The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-03-01
OKLAHOMA OUTLINES.

Coal of excellent quality has been found
near Mulhall.
The tower for Guthrie's water works vii
be 40 feet high.
A. G. C. Bierer of Guthrie wants to bt
United States district attorney.
The patent for West Guthrie has arrived
and the townsite board will Immediately
issue deeds.
Wheat is reported as looking fine al
over Oklahoma, coming out of the winter
in excellent shape
The farmers around Chickasha have de-
! termined TO diversity the crops, which is
| the only way to stand off hard times.
| The Norman Democrat says it is rumor-
ed that Rev, Niccls will move the Baptist
Missionary from Oklahoma City to Nor
man.
Oklahoma Hawk: Base ball season is
now here and Saltwater is open TO all
corners. Perkins and Guthrie will take
notice, we are after you.
The editor of the Watonga Rustler is
having a tough time with his libel suit.
Blaine county has spent about 500 on the
suit, and the editor still lives.
Chandler wants the Guthrie land Office
moved over to that town so as to make 1t
more convenient for settlers when the
Kickapoo lands are opened TO settlement.
Henry Haskins of Yukon is a candidate
for United States marshal. As he is said
to have the Endorsement of Colonel Dan
Lamont. other candidates will do well to
stand from under.
ka off Of ha hard
hearted set. The Democrat says a fellow
from the country was yanked off TO the
caIaboose Wednesday for having the
toothache and appearing on the streets in
that condition.
1t is an impossibility to keep an Okla
homa man down. Hon. J. w. Johnson of
Oklahoma City will be a candidate for
appointment as assistant attorney general
OF the United States, under the admins
tration of Mr.. Cleveland.
Alexander Allen, Is years old, Chero-
kee Indian, was found guilty of murder in
the federal court at Fort Smith. Feb. II.
He was tried for the killing of one Walter
Hanson, a white boy, IS years old, near
Coffeyville, Kan, last May, in the Chero-
kee nation. A petition has been signed
for communication of sentence to the re-
form school for life.
Chikasha Express: Early in this con-
gress old Missouri took hitch on her Vest
and wiped off her chin (by the help of the
Kansas City Times) and sailed into the
Indian Territory with vim, but the whole
crew seemed to have hung up on snag.
The trouble seems to be that they did not
quite understand the task they had tackled.
But the Times is hustler and Senator
Vest is close student, and by next con-
gress will be IN the swim.
A bill has passed both houses of the leg
islature which makes the diplomas of the
Normal, at Edmond, legal certificates to
teach anywhere in the territory. They are
good for five years. and at the end of that
time may be renewed by presenting them
to the state superintendent for his sigma
ture This will be grand thing for those
who graduate 1T the Normal.
Times-J ournal: There is no crop that
equals tomatoes for an orchard crop. The
ground is we'll cultivated and the tops and
bodies OF the trees have the full benefit Of
the sun. The ground is well shaded from
the August sun, the large growth of the
vines acting as a protection and mulch,
and the crop IS the most profitable that
can be grown. An orchard will make
twice the growth and be much freer from
burrs if cultivated in tomatoes than il
planted in corn. Plant your orchard in
tomatoes.
Edmond Sun: The board of regents of
the normal were in session Monday. The
deeds for the normal lots were signed and
executed and are now in the Bank OF Ed.
mond, where the purchasers of the lots
can obtain them. The board after trans
acting some minor business, went into
special session for tue purpose Of consider
ing the strengthening of the faculty by
the employment OF another instructor
After carefully considering the matter the
board selected Professor Winans OF Kan
sas. Mr.. Winaus is one Of the Leading ed
ucators Of the country, having been state /
superintendent of Kansas for the past four /
years. His acquisition to the faculty will /
give the school additional prominence.