The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1899-12-02
Outlines of Oklahoma.

X Quapaw county is 70 be created It
should be called Seay county.
The sales for delinquent taxes held IN
Oklahoma are not numerously attended.
A new militia company at Hennessey
will soon be mustered in with a mem
hership of forty-fve.
In some places in the Indian territory
the smallpox is disappearing and quaran-
tines are being raised.
What became of the case Of the deputy
constable at Guthrie who shot woman
in serving a subpoena?
Eugene B. Hunt of Keokuk Falls. has
gone into bankruptcy. His liabilities are
s1,0S4.10, his assets none.
Sherman. who is to be chairman OF the
committee on Indian affairs in the house,
is friendly to free homes
Superintendent Dolan of the Santa Fe
took hand car trip out on the Okla
homa and Eastern the other day.
Senator Havens believes that no sub
stantial reason now exists why Oklahoma
should be kept out OF the Union.''
Arthur Convey of Noble county, who has
been studying art in Chicago, is now
staff artist on an Indianapolis newspa-
per.
Next Tuesday at Oklahoma City a civil
service examination for the place of con-
stable in the Indian service. will be
held.
1t is said that great quantities Of quail
were shipped out of the territory during
the month OF November marked dressed
chicken"
When Bill Little was selling shade
trees man appeared who wanted to buy
three trees on time and then kicked on
the price.
The fight on Agent Pollock in the
Usage country Is becoming lively and
Pollocks friends are taking up the cud-
gel for him.
Enid is a great newspaper town. There
are published there the Sun-Eagle. Wave,
News, Coming Events, Echo, Democrat
Beobachter, and Review.
The only danger to Oklahoma wheat
just at present is that Of too rank growth.
Otherwise it is better than 1t has ever
been at this season of the year.
Dennis Flynn thinks that the Dawes
commission has done more work this year
than for the five years preceding. How
ever, the commission could still move out
faster and not get out Of breath.
If the present Indian agent at Anadarko
has granted mineral leases in the Kiowa
and Commanche country. the gold hunt
ers will probably find themselves shut
out when the country does open.
The Perry Enterprise as a warning TO
the men who are already coming OUT
for nominations, says that nothing seri-
Gus ever comes of a mans candidacy
who enters the race the season before"
Postmaster Beatty of White Rock when
the town left him, wrote for new COM
mission as postmaster at Billings. The
commission was late in arriving and when
it did arrive the postoffice at White Rock
was half way to Billings
merchant at White Rock decided not
to move his store building to Billings I'm
til spring. But everybody else pulled out
and the consequences was so dense he
put some wheels under the store, hitch
ed up his team and sailed away for Bill
lings.
Here is a mix-up OF Church and Edu-
cation in Chandler as evidenced by an
item in the News: THE grades taught
by Misses Beckelheymer and Nils were
moved this week from the Methodist
church to the Christian church. This was
done in order to secure a larger room to
accommodate the rapidly increasing -
Alva Review: AS Dyas Gadbois was
crossing the Panhandle of Texas a few
days ago, he saw a coyote in the road.
Taking his doubleba Eeled shotgun,
which was loaded with bird shot, he walk
ed toward the animal, which bristled UP
and sided toward kim In a threatening |
manner. Dyas placed the muzzle of the |
gun in its face and fired. The surprised |
coyote left so suddenly that Dyas hadn't !
time to fire the second shot and he saw
nothing but a grey streak disappearing |
over the distant hills.