The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1899-03-22
Outlines of Oklahoma


J. NJ Brooks of Guthrie will erect a new
opera house there at cost of $4,000.
! The Guthrie Capital calls the oklahoms
City Times-Journal that patent boweled
| dwarf
Minnie Beal were married at Oklahoma
City last week.
The Chandler News has joined the Ok
lahoma City fight on Guthrie and is out
1 Oklahomaing Oklahoma City.
Judge Tarsney viii probably stay in Ok
| lahoma long enough TO put tacks on tbs
| trail in front of Judge McAtee.
/ It IS said that when Justice Burford was
| in Washington last he offered his resig-
nation. but it was not accepted.
When an Oklahoma man is at the end
| OF his argument he re-adjusts his suspen-
ders and rings in the organic act
Young NJ Stevens of Hennessey should
| take a baseball bat and kill those Of his
friends who insist on calling him Judge. -
| Judge Burford had some doubts about
his grand jury the other day and dis
missed four members and appointed new
men.
Henry Overholser has been nominated
| for Mayor by the Republicans Of Okla
homa City and Captain De Ford for city
marshal.
On account Of new people in Oklahoma
City and the absence Of any knowledge
as TO their politics. the politicians are con-
siderably at sea.
All the people from Oklahoma who have
gone down to the rich gold mines OF Hon
duras continue 10 write back home for
just old minted coin.
1t will not be possible 10 force the bank
ers at Guthrie 10 answer questions re-
garding their bank deposits. Similar at
tempts all over the country have failed
dispatch 10 eastern papers says that
thousands OF settlers are encamped about
the edges OF the Kiowa reservation wait
ing for it to be opened. Where Is Colonel
Hews?
Jenkins, territorial secretary, should
quit nursing his gubernatoriaI ambition.
1t is always dangerous, when you have a
place. to fool around fishing for another.
You may loose both.
The issue of the city campaign at Guth-
RE is whether the city shall have sewer
system. The Republicans are for It, the
Democrats against IL. The Democrats
have nominated ". H. Coyle for mayor
An Oklahoma City poet claims to be re-
sponsible for the following:
A tutor who footed the flute
Tried 10 tutor two tooters to foot;
Said the two 10 the tutor: rs II harder
to foot, or
To tutor two tooters to toot?"
Alva Courier: The election law recently
passed by the Legislature compels the
chairman of the several parties TO pay
for printing the ballots and the chairmen
will compel the candidates TO dig up. The
spring election in Alva will come under
this law and all candidates can prepare
accordingly.
Charles Mckinley, son OF the late VII
liam Mckinley, postmaster at Kingfisher.
who was Populist and appointed on &C
count of consequently, is an applicant
for the vacancy, backed by Governor
Barnes, fought by Flynn, who wants John
Rogers. Young Mckinley is just of age.
jenkins. secretary of the territory, re-
fuses to be for young Mckinley until he
discovers whether or not the President
leans that way.
The following remedy for smallpox IS
going the rounds in Oklahoma 1t is of
course said to be unfailing. The dose for
children should be reduced: Sulphate Of
zinc, one grain; fox-glove, digitalis, one
grain; half teaspoonfuI of sugar: mix
with two tablespoonsful of water. When
thoroughly mixed add four ounces Of wa
ter. Take teaspoonful every hour. II is
said to be a remedy and preventative used
in the army.
Oklahoma City Times-Journal: Mr.. c.
L. Servis tells of mysterious death among
his hogs. He had fifteen hogs in a pen
fattening and forty stock hogs running IN
a pasture. All were well Saturday even
ing and ate as usual Sunday morning
eight were dead and evidently died in
spasms. The remainder OF the hogs were,
TO all appearances, as well as ever and
there have been no more deaths or sick
hogs. Mr.. Servis is puzzled to know the
cause of the deaths among his hogs.