The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1899-08-24
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| r. was fos degrees In the shade IN
Beaver county on August Il.
The Dixon grain train is now In Illinois.
II exhibited at Rock Island Monday.
Frank Greer says that Dennis Flynn
owes him ks0.ooo for free advertising.
The people OF Tecumseh recently had IN
informaI vote to choose city marshal
Secretary Jenkins Is acting governor
during Barnes absence, and he rather
likes It.
| rain OF shot and shell keeps mighty quiet
himself
II outceit is turned down conkling Of
Enid VIII be pushed hard for that census
supervisorship.
Under an old sidewalk a. Enid work
men found 50 gold-piece. - pennies and
Is fattened bullets.
Captain Hassler, commander Of the @.
A r. Of Oklahoma. is confined to his bed
with kidney trouble.
All the weather prophets are said to
have fallen down on their predictions for
August In Oklahoma.
| 1t is a rare entertainment In Okla
homa these days that does not have wa
termelon on the menu.
The Oklahoma City Times-Journal in
dorses Flynn's speech at Jefferson. but
regrets his structures on Jenkins.
| A feature Of the street fair ct oklshO-
ma City will be q public wedding. The
couple has already been secured.
The real murderers in the Oklahoma City
case have apparently not been caught.
They probably never will be now.
Mr.. Hankins appeared at the mlddle-of-
the-road conference at Kinghsher and ap-
prised the world that he Is still on deck.
Harry Thompson says that he is not
trying to be a party leader, but is sim
ply attending to the duties Of his office.
Pointer from the Nardin Star: when
ever you see girl with q ghost-hke look
on her face you can safely bet she uses
shammy skin"
| During a At Of extra enthusiasm at
Enid the other night, the new Salvation
army captain drove the stick through the
head of the bass drum
Colonel Blackwell is getting smoother
every day. He got half column inter-
view out of the staid old Globe-Democrat
at ST. Louis the other day.
The farmers near Nardin are kicking
on the Perry land office because in prov
/
are called upon to put up an extra "a.
The Officers of Gushing recently took
an insane man to the railroad and the
man fought them every step OF the way
and at one time came very near escap-
ing.
So many horses are killed In Oklahoma
by standing near fences during thunder
storms that It would seem the beasts
l hov vfra q
do from bot flies.
There is to be a new town IN Noble
county, and a discussion Is in progress on
the question of calling II Doyle, after
Thomas the statesman, or Taylorville, at
ter Perry's police judge.
The Oklahoma City baseball club has
licked the e Reno club. and the Enid
club Is licking its chops. The Oklahoma
City club should come I'D to the scratch.
The Enid club has never been beaten.
Ponca City Courier: Some days since.
a romance was enacted in this city which
excels in fact the average story Of liter
ature A young man living near Gray
Horse, by some means began q corre-
spondence with a young lady In Ken
lucky. The correspondence grew into &C
quaintance, and that In an engagement.
The arrangements were all made by mail.
and the young man sent his prospective
bride the money for her transportation
to this city. where they were to meet.
Neither had seen the other. so the bride
agreed to wear a blue ribbon on her arm.
and the groom was to have some similar
method Of distinction. BY some mischance
the young lady arrived In town a day
ahead of time, and 1t was by reason OF
this that the circumstances became
known. The next day. a young man came
to town wearing a badge and a serious
look. He walked up and down the street
a few times, and then discovered the
young lady with blue ribbon on her arm.
Shortly after, the happy couple disap-
peared, and now we learn that in a quiet
little home in the Usage. the former
rancher and the Kentucky maiden live
contentedly together.