The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1892-09-25
eeds OF Canadian county, by the Repub-

deeds OF Canadian county, by the Repub-
| lcaus.
The opening of the Wichita country
| within the next four months, will be the
means of bringing thousands of people &c
FL Reno, some of whom will decide to
locate here, and all will leave their mite
in the exchecquer of the city.
The report of the national agent of the
Choctaw nation shows marked increase
in royalty over any previous year. The
royalties two years ago were S64, 900. The
sum total for this year is something over
Sl15, 000 SOL, 600 more than last year.
The Poncas, Osages, Kaws, OtOes and
Pawnee Indians, who have been holding
ghost dances in the Cherokee strip for the
past six weeks, expecting the coming of
the Messiah, have at last given up III dis
gust and now say that the Messiah is
heap no good.
The census rolls OF the Cherokee nation
for 1890 are now completed and ready for
the press. The total population OF all
classes is %, III. OF the Cherokees by
blood there are 81, 23S; Delawares, 759;
Shawnees, ga; Creeks, 50; Choctaws, II :;
adopted colored. 2,052; adopted whites,
soil.
The Ponca Indians are showing general
signs of civilization these days. Two
threshing machines are running at the
agency, manned entirely by Indians, and
members of the tribe are baling immense
amount of hay and shipping it by the car
load. They also shipped six hundred
bushels of peaches to Arkansas City Mon
day.
Mrs. Harris, living six miles south of
Kingfisher, killed twelve rattlesnakes
Friday. The largest was "a feet long;
the next largest feet. with twelve and
thirteen rattles respectively. The others
were about foot long. each had button.
His snakeship and family perhaps excel
any of his tribal brothers heretofore dis
covered in the new lands.
Buekshin joe swears it was the cattle
men who cut the posts in the Wichita
mountains, 100000 of them, and that
Greer county settlers are now being
arrested for gathering up the dead tree
tops And he says the arrests are made at
the instance Of the cattlemen in order to
scare people from going to the Kiowa res
ervation. Joseph is evidently very warm
in the collar
Duncan Banner: The Rock Island depot
builders are putting in depot at Adding
ton, also at Suggs' The grading on the
extension from Red river to Bowie is abou
finished and ready for the ties. The fent
ing gang are keeping close up with the
track LAYERS. The road through the terri
tory will be fenced in with a substantial
fye-wire fence. Ga account of high
water and the delays in the arrival OF ma
terial. the bridge across Red river has
progressed slowly. Tne management Of
construction, however, are rushing the
work as speedily as possible.
Oklahoma Bulletin: Oklahoma could
supply the world with gypsum, aud it viii
not be mary months before capital viii
take hold Of and develop mines in Okla
homa and the Indian territories. Lead
aud zinc are now being mined, while coal,
marble, granite. aud common building
stone are found ia great proiusion. In /
sxhaustable beds Of magnetic oxide ot
iron can be found in many parts OF tie /
and it IS said in one place solid /.
blocks CT iron weighing hundreds Of i
pounds are found on the surface Experts (
pr0uouucs them squz! 70 those OF the 4
famous Pilot Knob of Missouri Pe;ro- 4
eGm exists near Chelsea, ia tie western 4
part OK the Cherokee Nation. where i is
Z sed IN a crude state. The Cherokee laws .
are very unfavsrable for tue enlistment Of I
sapital. II i said, consequently this indus
~ remains Undeve,oped. bat il Will 40;
oGg be So