Wichita eagle., 1889-09-26

can be made absolute Capitalists from
abroad will not invest under existing cir
| cumstances.
In the black jack country north of the
Cimarron river the people who came in on
the 22d of April found a good many wild
hogs. They sprung from small bunch
which got away from ranch near the
present site of HennessY when the stock
men had possession.
East Guthrie will hold an election a
week from Tuesday to vote on the charter.
To the casual observer OF Oklahoma affairs
1t appears that the citizens in that land,
where the watermelon is eaten and they
have DO nuts to crack, go ana vote on the
charter for a change.
The Oklahoma settlers are, generally
speaking. IN better luck than they hoped
to be this season. The excellent season
for crops this year has enabled most of
them to at least raise enough produce to
keep their stock through the coming win
ter and all of them are in high hopes of flu
ture prosperity. Register.
Guthrie is not in position to take any
risk of having the city burned down. Ey
cry precaution should be taken against
fire. Some coal oil is being sold here that
will not stand IS degrees of heat without
explosion. The average city has an ordi-
nance prohibiting the sale of oil below a
test OF 80 degrees, says the Capital.
There are men in Oklahoma who bear
the marks of many bloody domestic bat
tie, who have slept out under the sky for
months without covering and borne the
brunt OF misfortune in every way, yet have
held their hands up courageously through
it all who give up and want to die when
they read that their wives and daughters
wore Armure Royal, square decollette cor
sage and Spanish guipure lace and lor-
nette at a local reception.
The old Washington hand press that
Capt. Payne had brought into this terrific
ry IN the early days of boomerism, when
the cattlemen held full sway here, came
back again shortly after the memorable
END, and is now doing service in the FL
Reno Herald office. 1t Jared badly at the
hands of the cattle barons who, being en-
ragged at Payne's attempt to settle this
country, entered the Office and proceeded
to smash up the press. They did not cease
their work of destruction until they
thought they had made the press forever
unfit for use, but iC was afterward patched
up and is again doing valiant service.
The Oklahoma City Times editor in the
trouble Saturday, was arrested and jailed,
which occurrence is described in his own
language as follows:
Mr.. N. 4. Glasgow mounted a pile of
lumber on the sidewalk and in neat, well
worded speech OF TWO minutes advised the
people TO go home. The people began to
dlSperse, but as some hesitated somewhat
the editor Of this paper leaped upon the
same pile of lumber and urged the people
to return 20 their homes, which they be-
gan TO Go. Nearly the whole body started
south. But it seems that they were not
moving quite fast enough to suit Captain
Stiles, and he ordered his men to charge
Oh the retreatlng citizens. OF course Il
large body of citizens could not move rs
rapidly as the troops and they stuck with
bayonets and dubbed muskets the retreat
ing citizens in Il merciless manner, inhict-
ing In many cases serious wounds. For
our part we only got one stick in the leg
and one musket blow, and this was on
the way between the polls and Office.
The troops passed by but were wheeled
about on Grand avenue and again con-
fronted US, out we avoided them and
passed on towards the office. Again the
troops were halted and turned about face.
This strange conduct attracted our at
tention and we stopped to see what it
meant.
The troops were only few PAGES off and
as the order to move forward was given
We stepped back off the sidewalk and be-
tween two buildings. Captain stiles gave
the order to halt and tod his men TO bring
that man out OF there. Two strong sol
ulefS SelZeu ana Jerkeu US out upon the
Captain Stiles then asked of
Mayor Couch what he would have done
with me. Put him in the callaboose was
the reply. So to the cooler we went.
We were sent to the cooler for, and no
reason assigned, only Mayor Couch said
SO. Welearned subsequently that we were
under arrest for obstructing the United
States troops in the discharge of their duty.
How that charge could be made after
= "A
to everybody who witnessed the public
disgrace.