Wichita eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1886-1890, 1889-10-29
OKLAHOMA OUTLINES.

| The New says $1,000 was refused yester-
| day for 160-acre tract Of land adjoining
West Guthrie.
Reno City is now talking electric lights
| and street railways. r. G. evidently be-
| longs to the Eli family.
| The Knights of Pythias are taking ac-
tive measures toward the formation of a
lodge, and Guthrie lodg No. 2 will soon be
in good running order.
Five hundred laborers left Oklahoma
City few days ago to work on the eXten-
sion of the Choctaw railway on its march
to FL Reno.-El Reno Herald.
1t is now, believed that the Cherokee
commissioners will close the deal for the
strip in ten days from the time it is taken
up by the council.-El Reno Herald.
Sixty thousand dollars is the amount
that will be paid to the Pottawatomies in
territory, of whom there are, as per enroll
ment, $40, making about Sl10 per capita
Muscogee PheniX.
The Germans of this city and vicinity
have organized society for culture and
pleasure. The society is to be known as
the Germania society. They contemplate
purchasing lots and building hall for
holding their NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. Jour
nal.
A meeting was held last Friday night at
the city hall in Guthrie, to take steps to-
ward forming what is known AS land
title guarantee company A compan y is
talked of with capital OF 100000.
Noble is fast acquiring prominence as
cattle shipping point The railroad hay
ing put in good yards and side tracks there
the cattlemen are driving their stock long
distances 70 take advantage OF the extra
ordinary facilities offered.
The Choctaw railway contractors have
eiehty-five miles of the road in hand to
build between McAlister and Oklahoma
City and the company has determined to
build clear through to Ell Reno before they
stop. This is oftcial.-Heraid.
Ten miles east Of Doaksyille. in the
Choctaw nation, Monday, Ellis Williams
was waylaid and riddled with bullets. He
had started across Clear Creek bottom to
visit his brother-in-law when the parties
assailed him. 1t is supposed that the paI-
ties were Indians.
Guthrie News: Congressman Sam Peters
undoubtedly smiles as he beholds his
handiwork in the appointment of Hon. J.
W. AdY as United States attorney FOR
Kansas. The man who discovered the
Guthrie postoffice does not seem TO have
lost sight of the little state called Kansas.
The towns in Oklahoma had their build
ing booms this summer. Now that the
claim holders are coming in and taking
possession OF their claims, the boom has
commenced in the country. The local pa
pers says the streets are thronged every
day with wagons loaded with lumber
bound for the country.
The commercial bank building at Guth-
RE is just completed and Is receiving the
finishing touches. The News says the
building is splendid monument to the
pluck and enterprise OF the opening day OF
Oklahoma, and will long be source of
pride TO the people of Gushrie-especially
those who came here on the memorable
Ord of April.
Guthrie experienced. Saturday evening
last, real Wichita sensation Of fifteen
years ago. The News describes it thus;
A number Of cowboys rode wildly
through the principal streets, last evening,
shooting at the stars very recklessly and
uttering yells that a Comancbe wArwhoop
would compare favorably with The
streets were deserted in trice and the
last seen of them was their heeting shac-
ows in the darkness"
Some time ago Nessrs- Ollie and Barnes.
register and receiver Of the Guthrie land
Office, decided that mineral entries could
not be made in Oklahoma under the pres
'ent law The decision has been sustained
by Commissioner Croft The lands are
only subject TO entry under the homestead
ard town site INSTALLATIONS Journal
This viii not prevent q considerable
amount Of prospecting being done down
there, however Prospects are said TO b<
excellent throughout the territory.