The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1902-08-13
OUTLINES OF oklAno MA.


Victor Hugo is the great name borne
by the devil in the Marshall Tribune
! Office.
Pocassat is the newest town in Okla
hona- it Is located on the Rock Is
land, south OF Fl Reno.
Syl Dixon. Of Kansas what train fame,
IS cow right Of way negosiator for the
D. e. and G. railway in Oklahoma
John Paul Jones, a name rot unknown
10 fame, is serving his county, in the ca
pacity Of deputy marshal in Pottawsrv-
omie county.
The only place Bill Cross IS cutting a
vide swath nowadays is in the Guthrie
Leader Niblack IS supporting him with
editorials three columns wide
Owing 10 the death Of Mrs SelVyn
Douglas. Of Oklahoma City Mrs. Eugene
Hamilton viii Ill the unexpire1 terra as
president OF the Wemen's Federation OF
the two territories.
The school board at Onyx struck water
at a depth OF 100 feet last week. and were
joyful until some one took a drink of II
and found IL so salty that il is unfit for
both man and beast.
Mrs. Louie Miller. Of Ava heard a
noise in her hen house Monday night. and
going out 10 ascertain the cause, was
bitten by a rattlesnake. THIS disproves
the theory that snakes are dormant after
sunset.
After forty-eight hours deliberation. in
which all the mental faculties were
brought 10 bear. John Z. Hatield has de-
elined the tender OF an appointment as
policeman at Shawnee. Tenure too ua-
certain.
Appropriately enough, Dan Rice was a
leading actor in the Democratic circus
ar I dor- 10 nj
for constable after making speech emu
merating his qualifications and outlining
his claims
II is up TO man at Prague. The editor of
the News says: Right here is a spot
where nature has done all that can be
done for one place. and il only remains
for man to do his part TO make it the gar-
den spot of the world.
Three armed men on horseback held up
fifteen pedestrians on the road between
Chickasha and Lime House Saturday
night. There is something mysterious
about it. for the Express says: We will
give no names, yet We know all or
them"
Col. J. B. Bell. of Shawnee. allowed
three eOloFed women to become more ia
miliar with his domestic affairs than the
sentiment Of that community warrants
with the result that they found SIS under
his pillow and appropriated 1t to their
own use.
With two exceptionally handsome men
running for congress, one would think
that the McGuire-Cross campaign would
be the most absorbing issue among the
women Of Oklahoma, but II isn't The real
issue is who shall be president OF the
Federation of Womens clubs
A confidence man in the Indian terri
tory is representing himself as member
of the Dawes commission. How any
man could figure il out that he could
work on the confidence Of the people by
claiming TO be a member of the Dawes
commission is mighty hard TO understand.
A Woods county turkey gobbler is sur
prising its owner. George Buchanan,
with a patience that surpasseth that OF
ancient Job. He has been setting ROW for
over six weeks on nest OF bad hens eggs
without the least sign Of wavering in his
faith Of yield of chickens
The three-year-old daughter of Mr.. and
Mrs. Andy Crohr. of Cherokee, is dead
because a bottle OF poison was ca-elessly
left within her reach. There is no place
in domestic economy. especially in a fam
lily of children. for bottle of poison, and
those who insist on keeping one are court
ing heartaches.
The farmers will win out in their fight
with the cattlemen in southern Oklahoma.
End If they win It means more cattle for
the section involved. An agricultural
country has always more hOofs of cat
tie upon a specified area than cattle
country. This eliminates the fear of an
important industry crippled