The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1899-11-14
Outlines of Oklahoma.


| Enid is after that Missouri Pacific and
Enid viii secure it.
/ Saltwater is now lighted by electricity
The system started on with 80 lights.
| Perkins is now dotted over with white
tents which are occupied by the railroad
| graders.
| Lately Heznessey has had two fires. the
origin OF which can not be found. It is
no doubt incendiarism.
| The Hennessey Clipper says that the
| people are pleased with the vigor OF
Judge Irwin in conducting court
| II is now thought that the contagious
malady at Yukon is not smallpox at all.
| but some kindred and much less danger
Gus affection.
| John Brown, the man who shot Deputy
! Marshal Hitchcock Mt KinEfsher last
summer, was convicted. The jury was
| out only IA minutes.
Congressman Charles Curtis Of Kansas
| does not think there will be any legisla-
ton in the coming congress Of import
ance to the Indian territory.
]. B. Nicholas of Arapahoe went up to
| Taloga the other day on business and ran
| into whole nest OF former Beaver coun-
~ people who are living there.
The new Congregational church at Try
on was dedicated last Sunday a week,
and after the ceremonies chicken din
ner was served in the new building.
Louis c. Vanness, prominent young
business man OF FL Reno, and Miss Maud
Gertie Of Urbana, Illinois. were married
at the latter place last Wednesday.
Some of the Oklahoma papers are hand
ing warm loads to the Indian territory
with whom the Oklahomans do not know
whether they want to associate or not
The Republican papers in Oklahoma
which are petting prohibition into life will
find in due time that prohibitionists con-
duct themselves in such a way that the
Democratic ticket is aided, every time.
The question of permanent capital is
said to have got tangled up with the race
for the Democratic nomination FOR con-
gress. Sid Clarke is liable to get the
nomination and he is for Oklahoma City,
of course.
Conducted by the sheriff, J. L. Jenner
sf Deer Creek was married at Pond
Creek to Miss Clara Grimes, and charge
of seduction was dropped. Immediately
after the ceremony it is reported Jenner
! deserted his wife.
Since Medford's experience in the
Hutchinson Southern matter the town
would not be a bit surprised to wake up
some morning and read that the Santa
Fe had casually purchased the Rock Is
land the day before.
Dennis Flynn, at the approach of con-
gress, IS the most concerned man in the
United States. 1t took a combination
of physical and mental labor to get free
homes through once before, and 1t is 60
ing to take that again-ali night pleadings
with obdurate members and plans and
propositions without end.
Today Canadian county will vote on the
question of issuing bonds to build a court
house. Only one objection has been rails
ed publicly, and that by a mass meeting
at Lovely Valley school house where the
farmers present declared against the
proposition because all the material 70
be used in building the court house has
advanced about Is per cent. and "the
products of the farm have been lowered
in an inverse ratio"
Hennessey Clipper: Mr.. Choate, who
dives nine miles southwest OF here, came
in from FL Reno yesterday morning. He
says that while himself and six or sew
en- others were in the depot Tuesday
night a stranger, armed with a revolver,
and with a white handkerchief tied over
his face below his eyes, came in, and
pointing his gun at the breast Of a man
sitting on one of the seats, ordered him
to stand up. He then punched another
young man with his revolver and order
ed him to get up and search the first
mans pockets, which he did without find
ing anything of value. The would-be
robber then struck the man who had
been searched a blow in the face with
his gun, causing the blood TO flow, and
with oaths and curses, saying, IT ought
to kill you" hft the depot Nobody
knew the stranger, but at first they
thought the parties were acquainted and
ne was joking. The police uptown were
telephoned. but had not found the ruff
fan up to the time Mr.. Choate LEFT.