The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1892-09-04
OKLAHOMA OUTLINES.

The beer men arrested in the territory
| got off in the Fort Smith court with fines
ranging from $50 to $500.
The Payne county Republican is the
title of a paper now being published at
Saltwater. The first number is good
one
Among the important bills affecting the
Indian Territory that will be called up
next congress, and probably passed in
some form, are the strip treaty, the state
hood bill and the Purcell court bill.
What's the matter with Judge Parker's
court? The Purcell Topic says murders
have got to be frequent occurrences in the
nation, and suggests that a few legal
hangings would put stop to some of it.
On the Goth of September there will be
an old-fashioned match game of Indian
ball ut Middle Greek. on the prairie be-
tween Eufaula and Wetumpka between
Alabama and Wewogufkee towns. Young
man-not-afraid-o f-the-pitche will umpire
the game.
The Topic says it Is estimated by good
authority that the cotton crop of the H.
dian Territory this year will not be more
| than ope-half as large as last year, owing
to the greatly reduced acreage of cotton
all over the land.
The Tecumseh Republican is informed
that there has recently been two or three
council meetings of the Pottawatomie In
dians for the purpose of considering re-
moyal of that tribe to New Mexico. They
propose to lease their lands in the terri
tory, il the event of a removal.
The following notice of Big Medicine
Dance appeared in last weeks Tecumseh
Republican,: "Chiefs and head men of the
Sac and Fox tribe OF Indians OF The mis-
sissippi in Oklahoma Territory to have
Big Time a. bout medicine dance and
praising god. old war-shippers and every
body happy. and nicely"
PoPo STANLEY"
Payne county has been districted into
commissioner districts as follows: First
district; Henry. Payne, Cimarron, Union
and Indian; 2nd district; Saltwater, Cher
okee and Clear Greek; Bird district; Clay
ton, Perkins, Elm Grove, Paradise and
Clarkson. Commodore Brown holds two
years longer. The second district will
elect commissioner for four years and
the third elect one for two years.
This clay" is from the Minco Minstrel:
Some encouraging news has been lately
received here from congressman outside of
Texas and Arkansas in regard to opening
the Wichita reservation to settlement
The good work goes on, and we will smash
the power OF Texas and Arkansas some of
these days, boys. Keep up your courage,
and keep up the war. II we can ever break
loose from these two states the whole In
dian territory and Oklahoma will soar up
ward 81 bound
J. II. Seger tells the Minco Minstrel that
when Governor Seay was at Cloud Chief,
he (Segerl gathered up about twenty or
thirty Cheyenne braves and took them in
n procession with flag flying over 70 call
on the governor. The governor made
them speech and told them they were
now citizens Of this great government, the
same as be was. and could enjoy al the
privileges Of any citizen. The Cheyennes
said that was good, and asked the govern
or 20 adjourn TO saloon and SCI up tie
drinks 20 the new Citizens. Bat the gov
ernOr made haste 10 tell them Indians
were not allowed 70 bay liquor, which
made them laugh - tue game he Was
giving them CT their citizenship.