The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1899-11-17
Outlines of Oklahoma.

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The Oklahoma City council has repealed
the waterworks franchise.
/ Oklahoma must wake up and jar con-
gress II free homes is TO be secured
The Hypatia. the woman's club Of
King1sher, has Joined the territorial fed
Grafton.
A travelling company tried to give a
| Sunday night show at Oklahoma City and
fell down.
H H. Howard of Oklahoma City is be-
ing urged for the United States district
attorneyship.
| John Morgan. prominent citizen Of
Luther, is under arrest. charged with
shipping quail
In his family the late Sam Overstreet
was known as Ldvy. his second name be-
/ ing Livingston.
The anti-saloon league is working like
trooper at Oklahoma City. and pleading
| TO get members.
> Jake Admire has proposed a good
scheme in regard to free homes and it
ought to be carried out.
| Oklahoma has made some good free
homes campaigns on congress before. but
| this time she should surpass herself.
Dennis Flynn's securing OF the aid Of
| Congressman Dollfver in the free homes
measure is more important than many
people think.
It is to be hoped that in his annual re-
! port Governor Barnes did not fail TO
report that the cyclone crop in Oklahoma
in 1899 was total failure.
1t is said that on the matter Of finding
United States district attorney, Secre-
tary jenkins and United States Marshal
Thompson have parted company.
An attempt was made at Oklahoma
City the other night to repeal the ordi-
nance compelling the laying Of brick,
stone and cement walks, but it failed.
Two inches of rain fell in the northern
part of Oklahoma county Monday night,
but no other part OF the territory seems
to have been in it at the same moment.
A dinner party of eight gentlemen at
Pawnee ate at the one meal 81 quail. The
gentlemen were S. II. Harris, C. ].
Wrightsman, c. ]. Shepard, S. 3. Berry.
Mr.. Newton. John Horton, W. F. Patton
and John Henderson.
The Perry Enterprise says that at Paw
nee the county sheriff and the United
States officers had trouble over the new
jail and as a result the United States
prisoners who are there for trial are be-
ing guarded IN private house.
Dr. Winkler Of Kingfsher says that
the Oklahoma man in politics when he
wants anything. is like the Russian who.
when asked why he did not do something
to mollify his wretched condition, said
The Cars toe far away and God IS too
high"
An old Indian in an Oklahoma town saw
a woman wearing some of those new hats
with a single turkey feather sticking out
towards the Pleiades and mourned: The
white man has stolen our land. our deer
our wealth, and I'll be dog-goned if here
amt the white women coming along
stealing our fashions"
Recently. at Oklahoma City, two Indian
women called upon a dressmaker and or
dered two dresses. The dressmaker want
ed the Indian women to select their own
material. But one of the Indian women
said: You know better what we ought
to have" The dressmaker asked them
how expensive material they desired. and
the spouse Of the noble red man rejoined:
"Oh. we got plenty money for all the
dresses we want"
Oklahoma City TlmesJournal; Last
evening Conductor Shipley, on the Frisco,
thought he was going to have a charge
on his hands. Little Fay Losey, the lit
tie three-year-old daughter of Mr.. and
Mrs North Losey, had been visiting rela
tives In Chandler. Her relatives put her
on the train last night, telling the con-
ductor to take her to Oklahoma City.
When the train arrived the little one
could not tell her name. Conductor Ship
ley took her in the bus and brought her
up town. When the child got 10 Main
street she pointed out her home, greatly
10 the surprise and relief Of the cOnduc-
tor.
The Oklahoma City Oklahoman contains
the following report Of a holiness meet
ing: 1.-The holiness meeting which is be-
ing conducted In a tent on South Broad
way was the scene of much excitement
al yesterday evenings service. Rev. Hur-
sey. a holiness preacher, took advantage
of an opportunity to testify encouraged
by another brother. he branched out into
a sermon. The audience asked him 10
cease, but there was no break In the ser
mon. The preacher in charge, Rev. Pull
liam, insisted that he stop. but the flow
of eloquence continued. Then the con-
gregation knelt and prayed. but Hursey
preached through II all. At this juucture
the police were called IN and Rev. Hur-
sey was induced to cease. officer Blaize
said to Hursey's wife: You'd better get
your husband to go home I can't DO a
thing with him. she replied, it's the
Holy Ghost that's making him do It."