The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-08-27
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OKLAHOMA OUTLINES.

The fall term OF the Edmond public
school will begin Sept. 4.
The report that the judge OF Cedar
county, Choctaw nation, had been killed,
is false.
| D. 2. Lameroux, son OF the commits
sioner OF the general land Office, Is with
one of the townsite locating parties IN the
strip.
In the vicinity of Paladuro, Beave,
county, the coyotes are devourlng the
watermelons aud muskmelons as fast as
| they ripen.
| The Ell Reno Eagle will be continued as
a weekly, but the daily edition is suspend
adj. The daily was short-lived but was
lively while it lived.
The News and the Leader at Guthrie
both claim to be the official paper of the
administration, yet both criticlse the ad-
ministration ad libitum and sometimes
severely.
Since wheat harvest large acreage has
been planted with late forage crops and
farmers of the territory expect to raise
enough rougnnlng to feed their stock
through the winter.
On the roster of pupils of the university
of Oklahoma there is the name of Ger
trude Yankee" Surely Gertrude is a
Yankee girl. and the Guthrie News pre-
diets will do credit TO her aim. mater.
The board of regents of the Norman
University have accepted the completed
building, paid the balance due on contracts
and received the keys from the contractor.
The total cost OF the university Is $50, 600.
The News says couple of octogenar-
iaus in Guthrie, bald head, crippled and
without u tooth in their INCREASINGLY wag-
ging jaws, are ready to make the run into
the strip, They represent undaunted
American pluck.
Hundreds of the full bloods around Ant
lers and Goodland are wearing red and
white ribbon badges, which means they
are Locke men and are not in favor of SELL
ing their lands. but want the country to
remain as it is
A few days ago Mr. NJ. Mccormick of
Okarche contracted with five farmers near
Yukon for TO- 600 bushels of wheat. The
wheat of one averaged forty-fiye bushels,
three got an average of little over forty
bushels to the acre and tho fifth averaged
over thirty bushels.
The report that Treasurer McCurtain
had failed seems to be u mistake. A dis
patch from Caddo says "while there is no
direct proof to the contrary, the fact that
Hodges is buying every Choctaw's claim
that he can, and he being the party who
started the report, is proof enough that
there is nothing in il"
Edmond is the only town in the territory
that can boast Of two large Touring mills.
Entries for the worlds free-for all race
Cherokee strip-purses ranging from 500
to So 600 to the winners distance oneh half
to thirty miles, will be numerous, and us
it is the closing race it will be made for
blood.
A special from Washington says: The
directors of the Choctaw road have petit
toned the secretary of the interior to
recommend favorably to congress an eX-
tension of the charter, permitting the
company to build it's line in the Choctaw
country. The original charter for con-
struction expires in February next. but
the finances of the company are such that
they caunot complete construction until
after the expiration Of the present charter
The first annual session of the FL Reno
district fair will be held Oct. 10, II, II. IS
and Il The Herald says it will be under
the management OF gentlemen OF ex-
perience and undoubtedly will be a COM
plete success. The officers of the ass0cia-
ton are: F. f. Gillett, president: T. II.
Wright, secretary; J. j. O'Rourk, treasur-
err. The executive cnmmittee Is composed
OF many OF the best citizens and stockmen
and farmers of the county.
Oklahoma City Times Journal: !. \.
Terrill was not blown away by the
cyclone. He was captured near Saltwater
on Saturday and on Tuesday WAS taken TO
the penitentiary at Leavenworth. He was
Immediately PUT to work in the coal mine.
pushing cars. What fall was there. my
ccuntrymen! From member of the first
legislature OF Oklahoma 10 the peniten-
tiary-from a member of the push" In
Oklahoma to pushing cars in coal mine
at nothing day and boardl HIS term OF
imprisonment is for life for the murder Of
an old man, George Embree, at Guthrie
two years or more ago.
EXCHANGE HPITOMEs.