The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1898-10-14
Outlines Of Oklahoma


The attendance at the Oklahoma city
street fair Wednesday was twelve thou
sand.
There is every indication OF a big vote
in Oklchsmo. reports 10 the contrary not
withstanding.
John Buchanan OF Ponca City Is under
arrest for entering q saloon and taking
sl35 from the till.
Yesterday was masquerade day at Ok
lahoma City. Mosques were allowable
from two O'Clock until seven
George Brett, one OF the most en;erpris-
ing men in The territory, will build two
story stone business block al Porca City,
Clarence Tucker. twelve years old. got
his hand torn OF IN a printing press IN
the Guthrie Capital office day before yes
terday
The Ponca City Courier is making a
fight for home merchants against outside
concerns which come in and give few
days special sale.
There is fellow with a bag-pipe in
Oklahoma who claims he IS on his way TO
Italy who invariably plays And stu!
there's more 10 follow before saloons
The governor OF Kansas has granted
a requisition for Fred Male who is want
"
last of the Perkins gang. 1, Is claimed
Yesterday at Oklahoma City Miss lie
Roy allowed herself to be elected from
a cannon 1000 feet IN the air. coming
down TO the terrestrial sphere in a para
chute.
Ransom Payne finally pulled the Usage
marshalship OF the plum-tree. There Is
nothing like sitting under the plum-tree
and doing Just little. common. inartistic
waiting.
c. NJ. James. who runs a livery sta
BILE at Guthrie. while putting a negro,
Caldwell, out of his stable, was struck
over the head and seriously injured. He
may die.
There are good many pitchforks stick
Ing out OF that county seat situation in
Kay county and outsiders when they
want 10 express an opinion should go of
by themselves.
McGinnis, the Rough Rider whom the
Populists thought OF nominating for con-
gress in Oklahoma, has changed 10 be
Republican and viii stump New York
state for Teddy Roosevelt.
It is said when the petition for a change
in county seat reached Newkirk. New
kirk persuaded enough men 10 erase
their names on the petition to compel the
citizens OF Blackwell 10 get up an
other.
Willie Smith was kangarooed by the
prisoners in the Enid Jal day before yes
terday. He was sentenced to receive five
ticks with a hard substance. The
prisoners laid him on table and crack
ed him five times with plank
When Judge Burford fined a man for
having a weapon on him in court at
Woodward the fellows sitting around
made a break for out-of-doors. and after
falling in with the cars scheme. came
back into the court room with their
minds relieved.
A new lawyer came TO Enid this week
The boys. upon some excuse. got him In
a hack. At an appointed plice the bar
armed cap-a-pie. swooped down on the
hack, made him throw up his hands and
took all his valuableS About the time
he stretched himself out to faint, they
gave him the laugh de horse.
There is a little postofflce of the rail-
road in Kay county that is causing more
friction than il 1t were a presidential ap-
pointment. says the Arkansas City Trav-
eler There is only one store at the
place that is honored with a postoffice
and the postoffice business is transacted
at this store. Recently a change was
made in the postmaster. The retiring
postmaster had a store about mile from
the present site Of the postoffice and when
his commission was taken up he still
wanted his job. Accordingly he started
a postoffice of his own and one that I'm
Gle Sans laws do not cover. His friends
Joined with him and took their letters
to his store to mail. He would send them
by the regular hackman to the railway
station TO mail on the train. In this way
the letters were carried by the regularly
established postoffce and IL made the new
ostmaster very mad, as the ex-postmas-
ter boosted that he handled nearly all
the letters in the community. anyway.
This was not all. The old exp. ms friends
changed their postoffice address to the
postoffice on the railroad and then the
old man would send and get their mall
for them and hand II out at his place.
Everybody in the community has taken
sides and the feeling is 100 degrees hotter
than any county seat war on record. The
salary OF the .. m. Will not amount 10
$50 per year. But II is not the filthy lucre
he cares so much for as IL Is the dignity
of the postmaster must be upheld He
Is now trying to work the strong arm Of
the law to put stop to postofice No. >