The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1892-08-03
OKLAHOMA OUTLINES.

The recent census shows InaG the lnola
Territory has population OF lU,'o2
people
The Daltons seem to have changed their
base of operations. 1t is said that they
were seen at Chetopa, Kan, last Sunday.
The New Era made its appearance at HI
Reno this week with r. NJ. Blair 81 Co. at
the helm. This is Ell Reno's sixth venture
and is sufficient to cause advertisers to
begin to hide out.
A telegram was received at Purcell
Thursday announcing that the president
signed the beer bill last Saturday, making
it a law since that time. That ends the
beer business i'll the Indian Territory.
WYATT Hutchinson who is engaged in
teaching the Indians how to farm at
Ponca, says the agency crops are in good
condition and that they will have 6,00C
| bushels of wheat and about sixty acres OF
! corn.
| A movement is OF foot TO attach the
| Seminole country to county B for judicial
purposes The Indians think that they
will have better show for justice with
the territorial officers than with the dep
uty marshais.
The Indian Arrow, Talequah, j. T., has
finely illustrated special edition this
week, giving portraits of prominent In
dians and cuts of noted buildings In that
vicinity. 1t is very creditabie produc'
ton and valuable souvenir.
| Richard Dunshee while digging well
on a claim eight miles west of Ell Reno re
Gently found petriied buffalo horn
tyenty-eight feet below the surface OF the
ground. He believes the remains are there
intact but he did not want to lnJure the
we'll by digging them out.
The Chickasaw share Of the leased dis
trict money is something like S150,OU
with a liberal slice of that amount to D'
gobbled up by the attorneys, delegates
and the stand in" 1t is estimated by
conservative statisticians that tho PEI
CAPITA allowance to each Chicasaw citlzel
from this fund will be $3.50 in round mum
bers.
Tecumseh Herald: J. w. Richardson
special Indian agent, has been at shaw
peetown most of the week for the purpos
of selecting location for the Pottawato
mic school. After a thorough examina
ton of the several sites offered he decided
TO place the school upon the grounds re
served by the government mile aud
half north of town. 1t will be the larges
school building in the country aud prob
ably in the territory. Tecuinseh Will d
the educational center OF Oklahoma.
The government in its endeavor to secur
artesian water at Fort Reno Is not meet
ing with very fattering success. The wei
is 9l5 feet deep and it is proposed TO sinl
il some 500 feet deeper, but the appropria
} ton being exhausted work has been sus
peuded for the time being. AT the deptl
of Ats feet a vein OF water was strucl
which rose TO within 155 feet of the surfac
and that is as near as it ever came to De
coming an artesiau we'll; but the govern
J mept eeologis. who wasihere last year say
the enterprise will meet with success at
} less depth than 1500 feet. The well !
cased with iron casing 55z inches in diam
, eter.
Fl Reno Eagle: The Cheyennes an
ArapahoeS. having received permissio
J from the great father at Washington, dc
parted few days ago on visit TO til
Kiowas and Coulanches. upon an invita-
ton received from the latter tribes. Tn
) invitation was general and was gladly &C
/ ceDIeU Dl VI NHc 'cA AAiNS ~
their families. They will return within
fortnight loaded down with presents re
ceiyed from their hosts, who in turn WI
> receive az invitation from the Cheyenne
and Arapaboes 20 visit them, after whieI
they will return home rejoicing IN tn
possession OF various gifts received iron
the Cheyennes aad ArapahOes-
!, II is whispered ali over Oklahoma tina
, E T. Mitchell OF FL Reno is the man tn
i / Democracy have picked out, or viii picl
out, 10 run against Dennis Flynn in ID
( congressional race Mr.. Mitchell, in IN
estimation OF the Democrats, Is the mos
| available man in the party, having
: record OF having received more votes tia
4 any other Democrat in the history {
; territorial politics. Mitch, as tie boy
r call him. is rustIeF from ray baek, bu
! when be gets through the campaign viii
the gigantic little Irishmzn OF bu;hrie
will think that be has been az tbs sEiftss
! horse race BE ever saw IN Oklahoma
anywhere else. Mitch Is probably ID
swi!test Democrat ia the territory. DC
his pace is that OF q Fhsunatic snail Gem