The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1898-05-31
Outlines of Oklahoma

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Manchester has Joined the towns already
arranging for Fourth Of July cslebra-
| tons.
Jake Schweizer writes home that there
is not a drone IN the whole crowd Of
Rough Riders
The county officials OF Garfield county
and Grant county will meet on the base
ball diamond soon.
The citizens Of RaIston, in eastern Ok
lahoma, have put in a ferry in place OF
! the bridge which was swept away.
The Hutchinson Is at last putting UP
= depot at Manchester. something the
town has been crying for for years.
William Brockman. a prominent Demo-
crat OF Saltwater. is against fusion. He
says: Il am burnt out on the Pops
An Oklahoma man says that when he
he wants TO get acquainted with all the
local papers he will run for county treas
urer.
John Q. Wilson. an old citizen. eighty
five years Of age. living near Manchester,
died last week. He was born In VIII
GINA
A Populist out In Woods county says
If It comes to giving up Populism or dollar
wheat he wiz give Up Populisn mighty
quick.
One man at Enid. every time he moves.
takes his house right along with him.
In the last four years he has moved il
four times.
Tbs Purcell Register has ceased daily
publication. 1t was q bright daily and
proved that Purcell isn't ready for such
a paper yet
The authorities at Guthrie have under
arrest a man who oonfesses he killed Mrs.
Laird This Is mighty tough ON the In
dian-burneys.
The Enid Wave expects to hear Of Ger
vera's feet showing up before Washing
ton some of these days for the purpose
of Smelling the board Of strategy.
Mr.. and Mrs. S. s. Sloan Of Pswnse
have gone on a visit to their old home in
Missouri. They via make the trip In
a wagon How they will hunger for war
news.
A weather prophet says the tornado
season will pass away July /, and the
editor of the Alva Courier is praying day
and night that that date will gallop
along.
George Davis. OF Arlington, Lincoln
county, once married an Indian woman.
deserted her and married Bohemian. Re
Gently the Indian woman ran across Da-
Wis and killed him.
Frank Hall, the Pawnes man who was
charged with numbering his wife, was
cleared. There is a great deal Of dissatis
faction with the verdict, but there should
not be. An acquittal should clear a man.
Bart Barnes, who is now taking such a
rOY INA l.
three years ago of a professorship IN q
Wisconsin college. He wanted to take
1t. but his father advised against it. Bart
is mighty glad he took his fathers adj
vice.
A farmer on the streets of Msdford the
other day complained that as soon as he
got mis- new wheat, It would probably be
worth only 80 cents a bushel. A man
stepped right UP and offered to contract
for the wheat at IS cents a bushel The
farmer sneaked
Account of cyclone at Augusta, Woods
county; Mr.. Brockway and son were in
hlowa marketing hogs when the storm
came. Mrs, Brockway and daughter
were at home alone. Chas Brown and
BOY, near neighbors, rushed over to
Brockway's to inform the ladies of the |
approaching storm, and before thew had |
lime to reach further safety the storm |
struck with all its force lifted the house |
'odlly m the air, carrying it fully 100 /
'ards east and scattered it in a pond. the
occupants all being landed in the water
hr. Brown and boy, although having re-
'elved ugly bruises, retained their pres
nee OF mind and Immediately began a
earch for the two ladies. They found
ne daughter In the pond and only slightly
'ruised, but failed for some time to dis
over the mother. Mrs. Brockway was
nally located by her skirts floating TO
ne top of the water and the body res
ued An examination revealed that her
eck had been broken by the fall