Wichita eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1886-1890, 1889-07-30
Fifteen ladies used the elective FRANCHISE

Fifteen ladies used the elective FRANCHISE
| at the charter election in Capitol Hill
Guthrie.
About seyenty-ive bottles of hop-tea
had their necks broken by the authorities
at Oklahoma City Friday.
The Kingfisher telegraph Office was
opened Thursday and LEGO men are en-
ployed on the Rock Island extension south
| OF Pond creek.
| Norman has two public wells situated
at convenient places on Main street. She
can also boast of the first completed church
house in theterritory.
The scarcity of side walks in East Guth-
| RE leads a man TO think, who is strollina
In that vicinity on dark night, that now
you do and now you don't.
There seems to be proneness at Okla
homa City to turn things out" Even
the saw mills manage TO get out with
| 10000 feet OF lumber per day.
| A Kansas exchange is informed, it says,
that the first thing man is met with at
| Guthrie is "Howdie colonel, Amt got any
terbacker bout you, have ye?"
Reno City Eagle: Dozens OF loads of
wood pass through town every day bound
| for Fort Reno. The wood is cut on the
| timber reservation between this place and
Oklahoma City.
What can be done in Oklahoma in the
way Of raising fruit can be seen at Fort
Reno. Tree after tree, loaded down with
large yellow or rosy-red peaches, are found
in all the door yards, and the fruit on the
pear trees are hopeful evidence OF lus-
clouS harvest.
II the following item, which is going the
| rounds of the Kansas press, Is true, the
Oklahoma papers might find it beneficial
TO the eourtry to jump on the officials
little: United States officials in Okla
homa say that the towns of Guthrie and
Oklahoma are getting tougher every day. "
From the Oklahoma City Times, who
probably wiped off the sweat from his face
as he wrote it down: The people of Kan
sas are complaining that the recent rain
did not cool the atmosphere in the least.
Better emigrate TO Oklahoma aud get the
benefit of the refreshing breezes. The
weather here is quite pleasant.
Guthrie News: The land Office is now
the business place in Guthrie. A large
crowd is constantly gathered in front of
the door awaiting admission to file their
papers. Already four thousand one hun
dred homesteads have been filed at this
land Office, out of which five hundred are
contested Yesterday about eighty filings
were made.
At Guthrie the authorities in charge of
have decided to move the fence in order to
give better access to Ioperty facing the
enclosure. The fence ON the south side is
to be moved twenty feet north and pas
sage Of ten feet will be left on the east.
This is a much needed change and will be
appreciated by all parties concerned.
The telescope fiend had his instrument
running in full blast on the streets last
night, bearing the following legend,
Telescope views, Jupiter aud his moons"
but as his shotgun was aimed toward the
tar south, we conclude that he is not as
well posted as he wishes to appear
Guthrie Capital. Never mind about Jup-
tier, but did you look to see if his patrons
put their mouth or eye to the lens?
Reno City Eagle: Making hay is the
chief occupation in this section of the
country at present 1t will take eleven
hundred tons of that article to supply the
demand at Fort Reno, and at the present
rate it will not take long TO fill a contract
of that size. Uncle Sam usually pays fair
prices for everything that he buys, and a
great many boomers are awaiting them
selves of the opportunity offered to gather
in the shining shekels.
Saturday forenoon a shooting affray &C.
Cured at Oklahoma City between eX-Mar-
shall Asa Jones and a man named Wilker-
son, 1t appears Jones has a contest on
claim adjoining the townsite that is valued
at $50, 900. Wilkinson was blowing on
this land Saturday morning and Jones
went out to stop him. After lengthy al
tercation Jones tried to lead the mules
from the furrow, whereupOn Wilkinson
drew his revolver and fired. The ball took
effect in Jones' cheek, but did not infict
any serious injury.