The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1892-05-04

The r publican territorial committee
meets at FL Reno today.
Okarche is to have a newspaper this
week. 1t will have two.
| County "C' has pronounced against the
Republican June convention.
The Kingfisher Free Press Is still fight
ing the gamblers who infest that town.
The Kingfsher land office is disposing
of over one hundred applications per day.
In the new country every claim has
from two to twenty acres broken already
Great long caravans of lumber wagons
leave Kingfsher for the west every day,
now.
Strange to say, the rush has hurt neither
Kingfsher nor FL Reno. They are as
lively as ever.
1t is expected that the $50 900 interest
payment to the Cheyennes and Arapahoes
will be made soon.
| The FL Reno bar gave a banquet in
| honor of Judge Botkin of Stevens county
| fame the other evening.
| The townsite board which has been ap-
| pointed. for FL Reno, is waiting instruc-
tions from Washington.
| Francis NJ Roland of Indiana, aged 4S.
and Miss Matte Addison of Texas, aged
| 16, were married at FL Reno Saturday.
| Tecumseh and Purcell are now holding
railroad meetings with the hope of at
tracing the Frisco in their direction.
The Indians do not want to fight. They
have a large number of second hand war
paths on the bargain counter, good as
new.
Ned Morrison of Ell Reno fell on barb
wire, few days ago, and cut his knee.
Gangrene has set in, aud he is not expect
ed to live.
Oklahoma has had her first twister.
While the cyclone was circular, it is to be
hoped the wind will call it square and not
do it any more.
At the Oklahoma City land office, from
April 10 to April 90 153 homesteads and
3S7 soldiers declaratory filings were re
corded and 203 contests entered.
Judge Burford has demonstrated his
ability to crowd a vast amount of bust
ness through court in very little time,
and the docket is being cleared at rapid
rate
Purcell Register: Evidently some one
means to more thoroughly test the proper
ties of the minerals OF the Arbuckle
mountains, a car load of ore having been
shipped from Dougherty. IL passed here
Sunday night and was billed for Argen-
tine, Kansas, where there is located
mint. If the new test of the mineral
proves satisfactory and it is made known,
the excitement in the Arbuckle noun
tains will undoubtedly break out anew.
In that event, the Chickasaw nation will
attract more universal attention than the
opening of dozen "Chey-Arap," chi
Fl Reno Eagle: The opening Of the
reservation rendered IL necessary for ID. X.
FAINT 10 move his herd Of Indian issue
cattle to the Wichita country. soon that
section. together with tue Cherokee strip
and the southwestern reservations. will be
opened TO settlement, which will effecIu
allv shut out the herds Of Texas cattle
from the territory. This cannot be done
too soon. The Texas steer, OF the varIet y
issued 10 the Indians. is usually bunch
OF horns. with just enough meat back Of
them 10 keep the horns from falling apart. !
The place Of the Texas steer Ia Oklahoma |
will soon be filled By thoroughbred cattle, |
owned by the tillers G! the soil
Oklahoma Times-Journa,: Hon. ". II /
who Is now in the city. says /
that the elections bill was Intentionally 1
withheld by /. y. TeTrilI. who was chair
man of the elections committee. IL has
generally been thought that the bill was
overlooked 10 the rush of business during |
the closing hours. Mr. Campbell says
that the elections COMMITTEES, Of which be
was a member, had agreed upon a bisn-
NAL election dill. and that Terrn
had been instructed 20 report 80
two or three days before the close
Of the legislature, bat FOR some un8e-
sountzble reason he refused a. the last
minute TO report the bill IL was to7 iate
TO prepare another bill, or 70 force Tsrril
70 report the ore 10 bis possession. - the
Legislature adjourned 1i;bou; providipz
'a- holding elections 20 Gil cousty and feE-
-.toriai Offices. The bill bad been agree
upon early - the session. aud al laws re-
Ating TO county officials were framed 70 I
81 this bill