The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1900-05-15
Outlines of Oklahoma.

The Dostoffice Of Perry issued 1850
worth OF money orders in one day last
week.
one Of the country correspondents OF
the Cleveland Triangle signs himself
Noah Kount.'
Fourteen different kinds of strange
grass seed have been received recently
by the. saltwater experiment station.
Tom Ferguson OF Watonga and Jerre
Johnson Of Newkirk are both sparring
and both are doing some beautiful foot
work.
One of the men in Oklahoma who is
going 10 cut ice in the history Of the
territory is v. c. Stevens Of Hennesssy.
Stevens is a conner.
There are a whole lot % people beside
Mr.. Maddox of Georgia who do not be-
lieve that the last Democratic national
platform was for free homes.
There should be some explanation why
Dick Plunkett is nosing around Wash
ington. He may have gone east TO meet
the Boer commission secretly.
Callahan really believes that ne can
beat Flynn for congress, and recently
put it In this way: Il can beat Flynn,
whether free homes passes or not
There is a controversy IN Oklahoma as
to whether G. c. Clemens. the Socia list
and Mark Twain are brothers. The
Perry Republican says positively that
they are.
According TO the Enid Wave a young
husband of Guthrie whipped his spouse
with a buggy whip and n return was
whipped by his mo;heT-in-law while his
father-in-law he'd him.
An Oklahoma editor the other day
wrote a column and a half on the
passage Of the free homes bill in the
house and didn't mention Dennis Flynn's
name. He gave the credit to other mem
bers of the house.
Here is note in the Jefferson Rust
Ter from a man who IS hor: y will give
s. reward. for the proof Of the %par1i, 5
who have been pulling limbs Oft nay fruit
on my OTIS in the northwest part OF
town. J. p. Shook
What did you say your name was?"
remarked a man who was introduced 10
Dave Marum of Woodward. the other
day Dave Marum," said the Wood
ward man. "Oh, yes" said the man,
Il read your life and want TO tell you
now that I think just as much of horses
az you do
A writer in the saltwater Democrat
says that the Edmond Normal schOo 5
Grafton in the last intercollegiate con-
test, entitled Man, a Product of the
Ages" is identical with Il production by
John Clark Ridpath in the Arena Mag
azine OF April. 1897, entitled, The Man
in History"
a good many people in Oklahoma can,
in their imagination, see Harry Thomp-
son slipping up to the dOOr-keeper at
Philadelphia and whispering: 'Is Nc
kinley here?" and the door-keeper whis-
pering back: NO" and Harry then ris-
ing to his full heighth and walking into
the convention.
Stroud Messenger: A goodly number
OF our Indian neighbors act somewhat
ike wild beasts when they are sick. They
crawl into a secluded place. eating occa-
sionally some herbs and wallOWing some
times in a mud-hole. Their relatives
like a sick dogs nearest kin, appear un-
concerned about the patient. and, when
asked about the wherea bouts of the alb
sentee from the wigwan, say: oh he
is sick. and is laying somewhere in the
woods.''
Cushing Herald: Mr.. Winchester, who
lives in the Creek country, has a very
unique way Of killing turkey gobble-s.
He has a pet tame hen turkey which he
II there is gobb,er in hearing distance
he will Immediately appear on the scene.
Mr. Winchester will then shoot them
from a place Of concealment. A few
days ago he killed two fine gobblers,
and he and about thirty of his height ors
ate them.