The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1892-02-25
OKLAHOMA OUTLINES.

A Sac and Fox Indian has joined a
Masonic lodge.
The postoffice location matter at Guthrie
| is at peace at last.
The Guthrie papers are paid by the city
| for advertising it.
Delegate Harvey has been sick with the
| grip for two weeks.
| JOAN |. Ollie, in his new station, will
| probably reside at Kinghsher.
Track-laying ON the Rock Island south
of Minco will begin next Saturday.
The land office at Oklahoma City will
! be up with its business within a month.
The kingfsher Free Press prints a pic
ture of Jake Admire as James q. Blaine
The next meeting of the worlds fair
commission will be in Kingfsher the first
of April.
The Commercial bank corner and the
building upon it, at Guthrie, sold recently
for $4,000
Nearly every paper in Oklahoma men,
tions the fact that so many land buyers
are abroad.
Oats are all in in Oklahoma and the fell
lows have begun to loaf around in their
shirt sleeves again.
Bill Hackney has beeu heard from again.
He says the territorial courts are slower
than the wrath of God!
The Oklahoma Times-J ournal is right
when it says that the statehood agitation
has advertised Oklahoma
Will you look at this. nows A colored
baby baptized at Oklahoma City last week
was christened Dennis Flynn Hightowerl
Secretary Noble is determined that the
Cheyenne and Arapahoe lands shall not be
opened later than April l. That's the way
to talk.
S. L. Ovcrstreet, popular man of Guth-
RE, is being pushed by his friends for
John Dille's place. They say he is just
the man for the place.
Representative S. w. Clarke of Payne
county says he has positive information
that an extra session of the legislature will
be called in August or September.
Honors multiply on man fast in Okla
homa. Mr.. Cannon A Guthrie, who re-
Gently received the appointment of worlds
fair commissioner, got new baby the
same day.
a tame goose was taken up by balloon
ist at Oklahoma City last week and
dropped. The goose made one circle and
then made bee line for terra firma. He
would have been goose if he hadn't.
The commissioner of the general land
office has finally come round to the posi-
ton taken by the Oklahoma courts on the
appeal of lot cases, as will be seen from
a letter from Hon. Sidney Clarke; THE
commissioner Of the general land office
agrees with Judge Green, that the act of
congress does not authorize an appeal
from the decision of the TOWNSHIP trustees
in lot cases, and will not act in the cases
here pending the decision of the supreme
court of Oklahoma territory. If the court |
sustans Green that will end all the cases |
here"
Matters have come to such pass that |
legislation either by congress or by the |
territorial legislature in special session, has |
become an imperative necessity. Through |
The laundering of somebody during tue /
six legislative days of the session the date |
for the fall elections is nowhere fixed. The |
November elections are alluded to in
number of places in the statutes, but those |
who have instituted careful and pains
taking search fail to find anywhere spe-
eific provision fixing the date for the cleo
lions referred to- The defect must be rem
,died, and two ways are presented. One
8 through congressional action aud the
,ther by the converting of the legislature
q special session. 1t now seems easier to
get the statutes remedied through con
,ressional action, than TO get the legisla
ure together. Congress is in session. and
bill to remedy the defect would scarcely
ncounter opposition.