The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1899-08-11

The new schooG board Of Ponca CITY -
not in favor Of mixed sehoolA
Jerrs johnson, president OF the 9Vewklrk
Newspaper Trust. = building . two-story
home.
It Is reported shat the surveyors have
started In to make the Santa Re survey
from Bliss to saltwater.
Taylor Kirk. the murderer at Cloud
Chief, who escaped and was recaptured.
now has guard over him
The deadlock in the Perry council Is
stiH on The Democrats are voting against
allowing the salaries Of the city officers.
The cattlemen in western Oklahoma are
talking about everything being burned
up" They d0n't want farmers out there
It has been actuaily 30 productive IN the
strip this year that It Is reported that
Colonel Blackwelrs plug hat IL caring
out.
w. ~. Brandon OF Noble county. who
was a member of the First territorial vol
unteers. will enlist for service In the
Philippine.
II would pay the police department at
Oklahoma City to eEApioy a first-rate de-
tective and set him 70 work on the
murder mystery.
Because Of HolOe Smith some Of the
towns In the Strip will Always show q
southern chsrscteristic-the presence Of
public square.
The merchants at Perry around the
public square are putting In hitch racks
around the square and some OF the citi-
Gems are bowling.
At a roping contest in Greer county the
other day Nash Racy took the prize,
throwing and tying his steer in one min
ute and forty-five seconds
There is a story that the farmers. are
putting newspapers around the end Of the
ears OF corn because the husks are not
long enough. Now Il the time to sub
scribe.
The Oklahomau Of Oklahoma City says
that the blood hounds owned by the sher-
iff there are al right but It isn't right
to expect them to pick the winner In q
poker game.
A Kay county farmer tells Of an ear
OF corn becoming detached from the stalk
and falling to the ground The friction
OF its flight through the air was 50 great
that It took fire and burned up entirely.
A letter from Blackwell says: 1--WE have
no hot winds In this locality-perish the
superstition, but the local radiation from
Colonel Blackwelrs whIskers this after
noon set his silk hat on fire and the same
Is a total loss"
The first loss to be sustained by q Farm
ers' Mutual Insurance company has Oc-
CURED in Noble county. ]. Y. Burke's
granary burned up. destroying 100 BUSH
els of wheat and 200 bushels OF oats. He
had it insured for $500.
When the Santa Fe train stopped at
Ponca City the other day an impudent
young woman, a tourist with Boston
spectacles on. sprang TO the platform,
levebed her kodak at the crowd. snapped
1t and then jumped on the train again.
Blood hounds were put on the scent of
the men who stole H. G. Trasper's money
at Oklahoma City. When last heard Of the
hounds. according to the Times-Journal.
were still running and one had worn
himself down until nothing was left OF him
but the tip Of his tail.
Oklahoma City Times-Journal: The
Wichita Eagle Is wrong in its estimate
OF the English sparrow. 1t says: Kill
q dozen or a hundred English sparrows
and a dollar viii be given for every bug,
insect or worm found In their craws. -
The Eagle infers that the English. spar
rows are not insect destroyers. and IN
| that Is wrong. The young Of the spar
| rows are fed wholly upon worms gathered
by the parent birds The young are vo-
racious feeders as are ali young birds,
and the parent birds collect about a worm
minute during daylight Inasmuch as
| the birds nest often 1t can readily be seen
that the worm gathering OF the English
| sparrows is not inconsiderable.