The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-06-30
OKLAHOMA OUTLINES.


The Hawk says that corn is king IN
| Payne county.
| Kansas firm is building a large ele-
vator ia Guthrie.
Guthrie now has d Uniformed Rank,
Knights of Pythias.
The Bee says the longhorns have gored
the quarantine law into tatters.
A small sized cyclone visited FL Reno
Monday night. doing but little damage.
Rev. A. J. Morley seems to hold the
winning cards for the appointment OF ter
ritorial auditor and superintendent.
WondeRFhat tribe the Bee man belongs
to- He is In ecstacies over some stuffed
dogs he had for dinner the other day.
She is wide open-to the dun colored
bovine Of the Lone Star state, and he is
Strictly in it," says the Arapahoe Bee.
Joe Wisby says [. 2. Ross will he the
next secretary of the territory. AS he
guessed so/well rs I o the probable register
aud receiver of the Guthrie land office, 1t
may be considered settled fact.
The News says that President Cleveland
issued the proclamation declaring Okla
homa to settlement under certain restric-
tons, and adds ''Moind that now" The
News had better look over the back his
tory OF Oklahoma. President Harrison
issued that proclamation. 500 you moind
that now?"
\ charter has been granted to the Kan
sas Oklahoma Central and Southwestern
Railway company. This company intends
operating a line from Stevens, a station in
the Cherokee nation. through the Pawnee
Indian reservation, Payne, Logan. okla
homa and Canadian counties, and the
Wichita, Comanche and Apache and
hiowa reservations to Vernon. Texas
Professor Il. j. Barker brought the Cap
ital, fl ON his farm at Crescent City today,
some Amsden June peaches, as rosy, plump
and luscious us ever were grown. Three
of them weigh pound. Professor Barker
has over hundred peach trees bearing.
He is enthusiastic over Oklahoma as Il
fruit country. He says they mad a great
rain at Crescent last night and all crops
look magnificent.
State Capital: Three daughters of Bill
Harris, the Sac aud Fox Indian, Miss
Irene, young lady of Is. and two younger
sisters, Julia and Fannie, arrived this af-
ternoon from the Chilocco school. They
were met at the depot by their father, and
will be taken out home tomorrow for a
summers vacation. Mr.. Harris has Il
large farm five miles east of Gushing and
Is farming on a large scale. He speaks
and reads English and is very proud of his
and ambitious of giving them a
good education.
Comanche Chief: Chief Quauan of the
Comanche nation and $50 of his dusky
band were last week at Vernon, Texas,
lumber aud household goods.
Ii is said over s., 600 worth of lumber was
bought ana Quanah invested in an expen-
5ive folding Ted, costly carpets and other
fixtures to match. He has lately married
his sixth wife, who is a sixteen-year-old
highly educated, beautiful aud
his favorte of all the squaws. She
dresses in civilized apparel and is quite ac-
five wives hate the new one with
all the venom of their savage nature.
Saltwater Repu blican: An idea of hoy
we'll satisfied the people of Payne county
Ire with their lands can be gained from
5he following: Last week Commissioner
Ware refused an offer of 81, 900 spot cash
'or his claim eight miles northwest of
5own. This land has not yet been proved
up. On the same5day Charles Sewer re-
fused $500 for his farm fifteen miles
northwest of town. An ordinary Claim
anywhere within eight or ten miles~o the 4
county seat commands from 1900 to
g, 600, while extra good ones like the two
;ited above, could hardly be purchased at
my price. why. this is as good farm
ng country rs any on earth, and we could
lot better our circumstances by selling"
say the farmers. And their heads are
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