The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1892-01-08
OKLAHOMA OUTLINES.

The worlds fair commissioners met at
| Guthrie yesterday.
The track laying on the Choctaw is to
be completed tomorrow.
The board of trade of Guthrie has
elected new officers.
Ell Reno is the only town in the territory
that has souvenir spoons.
Payne county farmers are demanding so
cents bushel for their corn.
The original settler at Yukon celebrated
Christmas by getting married.
There is one vacancy in the board of re-
gents of the Agricultural college.
The Glory was given to the subtreasury
side at a debate in Frisco recently.
AT Oklahoma City, in lien of bell. the
mill whistle calls the children at school.
Governor Seay's successor on the bench,
| it is said, will be appointed Immediately.
The capital fight has sunk out OF sight.
That is one reason for happy new year.
Norman's cotton gins are still working
away but cotton receipts are diminishing.
The new permit law went into effect in
the Chickasaw nation the first of January.
Judge Clark is said to have saved Cleve-
land county Sl1, 900 in the trial OF single
case.
The beer men of Purcell have been re-
uuired to furnish bond each for the sum
of 81 900
1t seems like everybody knows good
story on Governor Seay. He is that kind
of man.
1t might be in order, now that the town
has caught governor, to ask kingtisher
what it bats with.
10 McNea,, q prominent citizen OF
Guthrie, once beat Jerry Simpson for the
Kansas legislature.
1t is still nice and pleasant in Oklahoma.
A man down there can economic on GOAL
and buy lots of ice.
Oklahoma will probably forget to kick
if tue president appoints an outside man
TO the vacant judgeship
The regents of the Agricultural college
have issued neat prospectus in pink
covers from the press of the Saltwater
Gazette.
Guthrie has the capital, Kingisher the
governor, FL Reno the territorial secretary.
Oklahoma City would seem to have the
call on the new judge.
A regular old-fashioned spelling bee will
be held in Ell Reno shortly, the man who
stands up the longest to get a Webster's
Unabridged dictionary.
1t will surprise some people to learn
that the Indians offer more children fer
attendance than can he acc inundated in
the government schools.
The matrimonial fever has been IN
usually severe in Oklahoma during the
holidays aud the editors are all suffering
from Misrepresentation much cake.
All the Oklahoma schools started up
promptly on time after the holidays. The
Oklahoma children do not get many vaca-
tious on account of cold weather.
The normal school at Edmond is flour
ishing having thirty-six pupils, and the
professor Mr.. Thatcher, is preparing an
additional department for the model class
Keokuk, chief of the Sac and Fox, says
the language of his tribe contains no
words from other languages. He also says
there are no atheists among the Indians.
When Jake Admire announced last week
that he was going to get out a souvenir
edition of the Free Press, he must have
known that Judge Seay's appointment
was a sure thing.
The Guthrie bar association has called a
meeting to consider means for relieving
the docket of Logan county, which Judge
Green says will require a year of steady
court to work clear.
The day before Governor Seay's appoint /
ment, the Oklahoma Gazette had this |
item: The pool sellers are betting on Mar
tin for governor. The gamblers of this !
are mighty good guessers.
Oklahoma Times Journal: It looks as
though the government had begun at the /
wrong end of the territory to make citizens /
of the Indians. In tht eastern part they 1
are fully competent, being educated and 4
civilized. IN the west or Okla |
homa part the Indians have made no such |
progress, but here IS where the govern !
ment has begun its work
In the Chickasaw nation all licensed mer-
chants and traders are required, in addi-
ton TO paying their one per cent. tax on
actual investments, to procure permit
from the county collector. but all editors
and publishers, lawyers, doctors and other
professional gentlemen are requested TO
get their permits direct from the governor
himself, who Will issue them on condition
that they faithfully observe the laws OF
this nation.
The appointment Of Judge Seay was !
doubtless due IN large measure TO the
backing OF Secretary Noble 4 few days
ago the three candidates Messrs. Seay, /
Scott and Martin, telegraphed the presi-
dent TO the effect that there was no fac
ional fight between them or their friends.
This probably won the president over
rom his opposion 20 home man, and
Secretary Noble fayorite naturally be-
came the choice.
EXCHANGE SHOTS.