The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-01-13
OKLAHOMA IN BRIEF.

Frisco has population of 3l6, as SHOWN
by the recent school census
The townsite trustees will begin giving
deeds in Edmond in week or ten days
Applications are being received now.
Terrill, the slayer of Embree is housed
for safety at Norman, pending pre-
liminary hearing which has not yet been
ordered.
Conventions and primaries are the order
of the day in all the counties, preparatory
to the spring election. The parties ali seem
to be in it.
The Democrats and Alliance men in
Logan county have fused on county
ticket and the Mulhall Monitor says there
will be red hot fight ali along the line
An envoy from the Kickapoo tribe left
the Kick reservation last week, says the
Oklahoma Journal, for Kansas TO see the
members of the tribe still living IN that
state, relative TO taking land IN severalty.
The Oklahoma City Journal says Gov.
Steele'S picture and a short Biographical
sketch appears in a late number or the
Police Gazette. The mere announcement
seems to give the Journal all the salts
faction it desires.
Hon. John A Wimberly was married on
New Years day TO Miss Martha Gillian,
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on adjoining claims and combining their
interests now own $40 acres of the grand
spot of the world. -Oklahoma Journal.
Oklahoma City is 10 have waterworks
and at the earliest date practicable The
Journal says work on the system VIII be-
gin within thirty days, and the company
then expect to employ at times as high a
$50 men and steadily for several months
fifty or sixty men at least
The county commissioners of Oklahoma
county have divided the county into
twelve municipal townships of equal size
and named them: Coles, Lincoln, I'd
HartZell, Springer, Choctaw, Crutcho,
Oklahoma and Council Grove.
The thriving little civ of Edmond Is
endeavoring to secure the State Normal
school The legislature has provided fol
is location there if the people will donate
50, 900 in cash and forty acres of land. The
forty acres of land have been secured, and
it is probable that the 5000 will soon be
raised Edmond is one of the progressive
towns Of the erritory.-Oklahoma City
/ Times.
They have rather q novel way of raising
money in Kingtisher for church purposes.
| The journal of that place tells about 1t as
! follows, and no doubt many of the eXper
lGIlCeS Oh Iut idNAltS W III DC AhtCAtSbAhSs
Rather a novel way of raising money &c
build the NJ i. parsonage in this city has
! been adopted by the ladies. Every lady
subscribes S100 and this money is to bi
earned by the lady presenting 1t, then al
| experience meeting Is held at which each
| ladg tells how she earned the money
| This meeting will be held Monday night
| of next week in the NJ. +. church and q
small admission fee charged. Everybody
/ 20 n,- Cd fn atfanh fhis napfIn0 ~
The five civilized tribes located in the
eastern and southern portions of the In
| dian territory have deposited in the United
States treasury funds on which they draw
interest semi-annually as follows:
Principal Interest
! Cherokees. .........S2,7 26,02j S137, 46A
| Chickasaws .... 1905, 195 %, 400
| Choctaws 549, $40 81, PA
Creeks. ? 100000 100000
! SeminoleS. ............ l,5OO,UOO '0,OUV
The interest is placed semi-annually
| with the United States assistant treasurer
at St. Louis TO the credit of the treasurer
! of each Indian nation, and the expendl
lures are entirely under the control of The
nation and its council The twenty-seveT
unciviliZed tribes have fund OF Sl3, 30
| 6S5, on which Is paid TO them an Interest
of from to per cent.
The new Oklahoma liquor law now ir
| effect is synopsized as follows: Provides q
| license fee of 500. which IS imposed by The
| counties, aud paid into the county treas
urv. An additional fee may be charged
! by the city, which shall not be less than
| siOO nor more than 500. The county com
/ missioners are empowered to grant the H.
| censes. on the presentation OF petition
| signed by thirty taxpayers Of the city. \
/ bond of =, 600, signed by at least two gooe
and sufficient sureties, is required. Fol
violation of the provisions OF the act nn'
of not less than SlOO nor more than 500, OF
| Imprisonment in the county Jail not 70 ex
coed one month. All vendors Of intoxi
cants are made liable for damages which
may result from It's use. No gambling de
vice of any kind or pool or billiard tables
shall be allowed on the premises NJ
blinds or screens are allowed. The sale o.
| intoxicants is forbidden within thre'
| miles of campmeetlng. III an oihce
! fails to enforce the provisions OF thi. ac
! he shall be removed from Office.