The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1892-06-02
OKLAHOMA OUTLINES.

County H will probably be named Har-
rison.
Seven feet cedar posts at Arapahoe costs
| 10 tents
Wheat harvest will begin in Oklahoma
next week.
Oklahoma county has raised $3.50 for the
worlds fair.
Ex-Governor Steele will be the next gov
ernor of Indiana.
TheGuthrie fire company could not give
ball because of the rain.
Selwyn Douglas made the speech at Ok
lahoma City, Decoration Day.
! Norman G. Raft has retired as president
of the Bank of Indian Territory
The Capital National bank of Guthrie
has SO, 900 in individual deposits.
The new paper at Guthrie has chosen
the outlandish name of Caucasian.
The Ell Reno Eagle was paid 81 ZOO by
the town of FL Reno last year for printing
C. T. Prouty of kingfsher has an
nounced himself as candidate for con-
gress.
T. J. j. Virgins of Norman will marry
Miss Maude Rowland, an accomplished
young woman of Chicago.
Mansur was defeated for the nomina-
ton for congress. It is said that he will
become the attorney for the Cherokee ma
ton.
Payne county has elected an uninstruct-
ed delegation to the territorial convention,
and Dennis Flynn is watching Harvey
closely.
Just at this writing Harvey and Flynn
are each afraid to let the other go any
where for fear be may do something sur
reptitiously.
Mr. St. Clair, the Kingfsher county
commissioner of the worlds fair, has
been forced to notify the committee that
that county will not come up with its
quota of $3.50.
Oklahoma Times-J Journal: What broad
smile would adorn the countenance of
cyclone which, wandering over the prairie.
should get its weather eye on this town!
Just imagine the picnic it would have!
Eight convicts escaped from the Chero-
kee penitentiary at Tahlequah, by taking
the bars off Jail window with wrench
they had procured. Seven of them were
in for long terms and were desperate char
acters.
The Kelley institute at Oklahoma City
now has full blood Ottawa Indian as a
patient. Before the managers of the in
stitute would take him in he was obliged
to take out naturalization papers, the
federal law prohibiting the giving of
liquor to Indians.
Norman TranCcrint- Darties recaDtIu in
from the Pottawatomie country inform US
that the Shawnee Indians are nearly all
removing over into the Creek country.
Many OF them have married Creek wives
and having secured allotments in their
own country, they are doubtless now
moving into the Creek reservation to Sc
cure rights there The Indians of the
present time are civilized enough 10 take
advantage of every opportunity to better
their financial condition.
Purcell Topic: The political faction
which nominated and elected Byrd gov
ernor of this nation aud known as the
Byrd party, as stated in the Topic recent
ly. has nominated Robert NJ Harris to
succeed the present incumbent. 1t seems
that the fullbloods. not satisfied with the
nomination, Aave nominated Jonas Wolf
as an opposition candidate OF their own
party. This will complicate political
matters in the Chickasaw nation very
much, as the fulibloods have volunteered
TO support Wolf This entirely changes
the political complexion, and vigorous
and bitter battle will be fought at the
election in August, as both parties are
positive of electiug their own candidates.