The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1899-07-18


There were thirteen divorces granted 81
Chandler last week. by Judge Burford
Doc Ashby, who killed Griffith. has
been transferred to the Fl Reno jail. to
await his trial
Farms in the bottom. where there Is a
good deal Of sand In western Oklahoma.
are called ''sandies.'
That Manchester man. Wall. who mort
gagged his farm i've times, must nave nao
IL in for the street named after him.
Colonel Glazier, formerly Of the stia-
water college, Is at present on his way
to Arkansas In q covered wagon he
will prospect for mineral
Most OF the school boards held meet
ings last week and made % mill levies.
In a great many instances the school term
Is being extended a month
The assessors OF Kingfisher county
found only a dogs In the county The
owners must have tied 'em IN the barn
when the assessors came along.
Governor Barnes thinks that he viii
be able TO get one Of the captured can
non to Jefferson, by August, when the
old soldiers reunion takes place.
Lee williams OF Manchester went out
into the country to doctor q sick COW.
When the COW saw him she hooked MIN
over fence and then lay down and
died.
In the Enid land district there are 400
quarter sections Of land and there have
been 1000 homestead entries There Is q
good deal of crowding for Oklahoma far
mers.
The murmur Il spreading over Okla
homa that corn will be only 10 cents a
bushel. This Is crossing very rickety
old bridge when you are month away
from it
In front Of the hut Of the average In
dian OF the FIVE tribes Is q small mortar
in which the family grinds its corn for
bread The principal food OF the civil
ICED Indian Is corn.
When the Strip opened J. =. Farris Of
Grant county made q ride 70 his claim
in one hour and ten minutes, . distance
Of % miles. He rode a blooded mare,
named Blue Bonnet, who died last week
One Oklahoma editor sarcastically re-
marks that owing TO people interrupting
him all day paying their subscriptions
from wheat money, hereafter he viii re-
celve subscriptions from a. m to p.
m, only.
The smart Oklahoma farmer treats his
machinery as well as he does his horses.
Every piece Of machinery should be
housed. oiled. and kept renewed. Knives
and the finer pieces ought to be taken
off in winter and wrapped and kept In a
dry place.
Near Kingisher, last week. some men
took from one farm q whole lot OF
sheaves Of wheat and made a bridge OF
them over a creek so the women, who
were along, could cross dry-shod. And
the farmer gets up In the middle OF the
night in order to wonder what he was
born for.
Ell Reno News: Senator Gillett has q
small flock of sheep on his farm east Of
town. He says they are the best paying
property he ever owned; that they never
cost a cent, but live on what would other
wise be wasted, and that in the past three
years they have yielded a profit OF more
than 400 per cent.
A new fake on the Oklahoma farmer
is being worked. A preacher arriving at
the farm and asking to be sheltered for
the night Is entertaining the family at
supper when a young man and woman
drive up and call for the farmer. saying
they want to get married and asking
where a preacher lives. The farmer. fore
seeing a lively scene, says he has a min
ister In his house, and asks the minister
If he will marry them. The minister
consents, the young couple line up and
the ceremony Is read. a license produced
and the farmer and wife asked to put
their names to IL as witnesses. In about
a week those signatures appear at the
bank as promissory notes.
Perkins Journal: Sunday before last =
lot of boys living about Tryon were fish,
ing at the big rocks below Perkins three
miles While SEEMING they caught one
big fish Weighing fifty-four pounds. They
hauled It out on the shore. and were so
elated over their fish that they all took
q drink of-snake medicine. Finally, the
boys got pretty well tanked up, and while
they thought they were guarding their
prize, a young man living near Perkins
secured the fish and got safely away with
Il, and later divided II up among his
friends. The Tryon boys were sure up q
stump and the last s. knew of them
they were accusing each other of steal
ing the fish. Moral.-Tryon boys. when
you go fishing never drink anything
stronger than water.