The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1899-05-13
Outlines of Oklahoma

It is now regarded as settled at Enid
that Postmaster Day killed himself
John T. Stewart, the capitalist OF Wei
iington. recently purchased 100 lots in
Medford.
Reverend c. o. Day Of Boston visited
the Congregational college ar Kinghsher
this last week.
Among other things Oklahoma main
tains the best dressed commercial trav-
elers in the west.
1t is better for man 10 be frightened
into his cave 457 times than 10 be struck
once by a cyclone
Cannon Bail Green and his side-show
have reached Oklahoma City. Green, it
is said, is making money.
Judge McAtee viii preside IN the trial
of the man who murdered Nc of D. The
case viii excite territorial interest
There is still an occasional case OF pneu-
monia in the territory. The ailment has
been active for nearly year now.
Peytou Perkins. who killed young
Blackwell in Pottawatomie county in the
fall Of 1898. is on trial at Tecumseh.
Tom Reid of FL Reno IS anxious TO be
an Indian agent. Within a year he will
be hiring a man TO kick him for taking
the job.
The largest elephant in captivity is
now touring Oklahoma and forcing the
boys TO carry buckets of water, 10 get
next to him.
Some of the people at Kingdsher are
protesting against Sunday baseball
Maybe it isn't baseball, but ante over
and two at bat
Deputy Marshal Ned Sisson has taken
ex-Postmaster Boggs of Shawnee in
charge. He is keeping him in hotels, in
stead of in Jail
Now that the towns IN Grant county
can not have county seat election, they
should rustic around and give rival
Fourth Of July celebrations.
The Oklahoman of Oklahoma City said
the other day that every human wart
could be supplied in Oklahoma City"
What it meant was every human want -
JerTe Cunningham of Kiugfsher re-
Gently made an overland trip to Guthrie
with Eli Admire, and Eli made Cunning
ham get out Of the buggy and wade the
streams in order to save the bridges.
"Wednesday evening at Oklahoma City.
the people saw a funnel-shaped cloud in
the distance and took TO their caves The
cloud really was funnel-shaped, but was
not twisting. and their fright was for
nothing.
j. b. Couchrnan was riding a livery
horse in the Indian territory when an
Indian came up to him and claimed the
horse had been stolen from him three
years before. But Couchman rode on 20
Oklahoma City and left the Indian sor-
rowful.
Nearly all the butchers Of Oklahoma
City have signed an agreement that they
will do strictly a cash business. will take
the telephones out of their places Of
business and will not deliver meat to
customers at their homes Each man puts
up a sum TO be forfeited in case ne vio-
lates his agreement.
Master Myers spring poem, beginning.
Early every spring I must either poet
lie or bust" Is having a wider circu-
lation than anyt hing ever penned in Ok
lahoma. 1t first appeared in the Oklaho-
ma School Herald and was copied there
from in the Eagle. Myers, who wrote
it, is a young boy in the Grant county
schools. probably at Pond Creek. He
should be encouraged.
Newkirk Republicans: A young married
lady got on the train at Perry the other
day with her new baby and didn't have
time to purchase a ticket in advance.
She rendered a five-dollar bill to the con-
ductor for her fare. AS the official took
the money he casually looked down at
the baby and inquired, Haven't you
anything smaIler?' meaning the money.
well, no." she replied, i've only been
married year. and this is my first child. &"
Newkirk Democrat: 81 am going 10
quit reading these big metropolitan pa
pers," said a farmer from Pottawatornie
county who was in the city Monday A
Democrat representative asked him the
cause of his lost confidence, when he
replied: you can't believe a thing you
see in them. Now I read several wears
ago that Bill Nye was dead and I saw
him not two minutes ago" This start
ling declaration startled the newsgather,
who asked TO be shown ard was COM
rnanded to follow. The excited farmer
took Us to Ed Anthony Co.'S, and after
opening the door. exclaimed, There he
is" He had seen ". J. McPhee with his
hat off and mistook him for Nye. It re-
quired considerable explanation 70 con-
vince him that McPhee was not the IA
nous writer