The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1900-06-16
Outlines OF Oklahoma.

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The town Of Dover Is trying to set
| itself incorpora ted.
/ The activity of railroad building sn
Oklahoma keeps the turn tables on me
move.
The Bigheart faction Of the Usage In
dams are what would be called in Kan
sas boss busters
In thirtv-eight nights at the Ardmore
| Democratic convention there was not a
/ single pistol drawn.
| The spoon complains that Blackwell
/ has a bunch OF old time fish pools right
| in the middle OF The town.
/ The Aiva Review has discovered a man
| by the name OF josh who is always IN
hurry when he comes 10 town
| ]. VI. McNeal is the head Of tele-
phone company which has just been
chartered at Guthrie with a capital
stock of 5000
Alva has raised the license On saloons
from 500 to s40o a year. And so il turns
/ out that the wheat crop IS to be d.
rect tax u3on the liquor men,
Joseph Norris OF Logan county has
just finished harvesting lis acres o.
wheat and reports that the yield viii be
at least thirty bushels an acre.
The council of Oklahoma City has de-
eided TO submit proposition 10 vote
bonds 10 purchase the wsterworks, TO
build city han and to extend the sew
er system.
It is said that former Delegate Gala
han agreed 10 eat a horse il Flynn get
the free homes through this session OF
congress. The horse shouldn't be exact
" on aCIlahan.
The sheriff of lincoln county has re-
ceiyed large sized CIydesdale horse
laugh for bringing from Minnesota a
man supposed TO be Taylor. the muir
derer of Ryan, but who didn't even look
like Taylor.
The insurance magnets hung up the
newspaper men IN six innings IN the
challenge game of ball played at Guth-
RE Thursday. After using the newspaper
men up till they cannot stand an exam
ination for q policy.
The action of Governor Barnes IN re-
moving King from the board of regents
OF the territorial university leads Harry
Gilstrap to remark running the eduea-
tfonai institutions of Oklahoma as an
auxiliary TO an endorsement machine
doesn't suit Lincoln county very We'll.
News of the death in South Africa of
George Green and the death of George
Thomas in Manila reached Alya almost
al the same time. Both were Alva
boys. Green left Alva last fall to join
the Beers, but changed his mind after
reaching Africa and Joined the English.
Ponca iCty Courier: A L. Martin, an
old soldier OF the civil war, has a pc
culiar ailment. He came 10 the city to
consult a physician in regard TO sprain
of his right wrist, which first began
10 hurt him last night during a dream
in which he recalled some of his pris-
on pen experiences. Teh prisoners had
to dig holes In the earth TO shelter
them from the cold, and they slept ny
pacing themselves in these holes like
sardines in a box. One frosty night aMr-
tin was restless and crawled out and
was standing behind a tree when one
of the patrolled rebels appeared Think
ing Martin was one OF his men he con-
fided to him how sixteen of the rebs
were making a sneak on the officers
bake house. Soon one of the rebs came
along heavily loaded. and as he passed
Martin dealt him a heavy right handler
on the lower jaw. slightly spraining the
wrist. But he and his comrades in the
hole in the ground were soon gFeedily
devouring seven good fat pies which
were intended for the rebel officers
Drs. Schenk and Cook are now treating
the old veteran for what they term re-
current pi-us presentiment. and hope
for his final recovery. But # seems
strange that the injury never developed
until now.