The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1891-09-22

Grrlrrs, 0. T., Sept. 9l.--FrOnl early
morning till now, the streets of this
,n~n mye beou blocked with people
and wagons OF every description, cow
Iays on fleet stccds are mixed up with
,saJyrs, wagons and anxious home
.,roiers on foot. Men, women, boys
md iris were equally scrambling to go
there. Old grey haired boomers with
their single blanket and frying pan
iostloi along with prospective bankers
ypIlipg the rcins over spirited teams.
Tint n there will be race fully os excit-
ipg as the famous English Derby or the
American Futurity there is no doubt,
exccp. that it is free for all, black,
white and Indians will participate.
Wipchcsters and six shooters will be
freely used il occasion requires. Every
linz him is wide open. Whisky and beer
!. plentiful, gamblers are here with
their outfits. "Sure thing" games OF
every description are being loaded and
forwarded to the new town.
ALL KINDS OF PEOPLE.
You women, reputable and disreput-
able, have gone and are going. Horses
that were not worth lassoing in well
fenced barn yard are doctored until
prices are asked and freely given equal
10 the value oi IL thoroughbred. Lieu
tenant Governor Martin started at Z
o'clock for the county seat named
Chandler. Governor Steel goes to the
county seat named Tecnmseh. The in
tention is to clear the town, and then
with signal let the race for the town
lots commence. The IMPRESSIONS that
the county seats will not be surveyed
and plated before Thursday. Should
this occur then the situation can be bet
ter imagined than written. Thousands
will wait forty miles from civilization
i'll an uueXplored county where water
is scarce, food at fabulous prices and
wolves howling.
STRANGE SCENES.
Trains continue to arrive bringing hui
man freight seeking homes in this land.
ltis fortunate that there may be quar-
ter sections and town lots enough to go
around ior honest settlers. The horde
is composed Of men who simply want to
set there and then sell out to honest
men. Tie land office here presents o
lndicrous scene. Men who have been in
!ae ior iorty.eight hours still stand
there. They are wild and look deter
mined. A six days walking match par
ticipant never looked harder than some
oi these, The hotels, printing offices,
stores and shops are full to their ut
most capacity. Some establishments,
especially the newspapers, are seriously
crippled on account OF their help leav-
Ing aud joining in the race. The Daily
Nt,rs was issued at u o'clock last night,
aud tllOR seventeen OF the twenty-one
people lett the office. Tho proprietors
Of the PAPER te!egraphed to Kansas
towAsfo help.
THE LAND.
The land to be opened for settlement
tomorrow noon cOnsists OF tho country
Of the Sacs and Foxes, $4,000 acres; OF
the lowas 220,55N acres, and OF the Pot
tawotamica 1850 acrcs-in all l,l0l 900
acres. Some OF this is adapted for rails.
ing as fine crops as any land, ind some
ot II lCriilizod with tin cans would af-
lord excellent pasturage for goats. The
Indians do not lose all their land. Each
Illck gets u quarter section, and not
only that but he is lawful Sooner"
una las already picked out the prize
spots. lie cannot sell his land for
Twenty-Five years, but during that time
lie does not have to pay any taxes.
Guthrie is lively town to-day. The
Streets are crowded, the hotels are
ccVcrrun, the saloons are doing rush.
Ing business and ut every street corner
cowboys are selling ponies. They arc
asking biRmoncy for them, too, and are
Getting it. The men who rushed into
oklahoma are disposing OF their horses
una The wagons they use to excellent
99SyantaEes. The country is already
ialI OF "sooners.n The plan is for one
man TO 60 in and "iump" clam and
saeh @ inrn 1t over to q partner, who
starts IN after the legal hour. Thus be.
", Tween them they get u good claim.
=! IIeFe Will be great rush for town lots.
ine new country will DO divided into
Two counties, and the Government has
selected the sites for the county seats,
although now there Is not even n sha.
VOW Of a town in either county. Both
!oWhs nave been named. The one that
y Is 10 be the county seat OF tho north
ern cophty is Chandler, named for the
assistant Secretary Of tho Interior, and
anu the southern one i Tecumseh.
CITIES WILL SPRING UP IN A DAY.
The government surveys arc not
through with their work on the town
Sites and Governor Steele has an.
h9upced that the sites shall not be
taken up until the survey is finished.
.,o attention will be paid to this, how
Sset, and the force OF soldiers on tho
them of. S''S"9" " Ne'
AeH enough will rush to Chandler to
Hu, t'He iois for a city Of 10000, and it is
,i saEH 70 see how this place can support
More More than 10000 people for many Years.
,rty ,tany are bound to be disappointed,
,ion G'u';er they go for lots or quarter sec.
,,oi. Woni lor there arc at least $4,000 people
morrow. ~ wy "' NV'" W.
40, NonrlGrs from Langston City, tho
80 nv 80 colony, came in this morning and
III sGIitgi'ased t,il twenty carbines and hasten.
: 'asS to the 'front.' They report that