New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1889-04-28

have shown under the circumstances. Their name
is Johnson They are orphans. and were left
bv the death of their parents with n home on
which there is a heavy debt They arranged "ith
q Government cmploye at klngtsher that ne
should mark what he considered the best part
of the town by sticking into the ground large
willow limb that could be seen from distance
The girls started from the northern border oI the
territory along with the rest oi the S,0"i Srowr'
They made the town site amoLg the hrst
and discovered the willow limb; Making bee
line for it, the driver passed the lines 10 her sister,
and on reaching the spot, sprans to the ground
with spade in her hand, striking the ground IN
a sitting position. In another second she Was on
her feet digging the earth with her spade IN G{Ge
down claim, and both are admired Tor their
pluck. a.,
town. About thirty-fve cases are dniy
being disposed Of The procession
Of applicants extends for several rods INTO me
surrounding country, country no more. since 10"
il j. almost upied by tents and shantleS. Nhch
night comes and the office is closed soldier goes
along the line and gives the number of his place
TO each applicant and on that basis ne me Is
formed on the following morning. Ihe other
night q man got lost in the wilderness of tents:
His friends searched for him in vain. "Oh, Joe!
they cried into the night again aud aE aEShni nMs
regular intervals and yet Joe didn't turn up.
All the town except Joe heard IT. At last West
Guthrie took UP the cry, and last Guthrie an
T. fe behind, Swelled the chorus. until from 5000
tbroats came Oh, joe " Oh Joe,7 =" oh, joe"
with start ling crescendo, amid roarS OF laughter
and general confusion. For moro than an hour
" Oh, joe rang out from hill and plain, every
body asking what it all meant and what was the
matter win joe It was not not until mn, Ion lGnf
away in tie distance and what everybody Is
asking himself to-day is whether Joe has been
found
An awful quantity of powder and shot is daily
being wasted in Guthrie Fully 10000 shots
must be fired daily. especially at night but some
how no ever gets hurt The only man VINO
died here to-day william ii. Heyancourt. "a
victim Of heart disease. lie was an Iowa man
A deeply diSgustcd boomer who left the town tins
AFTERNOON on the North bound train remarked
orTn, away from Guthrie ''7 with his scalp lie
said that Shcridans ride 10 Winchester was moth
Ing compared 10 that which he himself made on
Monday TO Guthrie. lie crossed tne 'nl'"tb l, tb
fcctcSt horse in seven States. When hr got to
Guthrie Il few miles distant the women were
hanging ont their washing all over the toWi sic
and onions in tie garden patches wore foot high
He considered that he WIS something OF rustlcr
himself but this exhibition OF gall ana hlm up
completely. He resolved himself into mas meet
ing of onr. got elected brigadier-grneral III the
army Of damned fools by a unanimous vote, ana
decided to pull at once for Arkansas City. he
next time he starts out to gobblc town site he
4 4 smallpox epidemic now threatens Guthrie and
other camps in the ncW territory. 10 SechS
THAT Joseph tlsworth, OF halNiS,, Nl'At ", nv. M
recently from Lcadvic. was taken III on Wedhes-
day on his return from Guthrie and Oklahoma
City. e,nd U.s. now quardntined at She house n@lf %
the Santa Fc Railroad shors Il IS reportcd that
thi, man stood in line at the land office IN Guthrie
for four hours while waiting to iile hs chlm OH
Tuesday thus exposing to an attack al thoSe
with whom he came in contact at that tme AS
the trims are crowded every day between ArkaH-
sns City Guthrie, Okahomn City ana iur-
cell. the disease may have already sIread t? those
towns The people who have heard OF tliS ca, cas- Z
rrc on+icinating an cpldcmlc. The llrSt outbreaks
viii result IN nearly dcpopulating these embryo
cities in Oklahoma.