The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1898-04-20
Outlines of Oklahoma,


| It is said that no rain has fallen in the
Glass mountains since last fall.
BY lot of hard work, Mr.. Golden, form
erly of Guthrie, still stays disappeared
The Hennessey Clipper has joined the
| fight against the big Normal school build
ing at Alva-
Yesterday was the anniversary OF the
opening o. the Cheyenne and Arapahoe
reservations.
All the ticks found on western Okla
homa cattle so far are common dog ticks,
not fever ticks.
The Ell Reno houses are preparing TO
start branch houses in the new town Of
Geary, in Blaine county.
Thomas Dickson, the FL Reno man who
has challenged Ingersoll 10 debate without
success, is now in Texas speaking to big
houses.
A big majority of the children in Okla
homa towns are having a siege of The
measles and getting through with
them"
Oklahoma farmers who have been fol-
lowing Letters lead in wheat should I'M
derstand that Letter has about closed out
his whole stock.
territorial university is said TO be some
thing entirely new for a western educa-
tiOnal institution.
There is every indication that Callahan
will be the fusion nominee for congress
again. The Democratic kick is not strong
enough 10 be effective.
The Shawnee Chief really believes that
the withdrawal of troops for a fight with
-
more daring and obnoxious.
In describing horse races in western Ok
lahoma, editors are mighty careful They
usually say: Henry Goodwin's mare,
Fanny, is said 10 have won"
The Cloud Chief Sentinel remarks that
the ex-Confederates and the G. A R.
down there are talking of burying the
hatchet-in the scalp of the Spanish
The editor of the Hardesty Herald is
now United States commissioner, and he
keeps a list of the names Of his delin-
gent subscribers inside the court docket.
The Strip pays for the new Normal at
Alva and old Oklahoma which has all the
other territorial institutions, has no right
eous kick coming, according TO the Guth-
RE Capital.
Callahan did not tack the free homes
bill onto the declaration of war. as he
promised. This will make some of the
Populists mad. They really believed Re
would attempt to do it.
Pa-shepa .sho, chief OF the Sacs, died
the other day. His horse was slain at his
grave. He was buried in all his orna-
ments, and the night after the funeral
some one dug him up and took all the
trinkets off his body.
The Oklahoma City Times-Journal
charges that Perry and Guthrie are in the
Alva Normal school deal. The big nor
NAL is to be built al Alva according to the
Journal, aud Perry is to get the peniten-
tiary and Guthrie the capital in return.
Hennessey Clipper: Gifin & Co., mer-
chants Of Lyons, Woods county, have fail
ed. One of the firm was postmaster and
utilized the fat money scheme TO the ex-
tent of drawing money order whenever
he wanted to pay BILL without deposit
ing any money to back 1t up.-some days
issuing money orders to the amount of
$3.50. 00-although he could not issue above
s499 in any one order. His overdraft
amounts to about $500, we understand.
Postmaster Gitfin has turned his Office
over to his bondsmen. who have sent a
man to take charge of the office. Post
office Inspector Beebe was out a few days |
ago and checked up his accounts, showing |
he above shortage. The firms stores at |
Lyons and Butte have been closed.