The Memphis appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1886-1890, 1889-04-26
LIFE AT GUTHRIE.
Provisions At a Very High Premium.
Bread is So Scarce That Crackers
Sell For 81. 90 q Pound.
The Blockade OF Freight Trains De-
lays Ii o's Necessities.
Reports OF Fatal Encounters Como
Thick and Fast From All Points.
A Tennessee Man Murdered Near Pur.
cell-Chaos Reigns throughout
Oklahoma and In Adjoining Terri
tory-Prlvation ana Suffering.

KANSAS CRY, Mo-, April ga Star
special from Guthrie, via rail 10 Arkansas
City, says The facilities for getting news
here are no better than two days ago. All
matter has to be sent 10y messenger to Ar
kansas City, and rs the best timo from
here there is eight hours news is neccssar-
lily that much late. There is little outside
Of incidents. The corps Of surveyors was
yesterday increased 10 four, aud work as
begun in the afternoon. All attention is
paid to this work, as on Il depends every
lot owners claim. No attention has been
paid TO proposed streets, man without a
lot pitching his tent anywhere, proposed
street or lot, trusting the survey will give
him something. Provisions continue
scarce. One man yesterday sold forty
barrels OF bread, cent loavcs selling for
10 cents, or two for a quarter The supply
ran out, and when the people were willing
to pay the cxorbitan, price It could not
be had ut all. Crackers found a ready sale
at Sl.50 per pound. A grocer announced
that he had given $50 for the privilege OF
breaking open the car which contained his
stock. lie som made II up. The
Inconvenience caused by tho block
ado OF freight here IL beyond COM
putaiion. IL gets worse instead OF
better. The freight, express and baggage
increase with each train. and lack Of
help prevents a prompt distribution. The
water question continues serious one.
Before tho end OF the week wells will be
sunk. Despite the fac, that every train
takes out large numbers Of dissatisfied set
tiers, every train brings Ia as many more,
so there is little change in the actual mum
Der here. The lot question continues the
all-important one. The class OF men who
were on the ground before the hour Of
opening, and who are standing together,
will he hard 10 oust from their lots, but
the people arc determined. Filing con-
tinues slow. II has neyerreached 100 any
day. The order here Is phenomenal. No
whisky is to be bought. A gentleman
who Is now spccula,ing In lots has the
promise OF the agency Of one Eastern
brewery for the entire Territory, and hc Is
banking on great profits. The sun Ia very
hot, and where the sod hfs = been spadel os
plowod mp the soil Is mcaly and blows in
every direction. Prominent citizens are
dirty, aud the scarcity OF water prevents
cleanliness. Citizens meetings are
held three times per day. Chairman
Constantine is 40 hoarsc hc can hardly
speak. The demands Of the people in
Guthrie for railroad service 10 get out nrc
accumulating. aud are brc,ming 30 urgent
that trouble il feared. The collision north
OF Stewart, caused by an operators care
lcssncss, has made the SANTA Ne very eau.
iious, The wreck, from accounts Of eye
Witnesses, Is much worse than was report
ed. Both engines are terribly smashed up
and two iull cars Of cattle got away and
were lost in the timber land. The half
mile Of track built around the wreck Is
still used. Tho reported number OF set
tiers In the Cherokee strip is exaggerated.
Only a few aro camping not more than
day in place. II will take Capt HAYES
but a short time 10 clear the strip. Tie
demand for It's opening, however, Is press.
ins, and i is the belief this year viii wit
ness It's settlement.