Democratic Northwest. [volume] (Napoleon, Ohio) 1869-1894, 1889-05-23

Irms which no Notifications, however
'trong by nature or by art, can reslsc;
rms before which rivers part like the
Jordan and ramparts fall down like the
great walls of Jericho. The Creeks and
Seminoles, who sold Oklahoma for $2,-
300, 900, are scoffed at by their neigh
oors, the Cherokees and Choctaws, but
ilready the Government has commission
waiting to deal with them for the sale Of
,he Outlet, and there is every reason to
believe that the offers which excited the
lncient rapacity of the Creeks will per-
iorm q similar office for the smooth
;ongued Cherokee.
Among the towns in Oklahoma, Guth-
ne, from its central location. has made
;he best growth, and the first two-story
house is just building. A sporadic
growth of brick chimneys and the germs
Of an occasional small garden plat are in
ermittent evidences of civilization that
greet the eye. A large and decidedly
ooisterous crowd constantly surrounds
the land Office, for, before man begins
to make improvements on his estate he
must know its boundaries, which can
only be furnished by the red-mustached
commissioner, Cassius M. Barnes. This
office is only opened about four hours q
day, and, as there are some eight thou
sand men waiting to register, the last
mans turn will probably come some time
next year. Major Barnes has large safe
in his Office which he looks upon with
considerable pride. He says he had il
made with an interior combination lock
and invisible air-holes, SO that in the
event of an outburst of vindictive wrath
on the part of some disgruntled boomer,
the nimble Mayor can hop inside the safe
and shut the door behlnd him.
Besides the land offices, both Guthrie
and Kingfsher have banks, backed by
substantial men, and Oklahoma City
boasts a newspaper. Among the othe,
comforting evidences of undismayeG
civilization. there is that mute emblem o:
etfervescent cheer-the soda fountain
and, again, the ubiquitous but ever.
welcome travelling photographer, with
his unvarying odors of all the anhydrous
acids. There are also evidences of drug
stores-very essential these, serving to
infuse the thirsty boomer with the pre-.
vailing skepticism regarding prohibition.
One of the features of Guthrie is an en-
terprising young woman from Michigan
named McGaherty, who has settled upon
town lot near the land Office. She
has opened millinery and dressmaking
establishment, using the rear end of a
decrepit wagon as show-windoW, while
the front end serves as madam's boudoir.
When Nine. McGaherty had her spring
opening the only article for sale was her
expansive sum- bonnet, which was soon
purchased by a young woman from Missis
sippi, whose hat had been lost while cross
ing Walnut Creek. With truly effemi
nate notion of the eternal fitness of things
the enterprising milliner then ripped 3
piece of canvas out of the top of hel
wagon and by deftly working in some
green baize from the lining of her under
skirt she soon had d tempting morsel o.
q bonnet that arrested the attention anG
called out the admiration of the elite OF
Guthrie's suburbs. To-day the young
lady is plethoric of purse and quite the
belle of the town. When last seen Nine.
McGaherty was chopping wood, but be.
tween her muscular blows she stopped
long e1ough to tell me of a pestilent
heresy in the shape of rival dressmaker,
that day arrived. Parenthetically Miss
McGaherty remarked that if the new.
comer's house were burned down in the
night it wouldn't surprise her at all.