The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1900-09-04
Outlines OF Oklahoma.

The Democratic county convention at
Watonga was held in the Baptist church
a rumor is born every time an cid
bachelor in Oklahoma starts 10. build
new house.
Bob Neff. who starts for Greer county
next week, will not get back TO the
Strip before October.
1 The Blackwell Record last week pub
lished a cut OF the new Baptist college
/ to be erected there. The building is a
/ beauty.
L A man stole 1000 cigars from William
/ Gallop, manufacturer at Shawnee. The
burglar had his nerve, but that mucl
/ tobacco ought 10 quiet it
Out at Alva, the other day. a candi-
date for sheriff with an eve 10 making
votes, knocked 4 circus man galley west
/ for short changing a farmers wife.
Jake Admire says that il a w,ni had
/ been blowing the night OF the Kingashe-
fire. ii would have swept Fway every
i thing. Luckily, the air was as still as
death.
| The government has allowed an assist
ant postmaster at Enid. the business has
/ become so heavy. Postmaster ]. A.
Buckles has named his brother, ]. H.
/ Buckles for the place.
/ Here is a novel and contemplate trick:
Mr. Lindel of Waukomis loaded a car q
wheat and during the night some one
/ sprinkied through il a bushel OF burnt
/ wheat in order TO lower the grade.
| In Grant county two Republicans made
/ a hard race for the nomination for coun-
/ ty treasurer, and a dark horse who
hadn't turned his hand over for it, got
the plum. The Pond Creek Vidette Is
mad about 1t.
! The Waukomis Hornet is after Gov
ernor Barnes for the letter again =
/ Flynn. The Hornet says that GoEerno-
Barnes could write a half dozen sucn
letters and it would not effect Flynn's
vote a half dozen votes.
The father of Tom Ferguson died near
Emporia. Kansas, last week. Albert Fer
guson was a pioneer. He came TO Kan
sas in 1888. His wife died thirty years
! ago. He travelled all over the west, was
a member of the Sixteenth Kansas, and
was once tomahawked by an Indian.
The worst nickname yet discovered in
Oklahoma has come 10 light. 1t is used
| by Tom Ferguson of Watonga against the
! opposition editor In one para graph Tom
says: Last week Sloppy Doc spilled
himself again in his frantic efforts 70
defend the fusion ring at this place"
According to an Oklahoma editor. the
dawn of the millennium was about to
break. A doctor leaned over the last OF
a race which was to become extinct. At
last the doctor arose and said: 1.-The
last one is gone-the last fool IS dead"
A man in the group addressed looked up
and said: well, that ends my bust
ness" He was the slot machine man.
About once a week every editor in Ok
lahoma is approached by some citizen
! who wants him to roast some other cit
. AM he
the first fellow off is to tell him 20
write the roast himself and s!gn his
name to it. When asked to do Dtnis the
average trouble-seeking citizen will re-
treat like the Chinese army.
Watonga Republican,: The True Fol-
lowers" religious sect doing business
near Fay, have had trouble with a rat
tlesnake. They think that the scripture
commands them to take up deadly ser
penis. They tackled a rattler and he
fixed some Of them good and plenty"
/ They might have haid faith enough for
an ordinary snake, but they will have
up against a RATHER
Cleveland Triangle: John McNeal, aged
about TO- living six miles southeast of
town, had his only team of horses killed
by lightning last Saturday. 1t seems
that Mr. McNeal has had as hard a
streak of luck since he came TO Okla
homa as man ever had. About four
years ago everything he had was burned
and two years ago he was again burned
out clean, even the pig in the pen being
burned. Three years ago he had a mule
killed by lightning. one Of his boys got
/ snake-bitten and it was necessary TO
amputate toe, and the same boy was
tripped and lost an eye as a conse-
quence Since Mr. McNeal is a hard
working man, it looks as though luck
was against him. A subscription has
been talked of and it would be hard 10
help out a more deserving man.