The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1901-10-30
OUTLINES OF OKLAHOMA.

Elsie, Tonkawa squaw, lays claim u
the age of 40. She is probably about 20.
The battle ground in the next congress
sional campaign viii be the new coun-
try
The Dewey County Bank Of TaIoga has
in individual deposits so. $50 subject 10
check
Last week a : Chandler a man was fined
s. in the police court for threatening TO
strike his aunt.
The board of health at e Reno declare
that they do not want the schools closed
because Of diphtheria-
James r. Woods IS recovering rapidly.
and viii soon be able TO read those obit-
uary notices Of himself.
They are tying up numerously in Okla,
homa- Last weeks Chandler News had
ten marriage notices IN H.
A II. r. Calvin. Of Lincoln county. this
year raised a Ben Davis apple which
measured thirteen inches around.
Perhaps this is going TO be the kind Of
winter in Oklahoma where a gasoline
burner viii answer for q base-burner
An Indiana company has brought suit
against a township in Custer county to
force payment for two road graders.
The editor Of the Taloga Times is
against increasing our navy II that Is
likely 10 lead TO more courts Of inquiry.
Muskogee promises to treat the state
hood delegates decently and not snub
them, as South McAlesJer did last year.
When the rest of Kay county gets
smell of that Blackwell gas. a lot Of the
wheat fields viii be destroyed by driloTs.
The Ponca City Courier describes Col
gosz' departure as being flashed across
the borders of etrnity on q streak Of
lightning.
Charles J. Lamb. OF Duncan. recently
died of pneumonia Before the following
morning his wife, n sufferer from con
sumption, also passed away.
A good many over in the Indian terri
tory are for statehood for the Indian ter
ritory, Oklahoma 10 be added from time
to time as it becomes prepared.
Now here is a problem: The city at
torney OF Chandler had q hOoche-cooche
show arrested and fined, but the mayor
RENTED the fine on the ground that il
was nothing but an Oriental dance
There is an idea that a wound in the
heel is very dangerous. But it is not
necessarily so. James Christie. Of Stroud.
was last week shot in the heel but the
bullet went through without touching the
bone.
John Pharo. of Custer county. was try
ing to drive some cows out Of a millet
patch, when a COW ran over him and
broke a rib and bruised him up gener-
ally. A COW can be actually dangerous
when she takes a notion.
Milton Thompson. a farmer and stock
man, living four miles northwest of Ba-
ker, captured a strange animal last sat
urday. 1t had burrowed IN the earth
on the school section south Of his farm
Milt called in a few of his neiehbors and
with the aid OF picks. shovels and spades
captured a strange animal that weighed
% pounds, with short legs, gray fur and
claws three inches long. Mr.. Thompson
did not know how 70 classify the crea-t
ture, so he called IN the Oldest settlers I'm
the neighborhood. but they all agreed
that they had never seen an animal that
answered the description. The quadru-
ped was very fat and Milton obtained e
gallon of grease from IT which, he says,
Will make excellent harness OIL
There is no end TO the variety OF acct
dents that may happen on a farm. as the
following from the Independence Courier
shows: Lewis Brigham met with a pain
ful, and what came near being a Sc
rious accident last Saturday. He was
drilling wheat on owen CampbeIs farm,
west Of the tOwnsite, and was riding the
drill; in crossing a small rayine, the
tongue broke and the drill box tilted for
ward, pinning his legs fast and rem
dering him perfectly helpless fortunate
" the team stopped. otherwise he would
have been killed. He remained IN this
position for nearly an hour before ne
could make anyone hear his cries for
help. They were finally heard by John
Coleman and some children going home
from school. He was helped home and
a doctor sent for who dressed the
wounds. His legs are badly bruised. bur
it is hoped that he VIII be out again in
a few days. It was q lucky escape"