The Wichita daily eagle., 1891-10-06
OKLAHOMA OUTLINES
D have a cotton gin

1dlleQudQ Is 10 have q COtJOu gin
A mad dog was killed at Guthrie, last
Thursday.
Senator Dawes and Platt are booked for
| Oklahoma this fall.
Judge Clark has gone to his home in
| Wisconsin for rest.
"Come in from the east" is now stock
expression in Oklahoma
The Episcopal church in Oklahoma has
an organ-the Oklahoma Churchman.
| This has been corn year" in Okla
homa. Last year was a cotton year"
| Who is doing the editorial writing on
| the Oklahoma City Times-Journal now!
They are now talking of opening the
| Cheyenne country on December the first.
Frank Greer has settled down again.
| When Frank gets excited il effects him
! all over.
Oklahoma City is to vote bonds to
liquidate her $4,000 indebtedness on the
l4th inst.
Beaver county was the only place in
Oklahoma that came forward with fair
| this year.
The Oklahoma City Gazette is confident
that man cannot be a sooner in the new
Jerusalem
An unknown man threw himself under
an engine near Oklahoma City Thursday
and was killed.
The animosity to the sooner law is ap-
preaching the size of an organized move
ment in Oklahoma
The next legislature will have great
time naming the new counties. And it
shouldn't forget Harrison.
A special land agent will begin this week
to lay off seven counties in the Cheyenne
country to be known as c, d, Z, f, G, II.
An Ell Reno man, Tom Russell. has
great big yellow orange on exhibition,
which was grown on Oklahoma soil.
Think Of thatl
The Chicago Tribune thinks that the
man in Pottlahoma with mud-puddle on
his land is in luck, especially when water
is selling at 10 cents drink
Department. Commander Cotton has
secured rate of one and one-third fare
for round trip between all stations on the
Santa Fe in Oklahoma for the old soldiers
reunion, to be held in Norman, on the 18th,
18th and 18th of October.
w. H. Budworth, of Saltwater, while
hunting for a claim in the new lands.
found lads gold watch. 1t was buried
in the sand, with but small portion of
the case exposed TO view. This he care
lessly kicked with his foot, supposing it |
was brass cartridge, and out rolled the |
watch.
Governor Steele, on Friday of last week, |
appointed as officials of county ''B," the |
new county east of Cleveland, the follow
ing: County attorney, John II. Woods; |
county clerk, Oscar g. Lee; sheriff, Jesse !
J. Graham. The appointments are en-
tirely satisfactory.
Last Tuesday night an Oklahoma City
store was entered and 81 taken. |
He thought that the burglars were
through with him so he left Sl4 in the |
money drawer next night. That was
stolen, too. Sometimes it pays to lock |
the door after the horse is stolen, es-
pecially if you have any more horses.
Edmond News Four men from Marion
county, Kan., went in with the rush from
Perkins. Before starting they agreed to
keep together and secure adjoining claims. |
In two minutes after starting, however
they had lost all track of each other and
did not meet until they found each other
in line at the United States land Office.
What was their astonishment TO find that
each had his papers prepared to file on the
some quarter.
Oklahoma Times-Journal; The desired
thing is going to happen. The senate
committee on Indian affairs, through Mr..
Dawes, their chairman, have indicated
indian Territory during sthe month of No
7ember. This is the thing of all things
hat will be most beneficial to the two ter
'itories at this juncture. The conserv
ltism of the senate has frequently stood in
he way of practical solution of the In
liam question, and that conservatism will
1e materially Modified and enlightened by
he information the committee win obtain [
rom this visit.
Purcell Topic: A stranger to look at
he Canadian river now would have hard
work to believe that no longer ago than
Tuesday forenoon person could cross it
Without hardly getting his feet wet but
uch is the fact. The general rains of the
ore part of the week northwest of here re-
ulted in one of the most phenomenal rises
n record in the history of the country.
1t 11:20 a. m. Tuesday the river bed was
erfectly dry with the exception of a little
hannel perhaps six feet wide in the
entire. At 11:20 all eyef were directed up
be river where a mass of water fully ,
hree feet high and spreading from bank
o bank, was rolling and tumbling along,
weeping everything before it, and by 11:30
he flood was sweeping by this city in full
Orce.