The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1898-12-03
Outlines of Oklahoma

Eighteen negroes in Logan county re-
Gently set out for Liberia in Africa
| About the weakest thing in the west.
and Oklahoma is included. is fire limit
ordinance a year old
The Enid Wave argues that Oklahoma
is between hell and breakfast, and that
Texas is the breakfast.
II is said that the weather can change
more suddenly in Beaver county than
anywher eelse on earth.
II is said that in Pswnee county over
| three hundred mutilated ballots were
| thrown out Of the count
Teddy Roosevelt may be present at the
| Oklahoma Live Stock convention at
Woodward next February.
An Enid man claims to have sure cure
for the custard pie habit, even when Il
has reached the blind staggers stage.
Cattle in the eastern part of Beaver
county will not enter winter in as good
flesh as they should be at this time OF
year.
The great and Democratic malady of
measles has spotted the territory. and is
catching rich and poor and middling fair
to do.
The boys Of the Friends Academy wiped
up the boys OF the Normal school in Alva
at football the other day 10 the tune Of
40 to O.
Culinary opinion from Quinn OF the
Hardesty Herald: Quail on toast is very
good. but what Is better than nice Fat
coon?"
The Baptists OF Oklahoma and those OF
the Indian Territory have decided by
unanimous vote to hold separate conven-
tons hereafter.
The Hardesty Herald makes the claim
that it is the only paper within a radius
of seventy-five miles that has survived
without the aid Of the county printing.
Some one gave Farmer Pregger's cat on
a Garfield county farm so much hard
cider that the cat became jagged and the
mice came UP and bit holes in her ears.
The severity of dlphtheria in Oklahoma
this year as shown by the health report
and its known presence in Kansas, shows
that the cause OF the disease is climatic.
The fractional land in Texas along the
north line known as the homestead strip
is now called the BLACK Strip" as Il
was set aside for the benefit Of the negro
schools.
Claude Umholtz. who las been chosen
IS Edmond's representative in the col
legiate oratorical contest to be held at
OhidHCmd O4lHs 5 4 son OF 1iOItSSOT r
II. Umholtz.
Catherine Kintz, the deaf and dumb girl
from Holland has been exposed. If some
one had up and married her he would
have found that she could have talked
readily enough.
Many people in the northwestern part
of Beaver county want to be attached 10
New Mexico because the distance TO the
county seat Is so far. Many people in
that portion of the long county refused 10
vote because they feared they might be
drawn on a jury.
Perry Enterprise: The trial OF Clarence
B. Douglas for murder is now on at Pur-
cell. Douglas killed James Williams. a
newspaper man at Ardmore, in June. 1891,
over an article in the paper at which he
took exceptions The trial will be watch
ed with much interest, as the best of le-
gal talent has been engaged for the de-
Tense.
Tecumseh Republican: Marion Lee has
gone to Honduras to prospect for gold.
Mrs. Lee will conduct the hotel during
his absence. Oklahoma City parties who
went to that country several months ago
have been writing glowing accounts OF
the prospects of a rich gold find there.
and claim to be working good paying dirt
at the present time. Several other parties
nave gone and preparing TO go from Ok
lahoma City, and 1t is reported that some
others contemplate going from this place.