The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1901-08-13
OUTLINES OF OKLAHOMA.

Lahoma is taking census preliminary
to Incorporating.
= bunch OF ponies was sold at Okarche
last week from s. 10 S q head.
Strangely enough there has not been a
med-dOg scare il Oklahoma this sum
mer.
Roger Brothers are getting out the
Richards Review, very neat, newsy
paper.
Two weeks have elapsed and Sol Tempe
has not escaped. Is he losing his cuu-
ming?
IN few days the postmaster at Law
ton may manage 10 get his feet on the
earth.
It is to be hoped that none Of the pa
pers in the new country VIII be named
Rustler
on September the government viii
hold an auction sale OF lots az South
McAlester.
The gold stories have begun to come out
of their holes and make goo-goo eyes at
vivid imaginations.
rs home from FL Reno" is the tail-end
Of about 95 per cent Of the personal men
tons in Oklahoma papers
The Orient railroad viii probably cross
the Rock Island at Hobart. Hobart IS
going 10 be a honey-cooler.
The merchants and clerks OF Hennessey
have made a mutual agreement whereby
all stores VIII close at S .. n.
Mr.. No Ones hide would have 70 be
pretty big If piece Of Il really was hang
ing or the fence where IL has been hung.
The Hennessey Clipper notes that al
the capitalists OF Hennessey are at law
ton with the exception Of the editor OF
the Clipper.
The government is taking its time in
s4s-
wants TO kind Of scatter the disappoint-
ment gently.
\ tramp struck a row OF Oklahoma
towns this week claiming 10 be q phre-
nologist. He was SO surely q tramp that
the people laughed him out
There are whole lot of people IN the
Kiowa country who lived in the Indian
territory waiting for the government TO
do something so long that they got mad
about It,
The advertisers Of Oklahoma are say
ing a good deal about Lucky No / net
being as lucky as the man who buys his
shoes at Smiths or his groceries at
Browns"
Ouenemo Nishcokat. the young sculp-
tor of the Saukee tribe, is neglecting his
art to make gOo-goO eyes at young
squaw. This is the only exciting bit OF
news in Saukee society during the whole
week.
The city campaigns IN the new towns
will be the next feature. The nomina-
lions Will cause great excitement and the
claim is made that only Oklahonlans can
vote at the first election, which VIII cause
more excitement.
Superintendent Benedict in a speech at
Buffalo, the other day, said that the way
to civilize the Indian is 10 give him the
rights he is entitled 70, tell him TO go 10
work and see that he does. 1t is a dead
sure thing that the Indian problem hasn't
been solved.
Chandler News: Michael McGinnis died
Tuesday afternoon in the vicinity Of his
former home, which burned last week.
The old man had not been quite we'll for
several days, but was up town Monday
to forward his pension voucher. A ply
stefan was called when il was found
how sick he was but it was too late. The
G. A. h. took charge OF the body and
conducted the burial yesterday. D. W
Ulam was appointed temporary admins
traitor. 1t is not thought that there IS
much property belonging to McGinnis
He is supposed TO have a family or rcla-
tives, but their exact whereabouts is not
known. Mike McGinnis was an eccentric
old character, who has lived in Chandler
ever since the beginning. and was known
far and wide for his peculiar habit Of car
rying his earthly goods on his back every
time he came up town. He was a nalr'-
less old man, and his lonely deata h.
touched many who were too busy during
his life to interest themselves in him.