The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1899-07-04
Outlines Of okIahoma

1t Is announced that the Norma: sch sol
building at Ava win be entirely compies-
ed before school begins IN September.
The most easily offended papers IN the
world are those published In the Indian
territory. They fight almost all the time.
Nose weinherger Of Guthrie is enter
tanning q bran new boy at his home. who
is going to be governor Of Oklahoma some
day.
Two men at Blackwell recently had a
fight in which one man lest an ear and
the other a finger. It was declared a
draw.
The only automobile In Oklahoma Is the
threshing machine engine. 1t Is fast doing
away with the horSe-by soaring him to
death.
The town-sits commissioners in the
Chickasaw nation are AZ work driving
''stobs.'' 'fStobs' Is a new word to Ok
laboma.
After a farmer has threshed and meas
ured out he begins to feel strongly that
wheat has 10 be mighty good 10 go thirty
bushels to the acre.
The Republican editors Of the territory
are tired Of the factional fight. And they
are saying so. And their saying 50 Is
stopping the factional fight.
Miss Etna Mercer Of Capron, Woods
county, was bitten last week by a "hy-
drophobia cat" She was taken TO a mad
stone and II adhered nine hours
n. A Jamison Of the Saltwater Demo-
crat wants TO sell q half interest in his
paper, but ne insists that hhe purchaser
must be an up-to-dste newspaper man
Dave Terrill. who has q farm west OF
Perkins, has more plums than he knows
what to do with, and has notified people
that they may have them for the pick
ing.
Some one accidentally dropped a cigar
stub into a window display OF fireworks
at Saltwater last week and one man who
went all through the Santiago campaign
without tremble. is running yet.
A travelling caravan OF immoral COM
plexion was attacked by a lot OF boys at
Perkins one night last week. and a gen
eral fight ensued. One member of the
caravan was an idiot and in the fight he
was badly hurt.
The fight between the Frisco and the
Santa Fe outside Blackwell Is an endeav-
or on the part OF each road TO build first
so that the other road will have 10 put
in the crossing. maintain 1t and come 10
the first roads grade.
You will notice that Sidney Clark Is
keeping mighty quiet about expansion.
Naturally Clarke is an expansiOnish He
- IO I6E-luTlcE. Ouk ne 0OSS hdIlI lIldI
fusion nomination for congress, and now
il not the time TO talk.
The editor at Owen wrote last week:
'"The people Of this city welcome the
Frisco railroad with outstretched arms"
The printer got 1t this way: THE people
of this city welcome the Frisco railroad
without stretched arms"
Last year Lew Salter and Pat Oates OF
Alva were camping as Oklahoma volun-
teers at Lexington. Kentucky. Salter ask
ed Oates why he enlisted. 81 was sin
gle man." said Oates, land enlisted be-
cause l loved war. Why did you en-
list?" ~ enlisted" replied Salter, be
cause I was a married man and loved
peace"
1t was stipulated in the treaty conclud-
ed at New Echote. in the state OF Geor-
gia, between the United States of America
and the Cherokee tribe OF Indians. on :he
9th of December, 1895. when the latter
agreed to move west OF the Mississippi
river. that the said Indians should be
entitled to @ delegate IN the house OF
of the United States,
whenever congress made provision for he
same. and the Republican clubs OF the
Indian territory will make a united eff
fort to secure such delegate next session
of congress.