The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1892-04-08
OKLAHOMA OUTLINES.
Norman has $50 feet of brick frontag

Norman mas O0U leeI VI DrlCN IEOntago.
The Guthrie postoffice has been moved
into the Ford building.
Eighteen men are already in line at the
Oklahoma City land Office.
Beaver county will be only thirty miles
from the main body of Oklahoma after
the opening.
''The way of the transgressor is hard
aud "transgressor" is the Bible word for
sooner" Don't be a sooner.
1t will be warm enough for the boomers
on the opening day to pull of their socks
and make 4 Jerry Simpson race"
That line in front the Kingfisher land
Office better break ranks Standing there
day after day may become monotonous.
If President Harrison should put the
opening off until Christmas, the crowd
would go right on growing all the while
After the opening of the Cheyarap
country 1t will be no longer possible
to go all over Oklahoma in couple OF
days.
If the Cheyenne country settles up a.
it now appears it will, the next Legislature
in Oklahoma will be twice rs large as the
last one
The Oklahoma City Times Journal was
so happy over the election that it printed
two roosters, cat, the American flag ana
a cannon.
L. G. Pittman has sold his splendid
farm north OF Oklahoma City to A. p
Reppert, of West Point, Neb. The price
paid was 81, 200.
A young woman named Lottie DE- Haven
was killed a few days ago at Oklahoma
City by her lover. She was killed in
house OF prostitution.
Guthrie now has another new hotel
scheme on foot. The Structure is 10 be
four stories high and cost $40. 900. The city
is to donate $4,000 and site.
Fraud, the lank. sided, gaunt-cheeked
brother of crime. is stalking about on the
west line of Oklahoma aud il behooves
every man to watch closely.
A man passing through Kansas town
the other day wanted to know when the
Chicago and Alton lands were going TO
open up. He had heard of the Chey-
enne and Arapahoe lands.
What could have become of those allot-
ing sheets, which were lost on the way to
Washington? This is just time when
all carlessness could be spared.
In kingfisher, at this writing. it is a
good plan TO take your pocketbook with
you and keep your hand on 1t. Also have
your money IN the pocketbook.
No greater jam was ever SEN near or in
Oklahoma than the one at FL Reno and
kingfisher at present. And it increases
with tho arrival nf avat.u
The Republicans OF Oklahoma City
elected a mayor. city clerk, city attorney,
police judge, five councilmen, one Justice
OF the peace and one constable, while the
Democrats elected three councimen, the
city treasurer. city assessor and one justice
Of the peace and one constable.
Edmond Sun: Last Friday morning the
Edmond Touring mills had about $50 sacks
OF Pride OF Edmond -four on hand
During the day about 100 sacks OF the
same brand were turned out, but when
night came every sack had been disposed
OF. and several orders were not filled.
A new and startling discovery has been
made in township Is, range 6, in this couu-
ty, and d new disease formed that IL will
tax the ingenuity OF Dr. Kelley to meet.
1t IS nothing more nor less than the poke
root habit A spotted negro named Nc
Lean, known in the neighborhood as
''Nigger Dsn'D and his family have for !
some time been using the leaves Of poke |
root for greens aud grating up the roots !
and using the mixture as other people use |
borseradish. The family relishsd the new |
dishes and for time were happy, poke |
root furnishing food and stimulant for the |
family. The desire for poksroot, which |
at first was only reasonable hunger,
grew upon the family until il became
raging appetite, aud step by step the FAM
lily was led to condition in which the
neighbors found them. They became
dazed, dreamy and finally failed 10 know
their own neighbors whom they had been
intimate and on borrowing terms with
The investigation showed the cause Of the
strange actions OF the family and medical
assistance was summoned