The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1899-07-12
Outlines Of Oklahoma.


II Is said that at q Blackwell hotel
blessing is asked before each meal
George Outcalt, In addition 70 being q
good fellow, seems to be called out for su-
pervisOr, sure.
The woodward toughs who were sus-
pected of assaulting q 14-year-old girl,
have all been arrested.
Governor johnson of St Louis. Il Is
said. has been hired by old man Gates to
prosecute old man Jester.
Caterpillars of several sizes and breeds
are eating the leaves on the shade trees
In many places in Oklahoma City.
Oklahoma has had plenty Of rain. and
there has been plenty Of time TO plow-the
tassel and the silk will do the rest
From this distance II looks very much
like Mrs. Cornelia Street Of Shawnee
should fight shy Of the probate Judges
effice.
DR.. Ashby. the weatherford murderer
who has been held to wait the action OF
the grand jury. IS highly connected in
Texas.
Arthur Dollar Of woodward was fined
SIS the other day for carrying q revolver.
There should be more OF this In the ter
ritory.
Pawnee county man has been sent
to the Insane asylum for beating his
kept there.
Baron Karl Won RydIngsward, the man
who was once a prominent Divorce at
Oklahoma City, is making fame as
wood carver In Gotham.
Flynn and Barnes owe one thing to
themselves and their party. and that Is
to empha tically sit down on the practice
OF allowing themselves to be ribbed.
Two young people Of Purcell took the
train for Winfield on the Fourth of July
and were married. They were back in
Purcell July 8. begging forgiveness. which
they got.
That man who got up in Geary hotel
at o'clock In the morning ana told the
guests It was daylight, but an eclipse OF
the sun was on. wasn't crazy. 1t was
daylight over in China
A girl at Okarche was talking to an
other girl over the telephone and cried:
''Oh, for a man. Just then she turned
and seeing a young man standing behind
her. added, "sioA in the sky"
: President Scott OF the Agricultural coll
lRge Is going to make that institution the
marvel Of Oklahoma, depend upon 1t. He
Is just now putting out a superior quality
OF advertising matter and he should keep
u up. Scott Is pure gold.
Oklahoma City Times-Journal: J. NJ.
Henson and Perry Henson, father and
sIep-son. are in jail, charged with cattle
stealing. The father was In jail several
months ago for assault with dangerous
weapon. While in jail he protested
change Of heart. saying that one night
after continuous prayer he was entirely
fol given. His arrest in this affair makes
his former repentance look doubtful.
Some time ago a photographer at Alva
actually photographed a cyclone. It Is
acfI. cd hr- "a
coming up a country road In which there
stands a man seemingly uncOncerned.
That photograph is being dreadfully over
worked. The New York papers printed
1t as a true photograph of the Kinks
vile cyclone; also later as a photograph
OF the Wisconsin twister. and now II APP
pears as a picture OF the Hennessey cy-
clone, which never occurred.
Harry Smith Of the Woodward Bulletin
has been criticised lately and probablJ
threatened because he published the news.
And this is what he says now: 1T is the
duty OF a publisher OF a paper u give
the news. We have done so and will con-
unue to do so as long as we are In the
newspaper business. II any friend II ours
desires to become an enemy bccouse We
publish an account of some meann=ss he
has done. ne will find us at the same old
sfard. We never induced him to break
the law, nor will we assume the task Of
shielding him.
You have heard about that fake where
in q Hennessey man shot salt into a cy-
clone and killed Il. Well. a New York
paper. the Journal. has taken a picture Of
the Alva cyclone and put a veteran with
a cannon In It and calls 1t a photograph
of the scene at Henessey. But that isn't
ALL A naval expert has taken up the idea
and invented q cannon on a turn-table
which Is automatically controlled by the
wind so that when a cyclone approaches
Il whirls the muZZle Of the cannon
straight for the twister. automatically dis
charges II and knocks the cyclone into
smithereens. What lot Of 'em he will
salI In