The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1898-02-08
Outlines of Oklahoma,

William Lewis, an old and respected cit
izen of Oklahoma City. died last week
He came in in 1889.
The United States government and the
Oklahoma City Times-Journal are sun al
ter the Seminole burners
From present prospects 1t looks like last |
years cotton would still be coming INTO /
Oklahoma markets next August
Frank McMaster's latest whack ar Gov |
ernor Barnes is the statement that Pom |
thus PLATE was an appointive Official.
Under ordinary conditions. according TO
Frank Greer. there is a fusion majority |
over Republicans OF 1000 il Oklahoma
some of the towns are accusing FL Keno
of fighting off any more railroads III
Reno can not afford TO get that reputa-
ton It should deny it.
Ella Heavlin OF South McAlister has
sued Oscar Lee of Shawnee Tor preach
of promise. She claims that Mr.. Lee on
a promise of marriage, got her 10 deco
some property 10 him.
The Texans are going TO have hard
time convicting Mr.. Lee of Iecumseh'
who was arrested and hauled Oh down 10
Texas If Lee is acquitted he should so
into court and make some one sweat
From a Kansas town was shipped
car Was opened at Oklahoma CITY two
tramps were found. but no bull calf. Inc
tramps refuse to say anything about the
| calf except that they ate him.
| Newkirk News: 1T may not be gener-
ally known. but Newkirk has citizen
| in the person of Jack Drennon who was
a personal friend of ]. Wilkes Booth at
the time he assassinated our martyred
president, Abraham Lincoln"
Among several charges brought by
| James Ware of Guthrie against his wife.
| PrueIla Ware, in suit for divorce, ne
accuses her with walking the streets or
! Guthrie with a certain woman with Whom
he had forbidden her to associate.
The Enid Wave says that if Flynn had
been elected and Callahan had been de-
feated and Bryan were president, Cal
lahan would be in Washington helping
Flvnn for free homes and also taking
care of his friends for the postofice. That
is pretty nearly right.
The people down at Earlboro are still
panicky. a local detective telegraphed TO
an Illinois town that he had their alb
| sconding bank cashier spotted. a depu-
ty sheriff rushed out from Illinois and
discovered that the Earlboro detective
had an innocent man.
For an instance of repartee in the Pur-
cell society the Review cites case where
a young man with a high collar at a
local function became too gay and was
thus addressed by young lady: say,
young man, take this handkerchief and
tie it around that collar to prevent IL
puncturing the rubber in your neck.
Ponca City Courier: "A few days since
a man. accompanied by his wife, who car
ried young babe upon her arm, entered
! -,Tr in oft
walking up TO the bar together, they call
ed for whisky. The bartender placed
couple of glasses before them and bot
| tie of whisky The woman picked up the
bottle and poured into her glass until
II needed sideboards, and her husband did
the same. They lifted their glasses to-
gether and drained them to the last drop
After clearing their throat with glass
of water the husband paid for their drinks
and they walked out unconscious or tne
effect that the unusual occurrence had
created This is a case of woman's rights
with vengeance
Here is an item from the OlIlahomar
at Oklahoma City. If the Oklahomar
: wants to do the correct thing let it get
the mans name and print it in large
black type 1t is a shame TO let 1t &c
! merely as "a farmer" Here is the item
= Last Saturday farmer living fourteen
t miles west of the city drew a check foi
+ $500 at a bank in this city. The teller paic
] him a package of bills from which h'
1 had previously extracted 800. On arriv
f ing at home the farmer discovered tina
= he had received $500. and Monday he CAM
y to the city and repaid the bank the extr'
= $500. The package had contained $1,000 ant
: the teller had mistook it for $500 pack
{ age. Today the people will be askinl
n themselves what they would do under sim
: liar circumstances"