The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1899-05-30
Outlines of Oklahoma.

". R Megredy OF Ponca City is dead.
He had been Mason for forty-two years.
Sheriff Copeland of, Oklahoma county
| has purchased two bloodhounds from an
Ohio kennel.
AT Chickasha the other day a bolt Of
| lightning struck the earth and rolled along
| the ground for a block.
| The wind wadded up the telephone wire
between Kildare and Ponca City the 9TH
er night and swallowed IL.
Ensign Barnes. the son Of the governor.
| has been transferred 10 the Buffalo and
| will sail shortly TO Manila
Jake Admire calls Enid 'Sodom and
| Gomorrah'' and Isenberg OF Enid is scour-
ing the Bible for a comeback.
Dennis Flynn says Oklahoma has more
| children in school than there are men.
| women and children in New Mexico.
Custer county has not single murder
case on its court docket, and in the his
tory of the county there have been but
three murders.
The Sons OF Herman will be in charge
of the flourish of July celebration az Ok
iahoma City. There will be a parade Of
business floats.
The copper worm for the Oklahoma
City distillery has arrived and Sam Muir
ply has eamined it and says 1t has six
| teen rattleS.
Il was the sensible thing TO take a
change of venue in the Nc of D case. The
people want 10 see justice administered
in that matter.
The Epworth League of the Methodist
church in the Enid district have passed
resolutions commencing Judge McAtee
for his attack on the gamblers.
The gambling places at Oklahoma City
have all been closed up. A man has alb
solutely no place now 10 lose his money
except on the wheat market.
The story the other day that Governor
Barnes would can an extra session Of
the legislature caused Jerre Johnson's
hair TO turn three shades redder.
Little Wolf. the favorite nephew of
Whirlwind, has made a request that he
be allowed TO move TO Arapahoe, where
he can educate his children in the public
schools.
In southern Oklahoma no more rain
is needed to mature the wheat. The rains
have been so heavy the wheat would
have rusted, had it not been for the drying
heavy winds.
Mr.. Hicks, the weather man of St
Louis threatens to drown Brown of the
Times-Journal in printers ink because
the Oklahoma City editor called Hicks
down on his tornado predictions.
The editor of the Cleveland Triangle re-
Gently in going TO the Usage country met
another wagon in narrow defile. There
was no backing up, so the editor kindly
took his wagon to pieces and carried il
over the opposite vehicle, piece by piece.
Al Lucas, formerly a decent citizen OF
Jennings, but who got to associating with
cattle thieves and became bad, turned
on Sheriff Rutter in Pawnee county the
other day and fired, while the officer was
pursuing him. The sheriff returned the
fire and killed Lucas.
In one part of Custer county the set
tiers have rugged up over the Washta
the most romantic bridge IN Oklahoma.
Two trees of similar strength on either
side Of the stream enabled them to make
a suspension foot bridge. The engage
ments resulting from its construction now
average one a week. 1t is known as
Lovers Retreat"
Perkins Journal: A case before the
district court at Saltwater last week
which attracted considerable attention in
Clayton township was that of Graves VS..
Johnston. Some time ago II. D. Graves
died very suddenly. Before his death he
traded his farm for Missouri property
the deeds having all been executed and
recorded. The suit was brought by Mrs
Graves 10 have the deeds set aside. but
Judge Burford dismissed the case on the
grounds that there was no cause for ac-
ton.