The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1899-07-15
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The fatal cases OF cholera fnfantum
have begun to appear In the newspa-
pers.
McMaster's Magazine has begun the re-
publication of Washington Irying's The
Prairie"
William Conner. a prominent member
OF the Usage tribe. died at Monett. No..
this week.
Oklahoma City will send relief to the
Texas food sufferers II the railroads will
carry it free
There II q law in Oklahoma prohibiting
arsenals from having two legs. and It
should be enforced.
The courts In Oklahoma should call for
general disarmament. The gun-toter
should be sQuelched.
Some one has started the rumor that
Bill Walker viii establish paper at Enid
and jump on TO his enemies.
The special census taken OF Saltwater
shows that that city has ASA people. and
1t wants to be made first-class-
The Oklahoma boy who was bitten by q
kissing bug has recovered. and a local
physician is getting advertisement out OF
II.
The prisoners in the Oklahoma City fan
poor things-have asked that somebody
donate them a Bible. Seymour Price
ought to give them his.
Jerre johnson OF Newkirk smoked q
pipe full OF Oklahoma tobacco last Sun
day, and his wife still has him hanging
out on the elothes-line.
A good deal OF the wheat in northern
Oklahoma Is found to be thicker In some
spots than In others. II IL all running
close to 20 bushels to the acre.
Bob NeH. who could curl Sid Clarke's
hair in the race for the congressional
nomination. has made the mistake OF
coming out against expansion.
J. II. Wagner. VINO has q quarry ive
miles east Of Newkirk, has been offer
ed q royalty by an eastern firm which
wants to get hold of the rock.
The most used metaphor in newspaper
quarrels in Oklahoma Is ''the little cur
barking at the big mastiff." The man
who uses It is always the big mastin.
Warren X. Snyder Of Oklahoma City
has brother who, from being private
secretary TO the secretary OF war has
been promoted to be lieutenant of the
marines.
The cotton mill company has organized
at Oklahoma City, with w. w. Storm
president, J. n. Mccormick vice presi-
dent, Asa Jones secretary, and n. c. Nil.
ner treasurer.
Right across the Kansas line from Ok
lahoma some Of the farmers are complain
Ing that their wheat Is only making II
bushels to the acre. Perhaps there are
some such cases In Oklahoma, but the
Oklahoman isn't talking about 1t.
A country correspondent for the Times
Journal, after working in the hot sun all
day, day, sat down and wrote this item
for the paper: Come over and see how
farming is done in the tropics without
going clear to Cuba or the Philippines"
A rather unusual notice II Is from the
Medford Patriot: Notice Is hereby given
that / have this 18th day of July, 1899,
given to my son, David Enoch Edwards,
his time, to have and occupy the same
as fully as II ne had reached his ma
5ority, to transact business IN his own
name and behalf. further give public
notice that 1 VIII not be responsible for
any debts he may contract in my name,
nor for any acts he may commit. Wit
ness my hand, this 18th Of June 1899. at
Medford Oklahoma James s. Edwards"
Alva Review: Fred Hardy invested In
fine puppy q few weeks ago for his
children to play with. The pup appeared
to be all wool, with just integument
enough to hold himself in shape Time
passed on and the pup grew apsce. II
was fed well, and acquired muscle rap
Idly by picking up and carrying OF Fred's
socks, suspenders, slippers. etc. and leav-
ing them somewhere else. About the
time Fred acquired the pup, he had a
nice, comfortable cave built, and here
the neighbors were wont to gather OF
when the festive cyclone caper-
led on the southwest horizon. AS the pup
grew in strength. he looked around for
other worlds to conquer. He saw the
cave, dug hole on the top OF 1t clear
down to the sheeting. then hid out and
calmly awaited results. That night the
rains descended and finding the hoe The
pup had dug. entered the cave In such
quantities that Fred found over foot Of
water there in the morning. Fred tacn
employed a man to carry out the water.
mop up the cave. and cover It all over
with sod. This IL TO notify the neighbors
that the cave is again ready for business
at the old stand. Meanwhile the pup still
iives. and, like Pickwick, gaZes without
a sigh upon the ruin he has made.