The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1899-01-26
Outlines of Oklahoma,

The citizens of Shawnee VIII nave Dig
masquerade ball next week. shawnee Is
thriving.
The hardest working man in the ter
ritory is John Golobie OF the Guthrie
Capital. He never sleeps.
According to the Shawnee Quill hot Ia
mala suppers are a function in the cnurcn
set az South McAlester.
Tom Woolsey of Mulhau is out in an
article charging Aguinaldo with plsgia-
rizing from Patrick Henry
Colonel Blackwell was engaged in tear
ing down his frame block at Blackwell in
order to substitute a brick one az the
time OF his death.
The constituency of DR.. McElrath in
Garfield county is weeping. The doctor
introduced a female suffrage resolution N
the legislature.
No. 6, a new locomotive FOR the Choc-
taw, is receiving its finishing touches at
the Shawnee shops. 1t weighs 10 tons
and cost 81, 600.
A perpetual warfare in some neishbor-
hoods of Oklahoma is caused by the big
COW man swiping a foot or so OF the
little COW mans land
During 1898 the Muskogee jail handled
1I01 prisoners; Of this number go were
escorted 10 HCA mans
end and one went crazy.
The government sent a lot Of harness
to Big Jim's band of Kickapoos the other
day and addressed the box: For the
kicking Mexican Kickapoos.
It is reported that Chauncey Houston
formerly attorney at Pawnee, and Frank
Hutto have formed a law partnership,
with Saltwater as headquarters.
20, h. 80
in Oklahoma is the bulkness of cotton
seed as it appears when about 456.o0o. COO
OO0. 600 seeds are gathered together.
The live stock meeting at Woodward
next month will be the biggest thing of
its kind ever held in western Oklahoma.
The legislature is expected to attend in
a body
Shawnee calls Oklahoma City's boast
fulness down by saying that Dennis
Flynn owns property IN Shawnee and
that Shawnee Will be the future CAPT
tai.
The editor of the Carwile Journal an
nounces in his paper that he will not
take a stand in the county division mat
ter until we have received our compen-
sation'
The Alva Courier says it has no SYM
pathy with either the boilers or the
factionists in the council Of the Fifth leg
islature Republicans ought to be above
either
Expert Accountant Herbert Patterson
went TO Woods county last week to con-
suit the commissioners in regard 10 an
examination of the books OF the county.
but the commissioners were all at home
with the grip.
According to the Ponca City Courier, an
Indian at the mouth OF the Cimarron
river has a string of seven scalps from
white men which he prizes very highly,
and which he will show only to those in
whom he has confidence.
The Oklahoma City Times-Journal IS
inclined to ingraft the idea Of build
ing and Loan association on Oklahoma
City. building and loan association
wherein all the officers contribute their
services is one Of the best things in the
world, and Oklahoma ought to take It
up.
Guthrie Leader: Contractor Mike Cas-
sidy is unloading a car load of stone
from his quarry at Chilocco. The stone
is of the very hardest quality and is
especially adapted for curbing. The stone
is very uniform in size, ranging from four
to six feet long, twenty-four to twenty
eight inches wide and from six to seven
inches thick.
Perry Enterprise: Herman Kretchum
and Peter Gingler came in yesterday from
La Mars, Iowa, with two cars Of house
hold goods, and Will be followed in
few days by their families. These gem
'tlemen have recently purchased farms in
our county, the former four miles west
of the CITY, just opposite the old Scruggs
farm. and the latter near the Mike Burk
farm, some six miles north. They are
substantial farmers and we welcome them
as permanent residents