Wichita eagle., 1890-02-02
OKLAHOMA OUTLINES.

Everything is booming in Oklahoma but
| soonerism.
Oklahoma City will have electric lights
| within sixty days.
| The Guthrie band boys are in the hole
| They should blow themselves out.
A Reno City tough was fined $50 last
week for firing gun off in the street.
The contract for grading on the Rock
| Island has been let as far south as Union
City.
Oklahoma would not get along half so
| vol with somebody else in Secretary No
ble's place.
The North Canadian river has bnen ris-
| ing for several days and 1t is now said to
be past fording.
The Republican central committee, of
Oklahoma. will meet in Oklahoma City on
February 9th, at p. N.
The local reporters of Oklahoma have
not vet been reduced to fakes. There is
enough good news as 1t Is.
Edmond Sun: Oklahoma will give
bonds, mortgages, high salaries and null
tipIicity of offices pretty wide berth.
The latest aspirant in Oklahoma wants
to be assistant to the chief clerk of the
house when Oklahoma has that institu-
| tion.
There is less addressing as partner"
and stranger in Oklahoma today than
there was six months ago. This is good
sign.
By proper attention wheat may be sue
cessfully grown in this section. In fact
the soil is capable of producing almost any
field or garden crop. The sgriculturist
has a rich prospect before him. says the
Reno City Eagle.
Iafa L.
cover 75x140 feet OF ground in the best
location in the city. 1t viii be of ST.
Louis pressed brick, four stories high, in
cluding the basement, and Will be built
with architectural beauty one of the
foremost things in view.
Bill Hackney, who has opened up law
Office III Guthrie, boasts that within the
next year he will make $4,000 cash in his
| law business in Guthrie. The title of
ninety-nine out Of every hundred lots in
Guthrie and a great many OF the home
steads will have to be settled in the courts
| he says, which will make business for the
| lawyers.
the Oklahoma City Journal relates that
night before last we heard gentleman
remark: "If anybody jumps my lot | don't
/ expect 10 raise any fuss, but Will allow the
| jumper TO put up his Improvements aud
await the decision of the courts. 1ester
! Gay MS iOl was 1umpedr ohA lAs way Uc
went for the Jumper was caution. 4
| speedy departure OF the jumper alone
saved him from perneating the atmo.-
phere about with parts of his shattered
| frame At the hands OF the We'll meaning
but quick tempered philosopher. -.
AT EDMOND.
EDMOND. Ok, January @l 1890.
To the Editor c, the Eagle
There is more life aud push In the city Of
Edmond at present than one would expect
| All IS peace and harmony and the people
seem 70 De wide awake 10 their interest,
and have been spending their spare time
| in planting trees, fruit trees as well a.
other kinds This, though, may be from
the fact that the Hon Milt- Reynolds, or
ae he is commonly called, Kicking Bird, :,
the wide known treeologist, is citizen Of
Edmond.
The farmers around town are getting
their plows 4 readiness TO commences
spring WORK, and II they h&vn got the
gcod land 70 work on. then there Is none
IN all the Oklahoma country
Mr.. Martin. who had bis Lee broken ty
sack Of feed falling on IL, Is now up again.
and says if he is a cripple, II beats 10 leg
all TO pieces.
The all absorbing question here. ike 81!
over Oklahoma, is how soon are We 20 have
IsoIs form es goyernnslL !. .. ~.