The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1899-03-02
Outlines of Oklahoma.

| Callahan is making his final distribution
of seeds.
The legislature has at last got down 10
| real hard work.
| Oklahoma City and Kinghsher are max
/ ing the fight of their lives.
i A week from tomorrow the legislature
! will put on its overceat and go home
| 1t is plain to be seen that Judge Nc
Aztec is laying for Chief Justice Burford' 5
| scalp.
Murray Benton Of Enid accidentally
shot himself the other day. The wound
! is not serious.
| Some one broke into Ritzhaupt's bakery
at Guthrie the other night and stole the
cooks silver watch
Those who want to divide Woods coun-
| " in two viii name the new county so
made Mckinley county.
| Kingfsher is not very warm 10 loca-
| ton schemes. Kingfsher once took the
| trouble 10 get the capital.
Is there a secret service man from
Washington attending the investigation
| sessions. Some think there is.
Out in Dewey county. the other day. ].
]. Duke and Jim Doggett quarreled over
a division fence. Duke shot Doggett and
| fed.
]. Y. Callahan has returned 10 his home
| in Kingfsher. He reports that he will
soon retire TO private life and will be glad
of it
The Oklahoma City Times-Journai is
| feeling badly because it heard Governor
Barnes took a drink on the Weatherford
junket.
Baptisms have already begun IN Okla
| homa, and the chill is hardly out Of the
milk in the pantry, 10 say nothing Of the
water in the streams.
Samuel Means, an educator of some ote
died al Perry the other day. He was
eight years superintendent OF schools in
Norton county, Kansas.
Stevens election law passed the house
| unanimously. This is a compliment TO
Stevens, who merits compliments for his
course in the legislature.
It is a good thing that building scheme
didn't get into action in the beginning of
the session, or the legislature would have
done nothing else but quarrel over it.
Judge Gill, who was appointed recently
TO succeed Judge Springer. OF the supreme
court OF the Indian Territory, will wait
awhile. as Judge Springer's term does not
expire until next December.
Benson, of the Agricultural college, de-
posts its money and gets two per cent
interest from the bank. He does not deny
it, and says ii is his lieu of salary. Mr.
Benson should be given a salary.
The present legislature has cut of the
salary of the adjutant general and the
territorial militia is liable to become ex-
tinct. The abolition of the militia will be
a mistake. Oklahoma should keep it up.
1t wants a school for soldiers.
Last fall the women of the W. R c.
at Ponca City made a fine quilt They
put it up to rattle off, each purchaser Of
ticket being permitted to have one
chance. Along about this time Dennis
Flynn came along canvassing for con-
gresham. He bought a ticket, number
81. and showed il away in his jeans. The
other day the drawing took place and
Dennis got the blanket. Was there such
a run Of luck?
Oklahoma City Times-Journal: Most
absurd stories are af1oat in regard to scar
let fever. AS far as we have been able
to learn there have been two or three
cases in one family in South Oklahoma.
All members Of the family have recovered
and moved north, and are now living in a
tent two blocks from the Emerson school
building They are fully recovered and
there can be no danger of infection from
that source The only article that the fam
lily moved was a cooking stove. their 9TH
er effects being left where the Illness was
contracted, in order not to spread the dis