The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1892-01-21
OKLAHOMA OUTLINES.

cotton in their list.
Senator Perkins has publicly announced
his friendship for Oklahoma,
The county teachers examination comes
off in Oklahoma City next week
| The assessors of kingfisher county value
threshing machines from SO to $780,
| In kingfisher county corn is assessed at
% cents bushel and wheat at 80 cents
A kickapoo chief is taking the bi-chlo-
| ride of gold treatment at Leayenworth.
| Jake Admire dashed off little four-col-
umn editorial for the Free Press last week.
| The Kelley institute temperance meet
| ing at Oklahoma City was postponed on
account of inclement weather.
! The West Side fellows have begun to
show up more in the east side, and vice
versa, since the Choctaw was completed.
A man drove in an open buggy from
Oklahoma City to Chandler. a distance of
sixty miles, on one of the recent cold days.
The oldest inhabitant in Oklahoma ism t
in it when it comes to remembering that
| colder weather than there has been the
last week
a. V Mcdowell of Canadian county has
been appointed farmer at the Territorial
Agricultural college in Payne county at a
salary of $500.
Mulhall is making preparations for a
building boom. Contracts for the erection
Of three stone business blocks have been
let, work to begin at once.
The kitchen range of the principal hotel
at Guthrie exploded before breakfast the
| other morning, and the guests had TO go
out and forage for themselves.
Mrs. lucy D. Miles, one of Oklahoma's
lady worlds fair commissioners and wife
of Colonel John d. Miles, died at her home
in Lawrence, Kan, January Is, Of la
grippe.
Secretary Martin has turned over s., 900
to Territorial Treasurer Murphy, to be
credited to the school fund, being money
derived from the leasing of school land
He has so far turned over to him S11, 093.
Oklahoma Times-J Journal The follow
ing is the law regarding delinquent taxes:
"All taxes on personal property that shall
shall semain due and unpaid on the first
Monday in February, may be collected in
the following manner: The county treas
urer shall between 10th and Goth days of
February, issue a warrant, under his hand,
directed to the sheriff of the county, COM
handing him to levy the amount of such
unpaid taxes, and the penalty thereon,
together with his fees for collecting the
srme, on the goods and chattels of the per-
sons on whom such taxes were assessed,
and to pay the same to the county treas
urer and return such warrant within sixty
days from the date thereof"
Governor Seay has an exceptionally brill
liant military record He enlisted as
private in the Thirty-secoud Missouri in
fantry, Sept. Is, 1861; held the offices of
second and first lieutenant, captain,
major, lieutenant colonel and colonel of
that regiment. He was at Pea Ridge,
March {, 1862, and in the campaign and
battle of Vicksburg. Arkansas Post, Ray
mond, Jackson, Memphis, Corinth. Iuka.
Pulaski, Lookout Mountain CNov. a, 1859
Chattanooga, Missionary Ridge Nov. %,
1863, Cleveland, Tenn, Buzzard Roost,
GA. February, 1864, Atlanta. Sherman's
march to the sea, Bentonville, n. c., etc.
The history of the Thirty-second Missouri,
First brigade First division, Fifteenth
army corps, substantially covers the his
tory of his services. He was on continu-
GUS duty with his regiment.
The assessors of Kingfsher county are
the first TO complete their work They de-
termined to assess at the following figures:
Stations, 500 to $500; jacks, $50 to $500;
horses year and under, s. to $40; horses
1 to 3 years, s. TO $50; bronchos, s. TO $50;
work horses and mules, $40 to $40; mule
and jack colts, s. to $40; bulls, s. to $50;
steers 2 to years, 80 to SO cows, IS to
so; cattle months to ? years, 81 to $40; |
work cattle, $50 to so; sheep and goats !
30 cents to 81; mowers and binders, s. to (
S75; planters and drills, s. to $50; stalk !
cutters, s. to so threshiug machines, SO /
to $500; wagons, s. TO $50; pleasure car.
riages, s. to 800; gold watches. so to $50; I
silver and other watches, s. to SO; piano /
fortes, S25 to $3.50; organs, $40 to $40: en- /
gines, boilers (threshing), 500 to 1000; /
decided land, per acre, 81 to SIS; decided I.
lots, 81 to 5000; corn. per bushel, % cents; |
wheat, per bushel, 30 cents; swine over 3 /
monts, per pound, 2 cents.
Plate and iewelry, assessors Judgment. !
Stocks, bonds and mortgages, cash value. |
stocks, cash value Promis-
sorry notes, assessors judgment. Judg-
nents, shares in national banks and in
other banks, assessors judgment Build
ngs and fences, actual value. All other
personal property not mentioned, at assess
or's judgment.
Observer DOrman had narrow escape
Sunday night from what would have been
At least a serious accident, If not fatal, re
ates the Times-Journal About o'clock
ne went up on top OF the Overholser opera
louse to examine his Instruments. The
wind was blowing from the north at the
ate of twenty-sIx miles al hour, and the
leet freezing upon the tin roof, which
hopes 20 the south. made il very slippery
nd extremely dangerous. Il was very
lark, but Mr. Dorman had a lantern and
believed be would have no trouble. The
loor Of the cage in which he keeps hls IN
truments. however. was frozen tight, and
n putting forth his strength to open il
lis foot slipped, his lantern fell and went /
ut and he fell on his back and began /
Tipping rapidly - the south edge OF the
oof The roof was like glass, presenting
10 hindrance % his progress on the road
O destruction and giving him 10 oppoT- /
unity 20 save himself. There Is 10 coping
n the south side Of the root, and if be :
cached there. 1t meant Tall % him Of The
whole three stories. sone SKY fee or
more. which was almost certain death As
e was slipping. slipping slipping, gather
Dg momentum every foot, with every /
hing about him ~ dark as Egypt tie
sent by the nlanh8le which gives elress
o the roof. and by tremendous effort
aoceeied in Erzsplng the edge Of l. and