The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1890-12-23

New York Observation-Disclosures has n
temporary capital, and Kinghsher Is ATS
name As soou as the TOWNSHIP Cartridges
arrive, debate as to a permanent site VIII
be resumed.
Marion Record: When irate menaoe
of the Oklahoma legislature throw boaera-
ing house biscuits at each other there
should be no trouble in proving that II
was an assault with intent to xiii.
The postoffice at Seward was burgiarized
Friday night Of over $50 At the time
Postmaster Howe was absent and his as
sistant came into Guthrie yesterday and
wired for Postoffice Inspector Elliott, who
was in Purcell
Following is list of the county school
superintendent appointed by Governor
Steele last Monday: L. A. Wbiten, Beaver
county; T. E. Wilson. Canadian county;
NJ NJ. Cough, Cleveland county; J. A.
Boughness, Oklahoma county, and Frank
Terry, Logan county.
Sam Paul had his preliminary examina-
ton for the shooting of his son, before
Commissioners Dennee at Ardmore on
Monday. Major Monroe was his principal
attorney. On the evidence he was bound
over to court in the sum of Sl,0O which
he gave readily and was released.
Kansas City Star: Governor Steele is
very sensible TO call halt on further cap
ital legislation for the present in Okla
homa IL is little early yet TO nix the
seat of government in the new territory.
There is liable TO be material change In
the towns which are competing for the cap
ital and a selection made at this time
might prove altogether unsatisfactory ten
years hence. Kansas worried along with
out n permanent capital from 1854 to 1901,
and then made choice which proved the
truth of the saying that there Is luck IN
leisure" The capital question In Okla-
homa can wait at least until the farmers
succeed in harvesting crop and get IN
shape TO think about building a state
house.
Edmund Sun: H. G.. Ruggles, an attor-
ney of Wichita, was here this week attend
ing to some legal business. He was Capt.
Payne'S attorney and instituted suit
against the government, but 1t never came
to trial While in conversation he wished
TO know where Capt. Payne held forth
during his sojourn III Oklahoma. The
Payne claim, as most of our citizens know,
is the one that was located by Dow Nc
Cormick. and now owned by John Wal
lace, and it will soon pass into history as
an old land mark. Many or those on
neigh boring claims have each taken log
out of the house that Payne erected and
occupied and are putting it into the frame
work of their houses as relic.
Mr.. X. r. HickoX, of III Keno, says that
the recent ghost dances were tame affairs
as compared with the dances the Chey-
ennes and Arapahoes used TO have when
he was government farmer, three or four
years ago The sun and medicine dances
were then frequently INDUCED in, and
they were for no other purpose than TO
give opportunities for self torture. Some
times the braves would dance for four
days and nights falling at last exhausted,
every muscle in the body quiverlng from
the great strain imposed upon them. The
medicine dances were simply barbarous,
and the way the bucks lacerated their
skin and tortured themselves was hid
eous. Mr. Hickox says that he has
seen an Indian cash each side OF his
breast and then insert sticks under por-
ton of the skin. TO these "A rope would
be attached and the other end fastened to
the center pole of the pavilion. He would
then continue to jerk back on the rope
until the sticks tore loose the skin under
which they were inserted. Others would
cash themselves in the same manner and
then drag about four or five buffalo heads
at the end of lariat until the sticks tore
away the skin.