The Wichita daily eagle., 1891-09-23
OKLAHOMA OUTLINES.

Yesterday livery rigs at Guthrie brought
s25 day.
Will Harvey, it is said, will be post
master at Chandler.
More wheat than ever will be sowed in
Oklahoma this fall.
Every body was running himself in the
new country yesterday.
Cleveland county has issued nearly
$50, 600 worth of bonds.
The average length of sweet potato
vine in Oklahoma is fifteen feet
1t is the Sac and Fox and the Pottawat-
omie no longer. It is plain Oklahoma.
In a month the Indians will think three
times as much of dollar as they do now.
The settlers have probably discovered by
this time that there are lot of allot
ments.
Late plums are thick in the new lands
Even these will keep the people from
starving.
Payne county has 2734 children of
school age, thirty-four of whom are col
ored children.
Mrs. Steele and daughter Meta. with the
governor watched the rush from the Pot
tawatomie line.
There will be CRY for water today. 1t
might have been we'll to have arranged to
have d rainmaker on hand.
Among the whole list of "firsts," the
most unlucky will be the man who is
killed first in the new country.
The new land is in some such condi-
tiOn as sIme of the veterans when they
came out of the late war-not foot left.
There is no longer any ''open question"
in Oklahoma unless it is about the Chey-
enne and Arapahoe country and the Cher
Okee strip.
The fact that the Cherokee nation is
bankrupt, her schools closed and her
teachers without pay for last year, will
hasten the sale OF the strip.
The line at the Guthrie postoffice win
dow, the morning of the opening was
something over "a block long, but Dennis
Flynn was there and the fur flew.
By the new boundaries Canadian county
/ loses two very distinguished statesmen,
VIZ: Hon. A. \. Daniels, speaker of the
house of representatives, and Hon. John
a. Wimberly.
In twenty years the proud man in Okla
bona will be the man who can boast that
he was in the Oklahoma opening, the Sac
and Fox opening. the Arapahoe opening,
and the Cherokee opening.
"a
ganized an association TO demand the al
lotment of land in the home tract. They
will petition congress in the matter and
their number is sufficient to command at
tention.
FL Reno Eagle: The Choctaw railway
will be running daily trains TO and from
Oklahoma City, making connection with
Santa Fe trains at hat place and connect
lug with all trains on the Rock Island
route at this place within the next sixty
DAYS The time set for the completion of
| the line is the 18th day OF November, dur
| ing which time the depots and section
| houses will be constructed and the other
necessary improvements will be made.
| The telegraph line has been ready for some
| time.
| Kingfsher Free Press: Judge Seay this
| week let the contract for his new mansion
| TO Repshaw Bros. The house will be
! built on what is known as Dent HILL The
plans were drawn in Missouri and provide
| for house 53X53 feet in Gothic style of
| architecture. The house viii consist OF
| two stories, attic and tower. The first
story will be of brick and the second story
| and attic Of slate. The interior wood
work will be of cherry, ash and California
| red wood All modern conveniences,
such as hot aud cold water pipes, gas and
electric light service will be added. The
| judge is showing great faith in our eoun-
| try in erecting such a fine residence. 1t
| will cost about 5000.
| Beaver Advocate: That was a clever act
of "Medicine's' at the roping match We'd
nesday, when be roped a big steer that had
| escaped from one of the boys. Ii had al
most reached the edge Of the vast crowd
| of people, horses and buggies when Medi-
cine's unerring rope encircled its horns
and Mr.. Steer struck the ground with a
/ thud. less than ten feet from some of the
| frightened jam of people. II was a splen-
! did feat and won loud words of praise
| from hundred tongues. Three seconds
more and the enraged animal would have
| been in the dense crowd. and we should
/ no doubt have had one or more horrible
! fatalities TO chronicle.