The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-04-28
OKLAHOMA OUTLINES.

1t is hard to tell which cry is the louder
cotton or corn.
Yukon claims to have sold seven thous
and dollars worth OF lots,
Frisco and Noble have both had papers
| in tLeir time, bus have none now.
A prominent butcher of Oklahoma City
has been arrested for stealing cattle.
Some people kave commenced jumping
| lots again Habit IS 4 hard thing 20 get
| over
Some OF the farmers in Oklahoma are
! preparing to raise two crops OF potatoes,
this year.
| Norman is said to be doing more build
| ing in proportion with its size than any
other town III the territory.
| Purcell makes fun of Lexington. It
| should stop that. People may suspect that
Lexington has something in It.
The Guthrie Capital thanks heaven that
the mayor of Guthrie, unlike the mayor
Of Chicago, does not smoke cigarettes.
1t was a Guthrie man who, as last
resort to find policeman, climbed down TO
the bottom of well. He WAS sure of see
ing star.
large beaver was killed OF the Cana
dian river near Purcell last week. Ii was
was not much larger than the animal
Lexington had law suit Tuesday be-
fore Esquire Hardwick for the recovery of
go cents, involving costs that viii PROBABLY
amount to Sl5 or SO. and IL may be ap-
pealed, making more costs.
The TOWNSHIP commission have been
here all week, and have about finished
their work for Edmond. Most OF the
deeds have been issued and the few contest
cases about all disposed OF.
Muskogee Phoenix: Probably the largest
pasture in the Indian territory is the one
which is just being completed by Col
William Robson west and south OF
Okmulgee This mammoth inclosure
takes in over $4,000 acres of land and Is
being built by Texas cailemen who pay
the sum of $40, 900 for the privilege. Over
five hundred miles of wire is required in
this fence and $500 posts are set TO re-
ceive it.
Oklahoma City Journal: The bullet that
Emmett Donnell has been carrying in his
shoulder ever since the shooting on Febru-
airy was extracted yesterday By DR.. Wal
den. 1t was right on top of the shoulder
and resting against the bone 1t was an
inch and half deep in the flesh and had
come from the muscle of the arm, where it
entered, to the place of removal, following
the bone for ten inches or more. The bull
let was fiattened out almost as large as a
scent piece.
The Guthrie Capital tells how Skeleton
creek, one of the tributaries Of the Cimar-
ron coming in from the strip, received its
gruesome name in the following sketch:
1.-The 9th of August, 1867, Hon. William
Griffenstein, ex-mayor of Wichita,
with complement of twenty-five men
was en- route for the COmanche
country to trade with the In
dams. When he crossed this stream
by an old buffalo trail he saw dead In
dian in sitting posture, supported by a
tree. Upon examining the locality he
found some thirty dead Indians. They
had evidently been dead only a few days.
1t seems the government was removing
the Wichita Indians to their new reserva-
ton and, the cholera breaking out, these |
had died and were left unburied by their I
Mr.. Greiffenstein, returning
in few weeks. found the white skeletons, |
the bones having been picked by the coy !
otes. He then gave TO this creek the name /
Skeleton, which it has borne since
Muskogee Phoenix: United States court |
convenes at Muskogee Tuesday, May II. |
and the Obstacles that have impeded !
Justice and caused much dissatisfaction |
have been removed. Jurisdiction of |
larceny is no longer an unsettled question, |
and a communication has been received |
from Attorney General Miller with re-
ference to the places of imprisonment for
prisoners sentenced for one year or over rs
follows: The house of correction, Detroit,
Mich, is designated as the place of
confinement for prisoners sentenced
TO the penitentiary for one year or
more. The reform school district OF
is designated as the place of
confinement for white male prisoners I'M
Ter 10 years of age; and the house of re-
formation at Cheltenham. Md, for colored
prisoners under 10 years of age. Female
prisoners under 10 years of age, as has been
heretofore stated, snail be confined in the
Reform school, at indianapolis Ind. The
period OF imprisonment to commence from
late of sentence. The above instructions
nave been presented TO and approved by
he court. and an order entered to the
above effect. The Importance of the in
,tructions is fully realized when we take
nto consideration the deficiency of the
ails in the territory. The criminal docket
or the May term of court will number
lear $50 Cases The attorney general has
,een informed of the great amount of
work to be performed by the United States
attorney and has agreed to appoint an
assistant attorney.