The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1899-11-07
Outlines of Oklahoma.

Inc (dllOucS Oh hl0EESleF Will DeElQ
the erection OF a new church soon.
w. L Drummond has started a new
paper al CARRIER and called # Trumpet.
It is going to be mighty hard for Sec
rotary jenkins TO be leader and escape
being a boss.
Copper has been discovered in Garfield
county. 1t is about time for Woodward
to spring her soap mine again.
The White Rock News has moved over
to Billings. the new town, and bids adieu
to White Rock forever.
Ell Reno votes on the question Of a sew
erage system today. A light vote is ex-
pected.
The FL Reno News says that Judge
Tarsney is now prscticing law and is do
ing good business.
This paper recently said that VIII Pc
tiers was running the Pawhuska Journal.
II should have been W. c. Bridwell.
The Enid Wave announces that there
is some sort of feud between the bar Of
Garfield county and Judge McAtee.
Frank O'Neiu of Oklahoma City. has
been forced 10 confess that the Guthrie
street fair was the best he ever saw.
A converted infideI is travelling over
Oklahoma blowing on the light TO keep
it burning until the vilest sinner can ar
rive.
The time of the year Is here when a
good many of the wedding announcements
in Oklahoma have reference TO the
nights getting cold"
At Nardin the Halloween boys upset
barrel of tar on the sidewalk and a
lot OF people walked in it. They are
still sticking to things.
The citizens of Waukomis have made
arrangement with Mr.. Gray of Iowa 10
build a mill there. The citizens will give
him 500 and 1000 bushels of wheat bonus.
Reverend Boles is holding forth IN
Guthrie with a lecture entitled: The
Railroad to He'll" There is a good deal
of anxiety to know who has the town
site privileges on the route.
Captain z. H. McCubbins and Tom
Hays met in Perry the other night for
the first time in 80 years. The last time
they saw each other was in Nashville,
where they were suppressing a riot.
One Halloween prank at Hennessey is
deserving of notice. A crowd of boys
turned a mans house over, face down,
and the man had to treat with the boys
before they would put it back and let
him out.
At FL Reno one man purchased a horse
of second man. The second man over
worked the horse and killed it before de-
livering it. The first man sued the sec
ond man for his money and the jury gave
it to him.
The little boy of ]. L. Bowman, living
near Mulhall. got a piece of peanut in his
Sgind-pipe. His parents would not at first
consent to an operation. When they did
It was too IA teand thechild 2345619i2
it was too late. and the child died.
At Hennessey, Halloween, one woman
loaded a gun with beans and declared
she would protect her property. She
went to sleep and the boys sneaked up,
took the shotgun and discharged it, and
the woman's hair is said to have turned
gray.
The EDITORS surprise" from the Mar
din Star: THE writer on entering the
store of Thompson & Co, yesterday, TO
buy clean pair of socks, was nearly
chilled on reading the following notice:
''On and after Nov ember l We sell for
cash only"
A B. Essent. a plasterer, has disap-
peared from Perry and the marshal had
to send his wife and little girl who had
come to join Essent, back home. The
Perry Enterprise thinks that in some or
The cases of cowardly and inhuman deser-
ton by husbands the whipping-post
would come in handy.
One day at Guthrie colored man drove
Up to Ned Cheadle's place and wanted TO
ouy two-bits worth Of coal. He was |
shown a bin and told to take it out OF |
hat He spent twenty minutes backing |
I'D. The coal force was busy and the
Q0n 1f,1 Irfa an
o the scales. He was told to keep on |
hrowing coal off until notified to stop. |
he went to work and finally stopped. |
Go on!' yelled the coal man. Throw |
IF some more Boss" said the col |
red man, there's only one lump left
This was true He had held big lump |
o the last and they sent him away about /
orty pounds of coal winner.
Usage Journal: When Judge Burford /
md the crowd of court officials were |
oming to Pawhuska, they had to cross
he river at Ponca City. The bridge /
leeper looked extremely happy when he /
aw that grand caravan Of government /
oufppages coming, for it meant money |
o him After they had crossed, Mr.
came TO Judge Burford for /
he toll and the Judge informed him that /
hey were the property of the United /
states, and that If he wanted to collect /
ny toll he would have to see the war |
department about il. That made the toll /
,eeper sad. After the judge had been
,ver here for a day or two he received |
letter from the bridge-keeper, which /
n substance and purport was as follows:
Judge Burford, Pawhuska Okla.-Sir;
learn that 1 do not have to lose that /
? 80. so you had better remit before
here is any more investigation" As the
Judge has not RENTED yet you must not
e surprised to hear OF an investigation /
nd the removal of Judge BurfOrd- That
$ the way they do things in this country.