The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1899-06-09
Outlines of Oklahoma

Both the Guthrie Leader and the Guth-
RE capital have libel suits on their hands
and are otherwise prospecting.
Miss Eva Wilson. out in Washita couR-
| ~, while fishing had an epilepuc II, fell
into the stream and was drowned.
| Maddox, once editor at Taloga, who got
into trouble for shooting at man, is now
an attorney in Washington. D. 9.
II is getting 10 be a maxim in Oklahoma
| that 'all black clouds are cyclones until
viewed from the cycave." II is a mighty
good maxim
The Norman negro waif has been named
| Joseph Moses Norman. after the city near
which il was found and TWO OF the city's
| prominent citizens.
None OF The Oklahoma Rough Riders
have so far expressed mis- intention Of at
tending the Rough Riders re-un IN At
Las Vegas, June "A.
Dick st. Clair broke jail ar Taloga the
other day and tried 10 get away on foot
People took out after him and he was in
| jail again in about an hour.
| The display that Ponca City CONNER
cial club made at the Trans Mississippi
| conghress has been mentioned ali over the
country. II was ten-strike
| The government really intends to fire
| Biz Walker out. Bill should congratu-
| late himself that the Indian commissioner
doesn't maintain Devils Island.
A Texas paper says that the Texas dele
cation attracted more attention at the
| Trans Mississippi congress than any 9th
| er. Oklahoma should file a demurrer.
Mr.. Charles B. Pope. a popular travel
ing man, and Miss Ethel Miner. daugh-
ter Of Mr. and Mrs. NJ G Miner Of
Oklahoma City, were married Wednesday.
The business men OF Ponca City. as
h.
viii hold a big ratification when the
Hutchinson Southern is completed TO that
place.
Two Of the recent graduates from the
Guthrie High school. Miss Laura Brewer
and Miss Roxanna Hutchinson, have been
given positions as teachers in the Guthrie
schools for the next term.
In the whirl Of a cyclone accompanied
by immense hail. near Cheyenne recently
Mrs. Fletcher happened 10 catch a heavy
blanket, with which she protected her
self against the pelung ice.
There is one man in the territory who
is not worrying because A Jennings is in
ihe pendtenuary. This is Mayor Hensley
Of FL Reno, whom Al Jennings in an early
day attacked and cut in the face. Mayor
Hensley still bears the scar.
Sheriff Copeland of Oklahoma county re-
Gently received his two bloodhounds from
OHIO, and he had to pay $50 express on
them. II would have been cheaper to have
had tramp walk the distance and then
turn the hounds loose on his trail.
The Oklahoma City Times-JournaI says
that in the proposed air line between
Kingfsher and Guthrie. Guthrie is to fur
nish the air if Kingfsher furnishes the
line. That ought to break off all diplo-
matte relations between Oklahoma City
and Guthrie.
Mr.. Stevens of Hennessey, the al bic rep
resentative in the recent legislature, has
struck a good thing. He has been made
general attorney in the territory for a
big farm implement manufacture. Ste
vents can f1ll the bill. He is booked for
something big politically In Oklahoma.
Judge Irwin told a reporter for the
Guthrie Capital the other day that the
people ofOklahoma are the most cosmo-
politan TO be found anywhere. He said
he didn't like the wind at first but he
is getting used to that. He viii learn
to love it. In Illinois there is not enough
wind to blow away the stinks.
The anti-gambling revival in Oklahoma
still grows. Here is a. hint from the Perry
Enterprise: There are nine churches In
the city is full of good people, yet much
that is obnoxious TO the good morals Of
our city is carried on. RumOrs Of resent
ment prevail and something Of a revulsion
is likely 10 occur al any time. in which
people hitherto above suspicion are inter-
tested"