Wichita eagle., 1890-03-06
OKLAHOMA OUTLINES.

Guthrie's Y. VI. c. \. are at present
setting up library.
The foundation for the new Presbyterian
church at Oklahoma City is being put in.
The gentleman in Oklahoma to be con-
graduated at present IS Mr.. j. Y. Ad-
mlre.
The more the merrier. One claim in
Oklahoma has sixteen contestants living
upon 1t.
There is a claim near Oklahoma City
that has three fences around it, each the
property of three different claimants.
There is a great deal of talk by outside
parties about Oklahoma that Is all balder-
dash and should not bother anybody.
\ recent visitor to Oklahoma AYERS that
at least thousand people witness the ar
rival OF the passenger trains daily at
Guthrie and Oklahoma City.
The chief industry along the border at
present seems 20 be that Of gathering on
the edges of an Indian reservation and
waiting for the word 'go'' from the presi~
dent, says the Kansas City Gazette.
1t is said that when the Indians hear the
| hum of the telegraph wires they say that
the big man IN Washington talking"
The telegraph wires have hummed a good
deal OF late and the big man in Washing
ton has talked bat YET there is no terri
torial government.
From No Mans Land, by wav OF New
Mexico, news has been received Of the
seizure OF three large djstilieries. with n
large amount OF machinery and great
quantity Of whisky by the United States
officers. The distiieries were doing an
enormous business. They not only sup
piled the Neutral strip and northern New
Mexico with wAisky. bat also shipped hun
dreds of barrels into that portion OF Kan
sas aud Colorado that lies contiguous 10
No Mans Land.
The negroes in Ok'ahoma have secured
q section Of land. which Is set apart tor
UNIVERSITY Waldorf AstoT has promised
to endow it with $4,000 IS soon a@ tue
buildings are NJ, and present / uited
states senator VIII give 50 90 toward the
building as soon as the territorial govern
/ Tneut Is established. which viii probably
be within two weeks, the president having
urged congress TO act speedily. Donations
viii be secured TO put mp buildings within
the year valued a. 100000. and iBere wi.i
be established the greatest negro uLi-
versity IN the world. II VIII be located
not far from krg1snsr.
"All sorts Of outfits mag 81 seen On our
streets daily, bound .or the CberoEes
country. Two wagons appeared today
which outdo anything o. Oklahoma
times, the Arkansas City Dispatch re
lates They were built on the extension
plan. the wagons being coupled cut and
the house built on tie trucks about
twenty ieet in length. They were oEl.t q
fence boards and canvass, and the families
inside seemed to be II possession OF al
the necesss-ies Of He and enjoying their
trip hugely. The travelling residents Ss-e
drawn by gcod horses and we're hound
southward. They were n lttTle more
gorgeous than the Average prair3e = ecoils!
but from the fac: that there zre 50 maDy
ot the latter travelling south ts.sy attracted
little attention
Guthrie Capital. IN the early psrt Of
The opening of Oklahoma. Eenj :. Dlley
came 20 Guthrie from some northern State
and located On z claim iust east % The clty
about d mile ard has resided there ever
since IL the early part q Dec-absr lasi
Robert DiIley came here aid nx= asscc.-
ated with some friends and boarding =.
the Csuitzi hotel aza 20 atarr places 10
tf9e cts RoheVT hzd - aGotA~T Bea s~1c.o
be had lass ssen u July. is5i. - Camp
hirkwood. Iowa The sVetoers nzd o.