The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1892-12-31
OKLAHOMA OUTLINES.

The recently elected officers will be in,
augurated Monday. Jan. 2
The Cottonwood is frozen over at Guth
RE and men are able to cross the creek OIL
| the ice.
Rev S. P Myers of the Presbyterian
! church has resigned the pastorate of the
church at Saltwater and has accepted {
| like position at Norman.
A very serious fire is reported from
| Chandler. Christmas. Mat Reeves, Ned
CheadIe and other business men lost their
buildings and stock.
The president has RENTED the unexe-
cuted portion of the sentence imposed in
the case of Edward n. Smith. convicted in
Oklahoma III December, 1890, of horse
stealing.
II. H, Jenkins received the unanimous
endorsement of the central committee OF
Canadian county for county treasurer,
subject to the governors appointment.
Mr. Jenkins served two terms as county
surveyor of Harper county, Kan, previous
to going to Oklahoma.
The Free Press says the total valuation
of all the property of Kiugfsher county
subject to taxation, based upon last spring S
assessment is SllS4.6l9 OF this amount
1894, 695 is the valuation upon property in
the two Kingfishers-S3344,6 $50 upon the
south town and $500 upon the north
town.
The special" prevaricator has been get
ting in his work at Eli Reno. He says one
of the most exciting wolf drives ever par
.; -, he cd ~
there in the Cheyenne and Arapahoe res
ervation, closing Wednesday. The weather
was intensely cold and the ground frozen.
Upwards of 1900 wolves and coyotes were
slaughtered.
If somebody will devise means of re-
straining the soldiers for forty light hours
the outlet question will be speedily and
effectually setrled.-Oklahoma Times
Journal. There be some who believe that
unless congress takes action in the matter
at an early day, the strip will be settled
regardless of the soldiers. 1t would be d
hazardous thing TO do, though.
Guthrie Capital: "Colouel d. NJ. Ross
has arrived at Washington with his
bride and has taken up his residence at
No 6 Iowa Circle He is now more popu-
lar than ever with the assistance of his
charming wife, who is niece of Senator
Hill The colonel has entered fully upon
his duties of looking after Oklahoma legis-
lation and is giving all his energies to-
ward the passage OF the Cherokee strip
bill.
The Oklahoma City Gazette makes fire.
quent reference TO the State factory" in
that place. To the uninformed it may be
we'll to state that the factory" does not
produce the article OF commerce useu for
roofing purposes. though it undertakes to
cover a good deal in Que way and another;
neither is their product the article used To
figure on. though figures are the principle
ingredients in its makeup. " hat funny
world this is!
BY unanimous vote of the NJ. Z. confer
ence held in Oklahoma City recently it
ceased to he the Indian Mission confer
ence," and became the "Oklahoma Annual
conference" embracing the entire body of
land known on the map as the Indian ter
ritory, in round numbers $4,000 square
miles. This conference is now divided Into
four presiding elder districts, and over one
hundred ministers, membership Of about
5. coo and adherents about 10 900; value OF
churches and parsonages, about $4,000.
and all this has been accomplished inside
of fOUr wears