The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-05-15
OKLAHOMA OUTLINES.

Everybody would like Secretary Noble
! to visit Oklahoma.
! The indictments of the Guthrie saloon
men have been dismissed.
| The mayor of Oklahoma City gets 5000
| year, exclusive of the honor.
| What keeps the water in the buffalo
| wallows on the prairie fresh?
| Beaver county has had its first election
| by the Australian system and likes 1t.
| On the month of June Beaver county
will vote on herd law and free range.
Several broken express packages were
found near Turkey creek shortly after the
train robbery.
The land office at Guthrie is being over
hauled and rearranged to be ready for the
opening of the new territory.
Que reason the Oklahoma papers are
such good ones is that there is not one col
lege graduate among the editors.
There are good many people in Okla
homa who wear shoes today, who went
barefoot when the territory opened.
The newspaper men show a decided ten
dency to go to Oklahoma City rather than
Denver. Oklahoma City will treat them
better.
Oklahoma City is feeling exceptionally
good because it will soon be Il common
gate between Guthrie and kingflsher and
Ell Reno.
Oklahoma City Journal: Paymaster
Roach came in very quietly night before
last, and yesterday he paid off the troops
at this post He will next go over TO the
Sac and Fox agency. but will wait for Il
good strong escort, as he has with him
about $4,000, Il sum large enough to tempt
the highwaymen who are supposed to be
roaming that country.
The meanest man has turned up again
in Oklahoma He sold his son-in-law half
of COW. and then he refused to divide the
milk, maintaining that he sold only the
front half. The son-in-laW was also re-
quired to provide the feed the COW con-
sumed and compelled to carry water TO
her three times day. Recently the cow
hooked the old man and now he is sueing
his son-in-law for damages.
The Alliance people of the territory are
taking steps to establish Il paper devoted
to the interests of the Alliance and Indus
trial union, and have organized a joint
stock company with a capital of $1,000 !
There are ,0G0 shares of s. each, and it is /
believed there will be no trouble in placing /
them among the faithful. They have not /
yet decided where it will be issued. but |
probably in Oklahoma City or Guthrie. /
The new paper is to be called "West and |
W
il July or August.
When Governor Steele began leasing
school lands the intentions OF the interior
department were that the school money /
received, which was to 90 to the territorial |
school fund. was to be sent to Washing |
ton and tnen to be drawn from there, as
needed by the secretary of the territory. !
Governor Steele. in looking over the mat
ter, discovered that if it was sent there /
r ,aya m h,,T ms
it was to be drawn out again, and so he
simply placed it in the government depos-
itory at Arkansas City.
The Board of Trade of Oklahoma City
has received the following letter from Bal
timore: Sir understand under the
maritime laws of Oklahoma that licensed
pilots and owners of vessels ale permitted
to navigate the seas, bays, estuaries aud
navigable rivers OF your territory We
that your country is fertile and
rich in ali the cereals, and cotton. and we
that at the mouth of Crutcho
creek on the North Canadian river there
is public wharf from which the steamers
laden with the produce of the country de
part direct TO Europe. What is he cost of
pilots license aud what is the tonnage
duties or tax on our ship which we intend
to bring to lightning creek or some other
point on the North Canadian for trauspor
tation purposes. We are in a little doubt
in regard TO the penalty provided in these
Respectfully, Josephus Luccul-
Ius Bowman"
Yukon Courier: On Sunday night about
10 O'Clock two women were seen going
down the principal street of Fl Reno, each
closely hugging the neck of a beer bottle.
One would have thought they were going
out on a little foot" but such was rot
The case In the back room Of one of Cur
saloons was going on a game of doTninoes
and these two ladies supposed their hus-
bands were there enjoying themselves
while they the wivesl were left at home 70
,uckie solitude and nurse the bab.es alone.
They determined 10 break up th. game OF
iominoes, and break it up they did The
.wo suspicious locking bottles they hurled
through the front windows Of the saloon
With all the force that angry women can
give such missiles. and the destruction was
errible. The men playing az coHinees
n the back room We're startled At first
hey thought the night watch had gone 10
deep and fallen on the counter among the
)ottIeS, then they thought the lamp had |
aud when they dill find out the
'eal cause OF the disturbance. there was a
general fusilade OF mixed cuss-words Pc
uliar to Oklahoma An inventory Of the
amage showed the following casualties d:
Two front window lights. one small bottle
4 whlskey, one large bottle Of " blskey,
light beer glasses. three whiskey glasses, {
nd other damages that would increase
he loss 10 about g, and al On account OF