The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1899-07-14
Outlines Of Oklahoma


The plat Of the Hennessey cemetery has
been lost and the city clerk Is advertising
for II.
When a man In southern Oklahoma has
been out on toot, he calls 1t q 1--WE
| bottle time"
BIZ Walker has parted company with
Geronimo and the other Indians. Bill has
mis- I'LL Of taking mp the red mans bur-
den
The editor of the Hennessey Clipper
roasted a delinquent subscriber until he
came In and settled. This is unprece-
dented.
Judge Springer. Judge Townsend and
Congressman Little all tell the people Of
| the Indian Territory that single state
hood is inevitable.
Dick Piunkett thinks Eharkey II great
man. But Jeffries will fix him. and Dick
| will have to send an ambassador to JET
fries and make his peace.
The Atchison (Kan..) Globe says that
a family OF heirs up there is in a big
! quarrel over a farm In Oklahoma The
paper does not give names.
Some OF the new trees put out in Or
chards this year didn't have any leaves
! concealed IN their sap and the farmers
who bought them are hot.
The authorities In Oklahoma should
| take clubs and go out cunning. The sum-
mer months seem to be the favorite time
for hot-tempered men TO tote guns.
]. H. johnson Of Starvation Creek,
Roger Mills county, presented the editor
Of the Cheyenne Sunbeam with 8 radish
sixteen inches in circumference, the other
| day.
In case the next congress makes Indian
| territory an organized territory the fight
| for the capital Will be between Muskogee
and South McAlester, so those two towns
| think.
William Nelson Of Myrtle has . bugle
picked up on the battle field Of Santiago.
| July ], 1898. It Is made OF tin and is very
| crude, probably having been manufac-
tured by the Cubans.
Oklahoma Is coming to know the people
/ Of the Usage nation better every year.
The names prominent In the Usage coun-
| try are now familiar in many Oklahoma
| towns. In due time the Osages will
thank their stars they were not detached
| from Oklahoma.
In all contest notices In Oklahoma
wherein 1t Is alleged that a man has been
| absent from his claim for six months
| 1t Is also stated that said absence was
not due to his employment in the mill
| tary or naval service OF the United States
| during time Of war"
Major Crozier is discouraged. ana may
| give up his great work among the Sac
| and Fox Indians. He hears that Paris
| has announced that the corset must go,
when he had just succeeded in getting
the Indians to wear them as distinct
| step towards civilization.
| The Indian is a simple creature In some
| things. Ordinarily he will hold dollar
| till the eagle screams. But the other
! day band of Tonkawas passed through
an Oklahoma town ON their way to visit
! the CaddOes. They bought a number OF
watermelons about the size of cocOauuts
| and paid 30 cents each for them.
One Of the Fourth attractions at Hen
nessey was a dozen coyotes in a cage in
which sat an almost naked young color
| ed boy. painted with brown stripes. The
| boy was armed with a stick, and a cool
ing chemical resembling ammonia. This
| he would pour on the backs of the coy
otes, which would leap up In the air and
scream, to the immense delight OF the
! crowd.
Hsre f. the gentle, graceful way IN
| which the baseball editor Of the Pond
Greek Vidette writes up an account Of a
game with a visiting team: 1T takes
great deal Of nerve to mention the Wei
| linRton boys In this column, on account
| OF its being devoted to baseball. They
bare actually worse than 2Iedford. and
| that's saying a great deal. Anyone who
witnessed the Kansas Misfts on the
Fourth. as they gazed In wondering
amazement at the superb playing OF the
Pond Creek boys, will agree with US
when we say that the K. NJ. haven't any
more idea OF baseball than the average
| Pop has Of politics. In contrast TO their
| fretting and fumbling was the almost gilt
EDGED game played by the home team,
| Pennybaker pitching a good game with
! the exception Of little wildness now and
then. wellington's bunch Of Weary WI
| lies quit the game in the eighth inning
| with the remark that they had nun
Score, 20 to Z. Umpire, BoZman-"