The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1892-08-25
OKLAHOMA OUTLINES.

Oklahoma City wants an addition of 800
acres of land 10 the city.
Oklahoma City will soon have water
works, electric lights, gas and street
railway.
Miss Rhoda Summers has received
patent for her eighty acres of land. This
is the first patent issued for land adjacent
TO Oklahoma City.
The State Capital says: After long
absence Mrs. Naneta o. Daisy Cland
Swedenborg is in the city again. Like the
widows son, she has arisen from the dead.
The St. Louis Post-Dispatch of Sunday
contains a succinct write-up OF the Okla
homa Territorial fair. All of the prin-
cipal features are set forth, dwelling par
ticularly on the racing program.
The county treasurer of Logan county
says that the first of next month there
will be cents more added to the collection
of taxes besides the cost Of advertising.
The taxes will be sold in October.
The fifteenth annual exhibit of the In
dian International Fair, Live Stock and
Industrial Exhibition will be held at Mus
kogee, l. r.. Tuesday, Wednesday, Thurs
day and Friday, September y, IS. 20 and
80, 1892
Kingfisher Times: The News, one of the
best papers in the territory and the only
morning daily in Guthrie, has abandoned
the G. o. p and comes out independent. 1t
says in coming out that it will hereafter
support honest men for Office. That it will
admit to supporting some men for office liz
the past who were unfit and dishonest, yet
hereafter it will not keep the party skele-
tons secret, but will expose them to the
public gaze.
Cherokee Telephone: c. L. Washbourne
came in from his ranch Monday, and says
ne entertained eight of the Dalton boys
last Saturday night. They told him they
wanted some chickens. eggs and feed for
their horses, and had the money to pay for
them. He informed them that he did not
have the articles to spare. They told him
they would see whether or not he did.
Claude says he let them have what they
wanted.
Chickasha Express: The success of the
jackson party in the Choctaw nation is q
matter of congratulation to the progress
sive element all over the territory. The
meet the committee appointed by congress
TO confer with the five tribes in regard to
their feelings OF the question of statehood.
One more forward step for the Choctaws
and they will be in the beatific state,
known hereabouts as very independent
state We OF the Chickasaw nation will
be found far enough advanced for self gov
eminent, and the statesmen who visit us
will so report and we will get hearing at
the next session of congress. All the reser-
vatons will be opened to settlement, aud
we will make a glorious state, one and in
divisible, the whole territory in one state.
Who says no?
FL Reno Herald: When Mr.. Nancy
was around establishing his route for his
daily mail line between here and Arapa-
hoe, in attempting to cross Deer creek he
had nice team drowned and he himself
narrowly escaped the same fate. There
had been heavy rains and the creek was
high and rapid. Not fearing harm Mr..
Nancy attempted to cross with the effect
above named. Mr.. Nancy swan ashore
hut his team was not seen until the water
went down several hours later. The har-
ness aud bug gy were recovered. A very
strange feature was that the bride was
gone from one horse the strap being IN
buckled and the bride lost-while the
other horse died with his teeth clutchin9
the bits so firmly that it was impossible 10
get the bits from the dead animals
mouth. An attempt was made TO pry the
laws apart with "A pole but without sue
cess and the bits were left IN the dead
horses teeth.
Guthrie News: Deputy Marshal Lilly
came in last night from Otoe. near PoDca,
bringing in nearly q score of Indians
charged with selling liquor. Lilly states
that the entire Otoe tribe is at their camp,
dancing the Messiah dance, and that re-
Gently they were joined by the Icwas. Pom
cas-, Osages and other neighborins tribes.
and that the dance was on in earnest and
that considerable anxiety was manifested
by the whites in the neighborhood that
the continual dancing would lead 10 some
thing worse Yesterday the superinien-
dent Of the schools OF the Neoshos came
into Ponca and stated that
the night before be left the
agency the entire tribe had started TO
dance This dancing seems 10 exist
among ali the Indian tribes OF the terri
tory. and Il Is evident that ennisaries have
been sent from one tribe 10 the other TO
have these night dsnceS started One OF
the pecuIiariiies of the present dance craze
is that the braves abandon their sqnaHs,
and, as soon as arriving on the scene Of
the dance, marry another. This Is said 70
be new feature il the business