The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1899-04-27
Outlines of OkIahoma


It would be as impossible to locate
Clyde Mattox now as it would Aguinaldo.
A Guthrie Irishman said the legislature
did nothing and the Governor vetoed that
For the Republican emblem al the COM
ing election at Ponca City the old flag IS
used
The Alva papers have numerous items
! in regard to new corners The little city
| is booming.
In four townships in Custer county on
May II the people viii vote on herd law
or free range.
A Ponca City man ships all his ice
from Lake Michigan. He must love 10
pay freight rates.
Mr. a. Severance, formerly Of Hutchin-
son, Kansas. will put in shirt factory
at Oklahoma City.
Away out in the western part of Okla
homa the crop of peaches will be the
! largest that section has ever had.
The school population Of Roger Mills
county has increased in the last year 10C
| per cent; Of Greer county 30 per cent.
The people of Ponca City should appre-
ciate the Daily Courier. 1t IS par excel
| lent in handling the news Of its city.
Some Of the advertising type used by
the Day County Tribune has been through
every county seat fight in western Kan
sas.
Last week Miss Cave of Chandler
changed her name by getting married
| This is more evidence that no cyclones are
expected this year.
Joe Farrell, a crazy man an da trusty al
/ Norman, escaped from the asylum last
week. It is thought he will turn up al
I home near Edmond.
| Nine-tenths Of the Creek Indians have
[ ~, hal BEFORE
war the Creeks owned more slaves thar
! any other tribe OF Indians.
} The citizens at Alva have nominated
S. T. Carrico for police judge; Ben D
Mills for city marshal; ]. H Coheld tol
| clerk; James McKeeyer for treasurer.
| Robert Tomlins, a musician at Oklaho-
ma City, whose oversight is falling. at
/ tempted suicide the other night by taking
| arsenic. The doctor gave him an emetiC
| and he may recover.
| The Champlin Brothers have sold out
| the Enid State bank. The new otncer'
| OF the institution are John Murphy, presi-
| dent; W. w. Hagan cashier; John A
| Murphy, assistant cashier.
| At Okeene the other night travelling
| comedy company skipped their hotel bill
| in the dead of the night. The authorities
| took out after them, brought them pacE
/ and they had to whack up.
/ T. y. Broyles of Noble county, has JUS
| recovered a buggy which was stolen IRON
/ him over a year ago. Its. recovery mas
| probably revealed an organized oand o.
! horse thieves in the Usage country.
! Oklahoma has been great country To-
| the Scots. There is A c. Scott of Still
water. Then there is Judge Scott Of New
kirk. There was Judge Scott of Okla
! homa City. The very name tnrives in th'
territory.
| Captain Watkins of the American Vol
| unteers at Enid, having been ordered Z
another place. started 10 leave, when nj
| landlord, Mr.. Turk demanded that he pa
| for a broken window glass. The meI
| ouarreled and were brought into the pc
| lice court and Turk was fined Watkins
| finally departed.
! Blackwell Times-Record: A meeting o
farmers was held here Tuesday for tn
| purpose of organizing a Farmers Mu
| tual Insurance company under the neV
! territorial law. The mater was thor
! oughly discussed and owing to the grea
amount of preliminary work 1t was de
| cided to defer the matter until fan.
Oklahoma City Times-Journsl: During
! the high winds of early spring II wa
reported that the wheat in the Nine Mil
valley had been totally destroyed. Tn
report proves TO be a mistake. The whea
was hurt worse there for some unknown
reason than anywhere else in the coun
| try. but it was not more than half killed
That which remains is in fine condition
and promises an old-time yield. Tn
| fields on which the wheat was destroyed
have been planted in corn and kafr.