretty much. Stroud and Geary
are having q hard time cutting Ice UP 10
date
Frank McMaster win never forgive e1-
Judge Scott He never issues . paper
without throwing few shells into the
judicial tyrant Of other dayR
A man in Kay county has had to build
a levee along the creek on bis farm II IS
~
propeller on the farm wagon
Some Of the Oklahoma boys who could
not enlist at Guthrie, went over 20 the
Indian territory. and falling there. clio
down TO Texas and were accepted.
That insane Indian Territory girl who
went to Europe and insisted that she
was the queen Of Sweden Is IL luck She
might have imagined thai she was queen
of Spain.
Friday evening last a long, slim. black
cloud travelled across the heavens from
north to south. The shape II held in
Wichita was intact an hour later when
it passed over Ponca City.
The fustonists in Kay county have
agreed to divide the nominations as fol-
lows: Populists to have sheriff. probate
Judge. register of deeds. one representa-
tive. county surveyor. county supertn-
OenL. Inc democrats, county clerk, sen
ator, treasurer. one representative, two
commissioners, county weigher and coun-
ty assessor.
Enid Eagle; Earl SwitzeP has been
making a determined effort TO enlist in
the army, but so far has not been able TO
succeed. He WAS in line ready to be sworn
in when a detailed squad from the Fort
Worth University, which Early Is attend
Ing, took charge and returned him 10 the
university whore he was put IN the guard
house. His school closes in about two
weeks when he will probably be able TO
crafty his desire TO go to war. This
determine ton OF Earl shows his strong
patriotism and is in line with the action OF
thousands OF American youth.
Sam Sawyer got on the train at Okla
homa City the other night and tells his
experience as follows: Just after the
train pulled out of Edmond, the conduc-
tor came 10 me for my ticket, and upon
looking at the ticket l gave him, the
a good one. He demanded my fare, and
upon my demurring 10 pay for riding
when l already had 4 ticket, the con-
ductor stopped the train and he and the
brakeman picked me UP, carried me from
the car and dumped me on the ground.
Before I had time 20 recover from my
surprise at being eje3ted from the car,
the train pulled ous end left me on the
prairie one mile south OF town. l had
gone but a short distance when two men
approached me and held me up, taking
every cent had-about S45."