New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1889-04-24
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have been IN California darns he god fever.
Cape Of Good Hope when sssi the pst epgsts siise
Hbcrt the discovery Of the diapopd fields. bur us
iot for myself when ~ fellow came aiong and
shouted at me Young feIler got away from acre
& say e. aS Il e. ar s VIII VI
loads ana had only ths revolysr xhise ssnt ,s,R
him 70 ! conended 10 CLEAR out. Hang &c al, III
As he got ON the train he sang out dehantly:
Look here. mister, III bet you this stieker
and pony that when come back next year
IN buy the whole blankety blankety Tor chaw
Of tobacco
To-day the sale Of lots is taking place in
every direction. The first lot sold brought 50.
Immediately thereafter the lot began to rise in
value snail sum, as $50 tempted no one.
Nothing less than 500 is heard Of One choice
lot changed hands ons hour after the establish
ment Of the, town for $500, and as much as
$1,000 is said to have been given to-day for
another The future historian OF the town may
jbe interested, perhaps, In knowing that the frst
saio On REIMBURSEMENT Of q lot was made by
r. y. Reynolds. of Mulvsne. Kansas. to Dr. Jacks,
OF the Territory, and the first to receive the
attention Of the Register of the Land Office
was M. B. Cohn, OF Arkansas Ci5y, who fled as
attorney ten homesteads for old soldiers The
name appearinb first upon the books Of the register
quarter Of Section 8, Township Ten, south; Range
2, west. The first papers OF arrest were issued
by Marshall Needles for the arrest of pickpocket
who bad gone through the pockets Of j. III. Howe
q Fab River, Neb, on one of the trains. O
Rsss S fssg%pansd Of BY rnn6 his Sfe
lots. The arss litter to be delivered from the
Gsithxe postotfice was addressed TO Ransom Payne;
lie first paper to w. T. tn lmpson.
and iralcrs ia supplies are doing their best to
q suffering somewhst from both Hunger and
driven rs yet, and the water Of the creek Is
muddy and contains an appalling proportion OF
oiDzali, The tank Of the railroad is the spot
toward which hundreds rush ,when, she sun is
stand with open mouths in its shadow to catch
the few drops that trickle through Its bottom.
one Of the e s and Of maSs
amusing sight, because it does not involve human
suffering, are the plaeards attached to tents aud
grass Taken This is mine, Elis Don't
Monkey with the Owner of this Lot and
Claim Jumpers Beware are among those ono
sees IN every direction CHASTITY spectacle Is inc
covered with black cloth and this placard on his
breast:s@ Property Must Be Protected II is apt
sou sto, near and discover that it is but stuffed
aEurc The town authorities, for there is already
an !" Arbitration Committee" at work, have had
iiiustration Of frontier life removed It IS not
altogether cut Of place, however, in the collection
OF guns and rifles and reviewers and weapons OF
every d.sp sSoy which are SSd rG Snndv loose
There is one philosophical lot owner up. the
i e a comes aiSns aDa wants e ms claim
he'll have 70 lick me, and II he does III be like
re boy who who, was hckcd by the calf; , won't
pa psreatIg anf n f the nS SiRsl ' Of his os
on q rocking chair, with revolver
n his lap and an umbrella over
He has no tent, no hous, no outfit save the chair
You read the legend : have got what i want
lie Deves speaks . word and IL is q mystery when
and how he eats and sleeps.
N. w. Rcvnolds, alos Kicking Bird alias
Peaches and CRAM Is exhibiting q certificate
cosony of 1871, and signed by Captain David
H. Payne He Is showing certificate OF four
shsrrs OF stock in the Payne Oklahoma Town
years ago. He is one Of the heroes" OF the hour.
4 hotel IN tent, which is being conducted by j. T.
Bell Of sprngaeld, M, Is sid TO have taken in
Up TO this time there have been no reports Of
serious trouble over claims or homesteads ABOUT
wss as follows Avery. Heshy man, who was quite
tired, very worn out and awfully mad had located
a nice lot just short distance from the Land Or
flee. lie was a little lame and had gone away
frem his lot only few minutes When he re-
turned chuekling TO himself over his good fortune
IN securing. such nice LOT, he saw to his disnay
that several PARTIES were vigorously az work erect
ing a tent thereon. This was TOO much. As
be could not get to them quickly enough with his
game leg he called: See here blanfety
i Flank YOU fellows What are, you
trying to put up o tent on MY lot
fcr2" They cody responded: . Oh. that doesn't
make any difference to u.s. We'll, then, II it
don't TO you IL does TO me- and I tell you TO get
on They believed discretion 70 be the better
part of yaler, and got,s
Tonight tho town Is lost almost in darkness not
single candle or lantern is obtainable. A few
camp fires are ell that prevents the stroller from
stumbling over tent pegs and stakes marldag the
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