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

There were two deaths from spinal men
| nights at Blackwell last week.
Clarence Douglass. who killed the Ard
| more editor. IS being tried again.
This is the day the Oklahoma City pa
pers stop talking about billingsgate.
The Shawnee News does not believe that
| Postmaster Boggs is guilty. and frankly
| says so.
gained with George Tackett chief and
| John Flood secretary.
C. ". Stephenson Of Oklahoma City has
| invented a typewriter which writes in
| blue and red letters.
Dad Brunette has broken into the politi-
cal situation ar Oklahoma City. Dad will
| die shouting politics.
Walls has now pleaded not guilty and
| will have time TO get his breath and hunt
| up Hutton and lick him.
! The judge has ordered two men in jail
al Watonga for wife-kiling, removed to
! Kingfisher for safe-keeping.
During the city campaign at Shawnee a
minister added to the gayety of nations
by preaching political sermon.
Two towns in Woods county wanted TO
be named Dewey. The department named
The grand jury should sensate while it
has the opportunity. Oklahoma is grow
ing weary of those Guthrie sensations.
A pair of horns from Texas steer have
been brought TO Oklahoma City which
measure four feet and eight inches from
tip to tip.
1t is claimed that the issue at Okla
homa City today is Barnes and anti
ID
the worse.
c. H. Miller, formery Of the Hennessey
Clipper, has moved his family 70 King
fisher, where he is register of deeds Of
the county.
If most Of the people in Oklahoma could
find the man who wrote the almanac and
claimed spring would be here at this time,
they would lick him.
The Hutchinson Southern in going from
Blackwell to Ponca City. will run a line
fifteen miles long and viii pass through
twenty-three farms.
When a warrant was presented for 81 800
for payment of expenses for the institu-
ton for the blind, the aditor's office re-
fused to pay it, under the Clarke bill.
The secretary Of interior in Washington
denies that the Indian Territory will soon
be consolidated with Oklahoma and both
admitted as one state. The statement
had the eastern papers excited.
The Hutchinson Southern, it Is said. VIII
not run directly TO Ponca City, but will
stop a little ways from Ponca City and
White Eagle and then go to the town Of
fering the greater inducement. If that
isn't a hold-up, what IS?
Guthrie Leader: Ned Cheadle shook dice
with Harry Evans yesterday evening and
won a 81 team of horses. Evans bought
the team at auction. The horses are
blind and spawned, but are well fitted for
driving, and Cheadle will use them in
his family carriage.
Blakeney, editor of the Oklahoma City
Oklahoman. hit Mr.. easier, an ex-confed-
crate. and easier comes back at Blakeney
in this way: you can always tell the
calibre of a gun by the way the size Of
its projectile and you can tell the calibre
of Blakeney's brain by the wads he
shoots" There has been lots of this sort
of campaign literature in the Oklahoma
City campaign. It is Lee Van Wrinkle
against Henry Overholser.
Ponca City Courier: party Of drunken
Usage Indians at the depot last night at
tracted great deal of attention. An old
squaw had a small pappoose in her blan-
ket on her back, and two younger ones
had nothing to do but quarrel, which they
did to a queens taste. The depot was
filled with their shrill cries. a young girl
was very full. She talked Indian gibber-
ish, but when she bought her ticket she
gave as good English to Agent Liddle as
the ordinary traveller