The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-06-16
OKLAHOMA OUTLINES.

The blackberries are turning in Okla
homa.
The kicks" will probably want some
thing to boot
A fifty-pound turtle was captured in the
Washita last week.
Frank Greer is reported TO be selling
playing cards TO the Cheyenne and Arapa-
hoe Indians.
The man who talks about Oklahoma
being q summer resort must get awfully
ashamed of himself, sometimes.
A woman at Ardmore has sued her hus-
band foR the recovery of her false teeth.
She bit him and he took them away from
her.
If Governor Steel should happen to give
up the governorship, the capital fight
would all have TO be gone through with
again.
The bonds for the Oklahoma Agricul-
tural and Mechanical college, to be located
in Payne county, have been filed with the
secretary.
The game of base ball between Guthrie
and Oklahoma City broke up in 4 row IN
the seventh inning with score OF 3 10 / IN
favor of Guthrie.
Bert Jones, the young man of the
Guthrie Capital, it is said can write up
ScTmOQ WITH his manu- anu 4 DFlLS
tight with his left, both st the same time.
One man expects to harvest the crops on
three farms this year. one II Oklahoma
one in Kansas and the other in Nebraska,
and he will be present 10 superintend each
one
The Normal Transcript says there is no
law in Oklahoma compelling newspapers
TO publish homemade poetry. This Is
about the only compliment the Transcript
ever paid TO the last legislature.
Some of the Sac and Fox Indians who
have received their childrens payment
have sent the money back TO Washington
to be kept for them until they were Of age.
That sounds too smart for an Indian.
The Santa Fe is kept hot by travel be
tween Guthrie and Oklahoma City. II
one town would burn down or collapse,
the people could take up their residence IN
the other without feeling like strangers.
When the commissioner treated with
the Sac and Fox Indians year ago there
was just SIG in the tribe ard today there is
over $50 and more expected every day. The
increase in babies. The government
ought always to give the Indians about
years notice.
The Dalton gang now numbers seven
and includes the most desperate cbarac-
tiers III the Indian territory. The robbers
are safely enscOnCed in the mountains on
Tiger creek, in the Creek nation. There
is no extra charge to the deputy marshals
for this information.
The meanest man in Guthrie bought
load of wood from 17-year-old boy who
had hauled it thirteen miles. After, the
wood was unlOaded the purchaser endeav-
ored to jew the boy down quarter of
dollar. He wouldn't jew, and was COM
PEELED to reload it just at dark. The orig
inal price was only dollar.
Governor Steele, to Guthrie Star re-
porter just before his departure for In
diana: THE daily papers have quoted me
as saying that the new lands would be
opened the first of August; that Is mis-
take yet have reasons for believing that
they will be opened in time for farmers to
put in fall crops, and prepare for the
winter L have just returned from drive
through the Iowa, Sac and Fox lands, and
while it was rather tiresome | enjoyed it,
for certainly never saw more beautiful
country"
A correspondent of the Purcell Topic
writes the following account of the grand
council recently held by the PottaWatomie
Indians:
The members of the citizen band of Pot
tawatomie had general council at Joe
MOose's, Tuesday, June 2. 1t was pre-
man, and Joe Moose, secretary for the ma
ton, acted as clerk. The question of how
to dispose of the school fund was consid-
cred first, and the reports of the teachers
at Sacred Heart mission were read and
testimony of witness had. which showed |
that there had been 10S children cared for !
at that place with an average attendance |
Of seventy-fve for the closing term of June |
and that only forty-fve children had been |
paid for After thorough discussion of |
the matter a vote was taken and all voted |
to ask the secretary of the interior and
of Indian affairs to
turn over the whole Of the school |
fund to the mission. Only five votes were
against and two of these are really not !
votes. The second question brought up |
was attorney for the nation. rms was !
thoroughly discussed, and finally by |
unanimous vote Judge Clardy was chosen !
as national attorney,
There is over one million due these peo- |
pie, largely secured for the Prairie band |
by making a false roll in Kansas in 1s6S, |
aided by Anthony +. Navarro, who IS now |
in Washington claiming to represent the |
Citizen band here At a general council !
some time ago he was repudiated by the |
Citizen band, but he yet hangs on at !
Washington. The third question brought /
I'D was the appointment of a committee, |
of David Hardin, A. VI. Clancy |
and r. r. Bertrand, to look after fraudu-
lent allotments, etc, on their present res
srvation.
AS above stated, this was the largest
ever held by these people in
their present home All the leading citi-
zens were there with their families, and it
look two beeves to feed the multitude
A Bile speeches were made by George l..
Young Bro. John She-gonquet, VIII
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