The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1899-01-05
Outlines of Oklahoma

The latest report is that Dennis Flynn
viii move to Oklahoma City.
Governor Barnes is now wearing lead
pencil out writing the message 10 the leg
islature.
A new town named Berlin. with county
seat aspirations, is to be located in Roger
Mills county.
There is now on the compress platform
in Oklahoma City a half million dollars
worth of cotton.
The Wellington. Kansas. football team
beat the Indian :eam OF Chillocco Monday,
by a score OF II to 6.
]. T. Cameron. a prominent grain dealer
of Perry, and one of the original set
tiers of the place, is dead.
The price of corn is crawling up in
Oklahoma Over 2 cents bushel has
been paid at Oklahoma City.
The Guthrie Leader had a good write
up of the industries and commercial con-
Germs Of the city Of Guthrie the other
day.
Colonel Ravens says that he never meets
a stranger that he does not say: '7Oh.
yes; Colonel Havens, who owns the bull
calf"
The Oklahom City Times-Jou Journal wants
that grove of sugar NAPLES in the Wich-
ita country, the only sugar NAPLES in the
west, set aside as a park.
The school rooms of Pawnee have on
their walls the pictures of all the great
generals iand naval commanders Of the
late war. 1t is a good idea.
O'Niell, the Santa Fe's agent at Purcell.
has been moved 10 Oklahoma City. Those
who know him say he IS headed for Chi
cago and the presidency Of the road.
Bill Walker will bring in five delegates
from the Kiowa country 10 the state
hood convention. Bill is in favor OF max
ing the Kiowa country a separate state,
with the one elective office governor.
There is every indication that before
1899 is through. hard times will be a myth
in Oklahoma that few men can remem-
Der and still fewer men can convince
themselves ever existed.
Korns of the Newkirk News. johnson of
the Kildare Journal and Mckinley of the
Newkirk Republican, will consolidate
their papers into one. with Jerre Johnson
editor-in-chief. The first paper under the
new arrangement will appear January
p
Mrs Denniston OF Cheyenne recently
stopped down near the stove TO pick up
piece Of wood She stepped on a stick
which flew up and cut her badly over
the eye. In springing back she fell against
the stove and another bad cash was cut
in the back of her head.
A clever scheme TO keep hunters from
trespassing was devised by Mrs. A r.
McElroy of Kay county, who printed the
notice in the Ponca City Democrat: "Al
hunters and others are hereby warned
7 I'LL IL TO- fr-
the purpose OF killing coyotes" No hun
ter with a good dog Will risk hunting
there.
Oklahoma City Times-Journal: Nancy
& Ware OF FL Reno who have The con-
tract for grading the extension of the
Rock Island west from Chickasha, COM
menced work Friday. They shipped their
outfit down there last week and have
established camps and made all prepare
tons for grading. 1t has not as yet
been definitely settled how far the road
Will be built nor the exact route west of
Anadarko. The road will run though
Washta county and will probably make
Cloud Chief a point on the route. If it
does not strike Cloud Chief It will be
built south of that place through Oak
Dale, on the south line of the county.
Here is a passage from the prize GRAFTON
delivered by Miss Rice of Kingfisher:
Death is not half so much feared as
we sometimes imagine. Bacon says:
There is no passion in the mind of man
so weak, but it mates and masters the
fear of death, revenge triumphs over it.
love Sights it, honor aspireth TO it, and
grief fieeth to it Be the motive sufl-
GENTLY strong, and any man will COM
init crime regardless of punishment Take
~, =
He was a member Of the Third legisla-
tive assembly Of Oklahoma and chairman
of the judiciary committee. When the
bill for aboEshing capital punishment was
in his possession, a gentleman, stepping
up to him, begged that he report the
bill favorably. ST. John turned and said:
My God, no. Capital punishment is the
only deterrent we have in this territory.
In just thirty days thereafter st. John
murdered his own wife. The death pen
atty did not deter him"