The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-04-15
The auieta aily Eagle d@ednesdaY gHor,no april 1891
to expect that it will be admitted to stat
hood within two years

| to expect that it will be admitted to state
| hood within two years
Grass is growing so high in Beaver coun-
| ty that pretty soon it will take horse sew
enteen hands high TO eat it.
Cotton seed has risen to 40 cents a bushel
| and hard TO get at that price The de-
maud has been altogether beyond the ex-
pectations of the dealers.
The Edmond News has rooster in its
| columns this week To the people OF Ed
mond who have just voted bonds for a
normal school, it means whole lot
A Saltwater man named Gehr stored
away lot of watermelonS IN his cellar
and had nice, juicy melons Tor use all
winter, eating the last about two weeks
ago.
Kingfsher and ElReno are coming to an
understanding as to where the lines OF the
two counties shall be established when tn.
additions are made by the secretary OF the
interior. Meanwhile Frisco grits her
teeth and continues TO saw wood.
The president has appointed as allotting
agents Of the Cheyenne and Arapahoe
Kelley, of Wichita; VIM y Parker, Of
Keokuk; W. c. Catlin, Of Guthrie, and
Martin d. Caskes, OF Greensburg, Ind.
Oklahoma City Journal: There is a sub
scription paper in circulation in this city
to raise money to get j. {. Adams case
appealed. The paper Is headed with -
subscriptions, and 1t Is hoped that the
people of the city generally will respond
literally, and give the condemned man a
chance to have his case properly presented
TO the supreme court.
Saltwater Gazette: The Iowa lands are
full of carpenters, who are there ostensibly
. h,,,f h. Id do
Of other settlers, without "a pretext to en-
ter the promised land, are campcd along
the north bank of the Cimarron, with
RATS built, ready to get themselves across
the moment the good news is heard.
Meanwhile they will probably amuse
themselves catching hsh out OF the Ohm
AKRON.
Beaver Advocate. The United States
land Office at this place was opened Thurs
day last, as per announcement, and ihe
first application to file WAS made by f. X.
Coffey, as chairman of the board of trus-
tees OF this city, npon the TOWNSHIP OF
Beaver, in behalf of the citizens thereof
There being no plat of this township he
could only file an application to enter Inc
FIRST application to tile upon homestead
was made by Harvey Miller upon claim
on Clear creek, but the filing could not DE
made for the same reason as above. The
near Grand Valley, who, being in one of
the plated townships, filed upon his own
claim and that of his son who was killed
by the johnson boys in that section about
three years ago.
In the United States district court now
in session at FL Reno, there are witnesses
from the Cheyennes, Arapahoes, Co,
manches, Kiowas, Wichitas, Caddos and
Apaches as these Indian reservations are
attached to that district for judicial pur-
poses, together With many citizens from
the famous Greer district, the title to
which is disputed by Texas, The case OF
Edward Harry, full-blooded cheyenne
Indian, was before the court. be Is
charged with stealing a horse from
white man in Canadian county. The court
has entered o new ruling in such cases,
stating that hereafter if an Indian leaves
the reservation and comes over into any
county in Oklahoma and commits an
offense, the federal court has no Jursdlc
ton. This case has been transferred to
the territorial court of Canadian county.
Another ruling was made by the court,
that all offenses committed within these
reservations were returnable to the
United States court only, so that hereafter
the county sheriff and his deputies will
not be allowed to issued writ here.