The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1892-06-29
OKLAHOMA OUTLINES.

Moore will have balloon ascension
July 4.
The new court house at Taloga, county
d, will be completed this week.
The Times-Journal says that Mr.. Cal
| houn threshed ten acres of volunteer wheat
which yielded sixteen and two-thirds bush
els per acre.
When Oklahoma was first opened up to
settlement it was said that tame grass
could not be raised there successfully, but
now fine fields of timothy, blue grass,
clover, alfalfa and orchard grass can be
seen on many farms.
| Moore Journal: Quite a number of our
farmers will plant broom corn on their
| stubble ground as soon as the wheat can
be taken off. This will give them an ad-
ditional crop that will pay we'll The
dwarf variety will mature if planted soon.
| The confederates of Oklahoma county
met in Oklahoma City and organized
David H. Hammons camp of ex-confeder
ates The object of the organization is TO
| take care of the old and decrepid, help the
widows and orphans. bury the dead, mark
their graves and extend cordial friendship
| to our late adversaries in arms, and to pre-
serve law and order.
| Free Press: There is another railroad
pointing towards Oklahoma, and this time
| it is the Wabash. They intend to extend
their line from St. Louis to the southwest,
and OF course the natural outlook for
| great road is through great country. II
| it should come this way, kingfisher must
not sit down and see it go around US. We
want it TO come here.
! FL Reno Eagle: Major Eugene F. Wei
| gel. special land inspector, received a tele
gram from Secretary Noble, yesterday, no
| tifying him to hold himself in readiness to
/ go to the Yellowstone PARK to look after
| the interests of the government there. He
will probably start next Tuesday, TO be
/ absent several months. Major Weigel has
! hundreds OF warm friends here. who hope
! for his early return to FL Reno.
| FL Reno Eagle: Two fires were started
| in this city, Thursday night, by ire-cracK-
ers and sky-rockets One of the fires was
at Waybright's grocery store, on Wade
street, and the other on the roof Of Ho-
| bart's -four and feed store. In each in
stance the flames were subdued before
much damage was done. but they were
narrow escapes. There should be an
ordinance against the use OF fireworks in
the city, aud it should be rigidly enforced,
Taloga Accident: Frank Mckinney came
very near losing his life one day last week.
He was riding horse on the run, after Il
wolf, wnen the animal fell. throwing lis
rider to the ground with such force as to
render him unconscious for al hour and
half. When be recovered sufficiently 10
realize what had taken place, he found
that his horse which was still lying near
him, had its neck broken by the fall Me
managed to get back TO his cabin, bat las
been almost helpless
Messrs. + 3. Hawkins and Frank G.
prouty are preparing a new and complete
directory OF Oklahoma territory. II viii
be dou bic the size Of tie one gotten up BY
Mr. Smith during the first year OF tie
opening Of the territory. Every city n
the territory viii be thoroughly eanvassed
aud every persons business. occupation
and residence ws.i be recorded. These
gentlemen are the right men in prepar-
ing this directory and it will have large
safe
4 Missoz-ian writes 20 the TaloxA Acct
dent and wants 20 know IL X Is TREE that
thsze : not e1oBgh grass 10 county D for
grazing purposes. TO which the Accident
replies as fellows: If you will come 70
this place and Withstand half days ride
scross The c0untEJ without getting sea-
sick from watching tie tzli, waving grass.
il will be sn sxoeps4cs- Taers a scarcely
a foos OF land shzt does Dos prodgce az
extra quality Of grxss- The rsPor. - CIR
culatei By 6isspDointed sharks. Stock
graEe tbe rear around
Ch.ekastsA Advertiser Tsss week Pew.
Motives q the ApAasrke mission, czs.,e
over 70 purchase isgsnsoer and baidiag rs
terIaf tar the IaiiEas who have iak3zrrT-
ntesl sgsrls Of house bzsildsEg E=v.
M-rhvea parrhzsed saogxh l1nb<r 10
bald tAs<t@sa houses Tar them aad Ar.