The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1892-06-19
OKLAHOMA OUTLINES.

! OKLAHOMA OUTLINES.
| The Edmond News says wheat will aver
age twenty-five bushels per acre in Okla
! homa county.
| kiugfisher will celebrate the Fourth in
| grand style and has invited all the western
| towns to assist her.
The water works at Edmond bursted the
other day. but the News says they will be
all right in few days.
| Perkins Journal: Arthur Miles began
harvesting his wheat Wednesday. 1t will
run over forty bushels to the acre.
| The farmers around Edmond held a
meeting the other day and took steps pre-
paratory to the building of an elevator.
One of the most pleasant as we'll as sue
cessful Sunday school conventions held i'll
the territory was in session last Thursday
near Edmond.
,Hennessey Clipper: Wheat harvest is
| now the order of the day, and the thou
sands of binders aud headers now at work
| over the country are gathering in the
sheaves of golden grain.
At Clifton, in C county, one day last
week there was rattlesnake killed which
twenty five rattles on it. At the thickest
part of the body it measured fifteen inches
around.
Norman Democrat: The ravishing of a
white woman near Guthrie should serve as
lesson to the people of Norman. A mass
meeting should be called and committee
appointed to see that no negro stops in the
town. This will obviate the necessity of
hanging some of them.
Governor Scay has returned from the
convention. He was going to Washington
as Il member of the ratification committee,
but upon reaching st. Louis and reading
the dispatches in regard to the race war.
concluded his presence in Guthrie was of
more Importance than in Washington.
Oklahoma has one law that is probably
not known to a great many people in the
states. 1t is this, THAT no man can
mortgage one eighty acres of his land" or
in other words, the eighty acres which has
the improvements can not be incumbered.
The law is commendable and speaks vol
umes for the law makers of the territory.
Kingfsher Free Press: A colored man
was found dead, shortly after O'Clock
Saturday morning, under shed just east
of the court house. His companions, who
slept under the shed with him, say he got
up at the usual time, but soon went back
to his pallet. On being asked if he was
sick he said No" but he died in a few
minutes afterward. His feet were much
swollen and his appearance indicated suf-
fering from hard travel He had recently
arrived from Memphis, Tenn. Thus an
other deceived pilgrim has reached the
promised land" only to pass over with
out realizing its promised joys.
Kingfisher Free Press: Our red-skinned
brother is fast approaching that state OF
perfection in the practice of the arts and
wiles of the white man which will enable
him to successfully cope with the hihger
life of civilization. it was noted recently
that an Indian in the far west forged the
name Of the post commander TO a check
cashed TO check, and disappeared. Within
few days past another simple red man In
Michigan sold his birthright to eight
seperate land concerns and skipped with
the proceeds. The Indian who can swiadle /
a real estate man should be entitled to
naturalization AZ least.
Loyal Young in Tal0-a Accident: This |
is the year 1892, the 30lh Gay OF May I
Decoration Day. Having been accUs- I
toned 10 decorating the graves Of loved I
ones and comrades, | feel impressed
with the duty OF casting my lot with I
the many thousands that will decorate to
day. wend my way to lone grave ia the 1
Cherokee strip. three miles from my home /
and there strew a few flowers. The grave I
is marked by a few stakes. know not +
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be some loving father or the husband Ct 1
some loving wife. or the fond son OF happy
family. the ioyer of some fair lady, maybe 4
some careless cowboy whose father and 4
mother misa him from his va
cant seat az home in the states. /
Nevertheless strew some fowera.
pldcked from the great supply q i
natures store on tie prairie IN the name
OF Him who gave life aud 5akei life away /
May his or hrI bones rrsi tili the Gnai /
judgment day and the b0iy come forth
arrayed IN glory AID depart . lie F!gat
hand Ct Il Z. who doetA 81 things sell, Il
the sincere wisa Of tee decorator
Globe Democrat. Tie rsxt reservation
oysaez so settlements II Ike JuaSa8 Terri
.asy VIII bs ne Eit kHpoo- a psr!eet lss-
tie garden" Delegate EEarvev c4i x. TIE
and lies due east u Oklahoma CHy- All
around il the o:her re-erya i02s have been
oqeusd. The first Iasd occupied. Okla
Eogna proper. : west Tas sac snc FOX
reservation OF tae cas-. tie Iowa CT iGS
aorth ana the Po:,4wafoDsss o. tbs ssatA
were opened last fail TIE kiekassoo SID
embraces about -. 90 zcres- u - FsEy /
choEue. Judge H4rvey says Pat - . : =
the broad valley, tie bilis ssss GesE!E GS1
fAege are nlAi4y groves 4ae h4ckap1os
oaly naubsE i0o - 90. and they E&Ss
- ken tAxlr 4slofmsuts q . group "a tie
exfrsuse southeastern FsoTtaoc Of tas ~
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