The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1892-09-17
OKLAHOMA OUTLINES.

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| will convene at Saltwater on the Gath
inst.
| The Arapahoe Arrow says G county
would poll IN the neighborhood Of 2.o00
votes this fall.
General Morgan, commissioner of In
| dian affairs, is expected at Chillocco about
the LIST of the month.
Races at Cheyenne September 20, 81 and
%. The Canadian Ente rprise says there
| will be at least 800 Indians in attendance.
| On the 9th Of this month one of the
| largest excursion parties from Illinois,
Iowa and Missouri. ever before seen in the
west will visit Oklahoma Territory.
The Methodsts at Berwin havs been
holding big revivals for the past two
| weeks, aud the interest in these meetings
still continues and much good is being
done
The Indian citizen is becoming an i'm
portant factor to the com mercial interests
of the Territory. Over 500 Indians were
in Cheyenne last week trading and taking
a look at the town.
The eleventh annual exhibition OF the
Vinita Fair association will be held on the
4th, 5th and 9th of October. 1892. The
Vinita fair has always been a success, and
il promises no diminution of interest this
year
The opening ball of the season at Okla
homa City will be given during the fair
week at the opera house. 1t will be under
the management of the Oklahoma City
band and iuYitations will be Issued to the
cream of society throughout the territory.
The editor of the Purcell Register says
that the wearing of suspenders by the
ladies has become so nearly universal in
Purcell, that when he passes lady who
does not wear pair be involuntary looks
back to see her hitch up her-clothes, as a
suspenderless man is always doing.
A. J. Rice of 26-13-1 can show fine results
in the production of sod corn. He has six
acres that he chopped into the sod with an
ak, and which had no other cultivation
than one hoeng. 1t will make forty-five
bushels to the acre Of as fine corn as has
ever been put upon this market.-Oklaho-
ma City Times-Journal.
The movement of the National party of
the Cherokees to expel all whites would
practically destroy all values in the Nation
an dleave the possessions of the other TRIBES
a desert, as producer of incomes. Self in
terest alone will prevent such an action,
but it shows the danger of government
upon the present law of the Cherokees.-
Gazette.
Oklahoma Press: The buildings, race
track, and all other modern improvements
necessary to first class territorial fair
and exposition are about completed, and
in few days the beautiful reservation
east of the city on which the exposition
grounds are situated will be peopled with
10000 exhibitors and visitors 1t will be 4
grand thing for Oklahoma and drawing
card for Oklahoma City.
Oklahoma people are noted the world
over for their ability to rush things, but it
remained for cOlored preacher from
Memphis to show the people what real
genuine rustling is. A week ago Tuesday
Rev. William T. Morgan, a colored Baptist
minister, arrived at Guthrie from Mem
phis. Before night the next day he had
purchased ground and begun the erection
of church. On Sunday, just five days
later, he held services in the church,
neat frame structure with comfortable
seats for 800 people, all finished and paid
for, and tomorrow he will return to Mem
phis TO complete arrangements for the re-
moval of his congregation to that city, all
of the members to come in a body rs a
colony.
The Usage nation were in court in Guth
rie the first of the week to answer for the
attempt to scalp a pale face recently on
their reservation. The News says twenty
of the Usage warriors were brought in aud
bravely stood the ordeal The charge
grew out of the attempt to scalp young
Oliver while recently he was travelling
through the Usage reservation. They
danced around him all night and finally
ended the ceremonies by dragging him be-
fore the chief and Smuggling his hair This
is the Osages' modern way of scaiping; it
is less dangerous to tie victim, but is Very
expensive 10 the Indians if detected. The
band guilty OF this offense was Big HIPS. |
There were arrested and tried and fined SIS
each.